European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 6, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Block party Seton Hall Forward Jerry Walker blocks the shot of North Carolina s Eric Montross on wednesday in East Rutherford no. Although this shot did t fall most of the rest did As. The fourth ranked tar heels demolished the fifth ranked pirates 83-54. Turn to Page 25 for details about wednesday s College basketball. Bulls win 13th straight As Pippen rattles cars by the associated press Chicago a the Chicago bulls set a team record for consecutive victories with 13tas Scottie Pippen had 28 Points 15 rebounds and 10 assists wednesday night in a 108-102 decision Over the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Victory snapped the Cavaliers five game winning Streak and was the bulls 11th straight Over the Cavaliers dating Back to april 23, 1989. It also gave the bulls their Best Start Ever at 14-2. Chicago a previous Streak of 12 straight victories was set in november 1973. The bulls opened a 100-88 Lead but the Cavaliers chipped away at the margin behind the shooting of Brad Daugherty and John Williams who scored 26 and 22 Points respectively. But a 3-Pointer by by. Armstrong started a 12-2 run that put the bulls Back in control. Horace Grant scored 22 Points for the bulls and Michael Jordan was limited to 16, All in the first three quarters. In other games wednesday hornets 124, lakers 106 Charlotte a Dell Curry hit All four of his 3-Point attempts and scored 27 Points As Charlotte beat los Angeles for the first time in nine tries. The win snapped the hornets five game losing Streak and they were 0-8 against the lakers in their first three Aba seasons. Aba Charlotte pulled away from a 77-77 tic in the fourth Quarter scoring a franchise record 47 Points while holding the lakers to 29. Curry was 11 for 15 from the Field Overall and his 4 for 4 performance from 3-Point Range keyed the hornets 7-for-8 shooting at that distance. James worthy scored 28 Points and Sam Perkins 26 for the lakers who have lost three of four since a nine game winning Streak. Rookie Larry Johnson scored 22 Points for the hornets. Celtics 124, heat 97 Boston a Robert Parish scored 31 Points and Larry Bird 28 As Boston toyed with Miami for 38 minutes before pulling away extending its Home record to 20-0 against the a bad a four expansion entries. Miami losers of six of seven games was led by Glen Rice with 27 Points. Trail blazers 124, magic 115 Orlando Fla. Clyde Drexler scored 34 Points and Portland continued its hot shooting during a trip to Florida with a Victory Over Orlando. The Trail blazers shooting 45 percent for the season before arriving in Florida have made 55 percent in victories at Miami on tuesday night and Orlando. They also have 124jpoints in each game. Scott skills led Orlando with 24 Points while Terry Porter had 21 on 7-for-ll shooting. Drexler was 14-for-23 from the Field. Suns 114, pacers 108 Indianapolis Jeff Hornacek scored 11 of his 27 Points in the final period and Phoenix outscored Indiana 14-4 in the final 2 36. Rik Smits led Indiana with 26 Points and 10 rebounds while Reggie Miller scored 21 Points and Micheal Williams had 17 Points and 12 assists. Jazz 101, bullets 74 Salt Lake City Jeff Malone scored 22 Points against his former teammates and Karl Malone had 20 Points and 14 rebounds for Utah against Washington. The jazz outscored the bullets 54-35 in the Middle two quarters and led by As Many As 29 Points near the end of the third and fourth periods. Playing without injured starters Pervis Ellison and Michael Adams the bullets were led by Harvey Grants 22 Points. Larry Stewart had 16 Points and 10 rebounds in the losing Effort. Clippers 92, spurs 81 los Angeles a Olden polynice keyed a fourth Quarter rally by scoring 13 of his 15 Points and los Angeles survived a 12-Point second Quarter to beat san Antonio. The stars and stripes december 6.1991 c Page 28 Burns quitting Vikings Eden Prairie Minn. A Jerry Burns will retire As coach of the Minnesota Vikings after the 1991 season the team confirmed wednesday. A Jerry and i had a meeting this morning and he related to me his desire to step Down at the end of the season Quot Roger Headrick Vikings president said. Burns had indicated in recent weeks that he would not return. A after a period of time i just decided that id had enough of coaching a Burns said in a statement released by the team. A live known for Jerry Burns some time that i would not return and decided today that now was the time to clarity my position and let people know of my the Vikings who Are 6-7, play at Tampa Bay on sunday and after that play Host to the los Angeles rams and Green Bay packers. A despite Jerry a decision to step Down our immediate focus remains the same to win our next three games to make the playoffs and then to see what sort of Success we can achieve after that a Headrick said. Headrick said hell begin compiling a list of potential successors. Bums has said he would Tike to see someone from his staff succeed him but said the team must play Well in its last three games for that to happen. A we begin this process with an open mind and with no leading candidate a Headrick said. A nor do i have a specific time Burns has a 50-42 record in his five Elus seasons. He was named head coach before the 1986 season and led the Vikings into the playoffs following the 1987, �?T88 and �?T89 seasons. His teams played in the pfc championship game following the 1987 season and won the pfc Central division championship in 1989. Inside sports army Navy touches everybody a Page 22 aids Specter stalks nil a Page 26 Kareem or. 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