European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 11, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Pago 32 the stars and stripes sports thursday november 11, 1993knicks too Quick for Bradley Aba by Dean Sci Abner forget All the missed shots All the balls stripped away As he began yet another slow jangly move to the Basket a Shawn Bradley knows the play he wants Back. It came Midway through the third Quarter tuesday night alter the new York Chicks had built a 19-Point Lead. It meant virtually nothing in the Philadelphia 76ers 95-86 loss but the last thing a 7-6 Center wants a even a Rookie still wet behind the ears a is to lose a jump Ball to a battered 6-2 guard. Bradley who took two years off from basketball while he did missionary work for the mormon Church tied up Doc Rivers after the kicks guard had swiped the Ball from Jeff Hornacek. When the referee signalled a jump Ball Bradley had just one to it 1 iou Sai it. A done to let him steal this from me and then the ref threw the Ball a Bradley said siniling and shaking his head. A Doggone he got me Rivers got off the ground Quick and tipped the Ball away from Bra Alcyr a outstretched hand. The crowd at Madison Square Garden laughed at Bradley nearly every time he touched the Ball from then on. A i used his body against him a Rivers said. Quot he a huge but he a not a bad athlete. He a weak right now but hell get a lot stronger. Anti he has it look nearly a Quarter for the kicks to show they had any skills besides missing shots or throwing the Ball away. They trailed the mixers who Start two rookies and a second year player by 6 Points three times in the first Quarter and shot 23 percent from the Field. A i done to like the Way we re playing a kicks coach Pat Riley said. A right now we could play the game much a in other games tuesday night a suns 114, clippers 99 at los angst is Kevin Johnson and Dan major la scored 35 Points each to help the suns end a six game losing Streak at the sports Arena. The clippers held a 64-62 Lead Early in the third before the suns ran off a 16-2 spurt. Johnson made three straight shots during the run and major la hit a pair of 3-Pointcrs to Cap it. Majerle hit eight of 10 3-pointers to match his personal Best sprites 118, nuggets 06 at Seattle Sam Perkins tied an Aba record by going 7-for7 from 3-Point Trail blazers 109, lakits 102 at Inglewood calif., Cliff Robins of Rod Strickland and Harvey scored 22 Points helping the Trail Blaz 4 h Era break into the win column. The Victo by was costly though As Portland Center Chris Dudley suffered a fractured left ankle in the first Quarter. The blazers had lost their first two games for the first time since 1986. Spurt 110, Timber wolves 95 at san Antonio David Robinson scored 43 Points grabbed 11 rebounds and blocked 10 shots and Dennis Rod Man hauled in a franchise record 29 rebounds for the spurs. Robinson s was the first triple double of the season. Micheal Williams had his consecutive free throw Streak snapped at 97 with a miss in Sec Ond Quarter but led Minnesota with 23 Points. Magic 104, pacer 96, at Orlando Shaquille o Neal scored Rik Smits left and Derrick Mckey right of the Indiana pacers team up to keep or Lando s Shaquille of Neal from getting to the Basket tuesday night Good with a 3-Point play giving Orlando a 95 91 advantage. Reggie Milter had 25 Points for the pacers who Are wingless under coach Larry Brown. Cavaliers 113, Homata 108 at Richfield Ohio the Cavaliers out scored Charlotte 31-14 in the third Quarter and held on to give coach Mike Fra Tello his first Victory with his new team. Mark Price and John Battle each scored 24 Points to Lead the Cavaliers while Alonzo mourning and Larry Johnson paced the hornets with 24 and 19 Points respectively. Bullets 118, platoons 112 at Auburn Hills mich., Tom Gugliotta and Michael Adams keyed a fourth Quarter rally that lifted the bullets to their first Victory of the season Gugliotta and Adams scored 11 of Washington s final 17 Points As the bullets snapped a 14-game losing Streak in Detroit. Gugliotta who finished with 17 Points hit two free throws with 4 05 remaining to give Wash a Dai a Range and scored 28 Points to help the sonics stay unbeaten. Seattle led 17-14 with four minutes remaining in the first and then went on a 16-5 run and never looked Back. Mahmoud Abdul Rauf scored 25 Points to Lead the nuggets. Rockets 102, warriors 93 at Oakland calif., Hakeem Olajuwon scored 29 Points and hauled Down 10 rebounds to Power the unbeaten rockets. Rookie Chris Webber who missed Golden states first two games with a sprained left ankle had 15 Points. In ton a 103-102 Lead. Adams who scored 11 Points hit a 3-Pointer the next a a i Lect 102 trip Down to put the bullets ahead 106- 02. Nett 86, Mavericks 80 at Dallas Derrick Coleman scored 28 Points and Kenny Anderson added 18, and the nets survived a six and a half minute scoring drought in the fourth , oilers ducks Rise up attack by the associated press if there arc any soft touches in the nil this season it can to be proved by looking at the tuesday night performances by the Toronto Maple Leafs Detroit red wings and Dallas stars. Those three ran into serious problems with so called weaker teams As the Maple Leafs were tied by the san Jose Sharks 2-2, the red wings beaten by the Edmonton oilers 4 2 and the stars lost to the Anaheim. Mighty ducks.5-2. A we were warned it be easy Quot said Toronto a Dave Andreychuk. A we played 20 minutes of hockey and got one Point. Its a lesson Learned. Arturs irbe played a great the Sharks goaltender under was a major Factor keeping his team in the game during a third period Blitz in which Toronto out shot san Jose 17-1. Goal ending was also a Factor for the oilers who broke a club record 14 game wingless Streak 0-11-3 with their Victory at Detroit. The red wings out shot the oilers 4820 but Bill Ranford made big stops especially in the first period when Detroit out shot the oilers 18-4. The expansion ducks meanwhile beat Dallas in a Neutral site game at Phoenix. A other than a mistake on Mike mod anon a goal in the first period when we were a Little lackadaisical coming Back we buckled Down a mighty ducks coach Ron Wilson kaid. In other nil games Maple Leafs 2, Sharks 2 Dave Euette a Goat with 23 seconds to play in regulation ended a relentless final offensive flurry by the Maple Leafs. Irbe was target practice for Toronto in the third period and he made several spectaci4ar saves to preserve the Lead before the Sharks defense within seconds of perhaps the most stunning Victory in the history of the third year franchise finally caved in. The Maple Leafs pulled goalie Felix Potvin with 1 00 to go and pounded away at irbe finally driving Home the game tying goal when Ellett took a entering pass from Glenn Anderson and shot the puck from the Slot through a Maze of players and into die net. Irbe said the third period workout was one of the toughest of his career. A with about six minutes to play a irbe said a if i put my fingers on my forehead they a probably Burn out. I was feeling some heat. Otherwise it was real the Sharks Are 5-10-2 this season following a disastrous year in which they won Only u 4, red wings 2 the oilers overcame a 2-0 first period deficit to beat the red wings wingless since opening the season with two victories the oilers tied it with Sec Ond period goals by Steve Rice and Craig Mactavish then won it with third Peri goals by Ilva Boyakin and Igor Kavcnik mighty ducks 4, stars 2 Troy Loney scoreless in his first Outing after missing four games got the game Winner on a second period Power play As the mighty ducks beat the stars. The expansion ducks edged Dallas 5-4 on nov. 3 and now Are 2-0 in the series a it the Only nil team the stars have met but not Defeated. The stars wingless since oct. 27 0-4-2have never played the Florida 2, Nordques 1 the capitals stretched their winning Streak to five games rallying behind third period goals by Peter Bondra and Randy Burridge to defeat 5, islanders 2 Alexei Zha nov scored three goals As the jets snapped a five game wingless Streak with a Victory Over the 3, penguins 3 Brett hulls second goal of the game ended a frustrating night on the Power play for the blues who rallied from a 3-1 deficit to tie the 3, Kings 2 Theoren Fleury scored once and Drew a penalty that resulted in another goal As the flames beat the Kings
