European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 15, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 38 the stars and stripes sports tuesday february 15,1994 Western All Star Karl Malone 32, left photo applies pressure to Scottie Pippen. At right Shaquille o Neal of the East team has the Ball batted away by Hakeem Olaf a 2 Uwon. Pip pen takes charge Sparks East to Victory by Bill Barnard Minneapolis a Scottie Pip pen in the Shadow of Michael Jordan s spotlight for the first six years of his Ca reer knew it was time to grab it himself in the Aba All Star game. Having Michael on our club really overshadowed Guys like Horace Grant,. Armstrong and myself pippin said sunday after leading the East to a 127-118 Victory. It was time for us to step up As All stars a Little More. I had my mind set to play much better than i played i past All Star Pippen making his fourth All Star appearance but his first since his superstar teammate on the Chicago bulls retired last october scored 29 Points on 9-for-15 shooting and grabbed 11 rebounds to win map honors. I tried to assert myself a Little More Pippen said. My skills Are Able to put me up among the elite players. I Don think i needed to go out today and prove anything to Pippen wearing fire engine red shoes had averaged 9.3 Points in his first three All Star games. Despite his 29 Points he Only scored two in the fourth Quarter but they were big a Baseline jumper with 2 10 left after the West pulled within two Points. It was the shoes Pippen joked about his performance. Everybody was looking at my feet too much. I was shooting Welland i just continued to let my shot the East took its largest Lead 103-90, Aba All Star game in the first minutes of the fourth Quarter but the West rallied with a 17-5 run Clos ing to .108-107 with 7 17 left. Gary pay ton s six Points and David Robinson s five keyed the comeback. But the East regained control As Newyork teammates Patrick Ewing and John Starks combined to score the next nine East Points for a 117-110 Lead. The run of Points by regular season teammates continued a pattern that the East followed the entire game. A Basket by Clifford Robinson and a 3-e Ointer by John Stockton made it 117-115 before Pippen after missing two free throws connected on his Baseline shot. I think of him like Lawrence Taylor the Way he came into the nil Stockton said of Pippen. He s a new wave. The things he can do he just changes the game by David Robinson and Hakeem Olajuwon shared scoring honors with 19 Points each for the West which trails the All Star series 28-16. Ewing scored 12 of his 20 Points in the fourth Quarter and Mark Price also had 20 for the East which had 10 3-pointers to one for the West. Pippen was 5 for 9from that Range. He was in a zone West coach George Karl said. It s difficult when you re substituting a great Deal to keep the same Guy on Shaquille o Neal the Aba s leading Eastern All Star Derrick Coleman of the nets takes a break during first half sunday. Scorer this season had a miserable Day for the East missing 10 of 12 shots and seven of 11 free throws to finish with eight Points. But he managed 10 re Bounds. They were quadruple teaming me triple teaming me o Neal said. I thought somebody was going to play me straight up but it did t happen. It Means somebody respects me if they had to put four Guys on the West Down by 12 in the first half and by eight at halftime rallied in the third Quarter closing within four. In the first half East coach Lenny Wil kens made Good use of players who reused to being on the court together. The West led 25-23 late in the first period before Price three kicks and two Atlanta Hawks scored All but two of the East s Points in a 36-22 burst that made it 59-47 with 4 59 left in the second Quarter. Vilkins scored 10 Points Price nine cookie Blaylock five and Ewing Starks and Charles Oakley combined for 10 More in the run that gave the East it largest Lead of the first half. Pippen Grant and Armstrong then combined for the East s next 10 Point for a 72-64 halftime Lead
