European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 18, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A a or Bruins Edge canadians Boston apr Adam Oates and Ted Donato scored Power play goals 51 seconds apart late in the second period and the Boston Bruins Defeated the a it Montreal canadians 3-2 in saturday nights nil playoff opener. The Bruins who scored on just two of their final 39 Power plays during the regular season got All three of their goals with the Man advantage. Boston hosts Montreal tonight in game 2 of the opening round series. The Victory broke a Boston Streak of eight nil playoffs consecutive playoff losses. The Bruins were eliminated in four straight by Pittsburgh in the second round in 1992 and in four games by Buffalo in the first round last ear. Mariusz Czerkawski who joined the Bruins a week ago after playing in the swedish playoffs scored the other Boston goal. Ray Bourque had a pair of assists tying him for ninth in career playoff assists with former Canadien Jean Beli Veau with 97. Brian Bellows and Mike Keane scored for Montreal which won just one of its final 10 Road games in the regular season. Despite the loss Patrick Roy was magnificent in goal for Montreal. He made four excellent saves in the second period. A Patrick can to be faulted. They scored on a 5-on-3 advantage and i think the winning goal was picked up in the air a said Montreal coach Jacques Demers. A we had our chances but we did no to put the puck in the net. Its not that this team was outplayed.�?�. The stars and Stripe sports april 18,1994 Page 32 Seattle soars past Houston for 60th win Aba in a Row by the associated press Seattle a the Seattle supersonics Are now officially among the a bad a elite teams and coach George Karl likes the Way the leagues history Book reads. A a there a a Nice history to winning 60 games a Karl said after Seattle posted its Aba Best 60th Victory saturday 100-97 Over Houston. A Only 35 teams have Ever done it a Karl added. A to do it against Houston is even More  Shawn Kemp had 22 Points and 17 rebounds and Gary Payton added 21 Points As the sonics became the 36th team in league history to win As Many As 60 games. In a season. They won their fifth ii and 14th out of 15. Of the 35 clubs to have won 60 games 17 went on to win the Aba championship in the playoffs. The 1992 Chicago bulls were the last team to win 60 games 67 and then win the Aba title. The sonics moved one Victory or a Houston loss a away from getting Home court advantage throughout the playoffs. They have four regular season games left. Houston played at Portland on sunday. A playing against great players and great teams is challenging and fun a Kemp said. A a it a no fun playing the Sac Ramentol of the  Hakeem Olajuwon scored 31 Points and Vernon Maxwell 30 for the rockets who have 56 wins and the leagues second Best record. Houston had a six game winning Streak broken. Vincent Askew clinched the sonics second Victory in four games against the rockets this season with two free throws with 10.6 seconds left. That gave Seattle a 100-97 Lead. Otis Thorpe had popped in a 5-footer.on an offensive rebound for Houston with 16.9 seconds to go. Maxwell was five feet Short on a 3-Point attempt with four seconds to go and Payton got the rebound. The sonics out rebounded Houston 4431. Olajuwon was out rebounded by Kemp 17-8. A key to the sonics Victory was their Bench which outscored Houston a subs 33-7. Rocket coach Rudy Tomjanovich used Only Carl Herrera and Sam Cassell a a for a total of 29 minutes. In other games saturday suns 96, spurs 94 san Antonio Kevin Johnson and . Green combined for Phoenix a last 13 Points just enough to beat san Antonio. Green who scored 19 of his 23 Points in the second half gave the suns the Lead for Good with a three Point play with 1 38 left. Johnson assisted on greens last three baskets. David Robinson who had 39 Points 15 rebounds and seven assists made one of two foul shots with 38.5 seconds left to pull the spurs to 96-94. San Antonio had two chances to tie the game in the final seven seconds. But Negele Knight missed a 3-Pointer with 4.1 seconds left and Willie Andersons reverse Layup rimmed out at the Buzzer. Charles Barkley led Phoenix with 26 Points and Johnson added 16 Points and 6 assists. Hawks 123,76ers 94atlanta a Andrew Lang tied his season High with 20 Points including eight during a decisive 26-8 first half run and Atlanta took Over first place in the Eastern conference with a rout of Philadelphia. The Hawks 12th Victory in 15 games and fourth straight moved them a Hal game ahead of new York and one game ahead of Chicago in the. Race for the Best record in the conference. The team finishing first will get Home court advantage in the conference playoffs. Orlando Woolridge came off the Bench to Lead the 76ers with 21 Points. Kevin Willis had 19 Points for the Hawks. Kings 106, Mavericks 98 Dallas a Spud Webb scored 26 Points including a 3-Pointer that ignited. A key third Quarter run that lifted Sacramento Over Dallas. Wayman Tisdale scored a season High 32 Points and Mitch Richmond had 23 for the Kings. Jim Jackson scored 20 Points for dal Las which was thwarted in its Attento Jet to win three consecutive games for the first time since the 1990-91 season. Cavaliers 91, Bucks 90 Milwaukee Chris Mills re bound Basket at the Buzzer capped a fourth Quarter rally lifting Cleveland rockets Otis Thorpe pressures sonics Shawn Kemp who had 22 Points and 17 rebounds. Past Milwaukee. Mark Price led the Cavaliers with 21 Points and John Williams had 19. Mills finished with 13 Points and 14 rebounds v the Bucks who lost their eight straight were led by Eric Murdock with 17 Points and Todd Day with 16. Warriors 109, jazz 105 Oakland Calif. Latrell Sprewell scored 18 of his 25 Points in the fourth Quarter rallying Golden state past Utah which lost its eighth straight Road game. It was the 800th career Victory for Warrior coach Don Nelson. The jazz played More than half the game without coach Jerry Sloan who was ejected late in the second Quarter. Utah led 89-81 with 7 03 to play but consecutive baskets by Chris Gatling Sprewell and Chris Mullin Cut it to 89-88 with 5 34 left before Keith Jennings 3-Pointer gave the warriors their first Lead since the second Quarter. Karl Malone had 21 Points and 14 rebounds and Jeff Hornacek scored 15 Points for Utah. Mullin led the warriors with 28 Points and 10 assists. Clippers 108, lakers 103 los Angeles Dominique Wilkins scored a season High 42 Points As the clippers snapped a five game losing Streak with a defeat of their Crosstown rival lakers. The clippers were coming off a season worst 49-Point loss at Seattle on thursday in which Wilkins sprained his right wrist saturdays Points bettered Wilkins previous High of 39 Points set with Atlanta. Rookie Nick Van Exel led the lakers with 28 Points and had five 3-pointers. He is five away from breaking Dennis Scott a Rookie record of 125 Long Range shots set in 1990-91. 46850