Mavs improve to 4-0; Brown ejected'NL Rookie of the Year goes to Nomo Otto, who played his first 730 career NHL games with Calgary before signing with Philadelphia as a free agent in the offseason, scored on a power play at 3:56. John LeClair began the play by firing a pass through the slot. The puck hit Calgary's Dave Evason and squirted loose to Renberg, who spotted Otto at the side of the net. The goal was Otto's second of the season. On the next Philadelphia power play, Calgary goalie Trevor Kidd stopped a drive by Rod Brind'Amour and dove to his left to fall on the rebound. But Renberg poked the puck out of the goalie's grasp and notched his 11th goal at 5:53. Otto also received an assist on the play. Pavel Torgajev scored his first NHL goal at 11:41 to bring Calgary within a goal. Philadelphia goalie Ron Hextall stopped Michael Nylander's drive, but gave a bad rebound up the slot to Torgajev. Hextall had been sidelined the previous nine games with a pulled hamstring. Philadelphia was 3-4-2 over that period after starting the season 5-0-1. But Renberg and LeClair broke in on a 2-on-1 with 6:29 remaining and Renberg easily put away a perfect pass to clinch the victory, the 200th of Philadelphia coach Terry Murray's career. Murray is 200-154-35. Mavericks 104, Bucks 94 DALLAS -- Jamal Mashburn scored 27 points and Jason Kidd added 22 last night as the Dallas Mavericks improved to 4-0, their best start in team history with a 104-94 decision over the Milwaukee Bucks. Vin Baker had 29 points to lead the Bucks, who fell to 1-3. Milwaukee rallied down the stretch, reducing an 18-point third-quarter deficit to 92-88 with 3:22 to play on Lee Mayberry's follow shot. After Jim Jackson and Shawn Respert traded three-pointers, Jackson scored inside on a feed from Kidd to give the Mavericks a 97-91 advantage with 2:26 remaining. Field goals by George McCloud and Lorenzo Williams and Jackson's free throw after a technical foul on Milwaukee coach Mike Dunleavy gave Dallas a 101-92 edge with 36.9 seconds to play. · Knicks 103, Pacers 95 NEW YORK -- Two nights after getting a broken nose, Charles Smith scored 21 points off the bench, keying a third-quarter spurt that helped the New York Knicks hand the Indiana Pacers their first loss of the season, 103-95 last night. In a contentious game that illustrated the bitter rivalry that has developed between the teams, 54 fouls were called, play was physical and tempers were short. Pacers coach Larry Brown was ejected with 4:54 remaining after drawing two quick technicals from replacement officials Mike Bobiak and Tom Drakeford. Brown, who had spent most of the game protesting various calls and no-calls made by the substitutes, refused to leave the court and continued to berate Drakeford, who repeatedly tried to turn away from the coach. Finally, Indiana assistants Gar Heard and Billy King succeeded in dragging Brown away. · Bulls 106, Cavaliers 88 CLEVELAND -- Michael Jordan overcame a lackluster first half and scored 29 points last night, and Scottie Pippen had a triple double as the Chicago Bulls beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 106-88. Pippen had 18 points, 13 rebounds and 12 assists for the Bulls, off to their first 4-0 start since 1987. The Cavs have lost their first four games for the first time since 1989. Both teams played without a starting forward. Dennis Rodman sat out for Chicago because of a strained calf muscle that the team said would probably keep him out at least one more game; Rodman told a radio station he might miss a month. The Cavs were without Tyrone Hill, still hospitalized with weakness in his right arm and leg because of a car accident Tuesday night. Bobby Phills led Cleveland with 26 points and Chris Mills scored 19. NEW YORK -- Hideo Nomo became the first Japanese player to win a major U.S. baseball award when he edged Atlanta's Chipper Jones yesterday in voting for the NL Rookie of the Year. Nomo, the fourth consecutive Los Angeles Dodger to win the award, received 18 first-place votes, nine seconds and one third for 118 points in balloting by the Baseball Writers Association of America. Jones had 10 first-place votes and 18 seconds for 104 points. Nomo, 27, retired from Japan's Pacific League following the 1994 season and signed with the Dodgers as a free agent. He went 13-6 with a 2.54 ERA and led the NL with 236 strikeouts in 191 1-3 innings. He was the NL starter in the All-Star game. Nomo, a five-time All-Star in Japan and the league's top rookie in 1990, is the 15th Dodgers player to win the award, with Eric Karros, Mike Piazza and Raul Mondesi the previous winners. The Dodgers also won four straight from 1979-82: Rick Sutcliffe, Steve Howe, Fernando Valenzuela and Steve Sax. No. 18 Texas A&M; 17, Rice 10 HOUSTON -- Corey Pullig's 26-yard scoring pass to Albert Connell in the third quarter put Texas A&M; ahead to stay and the 18th-rated Aggies struggled past Rice 17-10 last night. It was the fourth straight victory for Texas A&M; (6-2, 4-1 Southwest Conference) and its 15th consecutive triumph over Rice (2-6-1, 1-4). Owls quarterbacks Chad Nelson and Raphael Tillman failed to complete a pass until Tillman, in relief of the injured Nelson, hit Spencer George with a 10-yard completion with 1:40 left in the game. It was the only completion for Rice quarterbacks.
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