European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 28, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 b the stars and stripes saturday March 28, 1992 devils Clinch berth by the associated press East Rutherford . Martin Brodeur called up from Junior hockey on an emergency basis stopped 24 shots in his nil debut and the new Jersey devils clinched a playoff berth with a 4-2 Victory Over the Boston Bruins on thursday night. Randy Mckay scored a goal and set up Claude Lemieux a 40th of the season to support the 19-year-old Bro Deur while Claude Vilgrain had assists on the first two be goals. Assists on the first two new Jersey in other games thursday. Penguins 7, canucks 3 Pittsburgh Rick Tocchet and Mario Lemieux each had two goals and four assists As Lemieux recorded his 600th nil assist and the Pittsburgh penguins beat the Vancouver canucks islanders 7, Sharks 4 Uniondale . A Derek Kings goal 35 seconds into the second period triggered a three goal outburst that carried the new York islanders to a Victory Over the san Jose Sharks. Blackhawk 5, Nordques 4, Quebec a Michel Goulet scored a Power play goal with 35 seconds to play in overtime lifting the Chicago Blackhawk to a 5-4 Victory Over the Quebec Nordi ques. Blues 7, whalers 2 St. Louis a Ron Wilson and Brendan Shanahan each had two goals and an assist As the St. Louis blues continued their domination of the Adams division with a 7-2 Victory Over the Hartford whalers flames 7, Kings 2 Calgary Alberta Calgary a Gary Roberts scored three goals and Sergei Makarov scored one and added four assists As the flames kept their flickering playoff Hopes alive. Hawks Dodge bullets Aba by the associated press Atlanta a Alexander Volkov scored a career High 25 Points and Kevin Willis scored 14 of his 22 in the third Quarter to Lead the Atlanta Hawks to a 107-95 Victory Over the Washington bullets thursday night. Atlanta overcame a five Point deficit with an 8-0 run Early in the third Quarter to take the Lead for Good. Blair Rasmussen Rumeal Robinson Willis and Volkov All hit baskets in the run As the Hawks who trailed by 14 in the first period took a 70-67 Lead. It was the fifth Victory in the last seven games for Atlanta and the seventh loss in a Row for the bullets. Willis scored eight Points in a Row and 10 of Atlanta a last 12 in the third Quarter. He also had 16 rebounds for the game. The Hawks stretched their Lead to 10389 with 1 35 left in the game on a free throw by Willis. Volkov hit 11 of 17 shots in surpassing his previous career Best by four Points. Since becoming a starter seven games ago Volkov is averaging nearly 15 Points a game. Rasmussen hit on 9 of 11 shots for 18 Points. Robinson had 10 Points and 10 assists. Ledell Eackles who had scored 40 and 30 Points in his last two games against Atlanta led the bullets with 28. Harvey Grant and Michael Adams added 20 apiece. In the first period Eackles scored 12 and Adams 10 and Washington shot 71 percent in building a 38-24 Lead. The bullets fell to 33 percent in the second period while Volkov scored 10 Points and the Atlanta Bench 15. Kicks 106, nuggets 104 Denver Mark Jackson had 25 joints and hit three free throws in the ast 11 seconds thursday night As the sew York kicks beat Denver after blowing a 19-Point Lead. Denver trailing 83-64 with 2 54 left in the third period rallied to a 104-103 Lead on a 3-Pointer by Chris Jackson with 22.3 seconds left in the game. But Mark Jackson was fouled by Marcus Liberty with 11 seconds left. He made the first of two free throws to tie the score but rebounded his miss was fouled by Liberty with 5.6 seconds to play and made both for the final margin. Patrick Ewing had 24 Points and 14 rebounds and Gerald Wilkins added 23 Points for new York. Reggie Williams led All scorers with 27 Points for the nuggets. Clippers 109, rockets 95 los Angeles the Houston Alexander Volkov. Scores career High 25 rockets lost their second in a Row since Hakeem Olajuwon a suspension As Danny Manning a 18 Points paced the los Angeles clippers to a Victory. Vernon Maxwell scored 14 of Houston a first 16 Points and finished with 26. The rockets fourth straight loss dropped them out of the top eight spots in the Western conference playoff Hunt for the first time this season. They entered the game with a half game Lead Over the los Angeles lakers who beat Dallas 115-92. The clippers tightened their grip on their first playoff berth since 1976, narrowing the Gap Between themselves and sixth place Seattle to a full game. They Lead the lakers by a full game and the ninth place rockets by 1 i. The rockets suspended Olajuwon last monday for refusing to suit up after doctors cleared him to play he injured a hamstring against the clippers March 17. Lakers 115, Mavericks 102 Inglewood Calif. Terry Teagle had a season High 28 Points and Sedale Threatt added 21 As the los Angeles lakers Defeated the Dallas Mavericks the 15th straight loss for the Mavericks. Combined with the los Angeles clippers 115-95 win Over Houston the win allowed the lakers to move a half game ahead of the rockets for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western conference. The lakers Trail the clippers by one full game. Dallas loss equalled a team record for consecutive defeats set in its inaugural season 1980-81. It was also their 23rd straight on the Road. Trail blazers 128, Kings 106 Sacramento Calif. Clyde Drexler a 20 Points paced seven teammates in double figures and the Portland Trail blazers outscored the Sacramento Kings 33-18 in the decisive second Quarter in route to a Victory thursday night. Cliff Robinson contributed 19 Points for the Trail blazers who improved their record to 50-20 and assured themselves a playoff position for the ninth straight season. Despite taking a Brief one Point Lead Midway through the second Quarter the Kings shot Only 27.3 percent in the period and were outscored 22-6 during the final 6 49 before halftime. Kevin Duckworth and Danny Ainge each scored 17 Points for the Trail blazers who led by As Many As 28 in the fourth Quarter. Mitch Richmond paced the Kings who had a rare three game winning Streak snapped with 23 Points. Philly retires or. J again by Mike Owen Philadelphia a they took Down Julius Ervings retired no. 6 to let his Alma mater play basketball in the spectrum. Erving said he did no to mind especially since it Wasny to anything personal. All the pro sports banners came Down from the rafters for the Mcaa East regional. A when i come Down Here i generally done to look up there. Those Are for the fans a the most famous former University of Massachusetts player said after his old school fell 87-77 to Kentucky in a regional semifinal thursday night. Erving called it a a strange irony Quot watching Massachusetts play on his old stomping grounds. He has followed his old school going to six Massachusetts games this season. But he almost had dual allegiances thursday night. Kentucky coach Rick Pitino was an old teammate at Massachusetts in the Early 1970s.ex-Laker lamp shining in Spain a r i Quot to j file Jeff lamp is prospering in european basketball leagues. Madrid Spain a Jeff lamp admits he did Little to earn the ring he wears from the los Angeles lakers Aba championship season in 1988. He injured Nis shoulder in the third game and spent the rest of the season recovering from surgery and watching from the sidelines. There will be no ring this year though lamp is almost certain to wind up As the top scorer in the Lough 24-team Spanish pro league when the season ends in Early april. Chosen in the first round by the Portland Trail blazers in 1981, he is the Only Good news on a weak Granada based team plagued by financial problems. Quot ill be glad if 1 just gel my last paycheck Quot lamp joked then paused to add Quot Bui i d say the lakers season and this one have probably been my most satisfying but in very different  a tween Era is the word basketball fans use to describe a 6-foot-6 player like lamp a a step too slow to be a guard a few inches too Short for a Forward. And at 33, lamp is too old and too expensive for Aba teams to carry As an extra Man. But in Italy where he was among the leagues top scorers the last two seasons and in Spain the former University of Virginia standout is a rising Star. Quot for me unfortunately there s no place in Between Quot lamp said. A a it a either scrambling to make an Aba team every year or coming Over to Liu rope and having a salary guaranteed and being a big fish in a Small  lamp said he has no plans of returning to the Aba but Hopes to land next season in a larger european City after three seasons in relatively Small towns. But former Aba coach Herb Brown coaching the Spanish club Tavgres said he could still see lamp in the Aba. Quot i done to understand what Jeff is doing Over Here Quot Brown said. Quot he has definitely got Aba Talent. I can think of five or six teams off the top of my head that could use him. He a a pure shooter and you can never have too Many of them in the  �?o1 appreciate Herb Browne a opinion lamp said. Quot he might be right but All i can say is i have no offers from Aba  Winner of Kentucky a coveted or. Basketball award while at Ballard High school in Louisville and a teammate of Ralph Sampson at Virginia lamp is averaging almost 30 Points per game in Spain. A the style of play is More physical in Spain than Italy Quot he said. A i think Italy is a bit better known because they have paid the Price to get better known foreigners. Spain is More Blue  Sampson came to Spain in january after being waived out of the Aba. He is struggling with a Malaga based team averaging Only 7.0 Points per game. "1 think the legs the Knees just Arentt there anymore Tor him Sampson and that a a problem in any league Quot lamp said