Friday, June 08, 2007
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SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- LeBron James finally scaled the big stage, and like a bunch of burly bouncers, the San Antonio Spurstossed him off it.
Welcome to the NBA finals, young fella.
James couldn't solve San Antonio's stifling defense and the pick-and-rolling Spurs, as fundamental and selfless as ever,outclassed Cleveland in an 85-76 victory in Game 1 on Thursday night.
Tim Duncan had 24 points, 13 rebounds and five blocks, and Tony Parker added 27 points and seven assists for the Spurs,who began their quest for a fourth championship since 1999 with a defensive clinic on James and the Cavs, makingtheir first appearance in the finals.
With the eyes of Texas, a curious hoops nation and the world upon him, the 22-year-old James, who has rarely failed to riseto any occasion, flopped like never before.
James shot just 4-of-16 from the field and finished with 14 points and six turnovers in 44 exhausting minutes. Led by BruceBowen, their top defensive agitator, the Spurs grounded Cleveland's soaring superstar.
"If I went by one guy, another guy stepped up," James said. "For us to have a chance to win, I have to play better."
This was hardly the series opener James, the NBA or ABC-TV executives, had hoped for. James' first foray into the finals washyped in the days leading up to the game as many wondered if he could deliver the way Michael Jordan once did.
But James wasn't close to being Jordanesque, and he came nowhere near matching His Airness' first game in the finals whenhe scorched the Los Angeles Lakers for 36 points on June 2, 1991.
Game 2 of the best-of-seven series is Sunday night in San Antonio. Games 3, 4 and 5 (if necessary) will be in Cleveland.
The Spurs' game plan was to make it tough for James to score. They made it nearly impossible as Bowen forced him towardthe sideline and away from the lane -- his personal runway to dunks.
"We did a very good job on LeBron, not giving him the lanes that he's used to," Duncan said. "It takes five guys understandingwhat we're doing, understanding a game plan and sticking with it."
The Spurs, who lost twice to the Cavaliers during the regular season, seemed to be one step ahead of James all night. Whenhe cut left, they cut him off. When he tried going right, they were right there. By the time James made his first outsidejumper -- a 3-pointer with 6:54 left -- the Spurs had built a 74-59 lead.
By then, the Spurs had squeezed the life out of Cleveland and its young star.
"LeBron is the head of the snake," Spurs forward Robert Horry said, "and we need to cut that head off."
The 31-year-old Duncan, labeled boring because of his lack of flash, did what he always does: dominate.
The Big Fundamental knocked down open jumpers, freed up teammates with crunching picks and generally had his wayagainst Cleveland's frontline for San Antonio, which was lifted by its crowd's incessant chants of "Go, Spurs, Go."
Parker, too, was on top of his game. The speedy point guard slashed and sliced past Larry Hughes and James for easylayups.
"We have to make the game harder for him," Hughes said.
It couldn't have been any tougher for James.
After missing his first eight shots, he finally got his first field goal with 7:15 left in the third quarter, blasting down the lanethrough a pack of Spurs to hit a scoop shot that brought the Cavs within 46-41.
But Bowen responded with a 3-pointer, Manu Ginobili hit another from long range and Duncan dished to Parker for a layup tomake it 56-47. On the Spurs' next trip, Parker weaved his way inside and dropped in a layup, the ball sitting on the rim forseveral seconds before finally falling.
The Spurs eventually pushed their lead to 64-49 after three, and then opened the final period with 3-pointers by Horry andGinobili to open their biggest lead, 70-52 with 8:50 left.
Two 3-pointers by James and a few jumpers by rookie Daniel Gibson, who led the Cavaliers with 16 points, cleaned up thescore but it wasn't nearly that close as Cleveland shot under 40 percent until a late barrage.
"They started to do a good job towards the end of the game," Duncan said. "They got a couple of layups and a couple of easyshots. We'll have to clean that up a little bit."
James left with 45 seconds to go, dejectedly slumping into his seat after a night he'd probably like to forget.
"He struggled mightily," Cavs coach Mike Brown said. "They closed down the paint, and we tried to pick-and-roll with him.When he did get in the paint, he wasn't able to finish because they were bringing bodies, not just one, but two, threebodies."
Before taking the floor for their first finals game in Cleveland's 37-year history, the Cavaliers huddled near the tunnel for aprayer. Then, James and his teammates repeated something they've done since the first day of training camp.
"One, two, three, championship," they shouted in unison.
But it became clear very early on that any climb to a title would be steep.
The Spurs, who hadn't played in a week since beating Utah in the Western Conference finals, showed no early rust. Theystarted 7-of-9 from the field as Parker and Duncan combined for 14 of San Antonio's first 16 points as San Antonioopened a 20-15 lead after one.
Every time James took off for the basket, the Spurs seemed to multiply in his face. On one drive, he had his headbandyanked off by Duncan, who got posterized on a dunk by James in the first meeting between the teams in November.
Seven months later, Duncan got even.
On the occasion of his fourth finals, the three-time finals MVP, arrived at the arena with a freshly shaved head -- typically asign that he's ready to rumble. He has been reluctant to talk about his place in history or the Spurs' ascension to a dynastylevel.
But if this game was any indication, San Antonio may soon be recognized as one of the league's great powers. Unless, ofcourse, James figures out a way to get to the basket or get his jumper to fall.
"A lot of shots I took, I usually make," he said. "Things like that happen. You have one off night, but it's not like the NCAAtournament where you have one game and you're out. We've got to regroup."
Notes
Game 1 winners have gone on to win the series 17 of 23 times since 1984. ... American Idol winner Jordin Sparks sang thenational anthem. ... The finals always bring out celebrities of all shapes and sizes as well as great former players includingJulius Erving, Patrick Ewing, Clyde Drexler, Bob Lanier, David Robinson and Grant Hill. Erving spent time before thegame chatting with actress Eva Longoria, Parker's fiancee. Later, when Erving was introduced to the crowd, Ewing bowedseveral times to salute "Dr. J." ... Horry is trying to win his seventh NBA title. "Big Shot Rob" won two with Houston(1994, 1995), three with the Los Angeles Lakers (2000-02) and one with San Antonio (2005).
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You might think that Dog and Beth Chapman -- the toughest, hardest bounty hunters around -- might take a tough stanceagainst Paris Hilton's early release. Think again!
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The Chapmans, who spoke exclusively to TMZ late last night, have both spent a little time in jails themselves and think thatParis has already been punished enough for what they call a "traffic offense" -- and they have just one question for allthose outraged observers: Have you ever spent even an hour in jail?
Dog, star of A&E's "Dog the Bounty Hunter," says he gave serious thought to making a very unusual plea to the judge inParis' case after hearing of the 45-day sentence. "I was going to offer to do the 45 days for her," he says. "And if anyone hates jail,my brother, it's Dog Chapman." Dog's prescription for punishing Paris? Putting Paris under "Dog Arrest" and having Bethgive Paris a stern talking-to about drinking, driving and life.
Beth tells us that in her 20 years in the bail bonds biz, she's never seen anyone who committed Paris' crime -- which shecalls essentially a "traffic offense" -- get such a stiff sentence. "That L.A. City Attorney [Rocky Delgadillo] is a joke. Three days inisolation for a person like Paris is more than enough. What you can't do is waste taxpayer money so a bunch of people canget their rocks off."
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SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- LeBron James finally scaled the big stage, and like a bunch of burly bouncers, the San Antonio Spurstossed him off it.
Welcome to the NBA finals, young fella.
James couldn't solve San Antonio's stifling defense and the pick-and-rolling Spurs, as fundamental and selfless as ever,outclassed Cleveland in an 85-76 victory in Game 1 on Thursday night.
Tim Duncan had 24 points, 13 rebounds and five blocks, and Tony Parker added 27 points and seven assists for the Spurs,who began their quest for a fourth championship since 1999 with a defensive clinic on James and the Cavs, makingtheir first appearance in the finals.
With the eyes of Texas, a curious hoops nation and the world upon him, the 22-year-old James, who has rarely failed to riseto any occasion, flopped like never before.
James shot just 4-of-16 from the field and finished with 14 points and six turnovers in 44 exhausting minutes. Led by BruceBowen, their top defensive agitator, the Spurs grounded Cleveland's soaring superstar.
"If I went by one guy, another guy stepped up," James said. "For us to have a chance to win, I have to play better."
This was hardly the series opener James, the NBA or ABC-TV executives, had hoped for. James' first foray into the finals washyped in the days leading up to the game as many wondered if he could deliver the way Michael Jordan once did.
But James wasn't close to being Jordanesque, and he came nowhere near matching His Airness' first game in the finals whenhe scorched the Los Angeles Lakers for 36 points on June 2, 1991.
Game 2 of the best-of-seven series is Sunday night in San Antonio. Games 3, 4 and 5 (if necessary) will be in Cleveland.
The Spurs' game plan was to make it tough for James to score. They made it nearly impossible as Bowen forced him towardthe sideline and away from the lane -- his personal runway to dunks.
"We did a very good job on LeBron, not giving him the lanes that he's used to," Duncan said. "It takes five guys understandingwhat we're doing, understanding a game plan and sticking with it."
The Spurs, who lost twice to the Cavaliers during the regular season, seemed to be one step ahead of James all night. Whenhe cut left, they cut him off. When he tried going right, they were right there. By the time James made his first outsidejumper -- a 3-pointer with 6:54 left -- the Spurs had built a 74-59 lead.
By then, the Spurs had squeezed the life out of Cleveland and its young star.
"LeBron is the head of the snake," Spurs forward Robert Horry said, "and we need to cut that head off."
The 31-year-old Duncan, labeled boring because of his lack of flash, did what he always does: dominate.
The Big Fundamental knocked down open jumpers, freed up teammates with crunching picks and generally had his wayagainst Cleveland's frontline for San Antonio, which was lifted by its crowd's incessant chants of "Go, Spurs, Go."
Parker, too, was on top of his game. The speedy point guard slashed and sliced past Larry Hughes and James for easylayups.
"We have to make the game harder for him," Hughes said.
It couldn't have been any tougher for James.
After missing his first eight shots, he finally got his first field goal with 7:15 left in the third quarter, blasting down the lanethrough a pack of Spurs to hit a scoop shot that brought the Cavs within 46-41.
But Bowen responded with a 3-pointer, Manu Ginobili hit another from long range and Duncan dished to Parker for a layup tomake it 56-47. On the Spurs' next trip, Parker weaved his way inside and dropped in a layup, the ball sitting on the rim forseveral seconds before finally falling.
The Spurs eventually pushed their lead to 64-49 after three, and then opened the final period with 3-pointers by Horry andGinobili to open their biggest lead, 70-52 with 8:50 left.
Two 3-pointers by James and a few jumpers by rookie Daniel Gibson, who led the Cavaliers with 16 points, cleaned up thescore but it wasn't nearly that close as Cleveland shot under 40 percent until a late barrage.
"They started to do a good job towards the end of the game," Duncan said. "They got a couple of layups and a couple of easyshots. We'll have to clean that up a little bit."
James left with 45 seconds to go, dejectedly slumping into his seat after a night he'd probably like to forget.
"He struggled mightily," Cavs coach Mike Brown said. "They closed down the paint, and we tried to pick-and-roll with him.When he did get in the paint, he wasn't able to finish because they were bringing bodies, not just one, but two, threebodies."
Before taking the floor for their first finals game in Cleveland's 37-year history, the Cavaliers huddled near the tunnel for aprayer. Then, James and his teammates repeated something they've done since the first day of training camp.
"One, two, three, championship," they shouted in unison.
But it became clear very early on that any climb to a title would be steep.
The Spurs, who hadn't played in a week since beating Utah in the Western Conference finals, showed no early rust. Theystarted 7-of-9 from the field as Parker and Duncan combined for 14 of San Antonio's first 16 points as San Antonioopened a 20-15 lead after one.
Every time James took off for the basket, the Spurs seemed to multiply in his face. On one drive, he had his headbandyanked off by Duncan, who got posterized on a dunk by James in the first meeting between the teams in November.
Seven months later, Duncan got even.
On the occasion of his fourth finals, the three-time finals MVP, arrived at the arena with a freshly shaved head -- typically asign that he's ready to rumble. He has been reluctant to talk about his place in history or the Spurs' ascension to a dynastylevel.
But if this game was any indication, San Antonio may soon be recognized as one of the league's great powers. Unless, ofcourse, James figures out a way to get to the basket or get his jumper to fall.
"A lot of shots I took, I usually make," he said. "Things like that happen. You have one off night, but it's not like the NCAAtournament where you have one game and you're out. We've got to regroup."
Notes
Game 1 winners have gone on to win the series 17 of 23 times since 1984. ... American Idol winner Jordin Sparks sang thenational anthem. ... The finals always bring out celebrities of all shapes and sizes as well as great former players includingJulius Erving, Patrick Ewing, Clyde Drexler, Bob Lanier, David Robinson and Grant Hill. Erving spent time before thegame chatting with actress Eva Longoria, Parker's fiancee. Later, when Erving was introduced to the crowd, Ewing bowedseveral times to salute "Dr. J." ... Horry is trying to win his seventh NBA title. "Big Shot Rob" won two with Houston(1994, 1995), three with the Los Angeles Lakers (2000-02) and one with San Antonio (2005).
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You might think that Dog and Beth Chapman -- the toughest, hardest bounty hunters around -- might take a tough stanceagainst Paris Hilton's early release. Think again!
I
The Chapmans, who spoke exclusively to TMZ late last night, have both spent a little time in jails themselves and think thatParis has already been punished enough for what they call a "traffic offense" -- and they have just one question for allthose outraged observers: Have you ever spent even an hour in jail?
Dog, star of A&E's "Dog the Bounty Hunter," says he gave serious thought to making a very unusual plea to the judge inParis' case after hearing of the 45-day sentence. "I was going to offer to do the 45 days for her," he says. "And if anyone hates jail,my brother, it's Dog Chapman." Dog's prescription for punishing Paris? Putting Paris under "Dog Arrest" and having Bethgive Paris a stern talking-to about drinking, driving and life.
Beth tells us that in her 20 years in the bail bonds biz, she's never seen anyone who committed Paris' crime -- which shecalls essentially a "traffic offense" -- get such a stiff sentence. "That L.A. City Attorney [Rocky Delgadillo] is a joke. Three days inisolation for a person like Paris is more than enough. What you can't do is waste taxpayer money so a bunch of people canget their rocks off."
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Search For A Star! Team Celebpoker has been created to provide all Celebpoker players with an incredible opportunity torepresent Celebpoker at major European poker events. CelebPoker is going to send 2 different teams of players torepresent them at separate European events.
June 8, 2007 -- CelebPoker are sending players to the esteemed Barcelona poker Open Main Event, which is part of theEuropean Poker Tour, taking place between 28th August and 1st of September 2007.
The event will be held at the Casino Barcelona, Spain, from the 28th of August. The prize package is a $13,000 packageincluding entry to the No Limit Main Event tournament & approximately $2,000 accommodation/travel money!
Players can win one of these seats via the satellites running over the next six weeks which gives entry into the $700 onlinefinal on the 24th June.
$9 satellites will run all day every day. Winners of the daily satellites will win entry into the weekly Sunday $77 final at 17:30GMT to compete for a $700 seat in the online final.
Also players can win a seat to Master Classics of Poker in Amsterdam, Holland
CelebPoker.com are sending players to the prestigious €5,000 + €100 main event of the Master Classics of Poker inAmsterdam, Holland. This tournament is a No Limit Freezeout tournament taking place between the 7th to 10th November2007.
The main event will be held at the prestigious Holland Casino in Amsterdam from the 9th - 11th November. The prize packageis an $8,500 package including €5,100 entry to the tournament and $1,500 travel/accommodation money. You couldbe sat next to professional poker players competing for your chance at the estimated 500,000€ 1st prize.
Players can win one of these seats via the satellites running over the 12 weeks which give entry into the $450 online final, thefirst final being on Sunday the 1st July 2007.
$6 satellites will run all day, everyday. Winners of the daily satellites will win entry into the Sunday $49 final at 16:30 GMT tocompete for a $450 seat in the online final at 16:30 on Sunday 1st July
Search For A Star at CelebPoker.com.
Team Celebpoker has been created to provide all Celebpoker players with an opportunity to represent Celebpoker at majorEuropean poker events. CelebPoker is going to send 2 different teams of players each to a different European event.Everytime we send Team CelebPoker to an European Poker Event we will give players an opportunity to qualify via thetournament structures mentioned below. So, there is always a great opportunity for you, as a player, to join ourmagnificent Team CelebPoker.
Every player that makes it to the final table during of an EPT event will automatically receive entry to the next EPT event andevery player that wins an EPT event will receive sponsorship of the rest of the EPT season. This will result that TeamCelebPoker can only get bigger and bigger.
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