European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 25, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday thursday december 25/26, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 25 cars trip jazz on Ehlo s shot Cleveland a John Williams is fouled by Utah a John Stockton on a drive Down the Lane. By the associated press Richfield Ohio a Craig Ehlo s 3. Point shot at the Buzzer capped a wild final 25 seconds that included four Lead changes and a tie before the Cleveland Cavaliers came away monday night with a 113-112 Victory Over the Utah jazz. Cleveland won its third straight Overall and is 12-1 at Home. Utah lost the Iasi three games of its five game Road trip. The Cavaliers trailed 112-110 after Blue Edwards snuck free underneath and scored a Layup with 1.3 seconds to go. Cleveland called a timeout and Ehlo took the Ball out at half court. He unbounded the Ball to Brad Daugherty who immediately passed it Back to Ehlo on the left Side for a Quick shot. It nestled in the net As the Buzzer sounded. Neither team led by More than eight in the game or More than five in the fourth Quarter. The jazz took a 108-107 Lead on Karl Malone a Dunk with 24.1 seconds to play but Cleveland got it Back when Mark Price hit a 3-Pointer with 9.7 seconds left. Utah s John Stockton who had 19 assists and 20 Points dribbled the length of the floor and hit a running 12-footer that tied it at 110 with 2.8 seconds left and Cleveland a Henry James then threw the inbound pass away giving the Ball Back to the jazz. Edwards slipped around Larry Nance and Laid in the go ahead shot setting up Ehlow a dramatic Winner. Daugherty and Janies scored 19 apiece for Cleveland. The jazz were led by Edwards with a career High 30, Jeff Malone with 26 and Karl Malone with 22. Karl Malone double teamed most of the game was 7-of-20 from the floor and 8-of-14 from the line. The loss was Only the second in Utah a last 10 trips to Cleveland. Aba in other games monday heat 113, magic 102 Miami a rom Shikaly playing with a tract Rcd linger had 27 Points and 11 rebounds As Miami handed Orlando its 11th straight defeat. It was the tilth consecutive Home Victory for the heat 14-13nets 105, Hawks 93 East Rutherford . Derrick Coleman had 27 Points and 11 rebounds for new Jersey which held off a late Atlanta rally. In he nets opened a 26-Point Lead in the first half hut the Hawks came Back and Cut it to one in the fourth Quarter before running out of steam. Hornets 114, 76ers 106 Philadelphia Kendall will scored a career High 31 Points As Charlotte ended a four game losing Streak. Charles Barkley facing a court Date in Milwaukee following a fight Early sunday had 22 Points and is rebounds. Kicks 97, Timber wolves 91 Minneapolis a Patrick Ewing had 25 Points 14 rebounds and a season High six blocked shots As new York won its fourth straight. Mavericks 105, rockets 85 Houston a Rolando Blackman and Derek Harper each scored 27 Points and Dallas used a 16-0 fourth Quarter run to heat Houston. Spurs 101, Kings 90 san Antonio Rod Strickland returned after ail 80-Day holdout and had 12 Points and six assists to help san Antonio Down  to retire As Sacramento coach san Antonio a Dick Motta who became the losing est coach in Aba history on saturday said on monday he will retire As coach of the Sacramento Kings at the end of this season. Motta would not elaborate on his reasons for retiring except to say a a it a just a family decision. Its time. That Sall in a going to say about  Motta left quickly after the game apparently without even talking to his players about his decision. A it took me totally by Surprise a Forward Lionel Simmons said. A a he a been at this a Long time. He a still trying his Best to get the Best out of us. He still has t said anything about it to the  a this is the first in be heard of it Quot backup Center Dwayne Schintzius said. Motta 60, who joined the Kings in january of 1990, brought a career record of 849-845 into the 1991-92 season. The Kings were 7-18 after losing a 101-90 decision to the san Antonio spurs monday night. When the Kings lost 109-85 in Dallas on saturday night Motta passed Gene Shue As the coach with the most losses in Aba history with 862. Motta also is the third winning est coach in the Aba trailing Only red Auerbach 938 wins and Jack Ramsay 864. The 1971 Aba coach of the year with the Chicago bulls Motta took the Washington bullets to the Aba title in 1978. The bulls were 51-31 in 1970-71 after a 39-43 record the year before. The title winning bullets team won the championship after compiling a 44-38 record. Motta was the first coach of the Dallas Mavericks spending seven seasons with them from 1980-87. More than two years later he joined the Kings in the Middle of the 1989-90 season. Beginning Early in the 1990-91 season Sacramento lost 43 consecutive Road games before finally winning at Miami 95-93, on nov. 23 this year. Ottav pro coaching career began in l%8 with Chicago after a six season stint at Weber stale where he was 120-33, a a he a been one of the great coaches in the Aba a spurs vice president Boh Bass said. A a he a had a great  player s tapes called inconclusive a by the associated press Auburn University s incoming president said tape recordings made by a former Auburn football player who claims coaches gave him Money did no to appear to implicate coach put Dye of any wrongdoing. University of Akron president William v. Muse who will replace Auburn a Jim Martin in april was in the National audience sunday when the lbs newsmagazine �?o60 minutes broadcast excerpts from secret recordings by Eric Ramsey. The program was the first time the tapes had been heard publicly. Ramsey said he made the tapes during conversations with alumni assistant coaches and Dye about receiving Cash and other benefits in violation of National collegiate athletic association rules. The Mcaa is investigating Ramsey s allegations. A i could t Tell much from the tapes at All Quot Muse said in a Telephone interview from Akron after the broadcast. A i found it interesting. 1 had not had very much information about the Eric Ramsey Issue. A there has not been a lot of coverage of it  the tape of Dye a sounded pretty inconclusive to me Quot Muse said. A a in a not sure if there was anything new on that  a Quot i think we have to simply allow the investigation to be completed. In a determined to see the investigation through and then determine what action needs to he  dyes attorney. Sam Franklin of Birmingham ala., was less impressed by the program. He called the tapes a a lot to do about  excerpts from the recordings heard on �?o60 minutes include a conversation where Ramsey refers to Tina Ciai help from an assistant coach in dyes pres ence. There is no response by Dye. In another excerpt Dye said he will a see what i can do Quot to help Ramsey get a $7,500 Bank loan. Quot i did t think there was anything on the Little bit of conversation with coach Dye that was anything other than innuendo a Franklin said. T to Auburn trustees Jack Venable and tunics Glover said they Learned nothing new from the to Gram. Venable said he saw no a smoking gun a Quot i figured it 60 minutes was going to devote the amount of time to this Issue. They must know something the rest of us Don t  Venable said a i saw nothing terribly  Glover said a people claimed to have a whole lot on Pat Dye. I did t see