European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 6, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Shoves fire up Hawks As Knicl win Streak end by de Shearer Atlanta apr a third Quarter shoving match lit a fire under the Atlanta Hawks who surged to a 19-Point Lead then withstood a torrid comeback to beat new York 114-102 Friday night snapping the a Nicks six game winning Streak. A i think we made some kind of statement a Atlanta a Craig Ehlo said. A i just liked the Way we held our composure after that was in the Center of the confrontation that began with 8 33 left in the third Quarter when John Starks was called for an offensive foul an Elbow to the jaw that knocked Down Ehlo. Starks and Ehlo then got into a shoving match As did Kevin Willis and Patrick Ewing with All four players drawing technical. There were no punches thrown. A i told them we were going to have to play with poise from there on out a Hawk coach Lenny Wilkens said adding he told his team to forget the altercation. Dominique Wilkins scored 34 Points and Willis added 25 Points and 14 rebounds to Lead the Hawks. Atlanta a seventh Victory in eight games put the Hawks 32-11 one half game ahead of the kicks 32-12 for the Best record in the Eastern conference. Patrick Ewing led the kicks with 35 Points and<�j6 rebounds. He had 10 Points and Anthony Mason had seven during a 20-6 run As the kicks Cut a 19-Point deficit to 98-93. A 3-Pointer by Craig Ehlo then ignited a 10-2 Atlanta run that included a 3-Pointer and tip in by cookie Blaylock in the final minute that wrapped up the Vic the stars and strip sports february 6,1994 Page 36other Aba games on Page 33 tory. A it was a very physical game and there was a lot of pushing a Starks said. A it just escalated into a mini Brawl. Our game is being physical so it tends to get a Little caucus after the Brief confrontation the Hawks went on a 24-12 run 10 of those by Willis to take an 84-67 Lead with 26 seconds left in the third Quarter. Atlanta a biggest Lead 92-73, came on a pair of free throws by Ennis Whatley with 10 24 to play. Ewing and Mason then keyed new Yorkus rally. Starks added 20 Points for the kicks. Blaylock finished with 22 Points and 13 assists for the Hawks who have won three in a Row and 31 of their last 38.to the occasions amps Michael Abroms Mannheim a Pedro Vargas 10 soars for a Layup saturday in Mannheim As Numberg a Quentin Walsh 44 and Brandon Loveridge apply the pressure defense Nurnberg won 43-41. See pages 34-35 for details on Friday and saturdays High school Battles. Little at stake but plenty of motivation in pro bowl nil Spiker Oiler lineman Ray Childress spikes a volleyball past a ducking Deion Sanders of the Falcons in the nil pro bowl Beach Challenge in Honolulu on Friday. The acc won the contest which also included a Canoe race obstacle course 40-Yard relay and tug of War. By Ken Peters Honolulu apr As the nil closes shop for the season the acc plays a game it sometimes wins. While acc teams Are 0-10 Over the last decade in super bowls the american conference All stars have won two of the last four pro bowls. That includes a 23-20 Victory last year in the Lone overtime game since the series began in its present format Back in 1971. 1 the acc still trails 13-10, however. Marty sch Ottenheimer and his Kansas City chiefs staff coach the acc George Seifert and his san Francisco 49ers�?Tassistants Lead the pfc. Sch Ottenheimer is 2-0 in previous trips to the game winning in 1987 and 1988, when he was coach of the Cleveland Browns. Seifert is 0-2. Sch Ottenheimer said being 2-0in the pro bowl is Good and bad because the coaching staffs at the game Are the ones whose teams lost in the conference championships a leaving them a Victory Short of the super bowl. A if you can to be in the super bowl this is the Best place to be he said. R sch Ottenheimer Safe squad has an impressive offence including quarterbacks John Elway of Denver and Warren Moon of Houston and running backs Thurman Thomas of Buffalo and Marcus Allen of Kansas City. The starting wide receivers Are Anthony Miller of rlie0 a. Brown of the los Angeles raiders with Denver s Shannon Sharpe the tight end. Defensively the acc features linemen Cortez Kennedy of Seattle and Ray Childress of Houston plus linebackers Junior seau of san Diego and Derrick Thomas of Kansas City.2 . Get monday on an to and radio the pfc offence also is explosive with Steve Young of san Francisco the starting quarterback Rookie Jerome be11is of the los Angeles rams among the run not no backs plus receivers Jerry Rice of the 49ers and Michael Irvin of the cowboys. The National conference defense has Reggie White of Green Bay at one end and Richard Dent of Chicago at the other and also includes new Orleans linebackers Rickey Jackson and Renaldo Turnbull and cornerback Deion Sanders of Atlanta. Some of the a Fly a big names Are absent. Among those voted onto the pro bowl squads but missing because of injuries Are quarterbacks Troy Aikman of Dallas Joe Montana of Kansas City and Phil Simms of the new York giants running backs Emmitt Smith of Dallas and Barry Sanders of Detroit and wide receivers Andre Reed of Buffalo and Sterling Sharpe of Green Bay. Defensive end Bruce Smith of the Bills also is among 15 players who bowed out of the game because of injuries. Although there a Little at stake in the pro bowl the coaches done to think the players will Lack motivation. I think some of the most competitive games have been played Here a Seifert said. A these players Are the Cream oth r a re a an play their Best against each sch Ottenheimer agreed. A i think the thing with All professional athletes is they absolutely love to compete he said. When the game begins it does no to matter who they re playing against or what they re playing for they just want to compete the Best they jams to it
