European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 13, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                In Nav. December 13, 1993 sports the stars and stripes Page 29 Aba by the associated press Houston a there a no disputing it now the Best record in the Aba belongs to the Houston rockets. Otis Thorpe scored 20 Points and helped the rockets through a rugged third Quarter As Houston beat Seattle 82 75 in a matchup of the two teams with the Best records in the Aba. Houston which started the season with 15 straight victories improved to 19-1. Seattle which Hadnot lost since nov. 27, dropped to 16-2. Hakeem Olajuwon led the team with 23 Points including Houston a final two baskets but it was Thorpe who came up with the big buckets in a third Quarter filled with technical fouls. Rocket guard Vernon Maxwell was ejected after drawing consecutive technical following a scuffle with detlef Schrempf. Tomjanovich also Drew a technical before tempers cooled. But the rockets outscored the sonics 21-11 to end the third Quarter and entered the fourth with a 67-56 Lead. Thorpe had eight Points in the Quarter. Schrempf led the sonics with 17 Points. In other games saturday Hawks 116, bullets 108 Baltimore a Atlanta won a franchise record 13th straight game getting 31 Points from Dominique Wilkins and 27 from Stacey Augmon. Kevin Willis had 16 Points and 15 rebounds for the Hawks who Are unbeaten since nov. 13. The Victory Streak tops the record set by the 1968-69 team in the Hawks first season in Atlanta. Michael Adams had a season High 28 Points and 11 rebounds for the bullets who have lost seven in a Row. Pistons 92, Timber wolves 80 Minneapolis a Joe Dumars held to just two Points in the first half scored 15 Points in the fourth Quarter As Detroit snapped its eight game losing Streak. Dumars led All scorers with 22 Points Terry Mills added 20 Points and 14 rebounds. Kicks 98, pacers 91 new York a Patrick Ewing scored 32 Points 14 in the third period and finished with 10 rebounds and five blocked shots to carry new York. Reggie Miller scored 27 Points for the pacers. Hornets 105, nets 99 Charlotte . Larry Johnson scored five of his 20 Points during a late 10-0 run and Hersey Hawkins added a season High 26 Points. Alonzo mourning scored 22 Points and grabbed 12 rebounds for Charlotte. Heat 111, celtics 80 Miami a Harold Miner scored a career High 28 Points and Glen Rice had 25 As Miami overcame a shortage of guards and beat Boston. Warriors 115, jazz 112, of Oakland Calif. A Latrell Sprow Cal who missed two key free throws late in regulation was 4 for 4 from the line in overtime and scored a season High 29 Points to Lead Golden state. Warrior Rookie Chris Webber came up one rebound Short of a triple double scoring 16 Points and handing out 11 assists. Avery Johnson tied his career High with 23 Points 11 the fourth Quarter. Karl Malone led Utah with 29  114, Mavericks 103 Dallas a Charles Barkley stored nine of his 21 Points in the second Quarter As Phoenix outscored Dallas by 20, and the suns went on to Deal the Mavericks their 15th consecutive defeat. Kevin Johnson had 25 Points to Lead the suns who won their fifth straight. Bulls 93, Cavaliers 84 Chicago a Reserve Steve Kerr scored a season High 18 Points and Pete Myers had 10 straight Down the stretch for Chicago. Cleveland a Brad Daugherty had 21 Points 12 in the fourth Quarter. Spurs 105, nuggets 100 san Antonio a David Robinson scored 31 Points and Terry Cummings and Lloyd Daniels each added 16 off the Bench to Lead san Antonio to its 14th straight Home Victory against the nuggets a Streak dating to 1988. Denver got a career High 33 Points from Bryant Stith a second year guard. 76ers 99, Bucks 86 Milwaukee a Moses Malone became the fifth Aba player to reach 16,000 rebounds As he returned to haunt one of his former teams. The 38-year-old Malone had season highs of 18 Points and 12 rebounds. Frank Brickowski led Milwaukee with 26 Points. Houston Sotis Thorpe. Sparks showdown win Dillard s 12 treys Pace Arkansas Victory by the associated press Fayetteville Ark. A Arkansas Al Dillard made 12 3-Point shots setting a Southeastern conference record As the top ranked Razorbacks 5-0 routed Delaware state 123-66 saturday night. Dillard shot 12 for 22 from 3-Point Range and finished with 39 Points. He broke the old Sec Mark of 10 set by Chris Jackson of leu in 1990. The Mcaa record of 14 was set by Dave Jamerson of Ohio in 1989. In other games saturday Temple 54, Villanova 49 Philadelphia Eddie Jones made 12 of his 18 Points in the second half for no. 5 Temple 3-0. Aaron Mckie added 17 Points for the  98,  Rock 63 Lawrence Kan. Patrick Richey scored a season High 20 Points. No. 7 Kansas 8-1 shot More than 50 percent for the first time this season. Arkansas Little Rock 2-2 shot Only 31  basketball Massachusetts 97, holy Cross 80 Worcester mass. A Lou Roe made 15 of 18 shots to score a career High 33 Points for the no. 8. Minutemen 7-1who had Little trouble getting inside for easy baskets against holy Cross 2-2 Urcla 93, Long Beach St. 51 los Angeles no. 9 Urcla 4-0 kept its record against Long Beach state perfect. The Bruins held Long Beach to Only 36.4 percent shooting while out rebounding the forty liners 46-22. Long Beach state 4-2 Hasni to beaten Urcla in eight games spanning 24  90, e. Kentucky 66 Louisville by. A Clifford Rozie went 15 for 15 to set an Mcaa record for most shots without a miss and scored 32 Points for the no 10 cardinals 3-1. Louisville a Cornelius Holden 1990 and Pepper diner a Dana Jones �?T91 shared the old record of 14 for 14.indiana 79, Washington St. 64 Bloomington ind. Bob Knight returned from a on game suspension for unsportsmanlike conduct and watched Damon Bailey score 29 Points for the 12th-ranked hoosiers 4-1including 22 in the second half. Washington state is 7-1.lsu 71, Oklahoma state 68 new Orleans a Jamie Brandon scored 21 Points for Louisiana state including two on free throws with five seconds left leu is 3-0, while the no. 15 cowboys dropped to 5-2.Illinois 108, american u. 84 Champaign 111. A Deon Thomas scored 31 Points and me came Illinois career scoring Leader. He needed 21 Points to pass Eddie Johnson for the no. 1 spot on the Zillini scoring list. Jerry Hester added 20 Points for no. 16 Illinois 4-1 no. 2 nil crowd sees penguins Stop lightning by the associated press St. Petersburg Fla. Martin Straka had a goal and three assists and Doug Brown assisted on four goals As the Pittsburgh penguins downed the Tampa Bay lightning 6-3 saturday night before 23,907 at the Thunder dome the second largest crowd in nil history. The attendance was second Only to the record 27,227 set earlier this season in a game Matching Tampa Bay and Florida at the Thunder dome. Larry Murphy a goal off a feed from Straka at 2 53 of the third gave Pittsburgh a 4-1 advantage. Adam Creighton and Marc Bureau scored in the third to pull Tampa Bay within 4-3, but Kevin Stevens and Ron Francis added late Pittsburgh goals. In other games saturday Maple Leafs 3, flames 1 Toronto Dave Andreychuk had National hockey league goals and an assist to extend his Point Streak to five games and goaltender Felix Potvin stopped 37 shots to Lead Toronto Over Calgary. With the new York 1�?~angers Idle the Maple Leafs moved atop the nil standings with 44 Points one ahead of new York. We Del Clark scored his league leading 26th goal for Toronto. Red wings 5, Sharks 3 Detroit a Darren Mccarty had the game winning goal and an asses the third period As Detroit rallied to beat san Jose. Mccarly gave Detroit a 4-3 Lead at 14 06 with an unassisted goal. Islanders 5, flyers 2 Uniondale . Brad Dangar no scored the tie breaking goal in a four goal third period to Lead new York to a comeback Victory Over  3, whalers 0 Hartford Conn. Dominik hasek earned his fourth career shutout and Dale Hawer Chuk had a goal and one assist to help Buffalo Blank Hartford. Hasek making his ninth straight Start lowered his league leading goals against average to 1.83 As he turned aside 25 shots for his third shutout this season devils 5, oilers 2 Ford . A Dave Emma scored his first two nil goals to Lead new Jersey Over Edmonton. The devils Martin Bro Deur made 29 saves to extend his unbeaten Streak to six games 3-0-3 Blackhawk 5, Bruins 4 Boston a Michel Goulet scored his second goal of the game with 3 14 remaining to break a Chicago wingless Streak at three. Glen Murray and Steve Leach had scored goals for the Bruins in the first 58 seconds of the third period to lift Boston to a 4-4  5, senators 2 Quebe a a Mats Sundin scored twice and defens Eman Alexei Gusarov added a goal and two assists As Quebec sent Ottawa to its sixth straight  9, blues 1 Inglewood Calif. Shawn Mceachern tied a los Angeles record with two shorthanded goals and defens Eman Darryl Sydor recorded his first two goal game in the nil. Minor league callup Dan Currie playing in his first nil game with los Angeles had a goal and assisted on the first of nine unanswered goals by the Kings. Capitals 5, Canad Lens 3 Montreal Kevin Hatcher scored Washington s third Power play goal of the game at 7 25 of the final period to Lead the capitals Over Montreal