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tionitockets achieve November success
^lAfftfoUSTON (AP) — The Houston Rockets
ClWd[ sh every month was November.
■he Rockets have had terrific starts in the
24-8 withcUr years they have begun the season with
14 consecutivJdy Tomjanovich as coach, piling up a col-
^pril 9-June ctive 41-6 mark during the month.
:s in wins anljhis season is no exception.
? Braves’ hjrflouston and the Chicago Bulls entered this
len Tony Clonfflk t * ie oa *y unbeaten teams in the NBA, each
moltz also leil" 0 ’ w ‘ t * 1 1* 16 uew-look Rockets gaining four of
e outs with 2'S e victori 05 on th 0 road.
) BThis is a different team from the others
' j * r |d we are building character,” says Hakeem
. , ^ ^^muwon, who is second only to the Bulls’
i 11 rWhael Jordan in scoring at 28.7 points per
) nn ions ar* e j nc ] uc ji n g a season-high 38 in a victory
gentfoltarf |, daynight * ver( j tah
«)ifferent team — the biggest difference
ot pressiuetn* 4 _f or _ j offseason trade that brought
oressuie fronim r j es Barkley from Phoenix — but same
right thing, mem ber results.
loltz said. “Mm-, i993 ) Tomjanovich’s first full season behind
nation wot^Hbench, Houston started the year I 0. In
t 1 ’m not the team was 9-0, then 6-0 last year,
s.” M ■Tm a Sagittarius,”’ Tomjanovich, whose
io of the Docirthday is Nov. 24, jokes when asked to ex-
th five points,iai \ the November success,
or fifth werel|“This team has a lot of guys who can do a
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lot of things,” the Rockets' Clyde Drexler
notes. “That’s what makes us so dangerous.
We don’t have a weakness.”
Olajuwon anchors the scoring. Drexler is
third in the league in steals and Houston over
all is tops in that category, averaging 12 a
game. Barkley leads the NBA in rebounds,
nearly 20 a game.
Throw in some key role players — newly
acquired Kevin Willis spelling Olajuwon, re
acquired Matt Bullard hitting a clutch 3-
point shot, and rookie point guard Matt
Maloney filling in for injured Brent Price —
and you’ve got the makings of the Midwest
Division leader.
“This team is proving its goal is very clear
— we just want to win,” Olajuwon says.
“Everybody is willing to take their role. I like
the chemistry we have.”
Keeping the record unblemished gets more
difficult with another team with a new look,
the Los Angeles Lakers, coming to town Tues
day, setting up a meeting of the league’s top
centers: Olajuwon and Shaquille O’Neal, the
Orlando free agent who took the big bucks of
fered by the Lakers. The O’Neal-led Lakers are
4-2 and lead the Pacific Division.
“They made a major change with Shaq in the
middle,” Tomjanovich said. “I expect them to be
one of the powers in the West. They have great
young personnel. They are explosive and now
they have a power game inside with Shaq.”
Olajuwon, however, may not be at full
strength and may not even play at all.
Drexler’s sore knees kept him out of practice
Monday as well.
“It’s a day-to-day deal,” Drexler said. “Hope
fully this will pass.”
Of more concern was Olajuwon, who woke
up Sunday with a pain in his left side, the after-
math of an elbow from Utah’s John Stockton dur
ing Saturday’s game. X-rays showed no fractures
but Olajuwon missed practice Monday as the
Rockets made their first appearance at their new
training center in West Houston.
“I don’t know,” he said, pointing to his sore
ribs. “I just can’t turn. It’s one of those games
where I have to be able to move. Right now I
can’t even move.”
“I’m always concerned,” Tomjanovich said
of Olajuwon’s health. “That’s my job. I’m not
going to jump the gun. I just hope for the
best. If not, we’ll deal with it the best we can.”
“If he can’t play, the other guys are just go
ing to have to step up and play,” Barkley said.
“I have great confidence in everybody.”
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Switzer got some of Aikman’s eye-
black on his face and shirt.
“The win meant a lot to both
of us,” Switzer said. “We had lost
to them the last three times. A
coach and a quarterback have a
lot in common.”
“We had to win this game,”
said guard Nate Newton. “Lose
this one and drop back to .500
and it might have been all over.”
Particularly with the vastly im
proved Green Bay Packers com
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“We’ve got the playoffs in our
sights now,” Newton said. “And I
don’t care where we have to play it,
frozen tundra of Lambeau Field or
3-Com Park again, I don’t care. We
just have to keep winning.”
The win proved costly for the
Cowboys. Free safety Brock Mari
on broke a shoulder blade and
could miss several weeks.
“I had one of those things once
and it was two weeks before I could
even raise my arm,” Switzer said.
Safety Bill Bates and backup
center Clay Shiver sustained con
cussions but both are expected to
play against the Packers.
Oilers end losing skid with trickery
HOUSTON (AP) — On Sun
day, the Houston Oilers fooled
the New Orleans Saints. On Mon
day, they enjoyed it.
The Oilers decided after losing
two straight games, they needed
to add more deceit to their of
fense. Little-used running back
Ronnie Harmon and 300-pound
backup guard Erik Norgard fit
neatly into their plans.
Harmon had seven catches for
108 yards and a touchdown and
rushed 47 more yards and Norgard
lined up as a tight end and caught
the Saints by surprise for a one-
yard touchdown in a 31 -14 victory.
“It was a big game for us after
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