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dn’t been himself since return-
Jg after missing 11 games with a
sprained knee ligament.
Blackman, the Mavericks’
fee-time All-Star, hacj scored
s than double figures in three
of five games. Blackman hadn’t
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lip the Mavericks to a 124-93
have alst Biutofthe Utah Jazz.
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ericks coach John MacLeod,
lie’s turned the corner as far as
Conditioning is concerned. He
Itas his old self tonight.”
mian Hit 1 Blackman contended that his
Incharacteristic performance
since returning was more a prod-
jtct of a reduced role in the Mav
ericks offense than problems with
lie knee.
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Ine,” he said. “The cardiovascu-
lai conditioning is there. It’s fine.
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Derek Harper scored 7 of his
II points during a 21 -4 run in the
Inal 4:48 of the third period to
peak the game open.
Roy Tarpley added 19 points
nd 13 rebounds as the Mavericks
Jroke a four-game losing streak,
■tah, which fell 7‘/2 games be-
lind front-running Dallas in
Jourth place in the Midwest Divi-
|on, had won four straight be
fore Tuesday night.
Blackman said greater atten-
|on to team defense was the rea-
the Mavericks broke their
longest losing streak of the sea-
un. The Jazz committed 20 turn-
versancl Mavericks owned a 47-
4 rebounding advantage.
“We were really intense on de
mise right from the start,” Black-
lan said. “We’ve been really
orking on team defense in prac-
ce. Tonight we were switching
nd helping. That’s what you
ave to do to beat a good team
ke Utah.”
Utah coach Frank Layden was
oking forward to Wednesday
ight’s rematch in Salt Lake City.
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be NBA,” Layden said. “There’s
nothergame tomorrow.”
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Wilkins, Spud Webb and “Air” Jordan. Also fea
tured were Phi Slama Jama alumni Clyde “The
Glide” Drexler and Greg “Cadillac” Anderson.
After Webb bombed in the first round by miss
ing two of his three dunk attempts, the competi
tion shaped up as a head-to-head battle between
Wilkins and Jordan to determine who had the
right stuff.
Wilkins executed dunks which received per
fect scores of 50 from the panel of judges on his
first two attempts.
But on his third dunk, ’Nique got nuked. Wil
kins threw down a powerful two-handed wind
mill dunk that received an undeservingly low 45.
That set up Jordan for the win.
Jordan misfired on the first attempt of his Fi
nal dunk. Jordan looked to the sideline at the
famed Dr. J, who motioned for him to take off
from the free throw line.
Jordan dribbled the length of the court before
lifting off from the stripe 15 feet away from the
rim. With legs spread and tongue flapping in the
wind, Jordan tomahawked the dunk for a 50 and
the win.
For the coming months, children on play
grounds and driveways and players in musty
gyms across the country will be spending long
hours alone with a ball and a hoop.
They’ll be emulating the moves of Bird, Jor
dan, Wilkins and the rest of the All-Stars. And
that’s what basketball is all about.
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HOUSTON (AP) — Houston’s
Akeem Olajuwon scored 30 points
and Eric “Sleepy” Floyd, scoreless in
the first half, added 14 clutch points
to lead the Rockets to a 129-120
NBA victory over Boston Tuesday
night.
Houston’s victory was its fourth in
a row and ended a 7-game losing
streak against the Celtics.
Olajuwon and Floyd nullified a
44-point performance by Larry
Bird.
Kevin McHale added 28 points
and got 12 rebounds. Bird led Bos
ton rebounders with 15.
The Celtics, whose final lead came
early in the second quarter, pulled
within four points at 123-119 with
1:15 left to play but two baskets by
Floyd and one by Joe Barry Carroll
ended the rally.
Rodney McCray scored 23 points
for the Rockets and Purvis Short
added 21.
The Rockets led by 10 points twice
in the second quarter and took a 67-
60 lead at halftime, paced by Olaju-
won’s 20 points and 9 first-half re
bounds.
Bird scored 8 straight points for
Boston in the third quarter, knotting
the score at 77-77.
McHale later tied it at 79-79 be
fore the Rockets outscored the Cel
tics 17-9 over the rest of the period
for a 96-88 lead going into the
fourth quarter.
Short hit three straight baskets to
give the Rockets a 55-45 lead with
3:55 to go in the first half and a bas
ket by Jim Petersen with 2:09 to go
gave Houston a 61-51 lead.
A 3-point basket and a 2-pointer
by Bird helped the Celtics narrow
the lead at the half.
The Rockets scored their most
points against the Celtics since a 132-
117 victory Oct. 24, 1973, in Boston
Garden.
The Celtics got little help from
their bench. They were outscored
45-7 by the Rockets reserves.
“They take one guy out and here
comes another,” Boston Coach K.C.
Jones said. “They’ve got Short and
Joe Barry coming off the bench.
How many footprints can someone
put on your butt?”
The Rockets took the lead early in
the second quarter and never trailed
again.
“We played with full intensity,”
Olajuwon said. “We always want to
beat Boston and now we have
proved that we can do it.”
Wales teams nip Campbell teams
in battle between hockey All-Stars
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Mario Le-
mieux capped a record-breaking
night with his third goal and sixth
point of the game at 1:08 of over
time as the Wales Conference beat
the Campbell Conference 6-5 Tues
day in the 39th NHL All-Star Game.
Lemieux, who set up the Wales
Conference’s first three goals and
scored the fourth, had given his
team a 5-4 lead at 8:07 of the third
period. But Luc Robitaille tied the
score by beating goaltender Patrick
Roy for his second goal of the game
with 3:32 to go in regulation, send
ing the game into overtime.
But Lemieux, the NHL’s leading
scorer, wasted little time in getting
the game-winner. He picked up a
feed from Mats Naslund, who fin
ished with a record-setting five as
sists, shook off a check in front and
put a backhander through the legs
of goaltender Mike Vernon.
Lemieux, of the Pittsburgh Pen
guins, was named the game’s Most
Valuable Player for the second time,
having captured the award in 1985.
The victory was the fourth in a
row and 10th in 12 games for the
Wales Conference since the current
format was adopted in 1975.
Lemieux set up a first-period goal
by Tomas Sandstrom and assisted 6n
second-period goals by Mike
Gartner and Peter Stastny before
scoring his first goal at 11:34 of the
second period to give the Wales
Conference a 4-2 lead.
After Denis Savard’s goal at 5:19
evened the score at 4-4, Lemieux
made it 5-4 with 11:53 to play in reg
ulation by beating Vernon with a
high shot after taking a pass from
Naslund.
It also broke the All-Star record of
four points in a game, held by six
players.
The game, before a standing-
room-only crowd of 17,878, was
played under the cloud of the death
of former St. Louis Blues de
fenseman Barclay Plager, who died
of a brain tumor last Saturday.
Plager, who was scheduled to be an
honorary co-captain of the Campbell
Conference team, was honored in
pre-game ceremonies.
orth Korea using Games to unify nation
ALGARY, Alberta (AP) —North
Irea will not let its love for the
rnipics prevent it from using the
mes to try to reach its goal of reu-
ication with the South, a top
f-yongyung sports official said Tues-
Pr day.
Wl ipiang Ung, secretary general of
the North Korean Olympic Commit
tee, also said the government and
goingdP 1 ' lynipic organizers in Seoul had
tieen the main obstacle to a set-
11-26 re-ttanent on the issue, which has led
to a boycott of the Games by the
North and two close allies.
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the North’s involvement in the
lames must now be part of larger
cussions directly between the two
juntries aimed at reunifying the
ininsula.
The International Olympic Com
mittee has mediated four sets of
talks between North and South and
has offered Pyongyang all or parts
of five sports.
“We love the Olympics,” said
Chang, who is here with North Ko
rea’s six-member team for the Win
ter Olympics. “But first, we have to
consider our nation’s fate.
“It is a sign of the unity of Korea.
First, we have to protect national in
terests. If the Olympics should make
certain contributions to the reunifi
cation of our divided nation, it is
OK. But if anything should make
some obstacles for the unification of
the whole nation, theji we cannot ag
ree.”
The North, he said, has proposed
holding preliminary discussions Feb.
19 in Panmunjom to set the stage for
meetings between politicians, lead
ing dignataries and Olympic officials
on the reunification question.
Those talks, he said, would deal
with reducing military expenditures
and easing tensions between the two
sides, as well as Olympic issues.
“I hope something comes out
good for us. So we are waiting and
will see what developments will be,”
Chang said.
The North Korean official said
the Olympic phase of such direct
talks would focus on such points as
splitting television rights fees, allow
ing free access to the North for
Olympic athletes, officials and jour
nalists, and other technical and logis
tical questions.
UT’s Mays,
SMU’s Bluitt
players of week
DALLAS (AP) — Texas guard
Travis Mays earned men’s basket
ball player-of-the-week honors,
while Southern Methodist’s Fe
licia Bluitt was named women’s
player of the week, the Southwest
Conference announced Tuesday.
Mays, from Ocala, Fla., ac
counted for 42 points, 19 re
bounds and three assists in help
ing the Longhorns to victories
over Baylor and Arkansas. Mays
had 25 points and 13 rebounds
against first-place Arkansas and
17 points and six rebounds
against Baylor.
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