European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 31, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse May 2007 stars and stripes Mideast edition Page 31 Aba scoreboard playoffs conference finals bestow seven Eastern conference Detroit Cleveland Detroit Cleveland 76 Detroit Cleveland 76 Cleveland Detroit 82 tuesday Cleveland Detroit series tied 22 thursday Cleveland at Detroit saturday Detroit at june 4 Cleveland at Western conference san Antonio Utah san Antonio Utah 100 san Antonio Utah san Antonio leads series 20 Utah san Antonio 83 monday san Antonio Utah san Anto Nio leads series 31 wednesday Utah at san Antonio Friday san Antonio at Utah sunday Utah at san if necessary tuesday Cavaliers pistons 87 Detroit Prince 41178 Wallace 410 12 Webber 13 02 Hamilton 92112 Billups 616 910 Mcdyess 59 23 Mur Ray 01 00 Maxiell 12 22 Delfino 0100 Hunter 11 00 totals 3175 2229 Cleveland James 819 89 Gooden 814 34 Lugauskas 37 34 Pavlovic 27 00 Hughes 16 00 Gibson 47 1212 Varjao 12 02 Marshall 35 00 01 00 Snow 00 12 totals 3068 2733 Detroit 22 21 24 2087 Cleveland 26 24 is 2691 three Point goal Detroit 317 Billups Hunter Delfino Prince Wal lace Cleveland 414 Marshall Pavlov in Gibson James fouled 49 Bil Lups Cleveland 46 Gooden assists de troit 16 Prince Cleveland 16 James Lebron takes gets last word Cleveland Star not rattled by trash talk As cars even series total foul Detroit Cleveland technical Detroit defensive three Cleveland defensive three playoff leaders through May by Tom Withers the associated press Cleveland the jumpers so did the layups and every one of his free including two with four ticks left on the clock and one of the Detroit pistons talking trash in his Lebron James ignored rip Hamiltons he want going to let anyone or anything Stop this was his fourth his time to i live for the fourth James i told my team get me to the fourth and its and ill try to win the and i was Able to do James scored 25 Points in the fourth and Rookie Daniel Gibson added a season High 21 Points As the Cleveland Cavaliers tied the Eastern conference finals with a 9187 Victory Over the Detroit pistons in game 4 tues Day just As they did a year when they dropped games 1 and 2 of the conference semis in de the Cavaliers took care of business at Home and will now try to win again in game 5 on thurs Day night at the Palace in a Burn whether they succeed or the cars have earned themselves at least one More Home game in one of their deepest runs through the we have a clean slate said Drew who added a series High 19 Points seven in the fourth for we can go into the Palace and Start the series the 21yearold filling in for injured Larry made 12 of 12 free throws and car ried the cars in the Eric Snow hit a crucial free throw in the final seconds As the Cavaliers moved within two victories of their first trip to the James was criticized for his fourth Quarter failures in games 1 and 2 at when he passed up the final shot one night and make a Las second attempt the next Mark Cleveland Lebron James 23 celebrates with Donyell Marshall after James nailed a shot in the fourth Quarter of game 4 of the Eastern conference finals against the Detroit pistons on tuesday in James scored 25 Points 13 in the final Quarter As the Cavaliers tied the series 22 with a 9187 this 22yearold has Learned from his in 12 magnificent minutes in the he went 4for6 from the 5for5 from the line and added four rebounds and three As he also played defense Down the stretch on Chauncey Bil who went ofor3 with three turnovers in the the who lost a seven game series to Detroit last Are making Only their third visit to the conference finals and each time Treyve been tied 22 be fore losing in six Billups scored 23 but Only five after Hamilton 19 and Tayshaun Prince 15 for the who needed Las Sec Ond victories to go up 20 in the Besto seven series and Are Sud Denly looking for their frustration boiled Over in the fourth when Rasheed Wallace was whistled for a technical Dur ing Cleveland 90 in the final it was the More experienced pistons who come up with the big with Detroit Down Wallace blocked a shot in the but Billups rushed a three Pointer that on Cleveland next posses Snow got fouled by Hamil ton following a scramble for a Loose snows free throw put the Cava Liers ahead by four before Anto Nio Mcdyess tip in got the Pis tons within 8987 with seconds James was and Cleve lands whose poor free throw shooting All season has been one of his Only calmly knocked Down both foul shots to make it 9187 with 4 seconds As James was preparing to Hamilton walked up to him at the line and tried to rattle him with a few Choice words As James had done to Washington Gilbert Arenas in the playoffs last i invented James Scottie Pippen invented that with Karl he Hamilton tried to mess with but in More focused than i Ever have been in my Wallace missed a three Pointer with seconds James hauled in his seventh rebound to go with 11 assists to Seal one of the biggest victories in Cleve lands 37year Bryant Calls lakers front office a asks to be traded the associated press los Angeles Kobe Bry ant asked to be traded from the lakers on a Day after calling the teams front office a i would like to be Bryant told esp Tough As it is to come to that conclusion theres no other alter a you know who helped the team win three consecutive Aba Cham has four years remain ing on the Mil lion contract he signed july that was a Day after Shaquille Oneal was traded to the Miami Bryant became infuriated tues Day when a los Angeles times columnist quoted what he called a lakers insider As saying it was Bryants insistence on getting away from Oneal that prompted the Trade to lakers Center Kwame Brown underwent reconstructive surgery on his left ankle tuesday and might not be ready for the Start of training Camp in the lakers said that while Brown is expected to make a com plete he wont return to playing status for a minimum of four the 25yearold Brown aver aged rebounds and a career est blocked shots in 41 games last earlier lakers owner Jerry Buss was arrested for investigation of driving under the influence of the 74yearold Buss was taken into custody shortly before 1 after he drove his Gold Mer cede Benz station Wagon the wrong Way on a Street in an unincorporated Section of Carlsbad that has double yellow Cali fornia Highway patrol officer Tom Kerns although i was driving Only a Short it was a bad Deci Sion and i was wrong to do Buss said in a statement issued by the it was a mistake i will not make a 23yearold woman in the vehicle with Buss want Kerns both coaches unhappy with unruly Utah fans Salt Lake City if there is a game 6 of the Western Confer ence Security is Likely to be angry Utah fans threw debris onto the court late in the san Anto Nio spurs 9179 Victory monday night in game and the Shower continued after the Buzzer even after repeated pleas Over the Public address system not to throw both san Antonio coach Gregg Popovich and Utah coach Jerry Sloan were still unhappy tuesday about the ugly its unfortunate because its Al ways a few people that create a poor it didst reflect Well on Salt Lake that for Popovich said in san Anto where the spurs will try to wrap up the series wednesday in game but on we All know that there Are idiots in every town that can act like that and unfortunately we saw some of
