European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 07, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Bull pull snips hornets in o7 lakers top suns with 3 rookies the stars and stripes november 7.1993 Page 36 Aba openers by i he associated prow the Chicago hulls won without Michael Jordan and the los Angeles Lak ers won with three starters who had never before started an Aba game. Those were the biggest surprises on a opening night that had 26 of the 27 teams starting their seasons. Nick Van excl the 37th pick in the1993 draft scored 23 Points As the lakers combined Veteran and Voung a Lavers to defeat the defending Western Confer ence Champion Phoenix suns 116-108. Charlotte played Host to the three time defending Champion dulls and the Hor nets hoped to get a jump on the Central division Lead. But . Arm Strong matched a career High with 28 Points and Scottie Pippen had 23 Points and 16 rebounds As Chicago won 124-123 in overtime despite Johnny Newman s 28 footer at the end of regulation that forced an extra period. Bulls 124, hornets 123, of every Guy on the court had to come put and play his Best basketball said Horace Grant whose tip in with 0.2 seconds left in overtime gave the bulls the Victory. When the clock got Down to three or four seconds whoever had the Ball in his hands had to shoot the Ball. The Guys on the floor had to stand up on their the hornets were nicked As the Possi ble successors to Chicago As the Best team in the division but the bulls showed they Aren t about to surrender easily. Armstrong hit his first seven shots and nine of his first 10 before fouling out with 3 56 left in regulation. We knew they would t Lay Down said Newman who led Charlotte with 27 Points. There s still a lot of Talent on that team. We knew we d have to work and get after ,. Lakers 116, suns 108 Van Exel was in the los Angeles Start ing lineup with two other players who had never started a game Trevor Wil son and Antonio Harvey but they a handled Phoenix Down the stretch. Tony Smith averaging 3.4. Points Fortis career added 20 Points for the Lak ers who lost to the suns in the first round of last season s playoffs after Lead ing 2-0. Charles Barkley scored 38 Points but was just 8 for 18 at the free throw line. He engaged in a shouting match wit fans and Drew two technical fouls. . Green who had 25 Points was booed in his first game at the forum in a suns uniform. He played his first High tuba seasons in los Angeles before Leav ing last summer. Clippers 97. Trail blazers 95 Mark Aguirre playing his first Gam for the clippers nit a 3-Pointer at the Buzzer giving them and new coach Bob Weiss a Victory Over visiting Portland. Aguirre signed by the clippers on oct.26, nit the game Winner after taking a pass from Mark Jackson who finished with 14 assists. Danny Manning led los Angeles with 24 Points and Loy Vaught added 22 Points and 16 rebounds. Clyde Drexler had 25 Points 13 re Bounds and seven assists for the Trail Bazars who won their previous six sea son openers. Kings 109, nuggets 100 Sacramento rallied from a 17-Pointdeficit to defeat Denver. The Kings won their fifth consecutive Home opener despite 25 Points by the nuggets Mahmoud Abdul Rauf and 23points and 17 rebounds by disc be Mutombo. The Kings who got 21 Points fro Wayman Tisdale went on a 25-7 second halt run to get Back in the game. Magic 116, heat 96 Shaquille o Neal scored 42 Points and Orlando opened the season by winning at Miami for the first time in its five Yea history. O Neal made 17 of 24 shots despite playing just 31 minutes because of tout trouble. He reached 40 Points for the Sec Ond time in his two year pro career. Rony Seikaly led. Miami with 21 Points. Rockets 110, nets 88 Hakeem Olajuwon had 24 Points and19 rebounds leading Houston Over visit ing new Jersey. The rockets led 51-42 at the half an jumped on the nets with a 10-2 spurt to Start the third Quarter for a 61-44 advantage. Derrick Coltman had 19 Points and 13rebounds for new Jersey. Pistons 104, Timber wolves 99 Isiah Thomas wearing a flak jacket Over a broken right rib scored 19 of his 26 Points in the second half rallying Host Detroit Over Minnesota. The pistons who trailed 46-27 with6 25 left in the second Quarter took their first Lead at 79-77 with 10 49 left in the game. Joe Dumars had 25 Points for the Pis tons. Micheal Williams led Minnesota with 20 Points including 7 of 7 free throws to extend his Aba record Streak to 91 straight without a miss. Spurs 91, warriors 85 David Robinson scored 32 Points an Dennis Rodman had 21 rebounds against Golden state in san Antonio s first Gamin the Alam dome where the crowd of 36,523 set an Aba attendance record Foran opening night game. Willie Anderson Back to full strength after battling injuries last season had 21 Points for the spurs. Latrell Sprewell led the warriors with22 Points. Knocks 111, celtics 108 Patrick Ewing scored 32 Points handmade All 12 of Nis free throws for new York at Boston. In their first regular season game since the of season death of Reggie Lewis the celtics Cut an 86-70 deficit to 107-104with 1 34 left but it was t enough As the kicks ended Boston s Streak of 14straight victories in Home openers. Robert Parish had 20 Points for the celtics. Chicago s Scottie Pippen is fouled by Charlotte s Johnny Newman 22 on Friday. Hawks 116, pacers 110 Dominique Wilkins scored 33 Points Kevin Willis had 25 and Stacey Augmon. Chipped in 22, making Lenny Wincens coaching debut for Atlanta a Success against visiting Indiana which lost Larr Brown s debut As coach of the pacers. Indiana Cut an 11-Point deficit to 94-90with 8 12 remaining on a pair of free throws by Malik Sealy who led the pacers with 27 Points and 10 rebounds. Wilkins then passed to Craig Ehlo fora Layup before scoring Atlanta s next nine Points for a 105-92 Lead. Bucks 94, Cavaliers 91 Ken Norman playing his first game for Milwaukee scored 24 Points including a3-Pointer with 7.6 seconds left at Rich Field coliseum. The loss ruined Mike Fratello s return to coaching. He was hired away from Abc s broadcast Booth after Wilkens re signed last Spring. Cleveland trailed by 10 Points aft Rnorman a free agent acquisition scored with five minutes to play. But the cars finally tied it with 29 seconds left on a Bas Ket by John Battle who scored 22 Points his High in three seasons with the , a 21 percent 3-Point shooter in six seasons with the los Angeles clip pers then hit his clinching 3-Pomter. 76ers 94, bullets 82 Shawn Bradley had six Points five re Bounds and eight blocked shots in i Aba debut but it was his Tutor Moses Malone who led Philadelphia Over visit ing Washington. � Malone scored nine Points in the Sec Ond period As the mixers built a 13-Point halftone Lead then had seven More in decisive 12-2 fourth Quarter run. Jeff Hornacek had 21 Points and Clar ence Weatherspoon 20 Points and 14 re Bounds for the mixers. Tom Gugliotta had18 Points and 19 rebounds for the bul lets. A
