European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 6, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday june 6, 19b7 the stars and stripes Page 21 a him he lakers go two up Hof shooting overwhelms celts by Bill Barnard Inglewood Calif. A the los Angeles Tak ers looking unstoppable again on offence used a five Man juggernaut to tear through the Boston defense thursday night. In an even More impressive offensive performance Ihan their Victory in game 1, the lakers look a 2-0 Lead in the Aba championship series with a 141-122 decision Over the celtics. Michael Cooper belter known As a defensive specialist showed Why he is the All time Aba. Playoff Leader in 3-Point Field goals. He set a finals record with six Long Range Shou two More than the previous High by Boston s Scott wed Man in 1985 against he lakers. I was just looking to take the shot in the flow of the game Cooper who finished with 21 Points said. Inthe Seattle series i went something like 2-for-l2, and Earvin magic Johnson kept telling me to keep shoot Cooper also lied a finals record with eight assists in the second Quarter but Johnson equated the Mark in the next Quarter. I be never seen Coop have a Quarter like that be fore said lakers guard Byron Scott who led All scorers with 24 Points on 9-of-ll shooting from the Field. He s really Learned to push the bait up s profiled front magic and that s learning from the Best. We Don t lose much when Michael s in the Cooper who finished with nine assists was Only the fifth leading scorer for the lakers who shot 61.5 per cent from the Field a one game finals record. When he hit the 3-Poinlers, All of a sudden the floor Felt like it was 200 feel wide lakers Forward Mychal Thompson said. The key was Cooper really opening up their de sense with a Point shooting los Angeles coach Pat Riley said. We had to make an adjustment Riley said the celtics tried to slow Down the lakers running game by pressuring Johnson at mid court. We had to Start going Over the top of the defense to counter that Riley said giving Cooper and Scoll the Opportunity to handle the Ball More. Boston which never led in the opener had a five Point margin in he first Quarter thursday but the slim Lead quickly evaporated under the onslaught of 75 first half Points by the lakers third highest in championship series history. The Only Hope for the celtics to come Hack in the series is heir almost mystical record at Boston Gar Den where the next three games of the series Are scheduled starting with game 3 sunday. They have won 84 of their last 86 games there. Going Home can Only help celtics coach . Jones said. We played poorly on the Road All year and throughout the playoffs. The celtics who Are trying to become the first team to repeal As Aba champions since the 1968-69 celtics have lost six consecutive postseason games away from Boston Garden. Kareem Abdul Jabbar and James worthy their leading scorer for the last six playoff games with a 29.5 average added 23 each for the lakers. Johnson had 22 Points and 20 assists. Cooper the Aba s defensive player of the year made four of the i pointers in the first half when los Angeles look a 75-56 Lead and shot 62 percent from the Field. The eight assists in a Quarter matched the record set by Boston s Bob Cousy in 1957, Johnson in 1984 and Houston s Robert Reid in 1986. The lakers 75 Points at halftime has been exceeded Only by the 79 Points the celtics scored against the lakers in 1985 and the 76 Points the celtics scored against St. Louis in 1960. The lakers now 13-1 in the playoffs after compiling an Aba Best 65-17 Mark in the regular season have a Boston s Robert Parish rum into Kareem Abdul Subbar. Chance to become the second team to make it Jyh rough the playoffs with Only one loss. The Philadelphia 76crswon the championship in 1983 with a 12-1 record and the lakers would need 1 5 victories because of an expanded playoff Bird led the celtics with 23 Points. Kevin Mchale and Dennis Johnson added 20 each. Johnson was very hot from the outside in the third Quarter scoring 12 Points is the celtics shot 64 percent fro the Field in the period Only to Sec the lakers see lakers on Page 23 Harris snaps Moses win Streak Danny Harris finishes in front of world record Holder Edwin Moses in the 400-meter hurdles in Madrid. Madrid Spain a Edwin Moses 122-race winning Streak the longest in the history of track ended thursday when fellow american Danny Harris beat him in the 400-meter hurdles. Moses the world record Holder with a time of 47.02 seconds last lost on aug. 26, 1977, in West Berlin when he was beaten by West Germany s Harald Schmid Harris 21, won thursday in 47.56 at an International meet. Moses finished second in 47.69, followed by another american Nate Page in 50.12. I ran a Good race and the Guy that beat me is 10 years younger and ran the race of his life Moses said thursday night. It s very Early in she season for me to be running in Europe. I m not As Sharp As 1 would be normally. This is one of my Best times for so Early in the season. I m not disappointed at All with the race i led Over the two first hurdles but Harris took the Lead at the fifth hurdle and stayed in front the rest of the encountered trouble at the 10th, and last hit the 10th hurdle and thai really Cost me the race Moses said. I expect to do much belter. He was very Lucky to win the race. He built up an Early Lead. There s probably no other person in the world who could run this tried to recover after hitting the hurdle but could moved out slightly Moses said of Harris. I came Back toward the end but there was not enough Moses said he would return to his Home in Newport Beach Calif., and next Nin in the tac National championships at san Jose Cal if., on j Une 23-27. I m Prelly sure i m looking for a world record Moses said if i run As Well As lean i Don l think hell be Able to beat me in the was the first meeting Between Moses and Harris since the 1984 olympics when they ran 1-2. The 31-year-old Moies had won 107 consecutive finals and 15 preliminaries since losing to Schmid he had won All three of his previous races this year in see Moses on Page 25
