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A Roundup of the Week Nov. 14-20
Compiled by Sally Guard
November 28, 1988
PRO BASKETBALL—The league's last unbeaten team fell as the Rockets beat the Pistons 109-98. With 4:38 to play and the Rockets trailing 89-86, Houston's Akeem Olajuwon scored to start a streak of eight unanswered points. The loss left the Pistons a game ahead of the 6-1 Cavaliers in the Central Division. The Bulls' Michael Jordan scored 52 points against the 76ers, but Philly got 42 points—on 18-for-25 shooting—and 16 rebounds from Charles Barkley and beat Chicago 123-110. Two days later the Knicks scored 84 in the first half to the Sixers' 80, but Barkley had 38 points for the game to lead Philadelphia to a 137-135 win. New York double-teamed Barkley the following night, holding him to 23 points, and got 27 points from Patrick Ewing in a 141-122 blowout to take sole possession of the Atlantic Division lead. A three-pointer by Magic Johnson beat the buzzer and the Nuggets as the Pacific Division-leading Lakers won 148-146 in double overtime. The Jazz got a share of the four-way tie for first (with the Mavericks, Nuggets and Rockets) in the Midwest Division with easy wins over the Pacers, Trail Blazers and Suns.
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November 28, 1988

A Roundup Of The Week Nov. 14-20

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FIRED: As football coach at San Diego State, DENNY STOLZ, 54, who had a 3-8 record this year, his third with the Aztecs.

NAMED: As the National League's Most Valuable Player, Los Angeles Dodger outfielder KIRK GIBSON; and as American League MVP, Oakland A's outfielder JOSE CANSECO.

As manager of the California Angels, DOUG RADER, 44, who was skipper of the Texas Rangers from 1983 to '85.

RESIGNED: As coach of the Indiana Pacers, JACK RAMSAY, 63, after the Pacers lost their first seven games of the season.

SUSPENDED: By the NHL, for five and 10 games, respectively, Penguin coach GENE UBRIACO and left wing TROY LONEY as a result of Loney's coming off the bench during an altercation in the Penguins' game against the Vancouver Canucks on Nov. 13. Pittsburgh was also fined $10,000. For 10 games Canadiens right wing STEPHANE RICHER, for swinging his stick and injuring New York Islander defenseman Jeff Norton in a Nov. 16 game.

Indefinitely by The Athletics Congress, for competing in a series of track and field meets in South Africa in October, long jumper TYRUS JEFFERSON, distance runner RAY WICKSELL, pole-vaulter TOM HINTNAUS, and tour organizer DICK TOMLINSON. Their participation was a breach of the International Amateur Athletic Federation's policy that bars athletes from competing in South Africa because of that country's apartheid policy.

DIED: Former lacrosse coach HENRY CICCARONE, 50, who guided Johns Hopkins to three national titles while coaching the Blue Jays from 1975 to '83; of a heart attack; in Cockeysville, Md.

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