European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 06, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 34 b the stars and stripes sport Green Sparks lakers Over jazz Aba by the associated press 1nglewood, Calif. A. . Green one of the few veterans to play Well for the los Angeles lakers in a loss to the Orlando magic earlier in the week had plenty of company against the Utah jazz. Green s season High 23 Points and 11 rebounds led the Way thursday night As the lakers beat the jazz 114-110 to snap a three game losing Streak at the forum. James worthy had 18 Points nine re Bounds and seven assists Sam Perkins had 17 Points and 10 rebounds and so Dale Threatt had 17 Points for the lakers. The Trio combined for just 13 Points and eight rebounds against Orlando. We had the fire spark and mental attitude to go out there and kick some be Hind Green said. My Effort Only Means something if we lakers coach Randy Pfund was Happy with the contributions of his veterans. It seems like when we play Well we get a Good Effort All the Way Down the line Pfund said. ". Had a season High in Points worthy had three big plays in the fourth Quarter. We started running and stayed with it. We kept the Ball out of John Stock ton s hands and broke their rhythm. If we continue to get offensive rebounds things will turn around for the lakers out rebounded the jazz 51 38 and had 23 on the offensive end. Eight of Green s rebounds were offensive. After trailing 52-33 in the second Quarter the jazz rallied to tic the game 76-76 late in the third Quarter before the Lak ers took an 84-80 advantage into the final 12 minutes. Each team scored 30 Points in the last Quarter. The lakers led throughout the period with the jazz getting no closer . Green. 23 Points 11 rebounds than two Points. Karl Malone scored 15 of his 32 Points in the third Quarter for the jazz who out scored the lakers 29-17 in the period to eliminate a 63-51 halftime Gap. Malone also had 10 rebounds and seven assists in the game. Stockton had 19 Points and 10 assists and Jeff Malone added 18 Points for Utah. We were 18 or 1.9 Down at one time in the second Quarter and ended up 12 Down jazz coach Jerry Sloan said. Our Guys played awfully hard to get Back in the game. I think i went too Long to make a substitution at the Start of the fourth Quarter. I thought we would still have in Karl Malone had Little to say about constant booing by fans. He was outspoken in saving that magic Johnson should retire rather than play with his. I have no feeling about the fans who booed me said Malone playing at the forum for the first time this season. What s important is Between me and after the lakers took their 19-Point Lead in the second period the jazz used a .15-4 run to get Back into the game before halftime. Jeff Malone scored nine Points in the final six minutes of the period leading the Utah rally. Elden Campbell scored six Points an Duane Cooper four As los Angeles scored 16 of the first 20 Points of the Sec Ond Quarter before the jazz came Back. In other games thursday nets 113, sonics 103, of East Rutherford . Dra zen Petrovic scored 35 Points and put new Jersey ahead for Good in overtime thursday night in a Victory Over slumping Seattle. The sonics dropped their third straight and fifth in six games. The losing Streak is the longest for Seattle since George Karl became coach in january 1992. New Jersey blew a 19-Point first half Lead and had to rally from five Points Down in the fourth Quarter. Derrick co Leman had 20 Points and 22 rebounds for the nets and Ricky Pierce scored 26 for Seattle. Knocks 105, warriors 101 new York John Starks Charles Smith and Anthony Mason covered for the absence of Patrick Ewing As new York beat Golden state. Ewing out with a hyper extended d right knee missed just his fourth game in six seasons. His status is Day to Day. Starks finished with 30 Points Smith had 20 from Ewing s Center position and Mason scored 12 of his 16 in the fourth Quarter. The Victory pulled Pat Riley within one win or one Chicago loss of his ninth All Star coaching berth. Spurs 133, pacers 115 san Antonio Sean Elliott scored 22 Points and David Robinson added 20 As san Antonio won for the 13th time in 14 games dumping Indiana. The spurs led by 33 Points at one time. And their starting five did not play in the fourth Quarter. The 133 Points rep resented a season High for san Antonio and were the most Points allowed this season by the pacers. The spurs 18-3 under new coach John Lucas and have won 10 straight at Home. Bulls 107, clippers 105 los Angeles Michael Jordan and . Armstrong jump started sputter ing Chicago for a wild overtime Victory Over los Angeles. Armstrong was scoreless in the first half and Jordan was hardly better with seven they combined for 41 Points after halftime As the bulls beat the clippers for the sixth straight time. Jordan scored 16 of his 33 points1 in the wild final Quarter and overtime. Scottie pippin had 28 Points and nine rebounds and Armstrong scored seven of his 15 Points in overtime. The bulls trailed 103-100 before Arm Strong had two straight baskets and a free throw for a 105-103 Lead with 2.3 seconds remaining in the five minute extra ses Sion. Danny Manning scored 25 Points Stanley Roberts had a season High 22 Points and 15 rebounds and Ron Harper added 21 Points for los Angeles. The bulls improved to 4-3 on their nine game 18-Day Road trip. Perez inks $ 14 million Deal with yanks by Ronald Blum new York a Melidy Perez won t be leaving the new York Yankees. He finally got the Long term Deal he wanted. Perez agreed thursday to a $14 million four year contract. Chicago White sox outfielder Lance Johnson was among the nine other players who settled their cases agreeing to a $7.6 million three year Deal. Meanwhile Oakland athletics infielder Jerry Browne and Texas rangers Pitcher Kenny Rogers be came the fourth and fifth players to appear before arbitrators his Winter. The biggest one year Deal of the Day went to san Diego padres third baseman Gary Sheffield who settled at $3.11 million More than four times the $725,000 he made last season. Sheffield acquired by the padres baseball contracts from Milwaukee during Spring training made a run at the no triple Crown before winning the batting title with a .330 average 33 homers and 100 Bis. Kevin Appier of Kansas City and Kevin Tapani of Minnesota both benefited from Andy denes arbitration Victory earlier this week. Appier got a fivefold in crease to $2 million from $390,000 and Tapani got a fourfold increase to $2 million from $485,000. Colorado Rockies third baseman Charlie Hayes agreed at $1.2 million More than four times his 1992 salary of $280,000, and san Francisco giants Pitcher Trevor Wilson agreed at $900,000, a $500,000 raise. Chicago cubs outfielder Sammy Sosa agreed at $695,000, a $495,000 raise and royals reliever Bill Sampen agreed at $450,000, a $275,000 raise. Seattle Pitcher Russ Swan settled at $435,000, a $240,000 raise. Perez 13-16 in 1992 with a 2.87 Era made $1,165,000 last year and would have been eligible for free Agency after the 1993 season. His agent had threat ened that the Pitcher would leave the Yankees after the season if he did t get a multiyear Deal this month. The new contract Calls for a $1 million signing Bonus and salaries of $2.2 million in 1993, $3.2 million each in 1994 and 1995 and $4.4 million in 1996. We knew Melido Felt strongly about being a Yankee and we wanted him to be a Yankee. This seats the Deal Yankees general manager Gene Michael said. Johnson who made $525,000 last year will get $2.1million this season and $2.5 million in each of the next two seasons. Humphrey fails to surrender Columbus a. A Miami dolphins running Back Bobby Humphrey failed to surren Der thursday to authorities in col unit us As promised. He is wanted on a Misdemeanour charge of giving police a false name. Humphrey who was arrested sunday was charged with cocaine Possession aggravated assault of former Alabama teammate Van Treise Davis and destruction of hotel property. Humphrey was released on $12,500 Bond on those charges. He also was charged with giving a false name on the police report. No rebates coming for networks by Leonard Shapiro the Washington Post los Angeles the National football league has informed the three networks that broadcast its games that it will still not offer a rebate for the last two years of the television contract despite heavy losses incurred by the three net works Over the length of the four year contract. A year ago nil owners voted Down a proposal that would have Given their Tele vision partners rebates in Exchange for a two year Extension of the current $3.6 billion contract. The proposal was narrowly Defeated but As one executive said sunday it looks like it s still the tyranny of the minority in the nil s decision Means the current contract that will pay each team $40 Mil lion in 1993, will remain in effect. Negotiations on a new contract Are expected to begin within the next month. Lbs is expected to have lost about $100 million on this contract $80 million and about $50 million. All the networks have said they expect rights fees to drop on the next contract go round. sports president Dick Ebersol continues to insist that unless that happens one and possibly two net works including his own May have to get out of the pro football business. At the super bowl Complex out Side the Rose bowl sunday Ken Schanzer sports executive vice president described the nil s decision As unfortunate because it was the right thing to happen. It s bad news for us and badness for them too. "1 know How badly we re being eaten alive by this contract. It would have mad enormous sense to give us some Relief to make the contract More sources this past week indicated that nil commissioner Paul Tagliabue has been in favor of some form of rebate but that a Small minority of owners including Dallas Jerry Jones is against said earlier this week he does not think a rebate is necessary because the Economy is improving and i think it would be shortsighted on our part to do that. We keep hearing that a number of owners believe we re not in As bad Straits As we say we Are Schanzer said. That Strong. We be opened up the books to them but there is still a significant num Ber of owners who keep believing we Don t lose As much As we say we s a
