European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 26, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                My i i my Robinson hits 71 spurs Ace takes scoring title on Crof Day of regu a season by the associated press David Robinson played the Davi Thompson role to the Hilt sunday. Sha Quille o Neal came up Short when retried to play the George Gervin role Robinson in a performance reminiscent of the last Day of the 197778 Aba season scored 71 Points and won the Aba scoring title As the san Antonio spurs ended the reason with a 112-97 Victory Over the Losangeles clippers. Only three other Aba players have scored More than 70 in one " Aba when Thompson scored 73 on april 9,1978 the last Day of that season he did t win the scoring title because Ger Vin came Back with 63 in a night game five More than Gervin needed to capture the scoring Crown. Ironically it was Ger Vin s 63 Points that Robinson surpassed for the team single game record. Vit was unbelievable Robinson  team has been behind me the whole see Page 26 for boxes final standings year. They always push me to do a lot of individual things. As a Leader i just try to win games but tonight they really wanted me to shoot it when the game started they were looking for me almost Ever time Down the  the clippers committed 28 fouls Mostof them against Robinson in s Angeles double and sometimes triple teamed Robinson in an attempt to slow him Down. Robinson s teammates helped him out by continually feeding him the Ball and late in the game fouling los an Geles players to give the spurs Possession. Robinson finished the season with2,383 Points in 80 games giving him an average of 29.787.o Neal who led Robinson by an aver age of .06 going into the game needed 68against new Jersey to win the scoring title at 29.790. He had 32 to finish at 29.346. Robinson scored the spurs first 18points and had that total after one period. He scored just six Points in the Sec Ond Quarter but came Back with 19 in the third period and 28 in the fourth. He was 26-for-41 from the Field including one of two 3-pointers, and made 18 of 25 free throws. " " v o Neal could Only shake his head when teammates told him late in the first half what Robinson had done. When o Neal got the news he had Only 16, an two forced shots to end the half did t the stars and stripes ports april 26,1994 Page 32 with the 16 Aba playoff yearns deter mined by thursday the final Day served Only to Complete the first round pairings. Cleveland s 117-91 Victory Over Bosto clinched fifth place in the Eastern con Ference forthe Cavaliers. That Means when the playoffs Star thursday n ight it will be no. 8 Miami at no. 1 Atlanta and no. 5 Indiana at no. 4orlando in the East and no. 8 Denver at no. 1 Seattle arid no 5 Utah at no. 4 san Antonio in the West. On Friday no. 7 new Jersey is at no.2 new York and no. 6 Cleveland at no. 3 Chicago in the East and no. 7 Portland at no. 2 Houston and no. 6 Golden state at no. 3 Phoenix in the West. The strangest occurrence on the final Day of the regular season came at hous ton where single season free throw percentage record Holder Calvin Murphy successfully hexed record  Abdul Rauf Abdul Rauf missed just his 10th free throw in 229 attempts this season to Fin ish at 956 percent just behind Murphy s95.8percent. During a timeout after Abdul Rau was fouled Murphy a Spectator sitting on the Houston Bench called for the bal from the referee held it a moment then tossed it Back. Abdul Rauf missed the second of two attempts. If he had made it the record was his. D n Sive i in e m e n by Bill Knight Seattle Post intelligencer Seattle professional football dance of the elephants with Ohio state s Dan Wilkinson in the Lead role was the feature attraction of the National football league College draft , the big daddy tackle who stands 6-foot-4 and weighs 305 pounds and seven other defensive linemen 01 nil draft similar stature if not like skills in the Artof hammering running backs and sacking quarterbacks were picked in the first round  ,. A rated in the same class As recent superstars Cortez Kennedy and Steve emt Man Wilkinson was taken with the firs Choice by the Cincinnati bengals. Even after reports surfaced saturday that Wilkinson s agent Leigh Steinberg had broken off salary talks with the Penu rious bengals Cincinnati quickly ended widespread speculation it might Trade away the no. 1 pick. The Dayton Ohio daily news reported the bengals Nad offered about $7 Mil lion Over four years about $1 million year less than sought by Steinberg who has represented five of the past six no. 1 picks. An nil source said last week the Ber Igals have one of the lowest payrolls somewhat below even the salary Cap minimum of about $30 million most of the trades that had been Swir Ling through the draft Headquarters of the 28 nil teams failed to materialize when commissioner Paul Tagliabue called the nationally televised draft Gath ering to order  in order about As expected Indianapolis used the second pick to Shore up an inept Rushing attack with the addition of Swift explosive running Bac Marshall Faulk of san Diego state. Then the Washington redskins unaccustomed to the Altitude of drafting in Dan big daddy Wilkinson with his Mother Veronda and agent Leigh Steinberg shows off his new bengals Jersey sunday. See Page 29 for team by team picks such a High place filled one of several needs by selecting quarterback Heath Shuler the Tennessee passer whose Strong Arm and mobility Are expected to translate to eventual stardom. Bill Parcells the new England coach general manager unable to negotiate a Trade to acquire the right to draft Wilkin son turned to Southern Cal defensive end Willie Mcginest a linebacker his first two seasons at us with the quickness to Embarrass rival linemen and leave his calling card with opposing quarterbacks. When the first round ended nearly six hours after it began a half dozen More defensive linemen had been picked More than the combined total five of quarterbacks and running backs the san Francisco 49ers, Wheeling an dealing to find Money under the new Sal Ary Cap that limits each team s payroll to$34.6 million this Yea moved up to the no. 7 position and picked off the player the Seattle sea Hawks coveted defensive tackle Bryant Young of notre Dame. That left hulking Sam Adams of Texas a for Seattle in no. 8, boosting the total of defensive linemen to four of the first 10 players picked. In later rounds new Orleans followed the same pattern with the Choice of Joe Johnson Louisville Miami picked Tom Bowens Mississippi Dallas traded up Roget Shante Carver Arizona state and Houston selected Henry Ford a prom Ising pass rusher from Arkansas. Even with the second Best quarterback Trent Dilfer of Fresno state available the rams Chuck Knox said no thanks. He traded Down by giving Indi Anapolis no. 5, allowing the Colts to add another Quality defender Nebraska line Backer Trev Alberts. Tampa Bay . Notre Dame and Texas am were the colleges with the most first round players picked three each. Rangers stars Clinch series a i Ai