European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 30, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes sports monday november 30, 1992knicks smother bulls 112-75 by the associated press new York a Michael Jordan s fool injury was nothing compared to the pain inflicted on the Chicago bulls Pride saturday. Jordan averaging 47.7 Points in his previous three games sat out nine minutes in the first half because of the foot sprain then returned to play most of the second half of the new York kicks 11275 rout of the defending Aba champions the worst loss in his pro career. A i never give up i did no task to come out and i Wasny to asked to come out a Jordan said of Why he played so Long in the fourth Quarter when the bulls got no closer than 21 Points. A the safest thing would have been to slay out of the game but i wanted to play. It was a big game and i wanted to come  Jordan missed 16 of 20 shots for the game and scored nine of his season Low 17 Points in the fourth Quarter As the kicks pulled away from the bulls who shot 31.6 percent for the game and were held to their lowest Point total Ever against the kicks. Patrick Ewing had 26 Points and 15 rebounds for new York which has allowed an average of Only 79.5 Points in its last Lour games. S a you want the Challenge of playing against the Best see where you Are As a team a kicks coach Pat Riley said. A Tor one Day we matched up Well Chicago is a great shooting team and we did not want them to get a lot of open  the kicks broke an ii game regular season losing Streak against the bulls facing new York for the first time since last season s physical playoff series that Chicago won 4-3. A they caught us Back on our heels and we never recovered Quot bulls coach Phil Jackson said. A a they heal us up  Jordan with 49, 40 and 54 Points in his previous three games could not get going after leaving the game because of the sprained left foot. Quot i went up for a rebound and Felt a pop on the Way up a Jordan said. �?�1 was afraid it was More serious. I thought it might be my Achilles at first but it was the Bottom of my foot. After that i did no to have much push off on my jump shots and no push on my  the kicks who scored 100 Points for the first time in eight games handed the bulls their third loss in 12 games but their first by More than two Points. Quot they were As aggressive hut not As in timid tag As they were in the playoffs when they had Xavier Mcdaniel Quot Jordan said of the kicks. Quot its been a while since we be been totally out of a  Quot this is a big rivalry for us a said kicks Forward Charles Oakley who had 16 rebounds. Quot they knocked us out of the playoffs and this year we re trying to get to where they Are the  Chicago trailed 53-40 Early in the third Quarter before Doc Rivers three Point play started a 14-2 run that gave new York a 67-42 advantage with 5 03 left in the period. New York built a 20-Point Lead with a minute left in the first half holding Chicago to 25 percent accuracy including 16 percent on 3-for-19 shooting in the second Quarter. Ewing had eight Points and seven rebounds and the kicks held the bulls to 7-for-19 shooting in the first Quarter which ended with new York ahead 2616. Chicago closed to eight Points Early in the second period by hitting eight consecutive free throws but the bulls missed their first 10 shots from the Field in the Quarter. Ewing had two baskets in ai\8-0 run that gave new York a 42-24 Lead with 4 30 left. In other games saturday pacers 134, hornets 122 Charlotte . Reggie Miller scored a team record 57 Points the most in the Aba in three seasons lifting Indiana to a Victory Over  95, Cavaliers 93 Orlando Fla. A Dennis Scott and Shaquille of Neal carried Orlando for More than 47 minutes before Nick Andersons reverse Layup with 2.8 seconds retraining lifted the magic Over  82, pistons 80 Minneapolis Christian laettner scored 23 Points and made two big plays Down the stretch leading Minnesota Over Detroit the pistons seventh successive  117, 76ers 109 Philadelphia Kevin Mchale and Kevin Gamble each scored 19 Points and Sherman Douglas scored la of his 18 in the fourth Quarter As Boston Defeated Philadelphia for its third straight  112, heat 100 Atlanta a Dominique Wilkins scored 32 Points and Atlanta continued its Home court Mastery Over  104, supersonics 97 san Antonio a David Robinson scored 15 of his season High 42 Points in the fourth Quarter carrying san Antonio past  108, rockets 99 Houston a Jeff Malone scored is of his 40 Points in the third Quarter As Utah continued its strange Homo Road Saga by defeating Houston at the Summit. Celtics guard Reggie u wis keeps 76crs jct Hornacek under wraps  97, bullets 95 Milwaukee a prank Biekowski seored25 Points and surprising Milwaukee rallied from nine Points Back to the final Quarter to heat  121, nuggets 119 Denver a Mark Jackson scored 27 Points and Danny Manning 23, giving los Angeles a Victory Over Denver that reversed their result of the night  94, Kings 89 Sacramento Calif. A Drazin Petrovic scored 14 of his 26 Points in the fourth Quarter As new Jersey continued its outstanding play on the Road with a Victory Over  134, suns 131 Oakland Calif. Chris Mullins 36 Points led Golden state to its first Home Victory this , Mceachern carry penguins by t he associated press Pittsburgh a Mario Lemieux and Shawn Mceachern scored 59 seconds apart in a three goal second period that carried the Pittsburgh penguins to a 5-3 win Over the Washington capitals on saturday night. Lemieux the nil scoring Leader added his second goal of the night and 29th of the season into the empty net with 10 seconds left to Seal the win. Tom Barrasso made 36 saves to earn his 15th Victory. The penguins ended the capitals 3-0-1 Streak by splitting the Home and Home series that started with Washington s 6-4 win Friday night. Washington is 2-8 against Patrick division opponents this season the penguins went 4-2 in a stretch of six games against divisional teams which included Baek to Back games against the new Jersey devils. New York rangers and  hockey league in other games saturday islanders 9, flyers 3 Uniondale n y. A Pierre Turgeon scored two Power play goals and a three goal second period outburst carried new York to a Victory Over Philadelphia whalers 4, Bruins 3, of Hartford Conn. A Murray Cravens goal gave Hartford a 4-3 Victory voc Boston ending the Bruins 4-0-1 overtime Mastery Over the  stars 10, Sharks 3 Bloomington Minn. A Gaetan Duchesne and Neal Broten each had two goals and two assists to spark Minnesota to a slump breaking drubbing of san Jose devils 6, Nordques 3 Quebec a Claude Lemieux scored twice and assisted on two goals by Stephane Richer As new Jersey ended a three game losing Streak with a win Over  6, canadians 5 Montreal a Peter Nedved scored two goals As Vancouver handed Montreal a rare Home  Leafs 3, Kings 2 Toronto a a rare goal from Mark Osborne helped Toronto beat Road weary los  5, flames 2 Calgary Alberta a Steve Larmer scored three goals to Lead Chicago to a Victory Over  4, lightning 3 Edmonton Alberta a Edmonton a Craig Simpson scored his second goal of the night at 3 45 of overtime to give the oilers a win Over Tampa  2, red wings 2 is. Louis a Kevin Millers shorthanded goal with 12 29 Icett lifted St Louis to a tie with Detroit