Page Twelve THE MICHIGAN DAILY Fridoy, May 7, 1976 'Page Twelve THE MICHIGAN DAILY Friday, May 7, 1976 r Boston blasts Cavaliers wth late surge, 111-99, grabs series lead, 1-0 BOSTON (P- - The Boston Celtics, led by John Havlicek, Paul Silas and Jo Jo White, withstood Cleveland's furious third- period comeback and rolled to a 111-99 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers last night in the opener of the rNational Basketball Asso- ciation's Eastern Conference finals. The Celtics had a 16-point lead wiped out as the upstart Cavaliers rallied for a 77-77 tie at the end of three periods. Then the Celtics exploded in the finale, outscoring Cleveland 17-4 in less than seven minutes, and pulled away to an easy victory. Havlicek, Boston's 14-year-veteran, topped all scorers with 26 points. Silas, noted mainly for his defensive skill, surprised Cleveland with 21 points, one more than White. Havlicek broke an early 8-8 tie with three consecutive field goals, and White hit on a long bomb as the Celtics appeared ready to name their own final score with the game just six minutes old. The Cavaliers narrowed the gap to two points, 18-16, but then gradually fell behind as Havlicek hit on three more baskets in a row for a 32-20 Boston leader after one period. The Celtics built their advantage to 16 points, 43-27, in the first five minutes of the second quarter, before Cleveland began cuting the deficit- on the shooting of Austin Carr and Campy Russell. Cleveland closed to within 57-48 at the half. With center Jim Chones watching from the bench with his foot in a cast because of a broken toe suffered in practice Tuesday, the Cavaliers were led by' Russell and Snyder with 21 points each. Cleamons had 18 and Carr 12. Veteran Nate Thurmond, forced to go most of the route in Chones' absence, had just nine points. AP Photo Cleveland Cavaliers center Jim Chones' broken toe, pictured in cast above kept him out of last night's play-off game with Boston. Without Ciones, the Cavs lost, 111-99. ISLANDERS, BRUINS ELIMINATED Flyers, abs vie for Cup By The Associated Pres s PHILAD)ELPHIA - Sharp shooting Reggie Leach equalled a National Hockey League record with five goals as the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Bostton Bruins 6-3 last night and reached the Stanley Cup finals. Leach joined the legandary Maurice "Rocket" Rich- ard and Darryl Sittler as the only players in the 82- year history of the NIII to score five goals in one Stanley Cup playoff game. The defending champion Flyers eliminated the Bruins 4-1 in the best-of-seven game semifinal series and earned the right to try for a third straight NH. title. THE 26-YEAR-OLD Leach also tied the record of 15 goals in playoff competition, previously set by Mon- treal's Yvan Cournoyer in 1973 in 17 games. Leach has his 15 in only 12 games, with still at least four games to play. Leach set still another NIIL record with his first goal at 5:45 of the first period. It was the ninth consecutive game of this year's playoffs in which the 185-pound right wing turned on the red light. Leach's second goal, which came at 2:02 of the second period, came after Boston had tied the score 1-1 only 59 seconds into the period. Leach followed it with goals at 8:51 and 17:09 to become the 11th player ever to score a hat trick in one period of a playoff game. Islanders stranded MONTREAL-Steve Shutt scored twice and Serge Savard hit the eventual winner and added two assists as the Montreal Canadiens moved into the Stanley Cup finals aaginst defending champion Philadelphia with a 5-2 triumph over the New York Islanders last night. The triumph gave Montreal the best-of-seven National Hockey League semifinal series 4-1. The Canadiens will open their quest for an 18th Cup Sunday night at home against the Flyers. SHUTT OPENED the scoring at 2:38 of the second period by knocking the rebound of a Guy Lafleur shot past Islanders goalie Glenn Resch. Murray Wilson made it 2-0 at 10:29 before New York's Garry Howatt batted in a shot from the side of the net to bring the comeback-minded Islanders within one. But Savard sent in a 35-foot shot at 19:01 of the second period and Pete Mahovlich made it 4-1 before the Islanders' Bob Nystrom and Shutt traded goals just 40 seconds apart in the game's closing minutes. Savard picked up assists on the two third-period tallies. Major League Standings Mets handcuff Reds; Braves lose tenth straight AMERICAN LEAGUE East NEW YORK-Craig Swan and Skip Lockwood combined on a eight-hitter, and the New York Mets rode three unearned runs in the first inning to a 4-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds yester- day. Swan, 2-1, allowed all eight hits before leaving in favor of Lockwood with one out in the eighth inning. Lockwood entered the game with runners at first and second and one out, but he struck out Johnny Bench and got George Foster on a fly ball to preserve the victory. Cincinnati 'lefty Don Gullett, 2-1, was the loser. New York scored three runs off Gullett in the "first on two base hits. Cards cash in ATLANTA-Vic Harris' two-run single high- lighted a four-run fifth inning as the St. Louis Cardinals handed the staggering Atlanta Braves their 10th straight defeat 5-4 yesterday. The Cardinals had six singles and a walk in the inning against winless Carl Morton, who was tagged with his fourth setback. St. Louis loaded the bases on singles by Hector Cruz and Don Kessinger and a bunt hit by pitcher John Curtis. Lou Brock's high chop- per to the mound scored Cruz before Harris, who had two other singles, drove in a pair of runs with a soft liner to center. The final run of the inning crossed on Ted Simmon's single- St. Louis added a run in the eighth on Willie Crawford's single and Kessinger's double. Curtis, 2-2, allowed five hits before giving way to Harry Rasmussen with one out in the ninth after issuing his seventh walk. The first run ended a 21-inning scoreless string for the Brave,-. The Braves scored twice in the ninth, the runs coming on a sacrifice fly by Marty Perez and Jimmy Wynn's single. Besides Curtis and Ras- mussen, the Cardinals used Mike Wallace, Mike Proly and Al Hrabosky before getting the final out. Nnw York Milwraukee Cleveland natitn Btimore Boston Texas Kansas City Oakland Minnesota Chicago California 125 i9 5 10 9 t8 8 8 11 6 11 Wes~t 9 7 11 1it 8 9 6 9 7 15 .706 - .843 1? .176 3 .471 5 .353 6 .667 - .563 2 .500 3 .471 3'. .400 4'/ .3218 7 Yesterday's Games Minnesota at Detroit, rain New York at Oakland, late Only games scheduled Today's Games Texas Umbarger (2-1) at Boston Wise (1-2), n. Kansas City Busby (1-1) at Bal- timore Cuellar (0-2), n. Chicago Forster (1-0) at Detroit Ruhle (1-0), n. Minnesota Decker (1-2) at Mil- waukee Slaton (3-1), n. Cleveland Brown (2-0) at Califor- nia. Kirkwood (0-I), n. New York May (t-0) at Oakland Blue (2-3), n. NATIONAL LEAGUE East W L Pet. GB Pkhiadelphia 13 6 .684 - New York - 16 9 .640- Pittsburgh 12 9 .571 2 St.. Louis it 1 .478 4 Chicago it 13 .458 4t. Montreal 7 14 .333 7 Los Angeles 14we.09 Cincinnati 12 10 .545 10 San Diego 12 It .522 2 Hoaston 12 13 .480 3 Atlanta 8 15 .348 6 San Francisco 8 15 .345 6 Thursday's Games Lou Angele at Chicago, ppd rain New York 4, Cincinnati2 Pittsburgh 3, San Francisco 9 St. Louis 5. Atlanta 4 tan Diego 4, Montreal I Only games scheduled Today's Games Cincinnati Alcala (0-0) at Chicago Bonham (2-2). San Diego Jones (5-1) at New York Koosman (2-1), n. Los Angeles Rhoden (2-0) at Philadelphia Christenson (2-1), n. Atlanta Messesmnith (0-2) at Pittsburgh Candelaria (2-1), n. San Francisco D'Asquisto (0-1) at Montreal Warthen (0-2), n. Houston Richard (4-1) at St. Louis F'orsch (0-0), n.