European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 5, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday june 5,1990 the stars and stripes a a Page 21 blazers Burn a path East fiery a do rebounding matches fiesta pistons by Bob Baum Portland Ore. Apr Call them the a pistons  t ,. The Portland Trail blazers have a lot in common with the defending Aba champions. Both teams won 59 games in the regular season. Both Are unbeaten at Home in the playoffs. And both reached the Aba finals because of Tough defense and rebounding. A both teams Are similar a Portland coach Rick Adelman said before the blazers left for Detroit sunday. A they both can take you out of what you want to do offensively. Hopefully we can do that a Little bit More Aba playoffs than they  Detroit used a a Tough Guy image to win the Aba title last year but the blazers insist they Arentt intimidated by the pistons of 1990. A a we re just As physical As they Are a Portland Forward Buck Williams said. A it All depends on which team can make the adjustments and control the Tempo of the basketball game. Both teams Are real Good defensively. Its going to be a Good defensive  since Detroit had the better record against teams in its conference the pistons have the Home court advantage in the finals. Game 1 is set for tuesday night in the Palace. �?o1 think the first couple of Ball games Are going to be kind of a key to see if we can get one there and come Home and try to finish it a Portland play maker Terry Porter said. A but we know its going to be Tough. A a they re a Good defensive team so we re going to have to be Able to execute Well when we need to and play the Way we did in the sixth game in  the blazers Haven to played since that contest last thursday night when they wrapped up their first Western conference title since 1977 with a 112-109 Victory. Portland did no to practice Friday and saturday then went through a Brief workout at a suburban High school before going Home to watch the second half of sundays deciding Eastern conference game Between Chicago and Detroit which the pistons won 97-74. A your Guys needed the rest a Deiman said. A a it a going to make us a better team i  they flew to Detroit on their team plane just two hours after the bulls pistons game ended. Portland and Detroit split their regular season series. The blazers won in Portland 102-82 on nov. 26, and the pistons won in Detroit 111-106 on Jan. 13. A we had a great game against them Here and we lost there by five a blazers Center Kevin Duckworth said. A we feel we can play with them no matter  Duckworth said he knows what to expect from Detroit Center Bill Laimbeer. A the does no to intimidate anybody. He a just dirty a Duckworth said. A i done to think that in a series against us he can get away with anything because our Guys have a Quick temper. If you hit Mem they re ready to  Deiman said that if the pistons have an Edge in the series its on the Bench Trail Blazer Forward Jerome Kersey accepts Good wishes from fans sunday before the team flew to Detroit. A i think both teams Are fairly even a he said. A the Only difference is their Bench probably has More experience than  in the second and third rounds of the playoffs the first two games Are played at one City the next two at the other then the Sites alternate for the last three contests. But in the finals the first two games will be in Detroit the next three in Portland and the final two if necessary Back on the pistons Home court. Deiman does no to like the format. A i done to think any of the teams who have been in it like it a he said. A a it a always hard to beat a team three times in a Row on the same court. If we open up on the Road and lose the first two we be just about got to win the next three at Home. It really does put you at a Tough disadvantage. I done to know Why they do it that way.�?�.,. If the blazers expect to win the Aba title they have to win at least once on the pistons court. The blazers had lost five in a Row on the Road before their crucial win at Phoenix. A that was a big Road win a Deiman said. It shows everybody else that we re capable of winning on the Road. Winning a game like that gives you Confidence going on the  an sports television Aba finals a game i Portland at Detroit 3 . Wednesday. Clemens botox retaliate before routing tribe. A n a in thic imm inc in Rome u by the associated press Cleveland a before focusing on sundays game Bostons Roger Clemens Nad some unfinished business. Clemens fired his second pitch of the game at the midsection of Cleveland Lead off hitter Stan Jefferson clipping Jetterson just above the Elbow in Retalia Uon for 2l Brut shark Nitro thrown he Al Roundup Cleveland a Doug Jones the night before. A Bench Clearing Brawl followed and Clemens then settled Down to strike out a season High 11 hitters As the red sox beat the indians 8-2. A i loved it. We got even did no to we a Boston manager Joe Morgan said. We voted As a team 34-0 that it would be such. I think they figured after last night this was  Jones had whistled a pitch past the head of Bostons Tony Pena in the ninth inning saturday night after Pena tripled Home a run off Jones on Friday. Pena and Cleveland a Chris James were ejected during sundays fight. A nobody on this team has to come up and Tell a Pitcher How to pitch a Clemens said. A a in a going to try to pitch effectively and do what the situation Calls for. I  have nine wins if not for the Guys in this dressing  caught in the Middle of it All was Jefferson. He did not charge the Mound see Al on Page 26