European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 03, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 38 the stars and stripes sports saturday december 3,1994 Denver s Dike be Mutombo left gets the jump on Dallas Jason Kidd. Cars Tyrone Hill and Bucks de Pinckney right Battle for a Loose Ball thursday. Rockets up record on Road to 7-1W " ". " by the associated press one of the league s Best Road teams last season the Houston rockets Are Happy away from Home again this year. Especially when they re visiting the Golden state warriors. Hakeem Olajuwon got a triple double against Golden state Tor the fourth time in his career. The rockets also got their riots a 113-109 decision that improved their Road record to an Aba fest 7-1, All five visiting teams won thursday night. Elsewhere twas Cleveland 93, Milwaukee 87 Denver 89, Dallas 80minnesota 96, Utah 94 and Indiana 93, the los Angeles clippers 84. Olajuwon had 37 Points and 13 re Bounds but Best of All to him were his Ca reer High 12 assists. It was his 10th career Bol sidelined Oakland Calif. A the Golden state warriors placed Center manure Bol on the injured list thursday and activated Rookie guard Pway Rie Morton who missed the team s first 13 games with a fractured thumb. Bol is expected to be out six to eight weeks after having arthroscopic surgery to remove torn cartilage front his right knee. He was injured during a nov. 22 game at Charlotte. Morton the team s second round draft pick out of Louisville averaged 5.5 Points while appearing in four of the warriors preseason games. He injured his left thumb in an oct. 29 exhibition game at Portland. Assists Are As Good As Points he said. Twelve assists is 24 Points and More because we had some 3s on som of them. That s what i want to be a More Complete  the rockets got a scare late in the game when last season s league map fell into a Row of cameramen seated along Side the Baseline cutting his right hand and spraining his wrist. The team however said neither injury appeared serious. Houston had already lost shooting guard Vernon Maxwell who was ejected with 9 10 remaining after being called for a technical foul a flagrant foul and an other technical in a 45-second Span. Teammates and coaches had to wrestle him off the court. The warriors Cut Houston s Lead to 96 92 with 7 05 left before Olajuwon went to work scoring 12 of the rockets next 16points to push the Lead to 12. The rockets led 60-53 at halftime an stretched that Lead to 16 Points As the warriors missed their first seven shots of the third Quarter. But Tim Ardaway had 10 Points As Golden state pulled to 84-77by the end of the period. Latrell Sprewell had 30 Points and Hardaway 27 for the warriors who have lost five of six. Cavaliers 93, Bucks 87 Todd Day s career High 34 Points weren t enough to make up for poor shooting by his Milwaukee teammates. After Day got Loose for 23 first Quarter Points Cleveland began double teaming him. --.--. Mark Price scored 17 Points and Chris Mills 15 As the Cavaliers held Milwaukee to just 30 second half Points in winning their fourth straight game. The Bucks lost their fifth in a Row nuggets 89, Mavericks 80 it was payback time and Rodney Rog ers and Denver delivered. Rogers scored 20 Points and Brian Williams had 15 Points and 13 rebounds As the nuggets atoned for. An overtime defeat to Dallas last weekend. The nuggets who snapped a three game losing Streak were still smarting from the 124-123 Joss to the mavs on sat urday when Denver blew-a-25-Point Lead at Home. A we really wanted this one bad said Rogers who also helped limit Dallas for Ward Jamal Mashburn to a season Low eight Points. They came into our Homeland took one away from  _ the nuggets without injured starter Reggie Williams and Bryant Stith halted the Mavericks three game winning Streak. Denver overcame 29 turnovers seven by Robert pack with a defens that contributed to Dallas 30-for-96 shooting. We had to take this game personally said Dike be Mutombo who had 13 up int ujt4. Rebounds and four blocked shots this was t like a regular season game because a rebuilding team like dal Las came into our House and beat when you get embarrassed in your House you be got to take it  Dallas trailed jut 86-80 with 1 22 to play on Jim Jackson s Basket but that was As close As the Mavericks would come Mutombo slammed the door on the mavs with a blocked shot against Jackson with 53 seconds left. That was a staggering loss last week end that we weren t going to forget Williams said. Jackson paced the Mavericks with 26points and Popeye Jones added 11 Points and a career High 22 rebounds. _ pacers 93, clippers 84 with its 14th straight setback this sea son los Angeles moved within three games of Matching the worst Start inn a history. The Miami  first 17 games of their inaugural season in 1988, _ Reggie Miller scored nine of his 24points a the fourth Quarter and Dale Davis added 16 Points and 14 rebounds for Indiana. Pooh Richardson had 17 Points for the  who Haye yet to shoot_50 per cent from the Field this season. Timber wolves 96, jazz 94 _ Minnesota won. Just its second game  season holding off Utah with a pair of free throws by Doug West with 47 seconds left. Minnesota which broke a seven game losing Streak was 20-for-22 from the foul line and outscored Utah 8-3 Over the final two minutes. . Rider led Minnesota with 19points, and West finished with 18. Karl Malone s 24 Points led the jazz. I \ a .41