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Show C6° ___ TheSalt Lake Tribune SPORTS Friday, December 29, 1995 a GAME SUMMARY Cavs Beat Ewing-less Knicks MINN. Min Mitchell 6 0 0 s 00 bankshotas the buzzer sound- Totals 40 38. ed in the second overtime to Percentages: FG 410 boost Dallas over Vancouver with the New York Knicks and give Mavericks Coach HOUSTON Min MA had changed completely. NewYork is Patrick Ew- — Dick Motta his long-awaited career victory ing, no matter howyou look at 900th Motta had been stuck on it,” Cage said after te Cavs 899 wins throughsix straight defeated the Knicks 86-76. Maverick losses. The former “Offensively, defensively. he Weber State coach joins | is the best man on the court Whentheylost him, theylost a lot Ewing sprained his right an- kle and never returned. X- rays were negative and Ewing accompanied the Knicks to Washington where hewill be reevaluated before tonight's points and six rebounds in 27 INDIANAPOLIS — Re- 1 Soe Badie Johnsonseo| ond period aod the Pacers hh 900 or more wins. osted their 14th i i heute peciey aver Mat AL elt Sah 04 ‘Team Rebounds: New Jersey 5. Houston5 Blocked Shots: New Jersey (PJ Brown, Wil luams, Dare), Houston 5 (Brown. Olajuwon, Ee, Recasner. Jones Turnovers: New Jersey VANC fers FT Reb tues MUS aa 2223 "| Wuls -B Gl4 25 $1004 22 le 49 points. FG Min MA at Sl 5 a Miller Pistons 113 Meyer : Raptors 91 Totals AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — | Percentages FG 302, FT 150 Jancouver 7-11, 696 (Scott 2 Houston scored 28 of ing 1. Brads Mer || Allan Be Ride $6 1 his 29 points in the second 1, MeCloud 1-7, Dut tr half and GrantHill addedhis am ReboundsVancouver 10 Daas Blocked Shot UB Edwards third triple-double of the seaiy. Mobley, Mur. son to lead Detroit. Percentages: FG 414, FT. 935 8 Willams 4 MeCioad Jones | FT Reb FT Reb SXORK Min WA «Tovey:Vancouver 8 Murdo vet TORONTO Min M-A MA O-T APF Pls KungRees 2. oie 2 Arden $1 29 22 02 65 6 mines 19 08 00 2424 0 Dall Kidd, Ja 22 12 3724 3 2 Mever 2 Jones, Willan Brok Miler” ertson 3458 05 14 0 eal: Vancouver8 (King. Avent, Reeves, An- | Stoudamire 43 9-20 67 Sl 3 thon B Edwards. Scott, Gattison. Murdock Tabak :n I 1 Data1 Kidd 4. Brooks 3. MeCloud2 fone Dami Ms 3 4 rae 00 0 0. 12 TealFas Yancourer B Edwards, 249 240 30.88 SU IIB 78 secon th 0 TlgeatFa ats Percentages FG 44 FT 643, 24. 292 /Phills +8 Vancouver 8 0.1, Majerle 0-2 Dallas ig x —1t T—24, | DETROIT Min APF Pts Officials — Ed Middleton, Jim Clark. Bernie a 4 au Adams. land 9. New York & $3 land 2 (Mills, Phils fa 30 New York 5 (Mason 2. Starks Smith. H Wil | Rockets 97 Hunter 30 5 13 ee Houston 32 ae) ‘Tumayers: Cleveland 15 (Brandon 4. Phills Nets 82 West 7 10 ls, Courtney. Sura) New Dumars 28 29 HarperSark 3, abe 2 | HOUSTON — Hakeem Macon 19 29 Ewing 2, Grant2, Smith, 4 32 es Cleveuad (PhilsBrandon 2 Le Olajuwon overcame a slug- | Mills 9 01 gish start for his 12th career Ratliff jee) New ¥ ork 6 (Starks 3, Mason Roe 2 0 0 Wang triple-double and the Rockets Totals 240 28 113 fechaleal Fouls: Cleveland Brandon 2 foun New York Mason 904 third Han ; | hit 13 three-pointers to beat Percentages: FG 5 elaale Termes 357 Stoudamire NewJersey. 4.26 fourth 14. King 0-14 Ceveand 83888 eron 03)Detrot 1120 53 te 51, NewYork 18 1522216 JERSEY Min Dumars 3-8, Hunter 24. Macon 1-1 ‘eam Rebounds Toronto 12_Detrit PJBrown 41 — 10769 10.708) T Blocked Shots: Toronto 2 (Anderson, Tabak Officials — MikeMa Tommy Nunez. Joe | Giliam 38 Detroit 4H Thorpe, Rei. Mils Bradley 18 Borgia nm 00 O124 16 MW 40211 6 despite 16 first-half turn- overs. trailed only 45-43 at intermission. x 341, Ke Brown 254-4 10, Penn DUQUESNE (43), 1244 0 Pr191.217, Hood 1 PP higwes008 Greggoa0s0cox01000. || 90 2. Poke James 3.9 0-1 6 | Brag is 490, Naan0-900, Couture 1-10 a TT 3 eben 26, Curley 1:3 Oba Waiter 0.00000 Devs10.00. Tots 3a #11 N. Carolina 66 N.C.-Asheyille 49 ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Jeff McInnis scored 13 points and Dante Calabria sparked an 18-5 run in the secondhalf as Duquesne $9 3 kis7-18,Boe i Tuomoul2 Ned02 tveron0Page MEMPHIS, Tenn Mingo Johnson scored | the air out of Texas A&Min | the second haif and sent the 19 Wildcats to a rout points and had sixassists to | TEXAS AGM |b help the Tigers (8-0) end | otingham 2.6004 Duis 28 02 Temple's string of victories over top-ranked teams. 4 1. | USC 75 £18 Missouri 64 lanova, which was No. 2 at the time, and last week's No. 1 team, Kansas. 1hams int #10 Iowa 100 | Colorado 85 14 12 538 Atlanta MIDWEST 1215 444 8 Dallas @ Perec2 FT. 70 cole Capnan8 Wis Tacs#1aetae 8"i aera ate Hp rp epi a lcnini + ores? wis 4 ndison. Tea Peres Jackson 2 Bet2"eke ‘Dai Oeee ona “da Miller, a Pierce, Ferrel speci!Fs Man,Thora, 608 thd inciane Miami Iodiana Bey Tess i" 0 6 Officials — Joe Forte. Monte MeCutchen, Mark Waster Spurs 107 Lak akers 99 Y INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Da- vid Robinsonscored eight of his 29 points in a 242-minute span of the fourth quarter as San Antonio beat Los Angeles. SAN ANTONIO (107), Perdue 5-10 1.2 11, Elliott 48 ‘son 10-22 9-1029, Del Negro7-16 8:5 18, John: ‘on 3.9 0-07, Reid 1-5 2-2 4, Person 57 0.0 14 DURHAM, N.C. — Ricky Price broke out of a mini- slumpwith a career-high 27 points, waking up Duke's sluggish offense in the second half as the Blue Devils defeated Monmouth. MONMOUTH5) Le 10 12, Ba fon$1023 10. Peskin242.27 Fan 00 0, Wiliams 1-20-02, Cheira 0-00-00. Veta 0.0 0.00. Botf0-1 000, Morgan 060.00 Totals 20. 16 2, Doman3 7 Noe 002 a arses 02. to 2 Totals 25: scored seven of his 10 points in the final three minutes to lead Virginia Tech to victory. Portland THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NASHVILLE, Tenn Thursdaynight as a sacrificial lamb for No. 3 Vanderbilt The Division II team which accepteda last-minute invitation to play in Vandy's MCI-First American Classic. was routed 111-40 by the Commodores(8-0). 65 07 740 Wingate Coach JohnnyJa- as Texas Tech upset half as Penn State beat Ohio cumin thanked Vandy Coach Stanford. dim Foster for the game. STANPORD (6-2 Noga nd 9.17 0. WINGATE VANDERBILT 8. ninag’ 609 of her 15 points in the second Detroit 113, Toronto 91 L.A. Clips at Miami, 5:30 p.m. Portland at Cleveland, 5:30 p.m, Dallas 103, Vancouver101, 20T Charlotte at Detroit, 5.30 p.m. Atlanta at Chicago, 6:30 p.m. =kwen 107, L.A. Lakers 99 Houston at Dallas, 6:30 p.m. "s Games N aat ae ington, 5:30 p.m. L.A. Clips at Orlando, 5:30 p.m. oo.at ee P.M. Indiond sk Chicage, 630 pa. Denver at Phoenix, 7 p.m Minn. at San Antonio, 6:30 p.m. OLLEGE SCORE: —Men— ot 4 Capitals 5 Panthers 4 MIAMI Pat Peake’s goal with 3:34 remaining capped a rally that gave Washington the victory. Washington Florids Ri ra =1. Dreak), Tat Period I Rona, Wooley § (iru #18. 2. Washington Prroaks 3 Porida, Belanger 13(el lanbs, Garpenlor, 37,7, Washington and dil 1 sta from the free-throw 4 1002 30 ie © 1S Hermeek 28 42044 Stockton 27 B01 Keefe 27 03 13 Eisley 21 417 Benoit 21 1s 0 Rowell 20 12 0 Gar 38 04 Toolson 8 03.5 Foster 6 00 1 Tous 40 mu 99 Percentages: FG 487, FT.792 ‘Polat Goals: Minnesota 0-,.000 Rider 0-1 Porter0-1, West 1, Rooks 0-1), Utah 4-15, 287 (Hornacek 2-4. Stockton 1-1, Toolson 1-2. Ma Jone 0-1, Benoit -1, Morris 0-2, Eisley 0-2, Russell 0-2) ‘Team Rebounds: Minnesota 9 Utah & Blocked Shots: Minnesota 10 (Garnett 5, GugHotta 2, Latimer, Porter. Allen, Rooks, Divas). ‘Tah 11 (Carr 3, Spencer 2, Keefe 2, Foster-2, Hornacek, Stoetton) Turnovers: Minnesota 17 (Porter 8, Mitek 2, Gugliota 2, Allen 2, Rider 2. Rooks 2, West Garett, Davis, Bragg), Utah 1(Keefe 3 ishey 2, Malone 2, Spencer, Hornacek, Stockton, Be noit, Russell, Carr. Foster) Steals: Minnesota 7 (Allen 9, Davis 2, Rooks Gugliota). Utah (Stockton 2, Keefe 2, Malone. Hornacek, Russell, Carr) a 0 1 a) Utah 302 tS — ‘A—19911 (19.911) T—202 Offletals — Ron Garretson, Derrick Slatford, Scott Wall off the bench and gave the Jazz a lift “Antoine came in and played well again, Sloan. “When he's able to score like he has lately. it really a big factor for us.” Turning his attention to ine scored 12 points in Keefe, Sloan said, “Adam including was all over the floor. He eight in the final when the Jazz built an 84-56 lead really played an excellent game. That's the way he plays and. . somethings fell his way tonight.” “We've got a lot of guys Noneof the Jazz starters played again. who can contribute,” said “We were talking about Keefe. “We've just got a lot the factthat this is the first oftalented guys on this team time we've been able to sit Sometimes it's tough when you don’t feel like you're in the rotation. But the important thingis to stay in shape and stay ready because this mightbe the wayit is the rest of the year. There's so much talent, there might not be a set rotation,” ‘Small Forward’ Takes on a Whole New Meaningfor Jazz By Steve Luhm THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE The Jazz got some small forwards Thursdaynight. With the exception of Adam Keefe’s 13 points and eight rebounds, the players Coach Jerry Sloan can fit into the small-forward picture producedlittle during a 99-83 win over Minnesota. Starter Chris Morris? He had two points, one rebound and oneassist in 15 minutes, David Benoit? He wentscoreless — miss- ing six straight shots — in 21 minutes. | 1197 8, Washington. Gonchar 7 (Bondra, TinTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS ed18108, Wasgtn, Peake B Jobanson PITTSBURGH Mario ie a gal Washington 8118-7, Pt benty‘Opportunities —Washington 1 of 3 Vo e two goals and twoassists as onda Goalies carey 25 shots the Pittsburgh Penguins aves FondaRagstaek ie Referee — Stephen Tahoe A= 14708 overcamea slowstart to beat the Hartford Whalers 9-4 Thursdaynight for the franfirst and second in NHL scoring. had his 22nd multiple-point gamethis season. field from the field overthere [on the bench] and Penguins Get 900th Franchise Victory Both Lemieux and Jagr, q 3-Point goals—San Antonio 915 (Person 46, Elliott 23, Johnson1-1, Rivers I-1, Del Negro 1- basically ice our kneesin the 4), Los Angeles 4-14 (Peeler 2-4, Van Exel 25, fourth quarter,” said Hornaones 0-1, Threatt 0-1. Ceballos 0-3), Fouled cek. “That's what we did a lot ‘out-—Strong. Rebounds--San Antonio 47 (Per- last year. us we can ddue 15), Los Angeles 40 (Campbell 9 San Antonio 29 (Johnson 12), Los Angeles 27 have moreofthes (Jones 9). Total fouls—San Antonio 18, Los An: For the iecal |game in a geles 26. Technleals—Peeler. Los Angeles illerow, Keefe and Carr came faldefense, A—17:505 17.505) combined for two points on 1-for-18 shooting in 55 minutes, They gathered as many chise’s 900th win. uarter, They made 10 of 12 after a 22-6 run. Bryon Russell? In 20 minutes, he missed seven shots and did not score. Morris, Benoit and Russell First Round Arizona 88, Texas A&M 44 Rages 6, Pai 1 Shootout int Ro ") WyomingAlora abet Pest, New Mexio 9, arto8 ter, but Utah dominated the third and buried the Timber- wolves.21Amazingly, made of 28 shotsthein Jazz the Boston at Vancouver, 8 p.m. Seattle at Phoenix, 7 p.in. numbers from their small on 96, MeNS78, Tccags 84 a Indiana 8 PaiBrinn Loyola I. @6. Loyola Marymot nesta, Ment rd&@ ines NatDame90 Sago 83 Purdue 79, lowa 8.60 Winn 108, no 7 UTHWEST Houston 98, wileuama Brigham Young 110, eee St. 69 Davidson 90, Cent. Florida 81 0 a Souther7 Ble 71 with it.” ‘The teams traded baskets the third quarter, Phila. at Sacramento, 8:30 p.m, T Pittsburgh 95, Brown 47 Providence 83, Colgate 77 Sout! esse St. 68, Radford 64 Florida St. 80, M¢ Baltimore Cunt 86 GeorgeMason4 Hampton U7 ISU 80, Marland10MALE Store8 Aasisp66S North Carolina 66,8. Shee 42 KarlalotBut ee os Wash at Milwaukee.7 pm i oe?7 p.m. Philadelphia at Denver, Boston at Seattle, 8 p.m. Alexander 1-1 0-02, Rivers 1-12-28 Totals 37 80.24.28 107, LA. LAKERS (99) Campbell 10-16 Ong Thea34 unt0-8 0-0 0, Roberts 0-0 oakwort S899 Ban Ato iia “Sure, we got the ball into for muchof the second quar- GoldenSt. at N Jersey, 5:30 p.m. Utah 99, Minnesota 83 night,” said Hornacek. 48 88 Cleveland 86, New York 76 868 jackso Manns $121 Gallon 61 000; Matthews 2402 4 Totals 26-58 16-26 72, ti WILLIAM &MARY, 9.00 12. Wagner for both. 4 se | 25004. Ta0ana Of0 STATE 4, Neg4855 13 lowes 7, Por: 0.0 0, Jonson rv00 1-30-03 an Teas 29-648 ito 1403 12. facta aMa ore100 ‘Wyatt 100-000 Halftine—Otishoms Spotgoal 2 Man06 Sommer is 1, Gates 0-1 shore State (33 Bower 4-1 State in the Big Ten opener 46 Wi 76 411 ae i” den lot of guys were able to |“A aiole DEere fumeoO = Houston 97, New Jersey 82 Hornacek 69 Thursday's Saturday's Indiana 91, Miami 77Games LA. Lakers af Utah,Games 1 pm Lemieux had a goal and four assists, and Jaromir Jagr got of the Central Florida HolidayClassic. 55 Li 113 5.11 10-10 Golden State 10 17.370 8 46 L2 7-6 341 ier abusbar Jor Noes. Ee od Period — 5, Prtebureh ag 92 Nedved, S24 8 Prius Slik 12 Mr ray, Nahnd, $24 7, Pur, Pak 4 Le Mircgy) 1138.8 on Sandstrom sons 8, Longworth 2-6, Nicholson 1-6, Portland He Lemieux Jagr) on Sandstrom.ewes Sanderson 12 (Brown), 5: #20 Okla.St. 75 1 (Baton 4. Reavis 24 13 Kron, Wesley, 61812, Ptah Nastund 18 (Sandstrom. Le 2. 13, ander William & Mary 42 sponiiek 1 #7 PennState 76 ORLANDO, Fla.— Renee burgh ales — Hartford 0 Ohio State 72 Roberts scored 18 points and Be iy 0 Ceti — Harn barks 0143 28 te| STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Gina Shaterkina added 14 to #15 Texas Tech 71 ssi 00third. 1618) Pasar Tina Nicholson hit five free lead a balanced attack that #4 Stanford 65 18101738) throws in the last 43 seconds carried Oklahoma State to LUBBOCK, Texas — Mi. and Kim Calhoun scored 13 victory in the opening round points 5-5 Wi 104 12 15 444 6% 97 Wi 96 39 VIRGINIA 43) Nolan 28 a 14Deape | |B aa 01 uilry Ot MathersCuts sc (72) BOULDER, Colo. — Russ Boveman 5-18 8-10 19. Jones 3-41 7, Wilson 0-2, Watlington 0:3) chi Atkins scored 25 nine-point lead. straightpoints, plus anassist that ended in a dunk by 12 13 480 54 55 Wi 66 47 LA. Clippers 1117393 8 e able to to turn a 19-18 deficit into a 17 LA Lakers 16 14535 4 shoul sparked Utah with seven Mimmesota__7 10-260 128 25 138 Whetherit was $008 Fare Soin The Jazz took command at the endofthe first quarter, whenthey used a 12-2 flurry 18 308 ili Unbeaten Vanderbilt Rolls to 111-40 Win Wingate fulfilled its part “West Houston 21 : 724 38602 1 (e am Ma ee 19 9 679 1% Denver APP Pu Moris trash ean” said Minnesota come outand play a decent game,”’ said Christian Laettner. “We ee play a y Min as 12 Li $1.2 a3 8 | ‘als teone9¢howeane Malone we ae Sep eS o Se Western Conference Pet GB TAR Allen Garett Rooks Davis : ; 7-19. tion well... 7 Zoronto 28 2 liotta’s 13 points. 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PTAA oo Houston 24 i. 30 eo INDIANA Mio MA MA OT APF Pts 12 A— 16.285 16,611) McKey 7 24 36 2739 9 6 78 | Otis —Jack Nis, ‘ton Olah Jame | paws Fate 3s tes of 00 § Gattson Mobey Murdock Totals ATLANTIC Orlando NewYork Miami Washington New Jersey 10 16 385 11 Heat 77 coaches in NBAhistory with minutes. The Knicks were no match DALLAS for the Cavs backcourt of MeCloud Bobby Phills and Terrell Jones Brandon, who combined for CLEVE, Mils "Pacers 91 LennyWilkens (981) and Red Auerbach (938) as the only game with the Bullets. He is Auth listed as day-to-day Ewing's replacement Charles Smith, had seven Siesic Tout$Stulamce 3 Andense aES Toren 3 = —n i 2 oy Soo Hank Arsoag, _Ofas== ne All Times MST Eastern Conference fouls (five) as rebounds. wentwith a lotof different people in that position,” said Sloan, ‘Maybe that had something to do withit.” Morris’ limited appearance was probably the big- gest surprise, since both Benoit and Russell have seen their share of bench time lately. Sloan replaced Morris with more than seven minutesleft in the third quarter, after Tom Gugliotta backed him under the basket and scored easily. GREG BACK? Morris did not return. “Chris is really struggling with his game,” said Sloan. “Maybe we'll have to think Rookie center Greg Ostertag could come off the intt list today. about another changethere. I've got to have five guys on the floor who are competing hard. I can't have guys go out there and go through the motions. That hurts your team. Benoit also struggled, but at least he played. ae to cut somebody. “We'll check and see what happens after practice, Sloan said. Andy Toolsoa is one of the players on the bubbl he played decently in eight minutesagainst Minnesota. NHL STANDINGS EASTERN CONFERENCE AlaniDivision NY. Rangers Florida Philadelphia Washington ‘Tampa Bay Now Jersey 1 NY. Islanders 822 Northeast Divilon Pittsburgh 23-9 3 49175 ont 18 16 2 38 108 Bulfalo 16.17 3 35 109 ton 1414 5 39 119 Hartford 119 § 27 89 Ottawa 6 87 WL troit B72 Toronto 1812 6 Chicago Ni2 8 St Lou 1616 5 15 18 3 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla Winnipeg Dallas 1016 7 — Goaltender J.C. Bergeron Pactfie Division LL 5 outdueled Pat Jablonski, and Colorado Angeles 1414 8 Brian Bellows scored on a Vancouver W218 9 power play, leading Tampa Edmonton, 1219 6 Anabel 13.22 3 Bayto victory. Calgary 10.20 7 San Jose 824 4 Kate ‘Thuretay’s Games Washington 5, 4 “Rn No Seu f. sy Tampe Bay, Cullen se rag, bes ra YeeitpatRau NyRangeri 3 hacer? rd Hans1601 's Games Shot on a eegi Tampa Chicago at Buffalo, uae Bay 7-145 tunities — Montreal 0 of5: Detroit atDalla, 6:30 Feversiy Tagpe ate, Jablonski 24-0 (5 state ot saves Bay, Reese 0, 26 Jove at Anaheim, 8:30 pm. Mark Paucette. 4 26.41528,000) Lightning 3 Canadiens 1 37 27 47 156 36 119 39124 30 29 112 27 101 20 108 if he does, wine Jazz_will STANDE EASTERN CONFERENCE North Division W LSOLPis GF GA 67. 36144 8 1510 9 39 122-116 1616 3 35 191 143 nis 32 118121 108 110 115 123 116 140 Cleveland Orlando Detroit Atlanta Houston Chicago Milwaukee Kansas City Minnesota Peoria 107 114 177 981 132 130 164 Blackhawks 4 Jets 3 | Blues 4 | ores . 12 it Stars 1 First Peried—1, Chigago, Suter 13 (Shantz, Craweg BS Chicas, ork 19 Suh Data bee 4 10'S Wap, 2 Spee “ite 1DalenMe Metso 1,isti ig8ed sar(fate1216 Hall ‘Selanne 20 (ZharosonMavenLat me tnnipeg. Selanne 21 7, Chicago, Craven @ Benoit watched the JazzTrail Blazers game on Tuesday night — thefirst time in nearly two years he didn’t play when dressed. “It's up and down and ali around, all right,” said Benoit. “It will take a lot of patience to get through this. But the good thing is we came out and played well as a team. We were able to put the ballgame awayearly, and that’s the most important thing. Winning.” QO 6 1515 4 34120 199 1617 1 $3119.40 1520 2 32112180 1416 3 31 108415 Southwest Division W LSOL Ps GE GA Las Vegas 47 4 52162100 Uth M8 2 501M Los Angeles AT4 38 190 £38 San Francisco 1616 5 37 123138 Phoenix 1516 35 195183 NOTE: Two points are awarded for a viclory one fora shootout loss. ‘Thursday's Games Atlanta 4. Houston 1 Orlando 7, Detroit § [Las Vegas at San Francico ate onight’s Games ‘Utah at Houston, 6 p.m. les at Chicago Indianapolis at Cleveland Atlanta at Detroit Milwaukee at Fort Wayne Minnesota at Kansas City San FranciscoatLas Vegas (Cincinnati at Michigan Rangers 3 Canucks 2 NY. 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