European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 28, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday january 28, 1991. The stars and stripes a a a Page a 23 by the associated press Charlotte . A Johnny Newman a three Point play with 14 seconds left capped a rally that gave the Charlotte hornets a 79-75 Victory Over the Philadelphia 76ers on saturday. The mixers who Defeated Boston 116-94 on Friday scored Only 12 Points in the fourth Quarter but still led 75-74 when Newman a who scored 24 Points a drove for the Basket and banked in a shot As he was fouled by Lanute Bol. Ltd Newman a free throw gave the hornets who made Only 37 percent of their shots a 77-75 Lead. Philadelphia had one More Chance to tie the score but hornets Forward . Reid stole the Ball from Armon Gilliam and dunked it to end the scoring. Ron Anderson led the mixers with 18 Points. In other games saturday pistons 121, magic 81 Orlando Fla. A James Edwards scored 23 Points and Joe Dumars continued to adjust to his role As Detroit a starting Point guard with 21 Points and eight assists leading the pistons to a rout of Orlando. A the Victory was the,14th in 16 games for the defending Aba champions who pulled into a virtual tie for first place with Chicago in the Central division Dennis Scott scored 17 Points for the magic who suffered their worst loss in their two year old  99, bullets 96. Landover my. Alex English came off the Bench to score 22 Points including four in a Pivotal 13-2 run Early in the fourth Quarter for Dallas against Washington. English playing As a Reserve for the second straight night after 16 straight starts scored 14 Points in the second half to help Aba the Mavericks win for Only Jhc second time in nine games / Derek Harper scored 21 Points As Dallap Yori at the capital Centre for first time since March 1987.j3ernard King led the bullets with 27. Nets 127, heat 105 Miami a Reggie the us scored 15 of his 35 Points in the third Quarter and new Jersey outscored Miami 70-40 m the second Hall. The nets came into the. Game averaging 98.3 Points but with seven players scoring in. Double figures new. Jersey surpassed its previous season High of 121 Points despite coming off a Tough overtime loss to the los Angeles lakers on Friday night. Rockets 103, Cavaliers 97 Houston a Vernon Maxwell scored 30 of his Carcer High 51 Points in the fourth Quarter rallying Houston Over Cleveland. Maxwell established a rockets franchise record for most Points in a Quarter with his 30-Point period. His previous Ca rear High for an entire game was 34 Points. Only three other players in Aba history have scored More than 30 Points in a period. San Antonious George Girvin had 33 on april 9, 1978 David Thompson had 32 on the same Day for Denver and Wilt Chamberlain had 31 in the fourth Quarter of his 100-Point game on March 2, 1962. Maxwell was 14 for 25 from the Field for the game including 4 for 10 from three Point Range. He also had a career High 19 free throws in 22 attempts. Larry Nance had 29 Points and Darnell Valentine 20 for.  112, time involves 105 san Antonio a Terry Orlandon Nick Anderson 25 and Scott Skiles 4 look for a Chance to impede Dennis Rodman a pass. Cummings scored 26 Points including two 3-Point baskets in the final two minutes As san Antonio held off Minnesota Sean Elliott scored 22 Points and David Robinson had 20 for the spurs. Robinson and cum tilings both grabbed. 14  Richardson led Minnesota with 25 Points. Suns ii kicks 94 Phoenix a Kevin Johnson scored 23 Points and torn Chambers and Xavier Mcdaniel had 18 apiece As Phoenix won its ninth consecutive Home game by beating new York. Patrick Ewing paced new York with 26 Points despite 10-of-24 shooting. He. Was held to Only eight second half Points. Nuggets 120, jazz 115. D in v or. A m Ichael. Adams scored 13 of. His 37. Points in the fourth Quarter of Denver a defeat of Utah which gave the nuggets three  for the first time this season. It was the nuggets fifth win in the last seven games following a 5-23 Start and their first Victory Over the jazz in their last seven meetings dating Back to april 8, 1989. Utah lost for Only the fifth time in 22 Home games despite 36 Points and 16 rebounds from Karl Malone. Supersonics 103, Hawks 102 Seattle Derrick Mekey scored 23 Points and Dale Ell is contributed a crucial Basket with a minute left As Seattle beat Atlanta despite a 43-Point outburst by Dominique Wilkins. Trail blazers 121, Kings 96 Portland Ore. Cliff Robinson scored 17 Points leading a balanced scoring attack As Portland Defeated Sacramento for its sixth consecutive Victory. Trail Blazer reserves led by Robinson outscored the Kings Bench players 26-2 in the first half in route to a 59-45 halftime Lead. For the game the Portland reserves had a 61-32 advantage including six by newly acquired Walter Davis who played 13 minutes in his debut for the blazers. Antoine Carr led the Kings with 22 Points 14 in the first. Half. Clyde Drexler scored 16 Points and Kevin Duckworth 14 for Portland. Clippers 99, Bucks 98 los Angeles Calif. Charles Smiths fallaway 15-foot jumper with 13 seconds left gave los Angeles the Victory. The loss was the fifth straight for. Milwaukee knocking the. Bucks further out of the Central division rage that they led when the losing Streak  game marked the return of clippers guard Ron Harper who played his first game in a year after recovering from a  knee injury. From Page 21 be forced to sit out their next games under new Pac-10 rules on fighting. They Are the first players to be so suspended. One More fighting violation for either player and he would be declared out for the season. Providence 92, no. 6 Syracuse 82 Providence  a Eric Murdock scored 23 Points As Providence collected just its third Victory in 26 games against the orangemen. Marques Bragg scored 21 Points and Marvin Saddler had 12 for Providence. Fred Campbell had 11 for Providence and Trent Forbes had 10. Billy Owens scored 33 for Syracuse. Alabama 88, no. 8 Kentucky 83 Tuscaloosa Ala. A Melvin Chea Tum scored 26 Points 18 in the first half As Alabama 11-6, 5-3 spurted to a 13-Point Lead then held on to Stop a 10-game Kentucky winning Streak. Kentucky 15-3, 7-1 pulled As close As two Points Back before Alabama put the game away at the free throw line in the final minute. John Pelphrey scored 28 Points for the wildcats. No. 9 Duke 99, Clemson 70 Clemson . Christian laettner scored 13 Points and grabbed 10 rebounds for Duke 16-4,5-2which out rebounded Clemson 48-27. Laettner was one of six. Players in double figures for the Blue devils. No. 10 St. Johns 58, Villanova 55 Philadelphia a Jason Buchanan scored on a fad away jumper with 16 seconds remaining for the redmen 15-2, 62who won their fifth straight. No. 11 Urcla 90, Oregon 83 Eugene Ore. A Darrick Martin Sank two free throws and had a crucial steal in the final 33 seconds and Don Maclean scored 30 Points. Tracy Murray added 22 Points for the Bruins 15-4,4-3. No 12 e. Tennessee St. 97, Vii 66 Lexington a. A the buccaneers 15-2, 5-1 sent the key dets 7-11, 2-4 to their worst Home loss since a 38-Point defeat against Marshall in 1983-84. Keith Jennings scored 28 Points for East Tennessee. No. 14 Nebraska 111, no. 13 okla. 99norman okla. A Tony Farmer scored 22 Points arid led a school record eight Nebraska players in double figures As the Cor huskers won in the big eight. Nebraska 17 2, 3-1 streaked to a 25-8 Lead in the first 6 / minutes and never was seriously threatened after that. Oklahoma 14-5, 3-2 lost its second straight Home game. Quot a Cincinnati 76, no. 15 s. Mississippi 69 Hattiesburg miss. Herbert Casey scored 24 Points and Cincinnati 11-6, 4-2 used a 19-3 second half run to end the Golden eagles 10-game winning Streak. No. 16 leu 76, Florida 66 Baton Rouge la. A Shaquille of Neal scored 31 Points grabbed 21 rebounds and blocked 10 shots to Lead Louisiana state. A. No. 18 Virginia 68, notre Dame 67 South Bend ind. A Bryant Stith scored Virginia a last 19 Points including two free throws with seven seconds to play As the Cavaliers 12-4 overcame a 12-Point deficit. Seton Hall 76, no. 19 Connecticut 62 East Rutherford . An Thony Averu had 22 Points and 16 rebounds and so Mil Hall. 13-4, 5-3 closed the first half  23-6 run. Connecticut 12-6,3-5 has lost five straight no. 20 Utah 62, air Force 56 Salt Lake City Josh Grant scored 20 Points to Lead the utes to a Western athletic conference Victory. The Lead changed hands throughout the game and neither Side Ever led by More than three Points in the second half until Grant sealed the win with four free throws in the final minute. The Victory was the 16th straight for the utes 19-1 and 8-0tying a 78-year-old school record for consecutive wins. Air Force fell to 6-11 and 0-6 in the wac. In addition to Grant Utah got 12 Points from Phil Dixon and 10 from Walter Watts air Force was led by Charles Smith with 16, while Simpson added 12, no. 23 new Mexico St. 86, Utah St. 66 Las Cruces . A Reggie Jordan and Tracey Ware each scored 18 Points As new Mexico state rolled. ,. Memphis St. 60, no. 25 South Carolina 52 Memphis Tenn. A Elliot Perry scored 23 Points As the tigers warn in metro conference play