European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 28, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday May 28,1989 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports lakers go 3-up on Phoenix by Walter Berry Phoenix a the los Angeles lakers seem Bent on winning a third consecutive Aba championship. Just Don t remind them fit. James worthy scored 14 of his 29 Points in the fourth Quarter and the Lak ers hit eight free throws in the final 64 seconds to defeat the Phoenix suns 110 107 Friday night and take a 3-0 Lead in their Bcst-of-7 Western conference final series. Los Angeles can wrap up the series ingate 4 sunday at Arizona veterans me Morial coliseum. No Aba team has Ever come Back from an 0-3 deficit to win a seven game playoff series. We re aware of that but we re just not dwelling on worthy said. We All want to win another title and we re moving closer to it. But we re not necessarily dwelling on it the lakers now arc 10-0 in the play offs this season breaking the league re Aba playoffs Cord of nine consecutive wins they set in 1982. They also have won 14 consecutive playoff games dating Back to last year and have won 15 games in a Row counting the regular season. This is a special group of Guys. It s simply a great team said lakers coach Pat Riley As his club tries for its sixth Aba title this decade. They re addicted to winning. They know if we can get one More sunday we can move the suns have lost All five of their previous playoff series with los Angeles and were swept by the lakers 4-0 in 1982 and 3-0 in 1985. We Don t want to go Down in four. We re coming Back Strong sunday said Phoenix coach Cotton Fitzsimmons. But you got to give the lakers credit. They be won three games and they be done what they needed to do to Phoenix trailed 93-83 with 7 14 remaining in the game after worthy scored eight Points in a 2 18 Span. But Eddie Johnson the league s sixth Man award Winner broke out of a scrips Iong shooting slump to score nine Points m 4 06 and give Phoenix a 103 102 Lead on a 3-Point play with 1 50 remaining. Armon Gilliam s Layup with 1 22 left put the suns up 105-102 before the Lak ers won the game from the free throw line. Worthy Sank two foul shots with 1 04 left Llin Mychal Thompson converted two with 38 seconds remaining and two More with 22 seconds to play for a 108 105 Lead. Phoenix Rookie Dan major la had his jumper blocked by Thompson with 22 seconds left and then watched his 3 Point attempts Bounce off the rim with 17 seconds left and 10 seconds remain the first one i thought was definite lying. In. I was surprised it did t go major la said. The second was right on line. It was just Michael Cooper s free throws capped los Angeles scoring with eight seconds to go. Kevin Johnson s Layup for the suns four seconds later accounted for the final score. Magic Johnson finished with 20 Points for the lakers while Cooper had 16, Kareem Abdul jabber 15 and Thompson 13. Worthy also grabbed 12 rebound Sand magic Johnson had 11 assists and nine rebounds just missing a triple double for the second straight game. Tom Chambers paced Phoenix with 26 Points while Kevin Johnson had 22, Jeff Hornacek 21 and major la and Eddie Johnson 14 apiece. Eddie Johnson bothered by a jammed right Pinky throughout the series was 8-ot-28 from the Field in the first two games and 2-of-l2 Friday night before see Aba on Page 26 bulls Nob Lead on Jordan s shot Chicago a Michael Jordan s Short jumper with three seconds left capped a rally from a 13-Point deficit late in the game and gave the Chicago bulls a 99-97 Victor Over Detroit saturday or a 2-1 Lead in the Aba Eastern con Ference finals. Chicago trailed 90-77 with 6 18 left before Jordan who scored 17 of his 46 Points in the final period led the startling comeback. He scored 10 during a three minute Span and his drive with 53 seconds left made it 97-95 before Horace Grant tied it with two free throws with 28 seconds remaining after a foul by Den Nis Rodman. Bill Lamb car was called for an offensive foul with nine seconds left setting up Jordan s game Winner for Chicago. He took an inbound pass from Soltic pippin and drove to the right of the Basket before putting in a jumper. The bulls seeking their third straight upset in the playoffs retained the Home court advantage in the series with saturday s Victory. Half of the four remaining games of the Best-of-7 series Are scheduled for Chicago starting monday with game 4. Mark Aguirre led Detroit with 25 Points while finnic Johnson had 19, including 11 in the fourth Quarter. Bill Cartwright scored 15 for the bulls. A a Angels clip yanks red sox with 1 hitters by the associated press new York Oakland Catcher Ron Hascy knows what perfection looks like and Friday night he nearly saw it again from Todd Burns and two relievers. Burns making his first Start of the season allowed Only an infield hit in 6% innings As three Oakland pitchers combined on a near perfect one Hitler leading the athletics Over the new York Yankees 4-0. I caught a perfect game by Len Barker when i was with Cleveland Hascy said. Tonight 1 could Call whatever 1 wanted and Todd was right there with Burns who had appeared in Relief 11 times this season was put in Oakland s rotation when storm Davis was placed on the disabled list wednesday with a hamstring injury. I m Happy to help this club however i can Burns said. As a reliever i can help the club in a lot of Light the Yankees got their Only baserunner when Rickey Henderson opened the fourth by out logging a slow roller Down the third base line. Henderson was erased when Steve sax hit into a double play and Burns Rick Honeycutt and Eric plunk retired the Yankees in order the rest of the Way As new York Scal inc minimum 27 batters to the plate. After throwing 82 pitches Burns was relieved by Honeycutt with two out in inc Sivc nah. I knew i was at my pitch limit and i was starting to feel a Little tired Burns said. Oakland manager Tony Larussa said he decided to Al Roundup Lake Burns out before he reached la
