NBA ROUNDUP : Barkley, 76ers Bow Out Early

Charles Barkley and Jayson Williams probably had seen enough anyway.

Barkley and Williams of the Philadelphia 76ers were ejected after a brawl during the third quarter of 136-84 rout by the Charlotte Hornets Thursday night at Charlotte.

The 76ers, who suffered the worst defeat in franchise history, were trailing, 90-51, at the time of the fight.

With 4:28 remaining in the quarter, Barkley was called for an offensive foul after colliding with Charlotte’s J.R. Reid. Reid and Barkley exchanged words, Barkley threw the ball at the Charlotte forward and both benches cleared.

The fight spilled into the stands under Philadelphia’s basket and resulted in a pile of players, coaches, officials, security guards and even a few fans.

“Charles sunk real low,” said Reid, who also was ejected. “What he did isn’t called for in this league.”

Said Barkley: “We just didn’t play well, but you don’t humiliate a team when they are up by 20 or 30 points. Our team will remember this game.”

Johnny Dawkins of the 76ers was thrown out earlier in the third quarter after getting two technical fouls for arguing with officials after Barkley got a flagrant foul for pushing 5-foot-3 Mugsy Bogues.

Dell Curry had 22 points and Anthony Frederick added 20 for the Hornets and Kenny Payne had 24 points for the 76ers.

Charlotte’s Johnny Newman broke a bone in his right hand in the second quarter and will be out four to six weeks.

San Antonio 124, Golden State 103--David Robinson scored 37 points and matched his personal best with 24 rebounds as the Spurs downed the Warriors at San Antonio. Robinson also had five blocked shots and three steals.

The Warriors lost for the second consecutive night after winning eight games in a row after the All-Star break.

Chris Mullin scored 28 points and rookie Billy Owens had 20 for the Warriors, who played without Sarunas Marciulionis, who bruised his right thigh against Houston Tuesday night.

New Jersey 98, Portland 96--Reserves Terry Mills and Chris Dudley filled in for injured Derrick Coleman and Sam Bowie as the Nets downed the Trail Blazers at East Rutherford, N.J.

Terry Mills had 16 points and a personal-best 19 rebounds and Dudley added 12 points and 17 rebounds as the Nets broke an 11-game losing streak against the Trail Blazers.

With New Jersey holding a 97-96 lead in the final seconds, Mills blocked a shot by Portland’s Clyde Drexler, who had 31 points.

Detroit 104, Milwaukee 97--Dennis Rodman, who had 16 points and 22 rebounds, triggered a late first-half run that put the Pistons in command at Auburn Hills, Mich.

The Bucks suffered their 13th consecutive road defeat.

Joe Dumars scored 26 points for the Pistons. John Salley and Orlando Woolridge each had 18 and Isiah Thomas added 14 points and 12 assists.

Sacramento 110, New York 109--Mitch Richmond scored a season-high 37 points and made a key steal in the closing seconds as the Kings got past the Knicks in overtime.

Sacramento’s Anthony Bonner made the second of two free throws with 18.8 seconds left to break a 109-109 tie.

Then Richmond, who scored 24 points in the second half, knocked the ball from John Starks’ hands near halfcourt as the Knicks worked for a final shot following two timeouts.

Reserve Kiki Vandeweghe scored 25 points for New York and Patrick Ewing added 19 points and 13 rebounds.

Lionel Simmons added 21 points for the Kings.

Seattle 130, Utah 124--Eddie Johnson scored 11 of his 32 points in overtime and the SuperSonics won their fifth consecutive game and handed the Jazz its third home loss of the season at Salt Lake City.

Karl Malone had 35 points for Utah and John Stockton added 25 points and 19 assists. Rickey Pierce had 29 points for Seattle.