European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 5, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 22 b the stabs and stripes sports tuesday january 5, 1993spurs end suns7 Streak in Toby the associated press san. Antonio the san Antonio spurs finally won a close one. After going 15 in games decided by five Points or less the spurs won an overtime thriller sunday against the Aba s hottest team by beating the Phoenix suns 114113. Quot in a one that believes in miracles and i think that we saw one tonight a san Antonio coach John Lucas said after his team snapped Phoenix a 14-game winning Streak. Phoenix could not protect a four Point Lead in the final seconds of regulation then failed to take advantage of David Robinsons absence during the last 2vi minutes of overtime. A it is difficult to Swallow a said suns Dan Majerle who committed the key turnover of the game. A you expect the Streak to end but it should not have ended tonight a _ leading 107>i03 of Danny age s free throw with 15 seconds to play in regulation Phoenix allowed Robinson who led a scorers with 33 Points to hit a follow shot with 4.3 seconds left trimming the deficit to 107105. The suns then attempted to inbound from Hal court but Majerle made a poor pass. Robin sort came up with the Ball and found Sean Elliott streaking to the Basket. Elliott who finished with 23 Points scored with .4 of a second left to Force overtime. A one turnover Cost us the game a said Charles Barkley who led Phoenix with 31 Points and 12 rebounds. Phoenix had a Chance to win the game in overtime but went scoreless during the final minute even though Robinson had fouled out with 2 22 left. After Dale Ellis 800th career 3-Pointer put san Antonio ahead 114-110 with 1 28. To go Ainge countered with a 3-Pointer to bring Phoenix within one with 1 26 basketball association but Tom Chambers missed an open 18-footer with three seconds left and san Antonio held on for its sixth win in the last seven games.,a we needed this one a Robinson said. A it was a real Confidence builder. We were at Home and this was a real gut Robinsons olympic teammate Barkley sent him a pre game note. A the sent me a message before the game. It said a your wife is having a baby and you be got to go to the Hospital a Robinson whose wife is expecting their first child this month responded by scoring 10 of the spurs first 16 Points As san Antonio shot 65 percent from the Field in the first Quarter. But Phoenix led by 10 at halftime and took a 92-82 Lead into the fourth period. An 112 run by the spurs left the game tied at 98. The suns still own the a bad a Best record at 21-5. But they play 11 of their 14 games this month on the Road. San Antonio now 5-1 under Lucas also got 15 Points and nine assists from Vinny Del negro and 18 Points from Ellis. In other games sunday blazers 103, rockets 101, of Portland Ore. A Rod Strickland forced overtime with a steal and Layup with 4.9 seconds to play in regulation then scored the winning Points with 1 01 remaining in. Overtime. Buck Williams preserved the Portland Victory by blocking Otis Thorpe s driving stuff attempt at the Buzzer. Houston Shakeem Olajuwon had a season High 40 Points 10 blocked shots and 9 rebounds before fouling out with 24.5, seconds to play. Strickland had 25 Points 10 assists and 9 rebounds for the blazers who trailed by seven Points with a minute remaining and four with 12.3 seconds left in regulation. Jerome pc Rev started for Portland his first action after missing 13 games with tendinitis in his left knee. He scored 13 120, clippers 112 Boston a two newcomers to the celtics keyed a pair of second half surges As Boston downed los Angeles to end a four game losing Streak. Alaa Abdelnaby acquired Early this season from Milwaukee had 17 of his 23 Points in the third Quarter As Boston turned a 63-57 halftime deficit into an 89-83 Lead. Xavier Mcdaniel signed As a free agent in the of season scored 10 of his 24 Points As Boston took control in the last three minutes. The celtics were 39 of 42 from the line while the clippers made 16 of 18. Bucks 109, lakers 101 Milwaukee a the Bucks turned the Ball Over Only five times a a season Low in the Aba a and stole the Ball 17 times to give Mike Dunleavy a win against the team he coached the past two seasons. A the game was an example of a team enthusiastic and energetic Quot said los Angeles coach Randy Pfund. A we have to play hard play Quick and play smart. At times this season we be shown that we can play that Way but not the lakers have lost seven of their last nine games. Eric Murdock led the Bucks with 23 Points 11 assists and five steals. Nil by United press International Buffalo . It was sunday in Buffalo a overtime was the Only Way to go. One Quarter of the Way through the regular season anything the sabres produced sunday night could Only be Anticlimactic hours after the Buffalo Bills pulled off the biggest comeback in n Al history. So a celebrating City received a Nice Nightcap from the sabres with a 6-5 Triumph Over the St Louis blues. Brad May scored 1 20 into overtime to lift the surging sabres. He backhanded the rebound of a shot by Alexander Mogiln past Guy Hebert to allow the sabres to to prove to 8-2-1 in their last 11 games. Mogiln scored twice to extend his Coal scoring Streak to eight games. He has 13 goals in his last five games Pat Lafontaine helped set up three goals and has h assists in his last three games. Ron Wilson scored twice for the blues who fell to 2-6-2 in their last 10. The blues scored twice in the third period before Buffalo s Randy Wood forced the overtime with a goal at 5 08. Wilson and Brett Hull scored in the first period to give St Louis a 2-0 Lead before Buffalo scored three times in a Span of 4 54 Early in the second. Bob Sweeney started the spree at 2 52 and was followed by Mogiln and Donald Audelle. Wilson tallied a Short handed goal at 8 05 to make the score 3-3 after two periods. Mogiln scored his second of the night ii the Power play eight seconds into the third. Philippe Bozon tied the score again for the blues Only 18 seconds later and Rich Sutter put them in front at 3 54. A a we re a tired hockey club a Buffalo coach John luckier said. A we worked hard and stayed with them and we showed some grit. We won a game that maybe could have gone either Way. We sabres defens Eman Ken Sutton sends the blues Dave Lowry flying after checking hint in the first period at Buffalo sunday night. Stayed with them and found a Way to win. And that a a Good overtime was the order of the Day the nil sunday when All but one game was tied after regulation Tampa Bay a game at Vancouver was postponed a Snow and rescheduled for monday. In the other games played sunday Blackhawk 4, jets 1 Chicago a Steve Larmer scored twice to Cap the Black Hawks three goal first period and de Belfour again provided solid goal ending As Chicago downed Winnipeg. The Blackhawk ran their unbeaten string to. Four games 3-0-1 and improved to 9-3-1 in their last 13, they reached the Halfway Point of their season at 23-14-5 for 51 Points the third Best in the league and tops in the Norris division. Oilers 2, flyers 2 Edmonton Alberta a Andrei Lomakin and Rob Brind Ansour scored third period goals to overcome a two goal deficit and Tsmmy Soderstrom made three overtime saves to help Philadelphia forge a tie. The oilers out shot the flyers 3-1 in overtime and 33-22 Overall but failed to score on seven Power play attempts. Kelly Buchberger and Petr Klima with his team leading 19th goal scored for Edmonton. Whalers 6, North stars 6 Hartford Conn. A Russ cd Nail capped Minnesota a three goal t period to extend the whalers Wir Streak to five games. Ulf Dahlen and Dave Gagner set the other third period goals and Marl Nordi scored twice and helped set up other goal for the North stars. Terry Yake contributed two goals an assist Patrick Poulin scored twice Murray Craven and Zarley Salapski t had three assists for Hartford which lost its past four games. Andrew Cassels and Verbeek scored for Hartford and Shane cd had Minnesota a other goal. Vij a
