European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 24, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 30 the stars and stripes sports Friday december 24, 1993 Mavericks Flop reaches 20 bulls soar to 7th win in Row nil by the associated press the Chicago bulls expected to free fall in the Aba standings without Michael Jordan Are still rising. The Dallas Mavericks expected to improve with the arrival of Jamal Mashburn and the availability of Jim Jackson for the entire season arc still slipping. The bulls won their seventh Aba consecutive game and 11th in 12 tries wednesday night As Scottie pippin scored 26 Points in a sl06-98 defeat of Minnesota. At the same time Dallas was losing its 20th straight game 9686 to the Milwaukee Bucks Matching Philadelphia a 1973 record for consecutive defeats in one season. The 1982 Cleveland Cavaliers lost 24 straight in a two season Span. Ironically the Bucks Felt More pressure to keep the Dallas Streak going than the Mavericks Felt to Stop it. Quot no matter what they say they knew that it was 20, Buck coach Mike Dunleavy said of the Mavericks 1-23 for the season. Quot the players knew and they have Pride. They did no to want 20 to come up. So we knew we were going to be in for a Tough night. They were going to play elsewhere in the Aba it was Atlanta 108, Boston 103 Miami 98, Philadelphia 90 and the los Angeles clippers 109, Washington 92. The Bucks who won for just the second time in 10 Home games this season were led by Todd Day with 21 Points and Blue Edwards with 19, improving their record to 7-18 Overall. Jamal Mashburn scored 29 Points for the Mavericks who were to get another Chance to a to a in n Chc re they Quot Ion Milwaukee a Frank Brickowski finds the passing Lane under Dallas guard Derek harpers leg wednesday. Their Only game this season on nov. 12. Bulls 106, Timber wolves 98 . Armstrong sprained his left ankle in the fourth minute of the game and did no to return but Reserve Steve Kerry a 17 Points in 41 minutes supported the 21 Points by fellow Reserve Toni Kukoc against visiting Minnesota. Isaiah rider scored 25 Points for the wolves wingless against the bulls in nine meetings in their history. Clippers 109, bullets 92 los Angeles won at Home against Washington behind 24 Points each from Ron Harper and Mark Aguirre. Harper had 14 Points in the third Quarter keying a surge that turned a 54-46 halftime Lead into a 21-Point bulge at the end of three periods. Hawks 108. Celtics 103 Atlanta set a team record with its seventh straight Road Victory and 16th Triumph in 17 games Overall As Kevin Willis scored a season High 32 Points. Stacey Augmon had 19 Points for Atlanta whose previous franchise record for consecutive Road victories was six in 1968-69. Heat 98,76ers 90. Miami won for the first Lime at Philadelphia As Glen Rice scored 25 Points. Clarence Weatherspoon and Dana Barros had 17 Points each for the mixers who won the first 11 meetings Between the teams at the spectrum Steve Smith added 19 Points for the heat Richter by the associated press Miami a goaltender Mike Richter a club record 20-game unbeaten Streak came to an end wednesday night As the new York rangers lost 32 to the Florida panthers. Scott Mellanby had an assist and scored the decisive goal to lift the Pari thurs ending Richter a unbeaten Streak of 17-0-3. Former Ranger John Van Biesbrouck outplayed Richter making 33 saves Richter Only faced 20 shots while allowing the three goals in other games wednesday whalers 6, devils 3 Hartford Conn. A Pat Verbeek scored twice and had an assist and backup goaltender Frank Pietrangelo was impressive in goal As Hart Ford beat new Jersey. Sharks 2, Leafs 2 Toronto Todd i Ike a two goals and arturs in Bce a 27 saves helped san Jose to the Sharks first Point in Maple Leaf gardens. Elik who had Only scored twice previously this season and irbe were instrumental in helping san Jose break a six game losing Streak. San Jose had been a loser in All three of its previous games in Toronto since joining the league. Isles 5. Cant Fons 3 Montreal new York scored four times in the first period and stretched its unbeaten string to six games. Steve Thomas Benoit Hogue Brad Dalgarno and Patrick Flatley scored on new Yorkus first seven shots of the game. Turnaround tech seeks respect against sooner Elpaso Texas apr defensive end Shawn Jackson does no to begrudge the spotlight that has been shining on his Texas tech teammates like Byron Quot bams Morris or Lloyd Hill. With the numbers Morris Hill and the rest of the Texas tech offence have generated this season said Jackson they deserve it. Still he says it would be Nice if the defense weren t perpetually left in the dark. "1 still done to feel that we gel the respect we deserve a Jackson said. Quot these last five games 1 think we be played Jackson was referring to the five game winning Streak that gave the red raiders a 6-5 record and an Opportunity to face no. 19 Oklahoma 8-3 in today a John Hancock bowl. Many feel that at least some of the credit for that has to go to a red Raider defense that finally jelled around the time the victories started coming. Yet the memory of the five game losing Streak that preceded those victories Page 30 for More College football Quot toward the beginning of the year we Felt we were getting kind of a bad rap. Everybody was pointing the Finger at us because we were losing a said cornerback cat Adams. There was also the fact the team fielded five Sophomore starters on defense a four linebackers and a cornerback a leading to More inexperience problems. During their five loses the red raiders defensive unit gave up 484 Yards per game. They Cut that to 343 Yards Over the last five games. Their most obvious turnaround came in takeaways. The defense went through techs first four games without an interception. At the end of the season however Texas tech ranked ninth nationally along with notre Dame in takeaways with j4 interceptions and 16 Fumble recoveries. A Bluit s a statistic Oklahoma offensive coordinator Watson Brown has kept a wary Eye on. Quot their defense has turned it around and started winning games on their Side of the Ball a Brown said Quot we better be careful to Lake care of the Brown s reservations aside however the red raiders defense still considered one of the biggest question Marks for tech going into the Hancock bowl where the red raiders will be tested by Oklahoma a Star quarterback Cale Gundy ,. I he first and Only other time the sooner Sand red raiders met Gundy set school records for consecutive completions 12 and passing Yards 341 As Oklahoma won 34-9. Hopefully a said tech coach Spike Dykes Quot it wont be those numbers again.�?�. About 00 be if Adams and Crew have anything to say to to a big aggressive quarterback of the kind that takes hits a Adams said. Quot we re going to try to hit a
