European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 22, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 b the stars and stripes sunday March 22, 1992 cars big men Pound warriors Aba by the associated press Richfield Ohio a the Cleveland Cavaliers went Down Low to their big men at the Start and never had cause to change that strategy. Brad Daugherty Larry Nance and John Williams were too much for the foul plagued Golden state warriors Friday night As Cleveland coasted to a 122107 Victory. Daugherty had 28 Points and 10 rebounds Nance had 26 Points and 10 rebounds and Williams scored 23 Points As Cleveland won its sixth game in seven tries. Golden state lost 6-foot-9 Forward Billy Owens to fouls with 1 12 left in third Quarter and Center Victor Alexander and Forward Chris Gatling played most of the final Quarter with five fouls. Sarunas Marciulionis scored 20 second half Points and led Golden state with 24 Points. Chris Mullin and Tim Hardaway had 22 Points each. In other games Friday celtics 104, pistons 99 Auburn Hills Mich. Larry Bird scored 21 Points including a go ahead 3-Pointer in overtime leading Boston Over Detroit. Kevin Mchale and Reggie Lewis led the celtics with 29 Points apiece. Isiah Thomas scored 27 Points and Dennis Rodman had 25 rebounds for the pistons. Kings 125, Mavericks 96 Dallas a Sacramento snapped a to game losing Streak and extended Dallas string to 12 As Wayman Tisdale scored 10 of his 17 Points on 5-for-5 shooting in the first Quarter. Nets 99, bullets 96 East Rutherford . Dra zen Petrovic and Derrick Coleman scored 29 Points apiece and new Jersey scored 12 consecutive Points on 3-Point shots in the fourth Quarter to beat Washington. Pervis Ellison led the bullets with 20 Points. Pacers 102, Bucks 97, of Indianapolis Micheal Williams scored six of his 22 Points in overtime As Indiana Defeated Milwaukee. Alvin Robertson who had 24 Points made a steal and Layup to pull the Bucks to 98-97 with 16 seconds left in overtime Detlev Schrempf then made two free throws with 9.1 seconds left and Williams scored the games final Basket at the Buzzer. Hawks 112, hornets 110 Charlotte . A Paul Graham scored 23 Points and Atlanta used a 10-0 spurt in the second half to snap Charlotte s nine game Home winning Streak. Kevin Willis had 18 Points and 16 rebounds for the Hawks. Larry Johnson had 28 Points and 19 rebounds for the hornets. Kendall Gill added 23 Points and 10 rebounds for Charlotte. Clippers 114, suns 101 Phoenix a Danny Manning scored 27 Points and los Angeles handed Phoenix its second loss in 29 Home games. Kevin Johnson scored 26 Points and Jeff Hornacek 25 for the suns. Ron Harper had 23 Points for los Angeles. Lakers 131, Timber wolves 121 Inglewood Calif. Terry Teagle had 15 of his season High 26 Points in the fourth Quarter and Vlad Divac scored a season nigh 24 Points for los Angeles. Gerald Glass led the Timber wolves with 21 Points and Luc Longley and Thurl Bailey scored 20 apiece. Byron Scott had 17 Points and a career High 12 assists for the lakers. Robert Parish of the celtics releases a Hook shot Over John Salley of the  Clinch first smythe division title by the associated press Vancouver British Columbia the Vancouver canucks clinched their first smythe division title since 1974-75, tying the Winnipeg jets 2-2 on a third period goal by Petr Nedved. Petr Nedved scored the tying goal with a Backhander at 3 04. Pavel Bure scored the other Vancouver goal on a dazzling Effort. Troy Murray and de Olczyk scored for the jets who had a 20 Lead at one Point in the second. The tie gave the canucks a 40-21-11 record for 91 Points and sole Possession of second place in the Overall standings. The second place los Angeles Kings 33-28-13 could reach 91 Points if they won every one of their remaining six games but the canucks would win the division on their Victory total. In other games Friday night rangers 4, red wings 2 Detroit a Mike Gartner playing in his 1,000th nil regular season game scored two second period goals to break a 2-2 tie and the new York rangers went on to a Victory Over Detroit in a Battle of division leaders. Former red Wing Adam Graves also scored two goals for the rangers who won for the first time at Joe Louis Arena since 1986 and extended their unbeaten Streak to five games 4-0-1. The Patrick division leaders also broke a five game wingless Streak against Detroit 0-4-1. It was the third straight loss at Home for Norris division leading Detroit. Ranger goalie Mike Richter starting his first game since March 9, stopped 35 shots including 17 in the second  7, capitals 6 Landover my. A Mark Recchi scored his second goal of the game with 44 seconds left in the third period capping a four goal rally and giving Philadelphia a Victory Over Washington. Goaltender Ron Hextall made 21 saves As the flyers won their fourth consecutive game and their first Patrick division Road game since feb. 15,1991. Dale Hunter scored three goals a his first hat trick in almost eight seasons a a for the capitals who had a two game winning Streak  Oklahoma City apr Oklahoma state got five of is wrestlers through the semifinals Friday night More than any other team but defending Champion Iowa still had a comfortable Lead at the Mcaa championships. Iowa which placed four in saturdays finals used its strength in the Consolation bracket to take nearly a 20-Point Lead Over Oklahoma state. The Hawk eyes saw their Lead slip to Lovix Points after the semis where two of their wrestlers lost and All five of Oklahoma states won. But five Iowa athletes in the Consolation bracket got through the evening without losing again while Oklahoma states Only Consolation entry lost once. The Hawk eyes seeking their 13th championship had 115�?T/4 Points at Days end. Oklahoma state had 96 /5 and Penn state was third with 70l/t. The semifinal matches went according to form at the first four weights and heavyweight where the nos. 1 and 2 seeds advanced. Iowa a finalists Are at the four lowest weights. Highly seeded wrestlers took a beating in the five other weights. Top seeds and defending champions Matt Demaray of Wisconsin and Pat Smith of Oklahoma state won at 150 and 158, respectively but they both were to face no. 3 seeds for the championship. At 150, Troy Sunderland of Penn state beat no. 2 seed Ken Ramsey of Ohio state 2-1. At 158, Ray Miller of Arizona state upset no. 2 seed Tom Ryan of Iowa 6-5. At 167, fifth seeded Todd Chesbro of Oklahoma state beat top seed Steve Hamilton of Iowa state 4-2. Chesbro will meet no. 2 seed Charles Jones of Purdue in the finals. Jones beat Dave Hart of Penn state 6-4 in overtime. A fifth seed will wrestle for the title at 177 As Welt. Corey Olson of Nebraska dominated no. 1 seed Rich Powers of Northern Iowa winning 18-8, and will meet third seeded Kevin Randleman of Ohio state for the title. At 190, 1991 runner up Randy couture of Oklahoma state reached the finals with a 7-1 decision Over no. 3 Rravis Fiser of Iowa. Couture seeded no. 2, will meet fourth seeded Mark Kerr of Syracuse who knocked off top see ded Rex Holman of Ohio state 10-6. Iowa a most dominant wrestler of the tournament 14-Pounder Troy Steiner continued to Roll. He beat unseeded Kenny Liddell of Missouri 15-0 to raise his record to 37-0, and was to meet no. 2 seed Chris Owens of Oklahoma state in the finals. Steiner the Mcaa runner up last year has won three of his matches 15-0