European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 3, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 36 the stars and stripes sports Friday Dice Mew 3,1993 Shaw s dunks Down blazers by the associated press just Dunk it Shaquille of Neal told himself and so he did. The 7-foot Orlando Center missed four of six shots before halftime then made Layup a in the second half wednesday seven dunks and a Layup without a miss helping the magic defeat the Portland night Thul blazers 114-108. Quot in the first half 1 made my move a couple of times and the Ball rolled in and out so i knew it was Aba going to be a Long night Quot o Neal said hornets Alonso mourning right has his Sho blocked by spurs David Robinson. To the second half i was just looking for the Dunk every time 1 touched  the a bad a leading scorer averaging 29.0 Points scored 20 of his 26 Points in the second half. Four of the dunks came after lob passes from Scott Skiles who had 16 Points and a Aba season High 20 assists. "1 still think we re really Small to compete with the teams with the big centers. That has been our Achilles Heel Quot Portland s Clyde Drexler said. Quot tonight a same was a classic example. Shaw just and a Field Day. Until we get somebody in the Middle it s going to be a Long  shooting 58 percent in a Victory Over Miami the night before Portland made just 42 percent of its attempts against Orlando. Harvey Grant and Rod Strickland led Portland with 17 Points apiece while Drexler managed Only 12 after scoring a season High 33 against Miami. O Neal battling a Case of the flu that a bothered him All season had six Points at halftime. Yet the magic led 5949 and were Able to use his 13 third Quarter Points to regain control after the blazers pulled within six Midway through the period. O Neal finished 10-for-14 from the Field including nine dunks and had 11 rebounds. In other games wednesday lakers 124, Mavericks 91 los Angeles handed Dallas its 10th straight loss behind Elden Campbell s 18 Points and 16 each from Doug Christie and George Lynch the lakers used a 10-2 run to take a �7953 Lead with 2 13 remaining in the third Quarter. Sedalck threatts 3pointer at the Buzzer pushed the lakers advantage to 87-59 heading into the final 12 minutes. Timber wolves 111, Kings 101 Sacramento lost its fifth consecutive game Overall and fourth straight at Home As Doug West scored 23 Points and Christian laettner 19 for Minnesota. Pacers 120, clippers 100 Reggie Miller scored a season High 35 Points and Indiana used a 15-0 second Naif run against los Angeles to match a club record with its fourth straight Road Victory. Miller who had five pointers scored 14 Points in the fourth Quaker As the pacers broke open a close game outscoring the clippers 37-19 in Indiana coach Larry Brown s first game against his former team. Spurs 92, hornets 68 san Antonio won its sixth consecutive ame and handed Charlotte its second Oss in seven Home games. David Robinson scored 18 of his 31 of Points in the fourth period Dale Ellis hit 11 of 13 Field goals for 24 Points and Dennis Rodman grabbed 28 rebounds without scoring a Point for the spurs nets 97, Cavaliers 82 Kenny Anderson had 29 Points and a career High 18 assists and new Jersey outscored visiting Cleveland 36-12 in the fourth Quarter. The nets losers of seven of their previous eight games limited the cars to one Field goal in the first u minutes for the fourth Quarter. Celtics 120, bullets 113 Rick Fox subbing for the injured dec Brown scored 25 Points and Dino Radja had 22, leading Bostons reserves to Victory Over Washington which lost for the ninth straight time at Boston Garden. The celtics blew a 20-Point Lead then went on a 15-0 fourth Quarter run led largely by reserves who outscored the bullets Bench players 78-11, the refs Are Back but where Are the players by Michael Flam seventh Choice in this years draft for a shots during his winning Streak. Re i it icon nil by Michael Flam the associated press seventeen Days after they went out on strike the nil officials Are Back. Yet the league is still not at full strength a four of its superstars and marquee names Are sidelined. While Mario Lemieux Eric Lindros Pat Lafontaine and Steve Yzerman have missed substantial playing time with in rious injuries names like Plante Amott Yashin and Daigle Are starting to make an Impact in the league. Buffalo s Derek Plante a Rookie from the University of Minnesota Duluth is having a positive effect for the sabres in Lafontaine a absence the 5-foot-ll, 160-Pound Center scored All three goals in Buffalo s 3-0 Victory Over Tampa Bay on wednesday night. Quot Derek has played awfully Well Quot Buffalo coach John luckier said. Quot he put himself right in the picture As far As offence is concerned Tor rookies. I done to know where we would be without Derek. He has Given us another offensive  Edmonton Rookie Jason Amott is getting a Chance to establish himself on a team devoid of stars. The Center was the seventh Choice in this years draft for a team that has struggled to a 5-193 Mark. That is after Amott scored twice and made a dazzling stick save to prevent a Oal As Edmonton Defeated the Phila Delphia flyers 3-1. L he has 11 goals on the season. Alexei Yashin and Alexandre Daigle Ottawa s first draft picks in each of the senators first two drafts Are beginning to justify their statuses cover boys for the teams Media guide. Each scored in the opening period As the senators took a 3-0 Lead on their Way to a 6-3 Road Victory Over the Montreal Canad enc Yashino a 33 Points tie him for the team Lead with Bob Kudelski and Daigle is third with 24 Points in 24 games in other games wednesday night whalers 5, red wings 3 Jeff Reese stopped 21 shots for his fourth straight Victory As Host Hartford matched its longest winning Streak of the season a three games a to push its record to 54-1 since nov. 10. Reese who played infrequently with Calgary was acquired in a Trade on nov. 19 and has played a major role in reviving the whalers. He has stopped 92 of 98 shots during his winning  6, canadians 3 Ottawa ended an eight game wingless Streak in winning its second game at the Montreal forum this season. The senators who won Only once away from Home last season have five Road victories. Ottawa a last Triumph was a 3-2 overtime decision Over Montreal on nov. -13. 1 the canadians have one Victory in their last six games sabres 3, lightning 0. Dominik hasek stopped 33 shots in earning his second straight shutout As visiting Buffalo improved to 3-0-1 in its last four games and 71-2 in its last 10 Road games. Punch less Tampa Bay lost its third in a Row and was shut out for the fifth time this season. The lightning is last in the nil with 56 goals. Maple Leafs 4, blues 2 ,. Dave Andreychuk scored Toronto a first three goals and the Maple Leafs continued their Home ice Mastery of St Louis. Toronto is 8-0-3 in its last 11 regular season Home games against the blues who last won at Maple Leaf gardens on de amp 15,1990. Andreychuk scored his three goals in the second period for his 10th career hat trick and first since being acquired from Buffalo in february. Toronto outs Bot the blues 53-29 and is now_18-5-4 on the season compared to 11-12-4 at the same Point last season oilers 3, flyers 1 Arnott s heroics which extended to the defensive end helped Host Edmonton win Only its fifth game of the season. The oilers moved out of last place Overall in the league. They Are tied with Ottawa with 15 Points one ahead of Tampa Bay s 14. Shayne Corson scored an empty net goal his 13th of the season with 8 seconds remaining to go with two  ducks 5, jets 2 Anaheim pulled into a tie with the los Angeles Kings in the Battle for hockey supremacy in Southern California. The mighty ducks fifth Victory in seven games gave them nine wins and 20 Points the same in both categories As the Kings last season s Stanley cup finalists. Goalie Ron tug Nutt earned his fourth Victory in five starts with 34 saves 18 in the third period