European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 26, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday april 26,1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 17 oilers win sweep Kings Blackhawk even series by the associated press Inglewood Calif. A Joe Murphy banged in a rebound of his own shot 4 42 into overtime lifting the Edmonton oilers to a 6-5 Victory Over the los Angeles Kings tuesday night and a sweep of the smythe division finals. The oilers who have seven consecutive victories after trailing Winnipeg 3-i in the first round won a face off in their own offensive zone. Murphy took a Stanley cup playoffs Long shot that Kings goalie Kelly Hrudney blocked. But the shot bounced Back out to Murphy whose second attempt from deep in the Slot eluded Hrudney. Esa Tikkanen forced the overtime when he scored for Edmonton with 2 55 left. The Kings got solid goal ending in the third period from Hrudney who missed game 3 with sore ribs. But they failed to Clear the puck and Tikkanen a shot from the left boards sailed past crud Eye a Glove and into the net. The Kings playing without Wayne Gretzky got a Short handed goal from Mike Allison 1 15 into the third period to pull ahead 5-4. Allison standing just outside of the crease hammered at a rebound of Mike Krushelnytsk in a shot and finally got the puck past goalie Bill Ranford. Allison a first goal of the playoffs was the third by the Kings in a period of 3 23 spanning the second and third periods. Gretzky missed the game because he aggravated his hype extended Back when he was checked into the boards in game 3. In the other Stanley cup divisional final tuesday Blackhawk 3, blues 2 St. Louis a Wayne Presley and Michel Goulet scored 36 seconds apart Chicago a Jeremy Roenick releases a shot at the Glove hand Side of St. Louis goalie Vince Riendeau on tuesday in St. Louis. A in the second period and Rookie de Bel four won his first playoff Start As Chicago evened its playoff series with St. Louis at two games apiece. The Blackhawk regular season Norris division champions regained the Home ice advantage. The teams return to Chicago for game 5 on thursday. Belfour was spectacular in the third period protecting a one goal Lead with 18 saves. He finished with 31. Presley got his seventh goal of the playoffs surpassing his season total of six on a screened shot from the left Side at 2 06. Goulet made it 2-0 when lie knocked in a Loose puck in the crease that goalie Vincent Rich Cau  Clear. Trent Yavney scored the winning goal with blues Star Brett Hull penalized for drawing blood from the face of Chicago s Jocelyn Lemieux with his stick. Sweeps forecast for Piston celts blazers by Bill Barnard a basketball writer the Detroit pistons who ended the los Angeles lakers Hopes of becoming the first team since 1966 to win As Many As three Aba titles in succession begin their own repeat bid thursday. The pistons 59-23with the Best record in the East Host the Indiana pacers in the Best-of-5 series. Other first round series starting thursday in the East Are new York at Boston and Cleveland at Philadelphia. Its Denver at san Antonio and Dallas at Portland in the West on thursday. Fridays openers have Houston at the lakers and Phoenix at Utah in the West Milwaukee at Chicago in the East. Complete first round schedule Page 24. Only two franchises have won consecutive Aba titles a the celtics and the Minneapolis los Angeles lakers. Minneapolis won in 1949-50 and from 1952-54, and los Angeles won in 1987-88. The celtics won eight in a Row trom 1959-66 and two straight in 1968-69. A look at the first round Eastern conference a no. 1 Detroit is. No. 8 Indiana the pistons won 25 of 26 games in february and March then finished the season 8-8, including 3-4 with Joe Dumars out with a broken hand. Even with do liars Back Detroit looks Ripe for an upset but not a v a Svi it g a a a s. A Jvn a predictions against the pacers in the playoffs for Only the third time in 14 years. Pistons in 3. A no. 2 Philadelphia is no. 7 Cleveland the cars look stronger than a seventh seed winning their last six games after an Uphill climb to playoff Contention. Home court advantage and a Charles Barkley focused on winning rather than fighting save the 76ers. 76ers in 5. A no. 3 Chicago is. No. 6 Milwaukee the playoff tested Bucks seem to give fits to everyone but scorer Ricky Pierce has been fighting injuries so no one can counter Michael Jordan. Bulls in 4. A no. 4 Boston is. No. 5 new York the kicks have won six of 17 games without injured rebounded Charles Oakley expected to play against the celtics. But new York was struggling even before Oakley broke his left hand and the celtics Haven to lost to the kicks at Home since 1984. Celtics in 3. Western conference a no. 1 los Angeles lakers is. No. 8 Houston this could be tougher than anyone thought. The rockets did no to squeeze into the playoffs until the final Day but Akeem Olajuwon could dominate inside and sleepy Floyd has shown signs of Awakening from a season Long scoring slump averaging 24.8 in his final four games. In addition Houston is 2-0 against the lakers in previous playoff series handing them their Only Western conference losses in the 1980s. Los Angeles however has magic Johnson and the Best record in the Aba. Lakers in 4. A no. 2 san Antonio is. No. 7 Denver the spurs Are on a Roll winning their last seven games and overtaking Utah for their first Midwest division title since 1983. The nuggets won six of 10 games in april to reach the playoffs after three consecutive losing months. Look for David Robinson and Terry Cummings to dominate inside but this series could turn sour for san Antonio if Young guards Rod Strickland and Willie Anderson get playoff jitters against veterans fat lever and Michael Adams. Spurs in 4, a no. 3 Portland is. No. 6 Dallas the Trail blazers tied Detroit for the second Best record in the Aba and Portland swept the Mavericks in the regular season and handed them their two worst losses. And the Trail blazers won t take anything for granted since they Haven to won a playoff series since 1985. Trail blazers in 3. A no. 4 Utah is. No. 5 Phoenix the jazz finished slowly losing the Midwest division Lead to san Antonio on the final Day and holding on to fourth in the conference Only because the suns lost to san Antonio. The suns Are healthy again after injuries to Jeff Hornack and Dan Majerle hampered them late in the season. Suns in 4