A roundup of the week March 1-7

Compiled by N. BROOKS CLARK

March 15, 1982

PRO BASKETBALL—In one of the most remarkable games ever played, division leaders San Antonio of the Midwest and Milwaukee of the Central ended up tied after regulation time (131-131 on a three-pointer at the buzzer by the Bucks' Brian Winters), at the end of the first overtime (145-145 on a basket by the Spurs' Mike Mitchell, again at the buzzer) and at the end of the second OT (157-157) before the Spurs finally won 171-166. The total of 337 points easily set a league record, surpassing the 316 scored on two occasions, one of them Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game in 1962 against the Knicks. George Gervin got 24 of his 50 points in overtime; Mitchell had 45 more for the Spurs, and Winters scored 42 for Milwaukee and over one span hit 13 consecutive shots, several of them launched from out behind The Alamo. At no time did either team lead by more than six points. In the Atlantic Division, Boston, with Larry Bird and Tiny Archibald out with injuries, ran its winning streak to seven games with four victories, including a 100-98 squeaker over Houston that the rarely used Eric Fernsten clinched with a three-point play with 35 seconds left and a 107-106 defeat of New York in which Danny Ainge had 16 points and seven steals. In other photo finishes, Denver edged Washington 127-126 as Kiki Vandeweghe got a basket with 29 seconds to go; Golden State beat San Diego 117-116 on Mike Gale's reverse layup with one second left in OT; Cleveland won 111-110 at Portland when James Silas was fouled at the buzzer and made both free throws; and Seattle defeated Dallas 98-97 on Gus Williams' foul shot with 30 seconds remaining. Pacific Divison-leading Los Angeles lost three games of its margin over the Sonics because of defeats at New Jersey (111-103)—the fourth of a five-game winning streak for the Nets—New York (129-119 in overtime) and Philadelphia (119-113). Andrew Toney had a career-high 46 for the 76ers in that win.