European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 5, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Bulls trample blazers Jordan s record 35 in 1st half seals opener non final by Bill Barnard Chicago a Michael Jordan usually can do whatever he chooses on a basketball court. In game 1 of the Aba finals he chose to be an outside shooter and it killed the Portland Trail blazers. Jordan scored a finals record 35 of his 39 Points in the first half and set another record with six 3-pointers in the first two quarters of the Chicago bulls 122-89 Victory Over Portland on wednesday night. Jordan who was just 27 for 100 from 3-Point Range in the regular season and 5 for 16 in the playoffs made a shambles of the Bally Hood individual Battle with Clyde Drexler who scored 16 Points for the Trail blazers. A i was in a zone a Jordan said. A the 3s Felt like free throws. I took them and they went  the Jordan explosion put the bulls up As they opened defense of their first Aba championship. Game 2 is scheduled for Chicago tonight. The largest margin of Victory in the finals was Washington a 117-82 win Over Seattle on june 4, 1978. On the eve of the finals Jordan com it ared himself to Drexler saying the port and olympian is a better 3-Point shooter a than i choose to  Jordan then hit 6 of 9 3-Point attempts half lifting the a a a bulls to a in the first 66-51 Lead the 35 Points broke Elgin Baylor a 30-Ycar-old finals halftime record of 33, and the six 3-pointers eclipsed the first half record of four shared by Michael Cooper Danny Ainge and Isiah Thomas. Jordan now shares the record for a game with Cooper and Bill Laimbeer. Any Hope that the Trail blazers might rally in the second half ended Early when Jordan a jumper capped a 15-2 spurt at the Start of the third period. That gave the bulls an 81-53 Lead that Portland never threatened As Chicago continued to ride the wave of emotion raised by Jordan in the first half. Quot this was one game. One game does no to make the finals a Jordan said. A we have three games out  Jordan left the game with 3 04 left in the third Quarter after missing his Only 3-Point attempt of the third Quarter then returned briefly in the fourth period. Chicago hoping to become the third learn in six years to win consecutive titles has now won live straight games in the finals. The bulls lost the championship series opener to the los Angeles lakers in 1991, then won four straight for their first Aba title. While the 1991 playoffs were a Breeze for the bulls with 15 victories in 17 games they pm five times in the first three rounds this year. But if Chicago can win game 2, it will eliminate any Chance Chicago a Michael Jordan nails a jumper Over Portland a Mark Bryant on wednesday. For the blazers to take away the Aba Matching the third highest margin of Vic title in Portland where the third fourth tory in the finals. And fifth games Are scheduled next week. Terry poster finished with n Points for Scottie Pippen scored 24 Points for the the Trail blazers who were 68 for 169 bulls who led by As Many As 38 Points in from 3-Point Range in their first 15 play the third Quarter and 39 in the fourth in off games. The stars and stripes june 5,1992 Page 28 inside sports former Usa eur boxers gain trials a Page 22 fielder finds stroke in Milwaukee a Page 25 Hurst shines in win at Wrigley a Page 26 . Indy draws Post position 1 a Page 27 the bulls 29-for-80 3-Point shooting in 16 postseason games contrasted sharply with Portland but Jordan left Little doubt Chicago could keep up. Porter scored 10 Points and the Trail blazers hit 11 of their first 14 shots including their first seven to Lead 25-17 with 4 22 left in the first Quarter. The bulls missed 10 of 15 shots in the same Span but Jordan a first 3-Pointer and his three Point play prevented Portland from breaking away. Jordan then started a comeback with two More 3-pointers and two medium Range jumpers before a Basket by . Armstrong gave the bulls their first Lead 29-28. A Layup and rebound Basket by Horace Grant completed a 16-3 run that gave Chicago a 33-28 advantage before the blazers finished the Quarter trailing 33-30 despite out shooting the bulls 68.4 percent to 46.2 percent. Jordan rested for nearly six minutes to Start the second period but it took him just 17 seconds to get it going again with a jumper. He scored 15 Points including three 3-pointers, in the final 6 17 of the Quarter keying a 19-6 spurt that gave the bulls a 66-51 Lead at halftime. After his sixth 3-Pointer of the half Jordan turned to magic Johnson at the Abc broadcasting Booth and gave him a a what can i say  champs Graf Seles hit final Paris a Steffi Graf and Monica Seles battled their Way to a title showdown in the French open on thursday. Each has won the tournament twice. Graf rallied from a nightmarish first set to heat Arantha Sanchez Vicario 0-6, 6-2, 6-2 and avenge last year s trouncing by the Spanish player. Seles the no. A ranked player had to stave off a furious comeback by Gabriela Sabatini winning the Hest match yet in the women a Competition 6-3, 4-6, 6-4. Seles trailed 2-4 in the final set but battled Back with a stretch of Brilliant play at one Point hitting seven clean winners in a Row. As Winner of the australian open in january she Kepi alive her chances Lor a grand slam sweep. Graf the second seed suffered the worst defeat of her career a year ago when Sanchez Vicario beat her 6-0, 6-2 in the semifinals. Thursdays match began As a bizarre re run. Sanchez Vicario seeded fourth tirelessly ran Down shots and Graf committed numerous unforced errors. The 0-6 first set along with last years first set Are the Only times since 1984 that Graf has been shut out in a set. But Graf collected herself in the second set and turned the match on its head. Her vaunted forehand which failed her repeatedly in the first set began producing winners and she no longer seemed impatient or tense. Sanchez Vicario won the first two games of the third set but Graf dominated thereafter pumping her fist with emotion. Graf smiling in Relief after the match said that even after the first set Quot i Felt a lot better than last  �?�1 told myself to just take the games one at a  the last berth in the menus semifinal was filled thursday when Petr Korda in the Best grand slam showing of his career won 6-4,6-7 7-36-2,6-4 Over russians Andrei Cherkasov. The seventh seeded czechoslovak a opponent will be crowd favorite Henri Leconte of France who rallied from two sets Down to win his quarterfinal 6-7 10-83-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 wednesday against Nicklas Kulti of Sweden. In the other semifinal today defending Champion Jim courier faces no. 11 seed Andre Agassi in a rematch of last years All american final