European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 9, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                M sunday december 9, 1990 the stars and stripes fit Type of player a suns coach f Mcdaniel before his team suns Deal for sonics Mcdaniel East Rutherford no. A the Phoenix suns acquired High scoring Forward Xavier Mcdaniel from the  on Friday night for swing Man Eddie Johnson and two first round draft picks. Phoenix 9-7 lost three in a Row before Friday nights Victory Over new Jersey. The sonics 5-10 just snapped a six game losing Streak with a 105-103 Victory Over Miami on thursday night. A we feel we need this Cotton Fitzsimmons said o played new Jersey on Friday night. A a he a Tough physical and an outstanding offensive Rebo rider which is an area we need help  the sonics also were Happy with the Trade. A Eddie Johnson is instant offence a club president Bob Whitsitt said. A the is one of the leagues Best pure shooters. And this will allow coach . Jones to reposition some of our players to their More natural roles. When the sonics played Friday night in Orlando Derrick Mckey started at Small Forward and Shawn Kemp at Power Forward. Mckey played Power Forward last season and also has played that role this season. Orlando Defeated Seattle 106-100 Friday night. A Xavier has definitely been a big plus for the sonics organization a Whitsitt added. A on the basketball court we re giving up offence and getting offence plus two no. 1 picks in return. But in the Community x has been wonderful for us and we wish him the very  in return for the 27-year-old Mcdaniel the supersonics will receive the suns first round draft pick in 1991 and a first round Choice in either 1993 or 1994. The suns have two picks in 1993 and will give Seattle the better one if it is not a lottery pick. If it is then the sonics will get the suns top Choice in 1994. Mcdaniel was leading Seattle in scoring with a 21.8-Point average. The 6-foot-8 Forward has averaged 20.6 Points in his six year pro career. Johnson a nine year pro has been the suns instant offence off the Bench in recent years. He averaged 16.9 Points last season after averaging 21.5 and earning the Ibars sixth Man award in 1988-89. By the associated press. Philadelphia a Charles Barkley had 40 Points and a season High 22 rebounds leading the Philadelphia 76ers to a 135-126 Victory Over Denver on Friday night keeping the nuggets wingless in nine Road games this season. V Barkley the a bad a leading scorer connected on 14 of 19 shots. Orlando Woolridge the second leading scorer led the nuggets with 36 Points while Michael Adams had 28. Ron Anderson scored 12 of his 24 Points in the fourth Quarter As the 76ers raised their record at Home to 10-1. Hersey Hawkins also had 24 Points for Philadelphia Philadelphia never trailed and was up by As Many As 19 Points in the first period. Denver closed to 92-87 in the third period and to 125119 with 1 51 remaining but the 76ers pulled away both times. In other games Friday Trail blazers 127, pacers 105 Indianapolis a Portland improved its record to 17-1, Matching the second Best Start in Aba history and stayed unbeaten on the Road by defeating Indiana. A Clyde Drexler led Portland with 23 Points followed by Buck Williams with 20 and Terry Porter 19. Indiana was led by Chuck person with 22 Points. The Best Aba Start in Aba history was.23-1 by the new York kicks in the 196.9-70 season. Milwaukee was 171 in 1970-71 and 1971-72. V warriors u3, pistons 110oakland Calif Mitch Richmond scored six straight Points in the final three minutes As Golden Xavier Mcdaniel the x Man cometh to  state beat Detroit the pistons first four game losing Streak since april 1988. A /. Richmond arid Chris Mullori led Golden state with 25 Points each while Tim Hardaway had 22. Joe Dumars and Mark Aguirre led Detroit with 29 each. Celtics 112, Mavericks 104 Dallas a Robert Parish led a balanced attack with 26 Points As Boston improved its All time Mark against Dallas to 18-3. The celtics 6-2 on the Road beat the Mavericks with help from Reggie Lewis 23 Points and 21 by Kevin Michaie. A a a Rolando Blackman had 35 Points to Lead Dallas which lost its fourth consecutive game and ninth of 11 in its worst Start since 1981-82. Derek Harper added 22-Points for the Mavericks. Boston off to its fastest Start since 1985-86, won despite getting Only 6 Points from leading scorer Larry Bird on 2-for-ll shooting. Suns 129, nets 110 East Rutherford . Jeff Hornack scored a season High 28 Points and Phoenix took control with a 13-1 second Quarter spurt to Roll past new Jersey. The Victory snapped a three game losing Streak the suns longest since losing four straight  los Angeles lakers in the 1988-89 playoffs and was Only the second loss in seven games for the nets. Sam Bowie had a season High 27 Points for new see Aba on Pago 22hoosiers s h u t off Niagara by the associated press Bloomington ind a the last time Niagara and Indiana met on a basketball court purple eagles coach Jack Armstrong was 5 years old. He is willing to wait just As Long for a rematch. Seventh ranked Indiana routed Niagara 101-64 on Friday night in the opening round of the Indiana classic behind 19 Points from Calburt Chaney. A it gives me a few Gray hairs a Armstrong said. Quot i m 27 but i look 40, by the end of the year i May look 60. A but this gives us an Opportunity to say we wont play a tougher team in a tougher building than tonight. This will help our Confidence level Quot the game marked the first time the schools played since 1968, when Calvin Murphy scored 47 Points for Quot Niagara in an 86-83 Indiana win. Indiana was to play san Diego a 75-51 Winner Over North Carolina Wilmington in the other first round game in saturday nights championship game. Cheaney sparked two big scoring runs As Indiana 61 put the game away Early in their Home opener. The hoosiers forced 18 first half turnovers by Niagara 1-4 As Indiana got 16 Points from Pat Graham 14 from Greg Graham and 11 apiece from Lyndon Jones and Pat Knight in winning their fourth straight. Niagara was led by David Bertram with 13 Points and Brian Clifford with 10 in other top 25 games Friday -1 no. 17 St Johns 76, George Mason 65 Provo Utah a Malik Sealy scored 29 Points and keyed the decisive runs in each half As St. Johns beat George Mason in the opener of the Cougar classic. Jason Buchanan added 18 Points for St. Johns and Billy Singleton had 12. Robert Dykes led George Mason 2-2 with 15 Points. A a no. 18 lsu101, Chapman 68 Baton Rouge la. Shaquille of Neal had 18 Points 16 rebounds and six blocked shots and played just 20 minutes in Louisiana states rout of Chapman College. A. Roger middletonv22points led Chapman 3-3. No. 23 Texas 112, Loyola my 68 Austin Texas a Dexter Cambridge scored 25 Points and Joey Wright added 21 As Texas pounded Loyola my in the opener of the longhorn classic. Texas 2-2 has won u of 12 games in its own tournament losing Only to Utah state in the 1987tinal. No. 4 Syracuse 103, Alaska Anchorage 85 Syracuse . A fourth ranked Syracuse got 16 Points each from Billy Owens and Conrad Mcrae and sputtered to an 18-Point halftime Lead Over Alaska an chorale in route to the orangemen a 14th consecutive opening round win in the Carrier classic. Syracuse 6-0 meets North Carol Ina cd a riot the in saturday nights championship game. The 49ers overcame a 22-Point first half deficit to defeat Florida 94-92 in the other opening round  on an television san Francisco at Cincinnati 7 . Sunday Chicago at Washington 10 . Sunday Philadelphia at Miami. 2 . Monday a  radio a a a. A a a. A Minnesota at new York giants 7 . Sunday Chicago at Washington 10 . Sunday Philadelphia at Miami 2 , monday