European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 25, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Hot hands grab clutch victories for cars celts Aba playoffs a avs John Williams gets the Jam in front of nets Chris Morris on thursday night. By the associated press the Boston celtics and Cleveland Cavaliers used the same formula to win playoff openers thursday night. Both had unstoppable players and both had game winning offensive spurts when they got in trouble Down the stretch. Despite 40 Points 16 rebounds and nine assists from Brad Daugherty the Cavaliers trailed new Jersey 111-110 with 1 36 left before outscoring the nets 10-2 for a 120-113 Victory. Reggie Lewis scored 36 Points for the celtics but Indiana had a 106-103 Adan. Tage with 5 22 remaining before a 15-2 run put Boston in control. A in the next game hopefully we can come to play a Little earlier than the last five minutes a Boston coach Chris Ford said. A a Reggie Lewis especially Hurt us both offensively and defensively Down the stretch a Indiana coach Bob Hill said. A this game changed in a minute. Well have a Good Day tomorrow make the necessary adjustments and be Here ready to play on Daugherty a 40 Points was a Cleveland playoff record. The Cavaliers who Haven to won a playoff series since 1976, won it at the foul line outscoring the nets 39-15 on free throws in the game and 21-6 in the fourth Quarter. Cleveland made All 21 of its fourth Quarter free throws. A i think we definitely have to change our defensive scheme a new jerseys Sam Bowie said. A Brad had 40 Points and i think 26 of them came when he was Down Low with a mismatch on a smaller a a in a sure do More trapping in the next game and they might double Down on Brad More a said Cavaliers guard Mark Price who scored 24 of his 35 Points in the first half. A a in a sure make Drazen Petrovic led the nets with 40 Points a team playoff record. Derrick Coleman had 21. Celtics 124, pacers 113 Boston a Kevin Gamble triggered the decisive 15-2 run with a Short jumper and Kevin Mchale followed with a 15-footer, putting Boston ahead to stay the stars and stripes april 25,1992 Page 28 against Indiana. With injured starters Larry Bird and Dee Brown watching in Street clothes on the Bench the celtics out dulled the pacers Down the stretch despite being outscored 24-0 on 3-pointers for the game. The 15-2 run gave the celtics a 118-108 Lead with 1 33 left. Mchale scored 21 Points Gamble 20 and Robert Parish 19 As the celtics posted their ninth consecutive Victory and 16th in the last 17 starts a with the Only loss in Indiana on april 3. Supersonics 117, warriors 109 Oakland Calif. A a Shawn Kemp and Ricky Pierce scored 28 Points apiece in underdog Seattle a Victory. The warriors playing with a Home court advantage for the first time since 1977, lost it in the Best-of-5 series when the sonics exploited their size advantage out rebounding the warriors 52-34. Derrick Mckey scored 19 Points and Gary Payton had 14 Points and 12 assists for Seattle the sixth seed in the Western conference. Kemp grabbed 16 rebounds. Trail blazers 115, lakers 102 Portland Ore. Portland opened a 36-Point Lead in the first half and scored 75 Points by halftime before coasting Over los Angeles. Cliff Robinson scored a career playoff High 24 Points leading four blazers with 20 or More Points. Clyde Drexler had 22 Points and 10 assists Buck Williams 21 Points and 13 rebounds and Terry Porter 20 Points 8 assists and 7 has devils leading favored rangers by Ken Rappoport a hockey writer East Rutherford . John who Mike what a his name for the moment new Jersey goaltender Chris Terreri is making people forget his More Well known counterparts on the inside sports who la take whom in nil draft Page 22 Bichette wrecks botox Page 25 Halls Thunder Rolls into Frankfurt a Page 26 Nixon returns to braves Page 27 new York rangers John Vanbiesbrouc and Mike Richter. In the first game of their Patrick division series Terreri was a big reason Why the devils lost Only 2-1. In the next two games he was a bigger reason Why they hold a 2-1 Lead in the Best-of-7 series. A we be got to keep putting it to him Quot rangers defens Eman Brian Leetch said. A we can to let him see so Many shots. We need to get More second Terreri has been stopping most of the first shots fired at him including 34 in thursday night s 3-1 devils Victory. So far Terreri has stopped 96 of 102 shots in the series which resumes tonight at the Meadowlands. By contrast the two rangers goaltenders have combined to allow 11 goals on Only 74 shots in the three games. A Terr Eric a been super a new York Forward Kris King said. A we doubled them in shots 35-18 thursday night and he whalers penguins Bruins win see Page 26 came up big when he had to. We have to drive to the net harder and go after the playoffs have been a step up for Terreri after his modest regular season. He had a 22-22-10 record and 3.20 goals against average finishing the season with a bad Back and a 1-7-2 record in his final 10 games. His Back injury forced him to miss five games before the 10-Day players strike. He said the time off during the strike allowed him to come into the playoffs rested. Vanbiesbrouc and Richter meanwhile generally were regarded As the Best goal ending tandem in the nil during the regular season. Vanbiesbrouc who finished the season on an 8-0-1 run before winning game 1 against the devils had a 27-13-3 record and 2.85 goals against average. Richter was 23-12-2 and 3.11. Their respective records were a major reason Why the rangers finished with the no la a Best record atop the Patrick division. The devils finished fourth 18 Points behind. A some people did no to think we could play with the rangers a said Terreri a former goaltender with the . Olympic team. A i feel we be changed their Terreri Hasni to been the Only Story for the devils. Their defense has had a lot to do with their Success in the series. A a we re doing a very Good Job killing penalties Quot Terreri said referring to the devils penalty killers who have held the rangers to one Power play goal in 16 attempts. A it will be very important As the series goes a it was important to win game 2 at Madison Square Garden a Terreri said. A a it a Tough to win in other Peoples building. That gave us
