European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 2, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 18 c the stars and stripes sunday february 2, 1992jazz Edge suns in of 117-116 by the associated press Salt Lake City Delaney Rudd who did no to play in regulation hit a 15-footer from the Corner with 2.5 seconds left in overtime Friday giving the Utah jazz a 117-116 Victory Over the Phoenix suns. Rudds game Winner came after Tom Chambers free throw gave the suns a 116-115 Lead with 11 seconds remaining. Jeff Hornacek a running one hander at the Buzzer bounced Long off the backboard As the jazz stopped the suns winning Streak at three and improved Utah a Home record to 19-2. Karl Malone had 43 Points and 16 rebounds and Jeff Malone scored 22 Points for Utah. Kevin Johnson had 28 Points and a season High 18 assists and Dan Majerle 22 Points for the blazers 113, nets 108 Portland Ore. A Clyde Drexler limited to 34 minutes by foul trouble scored 20 Points in Portland a Victory Over new Jersey. Drazen Petrovic led the nets with 21 Points and cookie Blaylock had 20 Points and 10 assists. Derrick Coleman a free throw with 1 38 left gave the nets a 106-105 Lead but Jerome Kersey hit a pair of free throws to give the blazers a one pointed be with 1 23 left and Portland never trailed thereafter. Terry porters jumper with 32 seconds left gave the blazers a 109-106 124, nuggets 103 Oakland Calif. A Billy Owens scored 12 of his 19 Points As Golden state outscored Denver 33-14 in the third Quarter and went on to break a three game losing Streak. The warriors with Chris Mullin scoring 26 Points without playing in the fourth Quarter completed their first Ever four game season sweep of the nuggets who fell to 3-16 on the 112, clippers 109 Sacramento Calif. A Lionel Simmons scored 28 Points and Duane Caus Aba Well blocked two Short jumpers by Charles Smith in the final seconds for Sacramento. Mitch Richmonds two free throws with 55 seconds left in the game gave the Kings a 109-107 Lead. Causwell who finished with five blocked shots swatted away Smiths Short jumper with 32 seconds left and blocked another seconds later. Kicks 125, bullets 114 Landover my. A Patrick Ewing scored six of his 20 Points in overtime and new York handed Washington its eighth straight loss. Pacers 115, Hawks 106, of Indianapolis Micheal Williams scored six of his 19 Points in overtime and Chuck person had 31 Points 12 rebounds Anc eight assists for Indiana against Atlanta. Bucks 102, celtics 100 Milwaukee a Moses Malone scored 11 of his 25 Points in the fourth Quarter As Milwaukee ended a five game losing Streak by beating Boston. Pistons 109, heat 98 Auburn Hills Mich. Joe do Mars scored 11 of his 29 Points in the fourth Quarter propelling Detroit past Miami. Supersonics 122, hornets 105 Charlotte . A Shawn Kemp came off the Bench with 22 Points and 21 rebounds lifting Seattle Over Charlotte. 76ers 112, magic 88 Philadelphia Hersey Hawkins scored 21 Points and Philadelphia out scored Orlando 39-10 in the second Quarter. Spurs 103, Timber wolves 101 san Antonio a David Robinson had 32 Points 14 rebounds and five blocked shots As san Antonio rallied to beat Minnesota. Sonics Center Benoit Benjamin Falls Over hornets guard Dell Curry on Friday , Sampras put . Ahead 2-0 Koala coast Hawaii a its hard to beat Andre Agassi most Days and even harder without Confidence. That left Argentina a Alberto Mancini Little Chance against the american in their first round Davis cup match. Mancini overcome Agassi a Power serves 30 Mph winds and the Mauna Lani Racquet clubs hard court surface Friday losing 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 to give the . A 2-0 Edge a making the americans one of six teams to sweep both opening Day matches in the eight first round series. In the opening match Pete Sampras scored his first Davis cup win in three tries beating Martin Jaite 3-6,6-4,6-2,6-4. The americans can Advance to the second round round with a Victory by the doubles team of John Mcenroe and Rick Leach against Christian Miniussi and Javier Frana. Mcenroe is considered perhaps the Best doubles player in the world and Leach is 6-0 in Davis cup doubles play. A John and his Mother would be no. 1 in doubles. Not to mention that Ricky a been hitting the Ball Well and has such a Good feel. That a a Tough team. I have a Tough time picturing them getting beat a Agassi said. Agassi knew Mancini who beat him to win the italian open in 1989, does no to like to play on hard courts and tends to favor his forehand. So Agassi tailored his game Davis cup to take advantage of those factors and his plan worked perfectly. A the likes to stay Back a lot More like on a Clay court and on a hard court you really can to do that because you la be in a defensive position a Agassi said. A the was forced to stand inside the Baseline to return and his grip changes were so extreme to really react to a serve that Quick so he found himself Chipping it Back a lot which certainly helped Sampras had to rally after losing the first set. He looked tired Ai times and blamed it on not having played in six weeks. In other world group matchup Canada 2, Sweden 0 at Vancouver British Columbia teenager Dan Nestor shocked Stefan Edberg the worlds no. 1 player 4-6, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 to give Canada a 2-0 Lead. In the first match Grant Connell lurked behind a booming first serve to defeat Magnus Gustafsson 7-6 7-56-4, 6-4.Brazil 2, Germany 1 at Rio de Janeiro Boris Becker staged a dramatic rally to defeat Luiz Mattar in a 4vi-hour match that gave Germany an opening Victory Over Brazil. Becker ranked third in the world fought off six match Points in the fourth set and beat Mattar 6-4, 5-7, 1-6, 7-6 7-26-0. Saturday Jaime Onins evened the series by upsetting Carl Uwe Steeb 6-3, 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 7-5 in a match suspended because of darkness Friday. Brazil took a surprising 2-1 Lead Cassio Motta and Fernando Roese steamrolled Becker and Eric Jelen 7-5, 6-3 and 6-3 on 2, Britain 0 at Bayonne France the defending champions won their first two singles matches behind Guy forget and Henri Leconte the heroes of december a Victory Over the United states that gave France its first championship in 59 years. Leconte beat Jeremy Bates 4-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 in the first match and forget beat Mark Petchey 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3. Forget and Leconte were scheduled for doubles saturday against Bates and Neal 2, Spain 1 at Bolzano Italy Omar Camporese of Italy beat Sergi bruguera 6-4, 6-1, 4-6, 6-1 in the first match and Emilio Sanchez tied it with a 7-6 7-34-6, 3-6, 7-5, 7-5 Victory Over Cristiano Caratti. In saturdays doubles Italy took the Lead with Camporese and Diego Nargiso beat Sergio Casal and Sanchez 7-6 7-4 63, 6-4. It Switzerland 3, Netherlands 0 at the Hague Netherlands Switzer land took a 2-0 Lead As 45th-ranked Marc Rosset beat Jan Siemering 7-6 7-26-2, 7-6 7-4 and 18th-ranked Jakob Hlasek no. Beat 7-2 40 Paul Laarhuis 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 the Swiss wrapped it up saturday when Rosset and Hlasek Defeated Laarhuis and Mark Koev ermans 6-2,5-7, 6-3, 6-1.czechoslovakia 3, Belgium 0 at Prague Czechoslovakia loth ranked Karel Novacek beat Bart Wuyts of Belgium 6-7 7-96-7 5-76-3, 6-4, 6-4 and Petr Korda beat Eduardo Masso 6-1, 7-6 7-06-3 As the czechoslovak took a 2-0 Lead on Friday. The Home team clinched the match saturday when Korda and Cyril Suk beat Tom Van Houdt and Masso 6-3, 6-3, 6-3. The Winner of the match plays the United states Argentina Winner in the second 3, Yugoslavia 0 at Nicosia Cyprus Australia took an unbeatable 3-0 Lead Over Yugoslavia by winning the saturday doubles. John Fitzgerald and Todd Woodbridge Defeated Aleksandar Kip Inov and Nebojsa Djordjevic 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 7-2. Yugoslavia Stop player Slobodan Zivojinovic defaulted with a Back injury in the second set Friday against Richard from Berg and Wally Masur beat Srdjan Muskatirovic 6-4, 6-1, 6-2
