European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 15, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday april 15,.1991 the stars and stripes b Page 2? by the associated press Portland Ore. A for the first time in a decade the los Angeles lakers Arentt the Pacific division champions. The Portland Trail blazers ended the lakers 9-year reign saturday clinching the division title with a 118-113 Victory Over los Angeles. The blazers who won their Only other division Crown 13 years ago lost a 20 Aba saturday to Bai int Lead in the third Quarter but came ack behind the play of Clyde Drexler and Terry Porter for their 13th straight Victory. A v mathematically the lakers could make up the four game deficit with four games to play. But because Portland won the season series with los Angeles 3-2, the blazers would be considered the division Champion anyway with the Home court advantage throughout the Western conference playoffs. The Victory was not Only the blazers 13th straight but also their franchise record 60th of the season. Drexler scored 31 Points including an 18-foot fallaway jumper that made it 116111 with 15 seconds to play. Porter added 23 Points and 16 assists and made two free throws to Clinch the Victory with 7.3 seconds left. A Sam Perkins scored 32 Points. And Byron Scott 25 for the lakers. In other games saturday Cavaliers 102t nets 98 Richfield Ohio Craig Ehlo scored nine Points during a three minute flurry late in the fourth Quarter As Cleveland dealt new Jersey its 20th straight Road loss. / a a Brad Daugherty scored 24 Points and Ehlo finished with 16 for the Cavaliers. Derrick Coleman had 23 and Reggie Theus 21 for the nets who played without starters Sam Bowie and cookie Blaylock. Jazz 121, nuggets 110. Salt Lake City Karl Malone matched his season High with 41 Points and Jeff Malone scored 26 of his 33 in the blazers Clyde Drexler Sticks a hand in Laker magic Johnson s face in saturdays game. Second half As Utah Defeated Denver and pulled a half game behind division leading san Antonio. It was the eighth straight loss Overall and 18th consecutive defeat on the Road for the nuggets. A Orlando Woolridge had 20 Points and Michael Adams scored 18 before being ejected Early in the fourth Quarter after a flagrant foul against John Stockton who finished with 17 assists for the 105, magic 96 Seattle a Shawn Kemp scored .21 a Points including three dunks during a decisive 18-5 surge in the third Quarter As Seattle beat Orlando for its fifth consecutive . Ltd Eddie Johnson scored eight of his 18 Points during the five minute third period spurt that gave Seattle a 74-59 Lead. A Dennis Scott a 24 Points led the magic. Warriors 132 Mavericks 114 \ Oakland Calif. A Sarunas Marciulionis led seven Golden state players in double figures with 19 Points and the warriors held on to the seventh spot in the Western conference playoff Chase by. Der eating warriors 41-38 with three regular season games remaining Are seventh in the standings a half game ahead of Seattle a Kings who trailed by 14 with nine minutes rallying to close within one with 11 seconds left. But Houston was Able to run out the clock and snap Sacramento a five game Home winning Streak Kenny Smith scored 22 Points and Hakeem Olajuwon had 17 Points and 10 rebounds for the rockets. Mitch Richmond scored 17 Points for Golden state and Tom Tolbert and Chris Mullin each added 16. Derek Harper scored 20 Points for the Mavericks who have lost seven straight games. Hawks 97, Bucks 91 Atlanta Spud Webb scored 23 Points including the go ahead Basket with 22 seconds left in Atlanta a Victory Over Milwaukee. Dominique Wilkins was held to a season Low of seven Points for the Hawks but his two free throws with 10 seconds left sealed the outcome. The Bucks got 23 Points from Frank Brickowski and 19 from Fred Roberts. Rockets 95, Kings 94 Sacramento Calif. Buck John son scored 26 Points and Houston held Sacramento to 41.2 percent shooting moving the rockets one game out of first place in the Midwest division. It Antoine Carr scored 34 Points for the it is. Left before Ralh on bulls by the associated press Boston Kevin Gamble and Robert Parish led a 17-6 run at the end of the third Quarter lifting the Boston celtics one game away from the a bad a Eastern conference Lead with a 115-102 Victory Over the new York kicks on sunday. Boston 56-22 is trying to catch Chicago 57-21 for first place and Hornc court advantage throughout the conference playoffs. The bulls were Idle Sun Aba sunday Day. Each team has four regular season games left. The kicks lost their 20th consecutive regular season game in Boston since last winning on feb. 29, 1984. New Yorkus Only Victory in Boston in its last 29 games came in the fifth and deciding game of last seasons opening playoff round. Bostons 35-5 Home record is the leagues Best. The celtics who swept their five game season series against new York were led by Gamble with 28, Parish with 23 and Reggie Lewis with 20. Larry Bird missed his fourth consecutive game with Back spasms. In other games sunday afternoon bullets 101, heat 96 Landover handed Miami its 12th consecutive Road loss As Ledell Eackles scored nine Points in an 18-5 fourth Quarter run that lifted the bullets. Eackles scored 16 of his 17 Points in the second half and Harvey Grant had 18 of his 26 in the final two periods including six in the Pivotal surge that gave the bullets a secure 87-77 Lead with 4 24 left. Sherman Douglas scored 26 Points for the heat which lost its sixth game in the last seven. A a ��.���. A a. A a a a a a a. Wolves 96,76ers 88 Philadelphia Tony Campbell scored 23 Points and Doug West added a season High 17 As Minnesota snapped a seven game losing Streak. Hersey Hawkins led Philadelphia with 30 Points Ron Anderson had. 17 of his 27 in inc third period for the mixers. Sports wire strike the Gold triumphs in Derby prep from wire reports Lexington by. Strike the Gold derailed Fly so free a Kentucky Derby express saturday capturing the Blue grass stakes and handing last years 2-year-old Hampton his first loss in More than eight months. Strike he Gold beat Fly so free by three lengths in a race that Fly so free never led. If Fly so free had won Here head have been Home free a a the Kentucky Derby on May 4 at Churchill Downs. He iad won five straight stakes including the Florida Derby n his last Outing Over strike the Gold and he was the air a Derby favorite. Change for Shoemaker Inglewood Calif. A the condition of former jockey Bill Shoemaker left paralysed after breaking his neck m a. A As. ill a Levi. It. Car crash monday night remained unchanged saturday. A Bill is Alert responsive but still has a Mountain to climb. His condition remains critical a said a statement issued by cent Inela Hospital medical derails Spitz comeback Mission Viejo Calif. A Mark Spitz Wasny to dead in the water but he did no to even come close to beating olympian Tom Jager in a 50-meter Butterfly match race saturday the first test of the 41-year-old�?Ts comeback. Jager the 26-year-old world Champion and world record Holder in the freestyle earned $20,000 for the Victory and Spitz got $10,000. Jager was timed in 24.92 seconds. Spitz finished in 26.70. Quot i done to think the loss was disappointing a a Spitz said. Quot i hate to admit that i was probably swimming for second but i thought i could swim in the Low 25s.�?�East wins All Star classic Orlando Fla. A Seton Halls Anthony Avent had 18 Points and 11 rebounds to Lead the East to a 113-110 Victory Over the South on saturday night in the championship of the Orlando All Star classic. The East and the South each finished the three Day tournament with 2-1 records. Earlier the Midwest Defeated the West 123-121 in the Consolation s will la is to turn pro Tucson Ariz. A arizonans Brian Williams has confirmed he is making himself eligible As a hardship Case for this years Aba thumps Lendl in Tokyo Tokyo a world no. 1 Stefan Edberg of Sweden Defeated second seeded Ivan Lendl of Czechoslovakia in straight sets sunday to win the $1 million Sun tory Japan open. Beating Lendl for the 10th time in 22 matches Edberg took just under two hours to fashion a 6-1, 7-5, 6-0 Victory Ana earn $137,500. Lendl got $72,380.Sanchez tops fellow spaniard Barcelona Spain Spain a Emilio Sanchez Vicario beat his countryman Sergi bruguera 6-4, 7-6, 6-2 to win the $650,00q-Dollar Conde de Godo Tennis tournament sunday. Graf Sabatini Advance to final Amelia Island Fla. Steffi Graf and Gabriela Sabatt Ini won their semifinal matches saturday to Advance to the final of the $350,000 Bausch and lomb Tennis championships. Graf the top seed crushed unseeded fatty Fendick 6-0, 6-1 while Sabatini the no. 2 seed struggled to a 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 Triumph Over Arantha Sanchez Vicario of Spain
