European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 21, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                To e d s t to the Riba playoffs jumping ahead a amps Michael Abrams Baumholz cry a Africa Gaston soars to the division ii High school triple jump championship Friday at Wiesbaden Germany. Gaston expected to be a major Factor in today a sprints As the division ii meet comes to a close leaped 33 feet 8v4 inches to qualify for next weeks Central european championships at Augsburg Germany. By the associated press the Indiana pacers Are going Eastern conference finals. The Denver nuggets Are going Back to Utah with a Chance to reach the Western conference finals and the Phoenix suns Are headed to Houston with the same goal in mind. A a a a Indiana a team that had never won an Aba playoff series in any round beat the Atlanta. Hawks 98-79 thursday  which faced a 2-0 deficit against Seattle and a 3-0 deficit against Utah beat the jazz 94-91 to Force a seventh game in that series. No team has Ever won a Best-of-7 series after trailing 3-0. A a i Phoenix also facing elimination got a balanced offensive attack to defeat the rockets 103-89. The Chicago new York series resumed last night with the kicks leading 3-2. Pacers 98, Hawks 79 at Indianapolis the pacers All but wrapped things up in the third Quarter when they outscored Atlanta 34-16 to take a 72-51 Lead into the final  Atlanta rallied by scoring the first eight Points of the Quarter. But Indiana responded with a driving Layup by Reggie Miller and led 79-63 when Dale Davis made two free throws with 703 left. The Hawks never Drew closer than 12 again. Rik Smits scored 27 Points on ll-of-16 shooting and All five Indiana starters finished in double figures. Nuggets 94, jazz 91 / at Denver it was the nuggets sixth straight Victory in a do or die situation Dike be Mutombo and Bryant Stith each Sank two free throws in the final 30119th Preakness stakes \. Post positions and Odds Post horse jockey Odds 1 Tabasco cat 2 go for Gin 3 a concern 4 Silver Goblin 5 Powis Castle 6 Blumin affair 7 Kan daiy 8 Polar expedition 9 a-looming10 numerous a Robert Meyerhoff Day Mccarron Gomez Cordova Bartam Bailey Perret Bourque Seefeldt Valenzuela owned entry 6-1 2-1 7-2 6-1 20-1 8-1 20-1 20-1 7-2 6-1 a by John Nelson Baltimore apr the beaten Kentucky Derby favorite holy Bull is Back on the farm. Last years breeders cup juvenile Winner Brocco has gone West. And Derby runner up Strocs Creek is writing for the Belmont stakes. A i can to worry about who a not Here a d. Wayne Lukas said. A to hell with who a not Here. We be got to worry about who is Here.�?�. / the Lukas trained Tabasco cat will be one of Only four Derby starters running saturday in the Preakness stakes second jewel of the thoroughbred triple Crown. The others will be Derby Winner go for Gin Blumin affair and Powis Castle. Last year seven Derby starters made it to the Preakness. Ten 3-year-Olds were entered thursday for the 1 3-16-mile Preakness at Pamlico. Tabasco cat sixth in the Derby Drew the rail with go for Gin in the no 2 Post position. Go for gins Trainer Nick Zito hoped to draw somewhere Between 2-5 so his Colt could Settle in near the Lead. A it does no twin the. Race but it helps a Zito said after the positions were drawn. The Field from the rail out will be Tabasco cat go for Gin concern Silver Goblin Powis Castle Blumin affair Kan daiy Polar expedition looming and numerous a the stars and stripes May 21,1994 Pago 32 seconds and Utah a Jeff Hornacek missed an open 3-Point attempt at the Buzzer. A. /. A a a a. A a game 7 is saturday at Salt Lake City. The Only other team to tie a series 3-3 after trailing 3-0 was the 1951 new York kicks who lost game 7 of that series to the Rochester royals. Mutombo finished with 23 Points 12 rebounds and five blocks. Suns 103, rockets 89 at Phoenix Kevin Johnson scored 28 Points a c Green had 22 Points on 9-of-10 shooting Charles Barkley had 18 Points and 15 rebounds and Joe Kleine had 15 Points and did a Strong Job defending Hakeem Olajuwon. A a coach Paul Westphal got a lot of Guys involved called a lot of different plays offensively and defensively. Not being predictable really paid off a Johnson said. A game 7 will be saturday at 1 . Edt in Houston. Go for Gin was the 2-1 Early favorite with the Richard Small trained and Maryland based entry of concern and looming second Choice at 7-2. Tabasco cat numerous and Silver Goblin All were 6-1. ./.". A a / a a a a a a Silver Goblin and Polar expedition Are the Only two geldings in the Field the Preakness has been won Only six times by geldings including Prairie Bayou last year. And the last time the Preakness was won by a non Derby starter was when Maryland bred deputed testimony won in 1983. All starters will carry 126 pounds and if they All go to Post the race will be Worth $688,800. Post time is 5 31 . Edt 11 06 .cet on an radio. Go for Gin owned by William con Dren and Joseph Cornacchia will be Ridden by Chris Mccarron. The Derby was go for gins second Victory in four starts this year and also made him the Only Grade i stakes Winner in this Field. A if Mccarron wanted 1 bet he could get to the Lead a if he wanted a said Zito who has transformed go for Gin from a stretch runner to a front runner. In the Derby go for Gin took the Lead in the first turn and held it All the Way around. A if everybody gets a clean trip i think the race will set up pretty Good for us Quot Lukas said. Nil playoffs rangers win in 2nd of East Rutherford . Apr a first game Goat Ste Phane Matteau got to play the other role in game 3 and found being a hero More to his liking. Matteau scored in front of Tenet on a Backhander 6 13 into the second overtime thursday night to give the new York rangers a 3-2 Victory Over the new Jersey devils and a 2-1 Lead in their Best-of-7 nil Eastern conference final. The Victory was the rangers second straight and it restored the Home ice advantage new York blew in losing game 1 at Home sunday in part due to a give away by Matteau that led to a goal. A this is a different feeling a Matteau said. A in the first game people remember the pass i put on Bernie Nicholls stick a perfect pass that led to a goal. It turned things around and i Felt pretty cheap and bad after that. Obviously this is a payback for me a the winning shot was the 50th of the game for new York. Game 4 will be saturday night at the Meadowlands Arena. 9 \ v 4 # a a ,1 my i a a. 246850 0 n