European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 20, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday part 20,1990 the stars and stripes Page 21sports blues Edge Hawks 4-3 in opener by the associated press Chicago a St. Louis Rookie Rod Brindz amour scored two goals and Rick Meagher and Brett Hull one each wednesday night leading the blues to a 4-3 Victory Over the Chicago Blackhawk in the opening game of their Norris division championship series. The Victory took away the Home ice advantage from Chicago which won the division in the regular season. Game 2 nil playoffs will be played Here Friday night then play switches to St. Louis for games sunday and tuesday nights. The blues grabbed a 4-1 Lead Midway in the second period before the Black Hawks comeback fell Short after they replaced goalie Greg Millen with de Bel four. Chicago put on the pressure in the final period but  offset the tight blues checking. With 42 seconds remaining the Blackhawk pulled Belfour for a sixth attacker but were stopped cold by Vincent Rien Deau. The outcome was an Extension of the regular season when the blues held a 52-1 Edge Over the Blackhawk and were 3-1 in Chicago. Brindz amour put the blues ahead 5 42 into the game but the Blackhawk tied it at 9 26 on Doug Wilson a first goal of the playoffs. Meagher broke the tie putting the blues ahead 2-1 at the 18 58 Mark. Chicago killed a penalty Early in the second period but Brindz amour scored his fourth goal 16 seconds later. Midway in the period Hull scored his sixth goal and Chicago coach Mike Keenan yanked Millen in favor of Belfour. Millen appeared upset As he left the ice. The blues Gord Roberts was penalized when Trent Yawney scored to Cut the Lead to 4-2. The Blackhawk continued the pressure and at 18 24, Adam Creighton scored after a mad scramble in front of Riendeau. In the Only other game wednesday oilers 7, Kings 0 Edmonton Alberta a Esa Tikka Nen scored two goals and goaltender Bill Ranford got his first playoff shutout As Edmonton beat los Angeles in the opening game of their series. Jari Kerri scored his 86th career play on goal second highest in nil history  oilers took a 1-0 Lead in the bestow smythe division final series. Kerri is two goals behind the Kings Wayne Gretzky who leads with 88. I Ranford stopped 25 shots for the third playoff shutout in the history of the oilers. Grant Fuhr who is injured had the other two one a 4-0 win Over the Kings last year. Tikkanen whose main Job is to hound Uretzky on defense did that effectively and also scored his fifth and sixth goals of the playoffs. Game 2 of the series is scheduled for Friday night at North lands coliseum where 16,778 fans a about 700 under capacity a watched wednesdays open gang game. Yer outta there a Umpire Mark Johnson gives Milwaukee a Rob Deer an pm against the rangers at Arlington Texas. Milwaukee went on Phatic out sign in the second inning of the Brewers game to Triumph 11-6 wednesday. Baseball roundups on Page 26. 76ers, Cavaliers win by the associated press Philadelphia a Philadelphia reduced its magic number for winning the a bad a Atlantic division to one wednesday night As Hersey Hawkins scored a season High 31 Points in the 76ers�?T 124113 win Over Indiana. The 76ers need a Victory or a Boston defeat to Clinch their first division title since Moses Malone led them to the Aba championship in the 1982-83 season. Philadelphia was to play at Detroit thursday night and closes out the season at Home against the celtics on National television sunday. Boston which Defeated Orlando hosts Chicago Friday night before facing Philadelphia. Reggie Miller scored 18 Points to Lead Indiana. In other games wednesday Cavaliers 100, nets 93 East Rutherford . A Craig Ehlo had 19 Points and five teammates scored in double figures As Cleveland won for the fourth straight time and reduced its playoff magic number to one. A Victory by the Cavaliers or a loss by the Atlanta Hawks in the teams final two games of the season will Clinch Cleveland a third straight Eastern conference playoff spot. The nets have lost five in a Row and 20 of their last 22. Chris Morris scored 25 Points for new Jersey and Chris Dudley had 19 rebounds. Dudley who had missed 16 straight free throws entering the game extended his Streak to 19 before hitting his first free Aba Roundup throw with 2 55 left in the first half. Celtics 133, magic 112 Boston a Kevin Mchale taking up the Slack in the absence of ailing Larry Bird scored 33 Points As Boston handed Orlando its 14th consecutive loss. With Bird hospitalized after minor surgery for an abscess on his buttocks Mchale was helped by Reggie Lewis with 20 Points and Jim Paxson with 18. Hornets 98, heat 91 Miami a Kelly Tripucka scored 26 Points including a three Point Buzzer beater at the end of the third Quarter that put Charlotte ahead to stay As it handed Miami its ninth consecutive loss. The hornets broke a four game losing Streak and earned a split of the two game season series with the heat. The teams also split two games last season their first in the Aba. Trail blazers 128, suns 120, of Phoenix a Portland clinched the third seed in the Western conference playoffs by defeating Phoenix As Clyde Drexler scored 32 Points Jerome Kersey 31 and Terry Porter 29. The Victory was the 23rd on the Road for the Trail blazers bettering the franchise record set in 1977-78. Warriors 133, clippers 120 Oakland a Terry Teagle scored 30 Points and Golden state after blowing an 18-Point first half Lead used a 30-10 second half run to beat los Angeles. The warriors who broke a five game losing Streak set a team single season attendance record of 601,000 with their 57th straight sellout of 15,025. Tim Hardaway had 22 Points and 16 assists for the warriors and leading scorer Chris Mullin hit Only three of nine shots from the Field and finished with 13 Points. Michael Young scored a career High 27 Points and was the Only Clipper to score More than 20. Spurs 102, jazz 93 san Antonio a David Robinson had 30 Points and 16 rebounds As san Antonio became the most improved Aba team Ever by defeating Utah. With the win the spurs also moved into a tie with the jazz for first place in the Midwest division. Both teams have 54-26 records with two games remaining in the regular season. If they finish in a tie the spurs would win the division because of a 3-2 Edge in the season series. The spurs 21-61 last season broke the 32-Victory turnaround record set by the Boston celtics. Before the celtics went from 29 to 61 wins in 1979-80, the Milwaukee Bucks held the improvement record of 29 games since 1969-70. An sports television baseball a Kansas City at Toronto 1 45 . Saturday. Radio baseball a California at Minnesota 2 .  draft preview pages 22 and 23