European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 20, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday january 20, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 25cavs nip kicks on Price steal a avs Brad Daugherty loses grip on rebound As he is banged by a Nicks Patrick Ewing. By the associated press Richfield Ohio a Mark Price stole the Ball from Rookie Greg Anthony and passed to Craig Ehlo for the winning three Point play with 13 seconds left As the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the new York kicks 108-106 saturday night. The kicks who Haven to won at Richfield coliseum since 1987, lost their third straight Overall Matching their worst losing Streak of the season. Cleveland ended a two game skid at Home where it started 15-1 this season. Brad Daugherty outscored Patrick Ewing 31-28, and the Cavaliers overcame a sluggish Start that saw them fall behind Aba by 14 Points in the first half. Cleveland trailed most of the fourth Quarter until Price who had 24 Points and 10 assists hit a 3-Point shot that tied it 101-101 with two minutes left. Gerald Wilkins answered with a 3-Pointer for new York and the kicks stayed in front until Ehlo won it with his Layup and free throw with 13.4 seconds to go. New York led 106-105 when Anthony stole a deflected Cleveland pass. Instead of pulling up and running out the clock however Anthony drove to the Basket and Price stole the a All Back with 19 seconds left.76ers 105, bullets 101 Baltimore a Charles Barkley led a fourth Quarter rally and then capped the Philadelphia comeback with a running jumper with five seconds left against Washington. Barkley scored 30 Points including 15 in the fourth Quarter As the 76ers overcame a nine Point deficit in the final period to snap a three game losing Streak. With the score 101-101, Barkley hit the game Winner from the Baseline. After the bullets Larry Stewart lost the Ball her sey Hawkins was fouled and made two free throws for the final margin. Hawkins scored 21 Points for the 76ers. Pervis Ellison had 28 Points and 16 rebounds and Michael Adams scored 20 Points for the bullets who led by 14 at halftime but went the first seven minutes of the final Quarter without a  112, Timber wolves 100 Minneapolis a Drazen Petrovic scored 30 Points 11 of them As new Jersey outscored Minnesota 38-18 in the third Quarter and the nets went on to their 10th Victory in 13 games. Cookie Blaylock who finished with 22 Points and Derrick Coleman each scored 10 in the third period which saw new Jersey turn a 56-53 halftime deficit into a 91-74 advantage. The nets who trailed by As Many As 13 in the first half took their first Lead 6058, in the Middle of a 13-4 run shortly after halftime. Doug West scored 22 Points for the Timber wolves losers of four in a Row and 0-22 when allowing 100 Points or  127, heat 103 Indianapolis Reggie Miller scored 13 of his 32 Points in the decisive third period As Indiana Defeated Miami to end a three game losing Streak. Miller hit 13 of 14 shots including All four 3-pointers, As the pacers won for Only the second time in eight games. Rik Smits scored 25 Points and detlef Schrempf 21 for Indiana. Rony Seikaly led the heat with 25 Points. Glen Rice hit a 3-Pointer with 7 35 left in the third period to begin a 13-2 run that Cut a 73-60 Miami deficit to 75-73. The Only Indiana Points in the spurt came by Miller giving the pacers a 75-63 Lead before Miami scored 10 consecutive Points on eight free throws and Willie Burton a jumper. Indiana responded with a 13-2 run of its own that included Back to Back steals and layups by Miller giving the pacers an 88-75 Lead with 3 20 left in the Quarter. The pacers led by As Many ask 24 Points in the final  143, Mavericks 141 Dallas a Chris Mullin scored 29 Points and Sarunas Marciulionis 28 As Golden state the a bad a highest scoring team handed Dallas its 11th consecutive loss. It was the 12th Victory in 15 games for the Pacific division leading warriors who raised their scoring average to 118.4 Points per game. They Are in first place this late in a season for the first time since 1975-76. The Mavericks fast approaching the club record of 15 consecutive losses Haven to won since dec. 23. Golden state charged to a 16-Point Lead but the mavs made a late rally behind Derek Harper who scored 38 Points and Rolando Blackman who had 27. Marciulionis scored eight Points in the fourth period to help beat Back the rally. Tim Hardaway scored 24 Points and Billy Owens 21 for the  108, rockets 80 Salt Lake City Karl Malone scored 34 Points and became Utah a Al time leading scorer As the jazz Defeated Houston. Malone who also grabbed 15 rebounds surpassed Adrian Dantley whose total with the jazz was 13,545 Points. Malone a Basket with 7 17 left in the third period giving him 22 at that Point in the game gave him 13,546. Jeff Malone scored 20 Points for Utah whose 16-1 record at the Delta Center is the Best Home Mark in the Aba. Avery Johnson and Hakeem Olajuwon who fouled out with 3 48 left led the rockets with 13 Points each. The jazz held Houston to their second lowest Point total of the season eclipsed Only by the rockets 86-74 loss to the los Angeles lakers on nov. 15. Houston shot 34.1 in the second half and finished the game with 35.6 percent  112, lakers 108 Seattle a Eddie Johnson hit a critical Basket with 20.3 seconds left As Seattle beat the los Angeles lakers in their first meeting of the season. The sonics 2-0 under interim coach Bob Kloppenburg since the firing of . Jones on wednesday were led by Ricky Pierce with 28 Points and Johnson with 24, including a 20-Footcr that put Seattle ahead 109-105. James worthy who led the lakers with 27 Points converted a three Point play to pull los Angeles within one. With the score 110-108, Sam Perkins missed a 3-Pointer with 1.5 seconds left and Pierce hit a pair of free throws for Seattle a final  119, hornets 113 Sacramento Calif. Mitch Richmond scored 11 of his 24 Points in the fourth Quarter As Sacramento beat Charlotte for its fourth Victory in 18 games. Richmond who led six Kings in double figures also had a career High 12 assists in the game. The hornets who lost their third straight in a five game eight night Road trip were led by Kendall Gill with 30 Points his 13th consecutive game with 20 or More. Sacramento which led 105-97 with 4 44 to play scored 10 of the next 14 Points with the help of nine Points by Richmond extending the margin to 115101 with 1 49 left. Charlotte made it close against Sacramento a reserves forcing Kings interim coach Rex Hughes to put his starters Back in with 8.1 seconds  nabs 2nd win Over stars amp stripes san Diego apr defiant Defeated Dennis Connery a stars amp stripes for the second time in the fourth race of the opening round of the America s cup defender trials saturday in the Waters off Point Loma. Defiant a margin of Victory Over the 22.6-mile, eight leg course was 3 minutes 46 seconds. At one Point defiant skippered by buddy melges of Zenda wis., was More than 6 minutes ahead of Conners boat. The elapsed time of the race delayed almost two hours due to too Light winds was 3 54 54. A we wanted the right Side a defiant tactician Dave Dellenbaugh said. A we wanted to get out to the Ocean where we thought the wind would be. The southerly winds never got above 7  cup trials the race began in 4-5 knot winds that freshened briefly during the first leg but faded to a barely discernible Breeze at the races end. A buddy did a Good Job of protecting the right Side of the course which was right where we wanted to be a said stars amp stripes tactician Tom Whidden of Essex Conn. A it is also difficult to pass in that  the two 75-foot americans cup class sloops finished the race in the dark. The contest rules dictate that the races which have time limits of 4 45, cannot be abandoned due to darkness. Conner of san Diego unfurled a protest Flag on the seventh leg alleging that defiant did not display proper navigation lights at Sunset. However Conner did not end up filing a formal protest after being advised by a race Umpire that defiant did have its running lights on. Defiant undefeated in the first three of the nine race series has three Points to stars amp stripes one Point from its defeat of Jayhawk on thursday. Stars amp stripes was to take on Jayhawk again on sunday and defiant and Jayhawk will face off on tuesday. Stars amp stripes will race defiant again on wednesday in their final meeting of the opening round. The first of four round Robin series is scheduled to conclude Jan. 25, the first Day of racing for the eight challenger boats