European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 07, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse " bulls pull Surprise ,. A i i Chicago nips hornets in of lakers top suns with 3 rookies Aba openers by the associated press the Chicago bulls 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 Exel the 37th pick in the1993 draft scored 23 Points As the lakers combined Veteran and Young players to defeat the defending Western Confer ence Champion Phoenix suns 116-108. Charlotte played Host to the three Tim defending Champion bulls and the Hor nets hoped to get a jump on the Centra division Lead. By Obj. Arm Strong matched a career High with 28points, and Scottie Pippen had 23 Points and 16 rebounds As Chicago won 124-123in overtime despite Johnny Newman s 28 footer at the end of regulation that forced an extra period. Every Guy on the court had to com out and play his Best basketball said Horace Grant whose tip in with 0.2 seconds left in overtime gave the bulls the Victory. 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. 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. Kings 109, nuggets 100 y Sacramento rallied from a 17-Pointdeficit to defeat visiting Denver. Magic 118, heat 96 Shaquille o Neal scored 42 Points and Orlando opened the season by winning a Miami for the first time in its five year Neal made 17 of 24 shots despite playing just 31 minutes because of foul trouble. He reached 40 Points for the Sec Ond time in his two year pro career. Rockets 110, nets 88 Hakeem Olajuwon had 24 Points and19 rebounds leading Houston Over visit ing new Coleman had 19 Points and 13 rebounds 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 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. Chicago s Scottie Pippen is fouled by Charlotte s Johnny Newman 22 on Friday. 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. Hawks 116, pacers 110 Dominique Wilkins scored 33 Points Kevin Willis had 25 and Stacey Zygmon chipped in 22, making Lenny Wilkens 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 a 3-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 sighed last Spring. 76ers 94, bullets 82 Shawn Bradley had six Points five re Bounds and eight blocked shots in his Aba debut but it was his Tutor Moses alone who led Philadelphia Over visit ing Washington. Malone scored nine Points in the Sec Ond period As the mixers built a 13-Point halftime 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 had 18 Points and 19 rebounds for the bullets. Knocks 111, celtics 108 Patrick Ewing scored 32 Points handmade All 12 of his free throws for new York at Boston. The stars and stripes november 1993 r pagt36 saturday update top 25 football lsu17, no. 5 Alabama 13 Tuscaloosa Ala. A the nation s longest unbeaten Streak ended at 31 games As Loui Siana state capitalized on Alabama mistakes. No. 1 a. St 49, Maryland 20college Park my. A Danny Kanell subbing for injure Charlie Ward threw five touch Down passes. No. 4 Miami 35, Pittsburgh 7pittsburgh Jap Ryan Collins threw four to passes. No. 6 Nebraska 21, Kansas 20lawrence, Kan. A bar Ion Miles broke tip Ashud pres ton s 2-Point conversion pass with 52 seconds remaining. No. 8 Auburn 55, . St 14auburn, Ala. A Stan White set an Auburn record with16 straight completions and threw three to passes. No. 9 Florida 61, so la. 14gainesville, feb. A Terry Dean threw for 448 Yard Sand an Sec record six ads. No. 11 West a. 58, Rutgers 22morgantown, . A Mike Baker caught eight passe for 172 Yards and two touchdowns. No. 17 pern St 38, a 15 hid 31university Park a. Up Kerry Collins threw a 45-Yard touchdown pass to Bobby Engram with 6 25 remaining in the game to fight off Indiana. No. 21 a. 21, Wake Forest 9 Charlottesville a a tailback Jerrod washing ton picked up the Slack for Strug gling quarterback Simmion Willis. Dust 21, no. 22 . So 20durham, a North Carolina state s string of Miracle finishes ended As Spence Fischer threw two touchdown passes. ,48,no.2sva,tech34boston tap Glenn Foley passed for 448 Yards and 3 ads. Other major scores East Syracuse 52, tempi 3 southctadeut.tn.-ctiattanoooa27 Georgia tech 37, Baylor 27marshall 33, East Tennessee St 9 Tulsa 52, East Carolina 28vanderbilt 12. Kentucky 7 Western Carolina 38, vm114midwest Akron 19, Eastern Michigan 7ball St 21, Miami. Ohio 0 Bowling Green 40, Kent 7illinois 23, Minnesota 20 Michigan 25, Purdue 10michigan St 31, Northwestern 29 Youngstown St 17, Indiana St 10_ Southwest Texas tech 49, Texas Christian 21f a West air Force 25, army 8
