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4DDCTRqI FREE PRESS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY if. 1996 NBA Summaries mm Bulls 98, Rockets 87 How gMMt thadetj gray Horn game thadd In gray IPfpIS 5 3 28 Islanders wininOT for rookie 4-6 1-2 1-2 CHICAGO mm Plpoen 43 10-23 Rodman 31 1-1 Longley 35 1-3 Harper 24 3-5 4 3 3 9 5 3 3 -t 4- 12 3-10 5- 7 1-3 3- 1 4- 9 1-1 0-0 0-1 2-2 7-8 22 Jordan 43 7-26 6-7 16 17 1 1 Kukoc 30 4-9 Kerr 27 6-11 Wennington 2 0-1 Catfev 5 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Swt Hon. Tin. Wed Tim. Fit Sat liMf IMii MMt IIHi" Oet.

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3PG: 12-27, .444 (Kerr 4-6, Pippen 4-11, Kukoc 2-3, Harper 1-1, Jordan 1-6). Team rebounds: II. Blocks: 0. Turnovers: 21. Steals: 1 1 Jordan 4, Harper 2, Kerr 2, Pippen, Rodman, Kukoc).

Technical: (Rodman). HOUSTON mm la II t-t a pi pis Horry 45 3-11 0-0 1-5 3 5 8 Free Press Wire Reports UNIONDALE, N.Y. Mathieu Schneider scored at 2:19 of overtime as the New York Islanders gave rookie goaltender Eric Fichaud his first NHL win in his debut with a dramatic, 5-4 0-0 5-7 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-3 1-9 1-5 0- 1 1- 3 0-1 0-0 Brown 16 4-5 Oiaiuwon 47 13-28 Drexler 43 10-18 Recasner 34 4-7 Bryant 23 0-2 Cassen 31 4-8 Chilcult 1 0-0 Totals 240 38-79 7-9 6-27 23 22 decision over the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday night. Pat LaFontaine's second coal of the came tied FG: .481. FT: .778.

3PG: 4-14, .286 (Horry 2-7, Recasner 1-2, Drexler 1-4, Cassell 0-1). Team rebounds: 7. Blocks: 6 (Horry 3, Oiaiuwon 2, Drexler). Turnovers: 15. Steals: 9 (Horry 4, Drexler 2, Brown, Oiaiuwon, Recasner).

Technicals: 2 (Illegal defense 2). Chicago 22 32 19 25-98 Houston 28 16 27 16-87 16,285. 2:19. Pacers 107, Hawks 90 ATLANTA mm fg It o-t a pi pis Augmon 33 5-9 7-11 3-6 2 4 17 Long 43 4-13 0-0 3-10 4 0 8 Lang 26 4-9 0-0 3-4 0 5 8 Smilh 33 1-12 1-2 4-6 1 2 3 BlavkKk 29 3-12 0-0 1-2 5 2 8 Ehlo 25 8-14 7-7 0-5 4 2 28 Henderson 19 0-1 0-0 1-4 2 6 0 Webb 19 5-6 5-6 1-1 4 1 16 Buard 5 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 2 Grandison 4 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Mundl 4 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Totals 240 31-80 20-26 16-38 22 23 90 FG: .388. FT: .769.

381 (Ehlo 5-5, Blaytock 2-9, Webb 1-1, Long 0-2, Smilh 0-4). Team rebounds: 6. Blocks: 5 (Augmon 2, Lang 2, Henderson). Turnovers: 20. Steals: 10 (Ehlo 2, Henderson 2, Augmon, Long, Smith, Blavlock, Webb, BuUard).

Technical: (Smith). II o-t mm tg (Pi Pis INDIANA 1-4 4-20 4-5 6-6 1-2 3-4 5-5 0-0 0-1 0-1 9-10 2-7 2-2 0-1 31 6-9 37 8-12 28 7-14 37 7-15 29 2-3 27 1-4 16 1-4 19 2-3 6 2-3 4 1-2 3 1-1 3 0-1 McKey D.Davis Smils Miller Jackson A.Davis Pierce Workman Johnson Best Ferrell Caldwell 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 240 38-71 28-31 12-41 23 22 107 Totah FG: .535. FT: .903. 1, .273 (Miller 3-7. McKevO- 1, Jackson 0-1, Pierce 0-1, Workman 0-1).

Team rebounds: 6. Blocks: 4 (D.Davis 2, Smils, Miller). Turnovers: 21. Sleats: 8 (McKev 2, A.Davis 2, Workman 2, D.Davis, Miller). Technicals: 3 (Megal delense, Pierce, A.Davis) Alanta 26 28 15 21- 90 Indiana 32 28 19 28-107 2:12.

Hill listed day-to-day with injured wrist BY PERRY A. FARRELL AND DREW SHARP Free Press Sports Writers All-star forward Grant Hill suffered a soft-tissue injury in his right wrist, courtesy of Dream Team III teammate Karl Malone, in Monday's 106-97 loss to Utah in Salt Lake City. Hill was examined by Dr. Ed Burke at Harper Grace Hospital, where he spent most of Tuesday. Listed as day-to-day, Hill is expected to do some light running at practice today before a decision is made on whether he can play in Thursday's home game against Indiana.

He was knocked off balance by Malone while trying to run through a screen the Jazz power forward set for John Stockton with six minutes left. Hill eventually returned and finished with a team-high 34 points. "I was with him all day," said Pistons coach Doug Collins. "Grant was at the hospital all day getting rays and everything just to rule out anything serious, and right now it looks like it's just a soft-tissue injury. He's in a splint.

We want to rest it until Thursday morning, and then the doctor will look at him again. "There was a lot of concern. We were worried that his wrist might be broken, so it was good news. He's real sore. He just has to get the soreness out." Hill has started all 41 games and leads the team in scoring (21.4), rebounding (9.0), minutes played assists (262) and steals (55).

With Joe Dumars also ailing he sat out Monday's game after being kicked in the knee Saturday at Houston the Pistons would be hard-pressed to keep up with the Pacers if Hill can't play. ROE CALL The Pistons' injury situation and general fatigue was the reason Collins gave little-used rookie Lou Roe significant playing time against Utah. Roe scored 11 points in 24 minutes, making him one of the few bright spots in the game. But whether the performance marks the beginning of increased minutes is up to Roe. "Lou knows that there is a position for him on this team but has yet to consistently show me on a day-today basis that he wants it," Collins said.

"We're not just giving minutes away. They've got to be earned. Sure, he had his moments, but let's see if he wants to keep working hard. That remains to be seen." REGROUPING: Collins had the Pistons do some running and stretching to get back on eastern time after the four-game western trip. "It has been my experience that if you don't do something today, tomorrow is a lost day," he said.

The Pistons begin the second half of the season over .500 for the first time since 1991-92, when they were 23-18. PISTONS STATISTICS Through Tuesday Magic 104, Celtics 99 SuperSonics 92, Trail Blazers 88 SEATTLE mm lg t-t I pf Pfs Schrempf 33 3-8 3-4 0-2 4 3 9 Perkins 26 4-11 2-3 1-4 3 1 11 Johnson 17 2-3 0-0 2-6 0 3 4 Hawkins 28 5-8 1-2 1-4 0 12 Pavton 40 10-12 0-0 0-2 7 3 21 Kemp 31 4-13 3-4 3-7 2 11 Brickowski 21 6-9 1-2 0-3 0 5 16 Askew 25 1-4 2-3 1-2 3 3 4 McMillan 19 2-4 0-0 0-4 3 2 4 Totah 240 37-72 12-18 8-34 22 27 92 FG: .514. FT: 667. 3PG: 6-18 (Brickowski 3-4, Pavton 1-2, Hawkins 1-4, Perkins 1-5, Schrempf 0-1, Askew 0-1, McMillan 0-1). Team rebounds: 13.

Blocks: 4 (Schrempf, Johnson, Kemp, Askew). Turnovers: 19 Steals: 9 (Pavton 2, Brickowski 2, Scrempf, Hawkins, Kemp, Askew, McMillan). Technicals: 2 (Schrempf, Pavton). PORTLAND mm fg f-t a pf pts Granl 27 2-6 1-2 2-3 0 2 5 C.Robinson 42 8-24 6-11 1-5 5 4 25 Dudley 24 2-4 0-0 4-9 0 3 4 McKle 24 3-4 2-2 2-4 2 0 8 Strickland 34 1-8 1-2 1-18 13 Williams 26 0-3 1-2 1-3 0 1 1 Trent 6 0-1 0-2 0-1 1 1 0 J.Robinson 36 7-9 3-4 1-3 3 3 20 Sabonis 19 7-11 5-6 1-3 0 3 19 R.Robinson 2 1-2 0-0 0-1 0 0 3 Totah 240 31-72 19-31 13-33 19 18 88 FG: .431. FT: .613.

3PG: 7-18 (J.Robinson 3-5, C.Robinson 3-11, R.Robinson 1-1, Trent 0-1). Team rebounds: 14. Blocks: 4 (Williams 2, Grant, Dudley). Turnovers: 14. Sleals: 12 (McKie3, Strickland 3, C.Robinson 2, Sabonis 2.

Grant, Dudley). Technical: illegal defense. Sea me 27 22 17 26-92 Portend 22 24 22 18-88 21,221. 2:09. NBA LEADERS Through Monday Scoring fg ft pts avg.

Jordan, Chi 41 471 280 1274 31.1 Malone, Utah 42 406 289 1107 26.4 Robinson, SA 40 356 308 1021 25.5 Oiaiuwon, Hou. 44 441 238 1123 25.5 Mourning, Mia 31 249 250 755 24.4 Hardaway, On. 42 337 288 1019 24.3 C. Robinson, Port. 39 307 188 924 23.7 CeboUos, LAI 40 349 221 937 23.4 Richmond, Sac.

38 288 212 876 23.1 Barklev, Phoe. 33 254 221 757 22.9 Rice, Char 40 328 161 913 22.8 Ewing, N.Y. 39 357 157 873 22.4 Elliott, S.A. 35 256 187 781 223 Robinson, Mil 40 324 173 866 21.7 Pippen, Chi. 41 335 126 886 21.6 HI, Del.

41 309 260 878 214 Johnson, Char 41 310 214 877 21.4 Baker, Mil. 40 342 167 854 21.4 Miller, Ind. 40 261 230 843 21.1 Kemp, Sea 303 270 879 209 Radia, Bos 41 342 154 838 20 4 Howard, Wash. 41 345 125 818 20.0 Abdul-Rauf, Den. 38 280 96 750 19.7 Scott, Orl 42 286 127 823 19.6 Brandon, Clev.

42 285 197 822 19.6 Strickland, Port. 40 288 170 777 19.4 Jackson, Doll. 40 280 164 768 19.2 Pavton, Sea. 42 313 118 791 188 Gilliam, NJ 39 295 144 734 18.8 Stackhouse, PhU 42 252 229 784 18 7 Sloudamire, Tor. 42 281 154 781 186 Rider, Minn.

37 256 132 686 18.5 Houston, Det. 41 272 131 750 183 Smith, All 41 251 166 738 18.0 SpreweN, G.S. 38 219 177 651 17.1 Maxwell, Phil 36 205 130 613 17.0 Anlhony, Van. 37 210 159 626 16.9 McCloud, DaH. 38 229 82 642 16.9 Vaught, LAC 41 300 85 691 16.9 Mills, Clev 40 247 655 16.4 Gugliolla, Minn.

40 246 146 653 163 Hawkins, Sea 42 235 130 677 16.1 Blavlock, All 41 233 71 660 16.1 PhiHs, Clev 42 236 141 670 16.0 Wealherspoon, Phil 38 218 149 585 154 Kidd, DaN 39 210 127 595 153 Van Exel, LAL ...42 234 98 639 15.2 D. Ellis, Den 42 239 70 633 15.1 Harper, N.Y. 42 233 105 631 15.0 Williams, LAC 40 240 119 600 15.0 Rebounding off def tot avg. Rodman, Chi 29 154 270 424 14.6 Robinson SA 10 151 347 498 12.5 Kemp, Sea 12 162 346 508 12.1 Barklev, Phoe 33 120 272 392 11.9 Mulombo Den 12 145 337 482 11.5 Williams, N.J. 40 200 254 454 11.4 Oiaiuwon, Hou 44 111 371 482 11.0 Jones, Dall ..40 161 264 425 10.6 Cage, Clev 42 167 266 433 10.3 Gilliam, N.J 39 142 260 402 10.3 Baker, Mil 40 143 265 408 10.2 Radia, Bos 41 91 324 415 10.1 Dudley, Porf 42 146 272 418 10.0 Malone, Utah 42 85 332 417 9.9 Ewing, NY 39 69 316 385 9.9 Vaught, LAC 41 99 303 402 9.8 Gugliolla, Minn 40 96 292 388 9.7 Muresan, Wash 42 151 254 405 9.6 Wealherspoon, Phil 38 lOf 259 365 9.6 Green, Phoe 40 117 264 381 9.5 Oaklev, N.Y.

38 129 230 359 9.4 Long, Atl 41 127 252 379 9.2 Polvniie Sac 37 107 227 334 9.0 HI, Det. 41 73 296 369 9.0 Mason, N.Y 42 100 275 375 8.9 Johnson, Char ..41 124 236 360 8.8 Willis, Mia 37 103 220 323 8.7 D. Davis, Ind 40 109 237 346 8.7 Seikalv GS 41 114 240 354 8.6 Thorpe, Det 41 107 236 343 14 Field goal percentage fg foa pel O'Neal, Orl 173 277 .625 Muresan, Wash. 248 402 .617 Kemp, Sea 303 531 .571 D. Davis, Ind 170 301 .565 Sabonis, Porl 186 330 .564 Slocklon, Utah 230 413 .557 Geiger, Char 160 289 .554 Polvnice, Sac.

173 318 .544 Williams, LAC 240 442 .543 Mason, N.Y 211 391 .540 Smils, Ind 193 359 .538 Douglas, 154 293 .526 Thorpe, Del 223 425 .525 Miller, Tor 196 375 .523 Vaught, LAC 300 575 .522 Malone, Utah 406 779 .521 Robinson, SA 356 686 .519 Granl, Sac 195 376 .519 Ceballos, LAL 349 675 317 Green, Phoe. 159 308 .516 MuHin, 218 423 .515 NHL Summaries a Pf pis mm fg 38 8-14 42 6-17 15 1-8 II 2-2 1-2 1- 2 7-7 2- 2 0-0 6-7 0-1 0-0 2-2 t-t 4-10 0- 11 3- 3 1- 1 1-4 4- 5 0-1 4-8 0- 3 1- 4 BOSTON Fox Radia Montross Day Wesley Ellison Williams Brown Lister Barros With Midler taken, Wings look elsewhere By Viv Bernstein Free Press Sports Writer The Red Wings continue to peruse the market for a left wing who will add grit and scoring for the playoffs. Meanwhile, Kirk Muller arrived at Joe Louis Arena on Tuesday dressed in Toronto blue. The Wings were once in the hunt for Muller, a player who could have filled the above description. Asked before Tuesday's game how much interest he received from the Wings, Muller said, "Lots.

I heard a lot. I can't deny that was one place I heard a lot of rumors about. But there were seven or eight places." The Leafs acquired Muller on Jan. 23 in a three-way deal with the Islanders and Senators. Muller was too costly for the budget-conscious Wings.

He will make $1.9 million Canadian this season, $4.3 million in the final two years of his contract. And the Islanders wanted a piece of the Wings' prized future. Through it all, the Wings were never sold on Muller, having scouted him early in the season before he was told to leave the Islanders and wait for a deal. "I got to the point where I said I'm just going to wait for it to finally happen," Muller said. "There's too much of a roller coaster every day hearing that it could be here or there.

I just let it be and waited for the word. "The biggest thing was, relief is a good word, the fact that I just wanted to get back playing hockey. That was No. 1. Secondly, I was really excited that it was Toronto.

The whole situation was real positive." Perhaps not for the Wings. They'll face Muller and the Leafs four more times in the final 34 games. And there's always the possibility of a playoff series. But there's plenty of time for the Wings to find a left wing before the March 20 trade deadline. The Wings also are interested in acquiring a tough defenseman.

But they denied rumors of a deal that would bring defenseman Lyle Odelein from Montreal for defense-man Marc Bergevin and center Kris Draper. The rumor apparently started when Bergevin's name came up during a French-Canadian broadcast. GROUSING ON THE FARM: Adirondack center Wes Walz, angry that he hasn't been recalled by the Wings, has asked for a trade. Walz went public with complaints the Wings broke a promise to recall him. "When I signed with the Detroit Red Wings in the summer, it wasn't to play with the Adirondack Red Wings," he said after being named MVP of the AHL All-Star Game in Hershey, Pa.

"I'm disappointed with how things turned out with Detroit. They made some promises to me about NHL playing time. I kept my end of the bargain. I thought I had a fantastic training camp, I was a good soldier in Adirondack, but they haven't kept promises." Apparently, Walz was told after training camp he would be recalled within a few weeks. That hasn't happened because the Wings have been relatively free of injuries goalie Kevin Hodson and defenseman Jamie Pushor have been the only recalls and in their one trade acquired another center, Igor Larionov, from San Jose.

"I think it was insinuated to him, 'Go down and don't worry, you're going to be back in said Wings assistant general manager Ken Holland, who is also the GM for Adirondack. "He's not very happy down there. I spend half my days talking to hockey people about Wes Walz, and I'm getting tired of it. I can't even drum up a minor-league deal. I've asked for a minor-league player in return and I can't make a deal.

The interest isn't out there that he seems to think is out there." With Mike Vernon backing up Chris Osgood on Tuesday, the Wings sent Hodson to Adirondack. 8-20 3-6 2-4 2-8 1-9 0-1 24 3-7 240 34-94 21-25 18-50 17 26 Totals FG: 362. FT: .840. 3PG: 10-28, .357 (Fox 4-8. Day 3-10.

Wesley 2-3, Barros 1-3, Brown 0-4). Team rebounds: 6. Blocks: 2 (Radio, Ellison) Turnovers: 14. Steals: 11 (Day 3, Barros 2, Brown 2, Fox, Radia, Wesley, Ellison). Illegal delense: 1.

Pi pis 1 1 II o-t 0-0 0-5 0-0 1-3 2-13 3-19 0-0 0-1 3 3 Orlando mm tg Scott 32 4-10 WoH 28 3-4 O'Neal 39 14-20 Anderson 14 1-4 Hardaway 40 11-19 Grant 25 4-8 Shaw 27 1-8 Royal 17 2-3 Vaughn 3 0-1 Bowie 15 3-6 5-8 2-3 2-2 2-4 0-0 0-0 Totals 240 43-83 13-30 13-53 33 IB 104 FG: .518. FT: .433 3PG: 5-16, .313 (Scott 4-8, Bowie 1-1, Hardaway 0-2, Shaw 0-2, Anderson 0-3). Team rebounds: 12. Blocks: 9 (O'Neal 5, Anderson, Grant, Royal, Vaughn). Turnovers: 19.

Steals: 10 (Hardaway 5, O'Neal 2, Grant 2, Royal). Technical: (illegal defense). Boston 21 24 29 25- 99 Orlando 20 20 31 33-104 17,248. 2:15. Suns 114, Heat 99 PHOENIX mm fg ft o-t a pf pts Fintey 46 9-19 5-6 5-10 6 0 23 Barklev 34 15-22 5-6 5-13 3 3 37 Williams 17 2-5 0-0 4-6 0 2 4 Person 43 5-11 1-2 0-1 2 0 11 Johnson 39 7-12 11-12 2-9 12 3 25 Kleine 29 2-4 0-0 0-8 1 5 4 Green 6 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0 0 Tisdale 10 2-4 4-6 0-1 0 4 8 Perry 9 0-3 2-4 0-1 1 1 2 Smilh 5 0-3 0-0 1-1 1 0 0 Carr 2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Totals 240 42-84 28-36 17-51 26 18 114 FG: .500.

FT: .778. 3PG: 2-5, .400 Barklev 2-3, Person 0-2). Team rebounds: 8. Blocks: 6 (Finley 2, Williams 2, Borklev.Tisdale). Turnovers: 12.

(Finley 2, Barklev it with 4.2 seconds left in regulation. With goalie Dominik Hasek pulled for a sixth attacker, LaFontaine found a loose puck in the lower right circle and backhanded a shot that tucked under the crossbar. Fichaud stopped 22 shots to become the fifth Islanders goaltender to win his debut. Kelly Hrudey, Jamie McLennan, Rollie Melanson and Richard Brodeur were the others. Derek King had given the Islanders a 4-3 lead at 13:24, backhanding a giveaway from rookie Mike Wilson past Hasek, who made 30 saves.

Alexander Semak, Niklas Anders-son and Travis Green also scored for the Islanders, who gained their first points in their last six games (1-5). Wilson and Gary Galley also scored for the Sabres, who have only one win in their last eight games (1-7). Wings drop Maple Leafs in revival, 4-2 RED WINGS, from Page ID "It's still hurting, the upper back, upper body," said Fedocov. "I'm not the toughest player in the league. I know what my job is.

"It's not my job being a tough player, being one of the players who score. Just to play hard, that's all I know. I came back and I was successful." By the time Fedorov returned, the Leafs had taken a 2-1 lead on defense-man Todd Gill's shot from the top of the left circle at 5:57 of the third. Fedorov returned and took over. He controlled the puck in the neutral zone and broke for the Leafs' zone down the right side.

Fedorov went wide on defenseman Larry Murphy, cut to the net, sent. the puck under Murphy's stick, then grabbed it back for a snap shot that beat goalie Don Beaupre to the far side just inside the left post at 7:45. Following the ensuing face-off, Fedorov took the puck into the Leafs' zone on the right side and sent a pass that got by defenseman Dave Ellett and went right to Larionov in the slot. Larionov lifted a shot over Beaupre's glove at 8:01. The Leafs spent most of the first period trying to fend off the Wings' attack.

But Toronto came around in the second, putting more pressure on the Wings and tying it at 1 at 6:17. The goal came when Yushkevich took a shot from above the right circle that Osgood stopped. The puck bounced in the crease and Doug Gil-' mour was there to bury the rebound into the open net before Osgood could react. Osgood, who faced six shots in the first, made 11 saves in the second to keep it tied. Among his better stops: a glove save on Mats Sundin as he was bearing down in the slot about 8:30 into the period.

Beaupre stopped all 11 shots in the second. The Wings outplayed the Leafs in the first period but thanks to Beaupre, they led only 1-0. Slava Kozlov scored the goal for the Wings, who outshot the Leafs, 15-6. Greg Johnson set up Kozlov at 7:16, controlling a puck that bounced off the left boards into the circle. Johnson sent it across to Kozlov for the one-timer off the right post.

Beaupre didn't have a chance on that one, but he stopped everything else. His best stop came when he stopped an Yzerman breakaway three minutes into the game with a glove save. Doug Brown had two glorious chances but failed to connect. Brown was in front for a rebound of Kozlov's shot with 8:30 left in the first period. He also shot wide with a backhander while alone in front with about five minutes left.

The Wings had to kill a five-minute penalty to Fedorov when he sent Jons-son into the boards shoulder-first with 2:51 remaining in the first period. Jonsson had to be helped off the ice. He suffered a separated shoulder and didn't return. Fedorov received a five-minute major, but did not get a game misconduct and ejection because he hit Jonsson on the shoulder, not the head or neck. Still, the Wings were without two of their best penalty killers for the duration: Fedorov and Bob Errey.

Errey played early in the first but suffered a bruised chest and didn't return. 2, Johnson 2, Person, Kleine). nagram tout: (Barklev). MIAMI mm fg II o-t a pf pis 3 0 6 Owens 23 3-8 0-0 0-4 PLAYER 0 MIN FO-FOA FG FT-FTA FT REB A AVQ Hill 41 40.7 309-660 .468 260-352 .739 9.0 6.4 21.4 Houston 41 35.4 272-616 .442 131-172 .762 3.0 2.9 18.3 Thorpe 41 35.7 223-425 .525 136-169 .720 8 4 2.1 14.2 Dumars 31 27.7 104-268 .388 86-104 .827 1.8 3.2 11.1 Hunter 41 33.8 147-393 .374 50-71 .704 3.3 3.3 10.3 Mills 41 19.2 136-323 .427 69-91 .758 4.3 1.1 9.0 Ratllff 38 17.3 61-116 .526 42-58 .724 4.0 0.1 4.3 Reld 32 14.3 41-71 .577 24-37 .649 2.8 0.2 3.3 Leckner 13 10.5 17-22 .773 8-13 .615 2.4 0.1 3.2 Macon 23 125 29-67 .433 9-11 .818 1.0 0.7 2.4 West 25 13.7 21-43 .488 12-22 .545 2.3 0.0 2.1 Roe 30 9.5 26-65 .400 17-20 .850 1.9 0.4 23 TQTAL8 41 1397-3092 .452 848-1146 .740 39.9 19.5 94.6 OPR. 41 1396-3098 .451 39.6 20.8 93.7 2 0 4 4 6 Willis 19 5-9 0-0 4-6 Mourning 35 5-10 2-2 0-4 Chapman 34 5-15 0-0 0-1 Coles 23 3-6 1-2 0-1 Askins 22 2-4 0-0 0-2 Thomas 28 6-10 2-6 2-10 Gamble 13 2-3 O-O 0-0 Rencher 23 2-8 3-5 1-3 Lenard 11 5-11 2-2 1-1 Schaves 9 0-1 3-4 2-3 5 0 4 2 Totals 240 38-85 13-21 10-35 19 28 FG: .447.

FT: .619. 3PG: 10-22, .455 Lenard 3-9, Coles 2-2, Askins 2-4, Mourning 1-1, Rencher 1-1, Chapman 1-5). Team rebounds: 1 1. Blocks: 8 (Mourning 4, Willis, Thomas, Rencher, Schaves). Turnovers: 15 Steals: 6 (Owens, Chapman, Thomas, Gamble, TRencher, Lenard).

Phoenix 33 26 32 23-114 Miami 26 23 18 32- 99 14,851. 2:19. Nuggets 88, Timberwolves 86 NBA Standings MIL Standings Eastern Conference Red Wings 4, Maple Leafs 2 CENTRAL PCT GB STK LT10 HME AWV i Pf Pts Western Conference 3 3 4 Toronto Detroit 1-2 3-4 .929 W-16 10-0 CENTRAL AWAY PTS GP LST 10 GF-GA .674 10'4 W-7 9-1 First period DENVER mm lg II 0-1 McDvess 29 2-10 0-0 3-8 D.Ellis 35 5-14 0-0 0-2 Mulombo 44 4-6 4-4 3-17 Slith 31 3-10 3-6 1-4 Abdul-Raul 38 11-24 1-2 0-1 L.Ellis 21 3-8 2-3 2-10 Williams II 2-5 0-0 0-1 Rose 28 5-12 1-1 1-1 MacLean 3 1-2 0-0 0-0 9-1 .571 15 L-1 L-2 4-6 3 1 0 2 4 2 0 17-3 12-11 9-9 10-12 8-13 7-14 7-13 2-17 22-0 17-3 15-9 12- 8 13- 7 14- 7 8-12 10-13 39 3 29 14 24 18 22 20 21 20 21 21 15 25 12 30 Chicago Indiana Atlanta Cleveland Detroit Charlotte Milwaukee Toronto Detroit 35 9 4 74 48 8-1-1 181-108 16-7-2 Chicago 25 15 11 61 51 5-2-3 172-141 11-7-6 Toronto 22 18 9 53 49 2-5-3 151-143 10-11-5 St. Louis 20 20 8 48 48 4-3-3 129-134 9-11-4 Winnipeg 21 24 4 46 49 4-5-1 172-179 8-15-1 Dallas 14 24 10 38 48 3-5-2 132-166 5-13-4 .524 17 .512 17 .500 18 .375 23 .286 27 5- 5 6- 4 3-7 3-7 L-2 W-2 L-3 L-2 Totah 240 36-91 11-16 10-44 22 16 FG: .396. FT: .688.

3PG: 5-19, .263 (D.EHIs3-8, Rose 1-3, Abdul-Rauf 1-4, Slith 0-1, L.Ellis 0-1, Williams 0-2L Team rebounds: II. Blocks: 12 (Mulombo 9, McDvess TTRose). Turnovers: 12. Steals: 9 (Slith 3, L.Ellis 3, McDvess, D.EUis, PACIFIC AWAY PTS GP LST 10 GF-GA ATLANTIC PCT GB STK LT10 HMEAWY Detroit, Kozlov 24 (Johnson), 7:16 Second period Toronto, Gllmour 16 (Yushkevich), 6:17 Third period Toronto, Gill 5 (Gagner, Gartner), 5:57 Detroit, Fedorov 21 (Larionov, Konslantinov), 7:45 Detroit, Larionov 12 (Fedorov, Kozlov), 801 Delroit, Yzerman 22 (Ckxarelli, Coffey), 18:59 (en) Penalties 1st; Larionov, Del (hooking), Fedorov, Det, maior (boarding), 1709; Murphy, Tor dripping), 17:41. 2nd: Andrevchuk, Tor (hooking), Konslantinov, Del (roughing), 15:42.

3rd: Andrevchuk, Tor (high-slicking), Primeau, Del (high-slicking), Ellet, Tor (roughing), Draper, Del (roughing), Kozlov, Del (hooking), 903; Gagner, Tor (Interfrence, goalie), 15:12. Shots: Toronto 6-12-9-27; Delroit 13-11-13-37. Power plays: Toronto 0 of Detroit 0 of 2. Goalies: Toronto, Beaupre (6-24-0). Detroit, Osgood (23-5-3).

19,983. Referee: Dave Jackson. Linesmen: Stephane Provosl, Pat Dapuzzo. Rose). Technicals: 3 (illegal defense 3).

o-t a pf pts MINNESOTA ft fg 4-11 3 1 4 2 4 Colorado 26 14 9 61 49 4-2-4 189-138 14-10-3 Vancouver 17 19 12 46 48 4-4-2 176-164 10-9-7 Los Angeles 17 22 11 45 50 2-6-2 167-173 5-16-4 Calgary 17 23 9 43 49 6-2-2 144-155 8-12-6 Edmonton 18 24 6 42 48 6-4-0 133-183 8-12-2 Anaheim 17 27 5 39 49 3-6-1 139-166 7-16-3 San Jose 10 35 4 24 49 2-8-0 145-221 4-20-2 22-0 9-12 15-8 12-7 15-6 6-15 12- 8 7-17 13- 8 4-17 9-14 6-13 5-17 3-17 6-4 6-4 5-5 3- 7 4- 6 2-8 1-9 .721 W-1 .643 3V4 W-3 .500 9V4 W-2 .432 12Vi L-2 .405 13Vi L-1 .357 15V4 L-5 .190 22V2 W-1 31 12 27 15 21 21 19 25 17 25 15 27 8 34 Orlando New York Washington Miami New Jersey Boston Philadelphia 1 0 0-0 6-9 6-6 3-3 0-0 0- 0 1- 1 0-0 0-0 Garnelf Gugliolla Laeltner Rider Porter Martin Mitchell West Rooks 3- 8 4- 9 0- 4 1- 8 0-3 2- 4 0-2 0-1 35 2-6 35 6-15 35 6-17 38 10-19 20 1-3 23 1-7 29 6-12 18 1-4 7 1-3 240 34-86 4 2 1 1 16-19 14-50 25 16 Totah Eastern Conference Western Conference C- tOC FT. Oil OfWI-D 1U CWI.u-A-1 Islanders 5, Sabres 4 (OT) ATLANTIC PTS GP LST 10 GF-GA AWAY MIDWEST PCT GB STK LT10 HME AWY Martin 0-2, Laeltner 0-3). Team rebounds: 10. Blocks: 7 (Garnet! 3, Gugliolla 2, Laeltner 2). Turnovers: 18.

Sleals: 4 (Martin 2, Laeltner, Porter). Illegal defense: 1. Denver 21 25 18 24-88 Minnesota 24 20 21 21-86 10,477. 2:08. San Antonio 27 13 69 50 6-1-3 187-138 12-9-4 67 49 5-2-3 174-131 13-8-3 59 49 2-3-5 169-129 8-9-7 51 48 4-4-2 132-122 9-12-2 47 48 6-3-1 126-121 5-12-5 47 47 4-5-1 139-157 8-13-3 34 48 4-5-1 138-183 5-16-3 30 11 9 31 13 5 24 14 11 23 20 5 21 22 5 20 20 7 13 27 8 NY Rangers Florida Philadelphia Washington New Jersey Tampa Bay NY Islanders 16-5 11-8 16-4 12-10 15-6 14-10 10-9 8-16 8-12 6-15 8-11 3-19 7-14 3-19 6- 4 7- 3 5-5 4- 6 5- 5 3- 7 4- 6 W-1 W-2 L-1 W-2 W-1 L-4 L-2 .675 .667 .644 V4 .419 10V4 .341 13V4 .268 16V .233 181 28 14 29 16 18 25 14 27 11 30 10 33 Utah Houston Denver Dallas Minnesota Vancouver Monday night Jazz 106, Pistons 97 NORTHEAST PTS GP LST 10 GF-GA AWAY PCT GB STK LT10 HME AWY reb ft o-t 14-16 0-6 PACIFIC a pf pts Buffalo 2 1 1 0-4 NY Islanders 2 1 1 1-S First period New York, Semak 15 (Dalgarno, Mclnnls), 1:40 New York, Andersson 6 (Green, PatHv), 337 Buffalo, Wilson 1 (Peca, Burridge), 7:51 Buffalo, LaFontaine 19 (May, Burridge), 12:17 (pp) Second period New York, Green 18 (Schneider), :44 (pp) Buffalo, Galley 6 (Zhilnlk, LaFontaine), 14:55 (pp) Third period New York, King 9, 13:24 Buffalo, LaFontaine 20 (Peca, Burridge), 19:55 Overtime New York, Schneider 7 (Sweeney, Stroke), 2:19 Penalties 1st: Semak, NY, Zhilnlk, Buf, 633; Bertuzzl, NY, Dawe, Buf, Houda, Buf, 19:28.

2nd: Muni, Buf, 33; Daigarno, NY, Hughes, Buf, misconduct, 1O50; Severvn, NY, misconduct, Kosparaills, NY, 12' 19' Belanger, NY, 14:21. 3rd: Huddy, Buf, maior-Bame misconduct (high-sticking), 201; Pikxi, NY, 8:47. Shot Buffalo 9-12-5-0-26, New York 11-16-7-1-35. Power plays: Buffalo 2 of New York 1 of 5 Goalies: Buffalo, Hasek (13-18-3). New York, Fichaud (1-0-0) 8,454.

Referee: Rob Shlck. 2-3 3-8 0-3 0-0 Seattle 31 11 Sacramento 22 16 LA Lakers 24 18 8-1) 1-2 DETROIT mm 10 Hill 46 10-17 Thorpe 25 6-10 Reid 13 0-2 Houston 45 6-16 Hunter 24 0-4 Mills 26 3-8 Rolliff 14 0-2 Roe 24 5-8 Wesl 23 2-3 Pittsburgh 31 15 3 65 49 5-5-0 237-164 11-9-3 Montreal 24 19 6 54 49 5-2-3 155-151 12-12-1 Boston 20 20 6 46 46 5-5-0 166-172 5-12-4 Hartford 18 24 6 42 48 5-4-1 132-148 6-15-3 Buffalo 19 26 3 41 48 3-7-0 140-159 7-16-0 Ottawa 9 37 2 20 48 1-8-1 111-192 6-21-0 8 4 0 6 0 5 0 2 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 5 18-2 13-9 14- 5 8-11 15- 6 9-12 14-7 7-15 10-12 8-11 12-9 6-15 10-12 6-14 8-2 3- 7 8-2 6-4 4- 6 4- 6 5- 5 W-5 L-3 W-3 L-1 W-1 L-1 L-2 .738 .579 7 .571 7 .488 10'2 .439 12Vi .429 13 .381 15 21 22 18 23 Portland Phoenix 0- 3 2-5 1- 1 2- 4 0-2 0- 0 1- 2 2- 2 0- 0 1- 2 Golden State 18 24 LA Clippers 16 26 Totah 240 32-70 28-36 9-34 17 28 FG: .457. FT: .778. 3PG: 5-12, .4 17 Houston 3-8, Wesl 1-1, Mills 1-2, Hunter 0-1). Team rebounds: 8.

Blocks: 2 (Reid, Wesl). Turnovers: 15 (Houston 5, Hid 3, Hunter 2, Mills 2, Wesl 2, Thorpe). Steals: 6 (Hill, Thorpe, Hunler, Ratliff, Roe, wesl). I ecnnicoi: illegal oeiense. nagram tou: vvesi.

Pi pts 2 3 6 Monday night Jets 2, Stars 1 TUESDAY'S RESULTS DETROIT 4, Toronto 2 ISLANDERS 5, Buffalo 4 (OT) Edmonton at Calgary, inc. New Jersey at inc. Hartford at San Jose, inc. MONDAY'S RESULTS FLORIDA 2, Pittsburgh 1 OTTAWA 4, St. Louis 2 Winnipeg 2, DALLAS 1 TODAY'S GAMES Florida at Buffalo, 7:30 Boston at Ottawa, 7:30 Washington at Montreal, 7:30 Pittsburgh at Tampa Bay, 7:30 St.

Louis at Toronto, 7:30 NY Rangers at Dallas, 8:30 Chicago at Edmonton, 9:30 Hartford at Los Angeles, 10:30 Colorado at Anaheim, 10:30 THURSDAY'S GAMES Winnipeg Datas 0 1 -J 0 1-1 UTAH mm fg ft o-t Benoif 26 2-6 0-0 0-3 Malone 44 14-22 12-16 0-10 Spencer 11 3-5 1-2 0-4 Hornacek 39 6-12 0-0 1-5 Slocklon 36 7-12 3-3 1-3 Eislev 17 1-2 0-0 1-1 Carr 27 3-5 1-2 0-0 Keefe 24 4-6 2-2 2-7 Foster 11 0-2 0-0 0-0 Russell 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 Oslerlag 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 TODAY'S GAMES Vancouver at Boston, 7:30 Phoenix at Atlanta, 7:30 Milwaukee at Cleveland, 7:30 Utah at Portland, 8:00 LA Clippers at San 8:30 THURSDAY'S GAMES Indiana at Detroit, 7:30 Orlando at New York, 7:30 Philadelphia at Miami, 7:30 Houston at Charlotte, 7:30 Denver at Milwaukee, 8:30 Seattle at Dallas, 8:30 Chicago at Sacramento, 10:30 5 TUESDAY'S RESULTS Chicago 98, HOUSTON 87 DALLAS 105, LA Clippers 101 Denver 88, MINNESOTA 66 INDIANA 107, Atlanta 90 ORLANDO 104, Boston 99 Phoenix 114, MIAMI 99 New Jersey at Seattle, inc. Golden St. at LA Lakers, inc. Toronto at Sacramento, Inc. MONDAY'S RESULTS UTAH 106, Detroit 97 CHARLOTTE 88, Cleveland 86 NEW YORK 94, Miami 85 PHILA.

103, Vancouver 92 Seattle 92, PORTLAND 88 4 1 0 0 Second period Winnipeg, Tkochuk 30 (Selanne, Maclver), 722 (pp) Third period Winnipeg, King 7 (Drake, Darryl Shannon), 9-46 (sh) Dallas, Nieuwendvk 5 (Adams, Modeno), 10:43 (pp) Penalties 1st: Ludwig, Dal, Manson, Win, Huard, Dal Malgunis, Win, 831; K.Halcher, Dal, Zhamnov Win, Ledvard, Dal, 18:55. 2nd: Zmolek, Dal, il'-Gilchrisl, Dal, Fedvk, Dal, Korolev, Win, 14 39-Finley, Win, 1732; Marois, Dal, 19:49. 3rd: Zmolek, Dal 5 38-Eastwood, Win, Damn Shannon, Win, 1108; Darrv Shannon, Win, 1430. Shots: Winnipeg 9-12-12-33. Dallas 9-5-12-26 Power ofays: Winnipeg 1 of Dallas 1 of 7.

Goetiev Winnipeg Khabibulin (13-6-1); Dallas, Bester (3-1-0). 15,207 Referee: Paul Stewart. Florida at Boston, 7:30 Washington at Ottawa, 7:30 Montreal at Philadelphia, 7:30 Vancouver at St. Louis, 6:30 Winnipeg at Colorado, 9:00 New Jersey at Calgary, 9:30 Los Ang. at San Jose, 10:30 (Home teams In CAPITALS) Totah 240 40-72 19-25 5-33 32 31 106 FG: .556.

FT: .760. 3PG: 7-17, .412 (Hornacek 3-6, Slocklon 2-3, Benoll 2-5, Malone 0-1, Eislev 0-1, Keele0-1). Team rebounds: 9. Blocks: 4 (Carr 2. Foster 2).

Turnovers: 16 (Slocklon 4, Hornacek 2, Malone 2, Fosler 2, Russell 2, Spencer, Eislev, Carr, Keefe). Sleals: 9 (Malone 4, Slocklon 2, Spencer, Hornacek, Benoil). Technicals: 3 (Spencer, Carr, Carr). Eieclion: Carr. Detroit 12 24 35 26- 97 Utah 30 29 22 25-106 19.911.

2:09. Officials: Mike Mathis, Joe Borgia, Greg Willard. (Home teams In CAPITALS).