NBA: Knife's edge.
Labels: Basketball, NBA 0 commentsCavs, Spurs force Game 7, as they hang on the knife's edge. Lakers edge Jazz in a close Game 6 to advance to West Finals.
Spurs big three scores at least 15 points each, sweep Hornets at home. Winless on the road though, they go back to New Orleans for a rubber match to cap this very memorable series.
LeBron's 32 points, 12 rebounds, 6 assists, and made free-throws lifts Cavs at home. A key three by Szczerbiak with over two minutes left, and two free-throws by Joe Smith finished the Celtics off.
The Lakers knock the Jazz out by three points. 108-105. It started as a blowout, the Lakers led by 19 at the half, and it seemed as if it was destined to be a blowout. Until Deron Williams started a Jazz run in the late fourth quarter with a wild magic shot, followed by a series of dishes for a speeding Millsap and a hot three-point happy Okur that eventually brought it to within seven. With Boozer out of the game, the Jazz held on to their defense and their three-point shooting. A block on Kobe shared by Kirilenko and Millsap gave the Jazz a running start, leading to a Kirilenko three on the other end that brought them to within four.
Then the Jazz managed the clock wisely, fouling quickly and answering back.
Until Fisher missed a free-throw. The Jazz started running. They had the chance to tie it up, but Okur and Williams missed at the other end.
And that was it. Done. Period.
The Jazz gave a good fight, but the Lakers were just meant to win. Nice job by Kobe, by the way. He scored ten straight at one point in the fourth. Very huge. And now they go back to a place they haven't been in since the 04-05 season, with a line-up that's much youthful and revitalized, and most importantly, Kobe Bryant performing like a real MVP.
That's all for now. Until next time. [Thanks to Yahoo! Sports for the image up there] =)
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