European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 7, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 30 b the stars and stripes sports sunday february 7,1993 a u magic extends blazers skid Aba by the associated press Portland Ore. A Nick Anderson hit five 3-Pointcrs and scored 27 Points and Orlando pulled away in the final Ivi minutes Friday night to beat slumping Portland 114-106, the magic a first Victory Ever Over the Trail blazers. Shaquille of Neal had 22 Points and 11 rebounds for Orlando which improved to 3-0 on its trip through the West the first Tinc in team history that the magic have won three in a Row on the Road. Clyde Drax scr had 32 Points and 12 rebounds for the blazers who have lost three straight for the first time since Early last season. The last two losses came at Home against Minnesota and Orlando. Before those games Portland had a 41-1 record against the a bad a four most recent expansion teams. The blazers arc 1-3 since allegations surfaced that some of their players had sexual Contact with two 16-Ycar-old girls in Salt Lake City. A the magic 0-8 against Portland entering the game never trailed in the first three quarters and led 84-74 entering the final period the blazers used a. 14-3 run to Start the fourth Quarter taking their Only Lead of the game 88-87, on Cliff Robinsons Basket with 7 32 to play. Orlando scored the next 10 Points to go ahead 97-88 on of Neal a tip in with 5 06 remaining and the game Wasny to close again. Scott skills scored 17 Points for the magic. Robinson tallied 18 and Rod Strickland 15 for the blazers who stayed close Only because of a 26-10 advantage on the offensive boards. In other games Friday suns 132, lakers 104 Phoenix a Richard Dumas scored 10 Points in the final seven minutes of the second Quarter and Dan Majerle had 12 in the third period of Phoenix a rout of los Angeles. Majerle finished with 29 Points Dumas 24 and Charles Barkley 20 in a runaway that saw every Sun score. . Green had 20 Points and 15 rebounds for the lakers whose two game winning Streak on the Road wilted against Phoenix a Streak at Home a 14 straight wins and 171 this season. Nuggets 116, Kings 103 Denver a Reggie Williams scored 29 Points and Chris Jackson 23 As Denver heat Sacramento for its seventh straight lakers Byron Scott gets trapped by Sun defenders Dan Majerle and Kevin Johnson. Home Victory. The Kings who already have Walt Williams and Duane Causwell on the sidelines with injuries played without top scorer Mitch Richmond who was not in uniform because of a deep thigh Bruise. Celtics 105,76ers 93 bos Pon a Reggie Lewis scored 12 of his 28 Points in the fourth Quarter and Boston capitalized on three Philadelphia turnovers in the last three minutes. The mixers closed a 17-Point deficit with less than five minutes left in the third Quarter to 91-90 with 3 36 remaining in the game on consecutive baskets by Armon Gilliam and iter Scy Hawkins who was fouled on his Layup. Boston which has alternated Between wins and losses in each of its last nine Mcnall vows to keep Gretzky Mon Treal apr in one Short sentence Friday night los Angeles King owner Bruce Mcnall quashed All rumours about another Wayne Gretzky Trade. �?o1 will never Trade him a Mcnall said at a hastily called press conference at the Montreal forum. A if he Ever decided for some reason that he wanted to leave 1 would release him without a Trade a without compensation. What he a done for the . Kings what he a done for hockey is such that 1 would not seek compel Saton. He a been sold enough a. After leading the Edmonton Giles to five Stanley cups Gret by vets traded to los angles m August 1988, a Deal that stunned the a hockey world. When Quot the great one strode into the forum Friday morning to. Practice for the nil All Star game Trade rumours were swirling again. Ten in Canada first broadcast the news on thursday a the Maple Leafs were trying to swing a Deal for hockey Sall time leading scorer. The Rumor was brushed aside As typical a trades Are always the talk at the mid season break. Gretzky however appeared troubled. The Kings Are struggling playing just above .500, and they just traded Gretzky a former Edmonton teammate and close Friend de sense Man Paul Coffey to Detroit. Quot in a not Happy we re not winning a said Gretzky who sat out most of the first half of the season with a sore Back. Quot my relationship with or Mcnall is pretty unique but i done to have a say one Way or another whether or not the organization trades me. That a up to the Kings. In a not going to worry about it. All i can do is play for them As hard As i  Gretzky a frustration at the Kings performance under first year coach Barry Melrose since he returned to the lineup m mid january was evident. Quot the team is not playing Well. We re not playing with any kind of Confidence or poise a said Gretzky a nine time map. A we lost a couple of Heartbreak ers and then we came in Here and got blown out 7-2. We re just not very Good right now. Its not   since the Trade Gretzky a offensive production has been merely great not super. I he 200-Point seasons Are behind him now in his first four seasons with the Kings he averaged 41.5 goals and 107 assists per season. However so Lar this season the 33-year-old Star has just two goals and 12 assists in 14 games. He has gone 11 games without a goal and three games without a Point. Such a dramatic dip in production led former Montreal great Guy Lafleur to to retire prematurely at age 32. Gretzky has not Given it a thought. I be worked too hard too Many Days and too Many hours to try to get Back to think about that Quot Gretzky said. Quot that a not a  games got 18 Points and 14 rebounds from Robert Parish. A Cavaliers 109, pistons 89 Richfield Ohio Gerald Wilkins scored 22 Points and Cleveland broke open a close game against Detroit by starting the fourth Quarter with a 13-2 run. Brad Daugherty scored 20 Points and Larry Nance had 19 Points and 11 rebounds for the Cavaliers who have won 9 of 10 Home games. Hornets 118, Bucks 111 Charlotte . L Larry Johnson scored 30 Points and Charlottes Bench players outscored Milwaukee a reserves 42-17 As the hornets won their fourth straight game. The hornets pulled ahead 98-97, their first Lead since 4-2, on Johnson a Layup with 8 20 left in the game and they never trailed again. Bullets 138, warriors 111 Landover my. A Buck Johnson scored 16 of his 20 Points As Washington opened a 28-Point halftime Lead then went on to defeat slumping Golden state. The bullets made a of 45 shots 69 percent before halftime closing the second Quarter with a 22-5 run for a 73-45 advantage. V although the warriors closed to 95-79 after three periods Washington coasted to Only its second Victory in 10 games Mavericks 105, pacers 104 Dallas a the Mavericks won their fourth game of the season beating Indiana. Dallas win and broke an eight game losing Streak. The 4-38 Mavericks own cars of the a bad a worst record have won once each month this season. Knocks 108, heat 105 Miami a John Sparks hit the tying Basket and the go ahead free  new York took inc Lead for the first time with 23 seconds to play against Miami. The Victory clinched Knick coach Pat Riley a ninth All Star coaching berth. New York has a 1 i game Lead Over Cleveland in the Eastern conference with one game to play before sundays cutoff Date Phil Jackson of Chicago no. 1 in the conference can to be the All Star coach in consecutive years. Timber wolves 112, rockets 105 Houston a a Doug West scored 33 Points including 10 straight during a third Quarter surge that carried Minnesota past Houston snapping the rockets four game winning Streak. King accepts nets offer East Rutherford . A former Washington bullets Forward Bernard King joined the new Jersey nets on saturday after agreeing to a contract for the rest of the season. The nets decided to sign the 36-year-old King to a contract for the rest of this season because they need his scoring punch general manager Willis Reed said. Quot with some of the nagging types of injuries we be been experiencing this year we realized the need to acquire More depth and More skill that will help us Down the Home stretch of the season and into the playoffs a Reed said in a statement. The 6-foot-7-Inch King averaged 28.4 Points for the bullets in the 1990-91 season and has a career average of 23.1. Lie needs Only 568 Points to reach the 20,000-Point career scoring level. King was released by the bullets Jan. 21, after spending four Days on the suspended list for his part in an altercation with coach Wes unsold at a practice