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Sentinel Sunday, March 20, 1994 B3 Ewing powers Knicks to ninth straight win The Associated Presi NEW YORK Patrick Ewing scored 35 points and had 14 rebounds to lead the New Ydrk Knicks over the Boston Celtics 105-91, extending New York's winning streak to nine games. Despite the win and extraordinary defensive effort that limited Boston to 12 points in the fourth quarter, New York's NBA post-shot clock record streak of holding the opposition under 90 points was stopped at eight. New York will share the mark with the Syracuse Nationals, who first set the record during the 1954-55 season. Cedric Ceballos and A.C. Green had 18 points apiece for the Suns, who snapped a two-game skid and won at home for the first time in their last three games.

Green also had 13 rebounds, and Charles Barkley had 15 points and 15 rebounds. The Suns held a 51-39 rebounding edge, but the Nets were undone by their miserable free-throw shooting (20-of-44). Johnny Newman led New Jersey with 18 points, and Derrick Coleman and Kevin Edwards scored 15 each. Spurs 107, Kings 100 SAN ANTONIO David Robinson scored 48 points and grabbed 16 rebounds to lead San Antonio. The Spurs' Dale Ellis hit the 1.000th 3-pointer of his career.

The shot, his second of the game, came at the 7:41 mark of the third quarter. Ellis is the first player in basketball history with 1.000 3-point-ers. Robinson was joined in double figures by Ellis, who had 18 points, and Willie Anderson, with 15. Sacramento was led by Mitch Richmond with 27 points. Wayman Tisdale and Spud Webb added 18 apiece.

Rockets 106, Pistons 88 HOUSTON Mario Elie came off the bench to hit all nine of his shots and pulled down a career-high 15 rebounds to beat Detroit. Elie scored 21 points, his second highest total of the season, as the Rockets won their fourth straight game to maintain their half-game lead over San Antonio in the Midwest Division. The loss snapped a three-game winning streak for Detroit, which beat Seattle, Sacramento and Phoenix on this road trip. Heat 106, Cavaliers 93 MIAMI Glen Rice scored 33 points and Brian Shaw had a season-high 15 assists to help Miami win its fourth straight. The Heat.

14-3 since the All-Star break, cot 20 points from Gran The NBA Long on 9-of-12 shooting. Long'wai poked in the eye early fourth quarter. The Cavaliers, who hav droDDed five straight after tvihc Derek Harper added 17 points for New York while Charles Oakley had 16 and Rolando Blackman 13. Sherman Douglas led Boston with 20 points and 10 assists. Robert Parish, Rick Fox and Dino Rad-ja each added 12.

The Celtics have lost five in a row. Suns 105, Nets 93 PHOENIX Dan Majerle scored 14 of his 22 points in the third quarter, helping the Phoenix Suns hold onto a double-digit lead throughout the second half. franchise record with an ll-gami winning streak, played wuriou starters Mark Price (bruised foot), Brad Daugherty (back)an Larry Nance (knee). Parers 107. Jazz 103 INDIANAPOLIS Rik Smltf hi two free throws to break a tieVitH 34.8 seconds to play to leadlndt- ana.

The loss was tne inira straight lor Utah. 'Weird' Warriors! Portugal takes pounding before rain soaks game keep it interesting Sentinel wire services SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. Saturday's scheduled exhibition game between the San Francisco Giants and the California Angels was rained out, but the downpour didn't come soon enough for Giants pitcher Mark Portugal. Making his fourth start of the spring, Portugal was hit solidly during a three-inning performance. He gave up three warning-track flies in is me second, ana tne third, the Angels collected five singles to score three runs.

Home runs by J.R. Phillips and Matt Wil- Mavs sure could use Tarpley novyj McClatchy News Service'! DALLAS Roy Tarplfjy will be eligible for in the National Basketball Association corrje August, and the Dallas Mavericks still want him back. Tarpley got his third strike under the anti-drug agreement in 1991 and has played in Greece the past two years. "I'd be absolutely lying if I said I didn't want him playing in the NBA and in Dallas," said Mavs General Manager Norm Sonju. Giants, A's notes "I don't worry about veterans very much.

Big Daddy (Rick Reuschel) used to get whacked around every spring. But it's the same as a kid coming down here and tearing it up. Once the bell rings, sometimes it's two different guys." SCOTTSDALE. Ariz. J.R.

Phillips, continuing to battle Todd Benzinger for the Giants first-base job, continues to swing a hot bat. A left-handed batter, his second-inning solo homer came off a curveball by Angels left hander Chuck Finley. "This is what baseball is about: proving yourself," Baker said. "He's got to prove he can hit this pitching. That was the first ball he's hit all spring that hasn't been a fastball.

I'm not in the giveaway business. It's a prove-yourself business." Phillips is doing that. He is 5-for-9 in the last four games and is hitting .400. His home run Saturday had it not been washed out by rain would have been his team-high third of the spring. The same goes for Williams.

PEORIA, Ariz. If Scott Brosius loses this third-base battle, do not blame his swing. Brosius collected three more hits in Satur- The Associated Press A's outfielder Jose Herrera entertains himself during Saturday's rain delay. day's soggy 8-5 victory over the San Diego Padres in Peoria, Ariz. His single started Oakland's decisive three-run rally in the ninth inning.

So far this spring, Brosius is hitting .480. The incumbent at third base, Craig Paquette, checks in at .375. The A's prefer Paquette's defense, but their decision is becoming more and more difficult with each Brosius hit. hams gave the Giants a 4-3 lead after three innings. But the rains came, and the fourth never arrived.

Portugal entered with a 5.40 earned-run average, walking seven batters in 11 innings. He didn't walk any Angels. But he was hit hard. "He hasn't been Mark Portugal yet. but I'm not worried about it," Manager Dusty Baker said.

"He reminds me of guys like Don Sutton and Gaylord Perry, finesse guys who rely on control. They need time to get that feel. denied the story that he wants tt By SUSAN SLUSSER McClatchy News Service THE GOLDEN STATE Warriors get weirder each week. Coach Don Nelson has them playing better than anyone anticipated, but discord reigns. Last week, Nelson expressed displeasure that his rift with rookie Chris Webber had been leaked and said, "It's like having a Judas in our midst.

"Someone in there is sharing information with the media. Sometimes it's accurate, and sometimes it isn't. He has a hidden agenda, something self-serving, something no good. I wish I knew what it is he wants." On March 10, Nelson benched Billy Owens. The day before, Owens had complained that he needed to stick to small forward instead of spending the bulk of his time at power forward, as he did when Webber missed two games with a hip pointer.

Nelson started Chris Mullin at small forward. "I'm trying to accommodate (Owens), which is very difficult, because I have an All-Star small forward there in Chris Mullin," Nelson said. "I think (Mullin) is a better small forward than Billy is, and if I have to choose, that's my choice. "If a guy doesn't want to buy what you're selling, he's going to fail, and that's the case with Billy at this particular time." Factoring into all this was the widespread speculation that Owens because of his close friendship with Webber and his own dis-gruntlement was the organization's "leak." When Owens expressed contrition for his remarks later in the week, Nelson snapped, "He obviously changes his story from time to time." Webber, who only halfheartedly leave the Warriors after this season, responded to the Owens flap by telling the San Francisc Kruk aims for opening-day return cnronicie last Saturday, "Thing are definitely going to happen it) the oilseason. Something obviousl has to happen." Baseball notebook Monday, Nelson decided to clos practices.

He told reporters he wa i upset about recent misrepresents tions. "All of a sudden I can't coacn and I'm going to get fired, but th) oniy tning i ve done is reprimand a leg in a motorbike accident. Jones, 21, was hitting .371 (13-for-35) with two homers and eight RBIs. CLEARWATER, Fla. Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Wes Chamberlain will miss at least a month with a torn knee muscle.

Chamberlain's injury means the Phillies may start the season April 4 without two of the mainstays from last year's National League championship team. Chamberlain and John Kruk, who is undergoing radiation treatment for testicular cancer. CHANDLER, Ariz. Chicago's Willie Wilson charged the mound and touched off a bench-clearing incident Saturday in the fourth inning of Milwaukee's 7-4 win over the Cubs. Wilson let loose of his bat after a pitch from Ricky Bones.

The bat sailed wide of Bones as Wilson charged. Catcher Mike Matheny tackled Wilson before he got to Bones. "I know I'm going to get hit (with a fine) for that," Wilson said. "I don't care. You just react.

I did start it, but they made me start it. TUCSON, Ariz. Keith Mitchell raised his spring average to .441 with two hits Saturday as the Seattle Mariners beat the Colorado Rockies 7-0. Mitchell, a former San Francisco Giant, is 15-for-34 this spring. The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA John Kruk said Saturday he hopes to continue working out while undergoing radiation treatment for testicular cancer, and the Philadelphia Phillies' first baseman he might even rejoin the team for opening day.

Kruk said he will continue to take batting practice and field ground balls in hopes of being ready for the Philadelphia Phillies first game, April 4 at Mile High Stadium in Denver. Until he does join the team, Kruk asked reporters to give him privacy while he undergoes half-hour treatments five days a week at Jefferson University Hospital for three to four weeks. "Don't follow me around like I'm couple of young players who, que; tioned my authority," he said. "People are looking for som a piece of meat and you're rabid animals," he told reporters. "Right now I'm a cancer patient, not a ballplayer." ATLANTA Rookie Chipper Jones, one of the top young players in the Atlanta Braves organization, will miss the entire 1994 season after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.

Jones, who was hurt running out a grounder in an exhibition game against the New York Yankees, was making a strong bid for the left field job, which became available when Ron Gant broke a reason to hurt me, or whatevetrSb many crazy things have gone on right now that you can't dfcTw-guish truth from falsehood. Vpe whole thing has been unfair ot I'm going to make it as light as I can. It's almost to the point where it's comical." Watson, others chase Singh at Nestle golf Sports digest aITowAs UP TO LEASE RATES UP TO to a 54-44 win over Archbishop Mit- ty of San Jose in the state Division III girls championship Saturday at The Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. Tom Watson, trying to break a seven-season win-less streak, shot 67 Saturday and moved into a three-way tie for second place behind leader Vijay Singh at the Nestle Invitational golf tournament. Eleven players are within four strokes of Singh, who shot 68 and maintained his lead with a one-putt par on the final hole.

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In the all-American men's final today, Andre Agassi plays top-ranked Pete Sampras. Sampras is 22-2 this year, Agassi 11-1. The Dutch team of Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis won the men's doubles title, 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (7-4) over Jared Palmer and Mark Knowles. The Associated Press KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. When Steffi Grafs forehand sailed long to end the first set, fans rose with a roar as Natalia Zvereva grinned at her moment in the Florida sun.

The rest of the day belonged to the top-ranked Graf, who won 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 in Saturday's final at the Lipton Championships tennis tournament. Graf lost a set for the first time in her 28 matches this year. But she kept a more important streak alive with her 32nd consecutive victory, the fourth-longest run of Graf earned $150,000, her 84th career title and her third Lipton Loaded. Auto. PWindowa Ugg Rack.

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