European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 21, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday May 21,1987 the stars and stripes Page 17 sports magic leads lakers to win byjoe Annadel Inglewood Calif. A when it was Winnin time tuesday night Tholos Angeles lakers knew where to go. Magic Johnson e1ected As he Aba s most valuable player on monday scored 12 of his 20 Points in the fourth Quarter leading the lakers to n 112-104 Victory Over the Seattle supersonics. The lakers now own a 2-0 Lead in the West Ern conference final series James worthy had 25 of his 30 Point sin the first half and Johnson had a triple double with 10 rebounds and 10 assists logo with his 20 Points. The Bucsi of seven series now moves to Seattle for the third and fourth games Aba playoffs saturday and monday afternoons. We be been there so Many times be fore and we know what to do and who to look for Johnson said of the final min utes of tuesday s game. They were Dou bling me All the time but i Don t worry about scoring just winning. When i was finally Able to break through at the end he added the scor ing just came into Johnson made a foul shot with 2 05 remaining and a pair of free throws with 1 14 to a to extend a 104-100 los an Geles Lead to seven Points. After Seattle s Dale Ellis made two free throws with 1 03 left to make it 107 102, Johnson drove the Lane for a Layup with 43 second left to Clinch the win. Experience definitely is a Factor inthe Lail four or five minutes of a game coach a Riley of the lakers said. We made the plays we had to make. We Veblen Here Many times before. "1 thought Seattle played an extraordinary game. They did All the things Lilicy had 10 do defensively to stay in it. They arc so dangerous. They re always getting Back into the game. I Felt More comfortable in the first game than i did the lakers won game i of the series 92-87 last saturday. A Arcco Abdul Jabbar and Byron Scott added 16 Points each for the Lak ers. . Green had 15 Points and game High 14 rebounds for los Angeles which compiled a 42-29 rebound advantage Over Seattle. The lakers arc a great basketball team and they Are supposed to win at Home supersonics coach Crnic Bick a Slaff said. But we re going to give them a run for the Money. We just did not contest the boards tonight. I thought the offensive boards were big. A Arcco got a couple of Offen Sive rebounds and put them in. We arc responsible for that because we did t contest he Dale Ellis led the sonics with 22 see lakers on Page 1b letdown celtics drub stale pistons 104-91 by Howard Ulman Boston a the Boston celtics had trouble getting excited again after one of the most exciting playoff series in their history. The Detroit pistons had trouble getting their rhythm Back after five Days Forest. In a game lacking topical playoff intensity Robert Parish scored 15 of his game High 31 Points in the third Quarter and the celtics went on to a 104-91 Victory Over Detroit in the opener of their Aba Eastern conference final tuesday night Boston had just one Day off after edging Milwaukee on sunday to win the conference semifinal 4-3. Detroit had t played since last wednesday when it completed a 4-1 elimination of Atlanta. The celtics letdown was very much apparent out there Boston coach . Jones said. It s like trying la get Over a championship Type series with the Bucks and then go Down and get up again. They the pistons had a five Day Layoff which affected them they had no games. It was it also was weird that Losion s Larry Bird made only1 seven of 22 Field goal attempts and Detroit s Isiah Thomas hit just sin of 24. The Layoff definitely Hurt us said Thomas who still led Detroit with is Points and 10 assists. We did basically everything we wanted to do but convert. I had a lot of shots easy shots. I just could t hit the pistons Sank just 39 percent of their shots through three quarters and never threatened in the fourth when they trailed by for m seven to 15 Points. We just wasted an awful lot of opportunities de troit coach Chuck Daly said. We did t Lake open shots. We decided to pass. Thai s what i mean when i say we were out of although they won the celtics weren t As Sharp As they were against Milwaukee. We were kind of sluggish Jones said we weren t Aba playoffs really into it and we did t really have inc kind of intensity of the last Boston s 44-40 halftime Lead dropped to 48-47 on Adrian Dantley s Short shot in the Lane. Then Parish scored 13 Points in a 26-14 run that gave the celtic their biggest Lead of the third Quarter 74-61, with 1 05 left. Detroit Cut it to 75-68 going into the fourth Quarter but could come no closer. I m not jumping off any Bridges Daly Slid. It s the first game of the series. They did their Job. Behave to do a better Boston which is 33-1 in its last 34 games at the Garden will be Home again for thursday night s Sec Ond game of the bust of seven series. Now Well be ready Jones said. I m glad we pulled through. Ii was a bad game by both learns. We were the ones that got Kevin Mckale scored 21 Points and Bird and Den Nis Johnson had 18 each for the celtics who Hil 52 percent of their shots. Bird added 16 rebounds and 11 assists. Dan Lucy had 17 Points and Vinnie Johnson 15 for Detroit which Sank 42 percent of its Field goal at tempts. The pistons who lost their 15lh straight game in Boston Garden since their last Victory on dec 19,1982, look their biggest Lead 16-11, on Jot dumars1 Short jumper with 5 06 left in the first period. But Johnson hit consecutive jumpers to Start a 14-2 spurt and Jerry Sichling followed with a 15-foot shot from the right Side. It gave Boston the Lead for Good,17-16, Wilh 3 30 left in the Quarter Sichting played in place of starting guard Danny Ainge who was sidelined with a sprained right knee suffered in sunday s clinching Victory Over Milwaukee. photo Boston Robert Parish. 15 Points in 4lh period Chison hand Brewers 12ih straight defeat by the associated press 1 Milwaukee the theories abound about the Milwaukee Brewers who Are without question baseball s Streak est 13 straight victories to open the season and tie a major league record the Brewers dropped their 12th straight tuesday night in a 5-1 loss to the Chi Cago White sox. You have to ask Are 13 previous games so emotionally draining that the Well s dry Chicago Catcher Carllon Fisk said tuesday after his two run Homer led the White sox to s no legitimate reason for losing 12 in a the punch less Brewers stranded to runners and Are now ll-for-109 .101 Al Roundup with runners in scoring position during their Long almost unbelievable slide from the lop of baseball. Their plunge has knocked them from first place to third in the american league East. Teddy Higuera 4-3, took the loss de Spile lying a Brewers record with 13strikeouts. Higuera gave up eight hits including a two run Homer to Greg Walker a Solo shot to Tim Hulett and one walk. He remained witness since april 24 with three Lossi and two no decisions. Higuera pitched great. He got a screwball up and Fisk hit it out. He got the Ball up to Walker and he hit it out said while sox manager Jim Fregosi. Higuera Sandte Felt no pressure to halt the Streak but wanted to get his team mates out of their frustrating situation. Being the no j Slaner i Don t fed any pressure. Lirt i Don l want the Young Guys to be affect fed. I wanted to take Over. We just Bac to keep a positive " said Milwaukee manager torn try bal Horn i hate to Harp we had some opportunities. Teddy had Good enough stuff for a shutout if we had just gotten him some Jose Delcon 4-3, pitched seven innings and allowed five hits including Robin Yount s Home run in the seventh. Delcon had been the losing Pitcher last month when the Brewers tied the major league record for wins at the beginning of the season. Bob James got his third save by retiring . Surhoff on a Popup with the bases loaded for the final out. In other Al games Indian 4, twins 3 Cleveland Cory Snyder ended a 6-for-6s slump Wilh a two run Home with one out in the ninth inning giving Cleveland a Victory Over Minnesota. Snyder who entered in the sixth in Ning As a Pinch hitter and ended a bases loaded threat by grounding oui connected for his sixth Homer against reliever Mark Portugal 1-3. Portugal had come on to retire Snyder in the sixth and Sei Down seven straight batters before Chris Buindo led Ott the see Al on Page 22
