European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 14, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 34 the stars and stripes sports wednesday december 14,1994 Ellison s debut gives celtics a lift a   by the associated Presson a night of two season debuts in the Aba the Guy in Green had the Best , it was t Dennis Rodman with his new Green Hairdo. It Vyas Pervis Ellison the no. 1 Overall pick in 1989 who played his first game with a Green no. 29 on his Boston celtics Jersey. Ellison who had t played All season while rehabilitating his Oft injured left knee had 19 Points 10 rebounds two steals and a blocked shot in 32 minutes As Boston beat Denver 113-103 monday night. Pervis was outstanding. He s a big body but he s very smooth too. He can do a lot of things. He s got a total pack age. We be got to keep him healthy and keep him out on the floor celtics coach Chris Ford said. In the other noteworthy debut Rod Man had five rebounds and six Points in 27 minutes As san Antonio beat Washington 122-101. Rodman missed the first 17 games of the season because of two suspensions and a leave of absence. He returned to the spurs sounding the Sames when he left. There s no guidelines for Denni Rodman. Period. I will do what i m going to do and that s to help this team be successful this year he said. In other games new Jersey shocked Orlando 128-101, Miami stunned new York 122-111, Phoenix beat Golden state90-84 and Utah Defeated Portland 101 "89. A. -. ,. / at Boston Garden Dee Brown also scored 19 Points Dominique Wilkins 18, Derek Strong 15, Rick Fox 13 and David Wesley 12 for Boston which ended Den ver s streaks of five straight games hold ing opponents below 100 Points and seven games holding opponents below 50percent shooting from the Field. The cel tics were 44-for-84, with Ellison going 8-for-13. When the celtics signed Ellison As a free agent in August they expected him to join Dino Radja and Dominique Wil Kins along their front line. But sinc Radja broke his hand last week and is expected to miss a month Ellison will have More of a Burden on him now that he is Back. \ a a he had a lot of Energy. He s Bee showing it in practice. Now he just needs to get More minutes. He helps us Donlow. He s another inside Power. He made an Impact. He basically got us going Brown said Bryant Stith led Denver with 21 Point Sand Mahmoud Abdul Rauf and Robert pack contributed 14 each. Pack also Hada career High 19 assists. Spurs 122, bullets 101 at the Alam dome Rodman got standing ovation from Many in the crowd Boston s Penis Ellison comes Down with the rebound after tangling with Denver s Dike be Mutombo monday night. When he checked in during the first Quarter. His highlights were a dramatic Dunk in the second Quarter and behind the Back pass in the fourth. His Low lights included four turnovers in the third period. I had a Little bit of the stomach flu and did t really feel into it. I did t play very Well but i think it la come Rodma said after lifting weights for More than an hour following the game. David Robinson led the spurs with 21points and 12 rebounds. Sean Elliott added 18 Points. The spurs took Over the game in the third period and held a 99-69 Lead by the end of the Quarter on a rally sparked by Chuck person who scored 14 Points in the period including four3-pointers. Mitchell Butler led the bullets with 24points and Chris Webber had 21 Points and nine rebounds. Nets 128, magic 101 at the Meadowlands it was Orlando Sworst game of the year by far. The magic which had t lost by More than two Points All season were just 6 for-23 from the foul line the fourth Low est percentage Ever in an Aba  o Neal was the main culprit going 2-for-ll. It was one or those nights Murphy Slaw Orlando coach Brian Hill said. We could t make a shot or a free throw. It was that snowball effect. It just kept getting  Derrick Colemar scored 22 Points an Kenny Anderson had 13 Points and 14 assists for the nets who opened a 12-Point Lead in the first Quarter and were ahead by 25 at the half. Heat122,knlcks111 at Madison Square Garden Glen Rice scored a season High 38 Points Kevin Willis had 28 Points and 17 rebounds an Bimbo Coles 21 Points and 15 rebounds. The kicks who trailed throughout the fourth Quarter Cut their deficit to four with 3 54 remaining but got no closer. The Bottom line is we did t play the defense we re known for playing. That s Why we lost said Patrick Ewing who had a season High 30 Points. Suns 90, warriors 84 at America West Arena Charles bar Kley had 18 Points nine rebounds and seven assists for Phoenix which beat Golden state on its Home court for the 19th straight time. Dan Majerle scored 15 Points and Danny Manning had 14 off the Bench. Golden state which switched to allow Down style to try to frustrate the suns was led by Carlos Rogers and Ron Seikaly with 16 Points apiece. Jazz 101, Trail blazers 89 at the Delta Center Utah broke Athree game Home losing Streak. Karl Malone scored 27 Points and Pel ton Spencer added 17 As the jazz used a a 34-10 first Quarter to build a Lead that never dipped below 12. We caught a team that had played last night and were probably a bit tired Utah coach Jerry Sloan said. The blazers were led by Rod Strick land with 17 Points and Harvey Grantwith 16. Slugger s bulk worries rangers Arlington Texas a Texas rangers officials Are concerned that slug Ger Juan Gonzalez is tipping the scale with a 32-Pound weight Gam he attributes to of season weight lifting. While the 6-foot-3 left fielder said the additional pounds Are concentrated in his. Upper body rangers officials say Gonza Lez could become muscle bound if he bulks up too much. The Dallas morning news reported i monday editions that Gonzalez s weight has climbed from 221, when the rangers played their last pre players strike game aug. 10, to 253 pounds. You can get too big especially i you re an outfielder general manager Doug Melvin said. Gonzalez 25, said he undertook the weight program because he Felt weak when the strike stopped play. In 1993, Gonzalez led the american league by hitting an average of one Home run every 11.65 at bats. This sea son he dropped out of the league s top 25 in that category by averaging a Homer every 22.21 at bats. I was t Strong he said. I was tired Felt bad. This will make me better for the full  Fernando Couso Diaz who has no baseball background is serving As Gonza Lez s personal Trainer. When he first came to me he was complaining that he was too thin. Igor Gonzalez s nickname has natural strength but he needs that extra Power to maintain stamina in baseball Couso Diaz said. Rangers officials remember How Ruben Sierra s offensive production declined dramatically after their former right fielder added similar upper body mass. He was traded to Oakland in 1992. In 1989, before his of season weigh training Sierra hit .306 with 78 extra base hits., in the five seasons since he has hit More than 55 extra base hits and Bat Ted Over .280 once. New rangers manager Johnny Oates said he would withhold judgment until he sees Gonzalez play. I Don t know if he s too big or too it j9�, Strons or too weak Oates said. He s  Man number one he always been a big  the rangers have also taken note of Gonzalez s Early performance in the puerto rican Winter league. In 63 at bats Gonzalez hit -.238 with five homers. They Don to give me anything to hither Gonzalez said. I m swinging the Bat Good. I feel Good like  Juan Gonzalez up to 253 pounds