European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 15, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 2007 stars and stripes Mideast edition Page 31 bulls Brush off pistons sweep Chicago stops forces game 5 by Andrew Seligman the associated press Chicago the Chicago bulls built another big and the Detroit pistons were sound familiar this there was no Lull Deng scored 25 Kirk Hinrich and Ben Gordon added 19 and the bulls Hung on to beat Detroit 10287 in game 4 of the Eastern Confer ence semifinals on sunday after noon and avoid a i dont care who it we Are better than being swept in four Ben Wallace we just have to come out and unlike game when the bulls saw a 19point Lead dissolve into a seven Point Chicago with stood a late the bulls out scored the pistons 2713 in the third Quarter to turn a seven Point halftime Lead into a 7756 advantage going into the they didst flinch when Chauncey Billups hit two free throws with left to Cut it to or when he answered Gor dons three Pointer with one of his that made it 9083 with but the bulls Hung on against a pistons team that had won 12 of 13 closeout i think the feeling was we knew the run was Hinrich you feel like the shift in Momen we just needed to take a deep breath and just keep what we were doing to get there moving the keeping an uptempo game and getting the bulls still have a Long Way to go to join the 1942 Toronto Maple 1975 new York is Landers and 2004 Boston red sox As the Only major pro teams to win a Besto seven series after falling behind the pistons will try to wrap this one up tues Day at the Palace of Auburn where they blew out Chica go in games 1 and 2 after sweep ing Orlando in the first Deng was 10for15 after shoot ing 38 percent in the first three games and grabbed 13 i just had Good Deng you make your first couple shots and your Confidence goes although he committed five Hinrich added 10 assists and took a charge on Billups after Billups hit those free throws to pull within Wallace delivered a Vintage performance against his former grab Bing 17 and the bulls held a 5133 Edge on the Wallace also scored 11 Points and blocked two while tyrus Thomas provided a boost in the fourth scoring eight of his 10 i guess we realized finally we didst have anything to Hin Rich we just came out and we settled into ourselves we Felt we had gotten away from what we had been successful doing throughout the season and through out the playoffs so far this Billups led Detroit with 23 Tayshaun Prince added but Richard Rasheed Wallace and Chris Webber All had rough Hamilton 11 Points was just Wallace was just 4for16 and scored Webber did not in disappointed we Dis appointed we got disappointed maybe we played at times out of coach flip Saun Ders got to get Back to what we do when we take 25 i think that showed we were settling too much and trying to take the easy try to hit the Home run rather than hit the sin Gles and grind it Billups pinned the loss on him Cut it All the Way to we grind it All the All the we had the play Aba scoreboard playoffs uarterf1nals Chicago bulls Ben Gordon fights for Possession with Detroit pistons Richard Hamilton during the fourth Quarter sunday in called and i saw the Baseline open when i was about to and i went to we were in the Bonus and i was ready to get to the free throw we were getting something every so i went to attack it and he was there for the he said the Call was a Good one and if it want for if we ran the play and got some thing maybe we Cut it to five or and i think we woul Dve went on to squeeze Chicago scored 12 of the first 14 Points in the second half to make it 6245 Midway through the the Lead grew to 19 with left in the Quarter when Rasheed Wallace was called for a foul on Ben Wallace and got a Gordon hit the technical free and Ben Wallace went lfor2 to make it moments after having his Putback blocked by Andres no Prince held his arms out looking for a the pistons were appeared to be losing their they collected themselves in the and when they made that Chica gos Brown acknowledged he experienced some the biggest difference is we stayed he we didst the other we had a big and instead of continuing to do the things that got us to the 19point we relaxed and we rent the bulls led 5043 at the half and pulled away in the third Quad when Detroit was just 5for22 and was out rebounded were not concerned at Rasheed Wallace our hats off to they won the you got to respect them for they play hard but we will go and play hard on Eastern conference Detroit r Detroit Chicago 69 Detroit Chicago 87 Detroit Chicago 74 sunday Chicago Detroit Detroit leads series 31 tuesday Chicago at Detroit thursday Detroit at May 21 Chicago at Cleveland new Jersey c eve and new Jersey Cleveland new Jersey 92 new Jersey Cleveland Cleveland leads series 21 monday Cleveland at new Jersey wednesday new Jersey at Cleveland Friday Cleveland at new May 20 new Jersey at Western conference Phoenix san Antonio san Antonio Phoenix 106 Phoenix san Antonio 81 san Antonio Phoenix san Antonio leads series 21 monday Phoenix at san Antonio wednesday san Antonio at Phoenix Friday Phoenix at san sunday san Antonio at Utah Golden state Utah go Den state 112 Utah Golden state of Golden state Utah 105 sunday Utah Golden state Utah leads series 31 tuesday Golden state at Utah thursday Utah at Golden May 20 Golden state at sunday bulls pistons 87 Detroit Prince 816 02 416 44 Webber 03 00 Billups 514 1114 Hamilton 412 35 Murray 511 01 Mcdyess 26 11 Delfino 1100 00 Hunter 12 00 totals Chicago Deng 1015 56 Brown 39 00 34 58 Gordon 411 99 Hinrich 715 46 Nocini 48 00 Thomas 38 46 totals Detroit 19 2413 3187 Chicago 27 23 27 25102 three Point goal Detroit 625 Prince Billups Hunter Murray Chicago 512 Gordon Duhon Nocini Hinrich fouled rebound Detroit 43 Chicago 61 lace assistsdetroit23 Billups Chi Cago 18 Hinrich total foul Detroit Chicago Chicago defensive three second jazz warriors 101 Utah Kirilenko 25 88 Boozer 1319 Okur 34 Fisher 61177 Wil Liams 6i8 7 9 Harpring 3800 Jiricek 02 00 Millsap 45 00 Collins 00 00 Brewer 00 00 totals 3772 3743 Golden state Richardson 312 00 Harrington 816 46 Biedrina 33 14 Jackson 515 1112 Davis 616 14 bar nes 37 01 Pietrus 12 03 Ellis 513 44 Azubuike 00 00 00 00 to tals 3484 2134 Utah 25 25 25 40115 Golden state 23 26 29 23101 three Point goals Utah 48 Fisher Okur Williams Jiricek Harpring Golden state 1239 Harrington 4ltf Jackson Davis Ellis Barnes Richardson Pietrus fouled Outhard rebounds Utah 59 Boozer Garden state 45 Biedrina assists Utah 25 Williams Golden state 14 Davis total fou Sutah Golden state Fla Grant eject jazz put warriors on Brink of elimination by Josh Dubow the associated press for three quarters the Utah jazz kept pounding the Ball into Carlos Boozer for easy but still trailed the Golden state warriors with their  the difference in game 4 and Possi Bly the series came when Derek Fisher provided his big Man with some help Down the stretch and the warriors three Point ers stopped Fisher scored 14 of his 21 Points in the fourth Boozer dominated the mid dle with 34 Points and 12 rebounds and the jazz became the first Road team to win at Golden state in nearly seven weeks with a j15101 Victory sunday night that sent u Tah Home with a 31 series after his mid game return Tram his daughters cancer operation fun eled utahs game 2 Fisher delivered with his goncourt performance this he made a pair of three pointers to help the jazz pull away in the fourth Quarter and move within one win of the West Ern conference Marcio Jose Utah jazz Derek dribbles past Golden state warriors Jason Richard son during the second half on i really Haven had much rhythm to my said who missed All of game 1 to be with his Ive been trying to get my legs i Haven prac tired lately so it Felt Good to be Able to step up for my this is an Environ ment a lot of Guys haunt been in before and in glad i was Able to use my experience to help us Fisher was a key contributor for the los Angeles lakers when they won three straight Aba titles earlier this the jazz have never won it All and Haven been this close since John Stockton and Karl Malone took them to Bac Toback Aba finals in 199798 against the Chicago Utah can return to the Western Confer ence finals for the first time since that hey Day by winning game 5 at Home we closed out the last series at so we know what its Boozer there not going to make it easy for us to close them and were aware of the Only reason Fisher was in position to hit those big fourth Quarter shots is be cause of the Way Boozer dominated the first three with his 266pound Boozer is just too Strong for the undersized Boozer scored 30 Points in the first three quarters and shot 13for19 for the relying mostly on layups and dunks after using his big body to get Good position Down but getting the Ball Down Low to the jazz were Able to counter Golden states frenetic style and 12 three Point ers that got the raucous fans riled they create a lot of problems the Way they they Speed you Boozer they have got fans helping but there a very very talented theres very few teams in the Aba that can run with and were not one of today we just really tried to slow it the warriors had lost Only one of their previous 15 Home games a 12689 loss to san Antonio on March 26 and had out scored the opposition by an average of Points in their first four playoff games in Oakland with uptempo offence and fan support that dazzled the i thought we played but a Little fatigue set said Baron who had 15 Points after averaging the first three we were trying to do too much to night and we we rent playing the team game the Way we should we didst make it difficult for them to defend us to night and we didst do a great Job of defend that Why we