European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 06, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 30 the stars and stripes sports Friday january 6,199s Home fires burning Aba by the associated press thirty games into the Aba season it s easy to spot the two elite teams. And it easy to spot Why Orlando and Phoenix have such outstanding records both teams have been virtually unbeatable at Home this season. Things stayed that Way wednesday night despite Gallant efforts by two of the also rans from this Eastern conference. Orlando paid Back its worst loss of the season by coming Back to defeat the nets 113-110 to improve to 14-0 at Home and the suns go past Philadelphia 127-122 to move to 15 1 at Home. Around the league Home teams won every game except the one at Cleveland where the Cavaliers had their 11-Gameoverall winning Streak ended with a 116 85 loss to Seattle. It was by far Cleve land s most lopsided loss of the last two seasons. Other Home court minutiae fro wednesday night Charlotte beat Portland at Home for the first time Ever winning 118-106 for its first a in eight tries at Charlotte coliseum against the blazers. It was Char Lotte s eighth straight Victory at Home Overall. Indiana stretched its Home winning Streak to 10 games by beating washing ton 94-90. In other games new York beat Atlanta 89-80, Chicago Defeated Denver 86-80 and Boston beat Miami 117-112 in Over time. Pacers 94, bullets 90 at Market Square Arena Reggie Miller scored 17 of his 20 Points in the first half for Indiana which led by As Many As 20 before Washington rallied in the final Quarter. Indiana which starts a five game Road trip Friday does not have another Home game until Jan. 14. Supersonics 116, Cavaliers 85 at Gund Arena Gary Payton was 14-for-14 from the Field scoring on 10 Lay  two Short jumpers a Dunk and a 3 Pointer. Everything was just wide open for me Payton said. I was t even thinking about not missing a shot. Payton finished with 32 Points six As magic guard Anfernee Hardaway fouls nets Kenny Anderson in Effort to get the Ball. Lists five rebounds and two steals. Detle Schrempf added 20 Points six rebounds six assists and two  had t lost since dec. 7, and not by More than 17 Points in Mike Fra Tello s two seasons As coach. Magic 113, nets 110 at Orlando Arena the magic trailed by 11 in the third period tied it with just under four minutes left and held off new Jersey As Hardaway and Nick Anderson combined to hit five of six free throws inthe final 12 seconds. Hardaway scored 33 Points Shaquille o Neal 25 and Anderson 20. Derrick co Leman led new Jersey with 19 Points but he was called for travelling with 13 seconds to play when the nets had a Chance to take the Lead. One Call different the violation on Coleman and we probably win the game Kenny Anderson said. They play Tough at Home they re comfortable Here and that s the Way it should be suns 127, mixers 122 at America West Arena Charles Barkley had 14 of his 35 Points and six of his 14 rebounds in. The final period. Dan Majerle had 21 Points and Elliot Perry 21 Points and 14 assists. It was Phoenix s first game at Home since losing to the los Angeles lakers on Friday a defeat that snapped the suns franchise record 25-game Home winning Streak. Willie Burton and Barros scored 28 each for the mixers. Hornets 118, Trail blazers 106 at Charlotte coliseum Scott Burrell made four of Charlotte s six 3-pointers in the third Quarter when the hornets pulled away. The hornets finished i0-for-19 from 3 Point Range and Are 41-for-81 in their Las tour games. Burrell has made 16 of 21 3 Point attempts in that Span. Knocks 89, Hawks 80 at Madison Square Garden Hawks coach Lenny Wilkens remained tied with red Auerbach for most career victories by an Aba coach 938. Patrick Ewing had 21 Points and ii re Bounds and Derek Harper scored 20points. Cookie Blaylock had 17 Points and Ken Norman 15 for Atlanta. Bulls 86, nuggets 80 at the United Center . Armstrong scored the game s final 6 Points including the tie breaking jumper with 1 46 to play after the bulls blew a 21-Point Lead. I told him i wanted to get him the Ball to put the game in his hands and let him control it said Scottie Pippen who scored 21 Points. He came through big for  celtics 117, heat 112, of at Boston Garden David Wesley s 3 Pointer with 15 seconds left in overtime put Boston ahead for Good after Miami scored the first seven Points of the extra period. Dominique Wilkins Jed Boston with 31 Points. Glen Rice had 37 for the heat. College Bof by fops record 36 a Pfoh fans by the associated press College football this season enjoyed its second largest attendance increase Ever with All 568 Mcaa teams draw ing 36,459,896 fans to its games. Michigan led for the 21st straight year drawing an average of 106,217 to its six Home games. Penn state Sec Ond in the a final poll to Nebraska was second in attendance with an average crowd of 96,289, also for six Home games. The total figure marked the first time attendance broke into the 36-million area and was an increase of 1,591,352 Over last year. The largest increase came in 1970, when Atten dance increased by 1.84 million from the previous year. The Mcaa began keeping records in 1948. Of the top 60 division i a schools the largest attendance increase from a year ago was at Oklahoma state where the cowboys 3-7-1 averaged38,899, up a total of 14,503 fans. Coach Pat Jones was fired after the season. The biggest drop was at Stanford 3-7-1which averaged 43,928, down13,872. Coach Bill Walsh resigned after the season. Tennessee second to Michigan the previous 10 years fell to third with an average of 95,637. In i a Alcorn state led by re Cord setting quarterback Steve my Nair was the attendance Leader with an average crowd of 26,203 More than double the average of last year. Attendance in i a Rose to 6,193,989, an increase of 904,656 from last sea son. The previous Best attendance was 5.66 million in 92. Attendance also was up in divisions ii and Iii. In division ii the 94 attendance figure was 2,791,074, up 249,447 from a a Vear ago while division Iii hit 1,884,643 million an increase of 242,373. Yom Iuri giants offer Mack $8.2 million Tokyo a in Japan $8.1 Mil lion is a lot to pay for a 2-year baseball contract a record in fact. Still the to Mizuri giants believe they Aren t paying too much for outfielder Shane Mack. Let s just see How he plays giants Public relations manager Keisuke of said today. We pay according to a player s  the Deal was to be signed Friday in Minnesota where Mack 31, hit .333 with 15 homers and 61 Bis in 303 at bats with the twins in 1994. He missed the first month of the season with a sore right shoulder we have High Hopes for Mack san s contribution to the giants team representative Teruhiko Hoshina said. The giants backed by the mass circulation yom Iuri newspaper Are by far Japan s most popular team and the most hated team As Well. They beat the Seibu Lions last season to win the Japan series Japan s version of the . World series. Twins general manager Terry Ryan said the major league baseball strike was a Factor in the Deal. If he goes to Japan he s assured that hell  Mack who spoke with the Baltimore orioles in the of season would have earned $3.25 million last year if the strike had t interrupted the season aug. 12. He filed for free Agency oct. 19. In terms of average annual value Mack s Deal eclipses the previous Japan record $3.5 million 1-year contract signed dec. 20 by Julio Franco for the Chiba Lotte marines. The marines who will be managed next season by Bobby Valentine also signed outfielder Pete Incaviglia to a $2 million 1-year contract and Pitcher Eric Hillman to a $725,000,1-year Deal. Mack a member of the 1984 . Olympic team and Franco Are the most prominent american players to leave for Japan in their prime since Bob Horner played for the Yakut swallows in 1987. Mack has a .299 average in parts of seven major league seasons. He has hit .300 or better four times but was 3-for-23 in the world series