European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 28, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Suns topple jazz equal Victory Mark Aba by the associated press Phoenix when the Utah jazz made their run Charles Barkley was ready. After the jazz trying hard to avoid their third straight loss since the All Star break caught the suns at 72-72 with 1 59left in the third Quarter Barkley scored eight of the suns next 11 Points a 113-.106 Victory Friday night. The win tied the suns franchise record with 19 consecutive Home victories. They also won 19 straight at Home during the 1989-90 season and last year. The suns 40-11 became the firs team to win 40 games this season. They were coming off one of their worst performances a 131-104 loss in Houston thursday night. I Don t think we re going to blow everybody out said Barkley who had 11 Points five assists and three rebounds inthe fourth Quarter. Barkley finished with 29 Points 11 re Bounds and 11 assists. He has 15 triple doubles in his career four this season. _ Dan Majerle added 28 Points and Richard Dumas 20for the suns. John Stockton led the jazz with 25 Points and 15 assists Karl Malone had 24 Points and 12 re. Bounds and Tyrone Corbin had 16 Points and 16 rebounds. In other games Friday night pistons 108, knocks 80 Auburn Hills Mich. Joe do Mars had a team record seven 3-Pointcrs and scored 43 Points As Detroit snapped new York s four game winning Streak. The pistons finished with 12 3-Point-crs, also a club record. Dumars was two Points shy of his career High for Detroit which won its fourth straight Home game. Dumars canned his first six 3-Point efforts before finally missing. He finished with 7 of 11. Celtics 110, Hawks 99 Atlanta Kevin Gamble scored27 Points and Sherman Douglas got seven of his 17 in the final 2 17 As Bosto downed Atlanta. Wilkins paced the Hawks with 36 Points. Heat 93, spurs 86 Miami Bimbo Coles scored six of his18 Points on free throws in the final 38 seconds carrying Miami past san  Long led the heat with 25 Points and 17 rebounds including 12 on the offensive end to tic a team record. The stars and stripes ports february 2fl, 1993 Page 32 the loss was the third straight an fourth in five games for the spurs who were playing without All Star Forward Sean Elliott out with a Back Strain. Trail blazers 102, nets 91 East Rutherford no.  scored 10 of his 26 Points in an Early 21-4 spurt that lifted Portland Over error plagued new Jersey. New Jersey hit 39 of 99 shots from Thefield. The nets also had 23 turnovers including 11 in the opening period. 76ers114,bucks111 Philadelphia Jeff Hornacek rebound Basket with 24 seconds left proved to be the winning Points As Phila Delphia snapped a four game losing Streak by defeating  Hawkins had 26 Points and Hornacek 22 for the 76ers, who ended four game Home losing Streak. Pacers 137, hornets 105 Indianapolis Rik Smits the subject of Trade talks until this week s league deadline scored a career High 37 Point with 12 rebounds and a career Best six assists As Indiana routed Charlotte. The 7-foot-4 Smits had 23 Points by halftime and did t even play in the fourth Quarter. With 9 56 to play in the third Quarter Charlotte Center Alonzo mourning was ejected for throwing a punch at Smits. Magic 92, bullets 91 Landover my. Nick Anderso banked a 3-Pointer with 1.8 seconds left and Orlando snapped a four game Road losing Streak by beating Washington. Shaquille o Neal scored 28 Points and Scott Skiles 20 for the magic but it was new York s Patrick Ewing puts up a jumper past Detroit s Dennis Rodman on Friday. Anderson s improbable 27-footer that enabled the magic to hand the bullets their seventh loss in eight games. Albradford Smith scored a career-high22 Points Tom Gugliotta 21 and Michael Adams 2,0 for the bullets who dressed Only nine players then lost starting Cen Ter Perlis Ellison to a strained left knee in the first Quarter. Timber wolves 99, Mavericks 89 Minneapolis Doug West scored15 of his 21 Points in the fourth Quarter As Minnesota Defeated Dallas spoiling the Mavericks bid for their first Victory in 23 Road games this season. Christian laettner added 18 Points and 15 rebounds for the Timber wolves. Derek Harper scored 23 Points for the Mavericks who have a nine game losing Streak. Cavaliers 114, lakers 102 1nglewood, Calif. Craig Ehlo weight straight Points late in the fourth Quarter broke open a close game against los Angeles and led Cleveland to its sixth straight win. Ehlo finished with 20 Points 14 in the fourth Quarter. James worthy scored 23 for the lakers. Supersonics 141, Kings 120 Sacramento Calif. Shaw Kemp scored 16 of his 26 Points in the first Quarter and streaking Seattle handed Sacramento its seventh straight loss. Ricky Pierce added 25 Points for the sonics who notched their sixth consecutive Victory. Eddie Jonson scored 24 Points for Seattle. Clippers 106, warriors 98 Oakland Calif. Mark Jackson hit two layups and a free throw in the final 2 05 As los Angeles overcame the ejection of Danny Manning and beat Golden state. Jackson finished with 10 Points and 14assists for the clippers in their third straight win. Ron Harper led the clip pers with 24 Points alter Manning was ejected in the third Quarter for fighting with Chris Catling. Latrell Sprewell s 27 Points led Golden state Aba awards 95 ail Star game to Phoenix Phoenix a the combination of a new Arena and a new stale Holiday honouring mar tin Luther King clicked for Pho enix which in 1995 will become the first City to Host two Aba All Star games. Aba commissioner David Stern announced Friday that the event will take place feb. 12, 1995, about 20 years after the 1975 All Star game was played in veterans memorial coliseum. The 1995 game will be played at the 19,023-seat America West Arena completed last june at a Cost of $89 million. The suns began play there this season. Last month s super bowl had been scheduled for the Phoenix suburb of Tempe but the nil decided in March 1991 to move it to Pasadena Calif. Arizona voters had rejected two King Holiday proposals in an election the previous year. The Aba had been scheduled to have its 1987 annual meeting in suburban Scottsdale but moved it to Industry Hills Calif., after a previous King Holiday controversy. In june 1986, gov. Bruce Bab Bitt created a Holiday for govern ment employees by executive order but Evan Mecham his Suc Cessor rescinded it in 1987. That july Stern announced the Aba would hold its annual meeting elsewhere. We can celled the meeting because at the time it seemed to be an in sensitive act that did t rep resent the feelings of the people of Arizona Stern said Friday he said the Arena built with a combination of private and pub Lic funds made Phoenix an unbeatable candidate. "1 guess state of the Art is an overused term but there is no other Way to describe this Arena Stern said. The 1994 All Star game is scheduled for the target Center at Minneapolis