European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 17, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday february 17, 1992 the stars and stripes c Page 21 Pippen s late Block saves bulls Victory Over kicks Houston Shakeem Olajuwon blocks a pass by Maverick Forward Rodney Mccray. By the associated press Chicago a Scottie Pippen slapped away a potential game winning shot by Xavier Mcdaniel with three seconds to play and Gerald Wilkins missed at the Buzzer saturday night As the Chicago bulls held on for a 99-98 Victory Over the new York kicks. Michael Jordan who led the bulls with 29 Points hit a pair of free throws with 1 56 to play giving the bulls a 99-97 Lead. Patrick Ewing who led the to flicks with 30 Points missed the first of two free throws and made the second with 43 seconds left completing the scoring. It was a far cry from the 106-85 drubbing the bulls gave the kicks in new York thursday night. This one was close throughout As Chicago won its third straight following a 2-4 Road trip. The kicks had their five game Road winning Streak broken and counting playoffs lost their 13th straight to the urls and their 17th straight at Chicago stadium dating Back to March 6,1987. In other games saturday Cavaliers 128, nets 92 Richfield Ohio a Brad Daugherty had 15 Points and 11 rebounds As Cleveland outscored new Jersey 38-18 in the first Quarter on the Way to a rout of the nets. The cars who snapped their longest losing Streak of the season at three games made just four Field goals in the second Quarter but Cleveland a 37-Point third Quarter made it 97-70 going into the fourth period. Daugherty finished with 27 Points and 16 rebounds. Mark Price scored 11 of his 24 Points in the first period. The nets were led by Sam Bowie and Drazen Petrovic with 12 Points each. Derrick Coleman averaging 19.2 Points was held to six  103, rockets 99 Dallas a Rolando Blackman scored 15 of his 31 Points in a Span of 5 09 in the fourth Quarter leading Dallas Over Houston. Blackman held to seven Points in a 20-Point loss at Denver on Friday night hit a 3-Pointer with 5 18 left on the Mavericks first Possession after he re entered the game snapping an 81-81 tie. Blackman connected on another 3-Pointer on Dallas next trip Down the floor for an 87-83 Lead with 4 36 to  117, Timber wolves 101 Minneapolis Michael Williams scored 22 Points and Indiana outscored Minnesota 31-15 Down the stretch to win for the first time at Minneapolis. The pacers also got 21 Points from Reggie Miller to win their third straight Road game and seventh in nine starts Overall. The three game Road winning Streak is Indiana a longest in 12 years. The Timber wolves 0-32 when allowing 100 Points or More were led by ton Woolridge Philadelphia a Orlando Woolridge scored a season High 34 Points and Dennis Rodman grabbed 26 rebounds As the Detroit pistons beat the Philadelphia 76ers 90-83 on sunday. Woolridge hit 16 of 21 shots and scored 24 Points in the second half when the pistons pulled away for their first Victory at Philadelphia in nearly three years. They had lost three straight at the spectrum. Charles Barkley with 24 Points and 17 Campbell with 21 Points. Chuck person scored 17 Points for the pacers wingless in two previous trips to  124, bullets 98 Phoenix a Jeff Hornacek scored 27 Points As Phoenix charged from behind to defeat Washington. The bullets who beat the los Angeles lakers Friday night lost on the Road for the eighth time in nine games. They jumped ahead 19-10 and were still in front 27-26 late in the first Quarter. Washington Point guard Michael Adams had 12 Points at that time but an Elbow to the head caused a Cut that needed five stitches and by the time he returned with 2 13 remaining in the first half the suns were ahead 60-48.jazz 106, nuggets 93 Salt Lake City Jeff Malone scored seven of his 24 Points in a three rebounds led the mixers who lost their third straight. In the final period the 76ers Cut an eight Point deficit to four on a follow up shot by Barkley that made it 78-74 with 4 18 to play. But Isiah Thomas scored on a drive. After Jayson Williams made a free throw for Philadelphia Woolridge hit a jumper making it 82-75 with 3 30 to go. The mixers never threatened after that. Minute Span of the third Quarter lifting Utah Over Denver. Malone keyed a 14-4 run to open the second half giving the jazz a 68-56 Lead and the closest the nuggets got after that was 93-86 with 3 03 left in the game. Karl Malone averaging 27.9 Points missed his first seven shots and finished 6 for 22 with 23 Points and 15 rebounds. John Stockton had 21 Points and 10 assists for the jazz who matched Chicago Saba Best Home record of 23-2.warriors 140, sonics 122 Oakland Calif. A Chris Mullin scored 31 Points and Tim Hardaway and Billy Owens each had 23 As Golden state beat Seattle and made supersonics coach George Karl a loser in his first try against the team he used to coach. The win was the third straight for the warriors and first in three tries this season against Seattle. The sonics had won four in a Row. Joe Dumars scored 15 Points for Detroit Bill Laimbeer 14 and Thomas u. Thomas also had 11 assists. Armon Gilliam scored 14 and Johnny Dawkins 11 for Philadelphia. In the third period the pistons snapped a 42-42 tie with a 10-0 surge that gave them a 52-42 Lead with 6 10 left in the Quarter. Laimbeer and Woolridge each had a pair of baskets in the burst. The 76ers came Back with an 8-2 run to Cut their deficit to 54-50. They never got closer than four  up Streak to four wins from wire reports East Rutherford . Randy Mckay Kevin Todd and Claude la Mioux converted defensive lapses by Hartford into second period goals saturday As the new Jersey devils won their fourth straight with a 4-1 decision Over the slumping whalers. The win was the seventh in nine games for the devils and gave them a sweep of their three game season series with Hartford. The whalers have just one win in their last 17 games 1-10-6. They Are also saddled with a 12-game win less Streak on the Road 0-10-2. In other games saturday flyers 8, oilers 5 Philadelphia Kevin Dineen scored two goals As Philadelphia took a Bie Lead and Hung on for a Victory that snapped Edmonton a six game winning Streak. The flyers extended their hottest Streak of the year to 7-1-1.kings 6, capitals 3 Inglewood Calif. Streaking Luc Robitaille and Mike Donnelly each scored twice and Wayne Gretzky had three assists As los Angeles beat Washington. Kelly Hrudney frustrated the no la a highest scoring team with 36 saves and blanked the leagues Premier Power play unit All seven  3, Maple Leafs 1 Toronto a Phil Housley and Paul Mcdirmid scored first period goals and goalie Bob Essensa stopped 36 shots leading Winnipeg by  stars 5, penguins 2 Bloomington Minn. Ulf Dahlen reached the 30-goal Mark for the first time in his five year nil career and added two assists As Minnesota Defeated Pittsburgh. Not even the return of stars Mario Lemieux and Paul Coffey could end the penguins wingless Streak which stretched to five games 0-4-1 Nordques 4, canadians 4 Montreal a the Quebec Nordques on third period goals by Owen Nolan and Herb Raglan rallied for a tie with Montreal. Still the Nordques remained the Only nil team still wingless on the Road with an 0-22-6  7, flames 2 St. Louis a Craig Janney scored his first three goals since being traded to St. Louis and Brett Hull had a goal and two assists helping the blues defeat  3, canucks 1 Uniondale . Pierre Turgeon scored twice and Glen Healy stopped 37 shots leading the new York islanders Over slumping Vancouver which has lost five  11, Sharks 1 Detroit a Jimmy Carson collected his ninth career hat trick off a three goal first period and Vladimir Konstantinov Bob pro Bert and Ray Sheppard added two apiece leading Detroit to a Romp Over san Jose. Rodman fuel Piston sunday in the Aba