From: ortcm@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (thomas.mcguigan)
Subject: BOXSCORE orl08nyk09.21nov92
Organization: AT&T
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 23:48:41 GMT


In his first match-up with Patrick Ewing, O'Neal won the battle, but the Magic
lost the war.  O'Neal had 18 points (most of them from inside the paint), 17
rebounds and 3 blocked shots - 2 against Ewing.  Ewing had 15 points (most of
them on jumpers from outside the paint), 9 rebounds (none offensive) and 3
blocked shots - 1 against Shaq.  In addition, Ewing spent about the last 2-3
minutes of the 3rd quater and (more than?) half the 4th quarter on the bench
with 5 fouls.  Unfortunately, a tenacious NY defense and generally lackluster
play by the Magic gave O'Neal no support.  Dennis Scott was held to 5 points,
and Nick Anderson, although he did score 27, was held to 0 assists (his average
going into the game was 4.5+) and 2 rebounds (average going in - 6.3).  Off the
bench, neither Donald Royal nor Anthony Bowie was able to produce.

For the Knicks, on the whole this was a tremendous game, especially coming
after three straight losses.  The only areas of concern - 5 technical fouls
and Oakley's ejection (both his technicals were for flagrant elbowing; Oakley
was guarding Shaq both times).

New York Hospitality Comment:  If the Garden can't provide better support for 
basketball, maybe the Knicks should look to play their home games elsewhere.
Because a Virginia Slims Tennis tournament was scheduled for the same day as
the basketball game, the floor was not ready for either team until only 45 min.
before the game, allowing only half the normal warm-up period.  In addition,
the Magic and probably the Knicks (although they may have made arrangements to
practice on another local court) were unable to hold morning shoot-arounds.

orl 77, nyk 92   21nov92

MISSING officials
DNP: orl - williams,brian(dizziness)
           green,litterial(CD)
           tolbert,tom(CD)
     nyk - anthony,greg(CD)
           mason,anthony(CD)
           starks,john(CD)

Illegal Defense: orl(1),nyk(3)

Techical Fouls: oakley,charles(5:55 1st)
                oakley,charles(3:42 2nd)
                smith,charles(5:04 2nd)
                illegal defense(8:20 2nd)
                illegal defense(8:28 3rd)

Ejections: oakley,charles(3:42 2nd)

orl ( 5- 3)      min  fgm fga 3m 3a ftm fta or tr  as pf st to bk tc ej ff  pts
scott,dennis      37   1   9   1  5   2  4   1  5   4  2  1  2  1  0  0  0    5
turner,jeff       44   9  13   0  0   0  0   1  4   3  4  0  1  1  0  0  0   18
o'neal,shaquille  44   7  18   0  0   4 11   3 17   2  4  1  7  3  0  0  0   18
anderson,nick     39   9  18   0  3   9 14   0  2   0  5  0  5  1  0  0  0   27
skiles,scott      44   1   6   0  2   3  3   0  5  10  6  2  3  0  0  0  0    5
bowie,anthony     17   1   4   0  0   0  0   0  0   2  0  1  0  0  0  0  0    2
kite,greg          8   0   0   0  0   0  0   0  0   0  4  0  0  0  0  0  0    0
royal,donald       3   0   1   0  0   0  0   0  0   0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0    0
corchiani,chris    4   1   1   0  0   0  3   0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    2
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
orl totals       240  29  70   1 10  18 35   5 33  21 26  5 18  6  0  0  0   77
FG, 3P, FT averages:     .414   .100   .514       team rebs 18

nyk ( 5- 4)      min  fgm fga 3m 3a ftm fta or tr  as pf st to bk tc ej ff  pts
campbell,tony     31   0   9   0  0   4  4   3  6   1  4  3  2  0  0  0  0    4
oakley,charles    14   2   3   0  0   0  2   2  5   0  2  0  0  0  2  1  0    4
ewing,patrick     35   7  16   0  0   1  4   0  9   1  5  0  3  3  0  0  0   15
blackman,rolando  41   7  18   0  1   2  2   0  3   8  5  1  2  0  0  0  0   16
rivers,doc        39   5   7   0  1   5  6   0  4  11  6  1  2  0  0  0  0   15
davis,hubert      27   4   9   0  0   2  2   0  1   4  0  0  3  0  0  0  0   10
smith,charles     32  10  15   0  0   6  9   4 10   1  5  1  2  2  1  0  0   26
williams,herb     19   1   2   0  0   0  0   0  3   0  2  0  0  0  0  0  0    2
anderson,eric      2   0   0   0  0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    0
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
nyk totals       240  36  79   0  2  20 29   9 41  26 29  6 14  5  3  1  0   92
FG, 3P, FT averages:     .456   .000   .690       team rebs 18
procedure technicals 2

orl   17  20  24  16  -   77
nyk   26  25  19  22  -   92

attendance 19763, time 2:14, officials: LGrillo,??,??
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