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Lakers hold off Jazz 108-105, reach West finals : Kobe Bryant scored 34 points and Los Angeles held off a furious rally by the Utah Jazz for a 108-105 victory Friday night, putting the Lakers in the Western Conference finals for the first time in four years. The Jazz had a chance to tie it at the...
SALT LAKE CITY -- Kobe Bryant scored 34 points and Los Angeles held off a furious rally by the Utah Jazz for a 108-105 victory Friday night, putting the Lakers in the Western Conference finals for the first time in four years. The Jazz had a chance to tie it at the end, but Mehmet Okur and Deron...
On a night when the Jazz kept clanking shots right and left and could never seem to get anything going, reserve forward Paul Millsap almost single-handedly brought the Jazz back into a game that had long looked out of reach. With the Jazz trailing by 16 points after three quarters, Millsap came...
Cavaliers guard Daniel Gibson will miss Game 6 of Cleveland's playoff against the Boston Celtics tonight after separating his left shoulder during the second half Wednesday night.Gibson, one of the Cavs' best perimeter shooters, left early in the fourth quarter following a collision and did not...
The San Antonio Spurs' Big Three came through. Now they have to win on the road to keep their title defense alive. Manu Ginobili scored 25 points, Tim Duncan had 20 points and 15 rebounds, and Tony Parker added 15 points in the Spurs' 99-80 victory over the New Orleans Hornets in Game 6 on...
CAVALIERS' GIBSON OUT FOR GAME 6: Cleveland Cavaliers guard Daniel Gibson will miss tonight's Game 6 of the team's series against the Boston Celtics after separating his left shoulder during the second half Wednesday night. BARKLEY OWES CASINO $400,000: Charles Barkley acknowledged he owes a...
Russian forward Andrei Kirilenko missed practice Thursday because of a travel visa, a day before the Utah Jazz faced the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 6 of the Western Conference semifinals. Agent Marc Fleisher said Kirilenko had to finalize a travel visa for a family trip to France this summer and...
Kevin Garnett had 26 points and 16 rebounds, Rajon Rondo added 20 points and 13 assists, and the Boston Celtics beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 96-89 to move within a win of the Eastern Conference finals. Paul Pierce scored 29 and helped shut down LeBron James for much of the second half to give...
LOS ANGELES - Bryant scored 26 points, his teammates kept Utah at bay down the stretch, and the Los Angeles Lakers extended the stunning home success by NBA teams in the second round of the playoffs, beating the Jazz 111-104 on Wednesday night to take a 3-2 lead in the Western Conference...
LOS ANGELES — A strong start. According to point guard Deron Williams, that was "a big part of our downfall in L.A." Once down 0-2 to the Los Angeles Lakers in their best-of-seven NBA Western Conference semifinal series, the Jazz are back here tonight tied at 2 — and knowing what they have to do...
