European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 18, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday november 18, 1993 rues but soar the stars and stripes Page 33 Aba by United press internationalist s bad news for the rest of the league that the Seattle supersonics Are playing so poorly. They re still 6-0. Settef Schrempf admitted the sonic struggled at both ends of the court tues Day night but they still managed to com away with a 9594 Victory Over the under manned Chicago Don t think we had a feel for the game at All Schrempf said after he scored 18 Points tuesday night. Weddin t move the Ball very Well. Offensively we still have a Longway to Ricky Pierce scored 19 Points and Shawn Kemp added 18. . Armstrong missed a desperation35-foot running jumper at the Buzzer for the bulls who were playing the first of seven game Road trip their longest stretch away from Home this sonics who opened the 1982-83 season with 12 straight wins snapped their losing Streak against the bulls at six games. Five of Seattle s six wins this sea son have come at Home. The bulls playing without Scottie Pip pen and Scott Williams still outre bounded Seattle 37-23 and shot 55 per cent from the Field. They out worked us Schrempf worked us hard on the boards. They out ran us in the first half and the just out worked still the sonics had enough to cling tothe Victory even though Kemp missed two open jumpers in the final Kukoc whose 3-Pointer brought Chicago within 95-94 with just under two minutes remaining had 20 Points off the Bench to Lead the bulls. Kukoc who was two for two from 3-Point Range was nine of 12 from the other games tuesday night knocks 103, Mavericks 90 at Dallas John Starks scored seven of his 18 Points during the latter half of the opening period breaking open the York off to the Best Start in fran Chise history has won All seven of it games this year and remained one of three unbeaten teams in the league. Rockets 90, nets 84 at East Rutherford new Jersey Hakeem Olajuwon scored 20 Points and grabbed 19 rebounds and made a key defensive play with just Over a minute left that helped the rockets remain unbeaten. Houston improved to 7-0 and is off tits Best Start since opening 84 in 1984. Suns 116, warriors 104 at Oakland Calif., Charles 36 Points and grabbed 13 re Bounds to Lead the suns to their fifth vie tory Over Golden state in six games. Cavaliers 101, Trail blazers 96 at Portland ore., Gerald Wilkins scored four of his 23 Points in the final two minutes lifting the Portland closed to 95-93 on a Layup by Buck Williams with 2 53 to go Wilkins Sank a runner with 1 49 left and after a turnover by Clyde Droxler made two free throws to make it 99-93 with 1 13 remaining. Drexler scored 25 an Clifford Robinson added 24 for the Blaz ers lakers 116, clippers 114,2 of at Inglewood Calif., Elden Campbell who was activated from the injured list earlier in the Day Sank a 10-foot fall away jumper at the Buzzer of the second overtime to lift the worthy unbounded the Ball to Campbell with nine tenths of a second remaining. Campbell who had missed his first nine shots bobbled the Ball briefly but recovered and nailed the game win Ning shot from the left Baseline. Spurs 86, nuggets 74 at Denver David Robinson and Dale Ellis scored 17 Points apiece As the spurs held the nuggets to their lowest Point total since they entered the Aba. Hornets 102, pacers 93 at Indianapolis Larry Johnson scored9 of his 15 Points in the third Quarter helping the hornets held a 61-44 Lead with 3 50 left in the third but was outscored 36-12 Over the next 11 minutes. Alonzo morning collected 21 Points and 10 rebounds As the hornets ended an 11-Gamc losing Streak in Indiana. Johnson finished with 15points and 14 rebounds. Magic 114, jazz 96 at Orlando fla., Dennis Scott hit three 3-Pointcrs during a fourth Quarter run of 17 straight Points that stopped the jazz s winning Streak at three games. Or Lando fired in a team record six 3-Point Orlando s Scott sidles gots airborne to get by Utah s John Stockton left and pc too Spencer background As teammate Anfernee Hardaway looks on tuesday night. Ers in the fourth Quarter. Scott Skiles led Orlando with 25 Points and 13 assists and Shaquille o Neal scored 17 of his 23 in the second half. Karl Malone scored 30 for Utah but was held to 6 in the final period. Hawks 118, Kings 95 at Atlanta Dominique Wilkins re turned from a shoulder injury to score 26 Points and snoopy Graham scored Ninepoints during the Pivotal third Quarter. Wilkins who missed Atlanta s last game scored 20 Points in the first half As the Hawks battled to a 54-54 tie. Graham was four for five from the Field in the third Quarter and added four steals. Timber wolves 102, Bucks 98 at Milwaukee Christian laettner scored 29 Points and Doug West added 25, helping the Timber wolves to their first Victory of the season. Lattner hit 9 of 9 from the free throw line grabbed nine rebounds and handed out seven assists As the Timber wolves be came the last team in the league to move into the Victory column at 1-5. Norman survives water la Quinta Calif. A Greg Norman scram bling out of trouble better than the other three champions shot Par Over 27 holes tuesday to take a three stroke Lead in the grand slam of Golf. On a Day when the 1993winners of the four majors All had problems with Thetga West s Niclaus re sort course Norman hit four shots. In the water but salvaged a Par two bogeys and a Lone double bogey to avoid disaster. Norman at 108, did far better than Paul Azinger. Bernhard Langer and Lee Janzen. Azinger totalled 111 for 27 holes Langer was at 112 and Janzen at 113. The final nine holes of Norma the $1 million event were to be played wednesday. Hie format for the two Day 36-Hole tournament was changed to 27 holes the first Day and nine the second to accommodate Norman s was to play wednesday afternoon in the pro am of the tournament he hosts the shark shootout in grand slam of Golf thousand Oaks Calif., 150 Miles , which is televising the grand slam via tape delay is breaking the tournament into two 18-Hole Seg ments lumping tuesday s final nine holes with the final nine holes of the tournament for airing on wednesday night. That created some interesting Sid notes the player changed outfits after the first 18 holes on tuesday and will Don that second set of clothes for wednesday nine holes and the Sun was setting for tuesday s final nine holes with wednesday s final nine to began in the morning grand slam Winner earns $400,000, with even the fourth place finisher getting $150,000. Second places Worth $250,000 and third $200,000. Each member of the foursome had at least a double bogey. Norman hit into the water and took a double bogey 4 on no. 8 the second time around after he had hit into the water and bogeyed the same Hole earlier. Azinger the pea Champion hit in the water an had a triple bogey 6 his first time on no. 8, then took a double bogey 7 on no. 15. . Open Winner Janze had double bogeys on the 10th Hole and the final Hole of the Day no. 9. Langer the masters Champion from Germany had takes Lead an even rougher time. His Day included six penalty shots. Two for grounding his club in the Sand another two for an out of Bounds and one each for hitting inthe water twice. The desert course rewards accurate play and severely punishes errant shots with huge traps Sharp turns and lots of struggled along with the others through the opening nine holes making the turn at 38, one shot be Hind Janzen and one ahead of Azinger and Langer. Norman s front nine included a bogey-4 on no. 8 after he hit into the water. Norman however who has appeared in the grand slam three times and won it in 1986, settled Down on the Back nine shooting a 3-under-Par 33 that gave Hima 71 and a three shot Lead Over Janzen. Azinger had a 75 and Langer a 78.Norman made a scrambling bogey on the 18th Hole after he hit his second shot into the Edge of the water alongside the Fairway. He was Able to play the Ball out of the water and with a Wall of misty Spray knocked it into the Fairway. He then hit onto the Green and two putted. Langer s card included a triple bogey 7 on no. 5, where he was penalized for grounding his club after his shot from the Sand went about 100 Yards but still landed in the same huge trap
