European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 3, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 38 the stars and stripes sports tuesday May 3,1994 Oakley Steps up for bulls suns rockets also fake 2-0 by the associated press. \ a Quot with Patrick Ewing unexpectedly missing Charles Oakley gave the kicks the boost they needed to take a 20 Lead in their Bcst-of-5 series with the now Jersey acts a a Oakley grabbed 24 rebounds and scored 14 of his 25 Points in the final six minutes of the second Quarter sunday after Ewing was ejected with his second technical foul. The burst gave the kicks a 5533 halftime Lead and they went on to a 90-81 Victory Quot i usually just try to get rebounds and Jet other Guys Jet the Points a said Oak and Jet other Points a said Eye who had season highs in Points and rebounds. A Csc Pring is just a Bonus for me. I Don t get any plays called for the nets made a game of it in the third Quarter starting with a 21-4 spurt in the first 5 10 to pull to a 59-54 deficit. It was 7064 after three quarters but the closest the nets got in the fourth Quarter was 70-66, Ewing was ejected with Oakley 5 21 left in the second period when he and Derrick Coleman exchanged bumps. Both were called for technical fouls but because Ewing also was part of a double technical with Benoit Benja. Min in the first Quarter he was tossed. In other games sunday. A bulls 105, Cavaliers 96 at Chicago Scottie pippin scored 22 Points and the bulls wore Cleveland Down with their size and Bench strength to Lake a 2-0 Lead in the series. Aba playoffs Horace Grant had 18 Points and 12 rebounds . Armstrong had 16 Points and Toni Kukoc a career High 11 assists for the three time defending Aba champions who again harassed Cleveland a Mark Price into a sub Par game 14 Points on 5-of-14 shooting. A the Way Price goes the Cavaliers go a Scottie Pip pen said /./. Suns 117, Warr lbs 111 at Phoenix Kevin Johnson scored a playoff career High 38 Points including 17 in the third Quarter when Phoenix took the Lead for Good Johnson scored 15 Points in the final 5 02 of the third Quarter. Danny Ainge started the fourth Quarter with a 3-Pointer, putting Phoenix ahead 94-86, and clinched the game with 3 05 to play on a Corner shot that made it 116-104. V a. A a the suns who Lead the series 2-q, did no to make another Field Goat but thei l2-Point Lead was too much for the warriors to overcome. / / Charles Barkley scored 20 Points and Dan Majerle added 17 for the suns. Chris millin led the warriors with 32 Points. V rockets 115, Trail blazers 104 at Houston,.Hakeem Olajuwon scored 46 Points and put on a late game shot blocking display giving Houston a 2-0 Lead in the series. The Trail blazers stayed within striking distance throughout the fourth Quarter but every time they tried to get the deficit below five Olajuwon was there to Stop them. A a a a a Olajuwon blocked a shot by Clyde Drexler with 1 38 left. Then with 1 11 to play he caught up with Rod Strick anti in a fast break and swatted away a sure thing Layup that would have Cut Houston a Lead to 1.04100. A a a. Houston s.Hakeem Olajuwon shoots Over Portland s Mark Bryant As the Trail blazers Rod Strickland right and Clifford Robinson watch the action. Bruins open series on right foot. By the associated press the new York rangers with the Best regular season record in the National hockey league continue to flex their Muscles. Quot. A a. / / / \ the san Jose Sharks with the worst record of any playoff team were hoping to do the same. Coming off a four game sweep of the new York islanders and a full weeks rest the rangers began their second round series with a 6-3 Victory Over the Washington sundays other game the Boston Bruins Defeated the new Jersey devils 21 in game 1 of their Eastern conference semifinal. Game 2 in both series will be played tuesday. San Jose making its playoff debut in its third year of existence was a Surprise first round Winner Over the Detroit red wings monday night the Sharks were to take on the Toronto Maple Leafs Quot in monday nights other second round Ope tier Vancouver Vas at Dallas. Brian Noonan s second goal of the. Night enabled the rangers to take a 1-0 series Lead Over Washington. The rangers put the game out of reach with three straight goals starting with Brian Leetch a tiebreaker at 12 47 of the Sec. Ond period. Nil playoffs pensive coverage a Washington coach Jim Schoenfeld said. A we had situations where we were out hustled and rangers who have outscored the opposition in the playoffs 28-6, got another goal from St plane Matteau obtained with Noonan. Michal Pivonka Kelly Miller and Mike Ridley scored for washing a ton. A quota Quot a a a Bruins 2, devils 1 at East Rutherford n.j., Bryan Smolinski and David Shaw scored Early and goaltender Jon Cahey and the goalposts made the Lead stand up As the Bruins took a 1-0 Lead a the Best-of-7 series. / a a a Quot a a. A while the level of play Wasny to spectacular there was plenty of excitement Down the stretch As new Jersey tried to tie the game against Casey who finished with 34 saves. A a after Casey stopped Claude Lemieux on a shorthanded breakaway Early in the period Randy Mckay hit the right goalpost on a breakaway. Five minutes later Bruce Driver hit the left Post with a shot from the Blue line and Bernie Nicholls who scored the devils goal was stopped by what a Noonan obtained by the rangers in a geared to be a combination of Casey a the rangers Jeff Blu Kaboom collides with Caps Michael Pivonka in the first period. Late season Trade with Chicago then scored at 15 45 to give new York a 4-2 Lead at Madison Square Garden. Greg Gilbert and Mark Messier added third period goals As the rangers continued their domination Over the capitals whom they beat in five of six games during the regular season. A we made some mistakes in our de Glove and the crossbar on the rebound. A Jon Casey won us the game a Bruins Captain Ray Bourque said. A the played an outstanding game. He made the key saves Down the stretch. A we did no to open it up and they poured it on us at times. We had to have Casey today because we did no to play that great a game. It was sluggish at
