European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 09, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Bulls by Bill Barnard Inglewood Calif. A Michael Jordan Shook off a poor second half and the Chicago bulls Shook off the los Angeles lakers Home court advantage Friday night. Jordan who missed nine of his first 11 shots in the second half tied the score with a jumper with 3.4 seconds left in regulation then scored six Points in overtime As the bulls took a 2-1 Lead in the Aba finals with a 104-96 Victory a when they play me 1-on-l in a going to get an open shot a Jordan said of his game tying shot in regulation. Quot i was very surprised 1 was Able to go 1-on-l on that shot. Mentally the lakers gave the game away. We have to keep Chipping away one game at a time against a Veteran  a a a v a a Jordan who bruised his right big toe on the shot at the end of regulation Fin Riba finals with 29 Points lie gave the bulls the Lead for Good 98-96, with a Baseline drive with 1 54 left in overtime starting an 8-0 run that finished the game. A Chicago which lost the Home court advantage in the Best-of-7 finals when it lost game 1, regained it with Friday nights win. A a. A a a a a a a a a this was a crucial game for us a Jordan said. A we feel realty Good to be in this position but we can to be comfortable. When you Are playing the lakers you Are never really in control because they have been Here before and know what it takes to win big Ball  the next two games Are at the forum sunday and wednesday nights. Games 6 and 7 would be at Chicago stadium. Jordan averaging 34.5 Points in the series scored Only eight Points on 3-for-12 shooting in the second half. But his jumper with 3.4 seconds left forced the overtime at 92-92 after Vlade Divac converted a three Point play with 10.9 seconds left giving the lakers a 9290 Edge. A we knew he could find a shot in an open area and make it a Chicago coach Phil Jackson said of his decision not to take the Ball at Hal court on the game tying play. A the has Good full court Range. It was a Gamble but Worth  Scottie Pippen had 19 Points and 13 rebounds for the bulls Olio led 90-87 on Horace Grants rebound Basket with 1 07 left. Giant finished with 22 Points four in overtime and 11 rebounds. Sam Perkins who led los Angeles with 25 Points made it a one Point game with 49 seconds left. Then after Divac rebounded a miss by Jordan with 28 Sec ends to go Divac took a Low pass from magic Johnson fumbled it in the Lane but regained control and scored As Pip pen was called for his sixth foul. Divac finished with 24 Points and Johnson had 22 Points and 10 assists for the lakers who were out rebounded 4629 and missed nine free throws eight More than in game 2., a it was us More than them that beat us a Johnson said. A a we beat  los Angeles coach Mike Dunleavy said part of the lakers rebounding problems occur because a Jordan commands so much attention it opens the passing lanes for others to be their reboundcrs.�?�. The bulls who trailed by 13 Points twice in the third Quarter rallied to Lead 84-80 on Reserve Forward Cliff living Stone a rebound Dunk with five minutes left. James worthy scoreless in the second half to that Point then hit jumpers from inside and outside to tie the score for the 15th time. A Dunk by Pippen and a rebound tip in by Levingston rebuilt the Lead to 88-84 with 3 12 left. The Victory was the first for Chicago in 14 playoff games at the forum. Bui the bulls and lakers Hadnot met in the postseason since 1973 when Chicago was in the stars and stripes ports june 9,1991 b Page 24 Chicago a Michael Jordan soars for an easy Basket in overtime Friday night. Inside sports major College bowls joining forces a Page 18 monarchs dragons vie for Olaf title Page 21 defensive prowess saves pirates a Page 22 Al debut turns sour for Valenzuela a Page 22 the Western conference. I the bulls making their first appear. Mice in the finals since joining the Aba in 1966, improved to 5-1 on the Road in the 1991 playoffs and 13-2 Overall. The lakers Are making their ninth i mils appearance in i2 seasons they have won five of the franchises 11 Aba titles in that Span. The lakers out rebounded 22-10 in the first half trailed 52-49 Early in the third Quarter before taking control with an 182 spurt giving los Angeles its first double figure Lead of the series. The bulls went More than six minutes without a Field goal during the run which gave the lakers a 67-54 Lead with 4 19 left in the period Divac and Perkins scored eight Points each in the spurt. With Divac Oil the Bench with four fouls the bulls fought Back late in the Quarter scoring the final six Points to close to 72-66. After Perkins started the fourth Quarter with a Basket the bulls scored the next eight Points to tie the game with Pippen concluding the run with a fast break Layup making it 74-74 with 8 45  Angeles made 14 of. 18 shots in the first 14 minutes of the game taking a 33 29 Lead. The lakers still led 39-35 before the bulls scored eight consecutive Points for a 43-39 Edge with 3 14 left in. The second period. Chicago took the Lead on a jump or by Levingston who then stole the Ball and passed to Jordan for a Juniper that made it 42-39. V a. With the bulls in Possession with a 4443 Lead in the final minute worthy tipped the Ball to Byron Scott who made a return pass to worthy for a go ahead Dunk. A a a 4 but two free throws each by Grant and Jordan in the final 18 seconds gave the. Bulls a 48-47 halftime Lead. A a a a. Jordan scored 11 Points and worthy 10 on 5-for-5 shooting in the first quartet which ended in a 25-25 tie despite .714 shooting 10 for 14 by los Angeles. The lakers who shot 41.1 percent from the Field in losing game 2, made their first seven Friday and opened a 1712 Lead five minutes into the game. But the bulls who made 10 of their first 15 attempts got two jumpers and a 3-Pointer from Jordan during a 9-2 spurt for a 21-19 Lead. Seles retains Crown by Rob Gloster Paris apr Monica Seles complementing her Power with timely drop shots to foil speedy Arantha Sanchez Vicario won her second straight French open title saturday to remain no. 1. Seles fought Back from Early deficits in both sets to win 6-3,6-4. She won the last French open five games of the match then threw her Racket into the air on Center court. A this is just still incredible to me. 1 can to believe its two in a Row a the yugoslav said sighing audibly As she accepted her trophy. A i can to wait to come  Seles 17, who also won the australian open in january and is Halfway toward a. Grand slam mixed powerful ground Strok Sand drop shots. \ the quickness of 1989 French open Winner Sanchez who returned balls most players  have reached made the match closer than the final score indicated. She was ahead by a service break in each set then faded. A the match was very close a Sanchez said. A fall the time we were moving the Ball Well. The Only thing finally was that she won More Points than  the final game epitomized the close Ness of the Clay court match. It included 20 Points and lasted 12 minutes finally ending when Sanchez netted a backhand on Selest fourth match Point of the 89-minute match. Abeles led 30-0 in that final game but said her hands Shook Wyen she realized she was Only two Points away from another title by the time she steadied herself Sanchez had evened the score 30-30 in what was to become a Marathon game. The Victory enabled Seles to retain the no 1 ranking which would have been taken Over by Steffi Graf if Seles had lost. Tim rankings reflect a players results Over the previous 12. Months. A Seles loss would have boosted Graf into the top spot even though the German suffered the most lopsided defeat of her career in a 6-0,6-2 semifinal loss to Sanchez. A Sanchez 19, c played two three set matches Friday losing in the semifinals of the women a doubles and mixed doubles and seemed to run out of steam in each set saturday on a Cool Clear Day. Seles said she worried about a collapse while falling behind 4-1 in the second set. A i was thinking a what am i doing am i letting her come Back Why is this Hap pining a a she said. A i was mad. A i just lost it and told myself to forget it and Start playing and concentrate on the third  but she did no to need a third set. The Victory was Worth $378,500 4o Seles while the fifth seeded Sanchez earned $189,250. A a. The menus final Between Andre Agassi and Jim courier starts at 3 . Sunday