European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 7, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday june 7,1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 17 pistons win game Thomas Sparks surge As blazers lose by six i by Bill Barnard Auburn Hills Mich. Apr Detroit a Home court supremacy in the playoffs was in jeopardy tuesday night until Isiah Thomas took Over Down the stretch. Thomas scored 14 of his 33 Points in a 5-minute Span As the pistons rallied from a 10-Point deficit in the final seven minutes to defeat the Portland Trail blazers 105-99 in the opener of the Aba finals. A yeah i was a Little nervous when we got behind a Thomas said. It was Tough to Tell on the court. Portland took a 90-80 Lead on a Basket by Buck Williams with 7 04 left. A we were belly up at that time a pistons coach Chuck Daly said. Thomas then scored 14 Points from the 6 49 Mark until 1 49 remained giving the pistons a 99-94 Lead they never relinquished. The teams both finished 59-23 in the regular season and each was 35-6 at Home with a split of their two meetings. Most of the opening game reflected that closeness. Portland led 80-78 in the first minute of the fourth Quarter but a 10-2 run gave the blazers the 90-80 Lead with 7 04 left. Twice before the pistons had rallied from double digit deficits to tie the score but they never led until Thomas took Over. He tied the score 94-94 with a three Pointer with 3 40 left then hit another jumper and another three Pointer to make it 99-94 with 1 49 remaining. The blazers offence fell apart after the 4 54 Mark when a jumper by Williams gave them a 94-89 Lead. The blazers were outscored 25-9 in the last 6 49 and that included five Portland Points in the final 29 seconds. Thomas had 16 of the pistons Points in that run and the blazers did not score on 10 of 12 possessions from when they led 90-80 until Terry Porter hit a three Pointer with 29 seconds left. The pistons Are 10-0 at Home during the playoffs and if they can maintain that perfect record at the Palace they will become the third franchise in Aba history to repeal As champions. Game 2 of the Best-of-7 series will be at the Palace on thursday night with the next three scheduled for Portland where a pistons Isiah Thomas goes to the hoop under the Long  of blazers1 Jerome Kersey. Gomez Muster reach semis Aba finals on an game 2 on to and radio Portland at Detroit 3 . Friday. The blazers Are 9-0 in the postseason and have beaten Detroit 20 consecutive times since oct. 19, 1974. The sixth and seventh games if necessary would be Back at the Palace. Detroit has held the opposition under 100 Points in All 12 of their 1990 playoff victories. But the pistons Are 0-4, All on the Road when their opponent scores More than 100. The pistons have allowed an average of 92.8 in the playoffs this season. The record is 92.9, set last year when they won 15 of 17 games in route to their first Aba title. Portland also has won a single championship in 1977 when the blazers made their Only other trip to the finals. Joe Dumars had 20 Points and Mark Aguirre added 18 for Detroit. Clyde Drax scr led Portland with 21 Points while Williams had 20 and Jerome Kersey 18. The blazers who led Only 52-47 at halftime despite Detroit s 34 percent shooting got eight Points from Kevin Duckworth in a Span of 2 30 and opened a 64-56 Lead with 7 39 left in the third Quarter. The pistons then scored on four layups and two free throws in the next two minutes tying the score at 66. Bui for the second time in the game after a Detroit spurt Portland refused to let the pistons take the Lead. Two free throws by Kersey and a last break Layup and three Point play by Drexler gave the blazers a 77-69 advantage before they settled for an 80-76 Lead after three periods. Duckworth finished with 17 Points for Portland and Porter had 16. Portland led 35-25 after a pull up jumper by Drazen Petrovic with 10 29 left in the first half but Detroit held the blazers scoreless for the next 4 12, and a three Point play by Bill Laimbeer lied the score with 6 26 remaining. Ltd a fourth seed Andres Gomez and no. 7 Lentas Aster ousted unseeded opponents wednesday i Advance to the semifinals of the French open. 9ser of Only one set thus far crushed French  Champion 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 after Muster i big serving Goran Ivanisevic 6-2,4-6,6-4,6-3. I Malc is were played on a Windy overcast Day i m s10nal rain falling on Roland Garros stadium. With Aster Gomez in one semifinal Friday Funare Agassi facing Jonas Svensson in the other. A women s semifinals thursday it will be top b 1. Against Jana Novotna and no. 2 Monties facing Jennifer Capriati. Had Jove no a Walkover in his previous match Jin the word Aga not Champion ranked no. 191 str Irp 30tear old left hander from Ecuador broke Tain it a has first Opportunity in each set and train  As reached his first semifinal he foment in be been waiting for for 12 years a i thought i had a Good Chance this year. I Felt French open Good coming Here. I had a Little Luck in the draw and the top two seeds went out in the first  Muster reaching a grand slam semifinal for the second time withstood the big weapon of Ivanisevic a Bullet serve that delivered 16 aces in their Center court contest. A it s very hard to play against someone like Goran who can serve so Many aces a Muster said. A you have to fight even on your own  a disputed Call enabled Muster to achieve the decisive break in the sixth game of the fourth set. After a Ball by Muster was called Long a Linesman examined the Mark made by the Ball and reversed his decision. That brought the score to 30-30, and Ivanisevic double faulted Only his third of the Day on break Point. Following the Call the l8 year old yugoslav lost six of the next seven Points falling behind 5-2. After Ivanisevic held Muster served out the match at love. The final Point was a lob by Muster than Ivanisevic did no to even bother to  Buckner Croughton a Traweek tops amps prep athletes by Ben Abrams prep sports editor Vicenza a Howard Buckner and Croughton a Kristie Traweek Are the King and Queen of the Dodds sports realm. They were selected the stars and stripes athletes of the year tuesday. Each is a three sport luminary a Buckner in football basketball and track and Field Traweek in volleyball basketball and Tennis. Buckner 5-Fcet-ll, 175 pounds moved to Vicenza from the . For his senior year and became an immediate sports sensation. He was the outstanding two Way performer in the eight Man football program Italy stages. He rushed for 1,316 Yards including 316 in one see athletes on Page 21