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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 14, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday. May 14,1387 the stars and stripes Page 17 sports lakers eliminate warriors Rock chefs stay ave with Victory Over sonics by the  press Inglewood Gulf. We got embarrassed in he fourth Quarter the other Day Lea Angela lakers coach Pat Riley said. Tonight we came  the takers who suffered their first loss or he 198 7nba playoffs at the hands of the Golden state warriors two Dayi career roared Back to beat the warriors 118-106 tuesday night to wrap up their second round series 4-1. Earlier tuesday night the Houston rockets beat the supersonic 112-107 and now Trail Seattle 3-2 in the other Western conference semifinal. Lot Angeles will meet the Houston Seattle Winner in the conference final. James worthy had 21 Points for los Angeles while Earvin magic Johnson had 19 Point and 13 assists. Michael Cooper honoured before the game As Henba i defensive player of the year kept the clamps on the warriors Eric sleepy Floyd the hero of game 4when he scored 51 Points and had an Aba single Qualler playoff record of 29 Points during the fourth period rally. Sleepy made a statement the warriors made a statement when they beat of up litre Riley said of the Ion in Oakland. Riba playoffs Riley Iid the Lakin snowed a lot of emotion in their Victory tuesday night that s one thing i want from this team More Emo Tion channelled id one  we got one upped in Oakland Cooper said. We decided to play cooler pal Alt that Energy of High living and � on into playing Ball. Guess from now on we re going to just play basketball be the silent  the Laken who moved ahead to stay late in the first Quarter led 65-52 at halftime and continued to Pun away in the third period. They were in front 99-77heading into the final Quarter and this Lime even Floyd could t bail out the warriors. . Green had 20 Points for the lakers while Cooper had 17 and Kareem Abdul Jabbar 13. Purvis Short led the warriors with 20 Points an Floyd had is making just six of 17 Field goal attempts As Cooper kept him in Check. Larry Smith had 16 Points and 23 rebounds for Golden stale. The lakers came Back with a vengeance alter their 1 29 1 2 1 loss to Golden stale a game in which in the warriors rallied from a 14-Point deficit in the final Quarter. The warriors matched the lakers almost Basket for Basket in the opening Quarter of the fifth game As los Angeles led 32-29 at the end of the first 12 minutes. The lakers then scored the first eight Point of be second period As Golden. Stale went the first 2 15 without scoring and went on to build a 65-52 Lead by halftime. The Jame was exr Emoiy Isth ise in the first half with a Loi it pushing and shoving us Ter the boards an including a Brief shoving scuffle Between Cooper and Short. Rockets 112, supers onks 10v Houston Rodney Mccray score 22 Points grabbed 10 rebounds and handed out i i assists As Boston Defeated Seattle. The supersonics could wrap it up with a Victory thursday night in Seattle Akeem Olajuwon who scored 26 Points put hous ton Al had for Good at 104-103 with 4 15 remaining and the rockets were Able to hold off the sonics who were led by Dale Ellis who scored 19 of his 27 Point in the second  sonic never led in the game until Tom Cham Ben who finished with 15 Points hit a 3-Pointer with see Aba on Page 22 keep playoff Hopes alive Canad ens Humble flyers Philadelphia a de Senseman Larry Robinson scored a goal in Ite lint period and assisted on three others As the Montreal Canad Etc Defeated the Philadelphia flyers 5-2 tuesday night to Luy alive in their nil semifinal playoff series. The flyers hold a 3-2 Lead in the Best of seven Wales conference final and could wrap it up with a Victory in game 6 thursday night in Montreal. Robinson a 14-year Veteran who has been a member of six Stanley cup win Ning Montreal teams gave Montreal a 2-i Lead with a Power Pray goal at 14 48 of lha first period. The Rangy Robinson then assisted on goals by Craig Ludwig and Guy Arbori Neau 19 seconds apart in the second period to give the defending Stanley cup champions a 4-1 Lead. Scott Mellanby scored a goal for Phila Delphia 48 seconds later but it was too Little too late for the flyers As the Ca Nadies won for he sixth time in eight Road games in this year s playoffs. It was the fifth loss in 10 Home playoff games for the of tows who were 29-9-2 on Home ice during the regular season. Claude Lemieux scored his fourth goal nil pm Yotis of the playoffs with 34 seconds left in the game assisted by Robinson for Mon Treal s final score. Montreal played a close checking game in the third period and held the flyers to Only four shots on goal. The four Points by Robinson Back Bone of the nil s top defense gave hims for the playoffs 2 goal13 assists to Lead All dets semen. Montreal s Bobby Smith scored the game s first goal with a hard shot from jul inside the left Circle at 2 28 of the St period bal a goal by Derrick Smith lied it for Philadelphia before Robinson scored the go ahead goal. The Canadien who have won 23 Stanley cups Are trying to become thei Hird team in this year s playoffs to come Back from 1-3 deficits. The new York islanders did it against Washington in the first round of the Patrick division playoffs and Detroit turned the trick against Toronto in the Morris finals. There were Only two other such comebacks in previous nil playoff his tory by Toronto in 1942 against Detroit and by the islanders in 1975 against Pittsburgh. Bobby Smith s goal his eighth of the playoffs came after he took a pass from behind the end line from Ryan waiter and beat flyers goaltender Ron Hextall on the Glove Side with a 25-foot shot. The flyers tied it when Derrick Smith scored from the Side of the net at 12 37 Between the legs of Montreal goaltender Brian Hayward. Derrick Smith scored after taking a pass from Peter Zezel who had dug the puck off the end boards. Robinson gave the canadians a 2-1lead while flyers right Wing Mellanby was off for Cross checking Robinson connected from the right lace off Circle after taking a pass from Ludwig who had dug the puck off the end boards. The shot beat an apparently screened Hextall on the Glove Side. The canadians 10th in the league i Power plays during the regular season arc second in that category in the play offs on Montreal s third goal Robinson skated through the left Circle and when Hextall came out to Challenge him the Montreal defens Eman Laid a perfect pass on the stick of Ludwig who scored into a Caudle is Larry Rob Unai. Records goal 3 assists vacated net from just outside the crease at 13 29, Carbonneau then increased Mon Treal s Lead to 4-1 when he tipped in a pass from Mats Naslund from the to Ftping Corner and the puck went Oft the skate of defens Eman Rick Tochel at13 48. Honeycutt Blanks cubs As dodgers win by tic associated press los Angeles Rick Honeycult pitched a four hitter for his first shutout in More than three years and Ken land Reaux hit a two run Homer As the los Angeles dodgers Defeated the Chicago cubs 7-0 tuesday night. Honeycutt 2-1, struck out six and walked one going the distance for Only the second time since undergoing Shoul Der surgery after the i9s4 season his other Complete game was sell. 10, Ives against Atlanta. It was the left hander s Lith career shutout and his first in a nine inning game since he beat Houston l-ooaapnll7, 1984. Honeycutt who also had two hits for no Roundup the first time since pitching that com plete game in 1985, held Chicago witless until Jody Davis single to ngut Field with two Ouis in the fourth. Honeycutt s shutout was preserved by left hander Reggie Williams who went in for de sense in the eighth inning and robbed Ryne Sandberg of a possible two run Homer by reaching into the lower Field boxes to snare Sandburg s drive. Los Angeles built a 5-0 Lead in the Firstin innings while knocking out cubs right hander de Lynch 1-3, who allowed eight singles. Mariano Duncan who singled an scored the game s first run on a sacrifice Fly by Pedro Guerrero in the first then singled m Sieve sax and Mike Ramsey after both had singled to open the Sec Ond. In the third inning Ramsey followed hits by Mike Scioscia and sax with an infield single that drove in  third baseman Keith Moreland threw the Ball away while trying to make the play at first base on Ramsey and sax scored the fifth run. Honeycult then greeted reliever fran Dipino with a single to Center Bui the cubs Bob Dernier threw Home on the Fly to gel Ramsey Honeycult singled again in the sixth and scored on Landreaux second Homer of the season against Rookie Les Lancaster. Cubs outfielder Andre Dawson left the game in the seventh inning with bruised right knee. In other no action if Danils 6, giants s san Francisco Rookie left hander Joe Magrane won his third straight decision and Curt Ford drove i three runs As St. Louis Defeated san Francisco. Magrane 3-0, has allowed Only six earned runs in 3 innings Over four starts since being promoted from Louisville sea no on Page 92  
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