European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 31, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Bulls oust cars bulls Scottie Pippen and Cavaliers Mike Sanders dive for a Loose Ball in first period of Friday nights game at Richfield coliseum. By Bill Barnard Richfield Ohio apr the Cleveland Cavaliers thought they had Michael Jordan and the Chicago bulls right where they wanted them. Instead the bulls and Jordan with an assist from Scottie Pippen Are right where they want to he a the Aba finals. A this was a Tough year because everyone expected us to get Back to the finals a Bull coach Phil Jackson said. A in a lot of ways its a Jordan a three Point play with 37 seconds left broke a tie and Pippen had 29 Points 12 rebounds four steals and four blocked shots Friday night in Chicago a series clinching 99-94 Victory. Refusing to let Jordan forget a punching incident four Days earlier the Richfield coliseum crowd booed him every time he touched the Ball. He missed 15 of 20 shots through three quarters but he scored 16 of his 29 Points in the fourth period. A live always said that the key to my game is rhythm and tonight i lost it a said Jordan who led the bulls in scoring in their first 15 playoff games before being matched by Pippen on Friday. A in the first three quarters i was fighting myself. But my supporting East played very Well to keep us in Pippen said Jordan did no to play poorly. A the missed some shots. That a it Quot Pippen said. A but lies our Leader whether he a making the shots or not. We re going to go to him when we need in the finals which Start wednesday night in Chicago the bulls lace Portland a 4-2 Winner Over Utah in the Western conference finals. _ _ Horace Grant scored 20 Points for Chicago which Defeated the Cavaliers by 10 games for the regular season Central division title. Larry Nance had 25 Points and 16 rebounds for Cleveland while Brad Daugherty playing with a dislocated Middle Fin seeds rooted out in Paris Edberg Stich Chang fall see Page 29 for More on this weeks Aba finals Ger on his right hand finished with 18 Points and 13 rebounds. Mark Price who sprained his left ankle in game 5, struggled from the Field for most of the game scoring 14 Points on 5-for-18 shooting. A Brad and Mark played through injuries All through the playoffs a Cavaliers coach Lenny Wilkins said. A they gave everything they the Cavaliers scored the first 7 Points of the fourth Quarter for a 79-72 Lead but they hold on As Jordan finally got going. A we gave ourselves Many chances but we did no to hit any shots Down the stretch a Wilkens said. A we got in a hurry and turned the Ball Jordan a three Point play with 6 32 left closed Chicago to 83-81. Jordan a jumper at the 2 42 Mark made it 90-89 before Pippen gave the bulls a 1-Point Lead with a jumper. A the first three Point play got me a Little rhythm and i got my Confidence Back a Jordan said. The stars and stripes May 31,1992 Page 32 Paris apr second seeded Stefan Oldberg. No. 4 Michael Stich and no. 5 Michael cling were knocked out of the French open in third round upsets saturday. Andrei Cherkasov a Strong Clay court player from Russia who has never reached a grand slam semifinal dominated from the Start against a struggling Oldberg and won 6-4, 0-3, 7-6 7-4. Henri Leconte joined him in the round of 16, sending the partisan crowd into a with his 7-6 7-36-4, 6-4 Victory Over Stich. �?o1 never thought i could feel like that again Quot said Leconte an injury plagued Veteran who was As thrilled As when he helped France beat the United states in the Davis cup final last year. Chang the 1989 Champion battled Sweden a Nicklas Kulti through five Seesaw sets before losing 7-6 7-52-6, 6-3, 3-6,8-6. Serving while Down 5-4 in the last set Chang saved four match Points to pull even at 5-5. He saved four More match Points in the last game lie fore finally hitting an attempted pass in Kulti into the net. Oldberg who barely survived a five set second round match Friday saved two match Points when Down 4-5 in the third set. But he fell behind 6-3 in the tiebreak when the Umpire overruled a line Call in Cherkasova a Lavor and the russian won two Points later when Edberg hit a Volley into the net. The top women advanced easily. In third round matches no. 1 Monica Seles beat Lori Mcneil 6-0, 6-1 no. 3 Gabriela Sabatini ousted Frances Julie Halard,6-1, 6-3 and no. 5 Jennifer Capriati rallied to beat czechoslovak katrina Hab Sudrova 46, 6-4, 6-3. Leconte ranked Only 200th in the world is in the tournament As a wild card entry. He scored repeatedly with aggressive rushes to the net and after key Points would pump both fists As the Center court fans chanted a Henri Cedric proline gave French fans double reason to celebrate winning his third round match Over Sweden a Lars Jon Sou 6-2,6-7 7-26-2,6-2. Also advancing with no. 7 Petr Korda of Czechoslovakia 6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 Over Michiel schapers of the Netherlands and brazils Jaime Onins 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 Over Germany a David Prenosil. Onins upset loth seeded Ivan Lendl on Friday. Another upset victim saturday was 12th-seeded Richard Krajicek of the Netherlands beaten by Uruguay s Diego Perez,6-4,6-1,6-1. No. 13 seeded Aaron Krickstein has to forfeit his third round match with uru Gauya a Marcelo Filippini because of a Blister. For Leconte the big match and the crowd reaction brought Back memories of december when he and Guy forget brought France its first Davis cup title in 59 years. A in the last game i Felt like i was in the final of the Davis cup a said Leconte 28, whose career has been jeopardized by repeated Back surgery. A the doctors said in a Lucky just to be Able to play at All Quot a determined Henri Leconte inside sports old boxers refuse to fade a Page 25 reality erodes Field of dreams a Page 26 Mansell grabs 6th pole in Row a Page 29
