European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 26, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 2007 stars and stripes Mideast edition Page 31 pistons take game 2 after Lebron misses final shot by Larry Lage the associated press Auburn after passing up the last shot in the series opening Lebron James want about to do it again in game it still didst work out for Cleve James missed a shot in the Lane with seconds left on a play that a foul could have been called thursday allowing Detroit to escape with a 7976 Victory Over the Cavaliers and a 20 Lead in the Eastern conference faced with a similar situation in the series James passed up a shot in the final Sec giving the Ball to Donyell who missed an open the pistons went on to win that game by the same we know we can compete with but these Are heart break Type cars Forward Drew Gooden on thursday the 22yearold Star dribbled into the Lane and missed a spinning shot with Richard Hamilton draped on i believe there was some con but theres been a lot of con tact throughout this James were a no excuse team and we cant look at the last play As Why we Detroit won because of Aba scoreboard playoffs conference finals Besto seven Eastern conference Detroit Cleveland Detroit Cleveland 76 thursday Detroit Cleveland Detroit leads series 20 sunday Detroit at Cleveland tuesday Detroit at Cleveland thursday Cleveland at june 2 Detroit at june 4 Cleveland at Detroit Western conference san Antonio Utah san Antonio Utah 100 tuesday san Antonio Utah san an Tonio leads series 20 saturday san Antonio at Utah monday san Antonio at Utah May 30 Utah at san june 1 san Antonio at june 3 Utah at san necessary thursday pistons Cavaliers 76 Cleveland James 719 57 Gooden 24 00 Lugauskas 1612 Pavlovic 710 00 Hughes 29 00 Varjao 51146 Gib son 38 00 Marshall 25 00 13 00 Snow 00 00 totals 3075 1015 Detroit Prince 08 12 Wallace 710 12 Webber 413 12 Hamilton 514 24 Billups 47 33 Mcdyess 25 00 Max Iell Hunter 00 00 Murray 12 00 Delfino 24 00 totals 3272 919 Cleveland 16 34 13 1376 Detroit 20 18 22 1979 three Point goal Cleveland 619 Gib son Marshall James Varjao Pavlovic Detroit 611 Billups Delfino Hamilton Wal lace fouled rebounds Cleveland 51 Varjao Detroit 49 Wal lace assist Cleveland 17 James de troit 23 Billups total foul Cleveland Detroit technical Cleveland coach Aba Calendar 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 Rasheed wallaces particularly in the fourth Wallace scored 10 of his 16 Points in the fourth and his fade away jumper on the Baseline Over James with 24 second left put de troit ahead for he also had 11 three two blocks and two when Hes focused and Hes trying to take a game theres nobody that can Stop team mate Chauncey Billups he scores in so Many different ways and he Doest get a lot of press for the Way he defends the cars scored just 13 Points in each of the last two but they still had a shot to Larry Hughes grabbed the offensive rebound after James  make a 10footer and Anderson Varjao was just off on a game 3 is sunday night in Detroit started 20 against the cars in the second round last but the cars responded by winning three straight before los ing game 7 on the Hamilton and Billups had 13 Points apiece and Jason Maxiell provided a boost off the Bench with a playoff High James finished with 19 Points on 7for19 shooting and had seven six turnovers and six he scored a play of flow 10 Points on 5for15 shoot ing in game for the second straight he didst have much Sasha Pavlovic and Varjao each scored but key players a Drunas Lugauskas and Larry Hughes combined for just 11 Rookie Daniel Gibson added a playoff High nine the cars led 5038 after a Domi Nant second Quarter before a Lack Luster third allowed Detroit to come following a trend of playing poorly right after half had just seven Points in the third Quarter until making two three pointers in the final 39 seconds to take a 6360 Lead into the the pistons seemed to take control with a 144 run in the fourth Quarter that gave them a 7469 but Cleveland scored six straight to go Back ahead in another close that was definitely an East Ern conference grind tout Saunders the pistons expected James to be much More aggressive thurs Day and he James went right at the Basket the first time Cleveland had the Ball and made a a couple of possessions he was fouled As he drove into the Lane and went to the line after not at tempting one free throw monday Wallace went to the Bench with two fouls minutes into the Antonio Mcdyess left the game with a Cut in his Mouth and Paul Detroit pistons Forward Rasheed Wallace shoots Over Cleveland Cava Liers Forward Lebron James for the godhead score in the final seconds of the fourth Quarter at the Palace of Auburn on Maxiell made the most of the Opportunity to in exactly a he blocked James dunked off an Offen Sive rebound and had an alleys of Maxiell finished the Quarter with seven four rebounds and two blocks to help Detroit take a 2016 it was Gooden but these Are the playoffs and Guys get camped up to he had his Opportunity to Shine and he third Quarter Lull again dooms Cavaliers the associated press Auburn Cleveland Cava Liers coach Mike Brown and flip his counterpart with the Detroit agree on one they both think the pistons took control of the first two games of the Eastern conference finals with Pride and will in the second its a problem the Cavaliers had in their previous series As for the fourth straight playoff the Cavaliers fell apart coming out of and for the third it Cost them a Cleveland led the pistons 5038 at halftime thursday but were outscored 2213 in the third Quarter in Detroit 7976 Victory in game the pistons outscored the Cavaliers 2114 in the third Quarter of game which the Pis tons also went on to win in both they kicked our Butts in the first Saunders one thing this team has is a lot of i think our players were disappointed As far As How we so we locked Down to get control Back As Quick As we could in the third the rallies have sent the pistons on to a 20 Lead in the Besto seven that a Good Brown its a Good and they came out of the locker room ready to Rock and in the last two games of their second round series win Over new the Cavaliers de Suba Akron Beacon Cleveland Cavaliers defenders Donyell mar and Anderson try to Stop a shot by Detroit pistons Forward Chris Webber during the first half were outscored by an average of 12 Points in the third in not sure what is Cleve land Star Lebron James we Haven been a Good third Quarter team All year and that something we better figure out pretty in game the Cavaliers played a decent defensive holding the pistons to percent from the but they  get anything going Cleveland missed 10 of 15 Field goal attempts in the and turned the Ball Over five James played the entire but didst he missed his Only shot and committed three Only two three pointers by Donyell Marshall and another by fellow re serve Daniel Gibson allowed Cleveland to have a 6360 Lead going into the fourth Quad things didst get much better in the final period As Cleveland went 5for18 from the including a 2for7 performance by and committed six More we gave up 13 and 13 in the third and fourth quarters and we put the onus on them to try to make Saunders i think the whole series is going to be like the pistons went up 7776 on Rasheed Wal laces Baseline jumper with 24 seconds left Detroit Only Field goal of the final five min Cleveland got three shots on their last but James  penetrate Richard Hamiltons physical Larry Hughes was Short on a jumper and Anderson Var Jaos desperate tip rolled off the rim with three seconds to Brown and James both declined to com Plain about the Lack of a foul Call on Hamil the officials get paid a lot of and if they dont see they dont see any Brown Lebron drove the shot it and missed