SPORTS The Michigan Daily Thursday, March 31, 1983 Page 9 SPORTS OF THE DAILY Bird gets 53 in Celtics' BOSTON (AP) - Larry Bird scored a team-record 53 points last night as the oston Celtics slammed the Indiana acers 142-116 in National Basketball Association play. Bird's hot shooting, concentrated in 36 minutes, helped the Celtics avenge their worst loss of the year, a 29-point defeat by the Pacers Tuesday night. Bird hit on 21 of 31 field goal attempts and was 11-for-11 at the foul line. THE CELTICS, greeted by scattered boos as they entered usually friendly Boston Garden, responded by commit- ing four straight turnovers. Down 2-0, Boston roared back with a 14-2 tear, including eight points by Bird, and never trailed again. Bird's 18 points and the Celtics' swarming defense helped Boston build a 37-16 first-quarter lead. THE PACERS shot 33 percent in the second period and trailed at the half 62- 40. Celtics center Robert Parish dominated the middle, blocking four *hots and grabbing 10 rebounds in the first half. The Pacers pulled to within 19 points midway through the third quarter. But Bird hit outside shots and layups at will, his' 24 point in the quarter broke a 24- year Celtic record and helping Boston end the period. with a 108-74 lead. Boston Coach Bill Fitch removed Bird for the first six minutes of the final quarter but, as the crowd chanted "Larry, Larry," returned Bird with 8:10 emaining. Bird quickly scored five points to break the team's regular season reord of 51 points set by Sam Jones in 1965. 'Bird received a standing ovation when Fitch removed him for good with 5: 6 left. Sixers clinch division title PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Julius Er- ting scored 26 'points and Maurice 1bheeks added 24 as, the Philadelphia *6ers beat the Atlanta Hawks 120-113 last night to clinch the National Basketball Association's Atlantic Division and Eastern Conference championships. 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Good location, laundry facilities, garage, storage. $117/mo. plus util. Price neg. but deposit a must. 996-0242. Ask for Rachel. 770041 I AT ] 2 bedroom in 4 bedroom house Kosher, 1 block south of E.Q. 996-0887 00Y0401 defeats would give the 76ers the league's best record and the home court in every post-season playoff series. DAN ROUNDFIELD scored 36 poin- ts, Dominique Wilkins 23 and Johnny Davis 22 for the Hawks, who lost for the fourth time in their last five starts. The 76ers, who lost Tuesday night to the Chicago Bulls, won their 10th of 13 and 20th of their last 25. Philadelphia boosted the record to 60- 12 and needs to win its final 10 games to break the league's one-season victory record of 69 held by the Los Angeles Lakers. Philadelphia trailed 35-29 after one period, but erupted for 13 consecutive points early in the second period to go ahead 48-46. THE HAWKS came back and led 55- 54 with 2:28 left in the second quarter. But Philadelphia scored nine of the next 11 points for a 63-57 halftime lead. The 76ers led by 11 with 11:12 remaining in the third period, but again Atlanta stormed back, and finally took the lead, 86-85, on an 18-foot jump shot by Davis with 1:44 left in the quarter. The Hawks came back for the last .time to move within one point at 91-90 early in the final quarter. But substitute guard Franklin Edwards scored two baskets and made a steal and an assist, as Philadelphia scored 11 consecutive points for h 102-90 lead. Washington 100, New Jersey 97 EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) - Jeff Ruland had 26 points and 13 rebounds and Ricky Sobers made a technical foul shot and a free throw in the final three seconds as the Washington Bullets edged the New Jersey Nets 100-97 last night for their seventh straight National Basketball, Association vic- tory. New Jersey's Michael Ray Richar- dson missed a three-point field goal at- tempt at the buzzer. THE BULLETS' victory prevented the Nets from clinching a playoff spot and improved their own chances of gaining a berth. Sobers made the technical foul shot with three seconds left on an off-the-ball foul, then sank one of two free throws with two seconds showing. The 6-foot-3 guard finished with 20 points and scored the Bullets final five points, also sinking a technical foul shot with 2:24 left and hitting a baseline jumper four seconds later. The Nets had closed to 98-97 on Richardson's three-point play with 1:39 remaining, but Richardson and Albert King, who finished with 24 points, missed shots in the final minute. RULAND scored seven points and Sobers had five to trigger a 16-5 burst in the last five minutes of the third quar- ter as the Bullets rallied from a 71-70 deficit to take an 86-76 lead into the final period. The Nets regrouped in the fourth quarter behind Richardsonhwho had seven points in the period. Richardson and Buck Williams each had 18 points for the Nets, who fell to 45- 27 and had a three-game winnng streak broken. Greg Ballard added 14 for the Bullets, who evened their record at 36-36. Oldham retires CHATTANOOGA, (AP) - Ray Oldham, a 10-year National Football League rictory veteran who played most recently for the Detroit Lions, said yesterday he is retiring from the NFL. However, he left open the possibility that he might try to play next season for the Chicago Blitz of the United States Football League. "I'VE TALKED to the people in Chicago and there is a chance I will join the team next year," said Oldham. "ut the USFL still has to prove itself. "It's still not up to what it should be," he added. "But it's going to open up a lot of jobs and give a lot of NFL veterans a lot more playing time than they might otherwise have had." AP Photo Chocolate thunder Darryl Dawkins (right) uses Mark Eaton of the Utah Jazz as a stepladder en route to a powerful left handed jam in NBA action at New Jersey last night. Borg defeats Clerc MONTE CARLO, Monaco (UPI) - Bjorn Borg gratefully accepted the surrender of third-seeded Argentinian Jose-Luis Clerc yesterday to reach the second round of his final Grand Prix tournament, the Monte Carlo Open. Clerc, ranked sixth in the world, could not handle the big occasion and capitulated totally, 6-1, 6-3. "IT WAS really hard to play him," admitted Clerc, who also lost to Borg in all three of their previous meetings. Clerc never got his game going, won only seven points in the opening five games before holding service for the first time, and squandered a 3-1 lead in the second set to lose the next five games and the match. "I expected a much tougher match, but he made a lot of simple errors," Borg said. "I wasn't very relaxed because I haven't played for such a long time, but I managed to keep my con- centration throughout the match." Borg made many unforced errors, but far fewer than Clerc, and dropped service only once during the 78-minute match. After taking the first set in 28 minutes, Borg had the chance to nail down the match firmly in the opening game of the second. He twice had break point against Clerc's service, but the Argentine recovered, only to collapse finally four games later. Borg next will meet rising French star Henri Leconte, who said he would try to go up to the net to attack Borg's game, a tactic Clerc never tried. Action SportsWear FACTORY COSEOUTS Swimwear Footwear Bodywear 419 East Liberty - ocks SoStaie Sreet 663-677 '. 4 0 4 J GRAND :OPENING SPECIHAL TOKENS - $100. (1 Game - 1 Token) it's COming!. 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