European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 11, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 the stars and stripes nuggets May lose Vincent b the associated press status Denver which lost All Star Uard fal lever for i games Oftis 3-2 first round Triumph Over Seattle May he Wilhour sixth Man Jay Vincent when it opens us syncs again the Mav Ericks in Unesda night. Vine Cal. Who averaged 214 Points per game and shot 54. Percent from the Field against she missed practice monday with a inn calf muscle and is questionable for the opener. The in Ferndine Champion lakers were expecting to be without defensive specialist Michael Cooper in tuesday Aba notes night s game 2 against Utah. Cooper a Grunt cd an ankle injury that caused him to miss 20 games during the season when he was knocked into a Baseline press table by 6-l Ooi-9, 256-Pound Utah for Ward Karl Malone in the second Quarter of sunday s chime i. The lakers went on Lowin mtg i. Of Ohleh Oarra the Atlanta Hawks of n Al Boston wednesday night. The Hants have dropped nine straight Al Homon Garden last winning on Llic parquet floor on March 1. I9s5. In Highl previous playoff series Llie celtics seven times. Series Denver Dallas is the Only series of the four conference semifinals lint ended in a lie during the regular season. 1 n the other Western conference matchup los Angeles won four out of five against Utah this reason. In the Eastern conference Boston won four Oisin Over Atlanta Anil Dyl Tohl enjoyed the same Chicago. Streaks before they were eliminated three games to two in the first round of the playoffs by Atlanta the Milwaukee sucks had advanced to the second round in wednesday May 11,1988 every season since Board game led by Smith Man Roy Tarpley. Dallas paced the Aba in rebounding this season. Denver finished 19lh. In the six games Between the mid West division rivals the Mavericks Oul rebounded the nuggets by an average of 1 8 boards per game sw1nos Utah guard Bobby Han sen for a 1 from 3-Potnt Range in the jazz s four game Victory Over Portland in the Fittl round of the play Oll s. Was 0 Tor-2 from behind the arc in Utah s toss to the lakers in Frame 1 of their Western conference semifinal. Moses the lawgiver thirty three year old Moses Malone a 1 4-year vet eran we ionic 20.3 scoring average for Washington this season was his lowest since 1977-78, is among the unsigned seven year a ctr Denver s Blair rus mime
