European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 02, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Aba sweeps Charles Barkley gets in the swing of Philadelphia s series ending Triumph Over Milwaukee tuesday. Barkley finished with 30 Points lower the Broom Ity the associated press with Scottie Pippen doing an impression of Michael Jordan and magic Johnson looking More like the All time scoring Leader than the All time assist Leader the new York kicks and Houston rockets Are out of the Aba playoffs. / Quot a a on the Road you have to take it to the Basket and i wanted to do that and break Down their defense a Pippen said after live bulls completed a three game sweep Orthe kicks with a 103-94victory tuesday night. A Michael had some opportunities to do the same thing hut he elected to shoot Pippen made five layups and five dunks to account for All but one of his 21 Points. Jordan had nine baskets tin jumpers four on layups and one Dunk to finish with 33 Points. Meanwhile Johnson scored 38 Points in the los Angeles lakers 94-00 Victory that completed a 3-0 sweep of the rockets. Elsewhere Detroit took a 2-1 Lead in its Best of five series with a 103-91 Viktory Over Atlanta Seattle avoided a sweep by beating Portland 102-90 and Utah took a 2-1 Lead by winning 107-98 Over Phoenix. The playoffs on an to Detroit at Atlanta 2 . Friday. Bulls 103, kicks 94 new York a a i was taking what they gave me White Scottie was going hard to the Basket a Jordan said a i used to he Able to do that but 1 guess in a getting a Little old for a Jordan a Only Dunk of the game belied that Tongue in Cheek statement. His second Quarter change of direction move fooled three kicks before he drove the Baseline for it slam after Jordan made a rebound Basket the bulls next eight baskets were layups and dunks keying a 20-9 run that closed the Gap to 54-53 at halftime. Chicago which has 10 consecutive Vieito Ries Over new York and seven straight this season advanced to the second round of the Eastern conference playoffs against Philadelphia. A we were beaten by a team that won 61 games and we won 39,&Quot kicks coach John Macleod said. A a that was the difference in the the stars and stripes May 2,1991 Page 24 Macleod has been mentioned As a candidate for coaching jobs at notre Dame and the Minnesota of the Aba but refused to speculate on his future. A a in a talking about the Chicago bulls and new York kicks and nothing else a tie said although he acknowledged he was meeting with the kicks management wednesday. Jordan scored 14 Points during a 29-11 second Hau spurt that carried the bulls. Chicago extended its margin to 86-71 with 10 04 left on a jumper and free throw by Jordan. _ will Perdue made it easy for the bulls hear the end scoring 14 of his 16 in the last 13 minutes. J a a Kiki Vandeweghe and Patrick Ewing scored 20 Points each for the kicks. Lakers 94, rockets 90 Houston Byron Scott a jumper made it 92-90 with 16.9 seconds to Pfay and Johnson had 24 of his Points in the second half. The rockets called a timeout after Scott a 18-footer from the Baseline and missed a Chance when they Cut Jfred not get the Ball unbounded and Over to the see Aba on Page 18 76ers Blank Bucks by Keith Groller Allentown morning Call a Philadelphia How sweep it is. To the amazement of everyone but themselves the Philadelphia 76ers completed a most improbable three game sweep of the Milwaukee Bucks tuesday night with a convincing 121-100 Victory. Fhe 76ers�?T first playoff series sweep since they wiped out Milwaukee 4-0 in the Eastern conference semifinals in 1985 sends them into a rematch of last years conference semifinal series with Chicago. The bulls whose three game sweep of the new York kicks was much More expected than the mixer so blanking of the Bucks will Host game 1 of the Best of seven set beginning saturday. Unlike last Spring when the 76ers entered the Chicago series coming off a tiring five game War with the Cleveland Cavaliers they will take on the bulls Well rested this time. As it turned out the last game of the Quot Milwaukee series was the easiest. The Bucks the Eastern conferences no. 4 seed with a regular season Mark of 48-34 that was four games better than the no. 5 seed mixers eased into their summer vacation without much resistance. Charles Barkley was the Star of the show scoring game High 30 Points. He had plenty of company in the double figure neighbourhood. Hersey Hawkins tallied 26 Points Armon Gilliam and Ron Anderson chipped in 18 apiece and even Rick Mahorn and Andre Turner contributed 11 each. No wonder then that each Corner of the jammed 76er locker room featured a smiling face along with a Glass of Celebration Champagne after the final Buzzer. Inside sports hoop shuffling in motown a Page 22 Kentucky Derby Down the stretch a Page 21 mets surface winners in Shea fog. A a Page 22 Dibble red faced after throw a Page 22 Mcenroe ousted in Munich a Page 23
