European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 19, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 18the stars and stripes sunday May 19, 1991nba also rans run for. By Illel Barnar the associated press new York a dig those horseshoes Mil of the Eloisel. Dust off Hose Lucky charms. Its lottery time in the Aba again. -. For the year the selection order of the Aba draft will he determined by the Luck of a draw a a system that management finds necessary hut frustrating. 1 v a Success is attained with a combination of Luck Opportunity and. Skill and in this Case All the skill has been removed Quot said Denver nuggets general manager Bernie Bickerstaff. A 1but pack of skill is Why we re a.,j a a a a t a tag a sundays lottery actually will determine Only which teams will have the top three picks in the june 26 draft. The remaining eight lottery teams will draft in reverse order of their regular season record which Means Den Var with the leagues worst record of 20-62, will select no later than fourth. Cleveland whose 33-40 record was the Best among the ,-will pick first second third or 11th. This is the second year of the a a weighted lottery in which the worst teams have a belter Chance to win a spot among the top three. It Denver will have i i of 66 Halls in the selection bin m Miami with the second worst record of 24-58, will have 10 balls. Sacramento third worst at 25-57, will have nine and Down to Cleveland which one Ball. Also in the lottery Are Charlotte new Jersey dal Las. Minnesota. Washington the los Angeles clippers and Orlando. A a the teams at the Bottom of the lottery can take heart. That one Chance in 66 could be enough to break into the lust year Seattle had two Halls in the bin and still came away with the no 2 pick in the drab a which they used to gel Rookie starter Gary Payton. A a there s always a Chance you can we one two. Of a three a said Cleveland player personnel director Gary Lutz Simmoms. Likely when the lottery is Over Well a be 11a but like Seattle last year t lie res always a Chance. A a a a a Quot a a aaa. Quot the clippers and Orlando both with 31-5.1 records,1 will have a Coin flip before Iffe Loit cry to determine which team i 11 have three Halls and which wi.l1 h Aye two in the drawing. A a a a a. A a a y regardless if that outcome the magic is taking no chances with the lottery gods. A my Wile was in the Kitchen this week ironing a four Leaf Clover a said Orlando general manager Pat Williams. A i asked her what she was doing and she said she was pressing our i Williams who also runs the Orlando Sun rays minor league baseball team said that he was giving free tickets to anyone bringing a pingpong Ball with a �?o1�?� painted on it to a Sun avs game. Williams said he is gratified that the magic has Only a Sling Chance to crack the top three. A the rewards of haying a better season punish you in the lottery a Williams said a but the Joy of winning some games is Worth it. It took an enormous amount of Luck for Seattle to snack in last year. some previous years like 1985, when Patrick Ewing was available and 1987, when David Robinson was drafted first despite a two year waiting period. V for Navy service a there is no obvious no. I pick.,. A a until sunday evening it s a Crapshoot Quot Williams / said. A a a a. A. A a a a a a a. Quot it would be a big difference if Shaque Illch oneii.1 of leu , the draft Quot Liiv Niit a stir Inman said cd i think any team would pick him no 1. By t without him. Teams might lean toward different players because of y . A a a a. A a. A a a a a a. V the consensus lop five players a in no part ice Lai. Order a re ear by up Vinson of u n la. by of e is of syr abuse doug1 Sim it h of Missouri Kenny Anderson of. Georgia tech and Dike be Mutombo of Georgetown. Steve Smith of Michigan state and Stacy Tigmon of univ Are not far behind a it a a a a a we re waiting to see what happens a Bickers half Saida a a we re guaranteed to get a Good basketball play or but you can to assess the draft until w c know who is drafting a a by a a Jerry Reynolds director of player personnel for Sac Ramento said the Kings have a Strong interest in Anderson while several other teams in the lottery have solid Young Point guards. Y a a. A. A a if we get a High pick we might look to Trade Down and still get the player we want a Reynolds said. A but we re Happy to know Well be no lower than sixth. We had no. 7 last year and we got Lionel Simmons who could wind up being the Best player in that pistons from Page 24,hit a Hank three Pointer As the shot clock ran out then a Short jumper with 1 41 remaining to put the pistons ahead for Good at 112-111. A bilk Laimbeer a Basket gave Detroit a 114-111 Lead then Brown was called for a travelling. A. Y Quot a y. Y moments later Thomas hit a jumper Over Brown from the left Side for a five Point Lead. A a y Kevin Ellale who had a season High 34 Points scored Boston s last Basket with 16 seconds remaining and Thomas fouled by Brown made a free throw with 14 seconds left for the final margin. A a a a that a Isjah Quot by it in said. A a lies a a big time player in a big time game. I. Knew head give me his Best and he a Boston coach Chris Ford did t fault his Rookie guard. A Isiah made some clutch shots a Ford said. �?�1 can to fault deeds defense Isiah was just possessed. It took a great player to make great plays to beat us. Isiah made that three off the Board with no time left on the shot Joe Dumars led Detroit with 32 Points 25 in the first half. Dumars had Only 14 three Point baskets in the regular season and he has made that Many in 11 playoff games including a three for five Elfort in game 6, a i compliment the celtics a a Daly said. A they gave it All they had. We looked tired and they looked tired. And now As a Bonus we get to go to Chicago on sat y a the pistons who had shot 41 percent through the first five games shot 50 per cent in game 6 and out rebounded the celtics 53-38 with Parish out with an injury to his left ankle. Boston shot 46.7 percent. Brown scored five Points and Lewis capped a 7-2 burst that saw Boston Cut Detroit a Lead which had been. 17 Points to 84-82 with 10 58 to play. Two dunks by John Salley helped the. Pistons push the Lead Hack to 02-84 with 8 13 left but the celtics on several occasions closed to three. Two free throws by Larry Bird gave the celtics their first Lead 100-09, with 2 13 left in the fourth Quarter. The Lead changed hands twice More then Dumars tied it at 103 with a Basket with 1 22 left and James Edwards hit two free throws with 43 seconds left fora 105103 Detroit Lead. ,. Dumars an 89 percent free throw shooter in the regular season missed two with 21 seconds remaining. Lewis who had 11 of his 23 Points in the period then tied it at 105. On his own rebound with 7.8 seconds remaining. Thomas desperation turnaround from the free throw line Al the regulation Buzzer was Short. A the pistons led the entire first half. Boston missed its first six shots and trailed 7-0 before Brian Shaw finally scored. Meanwhile Dumars had Ahe hot hand and the pistons kept feeding him Dumars. Scored 10 consecutive Points in one stretch. Dumars had 16 Points in the first liar Ter and Dennis Rodman had nine rebounds one More than the entire Boston team. The pistons led by As Many As 11 and took a 29-23 Lead into the second Quarter. Memale who had three Points in six minutes during the first Quarter scored .15 of Bostons 27 Points in the second Quarter. But the celtics could never get the deficit below four Points and the pistons led 56-50 at halftime. Detroit a Dennis Rodman rebounds during fridays series clinching Home win i won t drink and drive by Ralph Bernstein. The associated press. Philadelphia Lenny Dykstra returned to the Phillie clubhouse contrite but determined to turn his debilitating alcohol related ear Accident into a lesson for himself and fans. A what happened is something i m not proud of something that from Here on out hopefully will Hace a positive affect on people who watch me play and people who know anything about me Quot Dykstra said Friday at a news conference. A obviously in my future 1 wont drink and drive. Once you get behind that wheel its too Dykstra crashed his $91,000 Mercedes into Trees about i . On May 6 in suburban Radnor while returning from a bachelors part for teammate John Kruk. Police have charged Dyk Stra with driving under the influence of alcohol. Dykstra was placed on the 60-Day disabled list with various fractures. His passenger teammate Darren , will miss two weeks with injuries around his eyes. Dykstra a. Theme during the 25-minute news conference was a desire to turn the Accident into a positive experience. He said the Phillies had ideas about improving his image. A if this can help some kids or people out there then maybe it was Worth it. Mayhe it will save someone else Stife by them knowing that it happened to me. If it can happen to Nie. It can happen to them a he said. Dykstra had a fractured Collarbone three broken ribs and a fractured Cheek Bone. Daulton suffered a scratched left Cornea and broken left Eye Bone. Police say Dykstra a blood Al Coho Content tested 0.179 percent compared with the Legal limit of 0.10 percent. Police say he was travelling 47.25 Mph to 53.43 Mph in a 35-Mph zone. Dykstra predicted he would return shortly after the july 8-10 All Star break
