European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 27, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A Mario Lemieux a him As a hockey in Mattil. Nifae Sanii it be nest of the Pittsburgh pen .  breakaway goal opened up a a Sank Smy i Horn Barrasso made 39 saves saturday it Aas Pitts nigh atm the Stanley cup for the first la Iii pc he shr with i tout that ended the min a Bactria Mitis mrs  run. Ask Tel of amp Jinil Heki uti 341 in tie Best of seven series a a a Amedfo become the first 5 new York islanders to a a to margin of Vio s Lmh  aame Sinee the no look control ethe3s24425i5eason.  Avon a titles league map awards _ a a the the thing he Hadnot Cap ttmefiibthihs38ebsatibaale>yeatlshlteer\vas the Sten Fey gup. Same i Lemicx the greater laity Aye so Gretzky was winning four Stanley cups while Lemieux was playing for one of the leagues historically horrendous organizations. Not anymore. A it Means everything a to be part of a championship team a Lemieux said a especially after last year when i played most of the year with Back pain. Its got to be the ultimate  missed most of the last six weeks of last season when his Back finally gave out he returned for the penguins final game an overtime loss that knocked them out of the playoffs. In these playoffs though he carried the penguins on his aching Back. His goal and three assists saturday gave him a playoff High 44 Points and he earned the Conn smythe award As the postseason map. Quot All i wanted to do was keep improving and get the team better a he said. Quot i did no to worry about what people thought about my career. There a Guys that play 10 or 15 years in this league and done to even get a Chance to play in the finals winning it is  the penguins who before this season had never played in May and had made the playoffs Only once in a the previous seven years won their first Patrick division regular season title and then beat new Jersey Washington and Boston in the postseason. Pittsburgh had 88 Points during the season becoming Only the second Champion with fewer than 90 since the nil expanded from six to 12 teams in 1967. Montreal had 87 in 1986 and was the last previous Wales conference team to win it All. Minnesota was trying to become Only the third team and first in 42 years to follow a below%5o0 regular season with a major professional championship. The North stars who had the leagues 16th-Best record knocked off no. 1 Chicago no. 2 St. Louis and defending Champion Edmonton before falling to the penguins. 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A a a a x. A a a a a a a i Sasae its dark j oort sask. Tagress -te27 Itic bars right Heads the pack into first turn of the first Lap in the indy 500, Earnhardt wins 300 race Concord . Up a Dale Fiam Hardt edged Dick trickle and Harry want on saturday to win the Champion spark plug 300 Lascar Busch series face at Charlotte motor Speedway. Fiam Hardt driving a Chevrolet took the Lead for Good on the 52nd of 200 laps to fish two car lengths ahead of trickle also in a Chevrolet. Gantus Buick took third on trickles bumper. A it was a Tough one but it was a Good race a Earnhardt said. A a it a Home and its special to win  the Victory was Earnhardt s second in the Mav Busch series race at the 1.5-mile track with his other coming in 1983. The Victory was his 16th in the Busch series and third at Charlotte. Jimmy Hensley drove his Oldsmobile to fourth place and fifth went to Jack Sprague in an Oldsmobile a Earnhardt from Kannapolis ., located 20 Miles from Charlotte averaged 133.235 Mph in the race. There were four Lead changes among four Drivers. Earnhardt started the race in 21st, but within six laps had moved into 11th. On the 13th Lap he passed Morgan Shepherd for seventh and 10 laps later he moved into fifth the stars and stripes May 27,1991 Page e28 bulls jump to 3-0 Lead Over pistons Auburn Hills Michi a the Chicago bulls Are going to the Aba finals for the first time unless the Detroit pistons can pull off the biggest comeback in league history. A Michael Jordan scored 24 of his 33 Points in the second half As the bulls took a 3-0 Lead in the Eastern conference finals saturday with a 113-107 Victory Over the two time defending Champion pistons. A no team has Ever rallied from a 3-0 deficit to win an Aba playoff series Quot. Game 4 of the Best-of-7 series is monday at the Palace but two of the remaining four games Are scheduled for Chicago stadium. A. The bulls blew a 16-Point Lead in the first half. But they did no to fold showing the experience gained in their recent losing efforts in the playoffs. Scottie Pippen scored eight of his 26 Points during a 14-6 spurt to Start the second half As the bulls extended an eight Point halftime Lead to 65-49. Re Detroit averaging five free throws per Quarter in the series fought Back by taking the Ball to the Basket making 14 of 17 foul shots in the third period and closing the Gap to 78-73 with 45 seconds  after Chicago rebuilt the margin to 9483 with 6 53 to go the pistons once again showed the resiliency they displayed in their two championship seasons. Four times the pistons got within five Points in the final 4 14, but Jordan responded twice with Bank shots . Armstrong a 3-Pointer and Pippen a jumper to foil the rally. Jordan also stopped a 2-on-1 pistons fast break with Chicago leading 103-98 with 1 40 left. Isiah Thomas scored 29 Points Vinnie Johnson 25 and Mark Aguirre 17 for Detroit Horace Grant had 17 Points for the bulls who allowed More than 100 Points for the first time while winning 10 of 11 playoff games