European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 6, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                2007 stars and stripes Mideast edition Page 31 Aba scoreboard playoffs first round Besto seven Eastern conference Detroit Orlando april 21 Detroit Orlando 92 april 23 Detroit Orlando 90 april 2st Detroit Orlando 77 april 28 Detroit Orlando Detroit wins series 40 Cleveland Washington april 22 Cleveland washing april 25 Cleveland Wash april 28 Cleveland washing april 30 Cleveland washing m Cleveland wins series 40 Toronto new Jersey april 21 new Jersey Toronto 91 april 24 Toronto new Jersey 83 april 27 new Jersey Toronto 89 april 29 new Jersey Toronto Fil May 1 Toronto new Jersey 96 May 4 new Jersey Toronto new Jersey wins series 42 Miami Chicago april 21 Chicago Miami 91 Ion Cago wins series 40 Western conference Dallas Golden state april 22 Golden state Dallas 85 april 25 Dallas Golden state 99 april 27 Golden state Dallas 91 april 29 Golden state Dallas 99 May 1 Dallas Golden state 112 May 3 Golden state Dallas Golden state wins series 42 Phoenix lakers april 22 Phoenix lakers 87 april 24 Phoenix lakers 98 april 26 lakers Phoenix 89 april 29 Phoenix lakers 100 May 2 Phoenix Lak ers Phoenix wins series 41 san Antonio Denver april 22 Denver san Antonio 89 april 25 san Antonio Den ver 88 april 28 san Antonio Denver 91 april 30 san Antonio Denver 89 May 2 san Antonio Den ver san Antonio wins series 41 Utah Houston april 21 Houston Utah 75 april 23 Houston Utah 90 april 26 Utah Houston 67 april 28 Utah Houston 85 april 30 Houston Utah 92 May 3 Utah Houston series tied 33 May 5 Utah at Houston quarterfinals Besto seven Eastern conference Detroit Chicago May 5 Chicago at Detroit May 7 Chicago at Detroit May 10 Detroit at Chicago May 13 Detroit at Chicago May 15 Chicago at May 17 Detroit at May 21 Chicago at Cleveland new Jersey May 6 new Jersey at Cleveland May 8 new Jersey at Cleveland May 12 Cleveland at new Jersey May 14 Cleveland at new Jersey May 16 new Jersey at May 18 Cleveland at new May 20 new Jersey at Western conference Phoenix san Antonio May 6 san Antonio at Phoenix May 8 san Antonio at Phoenix May 12 Phoenix at san Antonio May 14 Phoenix at san Antonio May 16 san Antonio at May 18 Phoenix at san May 20 san Antonio at Golden state May 7 Golden at ton Winner May 9 Golden at May 11 at Golden May 13 at Golden May 15 Golden at May 17 at Golden n May 20 Golden at if necessary Friday nets raptors 97 r Toronto Peterson 45 12 Bosh 822 67 Bagnani 611 34 Parker 49 46 Cal Cleron 612 11 Ford 710 45 Humphries 01 00 Graham 02 00 Dixon 12 00 totals 3674 1925 new Jersey Jefferson 612 1112 Moore 56 00 Collins 11 13 Carter 619 78 Kidd 611 34 Nachbar 58 22 Williams 02 00 Boone 12 00 Wright 24 00 totals 3265 2429 Toronto 21 25 22 2997 new Jersey 21 22 32 2398 three Point goal Toronto 610 Barg Nani Ford Bosh Calderon Dixon Parker new Jersey 1019 Nachbar Kidd Carter Wright Jefferson Williams fouled out rebound Toronto 35 Peterson new Jersey 47 Moore assists or to 20 Bosh new Jersey 24 Kidd total foul Toronto new Jersey tech nets catch raptors by Surprise not called on for series clinching bucket by Tom Canavan the associated press East after helping the new Jersey nets beat the Toronto raptors with his scoring and Vince Carter sent his former team packing in a most unusual Way by being a Decoy for Rich Ard Jefferson scored the winning Basket on a spinning Layup Over Chris Bosh with seconds left and stole a pass in the waning seconds As the nets beat the raptors 9897 on Friday night to win their first round series next on the Agenda for the nets will be Lebron James and the starting sunday in new Jersey easily could have been playing a game 7 in Toronto had Jefferson not stepped up big time after getting a surprising Call from nets coach Lawrence Frank with the game on the with new Jersey trailing Bosh missed a jumper from the top of the key with 16 seconds to Antoine Wright got the re bound and the nets called time out with seconds the crowd in the Continental airlines Arena watched the nets walk to the Bench and expected Frank to Call a play for the former Raptor who was booed every time he touched the Ball in Canada in this Frank had another he called Jeffersons number and had Carter run to the left the same Side from which Bastjan Nachbar was i bounding the the pass went to Jason Kidd on q playoffs the left Wing and he found Jeffer son coming off a screen by Mikki Moore at the right Side of the who needed surgery to fix a bothersome right ankle in went right at elevated to the rim and scored a Layup to bring the crowd of More than roaring to its Carter just that shows the character of our team and the weapons we have on our said who finished with 21 Points on six of 19 for the last Cou ple of they were really Load ing on me and sending a lot of Guys to the this they put me on the Wing and had a one none drive to the Bas Ket and had a hell of a Jeffersons play at the other end of the floor was just As the who rebuilt their team in the of season and sup planted the underachieving nets As the Atlantic division Champi wanted to go to Bosh on some what of an alleys of Jose Calderon took the in Bounds pass about 10 feet inside the mid court he dribbled a couple of times and then tried to lob a pass to who had scored 13 of his 23 Points in the fourth Jefferson fought off a Little shove in the Back from Bosh and leaped High to steal the within the series was Bill new Jersey nets Point guard Jason Kidd throws the Ball into the air As 4he Buzzer sounds giving the nets a 9897 Victory Over the Toronto raptors on Friday night in game 6 of their first round the nets won the series 42 and Kidd averaged a triple double in the six we executed the play we want said who also had nine assists and seven Richard Jefferson made a super ath Letic if that Ball gets Over we probably win the Kidd finished with 18 15 assists and eight rebounds for the averaging a triple double for the Jefferson had 24 Toronto got inspired efforts from banged up Point guards Ford and who were both Hurt in the raptors Victory in game Ford finished with 19 Points in 15 and Cal Deron had 14 Points and six assists while gutting out 33 minutes on a sprained 1 draft pick Andrea Bagnani added 17 Points and seven bulls Parsons quest for a stability now paying off from Back Page it was a crucial step for a fran Chise that endured several re building plans in the and for a Young Core that seemed to be on the verge of a break things began to fall into place after Paxson replaced Jerry Krause As general manager in april he drafted Hinrich with the seventh pick that year and hired Skiles in late and three More important pieces came after a 23victory Paxson took Gordon with the third pick in 2004 and acquired the draft rights to then signed Nocini from the Spanish league that the bulls lost their first nine games the next but won 47 got Back to the playoffs and took a 20 Lead Over washing ton in the first round before los ing the next a year after winning 41 they pushed Miami before losing in they earned their Skiles out of necessity they played very Treyve gotten they were also humbled for two years in the they Learned valuable lessons Early on about How you have to How hard you have to play to win a and their coach can Lay in Skiles shows a dry he is sometimes Blunt and not afraid to take a player to task just As when he said Hin Rich should have been ejected for tossing his mouthpiece after a foul Call in the Miami Al though he rarely raises his theres a perception of him As a taskmaster who clashed with Jason Kidd when he coached the Phoenix suns and wears a Perpet Ual Skiles he watches the game sees the look on his face when the camera zooms in and considers it proof that the Lens does lie some i know what it looks he but that not whats going on in my i dont know what i can do to make people under stand than to say i Bank on the fact that some of you Guys see me everyday and talk to me everyday and might think that i May be a pretty reasonable but my game de Meanor is my game in not screaming at the Guys in that just not my i dont think that on the other we do like to have a High level of and our players have so far thrived in that not that it was Deng said the bulls never questioned what Skiles was but you see the Skiles lit into his team Only a handful of times this be cause he no longer feels he needs to come Down hard on this when they were Skiles Fig ured the bulls would turn it around and he kept that Faith when they lost five of the first six games in they brought it Here every Skiles As Long As teams Are doing you feel like its going to turn things Are going to get there we rent Many moments for me when i Felt like i had to fire them Skiles was hard on Gordon the first few who won the nabs sixth Man award As a was mentioned in Trade re so was Paxson thinks so much of Deng that he passed on the Opportunity to acquire Pau gaol from Mem Phis before the Trade even though the bulls have been looking for an inside scorer the past two Hes reluctant to break up the in my experience As a player it was a stable said who played on three bulls championship we seemed to have the same faces we changed a Little but the top group of eight Guys they were the i think theres value in that in terms of growing As a basketball team and the players Trust each the coach trusts