Friday, May 25, 2007
NBA PLAYOFFS
SEMIFINALS
(Best-of-7)
Sunday, May 20
San Antonio 108, Utah 100
Monday, May 21
Detroit 79, Cleveland 76, Detroit leads series 1-0
Tuesday, May 22
San Antonio 105, Utah 96, San Antonio leads series 2-0
Thursday, May 24
Detroit 79, Cleveland 76, Detroit leads series 2-0
Saturday, May 26
San Antonio at Utah, 8:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 27
Detroit at Cleveland, 8:30 p.m.
Monday, May 28
San Antonio at Utah, 9 p.m.
Tuesday, May 29
Detroit at Cleveland, 8 p.m.
Wednesday, May 30
Utah at San Antonio, 9 p.m., if necessary
Thursday, May 31
Cleveland at Detroit, 8 p.m., if necessary
THURSDAY’S NBA SUMMARY
PISTONS 79, CAVALIERS 76
CLEVELAND (76)—James 7-19 5-7 19, Gooden 2-4 0-0 4, Ilgauskas 1-6 1-2 3, Pavlovic 7-10 0-0 14, Hughes 2-9 0-0 4, Varejao 5-11 4-6 14, Gibson 3-8 0-0 9, Marshall 2-5 0-0 6, Da.Jones 1-3 0-0 3, Snow 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 30-75 10-15 76.
DETROIT (79)—Prince 0-8 1-2 1, Wallace 7-10 1-2 16, Webber 4-13 1-2 9, Hamilton 5-14 2-4 13, Billups 4-7 3-3 13, McDyess 2-5 0-0 4, Maxiell 7-9 1-6 15, Hunter 0-0 0-0 0, Murray 1-2 0-0 2, Delfino 2-4 0-0 6. Totals 32-72 9-19 79.
Cleveland 16 34 13 13 — 76
Detroit 20 18 22 19 — 79
3-Point Goals—Cleveland 6-19 (Gibson 3-7, Marshall 2-4, Da.Jones 1-3, James 0-1, Varejao 0-1, Pavlovic 0-3), Detroit 6-11 (Billups 2-2, Delfino 2-3, Hamilton 1-3, Wallace 1-3). Rebounds—Cleveland 51 (Varejao 14), Detroit 49 (Wallace 11). Assists—Cleveland 17 (James 7), Detroit 23 (Billups 6). Total Fouls—Cleveland 18, Detroit 16. Technicals—Cleveland coach Mike.Brown. A—22,076.
NBA Playoff Leaders
Through May 22
Scoring
G FG FT PTS AVG
Bryant, LAL 5 60 34 164 32.8
Jamison, Wash. 4 49 21 128 32.0
Anthony, Den. 5 47 31 134 26.8
Stoudemire, Phoe. 10 91 70 253 25.3
McGrady, Hou. 7 63 42 177 25.3
Davis, G.S. 11 98 57 278 25.3
Yao, Hou. 7 55 66 176 25.1
Boozer, Utah 14 138 70 346 24.7
James, Clev. 11 86 85 269 24.5
Duncan, S.A. 13 126 63 315 24.2
Wade, Mia. 4 36 22 94 23.5
Iverson, Den. 5 42 25 114 22.8
Carter, N.J. 12 93 61 268 22.3
Deng, Chi. 10 88 46 222 22.2
Howard, Dall. 6 51 19 128 21.3
Gordon, Chi. 10 61 58 204 20.4
Jackson, G.S. 11 61 71 219 19.9
Billups, Det. 11 61 71 218 19.8
Jefferson, N.J. 12 81 61 236 19.7
Nowitzki, Dall. 6 36 42 118 19.7
FG Percentage
FG FGA PCT
Milicic, Orl. 20 34 .588
Nene, Den. 31 53 .585
Moore, N.J. 56 100 .560
O’Neal, Mia. 33 59 .559
Howard, Orl. 23 42 .548
Duncan, S.A. 126 233 .541
Ilgauskas, Clev. 62 115 .539
Boozer, Utah 138 257 .537
Brown, LAL 19 36 .528
WOMEN’S NBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
Detroit 2 0 1.000 —
Indiana 2 0 1.000 —
New York 2 0 1.000 —
Connecticut 1 1 .500 1
Chicago 0 2 .000 2
Washington 0 3 .000 2 1/2
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
Seattle 2 0 1.000 —
Sacramento 2 1 .667 1/2
Los Angeles 1 1 .500 1
Phoenix 1 1 .500 1
San Antonio 1 1 .500 1
Houston 0 1 .000 1 1/2
Minnesota 0 3 .000 2 1/2
Thursday’s Games
New York 81, Washington 76
Indiana 83, Los Angeles 70
Today’s Games
Chicago at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Seattle at San Antonio, 8 p.m.
Houston at Phoenix, 10 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Los Angeles at Connecticut, 3:30 p.m.
Deng, Chi. 88 168 .524
Rebounds
G OFF DEF TOT AVG
Camby, Den. 5 12 62 74 14.8
Howard, Orl. 4 16 43 59 14.8
Odom, LAL 5 20 45 65 13.0
Boozer, Utah 14 47 127 174 12.4
Duncan, S.A. 13 52 107 159 12.2
Stoudemire, Phoe. 10 30 91 121 12.1
Nowitzki, Dall. 6 25 43 68 11.3
Kidd, N.J. 12 23 108 131 10.9
Marion, Phoe. 11 27 87 114 10.4
Yao, Hou. 7 23 49 72 10.3
Assists
G AST AVG
Nash, Phoe. 11 146 13.3
Daniels, Wash. 4 47 11.8
Kidd, N.J. 12 131 10.9
Williams, Utah 14 126 9.0
James, Clev. 11 90 8.2
Hinrich, Chi. 10 75 7.5
McGrady, Hou. 7 51 7.3
Billups, Det. 11 75 6.8
Parker, S.A. 13 88 6.8
Davis, G.S. 11 72 6.5