European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 23, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 18 b the stars and stripes sunday february 23, 1992 Jordan fashions triple double As bulls clip Hawks bulls Center will Perdue scores Over Hawks Alexander Volkov on Friday. By the associated press Atlanta a Michael Jordan and Dominique Wilkins have staged some pretty Good shootouts in previous Chicago bulls Atlanta Hawks games. The teams met again Friday night Jordan doing what he usually does and Wilkins watching in Street clothes from the end of the Hawks Bench. A i miss a Niqui but that a one less headache a Jordan said after finishing with 33 Points 10 rebounds and a season High 14 assists to Lead the bulls to a 103-88 Victory. It was the second time this season and 23rd Overall that Jordan has had double figures in Points rebounds and assists. Jordan was leading the Aba in scoring a and still Jordan is a and Wilkins was second when the Hawks Star ruptured his right Achilles Tendon on Jan. 28, ending his season. With Wilkins out the bulls figured to Roll Over the Hawks. It did no to come easy. Atlanta had an eight Point Lead in the first Quarter and never trailed by More than six until the bulls put it away in the final period. The bulls led 76-63 with 10 15 to play when Jordan a 15-footer started a 14-2 run that the Hawks were never Able to overcome. A we seem to be Able to make a run when we need it a Jordan said. A the key thing in the fourth Quarter was cutting Atlanta off inside and forcing them to the  a the bulls sure can take care of Michael a Atlanta a Duane Ferrell said. A i done to think any team in the league can set screens like they  Scottie pippin added 19 Points and Horace Grant had 17 Points and 12 rebounds for the bulls. Kevin Willis led Atlanta with 26 Points and 16 rebounds Ferrell scored 16 and Rumeal Robinson 15.rangers by the associated press new York a Mark Messier scored twice in the third period including the game Winner with 4 20 left As the new York rangers wiped out a three goal deficit in the final 20 minutes to beat Minnesota 5-4 Friday night. Trailing 4-1, the rangers got Back into it in the third period with Power play goals by Brian Leetch at 8 52 and John Ogrodnick at 11 26. The North stars opened the door for the rangers with two successive major penalties that handed new York a two Man advantage for 4 31. Then Messier scored two even strength goals 99 seconds apart to help the rangers pull out their dramatic Victory and Stop a three game wingless Streak 0-2-1. Messier tied it when he connected at 14 01 on a wrist shot from the Slot. Then he won it when he punched in a rebound off a shot by Leetch for his 29th goal. In other games Friday night Aba in winning their sixth straight Over Atlanta Chicago evened the teams All time series at 68. It was Chicago a 21st Victory in 28 Road games this year a Best in the league. In other games Friday Trail blazers 123, clippers 116 los Angeles a Larry Browne a perfect record As coach of los Angeles was ended by Portland. The clippers were 5-0, including a win Over the blazers in Portland last sunday since Brown replaced the fired Mike Schuler during the All Star  123, suns 115 Oakland Calif. A Tim Hardaway scored 30 Points As Golden state overcame the absence of Chris Mullin to beat Phoenix for its sixth straight Victory. Mullin the warriors leading scorer was scratched prior to the game because of Back  124, rockets 97 Salt Lake City Jeff Malone scored 28 Points on 12-for-16 shooting and Karl Malone had 22 Points As Utan beat Houston for its ninth consecutive Victory at  106, bullets 99 Landover my a Dike be Mutombo marked his return to the capital Centre with 17 Points 11 rebounds and four blocks As Denver snapped a seven game Road losing Streak by beating  119, Kings 102 Richfield Ohio a Brad Daugherty had 30 Points and 15 rebounds in less than three quarters in Cleveland a rout of  114, magic 100 Orlando Fla. A Mark Aguirre scored 20 Points and Dennis Rodman grabbed 23 rebounds in Detroit a Victory Over  113, Charlotte 110 Hartford Conn. A Kevin Gamble scored 25 Points and Robert Parish 24 aurally to nil jets 6, devils 4 Winnipeg Manitoba a Pat Ely Nuiko a second goal of the game with 9 17 left broke a 4-4 tie As Winnipeg beat new Jersey. A Lynnik Mark Osborne and Thomas Steen scored second period goals to give the jets a 3-2 Lead. Claude Lemieux tied the game at 3-3 at 4 58 of the third period but de Olczyk gave the jets the Lead again 59 seconds later on some nifty passing by Luciano Borsato. Randy Mckay tied it again for the devils on a Power play at 8 56, but Ely Muik answered with a Power play goal of his own 1 47 later. Troy Murray added an empty net goal with five seconds  5, oilers 3 Edmonton Alberta a Adam Oates scored his first goal in a Boston uniform As the Bruins beat Edmonton. Boston held off a late rally by  105, pacers 101 East Rutherford . Dra zen Petrovic scored 19 Points including a tie breaking 18-footer with 30.6 seconds remaining helping new Jersey beat  100, 76ers 90 san Antonio a David Robinson Oates who was traded by the St. Louis blues for Craig Janney earlier this month also had an assist As the Bruins jumped to a 5-0 Lead and held on to end a three game losing Streak. The oilers however made it close for the final 10 minutes. It Ter Edmonton Rookie Josef Beranek spoiled Andy Moog a shutout bid at 11 08 of the third period the oilers struck for More goals in a two minute Span turning jeers to cheers from the crowd of 17,503. Petr Klima and Anatoli Semenov both scored but it Wasny to enough to atone for Edmonton a Sloppy play earlier in the game. Flames 9, Kings 7 Calgary Alberta a Gary Suter and Theoren Fleury scored 16 seconds apart Early in the third period to break a 5-5 tie and the flames held on to defeat los Angeles. Suter scored a Power play goal 38 seconds into the final period. Fleury then scored 33 Points and san Antonio limited Philadelphia to 32 second half Points. Mavericks 109, Timber wolves 94 Dallas a Derek Harper keyed a decisive third Quarter run with eight of his 18 Points Dallas beat Minnesota in a meeting Between the teams with the worst records in the Western conference. Ended a 13-game  at 54 seconds and knocked goalie Kelly Hrudney from the game canucks 5, Sharks 3 Daly City Calif. A Pavel Buret a second goal of the game broke a third period tie As Vancouver posted a comeback Victory Over san Jose. Bure scored on a Power play with 13 08 remaining and Geoff Courtnell added an unassisted goal with 9 39 to go giving the canucks Only their third win in 10 games 3-5-2. Bure has five goals and seven Points in his last three games. Vancouver broke a five game 0-4-1 Road wingless Streak but is now 5-0-1 in its last six Road games against smythe division teams. The canucks won six of seven games in the season series Over the Sharks who have lost six straight. Trailing 2-0 after one period Vancouver rallied to tie the game Midway second period on goals by Cliff Ronning and  North stars