NBA

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Detroit vs Orlando
Game One
91-72 (Detroit lead series 1-0)

New Orleans vs San Antonio
Game One
101-82 (New Orleans lead series 1-0)
5 POINTS & 3 REBOUNDS!!! The total of Tim Duncan's night as the Hornets swarmed inside defensively with Tyson Chandler getting plenty of help, so forcing the Spurs outside, they made twelve three pointers, but also missed nineteen. The Hornets All-Stars also came out to play after a pre-game speech in which coach Byron Scott showed his team the three NBA championship rings he won as a player. David West scored a playoff career high 30 points, while Paul added 17 points, 13 assists and four steals, as the Hornet overcame a first half deficet of eleven points.

[Strawb]

Celtics through 99 -65 over Atlanta.
Lakers over Jazz 109 - 98

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Conference Semifinals

WEST
1. Los Angeles Lakers vs 4. Utah Jazz
2. New Orleans Hornetts vs San Antonio Spurs

EAST
1. Boston Celtics vs 4. Cleveland Caveliers
2. Detroit Pistons vs 3. Orlando Magic

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Boston vs Atlanta
Game Seven
99-65 (Boston win series 4-3)
The Celtics won the game on the defensive end of the court, holding the Hawks to 29% shooting, Joe Johnson went 4-8 from three point territory, but from closer in could only manage 1-9, as the Celtics owned the paint scoring sixty points to the Hawks thirty. The Celtics forced sixteen turnovers that helped to a twelve to two advantage on fastbreak points. Offensively the Celtics still struggled with the exception of Garnett whose 18 points came from 9-13 shooting. Ray Allen scored only 7 points shooting the ball poorly (3-12 FG and 1-5 3P), while Paul Pierce scored twenty points but continues to be off from long range, 2-9 from the three point line

LA Lakers vs Utah
Game One
109-98 (LA lead series 1-0)
Kobe Bryant scored a game high 38 points (21 from the charity stripe) to go with his seven assists and six rebounds, as the Lakers won by eleven points despite shooting twenty two less field goal attempts than the Jazz.

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Detroit vs Orlando
Game Two
100-93 (Detriot lead series 2-0)

New Orleans vs San Antonio
Game Two
102-84 (New Orleans lead series 2-0)

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Kobe Bryant named MVP

Bryant finished the season ranked second in the league in scoring at 28.3 ppg, having shot .459 from the field, .840 from the free-throw line and .361 from three-point range. In addition, Bryant added 6.3 rebounds, 5.4 assists and 1.8 steals per game. The 6-6 guard led the Lakers to the best record in the Western Conference (57-25, .695), a 15-game improvement over last year (42-40, .512), and the franchise’s 19th Pacific Division title.

Bryant is the youngest player in NBA history to score 20,000 career points and the 16th player in league history to tally 21,000 points and 4,000 assists. This season, Bryant moved past 12 players on the all-time scoring list, including Hall of Famers George Gervin, Bob Pettit, Walt Bellamy and Hal Greer, to 24th all-time. Bryant was named NBA Western Conference Player of the Week three times (Jan. 14, March 3, April 7) and NBA Western Conference Player of the Month presented by Kia Motors twice this season (February, April).

Kobe Bryant 1100 points
Chris Paul 894 points
Kevin Garnett 670 points
LeBron James 438 points
Dwight Howard 60 points
Amare Stoudemire 27 points
Tim Duncan 25 points
Tracy McGrady 19 points
Steve Nash 18 points
Manu Ginobili 9 points
Dirk Nowitzki 5 points
Deron Williams 4 points
Carmelo Anthony 3 points
Paul Pierce 1 point
Rasheed Wallace 1 point
Carlos Boozer 1 point
Antwan Jamison 1 point

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Detroit vs Orlando
Game Three
86-111 (Detriot lead series 2-1)
Chauncey Billups injured his hamstring and is doubtful for game four

LA Lakers vs Utah
Game Two
120-110 (LA Lakers lead series 2-0)

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All-NBA teams announced

2007-08 ALL-NBA FIRST TEAM

Position Player, Team (1st Team Votes) Points
Forward Kevin Garnett, Boston (118) 612
Forward LeBron James, Cleveland (117) 610
Center Dwight Howard, Orlando (86) 546
Guard Kobe Bryant, L.A. Lakers (127) 635
Guard Chris Paul, New Orleans (124) 629

2007-08 ALL-NBA SECOND TEAM

Position Player, Team (1st Team Votes) Points
Forward Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas (1) 189
Forward Tim Duncan, San Antonio (25) 397
Center Amaré Stoudemire, Phoenix (30) 412
Guard Steve Nash, Phoenix (2) 311
Guard Deron Williams, Utah 228

2007-08 ALL-NBA THIRD TEAM

Position Player, Team (1st Team Votes) Points
Forward Carlos Boozer, Utah 174
Forward Paul Pierce, Boston (2) 151
Center Yao Ming, Houston (2) 71
Guard Tracy McGrady, Houston (1) 137
Guard Manu Ginobili, San Antonio 123

[Magpiespower]

Even though Kobe's been in the league for over a decade, reakon only now is he coming into his own.

Fingers crossed for another LA v Boston finals series.

With Kobe as Finals MVP!

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Even though Kobe's been in the league for over a decade, reakon only now is he coming into his own.

Fingers crossed for another LA v Boston finals series.

With Kobe as Finals MVP!

My personal nightmare!!!

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Boston vs Cleveland
Game Two
89-73 (Boston lead series 2-0)

New Orleans vs San Antonio
Game Three
99-110 (New Orleans lead series 2-1)

[dinglinga]

MP boston v lakers final

whats next

the greatest C64 game one one to be released onto playstation lol

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LA Lakers vs Utah
Game Three
99-104 (LA lead series 2-1)

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Nathan Jawai, the Cairns Taipan centre continues to hover around the early second round in the upcoming drat, acording to Mock NBA Drafts. Draftexpress.com has Jawai selected at 40 by the New Jersey Nets.

Dropped two spots in the mock draft at draftexpress.com - now sitting number 42 taken by the Kings

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Names of players who have Australian conections eligible for selection in the 2008 NBA Draft as Early Entry players.

- Joe Ingles, Melbourne South Dragons (Australia) (draftexpress.com mock draft 2009 - 2nd round)
- Tom Garlepp, UC Santa Barbara/Perth (Australia)
- Nathan Jawai, Midland CC/Cairns (Australia)
- Ryan Kersten, New Mexico/New Zealand (Australia)
- Damian Martin, Loyola Marymount/West Sydney (Australia)
- Stephen Weigh, Utah/Rockhampton (Australia)

Looks to be a big Draft for Australia in 2009 with Andrew Ogilvy projected as a Lottery Pick (Possibly Top 10 - only the 3rd Australia has had --and ALL centres)

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Detroit vs Orlando
Game Three
90-89 (Detroit lead series 3-1)

Detroit
- R. Hamilton 32pts (12/24FG) 6 Reb
- T. Prince 17pts (7/14FG) 5 Ast, 5 Reb, 4 TO
Orlando
- H. Turkoglu 20pts (7/14FG) 5 TO
- D Howard 8 pts (3/12 FG) , 12 Reb

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Boston vs Cleveland
Game Three
84-108 (Boston lead series 2-1)

Cleveland
- L. James 21 pts (5/16FG), 8 Ast, 5 Reb, 4 St, 3 Blocks
- D. West 21 pts (7/11FG), 7 Ast, 5 Reb
Boston
- K. Garnett 17 pts (8/13FG) 9 Reb
- P. Pierce 14 pts (3/8FG) 5 Ast, 5 TO

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The coaching merry-go-round has well and truely started in the NBA with 5 coaches exiting their roles and two new head coaches already announced.

GONE
New York - Isiah Thomas
Milwaukee - Larry Krystkowiak
Chicago - Jim Boylan (interim)
Charlotte - Sam Vincent
Miami - Pat Riley
Dallas - Avery Johnson
Phoenix - Mike D'Antoni

IN
Milwaukee - Scot Skiles
Miami - Erik Spoelstra
Memphis - Larry Brown
Dallas - Rick Carlisle
New York - Mike D'Antoni

[Magpiespower]

Larry Brown just can't help himself...

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New Orleans vs San Antonio
Game Four
80-100 (Series tied 2-2)
San Antonio
- T. Duncan 22pts (10/13FG), 15 Reb, 4 Blocks
- T. Parker 21 pts (8/12FG), 8 Ast, 6 Reb

New Orleans
- C. Paul 23 pts (10/16 FG), 6 Reb, 5 Ast
- D. West 10 pts (4/15 FG) , 5 Reb

LA Lakers vs Utah
Game Four
115-123 OT (Series tied 2-2)
Utah
- D. Williams 29pts (9/13FG, 3/4 3pt, 8/8FT), 14 Ast
- A. Kirilenko 15pts (4/4FG), 5 Blocks
LA Lakers
- K. Bryant 33pts (13/33 FG) , 10 Ast, 8 Reb
- L. Odom 26pts (10/18 FG), 13 Reb, 4 Blocks