European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 12, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday december 12, 1993 sports the stars and stripes Paga 31 by the associated press the Detroit pistons continue to play like they re a few cylinders Short of a v-8. The Milwaukee Bucks who lost 14 of their first f7 Ames handed the pistons their eighth consecutive Oss 90-88, at Detroit Friday night behind Ken normans two 3-pointers in the final 1 46. A a i played with the clippers so i know All about losing a said pistons Center Olden polynice the teams Only standout with 25 Points and 15 rebounds. A what makes this Tough is that we Are a better team than this. We have More Talent than the teams that Are beating us. It s just a Case of mass confusion.�?�. A Detroit which barely made the Aba playoffs last season last despite out shooting the Bucks 51.5 percent to 43.6 percent. But starting guards Joe Dumars and Isiah Thomas were l-for-7 and 3-for-10 from the Field respectively. Norman who never made More than 10 3-pointers in any of his six previous seasons had three against the pistons giving him 15 for the season. In Milwaukee s four wins this season he has won three of them with 3 pointers in the final minute. A i m just glad in a doing something productive help this team win a said Norman who led the by 5 Poi a a. _ _ with 3 30 left. Baskets by Thomas and polynice g Detroit an 86-82 Lead with less than two minutes left. To Bucks magic s Shaw Ullic o Neal goes up for a Dunk As celtics Rick Fox watches at Orlando Friday night p with 16 Points. The Bucks trailed by 13 Points before tying the game a a a polynice gave a a Rvl a a a a us a a a a a a. Nin normans second 3-Pointer of the game pulled the Bucks within one with 1 46 left and his third gave the Bucks an 88-87 Lead their first advantage of the second half with 33 seconds to go. Todd Day s two free throws put Milwaukee in front 90-87. Thomas missed a tying 3-Pointer, but Detroit a Sean Elliott was fouled with 0,7 seconds left. Elliott made the first free throw then intentionally missed the second but the pistons  get the rebound. In other games Friday night Trail blazers 117, lakers 99 Portland s reserves led by Rod Strickland Jerome Kersey and Clifford Robinson outscored the los Angeles substitutes 59-35. Strickland scored 21 Points Kersey had 12 of his season High 18 in the final period and Robinson finished with 15 for the blazers who led just 90-84 Early in the fourth Quarter before finishing with a 27-15 spurt. Elden Campbell scored 22 Points and Doug Christie 15 for the visiting lakers. Timber wolves 109, clippers 108 Rookie Isaiah rider subbing for the injured Doug West scored 27 Points As Minnesota snapped a three game Home losing Streak by defeating los Angeles. Danny Manning scored 23 Points and Mark Aguirre 22 for the clippers who made just 14 of 30 free throws. I Micheal Williams tied a  record with 17 assists. Nuggets 107, jazz 98 Mahmoud Abdul Raiff and Laphonso Ellis each scored five Points during a 15-0 fourth Quarter flurry that carried Denver past visiting Utah. Abdul Rauf scored 25 Points and Ellis 18 for he nuggets while disc be Mutombo had 13 Points 10 blocked shots and nine rebounds. The jazz who had their five game winning Streak end were led by Karl Malone with 27 Points and 14 rebounds. Magic 117, celtics 102 Shaquille o Neal the Aba s leading scorer had 30 Points 12 rebounds and eight blocks for Orlando against visiting Boston. Scott Skiles scored 24 Points for the magic who built a 15-Point Lead Early in the fourth Quarter. After a 50-50 halftime tie the magic took control with a defensive surge led by of Neal who blocked two shots and knocked the Ball away on two other occasions helping the magic go on a 17-4 run late in the third period and Early in the fourth. The celtics were led by Dino Radja with 22 Points and Sherman Douglas with 19 Points and 13 assists. # Kings 109,76ers 103 Sacramento won its first Road game of the season and snapped an eight game losing Streak beating Philadelphia with the help of Spud Webb a 10 fourth Quarter  Kings who lost their first nine Road games of the season were led by Mitch Richmond with 26 Points and Lionel Simmons with 23 Points and 16 rebounds. Sacramento the Lead for Good. Rookie Shawn Bradley led the 76crs with 17 Points. Bulls 109, nets 105 Scottie Pippen scored 28 Points including a key three Point play late in the game As Chicago won at new Jersey. The bulls winners of five of six games led. 8� 5 Points in the third period before the nets closed to 95-93 with 4 48 left in the game. By 15 Pippen and Pete Myers responded with consecutive three Point plays pippens came at the 4 03 Mark and Myers 24 seconds later giving the bulls a 101-93 Lead. Kenny Anderson led the nets with 31 Points and 11 assists while Derrick Coleman scored 26 Points. By. Armstrong scored 20 Points for the bulls while Horace Grant had 18 Points and 16 rebounds. Panthers up win in Canada to 4 games Winnipeg Manitoba a r even their own coach can to explain the Florida panthers Success in Canada. The panthers won their fourth straight game in Canada a their third straight Overall a by beating the Winnipeg jets 5-2 Friday night. A i guess the Shock of going from 90 above to .20 below keeps us Alert Roger Neilson said. A we have played Well up Here a John Vanbiesbrouc made 37 saves As the panthers jumped out to a 3-0 Lead and improved to 12-14-3. Winnipeg was l-for-8 on the Power play. The panthers had goals from Gord Murphy Jody Hull Andrei Lomakin Tom Fitzgerald and Brent severyn. Lomakin a goal which made it 3-0 at 10 52 of the second period was disputed by the jets. The jets claimed the Lomakin kicked it in but officials decided the puck bounced off Loma kinds thigh. Velanne and Teppo Numminen scored for the jets. In fridays Only other game sabres 6, flames 2 at Buffalo Alexander Mogiln had three assists and Dominik hasek made 25 saves to Lead the sabres to their third consecutive Victory. Buffalo moved above .500 for the first time since winning on opening night. Six sabres Brad May Yuri Khy lev Craig it Iii pm ppe Boucher Richard Svehlik and Bob Sweeney a had goals. Joel Otto and a1 Mclnnis scored for Calgary. Calgary took the Lead at 15 45 of the first period when Otto picked up a Loose puck and scored into a vacant net. The sabres tied the score less than three minutes later on May a Back hander that slithered Between Calgary goalie Mike Vernon a legs then took control of the game with three straight goals in the second period. Hornets Deal Newman to nets for Robinson Charlotte a the new Jersey nets and Charlotte hornets both believe they got what they needed. The nets traded guard Rumeal Robinson to the hornets on Friday for Forward Johnny Newman. The hornets were overloaded at the Small Forward position and wanted someone who could play both Point and shooting guard. The nets meanwhile wanted a scorer. A i look at this As a positive thing Quot Robinson said. �?o1 can Start fresh in Charlotte and hopefully get More  Robinson 27, was acquired by the nets in 1992 from Atlanta in cd change for i averaged 8.4 Points the 6-2 guard who will make $1,225 million this season will see time at both guard positions for Charlotte according to Dave Twardzik the hornets director of player personnel. He averaged 5.9 Points and 2.6 assists this season. Newman a 6-foot-7 Forward who will be a free agent at the end of the season is expected to share playing time with Chris Morris. I a seven year Veteran who also played for new York and Cleveland Newman was averaging 13.0 Points and 3.2 rebounds As a starter although he was unhappy with his amount of playing time. He was averaging less than 24 minutes per game. Newman a Best season was 1990-91, his first with Charlotte when he averaged 16,9 Points in 81 games a a in a very Happy Here but there a just a couple of things that did no to work out Here for one reason or another a Newman said a hopefully when i die ill find out Why. But right now 1 just done to understand  hornets president Spencer Stolpen said the hornets were too crowded at the Small Forward position. Newman competed for time with Dell Curry Eddie Johnson and Scott Burrell. The situation figured to get More complicated in january if David Wingate returns on schedule from knee surgery. Nets general manager Willis Reed said Newman made some monetary concessions to fit within the nets salary Cap. The nets said neither player was expected to be in uniform saturday night when new Jersey played the hornets at Charlotte