European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 24, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 30 the stars and stripes sports monday. January 24.1994. East wins 102-shot nil classic by Ken Rappoport new York a a new York islander stole some of the Thunder from the Host new York rangers and led the East Ern conference to 9-8 Victory in the nil All Star game. Pierre Turgeon booed by the avid pro Ranger crowd at mad Ison Square Garden during pre game ceremonies saturday turned the jeers to cheers with four assists including one on the game Winner with 3 52 left As the Eastern conference came Back from a 7-5 deficit to beat the Western conference. It was the first time the East led in the game which produced a record 102 shots. The East trailed by one goal eight times and by two on three occasions. It was a Good game com pared to last year Turgeon said remembering the 16-6 Wales conference Victory in 1993 that was seen As an embarrassment to both the Campbell conference and the league. Alexei Yashin got the game Winner his second goal of the game As the East formerly the Wales conference won the All Star game for the 13th time in the last 18 meetings. The rangers weren t completely overshadowed As goal tender Mike Richter won the most valuable player award for making 19 saves during a record second period in which the teams combined for 39 shots. Mike Richter played great in the second period said Cal Gary s Al Mclnnis. If not for him it would have been a bigger it s overwhelming said Richter who was awarded a pickup truck. You Only play 20 minutes As a goaltender. There were a lot of great saves by other goalies Florida s Bob Kudelski also Pierre Turgeon. 4 assists had two goals for the East. Sandis Ozolinsh of san Jose and Brendan Shanahan each scored two for the West. St. Louis goaltender Curtis Joseph gave up the winning goal. It was pretty Tough Tosee he said. I did t move fast the game was the third High est scoring in All Star history trailing Only last year s game in Montreal 22 goals and the1990 game in Pittsburgh 19. There was some intensity today Mclnnis said. Actually a couple of body checks. People talk about the Lack of defense in the All Star Gam but when Guys come in on you for that Long who Are that fast there s not much you can Chicago s. Jeremy Roenick Detroit s Sergei Fedorov an Paul Coffey and Toronto s Dave Andreychuk had the other goals for the Western conference. Other scorers for the Eastern conference were Philadelphia s Eric Lindros Scott Stevens of new Jersey Mark Messier of the new York rangers Pitts Burgh s Joe Mullen and que Bec s Joe Sakic the 39 shots on goal in the second period and the 102 shots weren t the Only records Angeles Wayne Gretzky with two assists for the West tied Gordie Howe s All time Mark of 19 Points in All Star Competition. Boston s Ray Bourque extended his All Star assists record to 11 in 13 games. Turgeon s four Points on sat urday gave him 11 in just three All Star games. Richter gave up two goals but was otherwise Brilliant in the second period when he made five stops on Vancouver s Pavel Bure including two on breakaways. The last goaltender to win the All Star map award was Grant Fuhr with the Campbell Confer ence in 1986. Curry supplies sting As hornets top Bucks Aba by the associated press Charlotte , Dell Curry awakened Charlotte s sleepy offence in the fourth Quarter arid finished with 21 Points leading the hornets to a 91-80 Victory Over the Milwaukee Bucks on sat urday night. The hornets rebounded from Friday night s loss at Milwaukee despite losing Alonzo mourning on an ejection and having Larry John son on the Bench with a lower Bac sprain. Charlotte also got the Victory de spite 43 percent shooting. Vin Baker s 19 Points led the Bucks. In other saturday games bullets 98, pistons 93 Baltimore. Don Maclean scored 31 Points and hit the go ahead Basket in the fourth Quarter As washing ton handed Detroit its 15th loss in 16 games. Maclean s 12-foot Baseline jumper with 8 28 left in the game broke a 77-77 tic giving the bullets the Lead for Good. Tom Gugliotta had 21 Points and 11 re Bounds for Washington. Michael Adams scored 23 Points for the bullets. Joe do Mars led the pistons with 25 Points. Nets 124, warriors 98 East Rutherford . Kenny Anderson had 20 Points 10 rebounds and 10 assists for his third triple double of the season and led an 82-Point second half that carried new Jersey to its sea son High fifth straight Victory. Armon Gilliam added 23 Points As the nets ended an 11-year, 10-game Home court losing Streak to the warriors and handed Golden state its worst loss of the season. Chris Webber had 23 for Golden state whose previous worst loss was a 17 Point setback against Philadelphia. Magic 121,76ers 112 Philadelphia a Shaquille o Neal was 15-of-16 from the Field mostly on dunks and scored 33 Points to Lead Orlando Over Philadelphia. It was Orlando s third straight Victory. O Neal the league s leading scorer at 28.8 Points per game is averaging 33 Over his last six games. Nick Anderson added 24 Points and 14 rebounds for the magic had 22 Points and an Furnee Hardaway 20. Rookie Shawn Bradley had a season High 24 Points for Philadelphia which lost its fourth straight. Bulls 90, pacers 81 Indianapolis Scottie Pippen scored 22 Points including a key Baske with 47 seconds to play As Chicago beat Indiana for the second time in As Many nights. Chicago won its sixth straight game and ninth in a Row against Indiana. Reggie Miller led Indiana with 17points and became the first pacer to score 10,000 in the Aba. Hawks 98, Timber wolves 81 Minneapolis Kevin Willis scored a season High 34 Points and compensated for teammate Dominique Wil Kins 3-for-18 shooting to Lead Atlanta Over Minnesota. Wilkins finished with eight Points 17 under his average. Willis made 15 of 21shots and grabbed 12 rebounds. Stacey Augmon added 23 Points. Isaiah rider scored 25 Points and Christian laettner 23 for the wolves who played without Micheal Williams sprained ankle and Chuck person foot infection. Rockets 106, jazz 101 Houston Hakeem Olajuwon scored 25 of his 40 Points in the second half and made a key steal with 15 second left As Houston snapped a four game los ing Streak. With Houston leading 100-98 with 15 seconds left Jeff Malone rebounded Houston miss but Olajuwon slapped the Ball to teammate Mario Elie. Kenny Smith had 19 Points and Otis Thorpe had 12 Points and 11 rebound for Houston. Karl Malone led Utah with 27 Points and John Stockton had 25, spurs 103, Mavericks 83 san Antonio Dennis Rodma grabbed a team record 32 rebounds two Short of his career High As san Antoni handed Dallas its 13th straight loss. Rodman who left the game for More than five minutes in the third period with a bloody nose surpassed his own team rebounding record of 29, set against Minnesota last nov. 29. Magic s Shaquille o Neal hits a slam despite head pressure from 76ers� Shawn Brad icy As Philadelphia s Jeff Hornacek watches in saturday s 121-112 Orlando Victory. Nuggets 98, sonics 91 Denver Bryant Stith score seven of his 14 Points in the final seven minutes and sparked an 8-0 run that car ried Denver past Seattle. Denver which Defeated Houston on thursday and now has beaten the Aba s top two teams in consecutive games got22 Points from Mahmoud Abdul Rauf 18 from Dike be Mutombo and 17 fro Laphonso Ellis. Suns 118, Trail blazers 117 Phoenix Cedric Ceballo matched his career High with 40 Points and made two free throws with 6.7 seconds remaining to Lead Phoenix past Portland. The Trail blazers who had their five game winning Streak snapped had two chances to win in the closing Strickland missed a 15-footer, but 11 Victory. Phoenix knocked the Ball out of bound with seven tenths of a second remaining. Clifford Robinson then missed a 12-foot-er As time expired. The suns were without Charles bark Ley Kevin Johnson Danny Ainge and Duane Cooper All injured. Robinson led Portland with 34 Points Clyde Drexler scored 22 and Strickland 20. Cavaliers 119, Kings 109, of Sacramento Calif. Brad Daug Herty scored 17 of his 27 Points after half time and Cleveland outscored Sacra mento 17-7 in overtime. Mark Price and Larry Nance added 22points for the Cavaliers. The Kings losers of four straight were led by Spud Webb and Lionel Simmons with 22 Points each. Mitch Richmond scored 12 Points half his average on 3-for-21 shooting. 1
