European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 5, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 2007 stars and stripes Mideast edition Page 31 Golden moment 8 seed warriors Shock nabs Best win first series since 91 by Josh Dubow the associated press the Golden state warriors were celebrating in their locker room when Baron Davis and his teammates ran Back onto the court wearing we believe shirts to share the moment with their for a team that has known mostly failure for the past three this party was a Long time Davis provided the inspiration by scoring 20 Points on a strained hamstring and Stephen Jackson did the making a franchise playoff record seven three Point ers to help the ragtag warriors pull off perhaps the biggest upset in Aba Golden state became the first 8 seed to capture a Besto seven playoff series with a 11186 Victory Over the Babest Dallas Mavericks in game 6 on thursday its great to see my teammates having Davis its a great Victory for this the whole Bay area its a Victory few saw coming when the warriors were 2635 on March or perhaps even after Davis went to the locker room with a strained right hamstring in the first coach Don Nel son thought his Star might be done for the taking his teams Hopes with but Davis limped his Way Back on the scoring 13 Points in the second Quarter in his own ver Sion of Willis Reeds on legged Triumph in the 1970 Aba finals for the new York he added 10 six assists and was greeted after the game by rapper Snoop one of the Many celebrities to jump on the warriors Baron touched it team mate Matt Barnes Hes our Leader and nothings going to Stop him right weve got a lot of Talent and a lot of heart and were looking to do a lot More after knocking off the 67win Mavericks and holding Likely league map Dirk Nowitzki to eight Points on 2for13 theres no telling How far the warriors can  play the win Ner of saturdays Utah Houston game in the second Start ing next the warriors Are the third eighth seed to upset the 1 and the first since the opening round went from Besto five to the cur rent format in the Denver Jeff the Golden state warriors Jason Richardson yells after making a three Pointer against the Dallas Mavericks in the fourth Quarter thurs the 8 seed warriors upset the Babest Mavericks nuggets 1994 and the new York kicks 1999 Are the Only other teams to win a this is a pretty special place to be right Nelson its especially Sweet for who was forced out in Dallas two years ago in part because of his in ability to win in the but its Nelsons emotional Bunch of castoffs not Dallas owner Mark cubans Sta powered Mavericks going to the second the who ended a 13year playoff drought this sea haunt won a series since 1991 and haunt won a Besto seven series since 1976 the year after winning their Only Aba title since moving to it feels that the Only words i can Jason Richard son i dont know when i have to Pinch myself or Wake up from this this is every thing i i wanted this for our for our for Josh Howard scored 20 Points and Jerry Stackhouse had 14 of his 20 Points in the first Quarter for the who set out to win the Aba title after falling Short in last years finals to its a you cant even describe Nowitzki you play your heart out for seven you win 67 and it really Means Noth ing at this this is Tough to jazz push rockets to game 7 by Doug Alden the associated press Salt Lake City once Halfway to being swept out of the first round of the the Utah jazz have pushed their series against the Houston rockets to the there will be a game the jazz beat the rockets 9482 on thurs Day night to tie the series and Force the Deci Sive game saturday in we just have to come and put our hearts into i thought we did tonight and Well have to do the same jazz coach Jerry Sloan in sure they understand that As the Best team or in this the Home team the rockets Are 30 in Houston and the jazz Are 30 in keeping the Home court advantage the Ory intact by allowing Tracy Mcgrady and Yao Ming Combine for 51 Points and holding the rest of the rockets to Utah Hast played in a game 7 since when Seattle knocked the jazz out in the West Ern conference Houston last seventh game was two years when Dallas won at Home 11676 and completed a comeback from a 20 deficit in the the rockets Are in danger of doing it again after having a Chance to Knock out the we didst handle it said who had 25 Andrei Kirilenko had 14 Points and five knocking away shots by both Mcgrady and Yao in another Strong defensive game for Mcgrady was just 8for23 from the floor and nine of his 26 Points came from the foul Yao finished with eight turnovers two More than his rebound total As the rockets turned the Ball Over 19 they just put a lot of pressure on us and just made everything Mcgrady Carlos Boozer scored 22 and Mehmet Okur added 19 Points As he finally started hitting his three Point making four and Matching his total for the first five i dont give if in in going to take Okur Mcgrady has never made it to the second round of the after Houston won the first two games of the the rockets appeared on their Way but Haven been Able to find their Way out of Utah with a the rockets fell behind by 11 late in the third Quarter and Cut the margin to one twice in the but never quite completing the it was right there for Down to one Mcgrady Deron Williams had 15 Points and eight assists and Rookie Paul Millsap scored All of his eight Points in the second As the jazz took control and then held off several rallies by the Rock ets Down the Kirilenko scored six Points and blocked three shots in the fourth Mcgrady tried to drive on him once with the rockets Down but Kirilenko stayed on him and swatted the Ball away during a 134 run that sealed it for the Artest sentenced to work program the associated press Sacramento Kings Forward Ron Artest pleaded no contest thursday to a Misdemeanour Domestic violence charge stemming from a March 5 dispute with his the lat est in a string of of court Placer county Superior court judge Francis Kearney sentenced Artest to 100 hours of Community service and a 10day work project through the county sheriffs Artest also was fined and ordered to get extensive he was accused of pushing and slapping his wife during an argument and preventing her from calling the couples 3yearold daughter was Home at the Artest was charged with Corporal injury to a false imprison ment and dissuading a witness from re porting a All he pleaded no contest to the first while the others were in addition to the Fine and Community Artest agreed to three years in formal 20 Days of a work project with 10 Days a year Long violence treatment program and at tending a parenting class on the effects of Domestic violence on Young Aba scoreboard playoffs first round Besto seven Eastern conference Detroit Orlando Detroit Orlando 92 Detroit Orlando 90 Detroit Orlando 77 Detroit Orlando Detroit wins series 40 Cleveland Washington Cleveland Washington 82 Cleveland Washington 102 Cleveland Washington 92 Cleveland Washington Cleveland wins series 40 Toronto new Jersey new Jersey Toronto 91 Toronto new Jersey 83 new Jersey Toronto 89 new Jersey Toronto 81 Toronto new Jersey new Jersey leads series 32 Friday Toronto at new Jersey sunday new Jersey at Miami Chicago Chicago Miami 91 Chicago Miami 89 Chicago Miami 96 Chicago Miami Chicago wins series 40 Western conference Dallas Golden state Golden state Dallas 85 Dallas Golden state 99 Golden state Dallas 91 Golden state Dallas 99 Dallas Golden state 112 thursday Golden state Dallas Golden state wins series 42 Phoenix lakers Phoenix lakers 87 Phoenix lakers 98 lakers Phoenix 89 Phoenix lakers 100 wednesday Phoenix lakers Phoenix wins series 41 san Antonio Denver Denver san Antonio 89 san Antonio Denver 88 san Antonio Denver 91 san Antonio Denver 89 wednesday san Antonio Denver san Antonio wins series 41 Utah Houston Houston Utah 75 Houston Utah 90 Utah Houston 67 Utah Houston 85 Houston Utah 92 thursday Utah Houston series tied 33 saturday Utah at Houston quarterfinals Besto seven Eastern conference Detroit Chicago saturday Chicago at Detroit monday Chicago at Detroit Western conference Phoenix san Antonio sunday san Antonio at Phoenix tuesday san Antonio at Phoenix necessary thursday warriors Mavericks 86 Dallas Howard 819 12 Nowitzki 213 44 Diop 12 00 51113 Terry 614 00 Stackhouse 715 22 George 03 00 croshere 03 00 Ager 34 22 Buckner 01 00 totals 3285 1013 Golden state Richardson 613 00 Barnes 512 56 Biedrina 46 46 Jack son 1019 68 Davis 717 34 Ellis 25 00 Harrington 00 00 Pietrus 26 44 Azu Buike 1100 Foyle 00 00 Powell 00 12 Jacikevicius 00 00 totals 3779 2330 Dallas 25 23 15 2386 Golden state 28 22 36 25111 three Point goal Dallas 1237 stack House Howard Ager Terry Buckner George Nowitzki Golden state 1430 Jackson Richardson Davis Barnes Pietrus fouled rebound Dallas 47 Nowitzki Golden state 58 Biedrina assist Dallas 20 Golden state 24 Barnes total foul Dallas Golden state technical Dallas defensive three flagrant jazz rockets 82 Houston Battier 15 12 Hayes 1100 Yao 916 79 Mcgrady 823 910 Al Ston 514 00 head 12 12 Howard 35 00 Mutombo 11 00 Lucas 00 00 to tals 2967 1823 Utah Kirilenko 610 22 Boozer 916 45 Okur Fisher 31100 will iams 611 23 Harpring 04 22 Jiricek 25 22 Collins 00 00 Millsap 44 00 to tals 3572 1719 Houston 22 21 19 2082 Utah 20 26 22 2694 three Point goals Houston 621 Alston head Battier Mcgrady Utah 715 Okur Jiricek Williams fish or fouled rebounds hous ton 39 Mcgrady Utah 43 Okur assists Houston 16 Battier Utah 23 Williams total fouls Houston Utah technical Houston defensive three Aba Calendar May 22 draft june 7 Aba finals Start Date possibly june june 18 Aba draft Early entry entrant withdrawal june 21 Aba finals latest possible end june 28 Aba new