European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 27, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pistons rally to Deal bulls 2-Point loss Aba by United press International Detroit a if the Detroit pistons were trying to Send a message to Chicago for the upcoming playoffs nobody on the bulls was paying much attention tuesday night. Joe Dumars scored 28 Points and Isiah Thomas added 24 Points and 13 assists in leading the pistons to a 108-106 Victory Over the bulls. However Chicago coach Phil Jackson was unfazed. Quot right now the Seveland Cavaliers Are our biggest Challenge in the East a Jackson said. Quot the pistons Are playing Well but they stiff have some things to get together. Right now Cleveland is playing better  the Cavaliers Are 36-17 and the pistons 32-24 with about a third of the regular season left. The pistons outscored Chicago 16-3 during a six minute stretch late in the fourth Quarter to overcome a six Point Lead by the bulls. Orlando Woolridge had 21 Points for Detroit and Dennis Rodman collected 20 rebounds and scored 13 Points. Scottie Pippen led Chicago with 33 Points and Michael Jordan who missed a jumper from the free throw line in the final seconds added 23. Horace Grant had 13 Points and 13 rebounds. After 3-Point goals by . Armstrong and Craig Hodges Cut Detroit a Lead to 108106, Grant stole Rodman a inbound pass with is seconds left to set up Jordan a final shot but he was closely guarded by Dumars and the attempt fell Short. In other Aba action tuesday night nets 109, celtics 95 East Rutherford . Derrick Coleman scored 21 Points grabbed 14 rebounds and blocked five shots against Boston As new Jersey overcame an injury to Center Sam Bowie. Drazen Petrovic led All scorers with 26 Points to help the nets win their fourth straight Home game and 10th in their last the stars and stripes february 27,1992 b Page 24inside sports . Amateur boxing a pages 20,21 Ben Abrams prep pickings a Page 21 Caps extend penguins Wonless Streak a Page 22 nil urged to adopt shootout a Page 22 Bucks guard Dale Ellis is trapped by the hornets Tyrone Bogues and Kendall Gill. 11. Bowie was lost Early in the second Quarter with a strained right  94, Bucks 82 Charlotte . A Kenny Gatti son scored 23 Points to Lead the hornets to their sixth straight Home Victory. Gatti son scored 10 Points in a Row to Cap a 124 run Midway through the fourth Quarter pushing a 78-72 Charlotte Edge to 90-76 with 3 40 remaining. Milwaukee was led by Moses Malone and Frank Brickowski with 13 Points  123, heat 101 san Antonio a David Robinson led seven san Antonio players in double figures with 26 Points. Terry Cummings scored 19 Points and Sean Elliott added 18 for the spurs while Rod Strickland returned to the starting lineup after a three game absence and had 11 Points nine assists and Only one turnover in 38 minutes of action. Grant Long scored 25 Points and Rony Seikaly 15 for  106, clippers 101 los Angeles a Karl Malone scored 33 Points As Utah handed los Angeles its third straight loss. The jazz have won seven of their last eight outings while the clippers slipped to 5-3 under new coach Larry Brown. Danny Manning led the clippers with 28  top eagles to halt slide by the associated press Syracuse . A Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim was delighted by the Way his 22nd-ranked orangemen regrouped when it looked like their season was about to completely unravel. Quot it was a tremendous win for us a Boeheim said after Syracuse rallied from an 11-Point halftime deficit for a 76-70 big East Victory Over Boston College on tuesday night ending a four game losing Streak. Quot we did no to know to act we lost four in a Row a Boeheim said. Quot we re not used to  Lawrence Moten and Adrian Autry both held scoreless in the first half led the second half comeback. Moten scored 18 Points and Autry added 14 As the orangemen 17-7, 9-6 Defeated Boston College 15-9, 7-8 for the sixth straight time and 16th in the last 17 meetings. Syracuse rallied after being held to a season Low 21 Points in the first half. Quot it was a scary first half. We knew it was desperation time in the second half a said Junior guard Mike Hopkins who had a season High 16 Points. Syracuse used a 16-3 run at the Start of the second half to tie the eagles at 37 with 13 48 left. Quot i done to think we came out with the intensity we had College basketball in the first half a said Boston College Center Bill Curley who led the eagles with 24 Points and 16 rebounds. Moten who became the big East Sall time leading freshman scorer hit a driving jumper with 8 53 to go to give Syracuse the Lead for Good at 49-48. Moten averaging 18.7 a game now has 279 Points in conference play surpassing the 271 Points scored by Connecticut a Earl Kelley in 1984. The orangemen opened up a six Point Lead 3vi minutes later when Boston College coach Jim of Brien was hit with a technical foul. Moten Sank a pair of free throws and Autry hit a 3-Pointer when Syracuse got the Ball Back for a 58-52 Lead. Syracuse pushed its Lead to double figures during a Parade to the foul line in the final 2vi minutes. But the eagles Cut it to six with a flurry of 3-pointers, including two by Howard Eisley who finished with 21 Points. In other games tuesday Pittsburgh 86, no. 24 Connecticut 77 Pittsburgh a Pittsburgh continued no. 24 Connecticut a second half slump getting 23 Points and 12 rebounds from Chris Mcneal and some key free throw shooting Down the stretch to beat the huskies Pitt one of the big East a worst foul shooting teams made 24 of 28 free throws including 17 of 20 in the second half. Pitt was shooting just 61 percent from the line entering the game. Connecticut now 17-7 and 8-7, but 16-1 three weeks ago lost for the sixth time in seven games a All in the conference. Pitt 16-12, 8-7 stopped a three game losing Streak. 6 Darren Moringstar added 19 Points for Pitt which also got 12 Points and u assists from Sean Miller. Scott Burrell had 21 Points for  79, Minnesota 64 Minneapolis a Acie Earl scored 17 Points to help Iowa give coach Tom Davis his 400th career Victo a _ Minnesota lost for the third straight time since upsetting Indiana two weeks  60, notre Dame 58 Dayton Ohio a a Derrick Dukes hit a Layup with nine seconds remaining to lift the flyers Over the Irish. Dayton s Alex Robertson tied it at 58 by hitting two free throws with 34 seconds to go. Robertson then fed Dukes for the winning bucket Dayton a Only Lead of the game