European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 02, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 18 a the stars and stripes thursday May 2, 1991nba from Page 24 lakers. Hakeem Olajuwon missed a 3-Point attempt with 8.6 seconds to go. Olajuwon had 21 Points and .17 rebounds and Otis Thorpe added 21 Points including 17 in the first half. James worthy scored 22 Points for the lakers who won the first two games at Home. The lakers will await the Winner of the san Antonio Golden state series for their next opponent while the rockets go into the off season fretting about referee Wally Rooney a count on the rockets key inbound play. With 16.9 seconds showing Thorpe  find an open Man and tried to Call time. Rooney whistled the Ball Over to the lakers. A a a in a still a Little shocked Quot Olajuwon said. A in a game like this at that Point its a terrible Call. He called time and it should have been honoured. That Callas not  a. F Rooney said it was and for the second time in the series the lakers benefited from a close officials Cal Scott a Basket in the final seconds of the first game helped the lakers to a 94-92 Victory. A i counted five seconds and blew my whistle a Rooney said. A a that a when Otis called time out. Id already called a the violation pure and  pistons 103, Hawks 91 Atlanta Joe Dumars and Isiah Thomas sparked Detroit a comeback from a 17-Point second Quarter desk Cit leading the pistons to a 2-1 advantage Over Atlanta. The Hawks Jed 46-29 on a pair of free throws by Dominique Wilkins a his first Points of the game a with 5 30 left in the first half before the pistons chipped away starting with a 3-Point Basket by Mark Aguirre. Dumars who scored 30 Points had 11 and Thomas added eight in the comeback that saw the pistons take the Lead for Good at 66-64 on Dumars second straight 3-Pointer with 3 40 left in the third Quarter. _ Tho Jas finished with 19 Points and 13 assists and Vin me Johnson scored 13 of his 17 Points in the second Quarter. Kevin Willis led the Hawks with 24 Points. Wilkins hounded by Dennis Rodman had 18. Supersonics 102, Trail blazers 99 Seattle a sedate Threatt Sank a 3-Point shot with four seconds left As Seattle beat Portland precluding a sweep by the Trail blazers. Game 4 of the Best of five Western conference series will be played thursday night in Seattle. Portland leads 2-1. A. A a Threatt Yho led the sup cronies with 29 Points put his team ahead 100-99 after Kevin Duckworth gave the Trail blazers a 99-97 Lead on an offensive rebound Lay in with 21,7 seconds to go after threatts go ahead 3-Pointer, Gary Payton stole Danny Ainge s inbound pass and fed Nate Mcmillan for a Layup As time expired. Benoit Benjamin scored 26 Points for Seattle. Clyde Drexler led Portland with 23 Points. Jazz 107, suns 98 Salt Lake City a Blue Edwards says there a no time for the Utah jazz to get comfortable. While Karl Malone led Utah with 32 Points it was Edwards who came off the jazz Bench to score 14 of his 22 in the fourth Quarter. I the Victory gave Utah a 2-1 Lead in the Best of five series. The suns face elimination in game 4 thursday night at the Salt Palace. _ �?o1 think the key thing for us was our execution on both ends a a Edwards said stressing that team defense was just As important As his late game heroics. A definitely thursday will be a big game.  be coming in hungry. A in this series we need to play Good defense. Phoenix likes to get into a transition game. So for we be done a Good Job slowing it  Chambers led Phoenix with 26 Points and Dan Majerle added 19, but suns coach Cotton Fitzsimmons said it Wasny to enough. A Edwards Hurt us a Fitzsimmons  he vowed the suns would do their Best to win thursday and Force a fifth game saturday in Phoenix. Chicago a Scottie pippin dunks Over Patrick Ewing. A if anybody is going to be the aggressor come thursday 1 want it to be the Phoenix suns a the coach said the jazz got 18 Points and 12 assists from John Stockton Reserve Center Mike Brown had 15 Points and 11 rebounds for Utah. N Edwards went to the foul line three times in the final minute and Sank All six free throws. The suns took an 86-85 Lead with 4 39 remaining when Kurt Rambis scored on a tip in. Stockton countered with a driving Layup and the jazz never trailed thereafter. It was a game of rallies with the Lead changing hands six times in the fourth Quarter. A the suns trailed 59-51 Early in the third Quarter but a 9-0 run keyed by four Points each by Chambers and Jeff Hornacek erased the deficit. Majerle a 3-Pointer at the Buzzer trimmed the Utah Lead to 74-73 entering the final period. The suns owned the first Quarter 27-19 with Xavier Mcdaniel scoring 10 of his 16 Points. Kevin Johnson had eight Points but managed Only two More against Stockton a clinging defense. Phoenix ran its Lead to 31-21 Early in the second Quarter but Stockton found Malone in the Low Post. Malone then scored 10 of his 16 first half Points. Trailing 47-42, Utah scored nine straight Points in the last 1 31 of the half. Edwards steal and slam Dunk made it 48-47 for the jazz. Stockton a 3-Pointer with 28 seconds left gave Utah a 51-47 halftime Lead. Pistons look to retool by next season by Jan Hubbard _ a a it a a new Day a a. No matter what happens in the playoffs a even with Detroit leading its series against Atlanta 2-1 a the pistons will make significant changes before next season. Mark Aguirre moods Are wearing thin As evidenced during and ayes. Game when Isiah Thomas gave Aguirre a Tongue lashing on the Bench. John Salley a restricted free agent wants $2.5 million a year a figure the pistons consider excessive. Aguirre and Salley Aba notes were on the trading Block last year. That will not. Change. A a a. A. A a. A v. A a a the pistons Are getting older. By the beginning of next season James Edwards and Vinnie Johnson will be 35 and Bill Laimbeer 34.7 Thomas turned 30 tuesday., so if makes sense for the pistons to retool their team. It became All but official that they would do so last week when Thomas said that even if the pistons win a third straight title �?o1 believe there will be major changes a maybe five or six new faces. You can to live in the past. You have to continue to try to improve your team.�?�. When Thomas says something about the pistons it is significant because of his close relationship with owner William Davidson. Thomas probably is the most powerful person in the organization simply because Davidson credits him with much of the Success the pistons have had on and off the court when Thomas arrived in Detroit in 1981, the franchise probably was Worth about $15 million. Now with a state of the Art Arena and two championships the pistons probably Are Worth about $200 million. _ who  the most Likely Piston to go neither Aguirre nor Salley nor any of the older players have significant Trade value. A if the pistons Are to get an Impact player or players the Only ones who have value on the open Market Are Dennis Rodman and Joe. Dumars. And Rodman a value is limited because he specializes in defense and rebounding. He is not an All around player. A Pat Riley said he has been contacted a a indirectly by at least two Aba teams that have asked if he is interested in returning to coaching. Riley has not ruled out leaving neg of another coaching Opportunity but obviously it would Jive to be a great Job a Rod stricken cd who is accused of exposing himself to a woman in the hallway of a Seattle hotel is not the first 24-year-old male to act i maturely. However he is the first 24-year-old, Multi talented restricted free agent to seem intent on destroying his leverage in upcoming contract negotiations. U Strickland is going to act so irresponsibly with his contract in doubt what will he do when he gains Security you can bet san Antonio spurs officials Are asking themselves that question. A Seattle area papers Are running quotes from Anonymous players ripping coach . Jones for a Lack of a substitution pattern and assigned roles. That does no to Bode Well for the Long Range future of the team particularly because the supermom is were put together by trades Only this season. Michael Adams says he would prefer to amp play somewhere other than Denver a unless the nuggets give him a raise. Good to see a Man with principles. And at a recent roast for Jack Sikma Milwaukee teammate Fred Roberts noted that Bucks owner Herb Kohl must be concerned about Sikma. A this Bonscore is beginning to look like his pay Check a Roberts said a there is a one and then a whole lot of  thursdays programs 600 6 30 7 00 7 30 7 40 8 40 10 20 11 10 12 00 12 30 12 35 1.00 3 00 can sports tonight Abc world news tonight Abc nth line a. Headline news sesame Street. 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