European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 29, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Celtics whisk away pacers Aba playoffs Indianapolis a the Boston celtics have Given their injured players a few extra Days of rest. The Atlantic division champions became the first team to Advance in the Aba playoffs with a 102-98 Victory Over Indiana on monday night for a sweep of their Best-of-5 series. Boston moves into the second round with an 11-game winning Streak and 18 of 19. The celtics arc the second seed in the Eastern conference and will meet the Winner of the Cleveland new Jersey series Cleveland leads 2-0 with the status of injured starters Dee Brown and Larry Bird still Uncertain. Both missed All three games of the first round series. The celtics who led by As Many As 18 Points in the third Quarter found themselves trailing 95-94 after a Dunk by Reggie Miller. Kevin Gamble s jumper put Boston ahead to stay 96-95 with 1 48 remaining and the celtics defense frustrated Indiana in the final minutes for the third consecutive game. A we got off to a Good Start. I got a couple of easy layups and from then on i was Able to create some things off the dribble and make things happen a said Reggie Lewis who led Boston with 32points, 28 in the first half when he made 10 ofl5 shots. The outcome was a familiar one to Miller who led Indiana with 32 Points. A we were playing behind the 8-Ball All this year always battling Back from 15-Point deficits and catching up and losing in the final 30 seconds. You can to be like that Quot he said. Ditlef Schrumpf who was Given the a bad a sixth Man award for the second consecutive year earlier monday had 23 Points and 12 rebounds for Indiana a his 12th consecutive double double. A we got Back into the game and then beat ourselves a Indiana coach Bob Hill said. Quot we kept running and that got us to the line but we just  hit our free throws. It s a disappointment. We still have some growing up to  the stars and stripes ports april 29. 1992 b Page 28 inside sports scanning the Derby Field twins shut Down orioles a Page 25 a Page 26 Detmers wait ends in 9th round a Page 26 Dibble a fastball faces extinction a Page 27 the pacers have never reached the second round of the playoffs since entering the Aba in 1976 As their fifth trip to the playoffs ended with a loss to Boston for the second consecutive year although last seasons was a Tough five game series. Lewis who fouled out with 2 30 to play hit a jumper As Boston opened its biggest Lead at 65-57 with 9 21 left in the third Quarter. But Schrumpf and Miller brought Indiana Back and the pacers tied the game 7474 on an 18-Footcr by Vern Fleming with 1 45 logo in the period. Ineffective free throw shooting Hurt both teams. Boston made Only 25 of 43 attempts. Indiana s Lasalle Thompson left tries to Jar the Ball away from Boston s de Pickney. Penguins sabres rangers canadians Post key wins nil playoffs rangers l in Dumi left and Joe Kocur celebrate a goal. By the associated press the Pittsburgh penguins reign As Stanley cup champions will last for at least two More Days. So will the Buffalo sabres season. The penguins facing elimination monday night at the capital Centre instead stayed alive with a 5-2 Victory Over Washington in game 5 of their Patrick division semifinal series. Bob erred scored twice and Pittsburgh limited Washington to 23 shots to Force a sixth game at Home. A there was no a a we la get them the next  this was it a Pittsburgh a Kevin Stevens said. Quot we were determined to win tonight and we did this thing is far from Over. They re still in the Drivers seat hut we re going Home so Well see what  Buffalo which appeared beaten after losing games 3 and 4 of their Adams division semifinal series at Home rebounded with a 2-0 Victory at Boston Garden Tom Draper made 28 saves As the sabres earned a Chance to tie the series at Home. In the other Patrick division series the new York rangers moved within a game of the second round by holding off new Jersey 8-5. In the remaining Adams division semifinal series Montreal outscored Hartford 7-4 to take a 3-2 Lead. All four series resume wednesday night with the Home teams needing a win to stay alive. In mondays playoff action penguins 5, capitals 2 sex capital Larry Murphy scored the go ahead goal late in the second period and Jaromir jagr and Arrey added third period scores As Pittsburgh smothered Washington. The defending Stanley cup champions held Washington to 23 shots on goal just four in the second period after allowing an average of 33 shots in the first four games of the  2, Bruins 0 Draper a Rookie rebounded from his worst game of the playoffs in a 5-4 overtime loss on saturday with his second career shutout and first in the postseason Buffalo which lost the previous three games two in overtime got goals from Pat Lafontaine in the first period and Dave Hannan in the second. Petr Svoboda assisted on both goals. Boston goalie Andy Moog was ejected with 5 06 left in the second period for spearing Wayne Presley while the sabres were celebrating Hannans  8, devils 5 the rangers rediscovered their Power play scoring on All three opportunities and Mike Gartner had his second career playoff hat trick As the rangers raced to a 5-0 Lead and held on at Home. Gartner scored twice in the first period and once in the second As the rangers finally solved Chris Terreri scoring five times on 15 shots after getting Only eight goals against him in the first four games. But the devils refused to quit and twice got within a goal before Adam Graves got a pair of goals in the final minutes to put it  7, whalers 4 Kirk Muller scored twice As the canadians got four goals in the last 4 59 of the second period to move ahead of Hartford