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Duncan Drives Spurs to NBA Crown
w ith three titles, w hile Brow n headed into an
uncertain future still stuck on one.
“ I’m ju st as proud this year as I w as last year,”
Series decided in
seventh and final game
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(A P) — W ith the N BA title on the line, T im
D uncan and the San A ntonio Spurs proved
them selves w orthy cham pions.
D uncan cam e up huge in the second h alf and
was chosen finals M V P after having the w orst
playoff series o f his career, and M anu G inobili
had another breakthrough perform ance T h u rs
day night to lead the Spurs past the D etroit
Pistons 8 1 -74 in a G am e 7 that w as as thrilling
as it w as rare.
In a m atchup o f the past tw o N BA ch am p i
ons, the Spurs cam e through in the clutch to
win their third title in seven years and deny
D etroit the chance to repeat.
D uncan had 25 points and 11 rebounds
w hile shrugging o ff a stretch o f eight straight
m isses that ended in the third quarter w ith the
team s tied. G inobili scored 23 points w ith a
series o f slashing, scintillating drives and big
p asses.
Behind D uncan, the stoic established star,
and G inobili, the flashy young A rgentine, the
first G am e 7 in m ore than a decade ended with
the Spurs celebrating on their hom e court as
silver and black confetti stream ed dow n from
the rafters.
“W e ju st played a great team . I d o n ’t know
how the hell w e did it, but I am thrilled,” Spurs
NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Tim
Duncan holds the MVP trophy after the
San Antonio Spurs defeated the Detroit
Pistons, 81-74, to win game seven o f the
NBA finals in San Antonio. (AP photo)
coach G regg Popovich said after em bracing his
good friend, D etroit coach Larry Brow n, as the
gam e ended. Popovich becam e the third coach
Smashing Records at 46
(A P) — Julio Franco, the 46-
year-old A tlanta first basem an is
clearly show ing he can still play the
game.
Franco hit hiseighth career grand
slam , a pinch-hit shot, and H oracio
R a m irez p itc h e d th e strea k in g
Braves past the Florida M arlins 7-
2 on M onday night in M iam i.
In his last seven appearances.
Franco is hitting .458 with four home
runs and 1 1 RBIs, and is making
plenty o f entries on those oldest-
to-do-w hatever lists.
E arlierthis month, he becam e the
oldest player in baseball history to
have a tw o-hom er gam e, the oldest
in the last 96 years to steal a base
and, on M onday, extended his own
Atlanta Braves'Julio Franco
follows through on his grand
slam in the eighth inning
Monday in Miami.
m ark for being the oldest to hit a
grand slam.
said Brow n, w hose team recovered from tw o
early blow out losses and dictated the series for
four straight gam es before San A n to n io - and
especially D uncan - reasserted itself at the end.
T he N BA had w aited a long tim e for a gam e
w ith so m uch at stake and so little room fo r error.
A nd the difference cam e in the fourth quarter,
when the S purs w ere able to m ake the plays the
Pistons co u ld n ’t.
M idw ay through the period, G inobili assisted
on a 3-pointer by R obert H orry and D uncan
found Bruce Bow en alone outside the arc for
another 3 that put San A ntonio ahead 67-61.
D etroit pulled within four before the D uncan-
G inobili com bo clicked perfectly on tw o straight
p o sse ssio n s.
First, G in o b ili d ro v e th e lane an d d rew
D uncan’s defender, zipping a pass to D uncan all
alone on the baseline fo ra 19-footer. Next, D uncan
had three defenders collapsing on him w hen he
saw G inobili all alone at the 3-point line. T he shot
was perfect, and San A ntonio led 72-65 w ith 2:57
left.
The score w as 73-68 entering the final m inute
when G inobili m ade the play that clin ch ed it,
w eaving through several defenders for a layup
that was alm ost too easy, m aking it 75-68.
The Pistons, w ho w ere outscored 24-17 in the
final quarter, co u ld n ’t recover.
Porter Vies for Blazer Coach
He fondly rem em bers his time
w ith the Trail Blazers as an all-
star player and hopes to return
as coach.
Terry Porter, a 17-year vet
eran o f the N BA w ho w as re
cen tly fired as co ach o f the
M ilw aukie Bucks, has form erly
expressed interest in coaching
his form er team . T he vacancy
w as created on M arch 2 w hen
M aurice C heeks w as fired.
Porter feels he can build ex
citem ent am ong the com m unity
for the Trail Blazers to the sam e
level that existed w hen he was
on the team.
R eligion
Father, Husband and Accomplished Actor,
Marine Remembered Dancer Dead at 46
Charles Herbert Burks - 1932 to 2005
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In Loving Memory
Gene Dale Hodges
G ene Dale H odges died June 7,
2005 at the age o f 63.
He w as b om Jan. 5 ,1 9 4 2 in San
A ntonio, T exas, the son o f C onnie
H o d g e s a n d E v e ly n H o d g e s-
Harvey. He attended Jefferson High
School in Portland and served in
the U.S. Arm y w here he w as honor
ably discharged in 1958.
His father and y ounger sister
Beverly Patterson preceded him in
d eath. S u rv iv o rs in c lu d e three
brothers, Connie, W ayne and Rob
ert: four sisters, C onstance N orris.
Barbara Tanner, Deborah H odges
and T oyonnia Hodges; six children,
Dawayne, Denise, Gene and Darnell
of Seattle and Shelton and Darnell
o f Portland; a host o f grandchil
dren, great grandchildren, nieces
and nephews.
He will be loved and m issed for
ever by all his fam ily and friends.
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C harles H erbert B urks, 72, died
on June 21, 2005 in L os A ngeles
w here he resided for m any years.
He w as bom July 2 ,1 9 3 2 . A form er
P ortland resid en t, he grad u ated
from W ashington H igh School in
1952.
H e served in the M arines from
1954 to 1959. A fte rh isto u r o f m ili
tary duty, he w orked as a m erchant
seam an for alm ost 20 years. T h ere
after, he w orked as a carpet layer
and later becam e an inspector for
the H ousing A uthority.
He is survived by his spouse
Dorothy Burks-Reed, son Charles
(C h u ck ) W a sh in g to n , d a u g h te r
Denise (Burks) Farced, brother James
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Funeral services w ere held
T uesday at the Sharon Seventh
Day A dventist C hurch in north
e a s t P o rtla n d fo r
Michael Hall, who died
June 11, 2005 at the
age o f 46.
He was bom in Port
land on Jan. 10,1959.
He attended several
s c h o o ls in c lu d in g )r,<
Portland Adventist El
em entary, H arm ony
E le m e n ta r y , D a le
Michael
Ickes Junior H igh and
Portland A dventist Academ y.
He loved an im als. F rom the
ages o f 10 to 17, M ichael w as a
4-H C lub m em b er an d took the
state ch am p io n sh ip in W est
ern h o rseb ack rid in g w ith his
fav o rite horse “ B ella.” He later
adv an ced to the w orld o f p er
form ing arts and b ecam e part
o f the Jefferso n D ancers u nder
the d irectio n o f M ary Folberg.
A fter atten d in g classe s in San
F ran cisco and L os A n g eles, he
m oved to N ew Y ork w here his
ca reer b lo sso m ed . H e trav el to
E urope w here he p erfo rm ed as
a c to r , d a n c e r , m o d e l a n d
sig n er, p erfo rm in g in “ P orgy
and B ess,” “ W est S ide S to ry ,”
and h ad a sta rrin g in
th e
“ J o s e p h in e
B ak er S to ry .” A fter
retu rn in g to P ortland
he p e rfo rm e d as a
g u est artist w ith the
“A fric an A m eric an
B allet T h e a te r” and
th e
“ A m e r ic a n
D ance C o m p a n y .”
H is g reat d eterm i-
Irvin Hall
natio n and w o n d e r
ful sense o f h u m o r w ill alw a y s
be rem em bered. He is su rv iv ed
b y h is p a r e n t s A le x a n d
Jap h en a H all; b ro th e rs B rian
H all o f F o x b o ro , M ass, and
A lex H all III o f M o n tg o m ery ,
A la.; sisters V io le t L arry o f
P o rtlan d , J. K ay M u sso n o f
A ltad en a, C alif, an d V alerie
D avis o f In d ian a p o lis, Ind.
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P o rtlan d , O R 9 7 2 1 1 . P hone:
503-287-7649.
Church Picnic, Concert Sunday
A rea residents are invited to a
free old-fashioned Independence
D ay style picnic and outdoor co n
cert on Sunday, July 3 at the new
site o f New B eginnings Christian
C enter, located on N ortheast 172nd
Place and Sandy Boulevard.
An opening service will begin at
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10:30 a. m . w ith the picnic starting at
noon and live m usic featuring In
Touch and H yperstatic U nion start
ing at 1 p.m . G uests can bring a
picnic lunch or purchase item s from
a church food booth.
For more inform ation, call N ancy
Cole at 503-704-0665.
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