European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 17, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday May 17, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 17 suns pistons close Mem out Trail blazers go up 3-2 by the associated press the Detroit pistons had the weapons to Wear Down Patrick Ewing and the new York kicks tuesday night while the los Angeles lakers ran out of weapons against the Phoenix suns. Ewing one of the stars of the Aba playoffs with two 40-Point performances was held to 1-for-10 shooting in the second half and the Detroit Bench with Mark Aguirre scoring 25 Points outscored new York reserves 44-17. As a result the pistons reached the East Aba playoffs Ern conference final for the fourth consecutive year with a 95-84 Victory that eliminated the kicks in five games. A ,. A a a a that a one of our strengths wearing people Down Detroit a Bill Laimbeer said. A we come at them in waves.�?�. A a a a Detroit a Bench just wears you Down Over a series new York coach Stu Jackson said. A i done to know Ltd a bigger More physical Bench than Detroit. They just really kept us off balance the entire  meanwhile the lakers Hopes of getting Back to the Western conference finals for the ninth consecutive year were dashed by the suns who rallied from a 15-Point deficit to beat los Angeles 106-103 for a 4-1 series Victory. The suns who beat the lakers twice in the forum after losing 21 straight games there got 37 Points from Kevin Johnson including 14 in the fourth Quarter. Magic Johnson matched his career playoff High of 43 Points set in game 4 for the lakers but none of his teammates had More than 17. In tuesday nights other game Portland took a 3-2 in the Western conference semifinal with a 138-132 Victory Over san Antonio in double overtime. Detroit which swept four regular season games from new York will meet the Winner of the series Between Chicago and Philadelphia which the bulls Lead 3-1. The pistons Bench outscored new York s reserves 164-104 in the series. A a it a amazing a the a Nicks Maurice Cheeks said. A they got Guys that can come in and play Well. I hey done to just have Guys that come in for playing time. I mean these Guys come in and play significant roles. Ewing playing All but 1 59 of the game led the kicks with 22 Points but he missed his last eight shots. Gerald Wilkins scored 18 Points for new York. A Patrick got tired a Laimbeer said. A the had to carry see Aba on Page 23 Josiah Thomas uses he Basket to screen out Patrick Ewine Durins the pistons series clinching Victory on tuesday. Klimas score puts oilers up 1-0 in 3 ots a a i / _ _ j a a a a it i quote i d>4  i Villi swim t i nil Villi i Boston apr Petr Klima the freshest legs on the ice ended a bizarre Boston Marathon. His goal at 15 13 of the third overtime tuesday night won the longest game in Stanley cup final history for the Edmonton oilers a a 3-2 series opening Victory Over the Boston Bruins in a game delayed / minutes by a lighting problem. Klima who had 25 of his 30 goals after his Trade from Detroit last november had played sparingly n fore he whipped a 25-footer Between goalie Andy Moog pads. A a coach John luckier asked me before the third overtime if i would be ready to play and i said Jonn anytime you want me to be out there 111 be there Klima said. A you do whatever it takes to win a Stanley cup. Even if you have to sit on the Bench for three hours and then go out and score the big goal. Luckier said he used Klima in the third overtime because a we had to get some fresh bodies out there. Stanley cup finals a those were two exhausted hockey clubs a luckier said. A thank goodness Petr put it  Edmonton defens Eman Charlie Huddy said Klima was a just the kind of player we needed out there with fresh legs. If anyone could score in a game like this he could. He a a natural goal  Klimas fifth playoff goal ended the ninth longest game in playoff history. A we had some great opportunities to Cash in. And their Guy finally did a Boston coach Mike Milbury s3l�?oi think he had had two periods of rest. That just proves the depth of the oilers. They can put a player of that Caliper out there at that Point in the game. The previous longest game in the Stanley cup finals was on april 9, 1931, when Chicago beat the Montreal. R at c of tul a Ai Prtrt 11 was Oil a i u 1 i Quot x i a a t a canadians 3-2 at 13 50 of the third overtime. The longest playoff game Ever was played March 24, Tiv 8k �?~�?~1 i v 1936, and it ended at 16 30 of the sixth overtime when Detroit beat the Montreal maroons 1-0. There was an eerie reminder of the 1988 Power failure that plunged Boston Garden into darkness forcing postponement of the last game in a final round Between the Bruins and oilers. That Power failure occurred with 3 23 left in the second period and the score 3-3. The game was replayed at Edmonton where the oilers completed a four game sweep. This time with 2 41 gone in the third overtime some bulbs in a Bank of lights dimmed at 12 33 . Edt. The teams returned to their dressing rooms until the lights were restored. The delay prolonged a game that began at 7 51 . Edt tuesday and ended at 1 23 . Wednesday a a total of 5 hours and 32 minutes. The game Winner came when former Bruin Craig Mactavish carried the puck to Center ice and gave it to Jari Kerri. Kerri then fed Klima in the right Circle Lor the winning shot. Smisl v3