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Associated Press As Terry Cummings gets better and better, so do the San Diego Clippers. The brilliant rookie scored 37 points, his National Basketball Association high, and added 15 rebounds as the Clippers rolled to a 112-102 victory over the Golden State Warriors Thursday night. The triumph improved San Diego's record since Christmas Day to 14-13 after a 4-23 start. In that same span, Cummings was named NBA Rookie of the Month in January with a 23.5-point average and has been even more impressive in February with a 27.7 norm. “In basketball, for me, it’s not enough to be one of the best,” Cummings said. “I want to be the best.” San Diego Coach Paul Silas says that one secret to Cummings’ suc cess is that the Clippers’ other starting forward, 6-foot-9 Tom Chambers, forces other teams to use their small forwards to guard Cummings. Silas said Cummings, also 6-9, “can score on anybody, and he works so hard. He’s quick, so he can go around bigger guys and he can outmuscle the smaller guys. He’s almost impossible to stop.” “I guess I'm the biggest ‘small forward’ in the league,” Feccenin said. “The bigger forwards we have to guard Tom Chambers, 2 that puts smaller guys on me. We have an awfully big front line. We give a lot of teams a lot of trouble now. Lakers 127, Mavericks 110 Los Angeles had lost twice in Dallas this season on last-second Mavericks’ shots, but the Lakers left no doubt about the outcome this time as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scored 32 points and Norm Nixon and Earvin “Magic” Johnson added 25 each. Nuggets 117, Nets 108 Alex English hit 15 of 17 free throws and had 33 points and 14 rebounds to lift Denver over New Jersey. Kiki Vandeweghe added 28 points for the Nuggets, who came back to beat the Nets one night after they had trailed Philadelphia by 32 points at halftime and lost by 21, Trail Blazers 121, Celtics 114 Kenny Carr scored 26 points, 10 of them in the final period, as Portland handed Boston its first loss to a Pacific Division team this season. Jim Paxson, who added 25 points for the Blazers, had eight during a 12-0 run that gave Portland its biggest lead, 84-66, with 7:47 left in the third period. The Celtics, who got 36 points from center Robert Parish, got within one point twice in the fourth quarter, but never were able to pull even. Pistons 113, Rockets 110 John Long and Terry Tyler each had three baskets as Detroit out scored Houston 28-6 down the stretch to overcome 20-point defi cit in the final minutes. Tyler finished with 25 points to lead Detroit, while Elvin Hayes paced the Rockets with 24. Knicks 108, Cavaliers 92 New York defeated Cleveland for the 18th straight time in the last three years as Bill Cartwright led the Knicks with 25 points.
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Yuma Sun
Yuma, Arizona, US
Fri, Feb 18, 1983
Page 15
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