European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 7, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 30 a the stars and strikes sports thursday january 7,1993 baby the associated press Sacramento Calif. The Sacramento Kings and Denver nuggets Are going in opposite directions a in a hurry. Two weeks ago the nuggets had a better record than the Kings who were finishing an eight game losing Streak. Since dec. 22, Sacramento has won six consecutive games by an average of 33 _ Points including 58 Over Dallas and 56 Over Philadelphia be a a fore tuesday nights 126-106 decision Over Denver. It was the nuggets 14th consecutive loss. Quot we re coming at teams a said Wayne Tisdale who scored 22 Points and was one of five Sacramento players with 18 or More. A we feel we can run with any team in the  coach Garry St. Jean is a Little mystified by the teams sudden Success. A How do you figure a he said. A we lost eight in a Row and now we be won six in a  Sacramento led by eight at halftime then outscored the nuggets 3419 in the third Quarter for a 9572 advantage. A i done to think we re doing anything wrong offensively a Denver coach Dan asset said. A we just can to Stop the other Laphonso Ellis scored 20 Points for Denver 1-15 on the Road this season. Mitch Richmond led the Kings with 25. In other games tuesday sonics 116, warriors 106 Seattle the supersonics proved their Home record to 15-1 their Seattle Mark to 12-0 As Nate Millan scored 12 of his 21 Points in the fourth Quarter against Golden state the sonics who out rebounded the warriors 53-29, snapped Golden states five game winning Streak by scoring 12 of the games final 14 Points. Tim Hardaway led the warriors with 30  91, bulls 88 Chicago a los Angeles snapped Chicago s seven game winning Streak As James worthy scored 21 Points and Vlade Divac had nine of his 14 in the fourth Quarter Michael Jordan scored 36 Points for the dulls who trailed 89-88 before i vac s 18-footer with 15 seconds  107, Hawks 100 Atlanta a Michael Adams had 21 in and my Points and 11 assists for Washington which snapped a six game Road losing Streak while handing Atlanta its seventh consecutive loss at Home. The bullets broke the game open with a 15-0 run in the second half. Duane Ferrell acid Stacey Augmon scored 25 Points each for the  blazers 109, Mavericks 95 Dallas a Portland handed the Mavericks their ninth consecutive loss and25thin27games, # Terry Davis had 22 Points and 14 re. Bounds for Dallas which has scored under 100 Points for eight straight games. Suns 106, rockets 104 Houston a Charles Barkley scored 29 Points and Danny Ainge had 12 in the fourth Quarter As Phoenix downed Houston for its 15th Victory in 16 games. The suns got the go ahead Basket from Oliver Miller with 22 seconds left. Hakeem Olajuwon led Houston with 29  113, spurs 87 Salt Lake City Utah Utah extended its Overall winning Streak to six games and its Home winning Streak to nine behind Jeff Malone a 22 Points against san Antonio. Antoine Carr scored 21 Points for the spurs who won five of their first six games under coach John  95, Cavaliers 91 new York a the kicks snapped a six game losing Streak against Cleveland Ana improved their Home record to 142, holding the Cavaliers to 13 Points on 4-for-15 shooting in the fourth Quarter to overcome a 10-Point deficit. Charles Smith scored 22 Points and Patrick Ewing had 21 Points and 13 re Bounds for new York which outre bounded Cleveland 51-32. Brad Daugherty scored 21 Points for the  114, 100 Milwaukee Frank Brickowski scored 21 Points and Milwaukee used a late 10-0 run to beat Minnesota. Doug West scored 28 Points and Chuck person 27 for the  89, pistons 83 Miami a Rony Seikaly had 16 Points and 17 rebounds and Rookie Reserve Harold Miner scored 19 Points for Miami against Detroit. Consecutive 3-pointers by Istah whom pacers Kenny Williams dunks As clippers Ron Harper becomes a Spectator. As closed the pistons to 8481 with 1 21 left but Seikaly hit a jumper and one of two free throws to Seal the outcome Thomas scored 25 Points and Dennis Rodman had 24 rebounds for the  114, clippers 106 Indianapolis a Rik Smits matched his season High of 27 Points and detlef Schrempf had 15 Points 18 rebounds and 12 assists As Indiana snapped a six game losing Streak with a Victory Over los Angeles. Danny Manning led the clippers with a season High 35 Points nets 102, magic 99 Orlando Fra. A Drazen Petrovic scored 29 Points and Derrick Coleman had 28 Points and 16 rebounds As new. Jersey improved its Road record to 10-6 with a Victory Over Orlando. Petrovic scored 17 in the third period on 7-for-7 shooting helping the nets shoot 76 percent in the Quarter. He had Only four Points in the final Quarter but two of them were free throws with 2.7 seconds remaining. Shaquille of Neal led Orlando which has lost three consecutive games with 29 Points 12 rebounds and four blocked shots before fouling out in the final  107, hornets 103 Charlotte . Kevin Mchale scored eight of his 18 Points in the final four minutes carrying Boston Over Charlotte. The celtics missed 10 of 12 shots in the first 7 06 of the fourth Quarter As the hornets moved ahead 93-86, Boston which got 22 Points from Reggie Lewis came Back with a 16-5 spurt. Larry Johnson scored 27 Points and Alonzo mourning had 22 Points and 19 rebounds for Charlotte. Penguins Down Bruins but lose Lemieux. By the associated press the Pittsburgh penguins lost Mario Lemieux while Brett Hull of the St. Louis blues continued to find  Back problems that have troubled Lemieux the past few years resurfaced during the penguins 6-2 Victory Over Boston on tuesday night when the no la a leading scorer was forced to leave Early. Lemieux played the first period but sat at the end of the Bench for most of the second. Finally he headed for the locker room with 11 33 left in the second and did not return. For the second consecutive game he complained of stiffness in his Back. A a it san aggravation of what he a had All along a Penguin physician Charles Burke said. A the gets stiff. It gets to the Point where he has trouble bending Over and doing the things you need to do to play hockey. The penguins said Lemieux would be evaluated on a Day to Day  meanwhile Hull continued a mid season surge with two goals As the blues beat the Edmonton oilers 6-1 Hull has seven goals in the last four games including three two goal games and has 26 for the season. Penguins 6, Bruins 2 Pittsburgh a Bob erred led the penguins with two goals and Tom Barrasso made 41 saves to run his impressive record to 24-7-3 this season a the penguins stretched their unbeaten Streak to 5-01, improved their Home record to 16-2-3, and remained unbeaten against the Adams division at 8-0-2. It blues 6, oilers 1 St. Louis a. Hull combined with Nelson Emerson to key the blues offence. Emerson had two goals and two assists for the blues who completed the season series with a 2-0-1 record against the oilers. Emerson scored his 15th and 16th  2, islanders 1 Uniondale . A Ron Hextall stopped 29 shots for his 150th career win As the Quebec beat the islanders. Mike Ricci scored the game Winner for Quebec at 17 51 of the second period. Hextall preserved the Victory with several key saves. Jets 4, flames 2 Calgary Alberta a Fredrik Olausson scored a Power play goal with four Iii utes left in the third period to lift the jets Over the flames. Canadians 2, Sharks 1 Daly City Calif. A Mario Roberger a tie breaking goal with 7 14 remaining lifted the canadians Over the Sharks. The win was Montreal a second in As Many nights Over the Sharks