European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 11, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday May 11,1987 the stars and stripes Page 21 hhhhmbbbbabhhbmbbbmrah9bbii pistons nip Hawks celts Triumph in of sports by the associated press Pontiac Mich. Isiah Thomas Hita driving Layup with one second remain ing sunday lifting Detroit to an 89-38victory Over Atlanta and giving the Pis tons a 3-1 Lead in their Busl of seven Aba playoff series. Game 5 will be played wednesday night at Atlanta. John Battle who scored 11 of his 19points in the fourth Quarter gave Atlanta an is Lead on Layup with 1 30 left. Detroit s Adrian Dantley was fouled by Dominique Wilkins and so two free throws with l 141eft, making it 88-b?. On the Hawks next two trips Dow the court. Battle lost the Ball to Joe do Mars and Rick Mahorn then Battle missed a Layup which Vrat rebounded Byma Hom with five seconds remaining. On the inbound play Dan Ley passed the Ball to bin Laimbeer who whipped it to Thomas. Thomas who scored 23 of Bis game High 31 Points in the second half drove around the right Side of tic Lane and soared for a Finger Roll that fell in with one second remaining. After timeout Atlanta s Soott Hast Ings lobbed the Ball to Wilkins who tried to leap and Knock it into the Basket. But the shot missed As Lime ran out Dantley finished with 19 Points. Wil Kins led Atlanta Wilt 21. Celtic 138, Budu 137 of Milwaukee Reserve Forward Darren Dye scored four Points in tie second overtime sunday including two Aba playoffs go ahead free throws with a minute left As Boston outlasted Milwaukee for a 3-1lead in their Aba Eastern conference semifinal playoff series Larry Bird scored 42 Points and Kevin Mihalc had 34 for Boston. It was the second straight overtime game Between the teams. Came 5 will replayed wednesday nigh at Boston. After Daye s key free throws the Bucks twice got the bail but could not score. Mihalc blocked Ricky Pieroe s shot with 49 seconds Eft and Milwaukee lost another of Nutce when Boston s Dennis Johnson missed with eight seconds left. John Lucas hit a three Pointer with 1 55 to go giving the Bucks a 137 f 36 Lead but with time expiring Lucas lost Heball in the Lane As he drove to the Basic got it Back and missed a Short shot Danny Ainge added 20 Points an Johnson 19 for the celtics. Terry Cumnings Basket with 19 seconds left tied the score 127-127 in the first overtime. The celtics Fred Roberts missed a shot at the Buzzer. Cummings led Milwaukee with 31 Points and Sidney Moncrief had 22. In saturday s games a ctn 133, warriors 108 Oakland Calif. The los an Geles lakers did t play a perfect game against the Golden stale warriors. It just seemed that Way. James worthy s 28 Points magic oilers defeat red wings 2-1 Detroit a Marty Mcsorl Tey s goal with 36 seconds to play sat urday night gave the Edmonton Oil ers a 2-1 Victory Over the Detroit red wines in game 3 of their nil sem if run series. The win gives the oilers a 2-1 Leadin the Best of seven Campbell Confer ence finals. Game 4 is scheduled for monday night in Joe Louis Arena and game 5 will be at Edmonton wednesday night Mcsorley who scored Only two goals in the regular season grabbed a Loose puck in the Slot and beat Detroit goal tender Greg Stefan with a wrist shot Mcsorley picked up the puck after Detroit Shawn Burr fanned on a Clearing pass in his own zone. Stefan foiled numerous opportunities by the oilers who out Shat Detroit 28 22. Edmonton s Grant Fuhr though not tested As often made his Best Stop and preserved the la tie when he stopped pct Klima alone in front with less than eight minutes left to play. Craig Mactavish put Edmonton head 1-0 with i first playoff goal at 5 41 of the first period. The play was let up by oilers defens Eman Crijo ruot4aincn, who took a Clearing pass from goalie Grant Fuhr stick handled around Detroit defens Eman Rick Zombo to the left Point and nil playoffs then fed a pass to Mactavish Alt alone in the Slot. Mactavish snapped a i it footer past Stefan. Detroit s Bob Probert tied the game at i -1 with his third playoff goal at 17 24 of the second period after the oilers Wayne Gretzky had hit the Side of the net in the de troit zone the red wings came Back with a three on two break. Stev Yzerman fanned on his shot but the puck trickled to Probert standing near the left Post Probert wheeled around and banked a shot off the skate of Edmonton Forward Esa Tik Kanen and past Fuhr for his third goal of the  to that Point the oilers had put on a defensive clime. The red wings despite carrying much of the play did t get their first second period shot on Goa until the 15 42 Mark on their third Power play of the  of frs who won the Stanley cup in 1984 and 1985, have won Allive of their playoff Road games this year. Their Only losses have come in the series openers with los Angeles and Detroit Detroit beat the oilers 3- in game i in Edmonton. The oilers beat de troit 4-1 in game 2 at North lands. Johnson s triple double Michael Coop or s three Point bombs and Mycha Thompson s 23 Point off the Bench gave the Lacre a Victory and a 3-0 Lead Over the warriors in their second round Aba playoff  lakers playing a swarming de sense that triggered lightning Quick fast Breaks raced to an Early Lead and did let up even when Center Kareem Abdul Jabbar sat Down with Bis fourth foul 15 seconds into the second half Thompson scored 15 Points in the third period to keep the lakers Comfort ably ahead. He finished with 23 Point Sand 12 rebounds. Cooper who continued to smother Eric sleepy Floyd hit four three Point shots and contributed 19 Points. Johnson added 20 Points 14 assist Sand 10 rebounds. Abdul Jabbar finished with Only eight Points in 19 minutes. Jot Barry Carroll led the Warrior with 23 Points but he had Only seven rebounds As the lakers won the Battle of the boards again 51-35. Larry Smith Golden state s Only effective rebounded had 15 rebounds and 14 Points. Chr Smullin chipped in with 20 Points Saper souls 117, rockets 102 Seattle Seattle s Tom chamber scored a playoff career High 38 Points and Dale Ellis added 32 in Seattle s win Over Houston for a 3-1 series  surprising sonics who finished the regular season with a 39-43 record after missing the playoffs for the Pas two seasons can qualify for the Western conference finals with a win in Houston lakers i we food worthy. 28 Point Mono Andretti wins pole in 71st indy 500 by Mike Harrisan motor ports writer Indianapolis Mario Andretti saturday won the pole for the 71st Indi Anapolis 500, beating chief rival Bobby Rahal but falling Short of the record at Indianapolis motor Speedway. The qualifying session was marred by a crash in which Jim Crawford of Scot land broke both Ankles and his right Shin. It was the 11th and most serious crash since practice for the May 24 race began May 2, Crawford 29, a went of Dallas was reported in Good Sci v on at methodist Hospital where he was to undergo sur Gery to repair the fractures. Andretti fighting heat Aad wind that slowed everyone in the first of four ses Sions of time trials came up with a fast Lap of 216.320 Mph on the 2 a mile Oval and a four Lap average of 215.390, the second fastest Ever at the  Effort Worth $67,500 and a $30,000 von was Short of the records set a year ago by two time indy Winner Rick ears who had & fast lapcfll7.5sl and a four Lap average of 216,828. Rahal the defending Champion also came up Short at 213.316 Mph. His fast est Lap was 214.133 on his first trip around the historic circuit. Most observers were forecasting thatmean1 records would be broken sat urday after a week of High Speed prac Tice including two unofficial laps Over 218 by Andretti however despite a warm sunny Day that helped draw a crowd estimated at 230,000, the weather was not conducive to record speeds. I think everyone would have gone faster if the conditions had just been Little different said the 47-year-old Andretti. We were looking for just a puff of Clouds. A Cloud could mean half a second. It looked like we were not going to get it not too soon anyway so we decided to go. The wind situation was t going to gel any belter. We knew it was going to be a Gamble. We just fell that we should take it. Usually conditions do improve after 5 o clock but there s no guarantees you would get to run because there s so Many cars out there at that Point. Well have to live with what we got it s All we could , who won the race in 1969 and started from he pole in 1966 and 1967, also had laps of 215.874, 215.002 and 214.372 in his qualifying  the heat the new tires lost efficiency after the first two laps he said. After that it was skate City. It is the third pole in As Many tries for Andretti s Chevrolet powered Lola this season on the indy car  five Drivers including two time indy Winner Mears at 211.467 and three time Winner Johnny Rutherford at 208.296, completed qualifying attempts in the first half of he seven flour session. A late Rush As the Day began to Cool brought the number of qualifiers for the Day to 11, including six former winners Crawford trying to make the Field for his fourth 500, was warming up for his sae indy on Page 26