European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 9, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Bull defense pops airing Trail blazers by Mike Nadel Portland Ore. A Michael Jordan Prince of mid air. The Portland Trail blazers Kings of air Alt. Air Jordan wins that matchup every time. The Chicago bulls who have one of the Best offensive players the basketball world has Ever seen used defense sunday to move two wins away from a second successive Aba title. A they did no to get any Points inside like they did the last game a Jordan said after his bulls held Portland to 36 percent shooting forced 20 turnovers and won game 3 of the Aba finals 94-84. A you have to keep the defensive intensity up for 48 minutes. And we  the bulls had five blocked shots nine steals and scored 26 Points off Portland turnovers As the blazers tied a club record for fewest Points in a playoff game. Portland a 39 second half Points and 15 third Quarter Points set team Marks. Jordan scored 26 Points and made three steals for Chicago which had to play great defense because its offence Wasny to much better than Portland a. They turned the Ball Over 16 times a including five by Jordan who even had a rare travelling Call against him a and shot 42 percent in the second half. A we made a joint to forget about offence and commit to our defense a Chicago coach Phil Jackson said. A there is no Way we anticipated As Low scoring a game As this. It was Clear these were two tired  Portland looked exhausted from the Start. Its first shot was an Hairball by Jerome Kersey one of about a half dozen Blazer Breeze makers. A we played tired Quot Portland coach Rick Adelman said. A it was a Tough trip coming Back  the teams will have two Days of rest before game 4 on wednesday night. Portland a loss continued a Western conference trend since 1989, the West a champions Are a combined 0-9 at Home in the finals. That a incredible consid the stars and stripes june 9,1992 Page 28 Chicago s so Otic pippin passes the Bull Over Portland a Kevin Duckworth on sunday. Edge joins ranks of homeless Ity Mark he Illk the eos Angeles times Portland Ore. A nothing could be liner than to be in Oregon with Home court advantage Anil 12.sks Hla Ermani nes tuning up Lor three games. R could there two cars ago the Trail Hia ers came Home exactly As sunday lied l-1 in the Aba , having won lame ? in overtime on then opponents floor last season the los Angeles lakers came Home tied 1-1. The Laker Trail Blazer Home record in the two series try 0-7. Two years ago the Trail blazers lost three in a Row to Detroit. Sunday they began by looking to repeat that feat against Chicago a team Terry Porter saw As fully capable of doing so even before sunday nights game. A it was just a situation it was our first trip to the finals and we d had a great Chance to beat a Vicy Good bal club twice at Home and they Hadnot won in our building in 20 years. We pretty much thought we had a Good Chance of coming out in the worst scenario winning two of the three games. A this Chicago team is totally different. They beat us the last time we played  inside sports Edwards defeats Fehr in playoff a Page 21 Irvan charges from last to first a Page 22 braves Complete sweep of padres a Page 25 Brewers add to woes of Angels a Page 26 ering that those teams were 136-28 at Home during the regular seasons and 30-1 in Home playoff games until the finals. The Trail blazers were 17-0 in the first three rounds in 1990 and 1992 combined but 0-4 in their four Home championship round games. Portland split at Detroit in 1990 before getting swept at Home to lose the title it split at Chicago this year before coming Home for three games the first of which it has now lost. The bulls defense was definitely a Factor. A once you learn How to play on the Road you know you have to control the Tempo a said Scottie Pippen who had 18 Points eight rebounds and seven assists for the bulls. A we did that with aggressive  the Trail blazers agreed but they said it made it too easy for Chicago to defend them. A when you re sensing that you re not shooting Well especially from the perimeter you have to Start driving and getting easy baskets a Buck Williams said. The Only Portland player who made More shots than he missed was Clyde Drexler who scored 32 Points on 9 for 17 from the Field and 12 for 12 from the line. The rest of the blazers shot 31 percent from the floor and 65 percent from the line. Disputed travelling Call Steps on Blazer rally it. Ii i i 1 k i i Shi i in ii it. A a. Ity Hoit hum Tor 11.and, Ore. A 1 lie i i 11 \ w is on. The crowd is Ron m i. The i  Trail  seemed to be beaded for another comeback Victory in the Aba t Mals then l lie w Listle blew with live  to  in the third Quarter and his team trailing m o6, Terry hotter drove to the Basket and collided with Chicago a Bill Cartwright Horter had no doubt he would gel two free throws. Instead referee Mike Mathis called Porter for travelling Chicago went on a 11? run and the blazers never recovered. Game 3 belonged to the bulls who went on to a 94-St Victory and a 2-1 Lead in the Bext-of-7 series. A Pooh 1 would like to see the replay Quot Porter said. A that was a huge lining  to the game the ragged blazers plagued by turnovers and cold shooting had trailed by As Many As 15 Points in the first half and were Down 54-45 at halftime. When Chicago coach Phil Jackson was assessed a technical foul with 6 06 left in the Quarter Porter made the free throw to Cut the bulls Lead to 60-56. Then came the offensive foul that Porter  understand. A i thought they a called a flagrant foul or something at first a he said. A i think Biu was even turning around and looking. But Mike said i jumped into  Chicago outscored Portland 14-4 Over the next 6vi minutes and the blazers never recovered. A we had some momentum going. We were getting Back into the flow a Porter said. A i thought i drove Strong to the Basket. I did no to see the replay but i definitely did no to think 1 jumped into  the replay seemed to show Cartwright was moving when he made Contact. The bulls Center though had no complaints about the Call. A the jumped into me and threw his Arm out. That a Terry a game Quot Cartwright said. A a he wants to draw