European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 03, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 the stars and stripes Friday May 3 1991warriors, celtics go up 2-1 from wire reports Golden states warriors and their three guard offence again overcame the san Antonio spurs posting a 109-106 vie tory that left the heavily favored visitors with their backs to the Wall. The a spurs picked by some to Challenge for the Aba Crown dropped to a 21 deficit in the Best of five opening round series. They must win Friday night at the of Klaffl coliseum. In wednesdays other playoff game Bostons celtics recovered the Fine Art in its defense stopping Indianapolis 112-105. In thursday s schedule Detis Oit up 21, was to play at Atlanta Portland up 21, was at Seattle and Phoenix Down 2-1, was to play at 109, spurs 106 Oakland Antonio with Aba playoffs on an to Boston at Indiana 2 saturday. 7-foot David Robinson and 6-9 Terry Cummings towers Over the warriors. But Golden states guard Trio of Mitch Richmond Tim Hardaway and Chris Mullin again proved equal to the occasion. A when in a Down Low i done to feel like in a 6-5,1 feel 6-10,�?� said Mario Elie who was matched up against Cummings. A if Cummings hit me i hit him Back. In a a physical player and in a going to be aggressive. I done to think they expect the warriors were still Able to take the spurs out of their inside game despite their Lack of size. Golden state outre bounded san Antonio by one and had one More blocked shot than the spurs. A a it a just frustrating. Getting beat by a team we know we Are better than a said Sean Elliott who suffered a broken nose in game 2. A i just done to know what the answer the warriors led by As Many As 10 Points in each of the first three quarters it watched the momentum slip from their grasp in the third stanza they actually fell behind by a Point 84-83, on Cummings Basket with 28.9 seconds left in the period. But Golden state charged Back to take a 102-91 Lead with 5 40 left in the game. The spurs mounted a desperation rally that fell Short. Richmond paced the warriors scoring 11 of his 27 Points in the fourth Quarter. He Drew Praise from his coach As did Sarunas Marciulionis who came off the Bench to score 21 Points. Robinson paced san Antonio with 27 Points and Elliott tallied 24. Celtics 112, pacers 105 Indianapolis a Boston held Chuck person who struck for 39 Points in Indiana a game 2 Victory to 6 Points on 2-of-8 shooting. The pacers who averaged 125 Points and 54 percent shooting in the opening two games shot 41 percent. Boston leads the series 2-1 and can finish off the pacers Friday night. A they did a fantastic Job defending me tonight a person said. A i have no excuses for my Lack of productivity.�?�. Boston which had lost five straight games Over three seasons at Indiana was sparked by sixth Man Kevin Mchale who scored 16 of his 22 Points in the second Quarter. Kevin Gamble contributed 18. For Indiana Reggie Miller and detlef Schrempf had 20 Points each with Michael Williams scoring 18.Phillies win 5th straight by the associated press Philadelphia a Tommy Greene an emergency starter when Jose Dejesus showed up with a sore Back pitched six shutout inner tags and drove in a run As the Phillies beat the san. Francisco giants 4-1 wednesday night for their fifth straight Victory. Greene 1-0 gave up two hits struck out five and walked two As the Phillies won five in a Row National league on an radio. Los Angeles at Philadelphia 1 30 . Saturday. For the first time since aug. 19-22, 1987. It was the first Start of the season for Greene. Joe to Cvar took Over for Greene in the seventh after the Phillies Pinch hit for the right hander. The giants scored in the eighth off to Cvar on will Clarks rib single and Roger Mcdowell got the last three outs for his first save. In other games wednesday pirates 6, reds 4 Cincinnati a Barry Bonds singled Home the tying run in the eighth inning and executed a Dou blk steal with Bobby Bonilla for the game Winner As Pittsburgh rallied past Myers 0-2 failed to hold a one run Lead in the eighth blowing a save for the second time in five chances a single by Andy Van Slyke a walk to Bonilla and Bonds single tied it 4-4.padres 8, mets 7 new York a Bruce Llu St improved to 3-0 and singled in a run As san Diego beat Frank Viola and new York to snap a four game losing a Streak. A a a. A. A a a a a. Fred Mcgriff who hit his third Home run to Lead off the fifth inning also had a pair of singles and finished with three Rols. Hurst scattered 10 hits in 7% innings and raised his career record to 4-1 against the mets. Viola 3-1dropping 1-4 lifetime against the padres saw his Era Rise from 0.86 to 1.93.expos 9, dodgers 3 Montreal a Chris Nabholz pitched six Strong innings and Montreal took advantage of the dodgers Sloppy 1-3 Gaye up two runs six hits struck out a career High seven and walked two Scott Ruskin Barry Jones and Steve Frey finished for the expos. Tim Belcher who had a 0.91 Era coming into the game lasted Only three innings. Belcher 3-2 gave up three hits and walked three. Braves 5, cardinals 4 St. Louis a David. Justice broke a loth in Ning tie with a run scoring Groi Odout As Atlanta beat St. Louis to end a three game losing Streak. Cubs 11, astros 8 Chicago a Hector Villanueva hit two Home runs and Andre Dawson added a three run Homer powering Chicago past Houston. Bruins Bob Sec ency brings his stick up on penguins Mario Lemieux in wednesdays opener of Wales conference take Wales opener Boston apr nobody plays offence quite like the powerful Pittsburgh penguins. But the Boston Bruins playing against the penguins weak defense did it better Boston got its first four goals because the penguins failed to Clear the puck from their zone and took wednesday nights opener of the Wales conference finals 6-3. A we made some dumb plays a Pittsburgh de fens Man Gord Roberts said. A you can to give Boston the opportunities.the Bruins cashed in on theirs scoring on six of their 23 shots against goalie Tom Barrasso. The penguins despite taking 34 shots could get Only three past Andy Moog who continued his Strong playoff performance. So did Bostons Cam Neely. His two goals gave him 14 for the playoffs the most in the nil and tied a single season club record set by current Penguin Barry Pederson in 1983. _ and Bob Sweeney who succeeded at his primary task of guarding Pittsburgh Star Mario Lemieux put Boston ahead for Good making the score 3-2 at 3 23 of the second period. It Pittsburgh will try to tighten up its defense in game _ 2 of the Best-of-7 series Friday night in Boston. Minnesota was to play at Edmonton in thursday nights opener of the Campbell conference finals. can to expect to go out there and score six goals and win every game a penguins defens Eman Peter Taglianetti said. A a we be got to go out there and play a Good solid hockey that Means playing Strong defense and cranking up Stanley cup playoffs an offence that produced the second most goals during the regular season. Pittsburgh a attack was stymied by the smaller Boston Garden rink that made it easier for the Bruins aggressive checkers to reach their targets. A a it a a Small zone and the Bruins jump on the Loose pucks a penguins coach Bob Johnson said. A we weren to quite used to the Neutral zone. You be got to make sure tha Jiye penguins Are within easy reach of one another with some Bostons rink is nine feet Shorter and two feet Nar i rower than Pittsburgh a. Another difference is that Pittsburgh had five Days without a game after its second round series with Washington while Boston had just one Day off after eliminating Montreal. A a a we re used to it now a Neely said. A a we be been playing every second Day throughout the the penguins jumped off to a Quick Start leading 2-1 just 8 28 into the game on goals by Joe Mullen and Kevin Stevens while Craig Janney scored for Boston on a Power play. But the by twins got five of the last six goals. A understandably we were a Little sluggish Start after an emotional series against Montreal Moog said. A but As the game progressed our intensity Moog fighting the flu got better allowing just one goal in the last 51 minutes. He had gone to a a earlier wednesday to take in extra fluids
