European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 13, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday april 13,1992 the stars and stripes b Page 25 Mavericks clip rockets to end Road loss Streak by the associated press Houston a Rolando Blackman scored 30 Points and Rodney Mccray had the fifth triple double of his career saturday night As the Dallas Mavericks ended their club record 26-game Road losing Streak with a 99 92 Victory Over the Houston rockets. The loss prevented Houston from building on its Hal game Lead Over the los Angeles lakers in the race for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western conference. The lakers lost 93-90, to Utah on saturday afternoon. Mccray had 13 Points 13 rebounds and 11 assists before fouling out. Blackman then took Over scoring nine of Dallas last 12 Points to hold of the rockets. Sleepy Floyd scored 22 Points All in the second half As Houston wiped out most of a 19-Point deficit drawing to 92-90 on a pair of free throws by Floyd with 3 57 left in the game. The rockets did not score in the last Aba three minutes however missing four three Point shots in the final seconds. Hakeem Olajuwon with 19 Points 13 rebounds five blocks and five steals and Otis Thorpe with 18 Points and 13 rebounds also helped in the comeback. In other games saturday jazz 93, lakers 90 Inglewood Calif. A Karl Malone scored 27 Points and grabbed 11 rebounds and Mark Eaton made a critical Dunk with 11.5 seconds left. The lakers Streak of 15 consecutive playoff appearances was further Jeo Porizek with the loss. Los Angeles began the Day a half game behind Houston for the eighth and final Western conference playoff spot. Utah which won its third straight and its 200th under coach Jerry Sloan also clinched playoff spots for Seattle and san Antonio. Tyrone Corbin scored 21 Points As a Utah Reserve. Heat 105, magic 101 Miami a Glen Rice scored 31 of his team record 46 Points in the second half As Miami kept its Eastern conference playoff chances alive. Nick Anderson led Orlando with 34 Points including a 3-Pointer with 1 30 to play that Drew the magic to 102-101. Anderson had a Chance to give Orlando the Lead after a Miami miss but his jumper was off the Mark. Hawks 118, nets 98 Atlanta Kevin Willis had 22 Points and 15 rebounds As Atlanta won and remained tied with new Jersey for the last two playoff spots in the Eastern conference. Atlanta which won 104-97 at new Jersey on tuesday night has beaten the nets 18 consecutive times in the Omni. Bulls 108, pacers 106 Chicago Michael Jordan scored 19 of his 23 Points in the second half and Scottie Pippen added 21 for Chicago. The bulls have won eight of nine and Are an Aba Best 64-14, including 34-5 in Chicago stadium. Baskets by Mem Fleming and Chuck person to open the fourth Quarter brought Indiana to 82-80. But the bulls got two baskets from Pippen and one from Stacey King for an 88-80 Lead their biggest of the Quarter. Detlef Schrempf scored 25 Points for Indiana. Clippers 122, nuggets 88 los Angeles Charles Smith made All 10 of his shots and scored 29 Points in the clippers 44th Victory most since the franchise then located in Buffalo and known As the braves won 46 games in 1976. Michael Jordan blankets Indiana a George Mccloud. Ken Norman had 20 Points and 12 rebounds for the clippers who have won four in a Row in a bid for their first playoff berth in 16 years. They Lead the los Angeles lakers and the rockets for the seventh Western conference playoff spot. Warriors 134, suns 125 Oakland Calif. A a Chris Mullin scored 33 Points in Golden states third win in five meetings with Phoenix this season which gave the warriors a 2v-game Lead on Phoenix in the race for the third seed in the Western conference playoffs behind division leaders Portland and Utah. The suns battled Back from a 21-Point, third Quarter deficit to within 127-123 with a minute left. The comeback ended when Sarunas Marciulionis stripped Kevin Johnson of the Ball drove the length of the floor and made a Layup while being fouled by Dan Majerle. Marciulionis completed the three Point play giving the warriors a 130-123 Lead with 52.3 seconds left. Kings 114, Timber wolves 94 Sacramento Calif. A Lionel Simmons scored 26 it Points and All five Sacramento starters scored in double figures. Wayman Tisdale added 21 Points and Mitch Richmond Nad 16 for Sacramento which led by 19 at halftime and expanded its Cushion to As Many As 30 Points late in the third Quarter. Duane Causwell added 14 Points and 11 rebounds and Spud Webb had 13 Points and 10 assists for the Kings. Minnesota was led by Pooh Richardson with 21 Points Doug West with 16 and Gerald Glass with 14. The Timber wolves never led in losing for the 32nd time in 38 Road games. Doohan makes it 2 in Row Sydney Australia up Michael Doohan of Australia cemented his Lead in the 500cc world championship motorcycle series with a convincing win sunday in the australian grand prix at Eastern Creek. Doohan Riding a factory Honda took the Check ered Flag six seconds ahead of world Champion Wayne Rainey of the United states with his Honda teammate Daryl Beattie in his first full grand prix scoring a solid third. The 26-Ycar-old Doohan leads the standings with a maximum 40 Points following his win in the opening round at Suzuka Japan two weeks ago. Rainey got the Best of the Start but Doohan quickly tucked in behind him and the pair soon Arew away from the rest of the Field. The two rivals battled for the Lead for 12 laps before the australian got a better run onto the main straight and powered past Rainey into the Lead. Doohan had better Luck passing lapped riders than Rainey and he gradually Drew away from the american. A i did no to think i was going to get past him Rainey in the Early laps a Doohan said. A somehow i got a few extra horsepower and i managed to get Nim Down the  Suzuki teammates Kevin Schwantz and Dou Chandler battled for most of the race for 4th an 5th positions before Schwantz asserted his superiority but Chandler remains in 2nd place in the championship with 23 Points one ahead of Schwantz. In the 250cc class italian Luca Candalora grabbed Victory with a Well timed final Lap sprint to Lead Home spaniard Carlos Cardus. The 125cc class was won by Germany a Ralph Waldmann in a tight Duel with italians Alessandro Gramigni and Bruno Casanova. Krabbe tests identical 3 times report says Bonn Germany up a drug tests on double sprint world Champion Katrin Krabbe and teammate grit Breuer were identical in three cases not just two a German news Magazine claims. In its latest edition to be published monday Der Spiegel reports that the two Neu Brandenburg runners also submitted identical urine samples on aug. 1, 1991, at a training Camp in Zinkowitz. Previously it was revealed that Krabbe a and Breuer a samples from july 22 in Zinkowitz had been tested As identical. The two and Silke Moellers samples on Jan. 24 at a training Camp in South Africa also tested As identical. The latter incident in conjunction with the july 22 tests had led to a four year suspension by the German track and federation div for manipulating the samples. However the suspension was nullified a week ago sunday by the a Lvi Slegal committee for procedural errors. Toney decisions Wolfe to retain if Crown Las vegas a James Toney successfully defended his International boxing federation middleweight title for the fifth time saturday night with a lacklustre but unanimous 12-round decision Over Glenn Wolfe. Toney won easily against the outclassed but game Wolfe despite an uninspired performance that was booed by the crowd at the univ Campus Arena. It was the fifth defense of the 160-Pound title by Toney in less than a year since winning it with a knockout last May of Michael Nunn. Toney used his hand Speed and Superior boxing skills to dominate against Wolfe despite hurting his right hand during a fourth round flurry in which he seemed to Hurt the challenger. Toney still used the hand but was in obvious pain As his gloves were removed after the fight. A i had to depend on my boxing ability to keep him out of Range a Toney said. A the had a hard  judge Glen Hamada had Toney winning 119-109, while Doug Tucker had it 118-110 and Chuck Giampa scored the bout 117-111. The associated press had Toney winning 118-110. The punch stats reflected Toneys dominance with the Champion scoring with 468 punches or 53 percent of those he threw to 169 punches for Wolfe. Wolfe landed Only 18 percent of his punches. A a in a not going to hold my head Down a said Wolfe who fell to 27-3-1. The sixth ranked Wolfe established the pattern for the fight in the first round when he bored head Down toward Toney. He kept the pressure on the entire fight but was unable to land Many effective punches. Toney began finding the Range in the third round and Hurt Wolfe Early in the fourth round with a left Hook. The Champion threw a dozen wild punches in an unsuccessful Effort to end the fight and Wolfe easily survived the round. The fight was on the under card of the George Foreman Alex Stewart heavyweight fight see Page 28. Toney who ran his record to 29-0-2, set himself up for a possible july unification fight with Aba Champion Mike Mccal Lum. Toney of Ann Arbor mich., and Wolfe of Tampa Fla both weighed 160