European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 31, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                V Page 38 the stars and stripes sports monday january 31,1994 a kicks Embarrass supersonics Aba by the associated press Seattle the new York kicks have some news for the Seattle supersonics they too Are eager to finish the season with the Aba s Best record. The sonics have the Best record now but one of our goals is to finish with the Best record at the end of the season the kicks Greg Anthony said after new York beat Seattle 106-92 saturday night. You have More incentive when you re facing d potential playoff opponent on their Home court he said. The sonics Don t really have a legitimate Center and the kicks do. It could be Seattle s fatal flaw. Patrick Ewing new York s 7-Footcenter, scored 21 Points and had 18 re Bounds. Somes Center Sam Perkins 6-91/i and More of a Power Forward had one rewound. New York outre bounded the sonics 43-34. With Ewing blocking the Middle new York s defense shut Down Seattle in the second half particularly in the third Quarter and outscored the sonics 55-34 in the final 24 minutes after trailing 58-51 at halftime. Seattle s Shawn Kemp voted a Western conference ail Star starter this week was limited to a single Point in the final three quarters. We got snowballed by a team that wanted to win a basketball game a lot More than we did sonics coach George Karl said. I think our attitude in the third Quarter was just  Gary Payton topped the sonics with 19 Points while Kemp finished with 11. Anthony Mason came off Thek Nicks Bench to deliver 17 Points and nine rebounds. Despite the loss Karl clinched the Western Confer ence All Star coaching berth when Houston lost at Home to Indiana. Seattle is 31-9 and Houston 31-10, with the cutoff Date sunday. In other saturday games heat 113, Cavaliers 98 Richfield Ohio Glen Rice scored 28 Points and Miami had a 54-25 rebounding advantage Over Cleveland giving the heat its first win Ever at Richfield coliseum. The heat won for the fourth time in five games since ending a seven game losing Streak. Brad Daugherty who scored 16 Points for Cleveland moved past Austin Carr to become the Cavaliers Ca reer leading scorer with 10,271 Points. Steve Smith scored 18 Points and Rony Seikaly had 15 Points and 15 rebounds for Miami. John Battle led the cars with 20 Points. Magic 103, bullets 99 land Oyer my. Anfernee Hardaway scored 21 of his 24 Points in the second half including four clutch free throws in the final 29 seconds for Orlando. Shaquille o Neal scored 27 Points and Nick Ander son 20 for the magic who never led until an 11-0 fourth Quarter run put them ahead for Good. Tom Gugliotta had 26 Points and 10 rebounds while Rookie Calbert Cheaney scored a career High 26 Points for Washington. 76ers94, Bucks 89 Philadelphia Dana Barros tied his career High with 28 Points and sparked a fourth Quarter comeback for Philadelphia against Milwaukee. Barros who had 11 Points in the fourth period also had a career High 13 rebounds and made five of seven 3-Pointcrs. Eric Murdock had 23 Points and 10 assists to Lead the Bucks. Mavericks 108, Kings 101 Dallas Dallas halted its Aba record Streak of Home court futility at 19 games As Jim Jackson scored 24 Points against Sacramento. The  snapped a 16-game Overall los sex celtic Kevin Mihalc laughs while being roasted during a ceremony at Brandeis University saturday. Mchale takes his final shots Waltham mass. A Kevin Mchale said an emotional Farewell to the Boston celtics at attribute dinner saturday at Brandeis University. I feel proud of what i contributed to the game but i went As far As i could go before retiring Mchale said. That retirement came at the end of the 1992-93 season but the decision becomes official sunday when Mchale s no. 32 is retired sunday at halftime of the Phoenix celtics game at Boston Garden. Last year t hit Rock Bottom. I can t Tell you How hard i worked just to contribute a Little something. If it had t been for Dave Gavitt celtics senior executive vice president i Don t know How i d have made it through the season. He gave me a shoulder to cry on and strength to keep  Mchale says that the Aba has changed since his heyday. Now it s an mtg league. The Guy with the Best sneaker wins. I think the people who run it would be Happy if they had a slam Dunk con test a 3-Point shooting contest and had the play ers sign  the game came easy Mchale says when he was Young and in shape. I had basketball instincts. I knew How to play defense instinctively. But i worked at being a great Low Post  of the celtics rivalries with Philadelphia for the Eastern conference championship and the los Angeles lakers for the Aba titles Mchale says i was always pumped for those  now Mchale says the game and its intensity is different. I see Guys kiss before the playoff games it would be a cold Day before i kissed someone i was to compete  ing Streak also avoided the . Pro record for consecutive Home losses. The 1953 St. Louis Browns dropped 20 consecutive american league Home games. The Kings who lost their seventh straight game were led by Mitch Richmond s 34 Points. Randy White had 17 Points and 14 rebounds for Dallas. Pacers 11.9, rockets 108 Houston Reggie Miller scored 21 Points and Indiana shot 61 percent from the Field to win at hous ton for the first time since 1979. Miller was 9-for-13 from the Field and Center Rik Smits added 19 Points on 8-for-9 shooting As the pacers snapped a 16-game losing Streak at the Summit. Hakeem Olajuwon led Houston with 27 Points and "12 rebounds. Spurs 100, Hawks 87 san Antonio David Robinson scored 35 Points and Dale Ellis had a season High 28 As san an Tonio  Atlanta for its 500th Home Victory since joining the Aba 17 years ago. Robinson also had 12 rebounds and six assists As the spurs ended the Hawks four game winning Streak. Atlanta was led by Kevin Willis with 24 Points. But do Minique Wilkins and cookie Blaylock were a combined 7-for-22 from the Field. Neither played in the fourth period finishing with 10 Points apiece. Nuggets 128, pistons 110 Denver a Brian Williams scored seven straight Denver Points during a 21-3 flurry late in the third Quarter and Early in the fourth against Detroit. Bryant Stith scored 23 Points to Pace seven Denver players in double figures As the nuggets recorded a season High Point total. Reggie Williams had 20 Points. Detroit suffering its fifth straight loss and 19th in 20 games was led by Joe Dumars with 31 Points. Clippers 103, Timber wolves 93 los Angeles Ron Harper scored 30 Points As los Angeles returned to its Home court for the first time in three weeks and beat Minnesota. The sports Arena hosted its first Aba game since Jan. 8, nine Days before an earthquake caused structural damage. Doug West scored a season High 30 Points for the Tim be wolves. Nets 120, warriors 106 Oakland Calif. Kenny Anderson scored 24 Points and . Brown had 17 rebounds to Lead new Jersey s 60-36 domination of the boards. The nets ended Golden state s six game Home winning Streak As Derrick Coleman added 19 Points and 12 re Bounds. The warriors were led by Latrell Sprewell with 26 Points and Chris Webber with 21. . Deadlocks Russia on Lolas late header Seattle a Alexi Lalas scored on a header in the 85th minute to give the United states a 1-1 tie with Russia in an exhibition soccer game saturday night. The americans were nearly out of chances when Claudio Reyna faked a shot off a free kick from 30 Yards and passed to Mike Lapper who booted the Ball across the goal to fullback Lalas the fullback. Lalas leaned above a defender and headed the Ball Between the left goalpost and russian goalkeeper Zaour Shapov. The exhibition a  Cor the world cup this summer was played on artificial turf at the kingdom the fourth indoor match for the  team. The americans Are 1-1-1 in exhibition games during 1994. The exhibition was the first of the year for the russians. Dmitri Radchenko broke a scoreless tie in the 52nd minute. Oleg Salenko kicked a Long pass from Roidfield that the streaking Radchenko chipped Over on Rushing goalie Tony Meola from 25 Yards. The americans controlled play for most of the game out shooting the rus sians 18-4. The russians were More aggressive on defense and were called for 22 fouls to eight for the United states. Three russian players were issued yellow cards for hard tackles. Defensively the americans employed an offsides trap for most of the game catching the russians offsides nine  . Was offsides once. When the russians did break free for shots they were very dangerous. Meola came off the goal line to Stop one on one opportunities by Igor Korneev and Alex Ander Broduk in the first half. The americans started aggressively and had four Good scoring opportunities before halftime two each by midfielder Chris Henderson and Forward Joe Max Moore. In the 21st minute Gobi Jones set Hen Derson up for a wide open Chance from 12 Yards out but Henderson s shot was four Yards wide. Henderson also blasted an open shot from 20 Yards but Shapov listed the Ball Over the crossbar. Moore s free kick from thirty Yards in the 28th minute sailed two of Craft left of the goal. Shapov had six saves to Meola s one. The americans Are 1-2-2 against rus Sian teams since the breakup of the for Mer soviet Union including two games with the Commonwealth of Independent states team. The . Plays Denmark and the win Ner of a Romania Hong Kong match in a four team exhibition tournament in Hong Kong in the second week of february. The russians play Mexico in an exhibition game wednesday in Oakland Calif