European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 13, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday december 13, 1994 sports the stars and stripes Page 29 Aba Buck passes Milestone in blazers win Portland Ore. A Portland s Buck Williams figured he d get a mile Stone Basket out of the Way right at the Start since playing Sacramento is no longer a cake  Sacramento is a Tough team the vet eran Forward said. We had leads Early and let them Slipway but we held  the Trail blazers posted a 93-88 Victory to snap the Kings four game winning Streak. It was Portland s 20th consecutive win Over Sacramento and was the Only Aba game scheduled sunday night. Williams game opening Basket made him Only the 10th Man in the Aba to reach 15,000 Points and 11,000 rebounds. The coach asked me if 1 wanted to Call my number Early in the game to get the 15,000th Point out of the Way he  thought that would be the Best thing to  a Williams is modest about the achieve ment i be always said if you Han around Long enough you la set some kind of record but he said he Felt Lucky to be on the same list with Mareera Abdul Jabbar Wilt Chamberlain and Bob Pettit. It was Portland s defense that controlled the game holding Sacramento to 36 per cent shooting on 80 attempts from the Field. Portland also blocked 12 shots led by Clif Ford Robinson with a season High five blocks and Chris Dudley with four Clifford arid Chris did a great Job re bounding and blocking shots v William said. It Felt Good that we were Able to make defensive plays Down the  King coach Garry st. Jean said his two big scorers Walt Williams and Mitch Richmond were having a Tough night. Still he admitted you have got to give credit to Portland s defense for som of that. I always figure when you have a bad shooting night it s a two Way  Walt Williams who finished with 10 Points and Richmond who led the Kings with 17, were a combined 7-of-42 from the  think it s a credit to our Ball club that we Hung in there st. Jean said. Strickland led All scorers with 24 Point Sand had eight rebounds and eight assists. Clyde Drexler added 17 Points nine assists and seven rebounds. Gophers Jay son Walton left and Ranis David Bialski straggle for rebound. Orr leads gophers past rams Minneapolis a towns end Orr scored 13 of his 17 Points in the first half and a key Basket in the second to Lead no. 12 Minnesota to a90-65 Victory Over Rhode Island in the Only top 25 game played sunday. Orr scored 11 Points in the final 12 36of the first half As the Golden gophers 6-0 blew open a 51-27 halftime Lead i their first game since dec. 1, the rams 3-2 scored 13 straight Points Early in the second half and closed to 59-47 on a Basket by Cuttin Mobley with 12 43 remaining. But Orr s Layup started a 10-2 run that allowed Minnesota to ecu Al its est Start in Clem Haskins nine sea sons also accomplished in 1990-91 and 1992-93. The gophers who Host no. 13 Cincinnati tonight Haven t had a better Start since the 1975-76 team College basketball was 8-0. Minnesota was 11-0 the Fol lowing season but had to forfeit All 27 games because of Mcaa violations. Minnesota opened the season nun ranked but won five games in eight Days including impressive wins in three straight Days on its Way to thereat Alaska shootout championship. The gophers were tired and played poorly in their last game a 92-56 win Over Central Connecticut. But with 10 Days off to take final exams they were Well rested for their first meeting with Rhode Island. The rams who got 20 Points from Mobley started two freshmen and two sophomores the gophers started four seniors. Orr a senior who entered the game averaging 12.2 Points hit All three of his 3-Point attempts in the first half. Jayson Walton had 12 Points and a Ca reer High 16 rebounds and John Thom As scored a career High 14 Points. Ibn Hashim Bakari a Detroit High school teammate of the gophers Lenard had 16 for the rams. It s layers turn at owners claim new plan is once again move by Ronald Blum Rye Brook . A it s the players turn to respond As the baseball strike started its fifth month this week. Owners made a new proposal sunday replacing their escalating payroll tax with a Flat tax. The Union however said i would act like a salary Cap leaving the sides almost As far apart As they were when the strike began aug. 12. Management negotiator John Harring Lon said the plan was a substantial move by the owners who received the Union s latest proposal just 27 hours ear Lier. The new plan also has provisions for a secondary tax that owners said would ensure salaries Don t escalate. It did t seem As if the Day s bargaining produced Progress but the owners said their plan embraced some of the Union s ideas on future joint ventures. They offered is some very interesting enlightened concepts yesterday that seemed to have opened the door to a partnership Atlanta Brand president Stan Kasten said. We think it behoves us to go through that  baseball strike Union head Donald Fehr said his Sid needed time to Analyse the plan but his initial reaction was t positive. At first Blush it appears their new proposal contains virtually All the elements of the salary Cap he said. Even As they offered the new plan the owners said their salary Cap proposal of june 14 remained on the table. Manage ment negotiators asked the Union to for Mally respond by monday night and re minded the Union there is a meeting of All owners scheduled for thursday in Chicago. Harrington has said previously that owners will declare an impasse and impose a salary Cap unless an agreement i reached by then. A management lawyer speaking on condition he not be identified said general managers were sent packet of material nov. 28 detailing How baseball s rules would change following the imposition of the Cap. Fehr said the Union will respond to the proposal Only when it fully understands the proposal but said his group will try to what the plans would do team by team on Page 26 have an answer by monday. If they Nee to Rush off to their meeting then they la do whatever they do Fehr said. After receiving the proposal Union officials and players met around a Large table in an atrium dining area of an executive conference Center. Management s previous proposal made nov. 17, called for an escalating rate that would have gone As High As 77percent using 1994 figures. The owners did t detail their new plan. However source speaking on the condition he not be identified said it proposed a 4.64 per cent tax designed to raise $35 million. The Union saturday proposed a 5.02percent tax that would apply to All clubs and raise $49 million. Management s proposal the source said would apply Only to clubs with payrolls More than 112 percent of the Industry aver age which according to the owners new accounting method was $34,865,920 in1994. That is referred to As the threshold. While that might appear to be attractive to players Harrington said a secon Dary tax would kick in for teams above the threshold. The source said a team s tax rate would in future years increase by 1 percent for each $10 million it was Over the threshold. Union officials said the second tax was Why they believed the new proposal acted like a salary Cap. The tax rate would keep increasing for clubs that kept High pay Rolls until the Industry wide level of Money spent on players declined from 58 percent to 50 percent. Of the $35.million raised by the owners new tax proposal $25 million would go to nine teams from Small markets. Teams would receive Money in proportion to their Revenue. The other $10 million would go to an Industry growth fund which the Union proposed saturday. V in another development Union lawyer Eugene Orza said the labor department has certified the strike. That Means clubs can t ask for visas for replacement players