European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 19, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 22 a the stars and stripes thursday december 19, 1991 cars ice heat by 68, posting new Aba Mark by the associated press Richfield Ohio the Cleveland Cavaliers found a killer instinct tuesday night. After letting several big leads slip away this season the Cavaliers converted a 20-Point halftime Lead into the most lopsided Victory in Aba history beating the Miami heat 148-80. The 68-Point margin eclipsed the Mark of 63 set March 19, 1972 when the los Angeles lakers beat the Golden state warriors 162-99. Earlier this season Golden state came close to the record beating Sacramento 153-91 on nov. 2. A a it a Good to keep the pressure on them when you re up a Cleveland a John Battle said. A but we know its not going to happen like this every night. I Hope All the Guys realize that. After a while we just Stop it. And Miami Wasny to hitting shots at All. They were missing everything so they Stop Cleveland rushed to a 73-53 halftime Lead behind Mark prices 14 first half Points. Four Cleveland players were in double figures by halftime. The cars scored 17 of the first 19 Points in the third Quarter and heat coach Kevin benched All of his five starters Midway through the run. It was garbage time the rest of the Way As the Cavaliers oils cored the heat 75-27 in the second half including 42-13 in the final Quarter. A i done to know what we played but it Wasny to basketball a the heats Glen Rice said. A i find it hard to believe that we could lose by As Many Points As we Cleveland made 57 percent of its floor shots to Miami a 36. The heat committed 23 turnovers to Cleveland a nine. The cars out rebounded the heat 59-41. Cleveland a total was a team record for a regulation game the cars scored 154 in a four overtime win Over the lakers in 1980. Remarkably no Cavalier reached 20 Points. Price and Battle led the Way with 18 each and Henry James and Brad Daugherty each scored 17. Steve Smith scored 15 for the heat. Miami a Grant Long dislocated the ring Finger on his right hand in the first half but later resumed. In other tuesday night games supersonics 116, clippers 99 Seattle a Seattle behind 16 Points apiece by Point guards Nate Mcmillan Andna Gary Payton snapped the los Angeles clippers eight game winning Streak. The sonics beat the clippers for the 15th straight time in Seattle dating Back to 1985, and snapped their longest winning Streak since 1978-79, when the team was located in san Diego. Benoit Benjamin led six sonics in double figures with 20 Points and Ricky Pierce scored 19. Ron Harper led los Angeles with 18 119, Timber wolves 105 Oakland Calif. Chris Mullin scored the 10,000th Point of his Aba career and Tim Hardaway had 30 Points As Golden state handed Minnesota its ninth straight defeat. Mullin the warriors leading scorer the last four years reached the 10,000-Point plateau with a 3-foot, hesitation Bank shot with 7 32 remaining. Mullin who finished with 28 Points has scored in double figures in 196 consecutive games. Sarunas Marciulionis added 26 Points for the warriors who overcame an 18-Point second Quarter deficit with the help of the Timber wolves 23 turnovers. Doug West scored 28 Points and Tony Campbell 25 for 102, nets 94 new York a new York erased a nine Point deficit with a 19-0 burst and stayed the a bad a Only unbeaten team at Home by holding new Jersey scoreless for 7 40 in the fourth Quarter. John Starks came off the Bench to Lead the kicks with 27 Points including 17 in the fourth Quarter. Patrick Ewing scored 24 As the kicks improved their record at Madison Square Garden to 10-0. Drazin Petrovic led the nets with 19 105, magic 98 Orlando Fla. A Reggie Lewis scored 23 Points seven of them in the final three minutes As Boston Defeated Orlando despite squandering a 16-Point Lead in the second half. Larry Bird who sat out last saturdays celtics kicks game because of Back pain returned with 20 Points. Scott skills led Orlando with 18 Points Hawks 117, pacers 113 Atlanta Dominique Wilkins scored 39 Points and Duane Ferrell a Ca a avs Mark Price takes a swipe at the Ball As heats Grant Long searches for an outlet. Reer High 25 As Atlanta held off a late rally to beat Indiana. Reggie Miller led the pacers with 28 122, hornets 102 Charlotte . Jeff Malone covered for the absence of Karl Malone by scoring 22 of his season High 34 Points in the first half As Utah beat Charlotte for the ninth straight time. Karl Malone the a bad a no. 3 scorer sat out because of a one game suspension for a flagrant foul against Detroit a Isiah Thomas on saturday night. Karl Malone a replacement Mike Brown had a career High 24 Points and nine rebounds. Kenny Gattison paced the hornets with 19 Points. Larry Johnson had 17 Points and 17 98, Mavericks 87 Dallas Vinnie Johnson a four Points and key steal fuelled a 8-0 run to open the fourth Quarter and san Antonio went on to beat Dallas. Johnson signed As a free agent last week finished with 11 Points on 3-for-6 shooting after going 0-for-10 in his first two games. David Robinson had 22 Points with 12 rebounds to Pace the spurs. Rockets 100, bullets 97 Houston a Vernon Maxwell finished with 21 Points and Kenny Smith scored seven of his 12 in the final 7 34, leading Houston Over Washington and snapping a four game Home losing Streak. Washington a . English missed a 3-Point shot at the final Buzzer. Pervis Ellison led the bullets with 27 Points and 15 leads tar heels by Jacksonville by the associated press Jacksonville Fla. North Carolinas George Lynch did no to need much time on the Bench tuesday night to decide that Wasny to the place for him. Lynch scored 20 of his 24 Points in the second half to propel the ninth ranked tar heels to a 98-87 Victory Over Jacksonville. Lynch a 6-foot-7 Junior was benched for poor play against Florida state last weekend but enjoyed a perfect shooting second half tuesday night hitting eight Field goals and four free throws without a miss. He scored eight of his Points during an 18-0 run that gave North Carolina 7-1 a 68-61 Lead while Jacksonville went 6 minutes 11 seconds without a Point. A that s the Best he Lynch has played this year in the second half a North Carolina coach Dean Smith said. A in the second half we just went through their press. We decided to Pound it North Carolina controlled the boards 24-16 in the final half to erase a 13-Point deficit. Seven foot Sophomore Eric Montross added 21 Points and 12 rebounds and Hubert Davis who als College basketball did no to Start added 20 Points As the tar heels bounced Back from sundays Atlantic coast conference Home loss to Florida state. Walk on guard James Fuller a Reserve scored 28 Points for Jacksonville 1-6hitting 10 of 15 shots including six of 10 from 3-Point Range. Kelly Mckinnon added 21 Points hitting five of eight 3-pointers. In other tuesday night games Michigan St. 75, 51 East Lansing Mich. A Dwayne Stephens scored a Carcer High 19 Points and Anthony Miller and Mike Peplowski scored 14 each in 12th-ranked Michigan states rout of Illinois Chicago. The spartans 7-0leading Only 32-31 at halftime pulled away in the second half in Large part because of miserable shooting by Illinois Chicago 2-5. The flames who shot just 35 percent in the first half made Only 3 of 29 shots in the first 15 minutes of the second half including 12 consecutive misses on 3-Point attempts and fell behind 63-39. At one Point Michigan state held Illinois Chicago scoreless for 6 47, scoring 19 straight Points and the spartans led by As Many As 27 Points in the late stages of the game. Kenny Williams led the flames with 16 Points but leading scorer Brian Hill made just two of 20 shots and missed All eight attempts in the second half. The teams struggled through a Sloppy first half. The flames hit 3-pointers on their first two possessions and led 9-0 before Michigan state could get unt racked. Lacking a Way to Deal with Michigan states inside game the flames took 16 3-pointers in the first half making 101, Southeastern la. 64 Baton Rouge la. A Shaquille of Neal scored 13 of his 25 Points in the first eight minutes leading Louisiana state to a Romp Over Southeastern Louisiana. The a bad s most coveted Prospect took advantage of a Lions front line that had no player taller than 6-foot-9, hitting 11 of 17 shots from the Field grabbing 12 rebounds and blocking five shots
