European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 20, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday december 20, 1992 sports the stars and stripes b Page 25 kicks rip celts to end 9-year Boston Streak Aba by the associated press Boston a the new York kicks took out nine years of frustration on the Boston celtics on Friday night. Patrick Ewing had 30 Points and 14 rebounds As the Knick won a regular sea son game at Boston Garden for the first time since 1984 with a 113-87 defeat of the celtics. A it feels Good to get that Albatross off our backs a kicks coach Pat Riley said. A the Garden is a Tough place to play in because the celtics take great Pride in playing  new Yorkus previous win was feb. 29, 1984, two seasons before Ewing joined the kicks. They Iwon a playoff game at Boston Garden in 1990, but had lost 23 straight regular sea son games in Boston. New York dominated All phases of the game. The kicks shot 55 percent and held the celtics to 41 percent shooting outre bounded Boston 48-31 and made 5 of 8 3-pointers, while the celtics were 0 for 4 from that Range. The kicks the a bad a Best defensive team won for the 11th time in 14 games. They have held teams to under 100 Points in 12 of those 14 games. Ewing hit 13 of 19 and blocked three shots. Anthony Mason added 19 Points and 13 rebounds for new York. Reggie Lewis led the celtics with 24 Points. In other games Friday night spurs 122, Mavericks 101 san Antonio Sean Elliott scored a career High 41 Points and san Antonio beat Dallas in the spurs first game after the firing of coach Jerry tar kanian. Tarkanian was fired earlier in the Day after guiding the spurs to a 9-11 record. Assistant Rex Hughes coached Friday nights game after which John Lucas was announced As the teams third coach in the same Day. Elliott was 16 of 22 from the Field in surpassing his previous career High of 32 Points set 10 Days earlier against Utah. Dallas 2-16 was led by Derek harpers 23 Points and Walter Bonds 19. Dale Ellis scored 24 Points and David Robinson 18 for san Antonio. Jazz 112, 76ers 98 Philadelphia Karl Malone scored 23 Points and John Stockton had 17 Points and a season High 22 assists As Utah used a 36-12 second half run to defeat Philadelphia. It was the fourth straight win for the jazz. The loss was the mixer so third straight and dropped their Home record to 2-10. Cavaliers 119, Kings 108 Richfield Ohio a Larry Nance and Mark Price shot 69 percent from the floor and scored 22 Points each for Cleveland against Sacramento. The Victory was the fourth straight for the Cavaliers a season High while Sacramento lost its seventh consecutive game. The Kings have not won at Richfield coliseum since 1984. Hawks 108, heat 100 Miami a Jon Koncak had the key Basket free throws and rebound As Atlanta snapped a three game losing Streak by defeating Miami. The Hawks led 95-93 before a three Point play by Koncak who scored 13 Points and Kevin Willis Basket extended their advantage to 100-93 with 3 57 left. Bimbo Coles led Miami with 22 Points. Pistons 122, pacers 106 Auburn Hills Mich. Terry Mills scored a season High 20 Points and Detroit also had its highest total of the season in a Victory Over Indiana. The pistons 7-1 in december have won their last six games at Home and eight of their last nine Overall. Suns 116, lakers 100 los Angeles a Charles Barkley had 25 Points and 23 rebounds and Cedric Ceballos scored 24 Points As Phoenix beat los Angeles for its ninth consecutive Victory. Cavaliers Mark Price gets inside Kings Wyman Tisdale for a first Quarter Layup. Barkley scored 20 Points in the second half and Ceballos had 18 Points in the first Quarter on 9-for-10 shooting. Sonics 126, Trail blazers 109 Seattle a Ricky Pierce scored 13 of his 19 Points in the final Quarter and Seattle Defeated Portland in front of a crowd of 36,521 in the kingdom. Shawn Kemp scored 11 of his 25 Points in the fourth Quarter for the sonics who led 86-77 after three quarters. Clippers 103, Timber wolves 95 los Angeles a Danny Manning scored 27 Points on 11 -for-14 shooting and los Angeles held Minnesota without a Field goal for More than six minutes of the fourth Quarter. Ken Norman had 23 Points for the clippers who have won to licit last seven meetings with the Timber wolves. Rookie Christian laettner led Minnesota with 24 Points and 10  won t change menacing style by Alan Goldstein the Baltimore Sun Landover my. Rival Forward Charles Barkley says he needs to learn to relax and smile a bit. Reanimate Larry Johnson advises him to a loosen  even Bis coach Allan Bristow suggests he should share an occasional joke with his teammates. But that is not the modes Operand Lor Charlotte Hornet Rookie Center Alonzo mourning who returned saturday night to the capital Centre where he enjoyed so much Success in College As Georgetown a worthy heir to Patrick Ewing. Bor mourning making his first appearance against the Washington bullets his menacing scowl is As much a part of his game As his aggressive rebounding and shot blocking. The Chesapeake va., native honed his intimidating style under Hoya coach John Thompson and is not about to change in the More competitive professional ranks. A a you re damned if you do and damned it you done to he said. A the Way i play comes by instinct. Tour Pride is at stake out there. Every time i step on the floor i look at it As my House and in a protecting it trom people trying to take something from me. A when in a angry its usually at myself Tor making a mistake. But people tend to read my facial impressions the wrong  Miami heat Forward John Salley tue to get under his skin Hist month by calling him a mourning neanderthal a for his physical play but it failed to make an impression. A a in a not changing my game or style of play for anybody a mourning told the virginian Pilot. A if i was hurting the team in any Way id Stop it. But in a not trying to offend anybody. Its just my style and people have to get used to  after holding out throughout training Camp and missing the first four games of the regular season mourning the second player selected in the Aba draft after Orlando claimed Shaquille of Neal signed a six year Deal with the hornets Worth $25 million. While becoming a multimillionaire could understandably soften a  resolve it has seemed to Only strengthen mourning a work ethic. He has posted solid statistics averaging 17.0 Points 9.2 rebounds and 3.67 blocks. A Alonzo is just an aggressive personality sometimes to a fault a said Veteran Center Mike Gminski who now serves As mourning a understudy. A on the court he a going to make some mistakes because of that. But what you see is what you Goethe practices the same Way he plays. Id rather have someone like that than someone who is brain  with Johnson at Power Forward and Kendall chill at shooting guard some Aba observers predict the hornets with the addition of the 6-foot-10 mourning will become the team of the �?T90s. A year ago the hornets were regarded As extremely vulnerable on defense but mourning a imposing presence has rivals thinking twice about driving the Lane. A Alonzo has taken a lot of rebounding and defensive pressure off Johnson Quot said Bristow. A last year Johnson and Reserve Center Kenny Gattison were our Only Tough Guys. But mourning makes us much More intimidating. A some people might think he a too aggressive but i done to think that a the right word. He just has to learn How to Channel that aggression and use it As a positive  off the court mourning still is suffering growing pains. Last week he became involved in a locker room shouting match with Ailene Voison of the Atlanta journal Constitution. Female reporters Are allowed equal Access in Aba dressing rooms but mourning strongly protested Voi songs presence and cursed her for not leaving. Teammates interceded and the hornets and mourning have since apologized to Voison who considers the incident closed. A Alonzo can be very Strong willed a Bristow said a the attacks everything hard and that a Why there will be bumps and bruises along the Way to stardom As a pro. Maybe some very big