European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 9, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes monday March 9, 1992 Mullin hits 36 to lift warriors Over rockets Seattle a Shawn Kemp goes flying after dunking while the nets Terry Mills looks on. From wire reports Oakland Calif. A Chris Mullin scored 36 Points on 14-for-18 shooting and Golden state held longtime Nemesis Hakeem Olajuwon to 13 Points As the warriors beat the Houston rockets 110100 saturday night. The rockets trimmed an 18-Point fourth Quarter deficit Down to 101-96 with 3 29 remaining. But Tim Hardaway a two free throws and Mullins jumper gave the warriors a nine Point Lead with 2 04 to play and they never led by less than seven again Otis Thorpe led the rockets with 23 Points but Olajuwon averaging 24 Points and 14 rebounds in his career against Golden state was limited to 13 Points and 14 rebounds. Hardaway had 17 Points and 12 assists and Tryone Hill 19 Points for the warriors whose 12-3 record since the Allstar break is the Best in the Aba. After Hardaway a spinning Layup broke the warriors scoring drought Thorpe scored two baskets to make it 101-96 with 3 29 to go. The rockets went through a hideous stretch in the second Quarter to turn a 39-35 Lead into a 10-Point deficit. They missed seven straight shots committed seven turnovers and saw the warriors score 14 straight Points for a 49-39 Lead with 3 17 to go. The warriors shot 76 percent in the third Quarter hitting 16 of 21 shots to stretch a 51-50 halftime Lead to 91-76. In other saturday games knocks 107, hornets 78 new York a for five games the Charlotte hornets seemed like giant killers. Then they ran into a giant of a player named Patrick Ewing. Ewing had 20 Points and 20 rebounds enabling the kicks to halt Charlottes team record five game winning Streak. Ewing made All nine shots from the Field and blocked six others before leaving for Roenick s 50th lifts Hawks by United press International Boston a Chicago Blackhawk Center Jeremy Roenick saturday became Only the fifth american born player in National hockey league history to score 50 goals in a season. Roenick notched no. 50, his league leading 12th game Winner this year in his native Boston to help the Black hunks beat the Bruins 2-1. Roenick who had 41 goals last season joins Bobby Carpenter Jimmy Carson Joe Mullen and Pat Lafon Taine As the Only other americans in nil history to score 50 goals. In other games saturday Kings 5, penguins 3 Inglewood Calif. A Tony Gra nato scored twice and Wayne Gretzky had a goal and two assists. Los Angeles scored three straight times in the first 4 53 of the final period to snap a 2-2 lie. Flyers 5, rangers 4 Philadelphia a Ron Hextall made 37 saves including a kick save on a Mike Gartner break with five seconds left canucks 5, whalers 1 Hartford Conn. A Pavel Bure and Greg Adams scored two goals apiece and the smythe divison Lead ing canucks clinched their first winning season since the 1975-76 season. Canadians 8, islanders 2 Montreal Gilbert Dionne and Shayne Corson each registered two goals and two assists. The canadians took a 3-0 Lead in the first period after Dionne scored twice within a 16-second Span set up both times by Denis Savard. Capitals 3, devils 2, of Landover my. A Dale Hunter scored 2 49 into overtime to snap Washington a five game wingless Streak 0-3-2. Hunter took the puck from a net Mouth scramble and put a Sharp Angle shot Over the shoulder of Chris Terreri for his 23rd goal of the season. Nordques 4, red wings 4 Quebec a Ray Sheppard scored on a breakaway with 5 25 left in regulation to Salvage a tie for the slumping red wings. Detroit coming in with a two game losing Streak for the first time this season never led in the game. Niklas Lidstrom scored twice for Detroit. Flames 5, blues 1 Calgary Alberta a Gary Roberts notched his 38th and 39th goals of the season Matching his career Best set from 1989-90. The Triumph for the flames snapped a five game wingless Streak and moved them to within two Points of the Winnipeg jets for the final playoff spot in the smythe. Ron Wilson snapped Mike Vernon a shutout bid on a Power play at 8 36 into the final period. Good Early in the fourth Quarter. John Starks had 15 Points Anthony Mason had 14 rebounds and 8 Points and Charles Oakley had 14 Points and 9 rebounds for new York which has won three straight games. Kendall Gill paced the hornets with 25 Points. Cavaliers 110, Hawks 94 Atlanta a Larry Nance scored 15 of his season High 35 Points in the fourth Quarter and the Cavaliers shot 75 percent in the final period. The Hawks who have lost four straight games were Down by 3 Points heading into the final Quarter but the Cavaliers made 15 of 20 shots to pull away. Bullets 94, Bucks 90 Baltimore a Harvey Grant and Michael Adams scored 24 Points each sparking the bullets. Washington won its third straight game. Milwaukee which got 19 Points from Robertson dropped its 14th consecutive game on the Road. Pacers 108, Timber wolves 97 Indianapolis Reggie Miller scored 18 Points helping the pacers defeat the Timber wolves. Detlef Schrempf Chuck person and Rik Smits each scored 17 Points for the pacers. Smits had 12 rebounds. Tony Campbell scored 19 Points and Pooh Richardson had 14 for Minnesota. Spurs 122, suns 109 san Antonio a David Robinson had 23 Points and 8 rebounds lifting the spurs. San Antonio which has won five of its last six games closed the first half with an 18-3 run and held a 67-47 bulge at halftime. The spurs boosted the Lead to 33 Points Early in the fourth Quarter before coach Bob Bass pulled his starters. Sonics 109, nets 98 Seattle a Ricky Pierce scored 27 Points sparking the sonics. Eddie Johnson added 17 Points for the sonics who won for the 12th time in their last 16 games. Bulls rally with Jordan Philadelphia a Michael Jordan scored 11 of his 34 Points in the fourth Quarter sunday As the Chicago bulls used a 16-1 fourth Quarter spurt to erase a 12-Point deficit and defeat Philadelphia 103-99. Horace Grant added 18 Points and Scottie Pippen had 15 for the bulls. Charles Barkley led Philadelphia with 29 Points a but Only two in the fourth Quarter a and Armon Gilliam and her sey Hawkins had 19 each. Sports on the air Crter it a european Tim television College basketball a metro Atlantic conference championship game 1 30 . Tuesday followed by Missouri Valley conference championship game. Radio pro basketball a new York kicks at Philadelphia 76ers, 1 30 . Tuesday