European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 23, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 b the stars and stripes sports monday november 23,1992 Buffalo batters Falcons Orchard Park n y. Apr the game was settled then they played the final three quarters. Buffalo scored touchdowns on All tour first Quarter possessions while limiting Atlanta to three plays and Oul on three of its four drives As the Bills sprinted away from the Falcons 41-14 sunday. The 28 Points were the most Ever scored in a first Quarter against the Falcons whose defense surrendered 315 Rushing Yards also an Atlanta franchise record. Reserve Ken Davis ran for 181 Yards and two touchdowns including a 64-yarder up the Middle during which no Atlanta defender touched him. Two of Jim Kelly s seven completions went for touchdowns while Thurman Thomas ran for 103 Yards before leaving near the end of the second Quarter. The Bills atop the acc at 9-2, scored the games first five touchdowns by travelling an average of 44 Yards in 1 29. Meanwhile the Falcons 4-7 advanced no farther than their own 45 until an interception by Jesse Solomon gave them the Ball at the Buffalo 19 with 5 20 left in the first half. Even then the Falcons  score. Michael Haynes dropped a pass Iti the end zone and Billy Joe Tolliver overthrew Haynes at the Coal line on fourth and three from the 12. After Steve Christie made a 47-Yard Field goal to put Buffalo up 38-0 with 27 seconds left in the first half Deion Sanders took a lateral on the ensuing Kickoff and returned it 73 Yards for the Falcons first touchdown. A four minutes into the game Buffalo made it 7-0 when Carwell Gardner finished a 44-Yard drive with a 2-Yard touchdown run. The Bills took a two touchdown Lead four minutes later when Kelly hit Pete Metzelaars with a 3-Yard touchdown pass and made it 21-0 when Kelly found Andre Reed with a 15-Yard pass with just under five minutes left in the first Quarter. Thomas was stopped at the goal line on a 44-Yard run but Davis look it in on the next play to put the Bills ahead 28-0. Davis 64-Yard run made it 35-0 with 1 02 gone in the second Quarter. A bad snap led to a blocked Field goal attempt on Atlanta a Only scoring Chance of the third Quarter. Christie closed out buffaloes scoring with a 18-Yard Field goal in the fourth Quarter while Atlanta a Drew Hill caught a 1-Yard to pass with 1 06 remaining. The Bills Rushing yardage was eight More than Washington amassed against Atlanta in 1985. Other scores scores of other nil games which ended just As this edition of the stars and stripes went to press sunday night Green Bey 17, Chicago 3 Pittsburgh 30, Indianapolis 14 Detroit 19, Cincinnati 13 Minnesota 17, Cleveland 13 Hawks dump celtics by the associated press Atlanta a Dominique Wilkins scored 41 Points and grabbed 16 rebounds As the Atlanta Hawks finally won a Home game beating the Boston celtics 116-107 on saturday night. Wilkins reaching the 40-Poinl level for the 46th time in his career shot 16 for 27 from the Field As Atlanta posted its first Victory m four games at the Omni this season and extended Bostons losing Streak to five games its longest since february 1989. Stacey Augmon matched his season High with 22 Points in helping the Hawks end a three game losing Streak and beat the celtics for the seventh time in their last eight meetings. The celtics dropped to 2-7, their worst Start since opening 2-12 in 1978-79, the year before the arrival of Larry Bird who retired before the Start of this season. In other games saturday 76ers 104, nets 95 East Rutherford . Her Scy Hawkins scored 19 of his season High 39 Points in the fourth Quarter to rally Philadelphia Over new Jersey. The mixers who beat Miami 129-128 in triple overtime on Friday looked like anything but a tired team As they out scored the nets 38-25 in the fourth Quarter. Hawkins had eight of his fourth period Points in a decisive 15-1 run that allowed the mixers to turn an 82-75 deficit into a 90-83 Lead with 5 27 to play. Hornets 123, heat 111 Miami a Dell Curry scored 27 Points and led a late surge that sent Charlotte to its third straight win. Glen Rice led Miami with 32 Points. Nuggets 133, Timber wolves 118 Denver a Todd Lichti scored 24 Points and Chris Jackson had 23 As Denver beat Minnesota. Christian Lattner had 23 Points and Michael Williams added 21 for Minnesota which lost its third straight game. Rockets 103, spurs 100 Houston a sleepy Floyd scored 26 Points including four free throws in the final eight seconds As Houston won its fifth straight. David Robinsons free throw gave the spurs a 97-96 Lead in the last minute but Hakeem Olajuwon had a Basket and Floyd made his free throws to Seal the Victory. Bucks 105, pacers 95 Milwaukee a Eric Murdock scored 20 Points and Frank Brickowski added 18 As Milwaukee used Tough defense and a a late third Quarter spree to beat Indiana for its sixth Victory in eight games. Reggie Miller led Indiana with 21 Points and detlef Schrempf had 20. Kicks 92, magic 77 new York a Charles Smith scored a season High 26 Points and helped Patrick Ewing give Rookie sensation Sha Quille of Neal his first lesson in Aba de sense As new York shut Down Orlando. The kicks second in the Aba in Points allowed and next to last in scoring led by As Many As 18 Points in the first half and held of Neal to seven Points. Cavaliers 119, Mavericks 108 Dallas a Mark Price and Larry Nance each scored 26 Points and led a second half charge that lifted Cleveland past Dallas. A the Victory snapped a four game losing skid for the Cavaliers. Clippers 111, suns 107 los Angeles a the los Angeles clippers overcame a 44-Point, 17-rebound Effort by Charles Barkley using 27 Points by Ron Harper to end a four game winning Streak by Phoenix supersonics 138, pistons 101 Seattle a Gary Payton scored a season High 21 Points and Dana Barros came off the Bench for 19 for Seattle against Detroit. The pistons lost their fourth straight game and dropped into last place in the Central divison bullets 126, jazz 109 Landover my. A Rookie Tom Gug Hotta scored a season High 39 Points including 16 in the decisive third Quarter As Washington ended its 10-game losing Streak against Utah. Seles snuffs out Navratilova s bid new York up Monica Seles concluding another record breaking year with a flourish brushed aside Martina Navratilova in straight sets sunday to claim her third successive Virginia slims championships. From a 3-1 deficit in the second set Seles swept eight successive games and 11 of the last 12 to crush Navratilova 7-5, 6-3, 6-1, flinging her current winning Streak to 19 matches. What was touted As the s3 million season ending championship developed into a showcase for Seles who dropped a sin Quot slims championships ele set during the week. She completes her years work with a match record of 70-5, winning 10 of 15 tournaments. During the last two years Seles has reached the tinal in 30 of the 31 tournaments she entered. The Victory was Worth 5250,000 for Seles added to the 5500,000 Bonus she already had clinched As the Tours Best player j his brings her year s total to $2,622,352. More than and Tennis Plaver Man or woman has earned in a War. A and if an 18-year-old woman needed anything More she was to be presented with a sports car for being ranked no. 1. Navratilova at 36 twice the age of he conqueror was in tears during the awards ceremony when she was presented with a Check for $170,000, including $50,000 in Bonus Money. This was he 14th appearance in the final of this event and she has eight championships to he credit including five in a Row. Navratilova with a career record o i tournament titles said 1993 prob Abb w Ould be her last full season of singles