European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 9, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the e stars and stripes monday May 9,1988 Nugget pressure cools sonics by he associated pc Denver in four playoff games the Seattle supersonics averaged 53 percent from the floor and did t fill below 50 Pyrc Cal in any one game so Den ver nuggets coach Doug Moc figured the hot shooting Kiili to end sometime. It did saturday. Shots that had gone wish suddenly Wen Clank and is nuggets raced away with a 115-96 Victory to Advance to the second round of the playoffs. The nuggets winning the first round series Ihrck games to two. Will play Hosl to Lite Dallas Mavericks tuesday night in the opener of a bust of Shevett series. Ciarac i will be thursday night also in Denver. Seattle had played so Good and had shot so Well that 1 hoped one game they d crack shooting Wise Moc said. You knew they had to have one off  Dale Ellis and Xavier Mcdaniel. Who averaged a combined 47 Points during the regular season scored Only 12 and six Points respectively. Ellis was 4.for-9 from the Field and Mcdaniel 2-for-9. Our team just Kepi coming after them and put on the pressure like i knew we would and finally Seattle cracked Moc said. When the shots would t go i Aba playoffs think they got Down on themselves. When you play learn like ours that pressures relentlessly ii gets discouraging  la Maycke lever playing on a strained right knee that sidelined him the previous game scored 11 of his ii Points in the decisive third Quarter to spark the nuggets. Denver playing tentatively arid scoring Only 17 Points in the first Quarter rallied in the last eight my Ules of the second period to take a 5448 half inc Lead then buried the sonics with a 20-s flurry that produced an 86-68 Lead after three periods. The Lead grew Loas Many As 23 Points in the final Quarter. Denver was the better team Loday said Seattle coach a comic Bickerstaff whose team shot 46 percent to Denver s 51 percent. Lever gave them a lift and so did Michael Adams with his 3-Pomicn and Jay Vincent with his jumpers. Our shots stopped dropping and Adams got them  Tom Chambers who paced inc sonics with 23 Points had 1 in he first Quarter Ai Seal Ltd jumped off to a 22-17 Lead. Denver trailed 32-23 after Ellis first Basket of the game with 7 55 left in the second Quarter. The nuggets then outscored he sonics 31-16 he remainder of Schalf including a pair of 3-Pointcra by Adam and three Point plays by Alex English arid Bill Hanzlik. After failing to go to the tree throw line in the firs Quarter Denver took the Ball inside repeatedly in the second Quarter drawing fouls and hitting 17 of 20 free throws. The nuggets took control with sin minutes left in he third period. After Ellis three Point play Cut the Den ver Lead to 66-63 with 5 51 left Seattle did t til an other Field goal the rest of the Quarter. During he nuggets decisive 20-5 run Vincent and lever combined Lor the last 16 Denver Points. The spurt included a four Point play. Lever on a breakaway was fouled deliberately by Kevin Williams and made both free throws. The nuggets kept posses Sion and Vincent Sank an in fool jumper for a 77-65  led Denver scoring with 23 Points. Danny Schayes equated lever s 21-Poinl output and Adams had 20. Derby red wings beat oilers 5-2 from Page 21 big moment in inc Kentucky Sun with a 7 length Victory Over Lively one in the 1 i male Santa Anita Derby. Far a while it looked like she was going to Embarrass her male rivals once again with a half mile left she was four lengths in front of seeking inc Gold and running easily. Seeking the Gold was ahead of forty niner. Forty niner moved to second with a Quarter mile remaining and Day said i thought 1 had Clary and Winnin colors at the head of Floc Lane. I thought i was the Only one with a Chance and e thought 1 had  he must have thought he had a lot of horse under him Stevens said. Be cause from the three eighths pole 1thought t was a Winner. I was very confident throughout the  he had to have been More confident in the final 70 Yards than a lot of inc people Olio bet on the filly. Risen Star ninth with a Quarter mile left finished Well to overtake proper reality and finish  were followed by regal classic Brian s time seeking the Gold cells Pri vat terms Jim s orbit. Oian acus Lively one Din s dancer Kin Post intensive command Purdue King and sea trek. Winning colors people have been saying How Good she is. Said Charlie Whitt Ingtam who trained Lively one. She proved her ability today. She s for real and lived up to her  Whittingham and Bill Shoemaker who Rode Lively one won the 1986 Derby with Ferdinand. Shoemaker was seeking a record tying fifth win in his record 26lh appearance. I knew if they let that filly go they would t catch her Shoemaker  Jack Van Berg who won with Aly Sheba Jast year and saddled Din s dancer this year summed it up for in losers with a line that s been heard at race tracks As Long As there has been Rac ing Well it s another Day. Vou win some and lose a lot More. Well be Back and try them  meanwhile Back at winning colors Bam there was a lot of handshaking backs tapping and laughing to me this is so much greater than football said Klein the former owner of the nil Isan Diego chargers. Andrew Akin the hot Walker and night watchman said she s been great All along. She s a  great fillies have been Good to me said Lukas who trained lady s secret the j9s6 horse of the year and the Brilliant landaluce who died As a 2-Ycar-old. Detroit a Brent Ashton scored twice including the go ahead goal late in the second period As the Detroit red wings came Back from two straight losses in Edmonton for a 5-2 Victory Over the oilers in game 3 of the Campbell conference finals saturday night. The red wings had blown a 3-1 Sec Ond period Lead to lose 5-3 in game 2 on thursday night. But there was no such letdown this Lime is hey came alive be Hind the scoring of Ashton and a Soli defense anchored by  clan Hanlon. Steve a iceman the red wings Cap lain who had been sidelined by a knee injury played his first game since march1 and contributed an assist to inc Detroit attack while being used sporadically. Wayne Gretzky had both of Edmon ton s goals on Power plays but was Over shadowed by a great team Effort by de troit. Ashton tied the game Midway through the first period on a Power play then converted a feed from Adam Gates at 16 32 of the Middle period to put the red wings ahead to slay. Gob Probert s Power play goal with 16 seconds left in the second period gave the redwing a 3-1 Lead. Gretzky got his second goal of the night 1 10 into the third period but inc red wings put the game away on goals by Dave ban and re Fol bring Jan 56 seconds apart in the final 2 i minutes. The bust of seven series continues in nil playoffs Brent Ashton. Scores twice Detroit on monday night. The oilers took a id Lead on Gretzky s Power play goal at 4 47 of the first period. Gretzky scored his seventh goal of the playoffs on a Sharp angled shot near the goal line that went in off Hanlon s leg. Hanlon was making his Fin Start in the conference finals following an injury 0 Greg Stefan in the oilers Victory thursday night. Stefan suffered what was described As a sore neck in thai game when he was checked behind the net by the oilers Craig , making i first Start for the red wings since Ataee injury sidelined him on March i assisted on Ashton s first goal at 11 57, also on a Power  got two whacks at inc puck before it bounced across the crease Toa Lilon who knocked it into a empty net. The second period was a standoff until Hie red wings scored two goats in the final four , who set up both goals first dug the puck out of a tangle of skates along the boards and fed Ashton who skated into the right Circle and beat Grant Fuhr on inc Slick Side at 16 32.then with the red wings on a Power play dates made a Nice pass from be Hind the goal line to or abort who drove the puck past Fuhr from about eight feel Al 19 44.afier Grezky got his eighth of the playoff by steering inc puck past Han Lonon another Power play the teams balled evenly until Dales set up Barrt goal sending him in alone for a breakaway at Bridgman banged a rebound of Rick Zombo s open shot from the Slot into an empty net Al 18 33 to close the scoring. Agassi advances to final of toc new York a Andre Agassi playing his third match in 24 hours Beal fellow american Aaron Krickstein 6-3, 6-3 saturday to Advance to the final ofic tournament of champions. Agassi the fifth seed will meet no. S Slobodan Zivojinovic in sunday s final at the West Side Tennis club. A Vojinov. In Defeated no. 13 Luiz Mattar 7-6 7-46-3 in the other semifinal. The i a year old Agassi needed All his Youthful Energy to get to the finale. On Friday night he completed the final set of a rain delayed Victory Over Michael Chang Al an indoor facility 20 Miles from he West Side Tennis club. He returned to Forest Hills saturday morning and Beal Alberto Tous 6-2, 6-2 in the quarterfinals which were delayed one Day by rain. Three hours later he took the court against Krickstein the no. 7 see who had was still Mcelin upset defending Champion Andres Gomez match against Gomez when he played court championship kept Krickstein on he run with his powerful forehand and wrapped up the Victory in 66 minutes. He has deep and solid ground strokes said Agassi who is being louled As the Mitt great american player. Knew if i did t Lake the offensive i d be in for a Long match t was hit Lino Oul Only shots and they were All going a Krickstein 20, broke Agassi in the first game of the second set but Agassi on the next four games and both play ers held serve the rest of the Way. He hits the Ball As hard As anyone said Krickstein. Who won four tournaments Early in his career but has been win less since 1984. If you re not on the offensive he s going to control the  Krickstein who did t play the last half of 1987 because of injuries said he a l feeling the affects of his earlier 6-7 3-7. 6-4,6-4 in the quarterfinals. Agassi who won last week s . Clay Agassi. It was a Tough situation for me physically and mentally he said i was a Little  Agassi who does t hide he emotions on the court bowed to the capacity crowd in the stadium before leaving the court the people watching can make or break you he said. If they decide not id take an interest in Lennis. Ihen Lennig would t exist. You a veto gout Here Wilh the  priority of  Agassi and Krickstein both products of Nick Bollettieri s Tennis Academy in Bradenton fla., had met Only once be fore in a grand Pri tournament. Krickstein won in March at the International players championships in key Biscayne fla., when Agassi retired in the fifth set due to cramps and dehydration. Zivojinovic who upset top seeded Stefan de Bare 1-6, 6-2, 6-4 earlier in the Day edged Mattar in an airtight match. There is Only one break Point in the match and Zivojinovic converted it 10 take a 5-3 Lead in the second set before holding serve for the Victory