European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 1, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Willis Sparks Hawks past celts 102-90 Aba by the associated press Atlanta Kevin Willis of the Atlanta Hawks likes a big game atmosphere and it showed in his performance Friday night. A a it a always special playing against Boston and Detroit and big games like that a Willis said leading the Hawks to a 102-90 Victory Over the celtics. Willis had 22 Points and 22 rebounds and Rumeal Robinson added 23 Points As the Hawks handed Boston its fifth Road loss in a Row. In three games this season against Boston Willis has had 62 Points and 62 rebounds. It was the third Victory in a Row for Atlanta and its sixth in succession Over the celtics. Kevin Mchale led the celtics with 20 Points and Robert Parish added 18. Dee Brown making his first Start since being activated on feb. 5 following knee surgery had a career High 14 assists. He also scored 10 Points. In other games Friday night bulls 109, Bucks 105 Milwaukee Scottie Pippen scored a season High 41 Points and Chicago rallied in the final four minutes to beat Milwaukee. Pippens two free throws with 36 seconds to go gave the bulls a 104-101 Lead. After Dale Ellis missed a 3-Pointer for the Bucks Michael Jordan dropped in two free throws with 23.9 seconds left. Jordan finished with 24 Points for Chicago which lost starting Forward Horace Grant in the second Quarter when he bruised a knee running into a table. Milwaukee which has lost five consecutive games got 28 Points from Jay Humphries and 26 from 115, suns 107 Dallas a rookies Doug Smith and Mike Iuzzolino combined for Dallas first 21 Points of the fourth Quarter lifting the Mavericks Over Phoenix. Smith finished with 17 Points while another Dallas Rookie Tracy Moore scored 16. Derek Harper led Dallas with the stars and stripes March 1,1992 Page 24 20 Points. Dan Majerle led the suns with 20 84, nuggets 81 Denver a Buck Johnson a 20-footer broke a tie with 31 seconds left and boosted Houston Over Denver breaking the rockets nine game Road losing Streak. Reggie Williams scored 20 Points for Denver. Kenny Smith led the rockets with 25 blazers 117, bullets 96 Landover my. Clyde Drexler scored 18 of his 36 Points in the decisive third Quarter leading Portland past struggling Washington. Terry Porter scored 23 Points for the Trail blazers. Michael Adams scored 26 Points while Pervis Ellison and Ledell Eackles had 19 each for the bullets who have lost four 114, magic 109 Indianapolis detlef Schrempf scored 34 Points including two clinching free throws with 17 seconds left leading Indiana Over Orlando. The pacers blocked 13 shots a season High in route to their sixth Victory in eight outings. Anthony Bowie had a season High 25 Points Ana Scott Skiles 21 for the magic. Reggie Miller scored 25 Denver a Greg Anderson left goes for two against Houston Shakeem Olajuwon. Points for 101, lakers 90 Inglewood Calif. Brad Daugherty scored 16 Points in the first half and Larry Nance 19 after halftime As Cleveland Defeated los Angeles. Both players finished with 25 Points. The lakers were led by Sam Perkins and Byron Scott with 20 Points 108, heat 92 los Angeles a Danny Manning had season highs of 34 Points and 16 rebounds to Pace los Angeles Victory Over sports 26 ballplayers key 1992 races a Page 18 air Force teams take 2 from army a Page 21 Clark wants answers from Clemens Page 22 Sharks rally to tie canadians a Page 22joyner-Kersee wins 1st . Indoor titles Iane Dixon made meet history Friday night at the Mobil track new York Jackie Joyner Kersee earned her first two National indoor titles Carl Lewis extended his indoor Ion jump winning Streak to 21, Ani Diaw Lay _ and Field championships. In addition Michelle finn equated the american record in the women a 60-meter dash clocking 7.07 seconds edging Gwen Torrence by .01 second. Torrence set the record three years ago in Budapest Hungary. Joyner Kersee considered the worlds outstanding woman athlete and Winner in most every major National and International Competition was lacking Only a National indoor title on her resume until this meet. She got her first in the Long to ump leaping 22-514, then came it ack Ana took the hurdles in 8.07, Only .01 second off the meet record she set earlier. Lewis who had his 65-meet, 10-year Overall Long jump winning Streak broken last year by Mike Powell in the world outdoor championships continued his Long domination indoors. However his winning Effort of 27-44 was his worst in three years. Still it was Good enough to keep Levis undefeated indoors since he was beaten by Larry Myricks in the 1981 National championships. Dixon one of the worlds Premier indoor runners raced to her 10th straight Victory and 11th Overall in the women a 400 meters winning easily in 53.16. The 10 consecutive wins tied the meet record held by race Walker Henry Laskau and the 11 Overall titles matched the meet record for one event held by shot Putter Pat Mcdonald. The most victories by an athlete in the meet is 12, by Nancy Cowperthwaite who did it in three events a the hurdles High jump and Long jump. Joyner Kersee whose indoor Long jump Best is 23-0, took Only two of her six jumps electing to pass the other four. Her other jump of 22-414 also would have been Good enough to win. Finn and Torrence were locked in a hard fought Duel in the women a 60 meters. Leroy Burrell the former world indoor record Holder in the menus 60-meter dash overcame a slow Start and won in 6.55, Matching the meet record he set earlier As the first four finishers were separated by Only .03 seconds. Tony Dees won his second National 60-meter hurdles title in three years pulling away from Renaldo Nehemiah and clocking 7.51. Nehemiah ran 7.60. Sonja Fitts of St. Johns broke her american indoor record in the women a 20-Pound weight throw with a toss of 62-10. In winning her second straight National title in an event that has been conducted for Only two years in the 104-year-old championships Fitts broke the Mark of 60-73/4 she set on feb. 2. Diane Dixon makes 400 history. Pitburg reaches Safe final a Page 21
