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Associated Press
- HOUSTON — Larry Bird scored
»1 points, had 10 assists and pulled
Blown eight rebounds to lead the
ioston Celtics to a 116-104 decision
Bver the Houston Rockets Tuesday
night in NBA basketball.
I Dennis Johnson and Kevin Mc-
Hale each contributed 25 points for
; the Celtics as Boston improved its re
cord to 51-13.
I Houston, 40-25, and the Midwest
Blivision leader, was led by Ralph
Sampson with 23 and John Lucas
Bvith 20. Houston played without its
| leading scorer, Akeem Olajuwon,
who has a knee injury,
i Boston moved ahead 100-91 at
9:55 of the fourth quarter and
Houston was never closer than seven
;• points from then on.
I The score was tied 10 times in the
ifirst quarter, with neither team lead
ing by more than four. A pair of bas
kets by Johnson put the Celtics
ahead 36-33 going into the second
period.
K Boston increased its lead to five
parly in second quarter, 40-35,
|moved ahead 59-49 at the 4:01 mark
and 67-53 with 1:38 left in the half.
Houston managed to cut its deficit
Ito 69-61 at the half.
1 The Celtics led 79-65 early in the
NBA Roundup
Other Tuesday Scores:
(home team in capitals)
Cleveland 112
NEW YORK 107
ATLANTA 128
Denver 116
Philadelphia 101
INDIANA 91
CHICAGO 113
New Jersey 100
L.A. LAKERS 129
L.A. Clippers 108
SACRAMENTO 132
SanAntonio 120
third quarter before Houston out-
scored them 12-2 to cut Boston’s
lead to 81-77 with 5:26 left in the
third quarter.
Boston’s offense then came back
to life, opening a 10-point advantage
and holding a 95-87 lead after three
quarters.
Mavs happy to nix Celtic jinx
DALLAS — Dallas Mavericks’
owner Donald Carter tipped his
cowboy hat back like the good guys
do in Western movies when they’ve
just run the bad guys out of town.
“This is the one we’ve been
looking for,” Carter said. “Now we
know we belong in the NBA. It’s the
biggest win in franchise history by
far.”
Dallas’ dramatic 116-115 victory
over the Boston Celtics Monday
night was the first in the six-year his
tory of the expansion Mavericks
over the Celtics.
It came on their 12th try on a
night when Boston’s Larry Bird tied
a Reunion Arena record with 50
points and hit four shots from three-
point range.
“It was going to come eventually,
whether I was the coach here or Rip
Van Winkle,” Dallas Coach Dick
Motta said. “Bird put on a clinic and
we were fortunate to survive. There
was every indication this was going
to be a bad night, but we showed
some professional pride out there.”
Frogs bear
down on
Grizzlies
Associated Press
MISSOULA, Mont. — Guard
Carl Lott exploded for 27 points to
lead Texas Christian to a 76-69 vic
tory over Montana Tuesday night in
the opening round of the National
Invitation Tournament.
Lott, a 6-foot-4 junior, hit 12 of 14
shots from the field, most of them
mid- to long-range jumpers. He
added three of six free throws.
The Horned —
Frogs, who tied NIT Action
for the South-
west Conference regular season title,
led the entire game, with their big
gest margin being 12 points.
TCU reached that advantage the
first time with 1:39 left in the first
half on two free throws by forward
Larry Richard to put the Horned
Frogs ahead 40-28.
Montana stormed back with three
quick baskets, including a layup by
John Bates at the buzzer, and trailed
only 40-34 at the half.
The Grizzlies, co-champions of
the Big Sky Conference, got the first
basket of the second hall but never
got any closer the rest of the way.
TCU quickly went back ahead by
nine as Richard hit two field goals,
Greg Grissom added one and Nor
man Anderson made one free
throw.
After that, the closest Montana
got was within five points.
Montana was paced by 6-9 senior
forward Larry Krystkowiak with 26
and 10 rebounds. Krystkowiak, with
a dunk at the final buzzer, tied the
all-time Big Sky Conference career
scoring record 2,019 set by Bruce
Collins of Weber State from 1976-
1980.
The only other TCU player in
double figures was junior guard Ja
mie Dixon with 12 points, including
six free throws in the final two min
utes.
St. John's Berry heads All-America list
Associated Press
NEW YORK — St. John’s 6-foot-8
center Walter Berry, the top scorer
and rebounder for Big East Confer
ence tournament champions, was
the only unanimous selection on the
Associated Press’ Division I All-
America first team announced Tues
day.
In a college basketball season
loaded with outstanding guards,
Johnny Dawkins of Duke and Steve
Alford of Indiana topped the back-
courtmen.
Maryland’s Len Bias and Ken
tucky’s Kenny Walker, both 6-8 for-
ii wards, competed the first team.
All except Alford, a junior, are se-
|*niors. Bias, Dawkins and Walker
i were second-team selections last sea-
ison.
| A panel of 10 sports writers and
I broacasters made the choices.
The second team consisted of
■four seniors — guards Scott Skiles,
■ 6-1, of Michigan State and Dell
i‘ Curry, 6-4, of Virginia Tech; 6-1 1 Vi
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center Brad Daugherty of North
Carolina and 6-6 forward Ron
Harper of Miami of Ohio — plus 6-
11 sophomore forward Danny Man
ning of Kansas.
The third team included three ju
niors — Dwayne “Pearl” Washing
ton, 6-2 guard from Syracuse, 7-0
center William Bedford of Memphis
State . and David Robinson, 6-11
Navy center. Mark Price, Gerogia
Tech’s 6-0 senior guard, and 6-11
Roy Tarpley, a senior center from
Michigan, completed the squad.
Dawkins, 6-2, is the leading scorer
in Duke history with 2,403 points
and No. 2 all-time in the Atlantic
Coast Conference. He averaged 19.3.
points on 54 percent field goal
shooting and 81 percent from the
free throw line this season and, with
point guard Tommy Amaker, led
the top-ranked Blue Devils’ pressure
defense, which forced an average of
19 turnovers a game.
Dawkins also became the first
player in ACC history to accumulate
more than 2,000 points, 500 re
bounds and 500 assists in a career.
Duke, 32-2, won the ACC in both
regular season and postseason.
Alford’s outside shooting led In
diana to a 21-7 record and a runner-
up spot in the Big Ten Conference.
With 56 percent accuracy from the
field and 87 percent from the foul
line, he averaged 22.4 points this
season, going over 30 points five
times.
Alford, 6-2, the only 1984 Olym
pian still playing college ball, ranks
as Indiana’s No. 4 all-time scorer
with 1,665 points.
Berry, the Big East’s player of the
year in the opinion of the confer
ence’s coaches, averaged 22.9 points
and 11.3 rebounding mark despite
being double- and triple-teamed
most of the season.
Already a winner of the Wooden
Award as college basketball’s top
player, Berry emerged from the
shadow of All-America Chris Mullin
this season and took over the center
spot vacated by 7-0 Bill Wennington.
The left-handed Berry, who spent
his freshman season at San Jacinto
(Texas) Junior College, displayed
great leaping ability, unorthodox
style and a soft touch to lead the
Redmen to a 30-4 record. He con
nected on 60-percent of his field goal
tries and holds the school record for
total points in a season and blocks.
Maryland’s Bias hit from the out
side for 22.9 points on a 55 percent
shooting from the field and 86 per
cent from the foul line in the Terra
pins’ 18-13 season.
Bias, the AP’s unanimous choice
as the Atlantic Coast Conference’s
PI ayer of the Year, became
Maryland’s all-time leading scorer
this seasonAvith 2,092 points, pass
ing Albert King.
Walker led Kentucky, 29-3, to
Southeastern Conference titles in
both the regular and postseason.
Texas finds football player’s car purchase within rules
Associated Press
I AUSTIN — The University of Texas said
l; Tuesday a car purchased by Longhorn running
I back Edwin Simmons was the result of a trans-
I action in which Simmons “received no prefer-
| ential treatment from the seller.”
I
Dr. Ronald Brown, vice president of student
I affairs, said the Houston law firm of Vinson &
I Elkins had investigated Simmons’ use of the car
r at the request of the university.
Brown said the law firm had been asked to
I share its findings with the NCAA and UT
■ “stands ready to assist the NCAA staff with any
I additional information they may need to conduct
p their own investigations.”
Brown said, however, “As of this date, the uni
versity has not been informed of an ‘official in
quiry’ into the matter by the NCAA Committee
on Infractions.”
The Austin American-Statesman reported
that Simmons had leased a 1984 BMW in April
1985 from Austin accountant Tee Bowman and
had paid more than $4,210 on a down payment,-
three monthly payments and insurance.
A spokeswoman for the UT News and Infor
mation Service said the car ultimately was repos
sessed, and has not been in Simmons’ possession
since August 1985.
Brown said the investigation included inter
views with all persons involved with the lease-
purchase as well as with Simmons, his employer
and members of the Longhorn athletic staff.
Simmons said, “The university has all of the
information concerning my car. I think the
statement pretty wells covers it. The car was re
possessed. I tried to buy something I couldn’t af
ford.I made a mistake. It was a hard lesson, and
I’d like to think I have learned from it.”
Brown said Simmons purchased the used au
tomobile after responding to a newspaper adver
tisement. He also said there was no evidence to
indicate Simmons knew the owner of the car and
nothing to indicate that Simmons.’ lease and his
employment were ‘suggested, arranged for, or
assisted in any way by members of the UT-Austin
athletic staff.”
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