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| Back to Beantown! LeBron, Cavs force game 7 |
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05/17/2008 |
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| th Garden. The host has won all six games in the series. "We're looking forward to going to Boston and having the opportunity to play there again and get a win on the road," Cavs coach Mike Brown said. The winner will go on to face the second-seeded Detroit Pistons in the East's finals beginning on Tuesday. Delonte West chipped in 10 points for Cleveland, which ended a three-game losing streak when facing playoff elimination even though the club shot just 32.9 percent from the floor. The Cavs did, however, rem |
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| Prince of The Palace helping Pistons at both ends |
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05/16/2008 |
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DETROIT (AP) -In some ways, Tayshaun Prince seems like the same player he was when he suddenly went from the bench to playing for the Detroit Pistons during the 2003 playoffs. Prince slows down opponents with his lanky 6-foot-9, 215-pound frame and basketball IQ. He scores on an array of runners and spin moves around the lane, and from the outside with an awkward stroke. In subtle ways, Prince has evolved as more than just a sidekick in the shadow of Chauncey Billups, Richard Hamilton and Rasheed Wall |
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| Suns to interview Rockets' assistant Turner |
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05/16/2008 |
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| p>The interview will be next week, the team said Friday. The 48-year-old Turner has been an assistant to coach Rick Adelman for 11 years with Portland, Sacramento and Houston. Turner joins Terry Porter and Mark Jackson as candidates. Porter, a Detroit Pistons' assistant and former head coach at Milwaukee, was interviewed by Suns general manager Steve Kerr on Tuesday. The Suns were to talk with Jackson, a TV analyst and former player, on Friday. Turner was known as a rugged defender in eight seasons as |
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| Cavs try to force Game 7 against Celtics |
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05/16/2008 |
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| he clubs meet tonight at Quicken Loans Series. Boston leads this set 3-2. If necessary, Game 7 is scheduled for Sunday at TD Banknorth Garden. The home team has won all five games in this series. The winner of this series will face the second-seeded Detroit Pistons in the Eastern Conference finals. On Wednesday, Paul Pierce scored 29 points, grabbed seven rebounds, and hit some clutch free throws down the stretch as the top-seeded Celtics rebounded from an early 14-point deficit to beat No. 4 Cleveland, 96-89, |
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| Dennis Rodman charged with domestic violence in LA |
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05/16/2008 |
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| re still dating. ``We look forward to a successful resolution of this misdemeanor matter,'' said Rodman's attorney, Paul Meyer. Attempts to find a phone listing for Peterson were not successful. Rodman was part of championship teams with the Chicago Bulls and Detroit Pistons.Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. |
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| Pistons' Billups ready for conference finals |
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05/15/2008 |
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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) -Chauncey Billups is taking advantage of the Detroit Pistons' break, pushing himself through scrimmages to get his right hamstring into game shape. ``I haven't done anything in like a week, so that takes a toll on you'' the All-Star point guard said Thursday. ``Being able to get up and down is a plus for me.'' Detroit earned at least a few days off to rest and give Billups a chance to recover by eliminating the Orlando Magic in five games in the second round. If the top-seeded |
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| Billups ready for Game 1 of Eastern Conference finals |
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05/15/2008 |
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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) -All-Star point guard Chauncey Billups has practiced with the Detroit Pistons and is expected to be ready to play in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals. Detroit coach Flip Saunders says Billups looked good enough in practice Thursday that he could have played if there was a game. Billups missed the last two games against the Orlando Magic in the second round with a strained right hamstring. The Pistons will open the conference finals Sunday if the Boston Celtics eliminate t |
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| Current Pistons join Showtime Lakers in NBA lore |
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05/14/2008 |
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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) -The Detroit Pistons have defied NBA convention, achieving remarkable consistency with six straight trips to the conference finals without a player widely regarded as a future Hall of Famer. Detroit coach Flip Saunders credited Joe Dumars, the team's president of basketball operations, for assembling the unique model of success. ``So many times people talk about certain teams have players carry them, but Joe built this team on the idea of a team,'' Saunders said Tuesday night af |
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| Magic glum after season-ending loss to Pistons |
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05/14/2008 |
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| o the second round for the first time since Shaquille O'Neal was here, and landed a player on the All-NBA first team for just the third time in franchise history. But for the second consecutive season, the Magic were run out of the playoffs by the Detroit Pistons. They weren't swept this time, but the players said this 4-1 series exit hurt more. ``We believe in ourselves a lot more than we did last year,'' Jameer Nelson said. Coach Stan Van Gundy thought that was a good sign. ``We've gotten to the poin |
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| Celtics, Cavaliers resume best-of-seven series in Beantown |
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05/14/2008 |
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| ast finals, and in four contests, 3-1, in the first round of the 1985 playoffs. Cleveland knocked out the Celtics in seven games in the 1992 East semis. The Cavaliers have won a best-of-seven series after losing Games 1 and 2. Cleveland defeated the Detroit Pistons in the 2007 East finals after dropping the first two games of the set at The Palace of Auburn Hills. The Celtics have lost a playoff series after winning the first two games of the set. In the 1990 first round, the New York Knicks knocked out Boston |
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