European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 21, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars Ano stripes May 21, 1992 Page 32porter remains on fire As blazers go up 2-0 inside sports rockets reportedly name Tomjanovich a Page 26 Ben Abrams prep pack Lnu so Page 29 giants hand bucs fourth straight loss a Page 30 Steinbrenner makes pitch to Vincent a Page 31 by Bob Baum Portland Ore. A the Utah jazz needs a fire extinguisher to Cool off Terry Porter. A if i get any hotter it la be scary a Porter said. A i done to think its humanly possible to be any hotter than 1 was  Porter scored a career High 41 Points and Clyde Drexter added 36 tuesday night As the prolific Portland backcourt led the Trail blazers to a 119-102 Victory to take a 2-0 Lead Over Utah in the Western conference finals. A you can to play a better game than Terry played a Portland coach Rick Adelman said a and Clyde had a monster game. He had 12 assists. Of course every time he threw it to Terry he made  Porter continued his torrid playoff shooting by making 12 of 14 Field goals including 4 of 5 3-pointers. In 11 playoff games Porter is 26 for 44 from 3-Point Range Quot they were sensational a Utah coach Jerry Sloan said of the blazers. A i done to know if in be Ever seen a team hit the big shots like  Adelman found his guards performance unbelievable. A i just sat there in Awe a he said. Karl Malone scored 25 Points John Stockton had 24 and Jeff Malone added 21 for the jazz who return Home for game 3 of the Best-of-7 series Friday night. Utah is 43-4 at the Delta Center including 6-0 in the playoffs. The blazers never trailed after Danny Ainger a 3-Pointer one minute into the second Quarter gave them a 32-29 Lead. Portland was up by 13 at halftime and 16 in the third Quarter. Tyrone Corbin s Basket to Start the fourth Quarter Cut the Lead to 94-86, but Drexler scored eight Points including a pair of three Point plays and Porter added a 3-Pointer during an 11-3 run that boosted Portland a Lead to 105-85 with 8 49 to play. Porters previous career High was 40 Points against Golden state on March 18, 1988. He is 20 for 26, including 10 of 13 from 3-Point Range in the first two games of the series. Stockton tried to stay with Porter but the Portland play maker was so hot it did no to matter. Both coaches were upset with the officiating throughout and Utah a Jerry Sloan was ejected by referee Bill Oakes after drawing his second technical foul with 2 23 to play. Quot he just wanted me out of the game a Sloan , Pippen lift bulls by cars by Bill Barnard Chicago a Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen manhandled for two weeks by the new York kicks found life easier against the Cleveland Cavaliers on tuesday night. Jordan scored 33 Points his 11th consecutive playoff game with 30 or More against the Cavaliers and Pippen had 29 Points 12 rebounds and nine assists in Chicago a 103-89 Victory in the opener of the Eastern conference finals. A this was a lot different from the last series a Jordan said. A we were Able to penetrate and Scottie and i got out on the wings on the fast break. It was really Calm compared to the new York series. It was an open court out there a lot of open  the Cavaliers who closed a 20-Point deficit to 7 in the fourth Quarter showed More firepower than the rugged kicks who took the bulls to seven games before losing 110-81 on sunday. But the bulls making their fourth consecutive appearance in the Eastern conference finals never trailed after the opening minutes in handing the Cavaliers their 2lst loss in 25 Road playoffs games in franchise history. Quot the kicks Are out of the playoffs and we re not a Cavaliers coach Lenny Wilkens said when asked about the less aggressive play of his team. A i guarantee Well be a lot sharper in the second game on thursday. You have to play the style you play but our intensity level has to go up a  Brad Daugherty scored 23 Points Mark Price 21 and Larry Nance 19 for Cleveland which eliminated Boston in another seventh game on sunday. The closest the Cavaliers got in the fourth Quarter was 82-75, but two free throws by Pippen and Scott Williams gave the bulls a double digit advantage that Wasny to threatened again. Those free throws were among a team playoff record 19 straight without a miss by the bulls their first perfect night Ever in a playoff game. Their previous Best for a postseason game was 27 of 28 against Boston in 1987. The Cavaliers trailed by 20 Points in the first half before closing to 56-46 with 9 47 left in the third Quarter. Jordan scored the first two baskets of an 8-0 run that rebuilt Chicago a margin to 18, but the Cavaliers used a 16-6 spurt to make it 72-64 before the bulls finished the third period with a 76-65  a p. 26 bulls Michael Jordan drives Between Cavaliers Brad Daugherty and Larry  drops 2 Calif cities from expansion list Pasadena Calif. Apr two California cities a Sacramento and Oakland a were eliminated from a list of cities in the running for nil expansion teams at a meeting of league owners tuesday the nil has pledged to expand by two franchises in time for the 1994 season although labor problems Between the players Union and the league might delay those plans. Five cities Are left in the running a Baltimore Memphis St. Louis Charlotte and Jacksonville. Baltimore and St. Louis lost franchises to Indianapolis and Phoenix respectively in the last decade. So did Oakland a the raiders moved to los Angeles in 1982. Nil commissioner Paul Tagliabue said at the one Day meeting that the owners will gather again in octo Ber to reduce the possible expansion cities to two. A the factors that determined the elimination process were 1, demographics currently and in the future 2, stadiums and 3, an analysts of areas in the country that were already served by the nil a Tagliabue adding a it also is simply a judgment Call. The commissioner explained that the timetable for expansion still depends on labor situation saying a i can to Tell you yes or no if a decision will happen  asked about the labor dispute Between players and the nil Tagliabue said a a it a still the same old situation. We re fighting to resolve it. In a neither optimistic nor  the Freeman Mcneil free agent Case is scheduled to be tried on june 15 in Minneapolis. Mcneil a running Back with the new York jets and eight other nil veterans Are suing for unrestricted free Agency for All players also during the meeting a proposal was made to increase the injured Reserve requirement to six weeks instead of the present four but the proposal was rejected. A proposal by new Orleans saints president Jim Finks that teams have 50 players each on their roster with 40 allowed to dress for games was tabled. Teams now have 47-Man rosters with two players designated As inactive for each game. Also it was decided that the practice squad arrangement of last season will continue next season with teams haying a minimum of three players and a maximum of five who Arentt on the Active roster allowed to practice with teams