From: sikorski@news.miami.edu (Richard Sikorski)
Subject: Game results 06nov
Organization: R.S.M.A.S.
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 92 01:07:33 GMT


I grabbed this off the UPI feed, which they dont like to happen on a
regular basis, so I wont do it all the time.



From: clarinews@clarinet.com (United Press International)
Newsgroups: clari.sports.basketball,clari.sports.top
Subject: NBA Roundup
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 92 12:55:12 PST

	The Chicago Bulls opened their quest for a third straight NBA
championship in similar fashion to the way they went out last season.
	Scottie Pippen recorded his eighth career triple-double Friday night
and Michael Jordan had 29 points, helping the Bulls defeat the host
Cleveland Cavaliers, 101-96.
	``I thought it wasn't bad for an opening game for two teams that had
a long season last year,'' Bulls Coach Phil Jackson said of the first
rematch of the two clubs that battled to six games in the 1992 Eastern
Conference finals. ``The game was played pretty well even, even though
the shooting wasn't as good as it can be.''
	Pippen finished with 22 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, while
Horace Grant added 15 points and 15 rebounds. Jordan sealed the triumph
with 4 points in the final 67 seconds.
	Larry Nance paced the Cavaliers with 24 points, including 16 in the
first half, and blocked six shots. Brad Daugherty finished with 17
points.
	``We know we are a good team and can beat that team,'' Nance said. 
``We tried to do a little too much too early.''
	Pippen scored the first 9 points of the fourth quarter to help
Chicago turn a 77-76 deficit into an 85-77 lead. The Cavaliers missed
their first seven shots of the final period but closed within 97-96 on
Daugherty's baseline jumper with 41 seconds remaining.
	Jordan hit two free throws with 12.3 seconds left, blocked a 3-point
try by Mark Price, and Grant added a pair of free throws with 3.7
seconds to go.
	Cleveland Coach Lenny Wilkens said he felt the Cavaliers were a
little hyper in their first game against the team that eliminated them
from the playoffs last May.
	``We took a lot of quick shots. It was one pass, quick shot,'' said
Wilkens. ``We needed to change the ryhthm of the game, and we didn't do
it very well. There was a lot of intensity. The crowd was into it, and
our guys were very hyper -- maybe a little too much.''
	With Daugherty and Mark Price hitting on only 1 of 19 from the field,
the Bulls took a 52-51 halftime lead on Jordan's 20-footer with one-
tenth of a second left in the second quarter.
	Elsewhere on opening night around the NBA, Boston pounded Minnesota
113-92, New Jersey edged Philadelphia 114-111, Orlando beat Miami 110-
100, New York blasted Atlanta 106-94, Charlotte defeated Washington 126-
119 and Milwaukee upended Detroit 86-81. Golden State cruised by Utah
129-114, the Lakers outlasted the Clippers 114-112 in overtime,
Sacramento knocked off San Antonio 114-106, and Seattle routed Houston
111-94 in a game played in Japan.
                     Celtics 113, Timberwolves 92
	At Boston, Reggie Lewis scored 27 points and Dee Brown 23 to open the
start of the post-Larry Bird era. Boston had a 6-point lead at halftime
and was ahead 80-75 after three quarters but ran away in the final
quarter behind 12 points from Brown. Chuck Person led the Timberwolves
in scoring with 24.
                         Nets 114, Sixers 111
	At Philadelphia, Derrick Coleman hit a 10-foot baseline jumper with
55 seconds remaining and Drazen Petrovic nailed two free throws to give
Chuck Daly his first victory as coach of the Nets. Petrovic led all
scorers with 31 points. Jeff Hornacek paced Philadelphia with 22 points.
                          Magic 110, Heat 100
	At Orlando, Fla., Nick Anderson scored 16 of his 42 points in the
fourth quarter. Much-heralded rookie Shaquille O'Neal added 12 points
and pulled down 17 rebounds in his NBA debut before fouling out with
1:32 remaining. Miami's Willie Burton finished with 23 points.
                         Knicks 106, Hawks 94
	At Atlanta, Patrick Ewing had 22 points and 11 rebounds despite being
in foul trouble. The Hawks' Dominique Wilkins led all scorers with 30
points and became the 17th player in NBA history to reach the 20,000-
point plateau. Wilkins was playing his first regular-season game since
suffering a torn right Achilles tendon last January.
                       Hornets 126, Bullets 119
	At Charlotte, N.C., Larry Johnson scored 29 points and grabbed 13
rebounds for the Hornets first-ever season-opening win. Charlotte also
received 27 points from Johnny Newman and 20 from Kendall Gill.
Washington was led by former Hornet guard Rex Chapman with 25 points.
                         Bucks 86, Pistons 81
	At Auburn Hills, Mich., Frank Brickowski led a balanced attack with
19 points for Milwaukee. The game marked the debut of Coach Ron
Rothstein with the Pistons and Mike Dunleavy with the Bucks. Fred
Roberts put Milwaukee in front for good on a 3-point play with 1:08
left. Joe Dumars led Detroit with 21 points.
                        Warriors 129, Jazz 114
	At Salt Lake City, Utah, Billy Owens scored 29 points and Chris
Mullin 26 for Golden State. Karl Malone had 33 and Jeff Malone 21 for
the Jazz.
                     Lakers 114, Clippers 112 (OT)
	At Los Angeles, Byron Scott scored 29 points and James Worthy 24 for
the Lakers in the coaching debut of Randy Pfund. Danny Manning had 26
and Ron Harper 22 for the Clippers.
                         Kings 114, Spurs 106
	At Sacramento, Calif., Mitch Richmond scored 26 points and backcourt
partner Spud Webb added 23 in Garry St. Jean's coaching debut for the
Kings. The loss spoiled the NBA coaching debut of Jerry Tarkanian, who
coached the previous 19 years at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas. San
Antonio's Sean Elliott led all scorers with 29 points.
                      SuperSonics 111, Rockets 94
	At Yokohama, Japan, Shawn Kemp scored 29 points and grabbed 20
rebounds before a standing room-only crowd of 14,544 at the Yokohama
Arena. The game marked the second NBA season opener to be played in
Japan. The Utah Jazz and Phoenix Suns split a weekend series in 1990 in
Japan in the first regular-season game held outside North America. The
Rockets and Seattle will play in Japan again Saturday. Hakeem Olajuwon
had 21 points and 17 rebounds for Houston.



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