European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 16, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 c the stars and stripes monday Marche Lay nets nip kicks 96-94 in of monday March 16, 1992 by the associated press new York a Derrick Coleman scored 28 Points and Chris Morris scored the first four Points in overtime saturday night As new Jersey beat the new York kicks 96-94, giving the nets a weekend sweep of the Atlantic divisions top two teams and snapping a 13-game losing Streak at Madison Square Garden the nets who beat Boston 110-108 at Hartford on Friday night picked up their second straight win Over the kicks. After the teams went scoreless the first 3 a minutes of overtime Morris gave the nets the Lead for Good at 93-92 on a driving Basket with 1 10 left. He increased the advantage to 95-92 on a Baseline drive with 20.4 seconds to play. Patrick Ewing a tip in with 5.6 seconds left pulled the kicks to 95-94. His 18-foot jumper bounced off the rim with one second left. Aba saturday Drazen Petrovic added 22 Points for new Jersey 13 in the second half and cookie Blaylock added 21, 18 in the first half. Morris finished with 10. Ewing led new York with 35 Points. He was followed by John Starks with 11, nine in the second half. Ewing and Anthony Mason each had 17 rebounds. The Victory was the first for the nets in new York since March 13, 1987, when they won 126-121. In other games saturday Bucks 110,76era 105 Milwaukee a Fred Roberts scored 19 Points and Milwaukee out scored the Philadelphia 76ers 8-2 in the final 2 21, breaking the Bucks three game losing Streak. Moses Malone had 18 Points and 11 rebounds and Alvin Robertson added 15 Points for the Bucks. Charles Barkley playing with a face mask to protect a nose injured Friday against Phoenix had 33 Points and 14 rebounds for the 76ers, and Ron Anderson added 15 Points. Spurs 113, jazz 106 san Antonio a David Robinson had 27 Points 12 rebounds and 11 assists to Lead san Antonio Over Utah cutting the jazz a Lead in the Midwest division to 2ya games. The spurs held Utah s leading scorer Karl Malone to 15 Points 13 below his average Malone missed 14 of his first 17 shots and finished 6 of 18 from the Field. Bulls 112, magic 96 Orlando Fla. Michael Jordan scored 18 of his 26 Points in the third Quarter As Chicago outscored Orlando 39-12 in the period to break open the game. Jordan who also had 10 rebounds nine assists and five steals hit seven of nine shots in the Quarter after being held to six Points in the first half. He had five Quick Points As the bulls started the period with an 11-2 spurt then had four More in an 11-0 burst As Chicago won its Charles Barkley mask in place to protect his injured nose drives around Bucks Frank Brickowski in saturday s game. Fifth  92, bullets 89 Landover my. A Vlade Divac scored 10 of his 12 Points in the fourth Quarter As the lakers survived a miserable shooting performance. Hawks 115, heat 102 Atlanta a Rookie Paul Graham scored 14 of his 20 Points in the second half As Atlanta snapped a seven game losing Streak. Stacey Augmon another Rookie led the Hawks with 24 Points a one shy of his career Best a and Kevin Willis added 22 Points and 15 rebounds a the 56th time in 64 games this season he a had double figures in both categories. Glen Rice led the heat with 22 Points. Pistons 89, Kings 83 Sacramento Calif. Joe do Mars scored a game High 28 Points and Dennis Rodman grabbed 31 rebounds As Detroit claimed its seventh straight win by beating Sacramento. Detroit which earned its 10th consecutive win Over the Kings since 1987, led by As Many As 17 Points in the first half. Rodman the a bad a rebounding Leader at 18.9 a game surpassed 30 for the third time this season. Celts outlast blazers Boston apr Larry Bird a doubtful starter until hours before Tipoff scored 49 Points sunday As the Boston celtics beat Portland 152-148 sunday and ended the Trail blazers seven game winning Streak. Bird who has a painful right Achilles Tendon scored 16 Points in the fourth Quarter including a 3-Pointer at the Buzzer. He scored four Points in the first overtime and two in the second. It was the most Points for Bird since feb. 15, 1988, when he scored 49 at Phoenix. His career High of 60 came against Atlanta on March 12,1985, Bird 35, was playing his eighth game since a two month Layoff caused by an inflamed nerve in his lower Back. Bird rested Only for three minutes in the first half and for another minute at the end of the third Quarter. He wound up shooting 19 for 35 from the Field and 9 for 10 from the free throw line with 14 rebounds and 12 assists. Reggie Lewis scored 23 Points while Robert Parish and Kevin Mchale had 22 Aba sunday each before each fouled out. Clyde Drexler scored 41 Points for Portland before fouling out in the closing seconds of the second overtime. Terry Porter had 29 Points Jerome Kersey 23 and Danny Ainge 19. In another Early game sunday Cavaliers 100, nugget3 91 Richfield Ohio a Lenny Wilkens became the fifth coach to reach 800 career Aba victories As Cleveland beat Denver behind Mark prices 29 Points. Wilkens who recorded 159 of his wins As a player coach with Seattle and Portland joins red Auerbach Jack Ramsay Dick Motta and Bill Fitch As the Only coaches to win 800 games. Wilkens is in his 19th season of coaching the last six with the Cavaliers. The loss was Denver a 11th in 12 games. Cleveland which outscored the nuggets 31-7 at the free throw line has won four straight and nine of 12. Elliott rides caution Flag to 3rd win in Row by Mike Harris a Muto sports writer Hampton a. A Bill Elliott took advantage of an enormous break just 46 laps from the end sunday to drive away with the motor Craft 500 for his third straight Lascar Winston cup Victory. A timely caution Flag gave the former series Champion nearly a Fuu Lap Lead and he turned it into an easy if unexpected Victory. Tim Brewer Elliott screw chief said Quot we did no to beat anybody we just got  Elliott whose Ford thunderbird was unable to Challenge the leaders from the beginning of the 328-Lap event at Atlanta motor Speedway was ninth when a series of Green Flag pit stops began late in the race. When Davey Allison who had led since Lap 180, made his scheduled Stop on Lap 283, Elliott was the Only contender no had not pitted and the Only competitor on the Lead Lap. That a when Rookie Mike Wallace spun and hit the Wall coming off turn 2, bringing out the seventh and final caution Flag of the Day. Elliott was Able to beat Harry Gant and Allison Back to the Flagstad by less than a car length leaving him alone Able to make his final pit Stop under the yellow. When the race restarted on Lap 289, Elliott was ninth in line but actually leading the eight cars ahead of him All scored at the rear of the Lead Lap. He drove on to his 37th career Victory staying comfortably in the Middle of the pack while the other front runners battled each other and hoped vainly for another caution Flag to allow them to Challenge Elliott. The Dawsonville ga., Driver wound up beating runner up Gant by 22.6 seconds nearly three quarters of a Lap on the 1.522-mile Oval. He collected $71,000 for the Victory averaging 147.746 Mph. Dale Earnhardt who also struggled with handling most of the race came on Strong at the end to finish third in Chevrolet behind Gantus Oldsmobile. Allison who led 160 laps was fourth in a Ford followed by Ford Driver Dick  nabs 1 St grand National win Hampton a. Jeff Gordon came Back after running out of  Early in the race to win going away in saturdays Atlanta motor Speedway 300 Busch grand National Stock car race. Gordon 20, started from the pole for a record tying third consecutive race and the fourth time in his budding career but this was his first grand National Victory. It came in the Indiana youngsters 35th Start