European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 14, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday May 14,1990 the stars and stripes a a Page 21 a oilers gain finals Chicago apr Esa Tikkanen shorthanded goal at 2 01 of the first period and a barrage of four second period goals saturday night led the Edmonton oilers to an 8-4 Victory Over the Chicago Blackhawk and into the championship round of the Stanley cup playoffs. The oilers dosed out the Chicago series 4-2 and will open the final Best-of-7 nil playoffs round against the Bruins at Boston on tuesday night. Eight different players scored for Edmonton As the oilers turned the game into a rout in the second period. Tikkanen s goal his second shorthanded goal of the playoffs came alter see nil on Page 27 Edmonton a Jeff Beuk Boom forces Chicago s Jocelyn Lemieux against the Wall during first period action  win Lead 76ers 3-1spurs, blazers tied suns stun lakers by the associated press Philadelphia a Michael Jordan scored 45 Points and the Chicago bulls opened the fourth Quarter with a 22-6 spurt to beat the Philadelphia 76ers 111101 sunday and move within one Victory of the East Ern conference finals. The bulls who Lead the Best-of-7 series 3-1, can wrap it up wednesday at Chicago. Jordan scored 18 Points in the final period As Chicago rallied from a nine Point deficit to take a 91-90 Lead. The bulls stretched their Lead to 99-92 before Philadelphia scored five straight Points to make it 99- 97 with 3 42 left. After Jordan made a driving left handed Layup Johnny Dawkins hit a free throw for Philadelphia and John Paxson made two free throws for Chicago to make it 103-98. Charles Barkley who finished with 22 Points and 13 i rebounds then made one of two free throws to pull the 76ers within four. But Jordan completed a three Point play to give the bulls a 106-99 Lead with 1 53 left and the 76ers  catch up. Rookie Stacey King who replaced starter Scottie pippin scored 21 Points for the bulls. Pippin was in i Arkansas for his fathers funeral on monday. Hersey Hawkins scored 26 Point for Philadelphia while Mike Gminski had 24. Jordan who had 11 assists was 16-of-31 from the Field and 12-of-13 from the foul line. Barkley struggled from the foul line missing nine of 15.Philadelphia outscored the bulls 11-2 late in the third period to take an 80-64 Lead. Hawkins who had 17 Points in the period made a Basket with four seconds left to give the 76ers an 86-77 Lead after three quarters. Gminski scored 10 Points and Barkley had six As the 76ers took a 30-26 Lead after one period. I Philadelphia raced to a Quick 10-4 Lead before the bulls rallied to tie it at 14. The 76ers went ahead 19-14 on Ron Andersons 3-Pointer and a Basket by Hawkins and increased the margin to 25-18 before the bulls came Back at the end of the Quarter. Philadelphia built a 43-33 with 5 52 left in the Sec fond period but the bulls relied behind Jordan and King to pull within 45-41. ,. Trailing 49-43, the bulls scored six straight Points to tie the score. But Gminski who scored 18 Points in the first half made a Basket that put Philadelphia Back in front Aba playoffs and the 76ers went on to take a 55-50 halftime Lead. In saturday s games spurs 115, Trail blazers 103 san Antonio a Terry Cummings scored 35 Points saturday lifting the fast breaking san Antonio spurs to a 115-105 Victory Over the Portland Trail blazers and evening their Best-of-7 Western conference semifinal series at two games each. A Terry was sensational Quot said san Antonio coach Larry Brown. A this Effort was the  Cummings hit 16 of 26 Field goal attempts and seven of eight free throws and also had 11 rebounds. A we Learned an important lesson in Portland and now we re playing like we did in the regular season Quot Cummings said. A my shot was falling and everything  game 5 of the series switches tuesday night to Portland where the blazers won the first two games 107-94 and 122-112. San Antonio won at Hemisfar Arena 121-98 on thursday night. Portland played without centers Wayne Cooper who did no to suit up because of recurring Back spasms and Kevin Duckworth who broke his right hand in the final game of Portland a first round sweep of Dallas. David Robinson an All Star Center and Rookie of the year scored 21 Points for san Antonio but it was Cummings who provided the offensive firepower As the spurs overcame an Early nine Point deficit to rout the blazers for the second consecutive game. Clyde Drexler led Portland with 27 Points 20 of them in the first half. Jerome Kersey added 23. A i Wasny to out there trying to score 50 Points and lose Quot Drexler said. �?o1 was trying to get my teammates involved. But we just did no to play very Good  he said Cummings was unstoppable. A Cummings hit everything Quot Drexler said. A a in be never seen him have a game like  Drexler scored 16 Points in the first period As Portland got away to a 33-25 Lead but Cummings and Rod Strickland led the spurs on a 24-11 run to close the first half with a 62-51 Edge. With the blazers leading 40-37, san Antonio went on a 12-2 Streak with Strickland scoring three straight fasl break buckets. Cummings had 11 Points in the second Quarter As san Antonio led by As Many As 14 Points. A that second Quarter was phenomenal Quot Brown said. A it was the Best period we played All year Quot the spurs stretched their Lead to 86-71 after three quarters then built it to 99-76 in the fourth Quarter. Portland coach Rick Adelman said he hoped to have Cooper on the court tuesday. A i Hope that three Days of rest will get him healthy and Back into the lineup Quot Adelman said. A we need  Robinson said the spurs will have a big turnaround in Portland. Quot i think we Learned an important lesson in Portland Quot Robinson said. A i think we Are past the so called Portland Jinx. I think we re ready to play in that building  san Antonio shot 51 percent from the Field to Portland a 44 percent and outre hounded the blazers 4139. The spurs had 22 Points Oft turnovers and 25 second Chance Points. Suns 117, lakers 103 Phoenix a Tom Chambers scored 11 of his 34 Points during a third period rally and Jeff Hornbeek had a career playoff High 29 As Phoenix beat los Angeles for a 2-1 Lead in their series. Phoenix has never beaten the lakers in six previous playoff series getting swept in three of them. Saturdays Victory was the suns first at Home Over the lakers in a playoff game since a 135-127 overtime win on May 18, 1984. It also was Phoenix s largest margin of Victory against the lakers in the playoffs since the suns 127-101 on april 13, 1980. Kevin Johnson had 22 Points for Phoenix while Mark West added 14 Points and three blocked shots. James worthy paced los Angeles with 27 Points magic Johnson added 22. Chambers scored 26 Points in Phoenix a 104-102 win in game i at Inglewood Calif but Only nine in a 124-100 loss in game 2 on 4-of-l 1 shooting. He hit 14 of 2.3 Field goals saturday and almost matched his career playoff nigh of 41 Points set Here last May 28 in a 122-117 loss that gave the lakers a 4-0 sweep in the conference  sports Aba playoffs Early tuesday. Radio teams time to be announced for