European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 27, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse May 2007 stars and stripes Mideast edition Page 27 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 May 29 Detroit at Cleveland May 31 Cleveland at june 2 Detroit at june 4 Cleveland at Western conference san Antonio Utah san Antonio Utah 100 tuesday san Antonio Utah san an Tonio leads series 20 saturday san Antonio at Utah May 28 san Antonio at Utah May 30 Utah at san june 1 san Antonio at june 3 Utah at san necessary playoff leaders through May 24 scoring g Fig it pts Lal 5 60 34 164 4 49 21 128 5 47 31 134 10 91 70 253 7 63 42 177 11 98 57 278 7 55 66 176 Utah 14 138 70 346 13 126 63 315 12 93 90 288 4 36 22 94 5 42 25 114 rebounds g off def Tot 5 12 62 74 4 16 43 59 Lal 5 20 45 65 Utah 14 47 127 174 13 52 107 159 10 30 91 121 6 25 43 68 12 23 108 131 11 27 87 114 7 23 49 72 assists g ast 11 146 4 47 12 131 Utah 14 126 12 97 10 75 7 51 13 88 12 81 11 72 avg avg avg Cavaliers refuse to complain about Calls Cleveland focuses on improving play As it tries to climb Back into series by Tom Withers the associated press Cleveland Lebron James laughed when asked about the Gauze Bandage covering a Nasty scratch on his right fore this ones from my team he said the Detroit pistons have left deeper two games and two Las play losses into his first trip to the East Ern conference James re fused to offer any excuses for him self or the Cleveland who find themselves in an 02 Hole going into sundays game criticized for passing up the final shot in game didst complain about a Nonsall in the closing seconds of game 2 when it appeared he was fouled while driving on rip Hamilton for a shot in the James chalked up Cleveland second consecutive 7976 loss As another step he and his teammates have to its about us paying our he on the Cavaliers were talkative and Loose As they pre pared to study film and get in a Light practice following thursday nights punching Chegut which followed an eerily similar script Down the stretch As the James final act of game once James had the Ball in his hands with the game on the but unlike these Ries when he drove and dished to a wide open Donyell Marshall in the James it upon himself to take the last the superstar was stepping up like everyone he drove to the left on a Back pedalling whose first reaction was to reach and grab at on the initial Cleveland superstar Forward said he expected to hear a whistle for a none you Are not allowed to use your hands on the perimeter once the Guy starts penetrating toward the James there was a lot of physical Contact throughout the so i dont want to look Back at that one play but it could have made a differ James shot came cleanly off the Glass to Larry who had a Chance to erase what has been a mostly disastrous postseason for Cleveland Point but shooting just 27 per cent 6for22 in this mis fired from 10 feet and Anderson Varjao direct in a Las gasp James stopped Short of complaining about the in describing the climactic play he made it Clear that he Felt he had done enough to earn a trip to the free throw once i went up for my i Felt some More he but i guess you Call this playoff i do the Best i can do and hopefully we get some re Spect at some the pistons earned theirs Long although they needed late comebacks and some Good Luck to win the first two the Bottom line is that they Detroit doing All it can to disrupt gave up 34 Points in the second Quarter of game 2 but then held the cars to 13 Points in the third and 13 in the on the pistons made the key shots when they had the biggest coming on Rasheed wallaces turnaround Baseline jumper with 24 seconds to there has been Little margin for and so the pistons Haven strayed to the wrong no matter where you theres a Fine line Between win Ning and Detroit coach flip Saunders it boils Down to two or three theres some things that we Haven that Treyve either forced us to not play Well at times or forced a weve shot ourselves in the the one thing you cant take away is the defense that we played in the second half in both when you hold a team to 26 i dont care who youre playing or where youre that pretty Good James did what he was sup posed to and was More aggressive in game he drove to the took just one three Point or and took seven free throws after failing to get to the line at All in the it want enough and James knows he must do More in the next two Home games to get the Cavaliers Back into the i have to or were not going to he its As simple Asim the Leader of this team and i have to do make bet Ter decisions Down the stretch and learn from some of the mis takes Ive we still have we have to win four out of its not impose but we have to do it the most powerful weapon in your Arsenal one mouse lick and you Are on your Way to a degree in education for free at no tuition Cost to you earn a degree and set your 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