European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 08, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 a the stars and stripes wednesday May 8r 1991 stars from Page 28 Fine individual Effort and Brian Bellows scored twice for Minnesota which is 18-22 at met Center since Jan. 17 and hosts game 4 wednesday night. The North stars first Home playoff Victory Ever against Edmonton gave them a 6-1 record at met Center in this years playoffs. A we just feel a lot better at Home basically a Gagnor said. A right now we Are really  trying to reach the Stanley cup finals for the first time since 1981, the North Quot stars have beaten Chicago and St. Louis the no la Stop two regular season teams. Minnesota had the 16th-Best record and finished 12 Points behind Edmonton. After going 4-0-2 at Minnesota from 1986-90, the oilers Are 0-3 at met Center this season and have been outscored 17-5. Edmonton 6-0 in Campbell conference championship series and Winner of five of the last seven Stanley cups needs a Victory wednesday to avoid a deep Hole. Only eight teams in nil history have rallied from 3-1 series deficits. For the ninth time in 15 playoff games the North stars scored in the first five minutes of Minnesota a 57 postseason goals 26 have come in the opening period. This time Modano a breakaway goal at the four minute Mark got the stars going. Gagner a pass caught Modano in stride at Center ice. Modano then split defens men Steve Smith and Jeff Beuk Boom faked goalie Grant Fuhr to his Knees and scored on a Backhander. Gagner a whirling backhanded pass to the Goalmouth set up Brian propps Power play goal at 9 52. All seven of Propp s playoff goals have come on the Power play celts pistons shift schedule Boston a the Boston celtics and the Detroit pistons will play the second game of their Eastern conference semifinal series on thursday afternoon in order to avoid Back to Back games team officials said monday. The game is scheduled for 1 . Thursday at Boston Garden. The first game in the series was to be played tuesday night. The Garden was available wednesday night but celtics officials had said they wanted to avoid Back to Back games. The Garden was booked thursday night for game 5 of the Boston Bruins Pittsburg penguins nil playoff series and Friday night for a figure skating show. The pistons will Host game 3 on saturday afternoon and game 4 on monday night. If necessary game 5 is scheduled next wednesday night at Boston Garden a sixth game would be played May 17 in Detroit and a seventh on May 19 in Boston. Turner network television is scheduled to televise the first fourth fifth and sixth games with Abc showing games 3 and 7. Breaking Steve Payne a 1981 team record. The North stars Lead All playoff teams with 29 Man advantage goals. A t. After Edmonton a Kelly Buchberger scored Minnesota went up 3-1 with 1 24 left in the first when Fuhr failed to Glove Mark to nordic a flip from the Point. Fuhr. One of five Active oilers with five Stanley cup rings and considered the world greatest goalie by sex teammate Wayne Gretzky was pulled after allowing three goals on eight first period shots. He was replaced by 1990 playoff map Bill Ranford who has voiced his displeasure Over not starting since this years postseason opener. ,. A luckier said he did no to know which goalie would Star wednesday. Edmonton a Craig Simpson sandwiched second period goals around Smiths end to end Effort making it 4-3. Smith took if Dahlen a pass in his own end and skated deep into Edmonton ice where he went around Beuk Boom before lifting a bad Angle shot Over Ranford. He then triumphantly raised both arms As the standing room Only crowd of 15,378, the seasons largest roared its approval. A you try that move sometimes. You try the defense a Smith  goal came at an important time. Edmonton had come Back to 3-2 and it restored our two goal  Bellows Power play goal with 2 35 left in the second put Minnesota ahead 5-3. He checked Beuk Boom off the puck before taking Gagner a feed and scoring on his own rebound. Bellows scored his 10th of the postseason on to nordic a breakaway pass 3 23 into the third. Shane Churla wrapped up the scoring for Minnesota with a shot from the left Circle with 1 15 to go. Minnesota goalie Jon Casey who has started 26 straight playoff games dating Back to april 8,1989, made 26 saves. East Rutherford . A Derrick Coleman added the icing to a season that saw him Lead All first year players in scoring and rebounding by capturing the Aba Rookie of the year award on monday a after i finish All these questions in a going to go Home and Pinch myself a said Coler Rizin the no. I pick in last years draft who will pocket $200,000 in contract incentives for winning the award. The announcement came As no Surprise based on the numbers. Coleman had 40 games in which he scored in double figures in Points and rebounds 32 games of 20 or More Points and 42 of 10 or More rebounds. He averaged 18.4 Points and 10.3 rebounds per game. But his numbers did t reflect the 6 North stars Mark Tinardi hits ice after a Check by oilers Anatoli Semenov. Tops Aba beginners foot-10 former Syracuse stars Worth to the nets a team that a had Little return from Many of its High draft choices. The list of flops includes Pearl Washington 1.2th pick Overall in 1986 and Dennis Hopson third Overall in 1987. Chris Morris fourth Overall in 1988 still is having trouble proving his Worth. Willis Reed the nets senior vice president for basketball operations knew the track record. A there were a lot of question Marks about who we would take or whether wed utilize the pick a Reed said recalling last june a draft. A i said All along wed explore All possibilities and if we used the pick wed take the right  Coleman proved to be just that. With him the nets improved from a league Low 17 wins in 1989-90 to 26. The team also was More competitive and rarely was blown out. A a a think the biggest problem a number one draft Choice always has to face is to prove you Are number one a nets coach Bill Fitch said. A whenever someone mentioned Dennis Scott or Lionel Simmons to me i always said they were never under the same pressure As Derrick. In my mind it choosing the award was no  Coleman received 69 votes from a nationwide panel of sportswriters and broadcasters a three from each Aba City and 15 representing National Media. Simmons of Sacramento 18 Points 8.8 rebounds finished second with 22 votes. Scott of Orlando was third with three votes. Dee Brown of Boston got the final two votes. Mullin s hurting but May play in game 2 Inglewood Calif. A Chris Mullin is certain hell be ready by wednesday. Ready that is for a bicycle race. Basketball May be another Story. A it hurts when i run a the Golden state Forward said monday referring to his sore right knee. A i went 30 minutes on the Bike today. If this was the tour de France id be ready to  the warriors need Mullin Back on the floor if they re to have much Chance in their playoff series against the los Angeles lakers that resumes wednesday night at the forum. As Mullin watched from the Bench in Street clothes los Angeles won sundays opening game of the Best of seven second round series 126-116. Although hell Likely be Able to play in the second game his knee a sprained Friday night against san Antonio a remains a Day to Day thing. Quot As soon As i feel ready to play in a going to play a said Mullin who led the warriors in scoring this season with a 25.7 average. A sunday i  play. I could have put of the uniform and walked around but what Good is that a lakers coach Mike Dunleavy knows Mullin will play if he can. 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