A roundup of the week Jan. 13-19

January 27, 1975

PRO BASKETBALL—NBA: The expansion New Orleans Jazz was on a ministreak—back-to-back victories over Houston and Seattle—with Pistol Pete Maravich scoring 42 points, making 17 assists and grabbing 10 rebounds in a 113-109 win over the SuperSonics. With a grand total of five wins the last-place Jazz was 23� games behind Central leader Washington. The Bullets' Mike Riordan held Rick Barry of Pacific leader Golden State to a season-low eight points while scoring 32 himself as the Bullets romped 125-101. Bill Walton (page 10) scored just two free throws in Portland's 89-81 loss to Cleveland, but had 13 points and 11 rebounds in the next game, a win over Houston. The Rockets were blasted by Atlantic leader Boston 123-101 in the Hartford (Conn.) Civic Center, the first of three Celtic "home" games to be played in the new arena. Injury-plagued Buffalo was a game behind Boston, but began the week with a 114-101 thrashing of the Celtics before 15,377 fans in Memorial Auditorium. The New York Knicks, struggling on a road trip, took command early and beat the Chicago Bulls 104-91 before a capacity crowd. The Knicks' All-Star back-court of Early Monroe and Walt Frazier tallied 25 points apiece. Detroit continued to lead the Midwest Division by 1� games although it beat only Phoenix during the week. Kansas City-Omaha fell to last, and Milwaukee moved up to third by beating Philadelphia and Golden State. Rookie Guard Tom Henderson scored 30 points as Atlanta bombed Washington 108-85; Los Angeles, which did not play, got some good news when Cazzie Russell resumed practice. The East beat the West 108-102 in the All-Star Game.