European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 23, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Cavaliers dump bulls 107-81 Blowout knots series at win apiece non playoffs Chicago a Michael Jordan right snares a rebound from Cleveland a Brad Daugherty. By Bill Barnard Chicago apr the Chicago bulls missed their first 13 shots of the game thursday night and suddenly the Cleveland Cavaliers Luck changed. Mark Price scored 21 of his 23 Points in the first half when Cleveland took advantage of Chicago a miserable shooting _ then went on to even the Best of seven series 1-1 with a 107-81 Victory. The Cavaliers criticized for being too soft in losing the opener 103-89, weren to demonstrably More physical in game 2, but they were Light years More potent offensively especially in the first half when Cleveland led by As Many As 27 Points. A if you re Cream puffs or marshmallows you done twin 57 games in the regular season a said Cavalier coach Lenny Wilkens who denied that he or the team was upset by those characterizations in the Media. A we wanted to play with More intensity and be More Active. We were unhappy with our performance in the first in the first two periods the defending Aba Champion bulls were 12 of 43 from the Field 27.9 percent and the Cavaliers 21 of 33 for 63.6 percent. Quot the first half was the Best half we played All year a Price said. A i never saw an exhibition of basketball like this in my life a Bull coach Phil Jackson said. Referring to the booing by the highly vocal Chicago stadium crowd Jackson said a i did a Little Yelling but i did no to join in the Michael Jordan missed 12 of his first 14 shots and finished with 20 Points on 7-for 22 shooting his first time under 30 Points in 12 playoff games against Cleveland. Wilkens compared Cleveland a state of mind before the game to Jordan s probable state of mind for the rest of the series. Quot when Michael has a bad game he feels he a going to come Back and have a Good game a Wilkens said. A when you re in the conference finals you have that kind of the stars and stripes May 23,1992 Page 28 the bulls were unable to put together any kind of threat in the second half getting no closer than 22 Points. Brad Daugherty scored 28 Points for the Cavaliers who won for just the fifth time in 26 Road playoff games in franchise history. Quot we just took control at our end of the court a Daugherty said. A we weren to concerned about what they would Scottie Pippen a hero in game 1 with 29 Points 12 rebounds and nine assists scored 11 Points on 4-of-14 shooting for the bulls who must travel to Richfield coliseum for the next two games. A it was embarrassing Pippen said. Quot we dumped All Over ourselves. We put ourselves in that position and now we have to go there to get it Jordan was unavailable to the Media after the game because of a sore Throat but the bulls issued a statement in which he said a Cleveland played some outstanding basketball. They came to play and we re going to be ready to play at the coliseum. We have Confidence m ourselves and Well be ready for them. We be had Confidence All year Long and there a no doubt in our minds that we will a it was a combination of lacklustre Effort on our part and Stellar Effort on their part a Jackson said. Penguins blast Bruins a see Page 22insidewarriors Nelson named top coach Page 22 major league batting averages Page 23 Frankfurt boys Karlsruhe girls win Page 25 Granta extend Bucsi slide Page 26 Bronca dolphins near Swap Page 27 Fords dominate final practice Indianapolis up Mario Andretti driving a Lola fora co Worth ran the top tap in thursdays final practice for the 76th Indianapolis 500, with three other Ford co sworn powered machines posting the next Best laps. Andretti the 1969 indy Champion starting his 27th 500 from the outside of the front Row hit a top circuit of 226.409 Mph in 23 trips around the 2vi-mile Indianapolis motor Speedway Oval. A i caught traffic at the end of the hot Lap a he said. A i stayed there to see How it Felt. It Felt tomorrow. Race Day at the Brickyard a two Page preview of sundays indy 500 a a e the Ford nameplate returned to the Speedway this year for the first time since a1 Unser drove a Ford powered car to Victory Lane in 1971. The Ford Drivers a Mario and Michael Andretti Eddie Cheever and Arie Luyendyk a occupy four of the top six starting spots. All 33 starters and an alternate drove in the two hour session under sunny skies and temperatures in the 80s. Forecasters said partly Cloudy skies and tem erasures in the Low 70s, More favourable or racing Are set for sunday. The Fords which have sustained some reliability problems in other races this year have held up at the Speedway. A based on the past weeks yeah we be of to be considered one of the favourites because we be always run Quick Quot Luyendyk said. Expos replace Runnells with Alou Montreal apr Tom Runnells of the Montreal expos on Friday became the first major league manager fired this year. He was replaced by Felipe Alou the teams Bench coach the associated press Learned. Alou became the third minority manager in the majors and the second with a son on his own team. The other minority managers Are Hal Mcrae of the Kansas City and Cito Gaston of the Toronto royals. Aloud a son Moises is an outfielder with the expos and his Nephew Mel Rojas pitches for the expos. Mcrae a son Brian is an outfielder with the royals. Alou who has never managed in the majors has been a member of the a Roost organization since 1976, when he joined the team As a roving instructor following a 17-year career As a player. He was manager at West Palm Beach of the Florida state league from 1986 through last sea son leading the team to first place in 1986 and 1990. His managerial record in 12 minor league seasons is 844-751. Runnells 37, was the youngest manager in the majors when he replaced Buck Rodgers on june 3, 1991. Montreal was 20-29 at the time and went on to go 51-61 under Runnells finishing last in the National league East. Montreal is 17-20 this season and in fourth place five games behind the division leading Pittsburgh pirates
