European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 8, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes january 8,1992 c Page 28 no Gamble lifts celts by Kings by United press International Boston the Boston celtics finally figured out How to win without Larry Bird. Just play the Sacramento Kings in the Garden. Kevin Gamble scored a career High 34 Points monday night leading the celtics to a 110-1 of come from behind Victory Over the Road weary Kings in their third straight game without Bird. Kevin Mcl Lale also did not play for Boston which posted its 13th straight win Over the Kings at Boston Garden dating Hack to Jan. 17, 1979. However it was the celtics first win without Bird in the lineup. In a news conference before the game Dave Gavitt the celtics chief of basketball operations said doctors had confirmed that Birds Back problem is not related to his lower Back surgery of last june 7. A the difference Between this injury and the last is there a no disc problem and there s no stenosis a a Gavitt said. He said an examination by or. Alexander Wright who operated on Bird last june confirmed that the 13-Ycar Veteran has a an inflamed facet joint caused by trauma from a blow or a series of blows suffered in practice. Boston trailed by 12 Points Early in the fourth Quarter but moved to 98-97 on a pair of Rick Fox free throws with 6 30 left Sacramento answered behind 4 Points each from Lionel Simmons and Litch Richmond to regain a 5-Point Lead with 2 23 left. However Boston scored the next 8 Points including 4 by de Pinckney and the go ahead Basket by Reggie Lewis to take a 109-106 Lead with 16.5 seconds remaining. After Jim Les converted a Layup to pull the Kings within 1 Point John rockets guard Eric Floyd 21 Banks off Hawks Forward Alexander Volkov during second period action in Atlanta monday. Bagley made one of two free throws for a 2-Point Lead with 9.4 seconds remaining. Simmons then turned the Ball Over and Sacramento was forced to foul with 3.8 seconds left. Richmond led the Kings now 2-15 on the Road with 23 Points. Mchale is suffering from a bruised right calf. In other games monday night Hawks 109, rockets 97 Atlanta a Dominique Wilkins scored 27 Points and Kevin Willis added 20 Points and grabbed 15 rebounds leading Atlanta Over the slumping Houston rockets. Houston now has lost six of its last eight games. Houston made a Small run until Center Hakeem Olajuwon was ejected with 3 50 remaining in the fourth Quarter for arguing a foul Call. Wilkins converted the technical foul and Willis then Sank two free throws to open a 15-Point  105, clippers 90 East Rutherford . Moo Kic Blaylock scored 20 Points and dished out six assists leading new Jersey Over the to Angeles clippers. The clippers overcame a 15-Point, third Quarter deficit to close the margin to 86-82 with 7 33 remaining. But the nets went on a 17-4 spurt to pull away for  100, pistons 90 san Antonio a David Robinson scored 20 Points grabbed nine rebounds and blocked five shots to Lead the san Antonio spurs Over the Detroit pistons. The spurs held a slim margin throughout much of the game until the final three minutes when the pistons began fouling on every san Antonio Possession. Rod Strickland scored 19 Points and Willie Anderson added 18 Points and 11 rebounds for the spurs. Joe Dumars paced the pistons with 24 Points and Dennis Rodman grabbed 24  124, pacers 108 Salt Lake City Karl Malone scored 34 Points and grabbed 14 rebounds powering the Utah jazz Over the Indiana pacers for their 13th straight win at Home. The game was tied 73-73 Midway through the third Quarter before Utah scored 14 straight Points for a commanding 87-73 Lead. Malone and Blue Edwards each had 11 Points in the third period. Reggie Miller led Indiana with 20 Points. The pacers dropped to 3-14 on the , Lendl lose first round new matches Sydney up top seeds Michael Stich and Ivan Lendl were sensationally blasted out of the $485,000 new South Wales open at White City tuesday on a Day of first round upsets in the warm up inside sports Aba standings leaders a Page 23 Oklahoma state rips Kansas state a Page 25 few expected Kramer a starring role a Page 26 . Slidders using High tech a Page 27 event for the australian open championships. Wimbledon Champion Stich top seed in the Sydney event paid the Price for his reparation and was of a by promising Young in the Sydney event paid the Price for i poor preparation and was whipped 6-4, 1-o, 1-b by promising Young aussie Todd Woodbridge. Three hours after the Shock loss of Stich former world Champion Lendl was eliminated by rising dutch Star Richard Krajicek. The big serving Krajicek ranked 44, handled his czechoslovak opponents heavy ground strokes with ease on the rebound Ace surface and scored a career Best 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 Triumph in just Over two hours. Stich the Power serving German began the match comfortably enough closing out the opening set in 44 minutes. Stich was Quick off the Mark breaking Woodbridge in the opening game of the the packed gallery expected a deciding dogfight but it was Woodbridge All the second set but from that Point his game fell apart at the seams. The 86-degree heat was bothering him his serve became erratic and time and again the confident Woodbridge punished the string of Short balls that came his Way. With the match locked at one set All e packed Quot a a set dogfight Way with his Confidence soaring at 2-1, the Blond haired aussie cracked Stich a service twice to close out the match. The magnitude of the loss was reflected by the huge rankings Gap Between the players. Stich is ranked fourth in the world whereas Woodbridge appears on the list 31 Oil Krajicek fired 13 aces against Lendl in a High calibre display but surprised in his news conference with a statement that he Felt he had not played at his Best. A my percentage of first serves Wasny to very Good i know i can play a lot better than that a he said. In the women a event three of the tournaments 16 seeds were beaten As the stadium was hit by Strong wind gusts. American Tami Whitlinger ousted Lith seeded belgian Sabine Appleman in straight sets while american Lori Mcneil 12was eliminated by Germany a Sabine Hack. Former new Champion Natalia Zvereva the 14th seeded had terrible problems with an erratic service and was beaten 7-5,6-1 by Japan a Kimiko Date. Top seeded argentinian Gabriela a Batik was scheduled to make her new open debut against Hollands Manon Bollegraf wednesday