European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 20, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 22 the stars and stripes thursday february 20, 1992 Rodman s Effort helps pistons shellac magic by the associated press Detroit a it s scary to think what Dennis Rodman could have done if he had played the whole game. The Detroit Forward pulled Down 27 rebounds in Only 29 minutes tuesday in the pistons 117-95 win Over the Orlando magic. He also scored is Points. When coach Chuck Daly took Rodman out of the game with 8 33 remaining and the pistons ahead 10174, the Aba s leading rebounded was in rare shape Rodman a fitness fanatic was out of breath and gasping for air. A yeah i was sucking wind. It seemed like i was doing everything. 1 was going one on five at times Quot Rodman said. Quot i Haven t run that much in a Long time. It was a Little like playground Ball. But under the circumstances it was easy to get More the pistons Are 10-0 against the magic since Orlando s Entrance into the Aba including 3-0 this season. Orlando Woolridge who needed two stitches to close a Cut Over his right Eye in the first Quarter scored 21 Points Lor the pistons. In other games tuesday night Trail blazers 129, suns 116 Portland. Ore. A Clyde Drexler scored 28 Points and Terry Porter added 24 As Portland overcame a 40-Point performance by Kevin Johnson and handed Phoenix its fourth loss in its last five games. The Portland reserves led by Cliff Robinson s 17 Aba Points outscored their Phoenix counterparts 48-34 and ignited decisive runs in the second and fourth quarters. Bucks 128, Cavaliers 116 Milwaukee a the Bucks used 30 Points from Moses Malone and 2b from Dale Ellis who was forced into a starting role to beat the Cavaliers for their sixth straight Home Victory. Milwaukee pulled away in the third Quarter behind 73 percent shooting 16 of 22 and 11 Points from Jay Humphries. Kicks 110, Kings 97 new York a Patrick Ewing scored 34 Points and Mark Jackson came within one rebound of a triple double leading new York Over Sacramento. Jackson had 20 Points 15 assists and nine rebounds. Wayman Tisdale and Spud Webb led Sacramento with 18 Points each. 76ers 94, Mavericks 90 Dallas a the Mavericks had their worst one Quarter shooting performance in the team s 12 year history a they made Only 3 of 22 shots in the fourth period a in losing to Philadelphia. Johnny Dawkins three Point play with 1 21 remaining snapped a tie and Philadelphia was Able to hang on. Charles Barkley led the mixers with 28 Points. Terry Davis had 17 Points and 14 rebounds for Dallas. Charles Barkley shoots Over Mavericks Herb dismiss reigning coach of year Houston a Don Chaney. Aba coach of the year in 1991 but whose team was struggling this season was fired by the Houston rockets on tuesday. Assistant Rudy Tomjanovich who played 11 seasons for the rockets and is one of two Houston players to have his number retired was named interim coach. A you can t fire the team and something had to be owner c Harlic Thomas said. Quot once you see that things Are deteriorating you have to do something. I m not blaming Don Chaney. Everyone is account Able and that includes Chaney 45. Became the rockets eighth coach in the franchise s 24-year history june 13, 1988. He compiled a 164-134 record. In Chaney s first three seasons As coach the rockets went 45-37. 41-41 and 52-30 and were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs each season. Chaney was not available for comment. A i think Don gave the Best Effort he could Thomas said. A a there have been a lot of coaching changes. Maybe three or four years is All a coach can be effective in one rockets Center Hakeem deferred comment until wednesday. This season the rockets Are 26-26 and in third Plage in the Midwest division 81 games behind first place Utah going into tuesday night s games. Houston s next game is at Home against Philadelphia thursday. Quot it s been frustrating the Way we be been playing a Tomjanovich said. Quot there is so much potential Here. I la try my approach and Well see what the latest loss their seventh in 10 games was one of the most bitter of the season. They blew a 24-Point Lead at Home monday night and were beaten by the lowly Minnesota Timber wolves 124-122 in overtime. Minnesota has the worst record in the league 10-40. Chaney met with his team in a closed door session following the game and later met with Thomas and general manager Steve Patterson. Chaney led the rockets through an injury filled 1991 season that included a 13-game winning Streak longest in club history. Sembach chalks up twin wins Spang Torrejon fall to Csc champs by Mark wonders staff writer the Sembach tigers look the inside track wednesday in the opening round of the 1992 usage women s basketball championship at Lindsey air station. After handily taking the opener by knocking off the Torrejon raiders tics 58-45, the tigers came Back Strong against fellow Continental spoils conference foe Spang Dahlem 70-62 to Lake a 2-0 Mark into thursdays play. The two teams with the Best records after the round Robin will vie for the Crown. Besides Span Dahlem and Sembach. The six team Field consists of Cluck Sands and of the United kingdom spoils conference along with Aviano and Torrejon from the Mediterranean sports conference. After taking a 35-26 halftime Lead the tigers went on a 14-5 run to increase their Lead to 49-31 with 12 35 left and held a 53-35 bulge with 7 48 to go in Safe women a basketball the game. The sabers then made a 15-0 run of their own to trim the Lead to 53-50 with 4 03 remaining. Center Kim Robinson then canned a turnaround jumper with 1 36 left to put the game out of reach. Robinson who paced the tigers with 20 in their win Over Torrejon. Exploded for 21 More against Span Dahlem. Robinson says her team has the momentum to get to a and win a the finals. Quot we have a great team Anil we be been working explains Robinson. "1 just Don t see w by we can t go All the Way. We re in the fast track in other action wednesday the Lakenheath l Ady eagles edged the Span Dahlem sabers 66-63, and the Aviano eagles held Oft the Cluck Sands i Ady Chicks 70-68. Lakenheath 66, Span Dahlem 63 the i Ady eagles held off the sabers 0-2 when Denise ridges missed a potential tying 3-Pointer with 10 seconds left and Lakenheath ran you the clock for the win. Aviano 70, Chicksands 68 after building a comfortable 40-24 halftime Lead and increasing it to 20 Points Aviano almost gave the game away. Tiny Tucker the lady a Hicks 5-1 guard canned a 3-Pointer to trim the eagles Lead to 66-64 with 2 40 left. After trading baskets Aviano Forward Stephanie Dobbs tipped in a missed shot to tie it with 58 seconds left in the contest. Aviano took the for Good on toward Sundra Washington s Hook with 25 seconds left and after trading turnovers Dobbs desperation shot ear Omed off the rim As time expired. The remaining pairings Are As follows this morning s contests open with a meeting Between and Aviano at 10 ., followed by Torrejon is. Span Dahlem at 110011. Sem Halcli tangles with Chicksands at 3 . And Aviano ends Day 2 of the tournament against Torrejon. Sembach opens Friday s schedule against at 10 Followed by the Tor Cjon Chicksands contest at noon. Span Dahlem is then pitted against Aviano in the 3 p.111. Matchup Chicksands tangles with Lakenheath at 5 . Saturday s matchup begin at 10 a.111. When Span Dahlem takes 011 Chicksands. Followed by a Lakenheath Torrejon con lest at 110011. Aviano takes on Sembach later at 3 p.111. The championship match is set for sunday at i . Which pits the top two finishers Lor the round Robin. In Case of lies a tie breaking system that includes head to head records and total Points will be used. All games will be held at the Lindsey air station Jym. And there is no admission charge. 1992 Winter olympics through wednesdays events a s b t Germany 10 8 6 24 unified team 7 5 6 18 Austria 4 7 7 18 Norway 7 5 4 16 Italy 3 4 3 10 France 3 5 United states 3 3 Finland 3 1 Japan 1 1 Canada 1 0 Sweden 1 0 Netherlands 0 1 Switzerland 1 0 China 0 2 Luxembourg 0 2 Czechoslovakia 0 0 s. Korea 0 1 1 1 3 3 2 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 9 7 7 5 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 a Gold a Sitver a Bronze to total does not induce demonstration sports aps amps
