European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 16, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 a the stars and stripes monday March 16, 1992 nets nip kicks 96-94 in of 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 and Aba teams and snapping a 13-game losing Streak at Madison Square Garden the nets who beat Boston 110-108 at Hartford Friday night picked up their second straight win Over the kicks. After the teams went scoreless the first 3vz 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 s 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. 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. Ewing forced the overtime with a Baseline jumper with 18.6 seconds left that tied it 91-91. Blaylocks foul line jumper with three seconds left bounced off the rim. Both benches cleared with 6 35 left in the third Quarter when Sam Bowie pushed Xavier Mcdaniel to the floor and was assessed a flagrant foul. No punches were thrown but Bowie and referee Bill Saar fell to the floor when Saar attempted to separate the players. 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 110,76ers 105 Milwaukee 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 2xh games. The spurs held Utah a leading scorer Charles Barkley mask in place to protect his injured nose drives around Bucks Frank Brickowski in saturdays game. 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. Strickland added 23 Points for the spurs and Terry Cummings had 20. Stockton led Utah with 24 while Jeff Malone added 23. Bulls 112, magic 96 Orlando Fla. A 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 eve 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 fifth straight. Orlando which has lost eight of its last nine shot 53 percent from the Field and led 54-46 at the half. Lakers 92, bullets 89 Landover my. Vlad Divac scored 10 of his 12 Points in the fourth Quarter As the lakers survived a miserable shooting performance. Divac had a key Block on Pervis Ellison then hit a jumper on the lakers next Possession to give los Angeles its biggest fourth Quarter Lead 86-81, with 3 29 left. Washington got Back to a Point Down three times. But two free throws by Byron Scott with 21.6 seconds left and another pair by . Green with 15.6 seconds remaining rebuilt the lakers Lead to three. After Harvey Grants Basket made it 90-89 with 7.5 seconds left Divac made two More foul shots for the final margin. 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 and Rony Seikaly added 20 Points and 11 rebounds for Miami which lost for the seventh straight time at the Omni. 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. Mitch Richmond paced Sacramento with 26 Points. Tisdale playing for the first time since missing three games with a pulled hip muscle added 21 Points and a team High 11 rebounds for the Kings who lost their seventh straight. Gordon fills her up wins in Georgia by Mike Harris Hampton a. Apr Jeff Gordon came Back after running out of Gas 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. The race was marred by a 12-car crash on the fourth Lap in which Ernie Irvan was injured. The trouble began when Tom Peck began spinning off turn 1 after something apparently broke in the cards rear end. Before it was Over cars belonging to Irvan and fellow Winston cup Star Darrell Waltrip As Well As grand National Drivers Ward and Jeff Burton Richard Lasater Joe Bessey Robert Huffman Clifford Allison Chuck Bown Shawna Robinson Pearson and Troy Beebe were involved. Nine of those cars were knocked out of the race but the Only injury was to Irvan who was knocked unconscious and taken by ambulance to a Hospital where his injuries were diagnosed As a mild concussion a hairline fracture of the left Collarbone and a badly bruised jaw. Morgan Mcclure racing officials were trying to determine if Irvan could at least Start sundays race to get the series Points before giving Way to Relief Driver Bobby Labonte the defending grand National Champion. Irvan told the team he would try to run the entire race if possible. Gordon fended off a Strong Challenge from Lascar Winston cup Star Mark Martin a the pole Sitter for sundays motor Craft 500 on the 1.522-mile Oval a Over the first 67 laps. But just As the engine in Huffman a car let Loose bringing out the second of seven caution flags in the race Gordon a car slowed of turn 2 and rolled slowly to the pits out of Gas. Because the youngster came into the pits before i was officially opened for stops he had to go to the bail of the entire Field for the restart. But he was Back up to it seventh by Lap 108 and regained the Lead for Good by passing Dale Jarrett on Lap 162 of the 197-Lap event. A i  believe it when we ran out of Gas Quot Gor Don said. A the car was just trucking along great. A Ltd a. T own in we ran out of fuel. We were going u pit in nine laps and we usually know exactly How Mam laps we can  Gordon who had three second place finishes As i grand National Rookie in 1991, averaged 124.427 Mph As he won $30,170, easily the biggest purse of his Ca reer. He beat second place Harry Gant a 32 years i senior a to the line by 3.57 seconds. Hut Stricklin a third followed by Davey Allison and Morgan Shep Herd. This was the first grand National Victory by a fori in 49 races since Martin won for the same team of june 30,1990, at Myrtle Beach