European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 03, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday May 3, 1977 the Star band stripes Page 21 Golden state Denver say alive in West Philadelphia Houston win in East byjoe Juliano i Nitro press International on the playgrounds of Brooklyn he s known As All world and the Prince of in Boston he s but at the spectrum in Philadelphia sunday. Lloyd free was the pressure free came Hack from a horrendous Start to Scon 27 Points As the 76ers eliminated the defending Champion Boston celtics from the Aba playoffs Wilh an 83-77 Victory in the seventh game of the Eastern con Ference semifinals. I m really proud i could go Home now and said free who scored 10 of his Points a 20-8 second half spurt thai Aba Roundup sparked the 76ers Inlo the conference finals against Houston beginning thursday night in Philadelphia. The rockets eliminated the Washington bullets in the other Kastern semifinal 4-2 by winning sunday. 108-103. Behind the combined 47 Points of Kudy Tomjanovich and Mike a Calm. In the Wesl. Golden state forced a seventh game against Iris Angeles by beating the takers at Home for the 16th straight time. 115-106. Despite 42 Points by Kareem Abdul Jabbar and Denver trimmed port land s Lead to 3-2 when Dan Issel s nine overtime Points sparked a 114-105 Victory Bruins gain finals with flyers sweep by Luvero Llara Boston api this is a team of character and you can be sure Well show up in Montreal to play the Buslon coach pm Cherry made that Promise sunday night after his Bruins advanced to the championship round of the National hockey league s Stanley cup playoffs by blanking the Philadelphia flyers .1-0 for a four game sweep of their semifinal series. Veteran enter Jean Latelle broke a scoreless deadlock Midway through the second a Rind and Marcotty added two third period goals one into an empty net. Sending the Bruins into the final round. However Gerry Cheevers was the Man of the hour in the Boston dressing room. Cheevers posted first shutout in 10 Slavok games this season with another Brilliant performance that frustrated the flyers who lost each of the first three games by me goal. T veevers unbelievable i think of have to dedicate this series to i Cherry said. He was unbelievable. Just tremendous. I wish i could Conn up with something More to say about him 1 thought they had at least three goals or sure tonight Siut somehow he stopped thought they the i ruins played Ler Philadelphia coach Fred Shero said. They were on top of us everywhere they did t give up any skating room. "1 thought Liolu goalies Cheevers and our Wayne Stephenson. Were great. I be never Sien goal Endig like that. It was something tin Brums immediately trained their k Tel med in Page 22 hands off Phil Smith of the Golden slate warriors Bottom can t get his hands on the Ball during Aba playoff action sunday at the Oakland coliseum. And neither can c. J. Rupee of the i of Angeles lakers. Kupec Drew a foul on the Pla Golden state won the game 115-106, to lie the series three up. A photo the seventh game at los Angeles is wednesday night the sixth game at port land was scheduled for monday night free missed his first six shots or the 76crs but found the Range after re entering the game with 4 48 remaining in the third Quarter and the score tied at 56. The score was knotted again at 61 before 6-11 Darryl Dawkins hit two free throws and a Basket to give the 76ers the Lead for Good. Then free look Over. He hit a Lay up. A Dunk and a tap in of his own missed shot and later hit two Long jumpers to give Philadelphia an 81-69 Lead with 7.58 left in the game. The 76ers scored just two Points after that Bui Boston could not catch up when i first came out 1 was a Little said the 22-year-old second year player. But even when i missed those Early shots. Coach Genet Shue told me to keep going and keep putting it up. I was t feeling any pressure. With Darryl setting those picks it was the 6-2 free whose great leaping ability earned him his elaborate nicknames in the Brooklyn ghetto is the designated shooter on the 76ers. The crowd in Boston objected to free s trigger Happy methods by Yelling shoot every time he had the Ball but he was t fazed. Got things together it did t bother free said i know i m not going to choke out there but play As hard As jux Tessible the whole time. We finally got things together today and it was Lloyd free is a pressure Shue said. If he can get the shot when he wants we re in Good shape there was a Long stretch there today when he was our of there was t much offence from either team in the game with the 76ers shooting 3.1 per cent to the celtics 30 per cent to to while led Boston with 17 Points but he missed All 13 of his shots in the second half. John Havlicek had 13 and made Only 4 of 19 shots. Dave Cowens shot 5-for-16 bul pulled Down a series High 27 rebounds Long Range bombs at Washington the Long Range bombing of Tomjanovich and Newlin carried the rockets Inlo the conference finals for the first Lime Tomjanovic i scored 2 Points eight of them in the final five minutes while Newlin had 21. Including 15 in the last Quarter and six in the final five minutes. Tomjanovich was 12 of 19 from the foor and newly was 7 of 10 the rockets who trailed by As much As 10 Points in the third Quarter went ahead with 5 05 left in the came on a Basket by a Calm then he and Tomjanovich hit consecutive 22-Fouters to put Houston up by six. Phil Chc Hii a led Washington with 21 Pudims. Golden slate scored 15 straight Points at the Sari of tin game to pull away from los Angeles and the lakers never caught up Hick Barry topped the warriors with 27 continued on Page 24 Argentine Davis cuppers beat . For 1 St time in Alfonso Hardy Ahks api "1 can t talk tin ,.in., is Loo said Oscar Kur Long. Arm mind s Noria Lamg Davis cup a i i a. Al in his nation scored its first tvs rvs Tor the i filed states m the 77 y., r history of the Meniatt Iliia Tennis Competition Villi i i Vilas 24. Argentina s no. 1 player. Twa re St Klon 26. From dal la ,. 5 7. 2. 6-2. 6-2 in a grueling match 7.ixx cheering fans including Gen. Jor i Videla. Argentina s president. Thousands of fans waving while and Bluc Argentine flags swarmed the red Clay court in hut nos Aires after the match and carried Vilas out on their shoulders to tic stand where in silent and mrs Videla were sitting the president stood up. Applauded and waved at Vilas and the fans chanted now we Are the champions of the Argentina won Friday s two singles but the americans took the doubles saturday Vilas Victory gave Argentina an insurmountable 3-1 Lead and made the outcome of sunday s second smile ii match mean the final match. Brian Gottfried downed Ricardo Cano 7-5. 7-5. 6-0, but it was Little Consolation to the disappointed americans. A he Victory advanced ardent Ina to the Leavis cup semifinal against the Wilmut of that mics plays against the Kun t an Champion for the world title it was Only the third time that Argentina had gained the Quarto finals against the i United states twice before in 1931 and 1950. The United Stales had beaten Argentina 5-0. Both times outside Argentina the Vilas Stockton match was High lighted by a boisterous crowd which shouted Vilas name in cadence beat Drums and blew horns to cheer for their Star at a a tical moment near the end of the be. a s my on was getting ready to serve distracting the american Stockton stopped and complained to the referee who urged the crowd to be quiet during crucial play the match was played under Cloudy skies with an average temperature of 55 degrees ii was a Radical change from the previous two Days of play when the skies were Junny and the average temperature was in the High 80s. Vilas played a sound base line game in the first set. But Stockton broke his service and then took the close set 7-5. The american also scored magnificent lobs but the Argentine got in some Good
