European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 30, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday May 30, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports flyers take oilers to game 7 by Ken Rappoport Philadelphia a comebacks Are getting to be the order of the Day for the Philadelphia flyers and so arc great performances from goaltender Ron Hemlall. He s prot. July the Best  i be Ever played against Eden Nunn Center Wayne arc Luzky said after Hextall led the fivers to their third comeback win in inc Stanley cup finals a 3-2 Victory thursday night that sen the nil championship series to a seventh game for the first time in 16 years. Just when you think you Are going 10 born Ltd him he comes up Wilh Hig saves said grct7ky. The nil s leading scorer luring the regular season. Jean Jacques , a  who Lias seen Lii Niimd playoff Ai Tion gave the flyers the Victory when he intercepted a bad Clearing pass from Jan Kerri at the left Point and drove a is tool slap Shol through a Mac of bodies and past Edmonton goal tender Grant Fuhr. The goal which capped another flyer comeback from a 2-0 deficit sent the Stanley cup finals to a seventh and deciding game at the North lands coliseum sunday night. It s the first Lime the finals have gone to seven games since 1971, when Montreal heat Chicago. The flyers Are trying to become Only the second earn in nil history to come Back from a 3-1 deficit in the finals. Toronto lost the first three games in he 1942 finals before rallying to beat the Detroit re nil playoffs wings. The oilers heat he stall twice in inc first 15 16, As Kevin Lowe scored a Short handed goal and Kevin my  hanged in a rebound. But for the last 44 44. Mcnall stonewalled the nil s most potent offensive Cam. He made 30 saves capping his performance by robbing Mark Messier in the game s final seconds. If you had told me before the series that we d come had from it least two goals Down in thai l games. 1 would t have believed it Hemlall said. We just keep banging Way. We never say  the flyers who have nol scored the firm goal in any of the six games trailed 3-0 in game 3 Imd 2-0 in game 5 before coming Back to win. They have Given up the first iwo pals in each of the last four games. We got behind the eight Ball but we were Able to come Back again Hemlall said. The goal Lender said the flyers were anything but despondent Between periods even Shouph Ilu y trailed by two oils after the first 20 minutes. Brian Propp scored a Power play goal at 1.1 04 of the third period to tit1 the score and Daigneault sent the sellout crowd of 17,222 into ecstasy 1 24 later with his game Winner. Coach Mikek Conan fell As Many did thai Hextall was the key to the Victory. He s a fabulous goaltender a Conan said. The kind of poise he showed tonight is typical of his performance this year. No disc specs to Edmonton s Grant Fuhr but Hextall is the Best goaltender in the nil he s been standing on his head this when la trip said to Cammal Lindsay Carson who scored the flyers first goal Al 7 12 of the second period. Gretzky thought the oilers had played belter than the flyers for the most part. The flyers who trailed 2-0 after inc first period for the fourth straight game narrowed the Gap o 2-1 on car Sii i goal and tied it on Propp s Power play tally. Wilh Glenn Anderson in the penalty bos Propp look a perfect Cross ice feed from i Elle Eklund and fired a 15-foot wrist shot Over Fuhr s catching Glove. The oilers had taken a 2-0 Lead on Lowe s Short handed goal at 5 08 and rebound at 15 16. Kerri started the play on Lowe s goal when he picked up 1he puck at Center ice and passed along the right Side to Gretzky who carried the puck into the flyers zone while two Philadelphia players zeroed in on him. Grei by skated around the net right to left drawing a Inlall 10 him and slipped a Short pass to Lowe who was standing at the rim Post. Lowe stuffed the puck past Hemlall s Slick Side for his second goal of the play Olts. Both goals came with the oilers Down a Man. Gretzky the playoff scoring Leader raised his total la 33 Points including 28 assists Mcclelland gave the oilers a 2-0 Lead with his Sec Ond goal of inc playoffs. Craig Mactavish made the play carrying the puck around defens Eman Marv Howe to work his Way alone in front. Pistons Down celtics Send series to wire by Harry Atkins Pontiac Mich. A Vinnie Johnson got hot and the do Broil pistons gel to keep playing. Johnson scored half of Detroit s Points in a decisive 20-8 fourth Quarter Nin As the pistons Cal the Boston cel tics 113-105 thursday night to Force a seventh game in the Aba Eastern con Ference finals. We have the Type of players who have Good on on one moves and i m a Streaky shooter Johnson said.  i get going. I m Lough to  game 7 of the series will be played saturday afternoon 9 30 . On an to in Boston Garden where the pistons have lost 17 consecutive games. The pistons opened the final Quarter with the decisive run to turn ail 84-83 advantage into a 104-91 Lead with 5 04 remaining. At the Start of the fourth Quarter we knew Larry Bird had it going said de troit guard Isiah Thomas who finished Wilh 21 Points. But Boston lakes a breather sometime in the game and when in came we took advantage of  Johnson and Adrian Daniley led the pistons Wilh 24 Points each Bird had 35 Points for Boston while Kevin Mchale had 23. I think in was our own fault Bird said. We quil setting picks fur one another. We quit doing whal Cpl us in the game. It s All concentration. We were play ing so Well and All of a sudden we just stopped. We just  Mchale playing with a fever and upset stomach said Vinnie Johnson was making most of his Points despite the Best efforts of Boston guard Dennis Johnson. Vij s a hell of an offensive player Aba playoffs Mchale said. We played him pretty Good 1 thought do was All Over him on some of those shots and he made them  the celtics playing without Center Robert Parish who was suspended for slugging Detroit s Bill Laimbeer in game 5, and without coach . Jones who was attending his Mother s funeral in California appeared to tire in inc fourth period Hul Detroit mistakes Cpl inc out come in doubt. I was resting Daniley and Dill Laim her for the stretch run Detroit coach Chuck Daly said. But when you gel a group playing Well you try to ride Wilh  after a Basket by Johnson gave do Broil a 108-96 Lead the pistons Rick Mahorn grabbed a rebound and threw it the length of the court out of Bounds with 3 29 remaining. Moments later Mchale snatched a Ball from Dennis Rodman s hands and turned in into a three Point play. On the pistons next trip up the floor Johnson was called for a double dribble. Detroit called a timeout with 2 06 remaining. Iii Beer hit a Juniper 10 seconds later to give the pistons u 112-101 Lead and Detroit appeared to Settle Down. In contrast to games 3 and 5, which were marred by fights. Game 6 was Lough but clean except for a couple of minor pushing incidents involving Danl Ley and Danny Ainge. After both Inci dents the players Shook hands and play resumed without incident "1 did t expect them to Lay Down and die Ainge said. Their backs were to the Wall. They played a great basketball  Boston s Darren do e shoots Over Detroit s Isiah Thomas in first Quarter action