European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 24, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 22 b the stars and stripes wednesday april 24,1991 Raghib Ismail Aba s n new look play offs have no signs of an upset insult sent message to rocket Toronto a the rockets Road to Canada was paved with Dollar signs but race and respect also played a part in Raghib Ismail a decision to Nix the nil and join the a Fly a Toronto argonauts. Vij .1. A. A a after the new England patriots and Dallas cowboys failed to meet his contract demands before the nil draft Ismail signed with the argonauts for a do lentil $26.2 million a the biggest Deal in pro football history. But Money Wasny to the Only reason he chose the Cal Over the nil. During negotiations with the patriots Ismail was offended by what he believed was a racist remark by team executive Joe Mendes. Ismail a agent de Abram also said the patriots tried to a a browbeat the notre Dame wide rec incr kick returner by insisting he Wasny to an Impact player and did no to deserve the kind of contract normally reserved for Star quarterbacks. What made matters worse was a comment by Joe Mendes the patriots director of player operations. During preliminary contract talks Mendes suggested that Ismail lower his asking Price. When Ismail looked away from him Mendes reportedly snapped a you have the attention Span of Tim Worley a running Back for the Pittsburgh Steeles and Ismail Are Black Abram Wasny to present during the meeting but said Ismail later told him about Mendes remark Quot he found it quite insulting a Abram said. Quot he was really Hurt by Abram says the incident did t play a major part m Ismail a decision to go to Canada even though rocket mentioned sunday that he was impressed by the a cultural diversity and progressive racial climate in Toronto. By Bill Barnard a basketball writer i the Aba playoffs have a new look with Only one of the division winners repeating this season v. The two time defending Champion Detroit pistons Are the no. 3 seed in the Eastern conference and will have Home court advantage against no. 6 Atlanta in the first round in which All series Are Best-of-5. A v a a a a ���.�. \ a a a Portland which snapped the los Angeles lakers nine year hold on the Pacific division title is the no. 1 seed in the West ahead of Midwest Champion and second seeded san Antonio the Only Dir vision Winner to repeat. Chicago which won 60 games for the first time in franchise history is the top seed in the East replacing the pistons. Atlantic division Champion Boston which unseated Philadelphia is the no. 2 seed. Quot a. Quot in thursdays openers its Utah at i Phoenix Golden state at san Antonio new York at Chicago Philadelphia at Milwaukee and Houston at the lakers. On Friday its Indiana at Boston Atlanta at Detroit and Seattle at Portland. Injuries which affected the regular season will continue to come into play in the postseason with Isiah Thomas Larry Bird Charles Barkley Tom Chambers Kevin Johnson Dan Majerle and Gerald Wilkins among those recently hobbled who Are attempting to return. The first round playoff pairings Send Ings and predictions Eastern conference no. 8 new York at no. 1 Chicago a the playoff predictions bulls swept the kicks in four games Dur ing the season and Chicago needed less than 12 minutes to wipe out a 24-Point deficit in their final meeting two weeks ago at Madison Square Garden. Jordan the leading scorer in playoff history wont let his teammates Start looking ahead. Bulls in 3. A a a v. No. 7 Indiana at no. 2 Boston a despite the disparity in seedlings the pacers Are going into this series with some reason for Confidence. They split four games with the celtics during the season and Bird s Back problems sidelined him from the first week of april until sundays final game. Still. Celtics in 4. A a a no. 6 Atlanta at no. 3 Detroit a Thomas came to the Rescue just in time for the pistons making them reappear As a formidable team when it started to look like the championship magic was gone. Thomas has been alternately Brilliant and average since returning from wrist surgery with his toughest outings coming in afternoon games before he can control the pain and swelling. Dennis Rodman a defense on Dominique Wilkins should prove to be the difference. Pistons in 5. No. 5 Philadelphia at no. 4 Milwaukee a injuries also Are a big Factor in this series with Barkley returning Only last week for the 76ers. Dale Ellis is out for Milwaukee having been replaced by a Rusty Adrian Dantley. 76ers in 4. Western conference no. 8 Seattle at no. 1 Portland a the Trail blazers finished with the a bad a Best record and had 16 consecutive victories before a loss to Phoenix on sunday. Many of the key sonics including Benoit Benjamin Shawn Kemp and Rookie Gary Payton will be making their first Aba playoff appearances. Portland is Battle tested from top to Bottom. Trail blazers in 3. No. 7 Golden state at no. 2 san Antonio a the warriors Victory Over Utah on sunday brought about this matchup which looks much tougher for Golden state than the jazz would have been. San Antonio Center David Robinson had 1,063 rebounds and 320 blocked shots this season. Chances Are that Alton Lister who had 483 rebounds and 90 blocks for the warriors would rather face Mark Eaton of the jazz. But Golden states triple threat of Chris Mullin Mitch Richmond and Tim Hardaway which averaged 72 Points per game will cause problems for the spurs who split four games with the warriors this season. Spurs in 5. No. 6 Houston at no. 314>s Angeles linkers a the rockets scared everyone at the beginning of the month when they were concluding a 17-1, 29-5 run. Since then Houston is 3-5 and not so formidable looking but the lakers have to be worrying about the Hakeem Olajuwon Vlade Divac matchup at Center. Lakers in 4. No. 5 Utah at no. 4 Phoenix a the jazz Are emotionally volatile with first round playoff upset losses the past two years then blowing the Midwest title on the final Day of the regular season. But the suns have problems of their own with Kevin Johnson Chambers and Dan Majerle returning from injuries. Last season it was Johnson who beat the jazz in the final game at Salt Lake City. This time the jazz will find a Way to win. Jazz in 5, goal outburst in the first 10 48. The North stars who entered the playoffs. With the l6th-Best record in the from Page 28 period then blasted a shot from the right la coff Circle Between the pads of Kin goaltender Kelly Hrudny sending these put crowd of 17,503 into a frenzy and. Chants of a Teck Teek a he then danced along the ice in Celebration As Jie was mobbed by teammates. Veteran left Winger John Tonelli scored twice in a wild third period in which los Angeles twice jumped out to on goal leads. Tonal lib a second of the period which gave the Kings a 3-2 Lead came just 36 seconds after Tikkanen had tied the game. But Edmonton Winger Anatoly some nov kept up his recent playoff heroics by banging Home a pass from Martin Geli Nas at 14 55 of the third to Send the game into overtime tied at 3.North stars 5, blues 1 Bloomington Minn. Minnesota continued its upset run As Jon Casey made29 saves and Curt Giles first playoff goal since 1984 ignited a four league have Home ice advantage against St. Louis heading into game 4 of the Norris division finals wednesday. The North stars who stunned nil Points Champion Chicago in the first round have won five of their last six playoff games. St. Louis Dave Thomlinson did no to score until 6 12 remained in the second period with Minnesota leading-5-0. Blues goaltender Vincent Ricndeal was neither As Sharp nor As Well supported As Casey. He allowed four goals on eight shots before being benched in favor of Pat Jablonski. A. A Quot a a. V a Giles Stewart Gavin Brian Bellows and Neil Wilkinson scored the first period goals for Minnesota. Brian Propp had a second period goal. The scores by Bellows from Page 28 Wilkinson and Propp came on Power plays giving Minnesota a playoff Best 19 Man advantage goals. A we were Well aware of the Confidence Minnesota was playing with at Home 15-22 since Jan. 17 and what the fans have Given them Here a blues coach Brian Sutter said. A and then they come out and score four goals in the first 10 minute i the soviets Victory was the 91st i world championship play for head coach Viktor Tikhonov one Short of the Al time record held by Vladimir a Arshinov. Tikhonov the Only coach to win the world championships eight title the olympics two Ana the Canada cup once will go for no. 92 against Canada on thursday. The . S 1-2-1 and sixth in the standings but can still makes the four team medal round. The americans remaining games Are against the tournaments two wingless teams Switzerland and Germany and Finland also 1-2-1. The americans lost their first four games last year and missed the medal round but finished fifth by winning their last six games. Brian Mullen of the rangers scored the first . Goal with the soviets ahead 7-0 in the second period. 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