European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 6, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                I -.1 saturday March 6,1993 sport the stars and stripes b Page 33 Surprise Maverick moves Send ticket sales soaring from wire reports Dallas a the phones were ringing a merry Tunc in the Dallas Mavericks ticket office on Friday a reaction to the Chiba a moves a Day earlier. The Mavericks on thursday hired Quinn Buckner As head coach beginning next season and finally signed top draft pick Jim Jackson. The moves produced a surge in ticket sales club officials said. A a there a been quite a response a and its All been positive a said Steve Letson the clubs director of operations and marketing. A a in a glad we be got a couple of games this  tickets were Selling for Friday nights game at which Jackson was to Start at shooting guard against Houston. The Mavericks said they also expected one of their largest Home crowds of the season tonight against the Phoenix suns at reunion Arena. The game with the suns who have the Aba s Oest record was nearing a sellout of 17,502 even before the Buckner Jack son announcement. Buckner wont Start coaching until next year. Interim coach Gar heard will be charge for the rest of the season. The hiring of Buckner was expected by those who gathered for an afternoon news conference thursday but the Mavericks surprised those in attendance by also introducing Jackson. After Buckner had fielded several questions some of which had to do with Ackson he suddenly stopped and said a i think general manager Norm Sonju has something else he wants to  with that Sonju said he wanted to introduce the a newest Dallas  Sonju took a few Steps away from the podium opened a door and Jackson walked into the room. In front of reporters and photographers Jackson and Mavericks owner Tonald Carter co signed a six year contract reportedly Worth $21 million. A this represents a considerable shift of wealth a Sonju said As the signing was taking place. A this does no to mean anything to anybody but me Quot Carter said As he picked up a White Cowboy hat sitting on a table in front of him a but this morning i took new Dallas Mavericks coach Quinn Buckner right and first round draft pick Jim Jackson inspect reunion Arena in Dallas thursday. A new hat out of the Box. We have a whole new game. We will have a whole new team and a whole new method of doing things. A for years we talked about the committee a group of front office personnel that made decisions concerning the team. There is no committee anymore. The committee is dead. A the Only thing Norm and 1 will do arc the things that will help us make a profit. Other than that Don t ask us which Way the Ball goes and How tall the players arc going to be who Are going to take it  Carter said Buckner will have the final say on All personnel decisions. A Quinn will have the players Here he wants Here a Carter said. Buckner 38, will not take Over the team until after the Aba finals so he can fulfil his commitment As an analyst for Abc to. It will be his first coaching Job at any level. Kicks Knock off jazz 125-111 by United Tress International after the new Vork kicks suffered their two worst losses of the season in Back to Back games Pat Riley took them Back to what brought them the Best record in the Eastern conference before the All Star break hard work. The kicks responded with a win Over Atlanta on tuesday and thursday night Patrick Ewing and Aba Tony Campbell scored 28 Points apiece leading them to a 125-111 Victory Over the Utah jazz. The kicks were blown out by 28 Points by the Detroit pistons and the jew Jersey nets Over the weekend so Iiley said he brought the kicks Back to basics in practices this week. With Riley the basics mean hard work. A a it a not a coincidence we get 35 assists and we shoot 54 percent against Atlanta. Its not a coincidence that when you do some very simple things Good things happen Quot Riley said. Against the jazz new York had 31 assists and shot 63.5 percent hitting 54 of 85 shots from the Field. The kicks shot 70 percent in the first half charging out to a 70-46 halftime Lead their highest Point total in a half this season. John Starks played a big role in that charge despite suffering a broken nose two minutes into the game. Starks was playing in Jeff Malone a face when the Utah guard faked a drive and his head hit Starks in the nose. Starks spent the rest of the first Quarter in the locker room. He came out in the second Quarter wearing a protective mask and nailed his first six shots from the Field scoring 17 of his 22 Points in the Quarter. A it Wasny to a distraction a if anything it enhanced my play a Starks said of the mask. A it helped me focus in on the  focus has been a problem for Starks since sunday when he was called for a flagrant foul on new Jersey guard Kenny Anderson in the nets Victory. Anderson is out for at least two weeks with a broken hand and Starks who was fined $5,000 for the incident has drawn criticism for his aggressive play. In other games thursday night supersonics 138, hornets 112 at Seattle Eddie Johnson scored 22 Points to Lead eight sonics in double figures helping them extend their winning Streak to a season High nine games. Charlottes Larry Johnson led All scorers with 24  103, Trail blazers 68 at Denver Chris Jackson scored 28 Points to Lead the nuggets to their 13th Victory in their last 14 Home games. Denver is 20-8 at Mcnichols Arena this  103, Timber wolves 95 at Minneapolis Terrell Brandon started for an injured Mark Price and scored 21 Points leading Cleveland Price is nursing a thumb injury. Nets 116, magic 97 at East Rutherford n.j., Derrick Coleman scored 12 of his season High 34 Points in the third Quarter to carry the lets who trailed 4-45 at the half before outscoring Orlan it it it 36-21 in the third Quarter. Pacers 136, Hawks 111 at Indianapolis Reggie Miller scored 34 Points and the pacers cruised to their fourth straight Victory Dominique Wilkins had 23 Points to Lead Atlanta. Clippers 117, bullets 98 at handover md., Danny Manning scored 30 Points to help the clippers hand the bullets their third straight loss. Velanne zip by oilers by the associated press Edmonton Alberta record setting Rookie to cum Velanne had two coals and two assists leading the Winnipeg jets to a 5-3 Victory thursday night Over the Edmonton oilers. Velanne assisted on Thomas Steen s Power play foal Midway nil through the third period that put the jets ahead to stay. Keith Tkachuk who had a goal and two assists got one of them on the decisive goal. So Iannce second goal a his 56th of the season was scored into an empty net with 1 52 remaining to secure the Victory lie broke the previous Rookie record of 53 goals by Mike Bossy while scoring three times against Quebec earlier this week. His four Point Outing left be Lanny with 98 Points 11 Short of the nil Rookie record set by Peter Stastny of the nordic us in 1980-81. The jets have 19 games remaining. In other games thursday Nordques 3, Blackhawk 3 Chicago a Quebec which got a tic after Valeri Kamensky scored shorthanded with 1 25 left in regulation killed All eight Chicago Power plays while ending a six game losing Streak against the Blackhawk. De Balfour stopped Andrei Kovalenko a 12-footer, but the puck went behind the net to Joe Sakic who sent it in front to Kamensky. He scored from 7 feet  2, flames 1 St. Louis Jeff Brown s shorthanded goal broke a second period tic and St. Louis continued its late season surge with its fourth straight Victory. Brett Hull had his 46th goal and 27th in 31 games for St. Louis which has allowed Only four goals during the winning Streak Bruins 4, canucks 3 Boston Adam Oates struggling offensively since the Allstar break had three goals and an assist while leading Boston past Vancouver. Oates who has 39 goats scored twice in the opening period and once in the third. Cam Neely also scored for the Bruins 35-3-4 at Home against Vancouver since the canucks entered the ni1l. Pavel Bure had his s3rd goal and Cliff Ronning and Gerald Diduck also scored for the  8, senators 6 Inglewood Calif. Luc Robi Taine and Wayne Gretzky skating on the same line for los Angeles meant another futile game for Ottawa which extended its Road record to 0-33. Robitaille was one of three Kings with two goals and Gretzky had four assists. The loss left the expansion senators four shy Oft ing the nil record of 37 by the Washington capitals of 1974-75. Robitaille s goals gave him 45, and he added two assists for 97 Points. Gretzky s four Points were one away from his season High