European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 12, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 30 the stars and stripes sports tuesday january 12,1993love holds off Kite to win by 1 by Bob Green Carlsbad Calif. Apr we Davis love Iii opened up the 1993 pro Golf tour just the Way he ended 1992. \. Love who won three of his last four starts late last year held off Tom Kite s Superb Challenge by a single stroke sunday in the season opening tournament of champions. This one came under extreme playing conditions that at Best could be described As marginal. A i can to believe we finished a love said. The Brunt of a severe Winter storm which threatened to cancel the final round missed this area of Southern California but the playing conditions remained perfectly dreadful a Chilly and with a drizzling rain punishing an Alry tournament of champions were moving the Ball into positions we had been moving out of earlier in the week.�?�. Quot i love it a said Kite who last year won the . Open in howling winds about 400 Miles up the coast in Pebble Beach. Quot any time the weather turns bad its Good for me Quot a % ilk love saturated la Costa resort course. Ready a it was so wet Quot said a1 go Iberger who won the separate but simultaneous Competition for senior tour winners Quot we he said. And the weather was bad enough to prompt Kite to a tournament Best 8-under-Par 64 that lifted him to within a single stroke of the Lead. I just started too late Quot he said after his Birdie Birdie finish just missed. Love who teamed with Kite to win the unofficial shark shootout partnered Fred couples to the world cup Triumph and won in Hawaii late in the year took this one with a closing 69 and a 272 total 16.underpar,. �?�1 just kind of Hung on a love said. And he said he was Able to hang on due to the Early morning Telephone Call from sports psychologist Bob Rotilla. A i still did no to know whether wed be Able to play a said love who held a one stroke Lead through 54 holes. Quot i did no to know what to  Quot he told me to plan on it. To get it in my head that wed play to be ready to play. Then if we did no to that a be easy to handle Quot love said. A the Call was important. It helped get me settled Down. Loves Victory was Worth $144,000 from the total purse of $800,000. Perhaps More importantly love said it gave him a jump on making the american Ryder cup team that win play Europe a Best in England this fall. Go Iberger who Hadnot won since taking this title a year ago pulled away from Jim Dent Over the last five holes and scored a two shot Victory in the senior  won $52,500 on a dosing round of 71 and a 280 total. Dent shot 73-282, and was trailed to Dave Stockton and George Archer at 285. Each had a closing 73. Paul Azinger who was in a Nick and neck race with love until Davis hit a 3-Wood second shot to 15 feet and made the putt for Eagle on the ninth Hole drifted Back into a tie for third with Mark of Meara at 275. Ray Floyd the first Man to qualify for both sections of the tournament that brought together Only the winners of 1992 titles was unable to fully capitalize on his unique Opportunity to double dip from two tournament purses in one. He shot 73 and was one Over Par at 289, 17 behind love and 9 off Geiberger space. He had combined earnings from the two brackets of $30,825. Win of surprises by Chris Sheridan a sports writer four games four  was the Story in the Aba on sunday night As the unexpected happened Over and Over Ana Over and Over  the Houston rockets floundering in a seven game losing Streak beat the powerful Utah jazz 97-90. A the new York kicks with the third Best Home record in the league lost at Madison Square Garden to the Boston celtics 100-97. A the los Angeles clippers reeling from four straight losses went into Milwaukee and beat the Quot Bucks 104-99. A the Miami heat stuck in last place in the Atlantic division and trudging through a six game Western swing went into the forum and beat up the los Angeles lakers 101-89. None of the outcomes was More surprising than Houston a win Over the visiting jazz. The rockets held Utah to its lowest Point total of the year in winning their first game since dec. 26. Hakeem Olajuwon had 35 Points 13 rebounds six blocked shots and six assists. Most important was his l7-of- 9 free throw shooting including six in a Row Down the stretch that sealed the win. Karl Malone who led Utah with 29 Points and 12. Rebounds kept the game close trading Points with Ola Juwon until the rockets pulled away. Utah was 1-2 on it Texas Road trip. Celtics 100, kicks 97 new York a the kicks came Back from a 23-Point third Quarter deficit Only to fall Short in the final minute. Rolando Blackman missed a go ahead 18-Fooler with five seconds left and John Starks missed a Long 3-Pointer just before the Buzzer Reggie Lewis had a game High 30 for Boston which won its fifth  kicks were led by Starks 28 Points. Bucks fran Brickowski left photo tries to wrest the Boll Hrom clippers Loy vouch left but a Lumu Ball we colled. In right photo a Nicks John Starks hangs hum the rim As celtics Kevin Gamble gaels Ahern taltos Dunk heat 101, lakers 89 Inglewood Calif a Miami completed a season sweep of the lakers the first by any of the four Mosi in Del Donri Weinn Lando v a a a a Del. Recent expansion teams Kevin Edwards led the heat with 25 Points and Glen Rice added 22. Vlade Divac paced the lakers with 24 Points. Clippers 104, Bucks 99 Milwaukee a a Nanny Manning had 24 Points and Ken Norman and Stanley Roberts added 17 apiece As the clippers knocked the Bucks into last place in the Central division Blue Edwards scored a career High 36 Points for the Bucks. Toothless Timber wolves reportedly axing Rogers Minneapolis a the Minn  general manager Jack me mentioned most often As a Likely interim Minnesota has beaten Only Dallas Al Minneapolis a the Minn Sola Timber wolves with the second worst record in the Aba have fired coach Jimmy Rodgers a source close to the situation said monday a news conference was scheduled monday evening Central european time to make the official announcement. First year general manager Jack Mccloskey repeatedly had denied that he was considering a coaching switch. But the source told the associated press that Mccloskey changed his mind As the teams losses mounted. The team has lost 16 of its last 18 games most by lopsided margins. Assistant coach Sidney Lowe has been replacement. The Timber wolves whose 15-67 record last season was the a bad a worst were expected to be vastly improved this season after Mccloskey made major personnel moves. Instead they Are 6-23 a a a a we Vii win 2-26, the Only team with a worse record. The Timber wolves not Only Are getting beaten they Are getting thrashed a both at Home and on the Road. Eight times they have lost by 20 or More Points which had happened Only Durine the a rivet i u .1 u nor Points it which had happened Only Dato Back Loh a. A Quot p sex Limas a Quot Asl seas Quot their 312 Home bulk this Arl of december record is the a bad a second poorest