European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 25, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday. April 25,1987 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports tickets sell like mod in Charlotte Charlotte . A tickets were Selling like mad again thursday one Day after the Aba announced thai professional basketball will be coming to Char Lotte for us 1988-89 season. We re Well Over 14 000," organizer George Shinn said through a spokesman. The whole City buzzing about the idea of having an Aba team Here we re having tots of phone Calls Job applications suggestions for team names you name it they re calling about it he said Shinn who led the successful Effort to land an Aba expansion team was to return to Charlotte thursday night in time for half time ceremonies saluting the no Effort during the a Btu acc All Star game at Charlotte coliseum. As for his formal plans for the team Shinn and his staff will be working on the details soon. Well be regrouping in the next Tew Days and Starling to put an organization together the spokes Man said. No decision has Bee made on choosing a coach for the team he said. That s something that will be addressed further Down the line he said i would t expect any thing to happen real suddenly on that. There s a lot of consideration to go into that Shinn said he never faltered in his belief that Charlotte would land an Aba team and league officials agreed. We always knew it would Hap pen commissioner David Stem said. He said Charlotte sold 8,500 season tickets before the expansion committee made its recommendation three weeks ago. Celtics hold off bulls to win series opener by the associated press Boston Robert Parish s 12-foot jumper broke a tie with 37 seconds left and the Boston celtics survived a threat to their Hom court domination by cd Aba playoffs ing the Chicago bulls 108-104 thursday night in the opener of their Aba playoff series. Trailing 95-81 with 7 37 left the bulls roared Back scoring the next seven Points to kick off a 19-3 run that tied the game 100-100 on Michael Jordan s two foul shots with 2 10 to play. Boston s Dennis Johnson and Chi Cago s sedate Threatt traded baskets Larry Bird hit two free throws and Threatt connected on a foul line jumper making the score 104-104 with 35 Sec ends to go. Parish then put Boston ahead for goo with his shot from the Lane. Chicago called timeout but with 19 seconds left committed a critical turnover Jordan had the Ball on the left Side and jumped White being triple teamed unable to shoot he was forced to pass to Brad Sellers who was standing on the Baseline when he caught the Ball. Boston then look Possession an Threalt fouled Johnson who iced the Victory by sinking two free throws wit nine seconds left. Boston 6-0 in the regular season against Chicago won its 30lh consecutive Home game and 76th in its last 77games at Boston Garden. The bust of five first round series resumes at the Garden sunday. Boston seeking to become the first re peat champions since the 1969 celtics was led by Kevin Mchale with 21 Points. Robert pariah. Hits key jumper Danny Ainge with 20 and Parish with 19, Jordan led Chicago with 35 Points Charles Oakley added 21 and Gene Banks had 19. Banks also played Excel Lent defense against Bird who finished with just 17 Points. I n other games thursday night lakers 128, nuggets 95 Inglewood cafe. James worthy scored 28 Points and Earvin magic Johnson threw in a spectacular 80-foot Basket at the halftime Buzzer Aslos Angeles mauled Denver 128-95 in their playoff opener. Worthy scored 21 Points As the lakers equalled an Aba playoff record with 82points in the first half capped by John son s length of the court shot the lakers who face Denver in the second game of the bust of five series saturday at the forum Ted by 29 at half time los Angeles went on to its largest Lead of 11 -64 in Chr second half. . Green scored 20 Points for the lakers Rind Byron Scott had 17, Kareem Leafs oilers win again bar the associated press Detroit Toronto got first period goals from Steve Thomas Rick Vaive and Dan Daoust As the Maple Leafs beat the Detroit red wings 7-2 thursday for a two game Lead in their Besl of seven Norris division finals. The Leafs who won Only 10 nil games on the Road All season have won four of five away from Home during the Stanley cup play i offs. The series re Sumes saturday night in Toronto. Ken Reggel the red hot goalie who has started every playoff game for the Leafs handled 30 of 32 shots. De troit s Greg Stefan stopped Only 14 of Stefan who was driven from game i at 7 55 Ond period after yielding four goals on17 shots fared even worse this Lime. He rave up three goals on six shots in the first 11 28 As the Maple Leafs skated of with a 3-0 Lead. Thomas scored his first goal of the playoffs tipping in Mike Allison s slap shot from the left Point at 5 30 while Detroit s Bob Probert was off for instigating a fight with Al Lafrate. Vaive scored his fourth playoff goal on nil playoffs Wreggit of the Sec a Backhander from the Slot at 11 02 and Daoust scored his fourth 26 second Slater deflecting a shot from the right face off Circle by Vincent Damphousse. Detroit s Darren veiled scored on a screen shot from 15 feet inside the Blue line for his second playoff goal 17 seconds into the second period with four seconds remaining on a penalty to Law rate. That made it 3-1, but Toronto s Russ Courtnell scored his third goal at 8 59 of the second period for a 4-1 Leaf Lead with Probert in the Penally Box again. Peter Ihnacak scored at 2 02 of the final period to make it 5-1, and Thomas and Laurale added goals to Complete the rout. Brent Ash Lon scored a Power play goal for Detroit at 17 40 of he final period to wrap up the scoring. Al 5 46 of the third period Stefan caught a puck in the Throat off the Slick of win Del Clark knocking him Flat on his Back but he was Able to continue after treatment by a Trainer in the Only other game thursday oilers a Jety 3 Edmonton Alberta Charlie Huddy and Dave Hunter scored late in the first period and Edmonton went onto beat Winnipeg taking a two game Lead in the smythe division finals. The jets who have never beaten the oilers in an nil playoff game Host game 3 saturday night. The jets scored first when Dale a Verchuk stole the puck to the right of Edmonton goalie Grant Fuhr Ana Cen tired it for Thomas Steen who beat Fuhr with a rising wrist shot at 6 35. But Huddy tied the game with his first goal of the playoffs at 16 18 when his slap shot from 45 feet went through tangle of arms and leu and past Winni Peg goaltender Pokey Reddick. Hunter made it 2-1 at 18 30, driving the rebound of Steve Smith s slap shot past Reddick. The Oilen made it 3-1 at 6 09 of the second period when dec Neman Crijo Ruelsa Lainon powered a Cross ice pass from Jari Kuril past Reddick giving the oilers their first Power play goal in nine tries against the jets. Edmonton s Moe Lemay and Winni Peg s Ray ecu fold traded goats Laic in the second period before Glenn Ander son put the game away at 8 09 of the third period. After breaking past the Winnipeg defense during a Power play Anderson beat Reddick with a High wrist shot from 10 feet although he was being hauled to the ice by dec Neman Tim wallers at the Lime. Winnipeg s Laurie Boschman completed the scoring at 16 16, beating Fuhr from the Slot with a 12-fool wrist snot on a Power play. Abdul Jabbar who turned 40 on april16, added 13 Points As he set an Aba Standard by appearing in postseason play for the 16th time. Blair Rasmussen led the nuggets with 26 Points. Alex English had 14 and Danny Schayes finished with 13. Johnson on his dramatic shot to end the first half rebounded a miss by the nuggets Bill Hanzlik whirled with one second on the clock and threw the Ball the length of the court the Ball hit tieback of he rim and fell in. Murer Clu 151, super sonics 129 Dallas Mark Aguirre led nine Dallas players in double figures with 28points in a first round playoff rout of seattle.11 was the most Points the Mavericks have Ever scored in a game Dallas took a 1-0 Lead in its Best of five Western conference playoff series with game 2 scheduled for saturday night in reunion  scored 149 Points twice in. 1985 for its previous High total in a game. Re serve guard Dennis null hit the 151st Point with 10 seconds to play on a driving Layup. Jan 99, warriors 85 Salt Lake City Karl Malone and Thurl Bailey each scored 20 Pointras Utah held off a late charge by Golden state in the opening game of their Aba playoff  2 of the Best of five series will be saturday night at Salt Lake  jazz led 89-72 with 6 03 left in the game but Golden state making it Fust playoff appearance since 1977, scored 11 consecutive Points in the next 2 25 to shave Utah s Lead to 89-83. Utah which never trailed then got two free throws from Bobby Hansen three straight baskets from Rickey Green and two More free throws from Bailey tout the gome away. North stars pick Brooks As new coach Bloomington Minn. A Herb Brooks who had coaching stint with the new York rangers . Olym Pic hockey team and University of Minnesota was named coach of the National hockey league s Minnesota North stars on thursday. North stars general manager Lou Nannc made the announcement at news conference confirming speculation that started almost immediately after lome Henning was fired with two games left in the 1986-87 season. Brooks was in line for the North stars Job two years ago but he and Nannc could t come to terms and Nanne in Stead hired Henning. Last month. Henning was replaced temporarily by Glen Sonmor and the team went on to finish last in the Norris division at 30-40-10, missing the play offs for the first time since 1979. Brooks becomes the 14th coach in the North stars 20-year history and the seventh since Nannc became general manager in 19 78. The 49-year-old St. Paul native starred at the University of Minnesota and played on the 1964 and 1968 olympic learns