European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 02, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday May 2,1988 the stars and stripes Page 21 Tim us Law Ritthi tracks cuban just i Ifrona Nycz Minlu a Miner during u hopi no rare . Winner match Between the United slates and Cuba. Link s was one of rail Al . Winners As Cuba heat the i a. Fur the 15th Strai Uhl Lime. See stir. Page 23. Bird s 36 Lead celts to rouf of kicks for 2-0 series Lead b the associated press Boston Larry Bird scored 36 Points As the Boston celtics took charge with a 12-1 spurt to Start the second Quarter and routed the new York kicks 128-102 sunday to take a 2-0 Lead in their Aba playoff series. After losing their i sin consecutive game at Boston Garden the kicks return Home for the third game of the Best of five open ing round syncs wed Coda night. Boston made a season High 37 free throws in 40 attempts As new York s scrappy defense and struggle to gel backing the game led to numerous fouls. The kicks made 20 of 27 foul shots. The celtics held a .19-25 Lead after the first Quarter extended in to 41-26 with 7 55 left in inc second Quarter and stayed ahead by 12 to 27 Points the rest of inc Way. Boston got 24 Points from Kevin Mel Laic and 18 from Dennis Johnson. New York was led by Gerald Wilkins with 24 Points. Patrick Ewing with 18 and Trent Tucker with 17. The celtics held a 63-48 halftime Lead and built Ilas High As 27 Points at 122-95 on a jumper by Brad  with 1 47 left in inc game. In saturday s games rockets 119. Maverick 108 Dallas Eric sleepy flood and Akeem Olajuwon. Who have been at Odds Over their roles played their parts perfectly As Houston evened its Besl of five series against Dallas. Floyd and Olajuwon. Who openly quarrelled in a first game loss to the Mav Ericks combined for 83 Points in the Aba playoffs first win by a Road team in nine first round Aba playoff games. Floyd hit 16 of 22 Field goals and scored a season High 42 Points while Olajuwon added 41 Points and 26 rebounds. Olajuwon said his differences with Flo d arc not personal. In was just  Olajuwon said. We arc friends and there s nothing per  the rockets Mavericks series moves to i Louston for games tuesday and thursday. Olajuwon scored 12 Points in the fourth period and Floyd had 10 As the Rock cos broke away from an 89-89 tie in the final 12 minutes. Houston clinched the Victory in the final 1 18 with a 12-3 run. Including an 11-0 spurt. Dallas was led by sixth Man Roy tar Pley who had 23 Points and 13 rebounds before fouling out with 2 53 left. Rolan do in Lyckman had 19 Points. Pistons 102, bullets 101 pont1ac, Mich. Isiah Thomas scored 30 Points including the game winning Basket on an off balance Bank shot with nine seconds left to lift Detroit Over Washington for a 2-0 Lead in the bust of five Eastern conference series. Detroit can win the series with a Victory in game 3 monday night at the Capi Tal Centre in Landover Ned. Thomas who missed nearly 11 min utes in the first half when he was Cut Over his right Eye scored his go ahead Basket seven seconds after Jonn Wil Liams made one of two free throws put Ting the bullets ahead 101-10 1. Jeff Malone. Who missed an off bal Ance jump Shi l will one second left scored 31 Points Lole id the bullets. Jazz 114, i rail Bra cars ids Portland. Ore. Karl Malone had 37 Points and 16 rebounds and Bobby Hansen added 23 Points As Utah Defeated Portland to even their Bestar rive playoff series 1-1. Malone. Coming off a 16-Point Effort and his worse shooting game of the sea son thursday night in a 108-96 loss to the blazers scored 23 in the first half As the jazz bolted to a 23-9 Lead and held a 58-53 advantage at halftime. Portland which was led by Clyd Drexler s 25 Points outscored the jazz 8 2 to Start the second half and grabbed a 61-60 Lead on Jerome Kersey s Basket with 10 02 left in the third Quarter. The Trail blazers led 63-62 before Utah regained control. Two Sirai Ghl Bas Kyls by Hansen Pul the jazz on lop 79-71 with 1 49 left in the period. The Trail blazers were Down 72-65 when Drax scr missed two free throws and Terry Porter was called for trave Lingon consecutive Portland possessions. The jazz responded with a 3-Poinlcr by i Iansen and a Basket by Malone 10 pull ahead 87-75 with 9 38 to play. Bui Kersey missed a 3-Poimcr on the next Portland Possession and John Stockton Sank a pair of free throws with 36 seconds left ending the threat. Porter and Kevin Duckworth scored 19 Points apiece for Portland while Stockton finished with 20, 16 of them from the free throw line. Sports devils oust Caps byte Eliotia , my. A John Mac lean now owns the two most important goals in new Jersey devils history. Mac can whose overtime goal on the final night or the season put the devils into the playoffs Tor the first time deflected in Craig Wolanin s slap Shol with6 ii remaining saturday night giving new Jersey a 3-7. Victory Over the Washington capitals in game 7 of the Patrick division finals. We gave it everything we had. An Johnny Mac came through for  said nil playoffs devils right Wing Pat Var Hack. We just kept humping and grinding working hard and scan Burke was big in the nets. It was a team  the devils in their first trip to the playoffs in the franchise s six years inner Jersey move on to Boston where they begin a Busl of so Van Wales Confer ence championship series against the Bruins monday night. You always imagine this  said Dulc Nicman Joe Cirolla. One of on two devils who were with the team when it was known As the c Colorado Rockies. Wherever you were in Florida or wherever you always watched it on i v and wondered what it would feel like. We persevered and it s a great feeling think it will sink in Over the next Day or  the game Winner came when Wolam intercepted a Clearing pass at the right Point turned and golfer a Low shot. Mac lean got his stick on the puck and lipped it past Washington goalie Pete peelers just inside the left Post. Craig shot it. I just reached fur to and got my stick on it Mac can said i had t been doing much offensive in this series. It was Nice to gel a big goal like  Mac can s goal came about 3d seconds after an apparent offsides play Vas waved off. The puck was cleared out of the Caps zone but deflected off the skate of Washington s Mike Gartner and Back Over the Blue line before the devils cleared the zone. However the Linesman negated the offside ruling Gartner directed the puck Back into the zone with his skate. I really have a hard time comment ing. I have to look at it Washington coach Bryan Murray said. It sure appeared that Way offsides. Every player to a Man said it  for the capitals the loss marked the sixth consecutive season they failed to get past the division finals. I Don t think we played a bad  said right Wing Gartner. We got behind the eight Ball and we were Able to comeback in the third period we put a lot of pressure on them in their zone and we got a lot of  the big question going into the game was which goalie devils coach Jim Schoenfeld would use Rookie Sean Burke or Veteran backup Bob Sauvi. Schoenfeld went w Ith Burke who responded by stopping 30 of 32 shots including several at key moments in the final period