European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 09, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                I _ dream team ii goes inside to trim Brazil by Bill Barnard Hamilton Ontario a despite virtually nonexistent outside game dream team ii had no problem taking the Ball inside against Brazil on sunday. Shaquille o Neal Alonzo mourning Shawn Kemp and Larry Johnson made 32 of 43 shots in a 105-82 Victory in the final game of the preliminary  the world championship of basketball. Shawn and i form a powerful lineup together said o Neal who ignored a stiff Back to score 27 Points on 12-for-15 shooting including eight dunks. The perimeter Guys really struggled from the Field but the encouraging thing was that our big Guys were getting the rebound and slamming it in said Reggie Miller refer ring to the americans 3-for-12 3-Point shooting. That s Nice to know that our out Side shooting does t have to be  while the americans won again they world basketball were not particularly impressive. Already assured first place in its Pool the United states has a 3-0 record. Brazil 0-3which was assured a Consola Tion bracket berth lost to China in its open ing game and the chinese subsequently lost to the United states by 55. The americans beat Spain by just 15 Points but the spaniards lost to China on sunday. Asked if it was As easy to beat Brazil As China o Neal said no. 1, it was a slow Down game. And no. 2, Brazil was gunning for us. They shot the Ball  the brazilians made 31 of 65 attempts. The United states led by double figures most of the Way. But the inability to hit from outside kept the americans from pulling away As they finished far under their average of 123.5 Points in their first two games. Mourning 7-for-8 and Kemp 7-for-9 had 15 Points apiece and Larry Johnson 6 for-11 12 for the United states. Rolando Ferreira scored 26 Points for Brazil. Next up for the americans is Australia 2-1the runner up in Pool a in the quarterfinal round Robin tuesday night. China advanced along with the United states in Pool a with a 78-76 Victory Over Spain. China 2-1 held Spain 1-2 to two Field goals in a 9 /2-minute stretch late in the second half and then made 6 of 6 free throws in the final minute to Advance to the quarterfinals for the first time in three world championship appearances. Greece 2-1 won Pool d despite losing to puerto Rico 72-64 on sunday. Puerto Rico 2-1 needed to win by five Points and Germany which beat Egypt 78-56, would have moved on if Greece had won or per the stars and stripes ports augusts 1994 Page 32 to Rico won by 14 or More. Greece won the three team tiebreaker and was Pool Champion with puerto Rico second and Germany third and thus eliminated from medal Contention. The round Robin quarterfinals were to begin monday with Croatia 3-0 playing China and Greece facing Canada 2-1. On tuesday Russia 3-0 meets puerto Rico in addition to the . Game. The top two teams from each four team quarterfinal Pool Advance to sat urday s semifinals and the Gold medal game is next sunday. A a k to �7mh is 5.  so so i vol Lisis ifs a i Aerial Farewell to Goodwill games thousands of balloons fill the sky Over kirov stadium in St. Petersburg Russia at closing ceremonies for the Goodwill games sunday before a near sellout crowd of70,000. Russia dominated the 16-Day Competition amassing 171 medals. The . Team finished second inthe medal standings with 119. See Page 29. Baseball sides by Ben Walker new York a baseball players and owners made no Progress during monday s negotiating ses Sion leaving the sides far apart with just four Day until the Union s scheduled walkout. Union head Donald Fehr Sauk after the session hews resigned to a walkout. Management negotiator Richard Ravitch said he was less optimistic about finding a solution before a strike " there seems to be an inevitability Fehr said. Monday s meeting was devoted to non economic issues. Committees from the sides Are scheduled to meet tuesday and although no meeting has been set monday s strike update for wednesday both sides expect one. I Don t want to spark any unrealistic optimism but when you re in a situation like this i would t dare pre dict what s going to happen Between now and Friday Ravitc said. Ravitch also rejected an offer to mediate made by labor Secretary Robert Reich at this moment i see no useful function that can be performed by the Secretary of Zaboj Ravitch said. Meanwhile players prepared for the season trend. At Shea stadium Bret Saberhagen cleaned out his locker sunday. At Fenway Park players pile possessions into plastic bags and attache cases. At county stadium in Milwaukee a message was scrib bled on a clubhouse chalkboard. Pack bats for seven Day trip or four Day trip you figure it out it read. V the Newark mets Boston red sox and Milwaukee Brewers became the latest teams to leave for a Uncertain future. They re not scheduled to return until after Friday s stake Date if there is a walkout players will be Al Lowed to return to the Parks for personal belongings but no playing equipment. 246850"00050411