European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 22, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                S h a q attack o Neal grabs scoring with season High 52 Points by the associated pres show High will Shaquille o Neal and David Robinson go in their Battle for then a scoring title o Neal trailing Robinson by 0.3 Points took 31 shots and scored an no season High 53 Points wednesday night leading Orlando to a 121-101 Victory Over Minnesota. His career Highland franchise re Cord performance moved o Neal into first place with a2934 average just .07 ahead of Robin son with two game left for both play ers. The close facedown the stretch is o Neal reminiscent of 1978, when Denver Sdavid Thompson and George Gervin of Aba being the leading scorer was t one of my goals coming in said o Neal who did t play the last 9 13 of the  shot s been falling if i get it Good. If not i  Neal made 22 of 31 shots nine of 13 free throws and had 18  rider led Minnesota which has lost eight consecutive games with 28points. Chuck person had 17, while Christian laettner missed his first nine shots from the Field and finished with six Points on 2-for-13  s getting better in terms of moves laettner said of o Neal. He shitting jump Hooks and he s hitting turn around jumpers now. He s getting a  the magic got 17 Points from o Nealand finished the first Quarter with an 11-0 run to take a 38-20 Lead. O Neal scored17 More Points in the second period As san Antonio went Down to the final Day to do maintained a 63-45 advantage at april 9 halftone. Thompson trailing Gervin scored 73 in other 8ames wednesday Points the highest in Aba history by a hornets 117, bullets 111 player other than Wilt Chamberlain. But Charlotte rallied from eight Points be Gervin playing a later game and knowing Hind in the final four minutes to hold on exactly now Many Points he needed re to its slim playoff Hopes sponged with 63 to win the scoring title the hornets still Trail Miami by i 27.22 to Thompson s 27.15. Games in the race for the final Eastern falling Leaf Ken Mcrae right of the Toronto Maple Leafs is headed for the ice after getting Ham mered by a Check from Chicago s Jeremy Roenick. The Leafs beat the Blackhawk 1-0 in overtime. See Page 29 for details on wednesday s playoff games. By iia a a it Reg vn.i-im�? i is  f3cic,11 0 ii o 0 1 1 conference playoff spot. A Charlotte Lossin its last three games or a Victory by the heat in the last two will give the spot to  mourning led the hornets with 25 Points and 12 rebounds. Supersonics 112, lakers 90 Seattle swept the season series fro los Angeles for the first time in 27 years behind Shawn Kemp s 23 Points an Ricky Pierce s 22. The sonics who have clinched Home court throughout the playoffs with a 61 19 Mark went 5-0 against los Angeles this season and have won 15 of 17  also set a club record with its 25th Road Victory. Nuggets 100, clippers 85 Rodney Rogers scored 12 of his 15points in the first 7 09 of the fourth Quarter and Denver outscored los angeles34-9 in the period. Pacers 109, Cavaliers 98 Indiana with Reggie Miller scoring 29points, moved into a tie with Cleveland for fifth place in the Eastern conference. Bucks 103, pistons 78 Lee Mayberry scored a career High 19points As Milwaukee snapped a nine game losing Streak and handed visiting Detroit its Lith consecutive defeat. The stars and stripes ports april 22,1994 Page 32 to puts title on Toni Las vegas a Champion evander Holyfield and challenger Michael Moorer each weighed 214 pounds wednesday for their heavyweight championship fight Friday night. Holyfield 30-1 with 22 knockouts i defending the if and Aba titles he re gained in a decision Over Riddick Bowe lastnov.6, Moorer 34-0 with 30 knockouts hashed both the who Light heavyweight and heavyweight titles. He is 12-0 wit height knockouts since beginning to Campaign As a heavyweight in 199l two other championship bouts Are on the Holyfield Moorer under card. Junior Jones will defend the Aba Bantam weight title against Michael Johnson and John Molina of puerto Rico will defend the if lightweight title against Gregorio Goyo Vargas of Mexico. Sox Stock up Clemens hurls 2 As Boston shuts out Oakland Byseda Thorgan the Hartford courant Boston his fortunes Are Fol Owedas closely As the Economy. One bad sign one sour indicator and Boston red so fans want to know what s wrong with Roger Clemens and what the global implications might be. Well imagine what the folks at the nikkei Stock Exchange in Tokyo thought when the Boston red sox s 2-0 Victory Over the Oakland athletics wednes Day night Flash Dover the ticker at the Start of trading thursday morning in Japan. Clemens was his old dominant self wednesday hold ing the athletics Toto hits and strik ing out 10 for his Clemens 36th shutout. It was his first shutout since May 11 in Baltimore and his first Fenway Park shutout since aug. 18, 1992, against the California Angels. Perhaps More important it was his Sec Ond consecutive Strong Start. Clemens 2 0, 4.23 Era allowed Only one runner Asfar As second. I needed to smell the finish line and manager Butch Hobson allowed me to do that he said. My Reward was if Idin t let anybody on in the ninth i could see Page 31 for other Al no games stay in the  he opened the ninth by getting Stan Javier to look at a called third strike. If the Lead off Guy had gotten on in the ninth i was out of there Clemens said. He then got Ruben Sierra to Bounce to Short. That brought designated hitter Troy Neel to the plate and Clemens ended the game by striking him out. It was the 55th time in his career he has struck out at least 10. He had great stuff and was really hit Ting his spots a s coach Jim Lefebvre said. I really thought he was on top of his game. Of course he got a lot of Callshim Way  that assessment also has to be applied to Oakland Rookie Steve Karsay 22, aright hander who battled Clemens pitch for pitch the first six innings. What ayoung Pitcher he is Hobson said. With his velocity and the Way he pitches in handout he s going to win a lot of  Karsay 1-1, 1.17 struck out eight Asboth pitchers took advantage of Umpire Durwood Merrill s wide strike zone. Still there was no diluting Clemens  was better than he been in a Long time Nemesis Rickey Henderson said. Clemens went into the game 5-10 in his career against the athletics and surely wanted to Start turning that around., 0"2a6850"000504