European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 3, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday May 3,1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 17 pistons Trail blazers spurs shoot into second round by the associated press Indianapolis a they still cheer Isiah Thomas in Indiana but now he gets a healthy dose of verbal abuse too. Thomas who led Indiana to the Mcaa championship in 1981, helped eliminate the Indiana pacers from the Aba playoffs with 23 Points nine assists and four steals in Detroit a 108-96 Victory tuesday night. He did no to even mind the Boos. A we did no to come in Here to do anything but win the basketball game a Thomas said after the pistons completed a three game sweep of the Best-of-5 first round series with the pacers. Detroit the defending Aba Champion will play either Boston or new York in the Eastern conference semifinals. The celtics led 2-0 heading into wednesday nights game at new York. Indiana was held under 100 Points in each of the three games against the pistons. A a that a our game. We done twin offensively. We win defensively a Thomas said. A we did a Good Job combating their emotion and  three steals by Detroit sparked an eight Point Streak in the final 42 seconds of the first half building a one Point Lead to 54-45 at intermission. The pistons widened the margin to 15 Points in the third Quarter then held off a rally in the final period and clinched the game with a 12-4 Streak in the closing minutes. Bill Laimbeer who had 12 Points and 19 rebounds and Dennis Rodman who had 10 Points had three baskets apiece during the decisive spurt. It gave the pistons their 10th straight playoff Victory and eighth in the last nine playoff games on the Road. Trail blazers 106, Mavericks 92 Dallas a Jerome Kersey and Terry Porter took command after Buck Williams suffered an Eye injury and the Trail blazers rolled to a three game sweep of the Mavericks. Portland next plays san Antonio. Kersey scored 29 Points while Porter and Clyde Drexler each had 20. Williams played Only in the first period and had 10 rebounds. Playoffs Williams was taken to a Hospital after being hit around the Eye by James Donaldson a Elbow in the first Quarter. He has a corneal abrasion and a crack in the sinus area but a team doctor said Williams should. Be Back in the next few Days. Portland Center Kevin Duckworth fractured the fourth metacarpal in his right hand and is expected to be placed in a splint then a cast. He Hurt his hand in the third period when Donaldson slapped the Ball from his hands under the Basket after a rebound. His status is Uncertain. Spurs 131, nuggets 120 is scored 28 Points in a in the third Quarter As Leir first round series. Denver a Terry Cummin eluding 10 to thwart a Denver ral san Antonio finished a sweep of t the spurs who advanced to meet Portland out shot Denver 56 percent to 40 percent and held a 58-40 rebounding Edge. Spurs Center David Robinson the a bad a Rookie of the year and Willie Anderson added 26 Points each. Rockets 114, lakers 108 Houston a sleepy Floyd scored 23 Points and set a club playoff record with 18 assists As Houston broke the lakers 20-game first round playoff winning Streak. Houston trails the lakers 2-1 in the Best-of-5 series. The lakers had not lost a game in the opening round since Houston beat them in 1981. Floyd a Basket with 22 seconds to go broke a string of eight straight Points by the lakers that had Cut Houston a Lead to 111-108 with 46 seconds to play. Cavaliers 122, 76ers 95 Richfield Ohio a Craig Ehlo scored 10 of his 16 third Quarter Points during a 22-4 run that broke the game open As Cleveland stayed alive. Philadelphia won the first two games at Home by a combined total of 11 Points. The margin of Victory was Cleveland a largest Ever in a playoff game. The Cavaliers let halftime leads get away in the first two games but refused to fold in the third Quarter this the mavs Herb Williams handles Mark Bryant time. After the mixers trimmed a 13-Point halftime deficit to nine Early in the period Charles Barkley fouled Brad Daugherty and was whistled for a technical when he argued the Call. That fired up the Cavaliers who scored 22 of the next 26 Points. Ehlo finished with 25. Bucks 119, bolls 112 Milwaukee a Alvin Robertson scored 38 Points and Fred Roberts Brad Lohaus and Jack Sikma hit key baskets in the stretch As Milwaukee avoided a sweep. The bulls getting 48 Points from Michael Jordan Lead the series 2-1. But Robertson a career playoff High Roberts 23 Points and a big three Pointer by Sikma with 25 seconds left were too much for Chicago to handle. Lilliquist pitches slugs braves past mets from wire reports Atlanta a it was depressing on sunday ugly on monday and distressing tuesday night. The new York mets who have found imaginative ways to lose in the last few Days discovered another Way against the lowly braves tuesday night. Ron Darling making his first Start in 11 Days yielded two Home runs to opposing Pitcher Derek Lilliquist and allowed four Home runs in All As Atlanta handed the new York mets their fourth straight loss 5-2. Lilliquist became the first Pitcher to hit two homers in a game since Jim Gott did it for san Francisco against St. Louis on May 12, 1985. The last Atlanta Pitcher to Homer twice in a game was Tony Cloninger who hit two grand slams at san Francisco on july 3, 1966. A a in be got to pitch first before i can hit a Lilliquist said. A but done to get me wrong. When i get in there i want to  a the Guys Gonna be another babe i guess a braves manager Russ Nixon said. Lilliquist said it was an unusual Outing for him going against the Norm. A usually when in a pitching Good i done to hit a he said. A when in a hitting Good i done to pitch. Tonight i did  a the had one of those Little league games a Darling said. A great pitching no Roundup Atlanta Soddie Mcdowell steals second while the Metsy Kevin Elster awaits the Peg. And hitting the Ball  Atlanta which has won five of 18 games put together its first three game winning Streak after toppling the mets twice. Before the mets arrived the braves had hit five Home runs in 16 games. As the mets left the braves had increased their season total to 11. Lilliquist held them to a single through five innings As he won his first game since last sept. 1. Kevin Elster spoiled the shutout bid with a Homer in the sixth and Howard Johnson added a Homer in the seventh. On sunday the mets lost 2-1 to the astros after a series of miscues in the 10th inning. Johnson failed to make the play on a slow grounder to Short Mickey Sasser threw a Ball into Center on an attempted steal and Darryl Strawberry did not even dive for a sinking liner by Ken Caminiti that wound up As the game winning hit. It was More disastrous monday night. David Cone argued with the first base Umpire about a close Call while two base runners came around to score in a 7-4 loss to the braves. Cone argued with Charlie Williams the first base Umpire in the fourth inning. While Cine yelled. Dale Murphy and Ernie Whitt continued All the Way around the bases to score. A that kind of thing usually happens to us a said Jeff Treadway an Atlanta infielder. A not the other  on tuesday night Darling did not eliminate the sour memories but created some of his own. Darlings first pitch was drilled High and deep to right by Oddie Mcdowell and All Strawberry could do was watch it sail Over the Wall for a Home run. Lilliquist duplicated Mcdowell a feat and put the braves ahead 2-0 with a Homer to right in the third off Darling. It was Lilliquist a first career Home run. Whitt crowned Darling for a Homer in the fourth and Lilliquist who made four appearances As a Pinch hitter for the braves last season belted his second Homer in the fifth. A we should have studied that Chart on Lilliquist a Little better a Darling said. A everyone had told us How Good a hitter see no on Page 22