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All-star games or just Record Monday Ftbruary 1 1982 players themselves have the least to say about all-star selections in all sports Baseball basketball and hockey ask the players fra their opinions at all The NFL players do have some Imput each team casts two votes one from the coach and one from the consensus of the 43 players The basketball-football all-star doubleheader the NBA early from New Jersey and the NFL later from Hawaii provided another full Sunday afternoon fra television sports addicts Fra fans who like free-wheeling high-scoring games the NBA was perfect Fra those who prefer low scoring the NFL came through The NBA stars use their all-star game as a showcase fra the awesome individual offensive talents they possess Defense is often absent at these affairs as witness some of the scorn The East beat the West 120-118 almost a duplicate By HAL BOCK AP Sports Writer At opposite ends of the country the National Basketball Association and National Football League presented their all-star games Sun-dayVknd they were a contrast In concepts The NBA like hockey and baseball interrupts its championship season for the all-star festivities while the NFL Pro Bowl is played as an aftermath to the real climax of the pro football season the Super Bowl Like baseball the NBA all-star starters are elected by fan vote Football depends primarily on its coaches to nominate the Pro Bowl rosters Hockey which plays its all-star game a week from Tuesday in Washington relies on writers fra1 the starters and coaches for the reserves There is some irony here since those roost directly involved the young talent in both the NBA and NFL Three rookies Buck Williams of New Jersey and Detroit teammates Islah Thomas and Kelly Trlpucka played in the NBA game only the second time in the 32-year history of the game that many first year players have made it For the Pro Bowl six rookies were in action Ronnie Lott of San Francisco George Rogers of New Orleans Lawrence Taylor of the New York Giants and Everson Walls of Dallas fra the NFC and Cris Colllnsworth of Cincinnati and Joe Delaney of Kansas City for the AFC Both of games however were unable to shed the exhibition label that fans also attach to the NHL all-star game which is best known fra its absence of defensive checking and hitting Only all-star game has managed to avoid that pitfall Searchlight is usually played closer to the vest Last 21-7 NFC victory was typical of the usual diet of low-scoring affairs much more so than the 37-27 NFC victory the year before 16-13 victory by the AFC was in keeping with the trend of the last decade That span included a 13-7 NFC victory in 1979 a 14-13 NFC win in 1978 and the 15-13 triumph in 1974 The differences may be due in part to the rules changes The NBA NBA East squad nips West in All-Star game all-star game is played according to standard prd basketball rules except fra the agreement by the players to leave defense at home The Pro Bowl however has special rules Fra this game the two conference teams must use a standard 4-34 defense Instead of the widely employed 34 No blitzing is allowed except on third down and short yardage situations of 3 yards or leu and then only by outside linebackers a regulation that hardly thrills middle men like Jack Lambert Pass defenses must fit special pre-set patterns eliminating deception AH of that of course changes the game from the style Pro Bowl players are accustomed to playing throughout the regular season to a hybrid variety of football all-star games also provided important showcases for ADRIAN DANTLY IN As he dribbles ball into move for Riley said of fourth-quarter squad Eleven players scored in double figures but Kareem Abdul-Jabbar of Los Angeles the second most prolific scorer In NBA history finished with just two points for the West Abdul-Jabbar blamed his lackluster performance on fatigue Analysis of last 123-120 result The year before that it was 144-138 fra the East and that followed a 134-129 victory by the West in 1979 In fact only once since 1966 have both teams failed to score more than 100 points in these games The Pro Bowl on the other hand Bowl scoring game" said NFC coach John McKay of Tampa Bay was just too much defense It takes longer than a week to get an offense coordinated Donnie Shell and Jack Lambert and Denver's Randy Gradiahar turned in fine defensive performances for the AFC which allowed the NFC just 158 total yards Campbell was the leading rusher with 11 carries fra 52 yards Dorset! led the NFC with 39 yards on 13 carries Ken Anderson completed eight of 14 passes fra 166 yards fra the AFC Montana four of 14 fra 23 and Steve Bartkowski three of 15 for 49 had their problems fra the NFC Ames Iowa 62 kilos (138 pounds) Roys Oliver Omaha Neb 74 kilos (163 pounds) Mark Schultz Norman Okla 82 kilos (18014 pounds) Willie Gadson Ames Iowa 90 kilos (198 pounds) and Gibson Quanttoo Va 100 kilos (220 pounds) Tim Vannl Bakersfield shared third place with a Polish rival in 48 klloa (106 pounds) ths Soviet nsws agency said Wrestlers from Bulgaria Hungary East Germany Romania Mongolia Czechoslovakia Cuba and Turkey also competed LEE ROY SELMON MAKES ONE OF FOUR SACKS ON FOUTS SUNDAY Performance earned Selmon Pro Bowl co-MVP honors with Kellen Winslow EAST RUTHERFORD NJ (AP) Coach BUI Fitch relied on three of his Boston Celtics players and well-rehearsed patterns to pilot the East to a 126-118 victory over the West in the National Basketball Association All-Star Game had three Celtics out there and they know what this means and that means" Fitch said pulling his right ear and waving his arms to simulate the coded gestures he made to Larry Bird Robert Pariah and Nate Archibald during game at the Meadowlands Arena Celtics were out there in the end because It was a close game and the thing to do Just like Pat had three of his Seattle kids out there at me said Fitch West coach Pat Riley played SuperSonics Jack Sikma Gus Williams and Lonnie Shelton together in the closing minutes ran a play down the stretch that the Celtics use throughout the said Bird who was named Most Valuable Player after sewing 19 points 12 in the final quarter and pulling down 12 rebounds Bird said his ability to complement Parish who scored 9 of his 21 points In the final period definitely the to the victory play with somebody fra two years and you kind of know what going to do in certain said Bird a 6-foot-9 forward With 1:15 remaining Norm Nixon of the Los Angeles Lakers narrowed the 126-116 lead with a left-side jump shot Julius Erving of the Philadelphia 76ers missed an Inside layup and fouled Sikma with 17 seconds to play and the ball returned to the West The West found time fra two more shots Seattle guard Gus three-point attempt fell short and Laker guard Earvin Johnson missed a layup Parish rebounded shot in the final second assuring the East its third consecutive victory and a 21-11 lead in the All-Star series Parish and Bird flying on the wings and Parish is a great running center It was a great Miller SAN DIEGO (AP) Johnny Miller had a little talk with himself after playing poorly in the Phoenix Open a week ago ten Miller said recalling the one-way conversation going to have a Lad year after a (500000 He put those doubts to rest Sunday with a one-stroke victory over on-rushing Jack Nicklaus in the Wickes-Andy WUliams-San Diego Open Golf Tournament was important to turn it Miller said happy to get that off my back Therewaa a tot of pressure on me Jack really put it to But it wasn't quite enough figured the night before that a 64 ought to be enough to win file golf Nicklaus said it He got that target score 6under-par and a record on the 7002-yard South course at the Torrey Pines Golf Club The effort Included ea-gto-3s on the ninth and 18th It put back to the wall But he mined home the diminishing toad with a 2-under-par 70 and a 270 total 18 shots under par Nicklaus was one back at 271 Ths victory was the 21st on the American tour fra Miller tying him with South African Gary Player for 16th place on the American winning Ust It also provided Miller with the successful attainment of a couple of goals 16-13 thriller AFC wins Pro stops Nicklaus in on eight tackles was just running around trying to do what we practiced aU he said were picking up Randy White (of Da lisa) a lot and I waited fra him to clear out and then I rushed" Lowery a second-year pro out of Dartmouth who was turned down by eight NFL teams before catching on with the Chiefs said he nervous before his game-winning kick thought before the kipk done it before and here it is he He had missed a PAT attempt on the AFC's font touchdown when the snap from center was off and also missed wide on a 52-yard field goal attempt earlier in the contest figured it would be a low- TRAFFIC SUNDAY arms of Julius Erving game started at 10 am Los Angeles time and I all Abdul-Jabbar said was pretty hectic going 3000 miles to get here I took the flight and got here Friday Abdul-Jabbar said Sunday feel comfortable on my shots and my rhythm Miller said The victory was worth 554000 from the total purse of $300000' That compares with the $500000 first prize Miller won in an unofficial $1 million tournament in southern Africa the first week of the year guess I felt like I could retire fra the season after Miller said was Important for me to turn it around here" His front-running effort was just good enough He was never caught but Tom Kite and Nicklaus each got to within one Kite the 1981 leading money-winner who tost a playoff at the Bob Hope cnily two weeks ago rolled in a 12-foot birdie putt on the 15th hole to pull to within one shot But Miller dropped a 10-footer on top of it and had his margin again Nicklaus playing in front of Miller hit a 3-wood to within five feet of the cup on the par-5 finishing hole And he too got to within one when he made the eagle putt challenge disappeared when he dunked his second shot in the lake in front of the 18th green and Miller needed only the routine par to win it He got it 2-putting from 20 feet Kite finished with a 70 and was tied fra third at 273 with Tom Weiskopf Welskopf had a closing 69 in the mild sunny weather Curtis Strange was next at 68-274 snd Andy Bean followed at 68-275 HONOLULU (AP) Miami Dolphins coach Don Shula may have cringed the last time he saw Dan Fouta and Kellen Winslow in action but Sunday he cheered When the American FootbaU Conference all-stars coached by Shula needed a late score to take a 16-13 victory in Pro Bowl the San Diego Fouteto-Wins-low combination helped get it Fouta took the AFC 69 yards with the tag-gainer a 23-yard pass to Winslow to set up the deciding 23-yard field goal by Kansas City's Nick- Lowery with three seconds remaining was anything but a dull said Shula who recently watched Fouta and Winslow help the Chargers knock the Dolphins out of file NFL playoffs the final drive- our offensive line dominated said Fouta who completed eight of 16 passes for 143 yards on the day pass to' Winslow down the middle (putting the ball at the NFC 5-yard line) broke their Window the top receiver the past two seasons had six catches for 86 yards and shared Pro Bowl Most Valuable Player honors with NFC defondvs snd Lee Roy Selmon of Tampa Bay a real honor to be named co-MVP and an honor to be on the field with the finest players in the said Winslow was more intensity this he added gams was second Pro Bowl appearance was a Selmon in his third Pro Bowl recorded four quarterback sacks for losses totaling 35 yards and was Gibson gets silver medal in Soviet wrestling meet MOSCOW (AP) American wrestler Joe Gonzales became the only non-Soviet gold medalist Sunday at an International free style meet in Tbilisi Soviet Georgia Toss news agency reported Redding's Greg Gibson was one of five American silver medalists Gonzales of Bakersfield won the 52'kilos (114-pound) crown in the threeday competition beating a Soviet rival Soviets wad the nine other weight classes The five other Americans who won silver medals: Mike Land JOHNNY MILLER Held off challenge now won all the Western touramenta except Hawaii and I play there a nice little accomplishment" Miller said Per- haps more Importantly it again puts him in the field fra the Tournament of Champions in April really wanted that I just love that I I i.