European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 17, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday december 17, 1992 sports the stars and stripes b Page 29 Hawks lose Wilkins again Aba by the associated press Detroit a Dominique Wilkins who did no to miss More than four games in any of his first nine years in the Aba faces his second injury rehabilitation in two seasons. Wilkins whose 28.5-Point scoring average before tuesday nights game was second Only to Michael Jordan fractured a Finger on his right hand in the second period of the Atlanta Hawks 107-94 loss to the Detroit pistons. Atlanta which won Only 16 of its last 40 games when Wilkins went Down with a ruptured Achilles Tendon last season will have to do without him again a this time for four to six weeks. Wilkins fractured the fourth Finger on his right hand As he and Dennis Rodman went for a rebound. A i think everyone understands what we went through last year when we lost Dominique and How we had to come together and pick our games up a Little bit a said Duane Ferrell who will Start in Wilkins absence. A a we la have to do it again this year. If everyone can contribute a Little extra we can get through  Joe Dumars led the pistons with 32 Points on 12-for-17 shooting. Isiah Thomas had 23 Points and a season High 16 assists for Detroit while Rodman the top rebounded in the Aba had 21 rebounds his eighth time in nine games with at least 20. Kevin Willis led Atlanta with 20 Points and 14 rebounds. In other games tuesday night celtics 124, Timber wolves 119, 2 of Minneapolis a Boston downed Minnesota for its eighth Victory in 11 games As Xavier Mcdaniel scored six Points in the second overtime after sitting out most of the second half. Reggie Lewis scored 29 of his 31 Points after halftime Kevin Mchale finished with 22 Points and Robert Parish had 21 Points and 13 rebounds for the celtics who lost eight of their first 10 games. Christian laettner set career highs with 35 Points and 17 rebounds Micheal Williams had 16 Points 14 assists and 10 rebounds and Chuck person scored 24 Points for the  125, bullets 110 Phoenix a the suns won their eighth straight game setting a team record by hitting 10 of 13 3-pointers against Washington. Charles Barkley scored 36 Points and Danny Ainge hit three 3-pointers and scored 16 of his 23 Points in the final Quarter for the suns whose previous record for 3-pointers in a game was nine three years ago against Golden state. Tom Gugliotta scored 27 Points for the bullets. Michael Jordan leans into hornets Alonzo  108, Bucks 100 Seattle a the supersonics handed Milwaukee its eighth consecutive defeat behind Gary Paytonn a 22 Points. Frank Brickowski led the Bucks with 22  109, clippers 90 Oakland a Tim Hardaway and Chris Mullin each had 27 Points lifting Golden state past los Angeles. Rookie Latrell Sprewell had 19 Points including 11 in the crucial third period when the warriors out scored the clippers 30-21 for an 85-71 Lead. Danny Manning led los Angeles with 17  125, hornets 110 Chicago a Scottie Pippen scored 26 Points and Michael Jordan 25, leading Chicago to its 16th straight Victory Over Charlotte. In the first time in 19 games that Jordan was not the bulls leading scorer Chicago improved its record to 16-1 Overall against the hornets after losing to them in their first meeting in 1988. Quot Dell Curry led Charlotte with 26  107, spurs 101 san Antonio a scale Threatt scored 24 Points and Vlade Divack a Buzzer beating 3-Pointer capped a 13-0 los Angeles run at the end of the third Quarter against san Antonio. David Robinson scored 25 Points for the  119,76ers 107 Orlando Fla. A Dennis Scott a 25 Points was one of four 20-Point efforts by Orlando in a Victory Over Philadelphia that snapped a six game losing Streak. Jeff Turner scored 22 Points Nick Anderson 21 and Shaquille of Neal had 20 Points 14 rebounds and six blocked shots for the  108, nets 94 East Rutherford . Patrick Ewing scored 27 Points and John Starks and Greg Anthony keyed a game breaking 12-0 second half run As new York downed new Jersey. There were 69 personal fouls 74 free throws and four technical All against the kicks who won for the fifth time in six games but Only the third time in nine Road games. Drazen Petrovic scored 29 Points before fouling out for the  124, rockets 97 Cleveland a Larry Nance overcame a stomach virus and scored a season High 30 Points As Cleveland dominated Houston a no. 2-ranked defense. The loss ended the rockets four game winning Streak. The Cavaliers shot 75 percent from the floor in the first Quarter and Over 60 percent in each of the next two periods. They finished at 62 percent against a Houston defense that was allowing an average of 43 percent shooting and 96.5 Points. A 20-5 run gave the cars a 60-39 Lead in the second Quarter. Houston led by Hakeem Olajuwon with 18 Points did not threaten in the second  106, Kings 98 Miami a Rony Seikaly scored 13 of his 27 Points in the final eight minutes and grabbed 15 rebounds As Miami handed Sacramento its fifth straight loss. The Kings led 87-82 Midway through the fourth period before a 3-Pointcr by Glen Rice who had 26 Points and nine Points by Seikaly gave the heat a 94-91 Lead with 4 03 left. Mitch Richmond led Sacramento with 23  hits 800 wins jets get 400th by the associated press on a night of astronomical statistics in the nil Scotty Bowman reached no. 800, the Winnipeg jets made it no. 400 and the new York rangers failed to get past no. 236. Those were the key numbers tuesday night As Bowman won the 800th regular season game of his coaching career in Pittsburgh a 6-2 Victory Over Philadelphia the jets won the 400th in their history by beating new Jersey 4-3 and the rangers were blanked by Calgary 3-0, ending their 236-game scoring Streak. A it Means a lot of nights at the Arena a lot of Good teams and a lot of great players a Bowman said of his Milestone win. A i guess the ingredients that you need to win a lot of games were there with most of the teams. They won a lot because they were Strong  Bowman the winning est coach in nil history improved his regular season record to 800-367-222. He has coached St. Louis Montreal Buffalo and Pittsburgh since 1967. In other games tuesday penguins 6, flyers 2 Pittsburgh Kevin Stevens scored twice As the penguins beat the Eric Lindros less flyers. The flyers have hot five straight and Are 1-9-1 in their l of 11 Road games. Stevens has five goals in his last two games. The penguins Are 8-0-4 in their last 12 games against the flyers their longest unbeaten Streak against Philadelphia in the 157-game series Between the teams. Philadelphia is 2-6-1 since the Rookie Lindros went out of the lineup with a sprained left knee ligament on nov. 22.jets 4, devils 3 Winnipeg Manitoba a de Senseman Fredrik Olausson scored twice and Bob Essensa made 42 saves As Winnipeg recovered from a shaky Start to beat new Jersey. Phil Housley and Teemu Velanne also scored As the jets 10-16-3 recorded their 400th Victory since entering the nil in 1979. The jets Are 400-523-146 in their 14th season. Scott Pellerin Randy Mckay and Scott Stevens had goals for new  3, rangers 0 new York a Mike Vernon made 39 saves for his second shutout in two nights As Calgary beat new York stopping the fourth longest scoring Streak in nil history. Vernon improved his recent Streak to 8-3-2 in his last 13 starts with his sixth career shutout. Robert Reichel had two goals for Calgary and Chris Lindberg also scored As the flames snapped new Yorkus four game winning  3, Bruins 2 Boston a buffaloes russians were a goal better than Bostons russians As the sabres Defeated the Bruins. Alexander Mogiln had the game win Ner Midway through the third period and Yuri Kim lev also scored for the sabres who have Defeated the Bruins three straight times this  stars 6, Maple Leafs 5 Bloomington Minn. Mike Modano scored on a breakaway with 1 06 left to Complete a Minnesota comeback from a 4-1 deficit against Toronto. Minnesota a Russ Courtnell had a goal and two assists As did Modano and Toronto Rookie Nikolai  4, blues 3, of Dallas a Derek King scored with 2 27 left in overtime sending new York Over St. Louis in the first regular season nil game Ever played in Texas. The Neutral site game Drew a crowd of 11,251 at Dallas reunion Arena a about 5,000 under capacity. Dallas has been mentioned As a future expansion site. Pierre Turgeon set up the game win Ner carrying the puck up the right Side then sliding a pass across the crease to King who beat St. Louis goalie Curtis Joseph for his 18th goal of the season. The blues Nelson Emerson had tied the score with 4 18 to play in  3, Kings 2 Inglewood Calif. Mikael Andersson scored on a penalty shot with 32.8 seconds left in the third period lifting Tampa Bay Over los Angeles and dealing goalie Robb stauber his first defeat of the season. Stauber had gone 10 straight games without a loss 9-0-1 and had won seven in a Row. Andersson skated in on stauber faked the goalie to the ice and backhanded the puck under the goalies pad for the game Winner on Tampa Bay s 34th and final shot a the seventh time in a Row the lightning has out shot its opponent. The Kings had 27  wings 3, senators 2, of Ottawa a Sergei Fedorovas High Light film goal in overtime a his second of the night a lifted Detroit Over the senators. Jimmy Carsons 60-foot snapshot with less than five minutes left in regulation had Given Detroit the overtime Opportunity