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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Monday, May 18, 1992

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 18, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Cavaliers Bounce celtics Richfield Ohio a Brad Daugherty scored 16 first Quarter Points and the Cleveland Cavaliers never let up As they beat the Boston celtics 122-104 sunday and advanced to the Eastern conference finals for Only the second time in franchise history. Cleveland eliminated from the playoffs by Boston twice before bounced Back from the worst playoff loss in team history a 122-91 beating Friday night at the Boston Garden. The cars shot 73 percent in the first Quarter alternate lately beating the celtics on fast Breaks and letting Daugherty dominate the half court game. Mark Price had nine Points in the period which ended with Cleveland ahead 35-21. Boston never got closer than 10 after that and Cleveland blew it open by sinking 10 straight shots from the Field in the third Quarter a the last three on Long jumpers by Larry Nance a for a 93-67 Lead. The Cavaliers outplayed Boston in every phase out rebounding the celtics 45-31, out shooting them 59 percent to 50 percent and handing out 42 assists to Bostons 20. Daugherty had 27 Points nine rebounds six assists and three blocks before leaving to an ovation with 8 24 left. John Williams scored 20 and Mike Sanders added 17 for the cars. Reggie Lewis led the celtics with 22 Points. Dee Brown added 18, Kevin Pine Bluff 4 pulls ahead of Alyd ced right and casual lies to capture Preakness and Rule out triple Crown possibilities for 1992. Substitute jockey takes Preakness on Pine Bluff by de Schuyler or. Baltimore a being in the right place at the right time put jockey Chris Mccarron in the Preakness winners Circle on saturday with Pine Bluff. The fifth place finisher in the Kentucky Derby lived up to his favorite a role on saturday and assured that there would he no triple Crown Champion since affirmed won in 1978. Lil e. Tee the Kentucky Derby Winner finished fifth in the Field of 14 3-year-Olds a and fifth was As close As he got to the Lead in the 1 3-16-mile race at Pamlico. Trainer Lynn Whiting said about an hour after the race that lil e. Tee had bled from the lungs. He said the Colt was scoped and a a there was a Trace of blood a Pine Bluffs three Quarter length Victory had to be a bitter Pill for Craig Perret who Rode runner up Al deed. Perret had chosen the Canadian bred Al deed Over Pine Bluff. Mccarron said a a i was at Pamlico last week and heard Trainer d. Wayne Lukas say Mike Smith was committed to ride big sur who finished 11th a inside sports Mansell wins record 5th straight a Page 21 Hawks rip oilers in series opener a Page 22 King coasts to record Lyga win a Page 22 america1 saves cup for . A Page 26 Mccarron said he then called Trainer Tom Bohannon in new York to find out if he needed a rider for Pine Bluff. At the time of the Call Bohannon was under the impression Smith would replace Perret on Pine Bluff. Mccarron had Pine Bluff fifth turning for Home �?�1 took a Quick glance behind me at the top of the Lane to see where lil e. Tee was Quot he said. A when i did no to even see him 1 thought a hot Diggery  a lil e. Tee was eighth at that Point. At the top of the stretch Perret had Al deed on top after having passed Pace setting speakerphone approaching the Quarter pole. As the crowd roared on the hazy Cool Day Al deed shot Down the stretch seeking his fourth Victory in Only his fifth career Start. A we thought we were going to be Able to win the race a said Roger Attfield Alyce do Strainer. A the horse was doing everything we asked him to do laying just off the Pace. I think maybe Craig moved a Little too soon. In a not blaming him for  although not in the Lead Mccarron had a pretty Good idea who was going to win the race and Pine Bluff took the Lead inside the 1 -16th pole. A at the 5-16ths pole i Felt pretty confident that i had the two horses in front of me measured a he said. Pine Bluffs latest Effort was Worth a payoff of $9, $5.80 and $4.40. His time was 1 55 3-5 under scale weight of 126 pounds. Al deed who finished i lengths ahead of casual lies paid $7.60 and $3.80 while casual lies paid $4.20. Mchale 15, and Larry Bird and de Pinckney 12 each. It was Only the fourth time in 21 tries that the celtics lost the seventh game of a playoff series. They Are 6-2 in seventh games in the Bird Mchale Parish Era. Cleveland will play tuesday night against the Winner of the new York Chi Cago game played later sunday. The Cavaliers last made it to the conference finals in 1976, when they were eliminated 4-2 by Boston. The stars and stripes May 18,1992 Page 28 Porter blazers rip jazz Portland Ore. A Terry Porter is the hottest of the hot Portland Trail blazers. Porter burned Utah from Long Range saturday As the blazers buried the jazz 113-88 in the opener of the Western conference finals. Porter broke his own team playoff 5-ooint< Cord by making six of eight 5-pointers, and scored 21 of his 26 Points in the first half. His six 3-pointers were one Short of the Aba playoff record set last year by Chuck person of Indiana. Porter said he Felt hot from the Start. A even the ones i missed i thought were Good a he said a they were right on  so far in this years playoffs Porter has made 22 of 39 from 3-Point Range. A a in be been shooting the Ball in such a Good Groove a he said. A when i get wide open shots in a usually pretty Good out there. Its just a matter of feeling really Good and confident and stroke Rte  the loss was one Point Short of Utah a worst playoff defeat Ever 122-96 to Houston in 1985, Jerome Kersey added 20 Points and Kevin Duckworth had 18 for the blazers. This was a rare instance when Portland had no need for a big game from Clyde Drexler who had 11 Points. Often he was double teamed leaving Porter Kersey or Duckworth open. Jeff Malone had 15 Points for the jazz and Karl Malone had just six shots and made three to finish with 11 Points. John Stockton had nine assists but scored Only six Points. Portland led by 30 in the second Quarter 33 in the third and 28 heading into the final period. No starters for either team played in the fourth Quarter. The blazers were up 65-37 at halftime even though their Only Field goal in the last 5/ minutes of the second Quarter was porters 3-Pointer with a second to play. Portland shot 63 percent from the Field in the first half despite missing eight of its last nine shots in the second Quarter. Game 2 is tuesday in Portland  
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