European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 21, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse By Mike Nadol i be associated press Bloomington Minn the Minnesota North stars witnessed Mario magic Iti game 2 of the Stanley cup finals. Lit game 3f the Lemieux less Pittsburgh penguins were victims of met Cen Ter mayhem. ,. Quot we feel we have to win at Home a said Dave Gagner whose goal Midway through the second period snapped a scoreless tie and was followed 33 seconds later by Bobby Smiths goal. A that goal was a big Relief for everybody a Jon Casey made 29 saves and Gaetan Duchesne also scored sunday night As the stars and stripes ports May 21, 1991 Page 28 hornets win in lottery new York a the Charlotte hornets quickly narrowed the candidates to Lour sunday alter winning the Aba lottery and the no 1 pick in the. June 26 draft. A. a a. A a a a a a a. A. A. Quot a a we re not going to make a decision right a Vul. But we re looking at Dike be Mutombo of Georgetown and Kenny Anderson As Well As the two forwards Larry Johnson and Billy Owens a said Allan Bristow vice president of the hornets. Quot Well bring these Guys in for interviews put them in uniform maybe run up and Down the court with them. But i done to have any idea where we Are the hornets with the fifth worst record in the Aba at 26-56, won the no. I pick when one of. Their seven pingpong balls was drawn out of a bin containing 66 balls with team logos. New Jersey Winner of the 1990 lottery got the second pick this year followed by Sacramento which selected no. 1 in 19n9. A. Quot a. A a there a not an Hakeem Olajuwon see hornets on Page 22 inside sports record breaking Field set for indy a Page 22 Gam Estanley cup finals the North stars took a 2-1 Lead in the Best of seven series with a 3-1 Victory. Game 4 is Here tuesday night. A the playoffs Are All about big games a Smith said. A we be been in this position before leading two games to one with a Home game a huge game and the team that wins it is going to have the advantage to win the series. A a it a nose to nose tuesday night. Both teams know what son the line. And we be got to like being in the position where we be got a Home game to win for a 3-1 Minnesota the no la a 16th-Best regu Lar season team is two wins away from completing an incredible postseason grand slam against no. 1 Chicago no. 2 St. Louis defending Champion Edmonton and the Patrick division Champion penguins. Quo most of the North stars Success Story has been written at met Center where they have won eight straight games a outscoring opponents 37-14 a and Are 20-2-2 since Jan. 17. The North stars have trailed in Only 18 minutes 12 seconds out of 540 minutes of postseason play at Home. Most of that time 13 45, occurred at the end of their very first Home playoff game which they lost 6-5 to Chicago after blowing a 5-2 second period Lead. So in their last eight Home games a 480 minutes a a the North stars have been behind for Only 4 27. Pittsburgh which like Minnesota is seeking its first nil title stayed with the North stars for More than 27 minutes sunday despite the absence of top playoff scorer Lemieux. A two time league scoring Leader who missed the first 54 games of the season after undergoing Back surgery Lemieux had Back spasms Whert he Bent Over to adjust his skates and decided not to play after participating in pregame Wam ups. Johnson said Lemieux would be evaluated daily but expected him to be ready for game 4. Chicago bulls Scottie Pippen 33 celebrates being fouled. Behind him is Dennis Rodman of the Detroit pistons. Bulls grab opener tigers end losing Streak braves turn Back pirates Perry beats Irvin in playoff a Page 26 a Page 26 a Page 27 by Joe moosh1l the associated press a Chicago a Detroit coach Chuck Daly thought it was a game the pistons could steal. Instead Chicago a much maligned Bench players protected the bulls Lead in the fourth Quarter. A a vie were sluggish slow afoot and struggled but we Hung around a Daly said. Quot they were Rusty but did what they had to do to protect their Home court advantage. Their Bench played the bulls Idle since tuesday took a 68-65 Lead into the fourth Quarter sunday before their reserves outscored the heralded pistons backups 13-7 in the next five minutes helping Chicago win 94-83 in the opener of the Best of seven Eastern conference finals a Michael Jordan led the bulls with 22 Points Scottie Pippen scored 18 and Bill Cartwright 16. But reserves . Armstrong. Craig Hodges. Will Perdue and Cliff Levingston were the ones coach Phil Aba East finals map award to Jordan a Page 25 Jackson kept in the game during the critical minutes of the fourth Quarter. A it was our Bench that did it Quot Jackson a said. Quot they got critical Points in Short minutes. Detroit wears you Down with their physical presence and you need Relief in beating Chicago in the playoffs the previous three years including the last two Eastern conference titles in route to winning consecutive Aba titles the pistons neutralized Jordan and the rest of the bulls did no a take up the Slack. On sunday they did. Jordan a five time scoring Champion scored 15 Points in the first half but was held scoreless in the third Quarter when he took Only three shots. He had seven Points in the closing minutes after the Issue had been decided. A you have to give my supporting cast credit a. Jordan said. A we have to expect consistency from them. If they play As effectively As they did today it will Snake us a better Armstrong Levingston Hodges and Perdue All scored in Trtat Pivotal fourth Quarter surge Armstrong finished with nine Points Levingston. Eight Hodges seven and Perdue six. Hodges accounted for five Points in Cludis la a three Pointer that put the bulls up 81-72 before the regulars returned. Quot you have to know what is expected a Hodges said. A you have to take your Job seriously and Nof Embarrass your team. We had a solid game plan and we had the minutes to get into the pistons got 46 Points from their Bench players As Mark Aguirre scored 25 Points and Vinnie Johnson 21. The Only starter to score in double figures was Isiah Thomas with 11
