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iB-4 THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR- MONDAY, APRIL 17, 1989 Earnhardt gets win in First Union Cavs complete sweep of Bulls a- A JL -v i sir rfN ASSOCIATED PRESS North Wilkesboro, N.C. Dale Earnhardt returned to victory lane and the top of the NASCAR Winston Cup standings Sunday by winning the First Union 400, and he said it was about time. "It's been frustrating not to have won lately because we've been close," said Earnhardt, who leads Geoff Bodine by three points and Alan Kulwicki by nine in the points standings. Earnhardt won for the first time in 16 NASCAR Winston Cup races, pulling away from Kulwicki in the final four laps. It was Earnhardt's first victory since Bristol last August.

Kulwicki, making a bid for his second career victory, was on Earnhardt's bumper through much of the final 10 laps. He failed In his effort to pass on lap I 394, and his hopes ended with four laps left when he slid to the high side of the second turn on his final attempt. A "Alan had caught me after I punished my tires a bit racing against my old friend Rusty (Wallace)," said Earnhardt, who led 296 of the race's 400 laps and won $51,225. "Alan pun- ished his too after he spun out and I was able to pull away." Kulwicki said brake problems on his Ford hampered his effort. "We had problems with the brakes all day and I was trying to pump them there at the end With about four laps to go.

-there was nothing I could save, so I gave It all I had and Just came up short. It might been a different finish if I'd had. some brakes." UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL Maurice Cheeks of Philadelphia eyes a shooting lane around New York's Patrick Ewing Sunday. FROM STAR WIRE SERVICES Larry Nance scored 10 of his 26 points during a decisive 12-2 run at the end of the first half Sunday as the host Cleveland Cavaliers sent the Chicago Bulls to their sixth straight loss, 111-92. Cleveland (56-23) is 5-0 this year against the Bulls this year, whom they would meet in the first round if the playoffs began today.

Chicago beat Cleveland three games to two in the first round of the playoffs last year. Cleveland saw an early nine-point lead dwindle to one at 43-42 when Michael Jordan scored six straight points and Charles Davis, hit a short jumper midway through the second quarter. Nance, however, stopped the Chicago run with a 12-foot baseline Jumper that started the 12-2 flurry, which put the Cavaliers ahead 55-44 at the half. Six of Nance's points during the spurt came on foul shots. Brad Daugherty then made a short hook and a free throw opening the third quarter, and Cleveland outscored the Bulls 35-23 during the period to put the game away.

Ron Harper scored 12 of his 21 points in the quarter, including a fast-break dunk that gave the Cavaliers a 90-67 lead at the buzzer. Jordan led Chicago with 22 points, and Davis had 15. Daugherty scored 15 for Cleveland. Chicago was held scoreless from the field during the final 5:32 of the first half, which closed with Coach Doug Collins arguing vehemently that Davis was fouled on a shot at the buzzer. The Bulls missed their last nine floor shots in the half.

DETROIT 104, WASHINGTON 98 Mark Aguirre scored four of his 19 points during a 9-0 third-quarter run and the host Pistons held off a late rally to beat the Bullets and sweep their five-game season series. Detroit's 18th straight home- court victory reduced the Pistons' magic number for clinch ing the Central Division title to Upstart ASSOCIATED PRESS While the Calgary Flames get ready for their annual battle with Wayne Gretzky, a new hockey rivalry opens the second round of the Stanley Cup play offs today the battle of Penn sylvania. While the Flames and Gretzky's Los Angeles Kings were winning seventh games Satur- a night against Vancouver and Edmonton, respectively. one ol the Gretzky more intrigu ing series of the playoffs was set to begin: the playoff-hardened Philadelphia Flyers and the novice Pittsburgh Penguins. "This team has been down for so long, we don't know what's up," says Pittsburgh coach Gene Ubriaco, whose team eliminated the New York Rangers in four straight games in its CART probable opponent In the first round of the playoffs, has beaten New York in four of six games this season.

The 76ers led by as many as 26 points in the first half but fell behind 112-111 on a 15-foot jumper by Patrick Ewing with 10 seconds left. Barkley then made two free throws and Gminski made two more. Hersey Hawkins scored 21 and Maurice Cheeks added 10 as the 76ers snapped a three-game losing streak. Mark Jackson led the Knicks with 17 points. Including 13 in the second half.

the playoffs. The Bucks are a game behind the Hawks with four left in the regular season. Mike McGee led New Jersey with 26 points, while Chris Morris had 20 points and 10 rebounds. PHILADELPHIA 115, NEW YORK 112 Mike Gminski scored 25 points, Charles Bark-ley had 22 and both made crucial free throws in the last 10 seconds, leading the host 76ers past the Knicks. Philadelphia, the Knicks' face veteran Flyers 25 ALL MIDAS i r'U7FLERS 'Famous Midas guarantee good at over 1600 Midas shops across the country.

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Dallas' chance to send the game into a second overtime failed when Brad Davis' hit the rim on a driving layup at the buzzer. With the loss, the Mavericks' neared playoff elimination. Either a Portland victory or a Dallas loss would clinch the eighth and final Western, Conference spot for Portland. LA LAKERS 121 MIAMI 108 Magic Johnson scored 24 points and Byron Scott added 21 as the host Lakers defeated Miami to Increase their Pacific Division lead over idle Phoenix to a full game. Mychal Thompson added 15 points for the Lakers, and Orlando Woolridge came off the bench to add 15 points and block five shots.

MILWAUKEE 100, NEW JERSEY 96 Ricky Pierce scored 22 points, including six straight in the fourth quarter to put the visiting Bucks ahead for good in a victory over New Jersey. The victory kept alive Milwaukee's chances of catching Atlanta for the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference, which has a homecourt advantage over the fifth seed in the first round of Penguins NHL ROUNDUP first playoff appearance since 1982. Tonight's play will also feature the opener of the Adams Division final with Boston at Montreal, whose 115 regular-season points were second to Calgary's in the NHL. On Tuesday, Chicago' will be at St. Louis and Los Angeles, which beat Gretzky's old Edmonton teammates, 6-3, Saturday night, will be at Calgary.

The Flames, who had 117 regular-season points, beat Vancouver, 4-3. on Joe Otto's goal after 19 minutes, 21 seconds of overtime. The Pittsburgh-Philadelphia series is a battle of contrasts. The fourth-place Flyers, who upset first-place Washington four games to two in their Patrick Division first-round matchup, have been to the Stanley Cup finals two of the past four years and haven't missed the playoffs in their 22 years of existence. By contrast, Pittsburgh's spent six years without a playoff 79th minute completed the scoring for the Hooslers.

Toronto, the reigning Canadian champion, was held to 1 1 shots on goal. George Argyropoulos helped the Canadians avert a shutout by scoring in the 90th minute. Earlier Sunday in the consolation game, La Instituto Tecno-logico de la Laguna, the Mexican collegiate champion, defeated Sangamon State, the defending NAIA champion. 3-2. Six weeks later.

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Rahal ran ahead of Fittipaldi for most of the race but A had the misfortune of Jeaving the track on Lap 56. "The brake pedal went straight to the floor at the end of the straightaway and I went up the escape said Rahal, who rejoined the race a lap down. "From that point, I just had to pump the brakes." Mears was fifth in the Penn- zoil PC-18Chevy, but it proved to a frustrating weekend for the Penske team. Teammate Danny Sullivan was eighth In the Miller PC-18Chevy after a late pit stop for a shredded tire. "We've been scratching all weekend," Mears said.

"We made changes, but we still weren't there. We were off the pace." Also finishing in the top 10 were Raul Boesel in the no's LolaJudd, Arle Luyendyk in the Provimi LolaCosworth, Sullivan, Derek Daly in the Raynor LolaJudd and Tom Sneva in a rather rough-sounding STP MarchBuick. "I thought it (the engine) was going to eat itself up and it kept vibrating, but it ran all day," said Sneva. "We also had a clutch keep slipping on us when we pitted, but we finished." in the four-game sweep of Hartford. "Those three guys are important for us because of the Bruins' style." said Montreal coach Pat Burns.

For Calgary, only the uniforms have changed as they face Gretzky for the fourth time in seven years. The Flames were the only team to beat Edmonton and Gretzky In a playoff series in the past five years, beating them four games to three in 1985, when Montreal won the Cup. The Flames were 6-2 in the regular season against the Kings, who became only the sixth team in NHL history to win after being down three games to one in a playoff series. But their troubles with Vancouver have them wary. "It's only one series," said goalie Mike Vernon, who stopped 42 shots against Vancouver Saturday night.

"There still is a long road ahead of the Calgary Flames." "Like I said, we beat the best playoff team in the league and now we're playing the best team In the league," Gretzky said. berth, the longest span in the NHL, and the Penguins haven't reached the second round for a decade. But the Penguins enter the series confident. They won the season series with the Flyers, 4-3-1; won their last two games at The Spectrum after a 14-year drought there, and may have the most explosive tandem in the playoffs in Mario Lemieux and Paul Coffey. But that may also be their weakness.

"Pittsburgh may be rested, but they may be a little overconfident," said Rod Langway of Washington, the Patrick Division champion but a loser in six games to Philadelphia. "The Flyers have to stop Just two players in my opinion: Mario (Lemieux) and Coffey. Pittsburgh doesn't have the goaltender to stay with the Flyers, but they have an offensive-minded team." Montreal, meanwhile, hopes to get more help from three players Stephane Richer, Claude Lemieux and Shayne Corson. They combined for just two goals IU wins collegiate soccer title it. If II ANNIVERSARY.

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