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C6 The Knoxville News-Sentinel Sunday January 15 1995 Auto Racing National Basketball Association Building track no sure bet to land Winston Cup race Malone powers Jazz to record win over Knicks By Tin Associated Preee Karl Malone scored 21 points and converted a key three-point play to help the Utah Jars halt the New York Knicks eight-game winning streak with an 86-81 victory Saturday night With their club record 12th straight road victory the Jazz ran their record against Eastern Conference opponents to 15-1 and beat the Knicks for the fifth time in a row Malone added 12 rebounds and Jeff Homacek had 19 points for the Jazz The best-shooting team averaging 51 percent from the field won despite being held to 40 percent by New York Patrick Ewing finished with 22 points 14 rebounds and six blocked shots Hubert Davis had 20 points and Derek Harper 19 including six 3-pointers New York rallied from an 11-point deficit to take their first lead of the second half with 7 minutes four seconds remaining going up 75-74 on a basket by Hubert Davis The Jazz came right back though scoring 10 straight points capped by fast break basket started by outlet pass Malone was fouled by Charles Smith and hit the free throw for an 84-77 lead It was second straight win without center Felton Spencer who was lost for the season Friday night when he tore his Achilles tendon early in a game against Boston Spencer returned to Utah to 'be examined by team doctors and his place in the starting lineup was taken by Antoine Carr MAGIC II 76ERS 79: Shaquille had 31 points and 10 rebounds to lead Orlando over Philadelphia for the Magic'S 17th victory in a row at home point total was the lowest ever by a Magic opponent and the season-low for the Sixers Dennis Scott came off the bench to score 18 points and Penny Hardaway had 16 points and five assists for Orlando Sharone Wright led Philadelphia with 18 points and Clarence Weatherspoon had 14 but they were the only Sixers to score in double figures as Philadelphia shot 33 percent to the game NETS 93 TIMBERWOLVES 94 Jayson Williams hit two free throws with 4:52 to play to put New Jersey ahead to good and the Nets rallied from a 14-point first-half deficit to defeat Minnesota at East Rutherford NJ Derrick Coleman who converted a big three- point play right after free throws added 22 points ami 1 1 rebounds as the Nets won their second in a row and handed Minnesota its seventh straight road loss Isaiah Rider had 29 points for the Tlmberwolves who were held under 100 points to the 17th time hi 18 games BUCKS 97 PACERS 95: At Indianapolis Todd Wilkesboro Bristol or Martinsville If that happens see a war like Russia is having PRO OF THE YEAR: Sterling Marlin winner of the 1994 Daytona 500 will be honored as Tennessee's Professional Athlete of the Year on Feb 10 at Oprylond in Nashville Marlin a veteran of the NASCAR Winston Cup tour halted a winless streak of 278 with the victory SPIRIT AWARD: Ernie Irvan who is recovering from injuries suffered in an Aug 20 crash at Michigan International Speedway has been named winner of the Maxwell House Motosports Spirit Award The award recognizes sportsmanship determination extraordinary performance in the face of adversity consideration of others and the promotion of thesport and and Allison in 1993 Other finalists were driver Geoff Bodine Havoline publicist Brian VanDercook and the family of the late Neil BonnetL PIT STOPS: North Carolina Motor Speedway has scheduled an open practice session Jan 28 for Winston Cup and Busch Grand National teams Ownerdriver Darrell Waltrip has promoted Pete Wright to shop foreman and added Gregg Buchanan and Craig Lund to his Western Auto team The UAW International Union and General Motors will sponsor the Oct 8 race at Charlotte Motor Speedway The event will be known as the UAW-GM Quality 500 Stevie Reeves of Speedway IntL will replace retired Harry Gant in the BGN racer owned by Ed Whitaker of Bristol Va Kenny Wallace who will run a full Winston Cup this year is the BGN series Most Popular Driver to 1994 Wallace won three races market which they lost when the track at Ontario and road course at Riverside were closed Los Angeles area market is significant enough for us to look at it and add a weekend (to the Helton said "But not that way in the garage area Teams need a open date from time-to-time NASCAR has shown in the past it is flexible enough to make changes a series sprat not a city sport such as an NFL game that is ei-ther a home or away game We don't have a hometown The SuperTruck series which begins this year wasn't started with the purpose of filling in Winston Cup dates Helton said The Busch series reached the point it can replace a Cup event without attracting several Cup drivers are ready to BGN to be the No 1 show fill in for a Winston Cup series Helton said would have to come off (the schedule) if a race is added beyond California not in position to add a date right now" Short tracks and a couple of midsize facilities now hosting Cup races could be targets should larger markets state of Washington Upper Midwest and St Louis become available hope the short tracks aren't totally eliminated" Helton said a key to the series they add to the level of competition to drivers capable of winning championships There is a question whether the short tracks can build seating capacities to stay with Junto Johnson who leads in Winston Cup victories as a car owner came to the defense of the short tracks Bristol Martinsville North Wilkesboro Richmond think NASCAR should go into some new markets such as the Midwest Southwest and I don't think we go north Johnson said don't think see them drop a race at North By BiH Luther NMvwVnlni GBMnMT i CHARLOTTE NC Pouring millions into a superspeedway no longer guarantees a race date on Winston Cup circuit The tour which has grown to' 31 dates with the addition of the Sick 50 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis is near capacity Roger Penske owner of Michigan International Speedway is building a new California facility and has already been awarded a 1997 event Bruton Smith owner of 15-mile tracks at Concord NG and Hampton Ga plans a similar track in the Dallas-Ft Worth area NASCAR officials discuss a date until ground has been broken Another track is nearing completion at Homestead FUu and will host the final Busch Grand National race this year Cost of the complex at Homestead is expected to exceed $70 million By completion time the California track located about 30 miles east of Los Angeles could top out at $70 million and that include land costs Cup schedule cant grow much more" said Mike Helton the director of competition 'There are more new markets If races are added it would have to be through adjustments of the current schedule" That would mean taking away race dates at tracks that have been in operation to years "It is not easy to make such a decision It would be if the Winston Cup and Busch series were said Helton who was involved in promoting the sprat 15 years before joining NASCAR would not be fair to fans in the community who have supported tracks for so long I know what the future holds or what the growth will be Any schedule changes likely will be based on economics" NASCAR officials deny they want the Southern California Alton Lister slices through Indiana defenders I tip-in with 12 seconds left gave Milwaukee a victory over Indiana snapping the 10-game home winning streak The shot came after Indiana had rallied from an 11 -point deficit in the fourth quarter and tied the game 95-95 on two straight 3-pointers by Reggie Miller who had 20 points fifth 3 -pointer of the night tied the game with 114 seconds to play After a timeout Vin Baker drove to the basket to Milwaukee and Day tipped in his missed shot after it bounced off the rim Indiana called a timeout after the basket but Miller was unable to cleanly handle Derrick McKeyS inbounds pass and time ran out Glenn Robinson returned to Ms home state and seined 21 points to lead Milwaukee HEAT 84 MAVS Th At Dallas Kevin Willis had 27 points and 15 rebounds and Billy Owens scored 19 of his 21 points during a first-half surge as Miami a four-game losing streak Jamal Mashbum scored 17 points and Jim Jack-son and Jason Kidd added 15 points each for Dallas playing its fourth game in six nights Kidd also had 10 rebounds to the Mavericks but went 5-to-15 from the field ami missed five of 10 free throws HORNETS 96 BULLS 85: Larry Johnson scored 22 points his ninth consecutive game with 20 or more and Charlotte got its eighth straight victory and 11th in a row at home WASHED OUT: The game between the Detroit Pistons and the Washington Bullets was postponed because of a wet floor caused by condensation at the Palace of Auburn Hills The warm temperatures near Detroit (as high as 58 degrees) caused moisture to rise through the hardwood floor from the ice below HOCKEY ECHL Karr 2-7 04 4 Blount 2-21-2 5 BuacNar 2-2 0-0 4 8fcnpklne 1-1 04) 2 longtoy 1-4 OO 2 Totals 36-62 913 S9 ITANDIW Eastern Conteroncp Atlantic Division S-FoM Mltawukae 8-14 (Day 9-6 Mayberry 2-4 Newman 1-1 Robinson 1-2 Murdock V2) Workman 1-1 out Robinson (Baker W) Indiana SI (8mHs 13) Milwaukee 19 (Mayberry Indiana 25 (Jack-son 10) Total Iowa MWwukoo 22 Indiana 2 19719 i nowman i-i nuuawuti i-r 2L Indiana 6-14 (MMsr 5-10 1 McKay 0-1 8oott 0-21 Fouled on MSwaukao 64 10-14 1-2 22 Wingate 1-7 0-0 2 Mourning 6-11 8-6 19 Boguas 4-10 1-1 Jne 6-9 6-7 20 Pa ry 2-8 1 9 Hawkins 9-99-7 29 Pariah 3 90 4 ton 4-6 2-2 19 Curry 2-8 00 9 Wolf 04) 2 Hanoock VI 0-2 2Totato 96-76 1923 1 28 21 12 29 IS S3 6-13 S-Polnt Chicago 2-9 Harper 1-2 KomTKTcira: laalaaaaw wunviBun (Hawkins 2-3 Sutton 2-4 Jc killers (14th in the league) came up big Ttl sounds like an excuse but missing a lot of our offense right Cherokee defenseman Alain Deeks said hard to pull our chemistry together because had a lot of guys gone that were here a week Sean Pronger Pat Murray and Steve Flomenhoft who have accounted to nearly one-third of offense are not with the team for various reasons Pronger has departed to San Diego of the IHL Murray is on loan to Kalamazoo and Flomenhoft returns Tuesday from a family emergency The trio has been at the core of the specialty teams not here but some other guys have to step it Smith said are a big part of our power-play and penalty killing Dayton (23-10-6) came to Knoxville with the second-best record one point behind Wheeling in the North Division Craig Charron scored off a feed from Kevin Brown eight minutes into the game Four minutes later Sean Gagnon came back with a breakaway to score from the right wing Doug second power-play goal of the season at 12:25 in the period cut the lead to one 1-3 Wingate 0-1) Fouled ChartoHs 46 (Johnao AialU Chicago 20 (Plppan 6) (Boguas 14)l Total Chicago 22 Chw- Continued from page Cl line and beating goalie Jeff Stolp with a shot just outside the crease the Cherokees missed numerous opportunities Stolp had 11 saves in the third as Tajanirnia David Nefison Mike Murray each had shots that were inches away from tying the score The best opportunity came midway through the third on a 2-minute 30 -second power play They had a two-man advantage to 30 seconds but Stolp came up with four saves and much-abused penalty Plppan ttl Jau 98 Knfefca 91 Make Malone 8-15 9-10 21 RusaaS 4-4 9 Carr 6-16 2-2 12 Homaosk 7-14 3-6 19 8tockton 4-6 00 19 Crotty 0-1 V2 1 Kasis 3-4 1-1 7 Chambers 3-3 04) 9 Watson 2-4 0-0 4 Totals 31-72 20-24 89 Maw Yetfc 8mltti 4-10 90 10 MWSIama 2-4 0-2 4 Ewing S-18 6-7 22 Harper 6-16 1-2 19 Starts 1-800 2 Mason 1-32-24 Davis 6-14 OO 29 Bonner 0-1 00 OTotals 30-76 0-13 31 Utah 13 27 33 17-03 New York to 36 17-61 3-Point Utah 4-0 (Homaoak 2-3 Btookton 2-3 Malone 0-1 Chambers 0-1 Wataon 0-1) New York 12-26 (Harper 6-11 Dads 4-9 8mMi 2-9 Starks OOjii Fouled Mona Rabounda-Utah 46 (Malone 12) New York 48 (Ewing 14) Utah 21 New York 24 New York Harper 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