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111,1 ^Jurthuib ffibseruer May 21. 2008 Page B3 S ports Classic Battle Set for West Spurs play stubborn defense (AP) - Manu G inobili scored 26 points in Game Seven, sending the playoff-savvy San Antonio Spurs to the W estern Conference finals with a 91-82 victory over the New O rleans H ornets on Monday night. Tony Parker added 17 points, including a crucial jum per in the final minute, as the Spurs held off a late rally to become the first team in this series to win on the road. “ It’s ju st a lot of confidence. A lot o f games under our belt,” said Spurs forward Tim D uncan, who had 16 points and 14 rebounds. W ith a nucleus o f Chris Paul. David W est and Tyson C han dler, the Hornets had appeared destined for greater things, but now is not their time. Now the Spurs and their cham p io n sh ip rin g - la d e n trio o f Duncan, Ginobili and Parker will be traveling to Los Angeles to face the Lakers in Game 1 of the W estern Conference finals on W ednesday night. While the Hornets managed to hold Duncan under 20 points by crowding the inside, his Spurs team mates combined for 12 3-pointers to keep alive their chance to win back-to-back titles for the first time. The Hornets had dominated the third quarters of their three previ ous home games in this series. This time, the Spurs, who have won four titles in the previous nine seasons, had an answer. It was their calling card: stingy defense. State Farm* Z" Providing Insurance and Financial Services Home Office, Bloomington, Illinois 61710 Tony Parker (left) and M anu Ginobili o f the San Antonio Spurs celebrate M onday after d efeating the New Orleans H ornets 9 1 -8 2 to advance to th e W estern C onference Finals. Michael E Harper The Hornets, down by nine to open the period, could not m an age c o n s e c u tiv e b a s k e ts throughout the quarter, never getting closer than seven. Buoyed by a home crowd that stood throughout the fourth quar ter, the Hornets fought back to make a game of it, largely behind J annero Pargo, who had done little in this series. He scored seven straight on four free throw s sandw iched around a 3-pointer, pulling the Hornets to 81-77 with 3:10 to go. Pargo made another 3 to cut it to 8.3-80 with about I 1/2 minutes to go, then attem pted another for the tie with a minute left, but it rattled out. Parker drained a jum per on the other end with 50 seconds left to make it 85-80, and New Orleans could not recover. A g e /// We moved to our new location at: 9713 S.W. Capitol, Portland, OR 503-221-3050 Fax 503-227-8757 Creation of Style Lakers hold on to lead (A P) - K obe B ryant scored 34 points and held o ff a furious rally by the Utah Jazz for a 108- 105 victory Friday night, p u t ting the Los A ngeles L akers in the W estern C on feren ce finals for the first tim e in four years. T he Jazz trailed by 16 at the end o f the third quarter, but hit a flurry o f 3 -p o in ters to get w ithin tw o points in the final m inute. T he Jazz had a chance to tie it at the end, bu, M ehm et O k u r a n d D e ro n W illia m s m issed 3-p o in ters in the c lo s ing seconds. It was the only win by the visiting team in the series and kept the Lakers from having to host a G am e 7 on M onday, in stead giving Bryant a chance to rest his ailing back. Los A ngeles stopped U ta h 's p ick -an d -ro ll and ju st about e v ery th in g else the Jazz tried in Los A ngeles Lakers sta r Kobe Bryant drives b e tw e e n Utah J a zz's side until the fourth. The Jazz Andrei Kirilenko and Paul Millsap. T he L ak ers took 13 m ore other to cut the lead to 10 3 - 100 started hurrying outside shots, foul shots than the Jazz, g et after M illsap blocked a layup w hich w e re n ’t going in. U tah finally started hitting ting sent to the line repeatedly by B ryant. L am ar O dom hit from the p erim eter and getting as the Jazz tried to m ake up the tw o free throw s, follow ed by inside the lane for points in the deficit. T hey finished 31-for- another 3 by A ndrei K irilenko, then Bryant hit tw o m ore from fourth, but B ryant kept the L ak 38. R eserve Paul M illsap added the line to m ake it 107-103 w ith ers from blow ing the lead by 15 points for Utah and led the 15.5 seconds left. scoring 12 in the period. The Jazz went for a quick two B ry a n t's back seized up on Jazz on a 14-5 run early in the him early in G am e 4 here, when fourth q u arter that set up the points and scored on a dunk by W illiams, then got a break when the Jazz tied the series 2-2 with frantic finish. The L akers led 101-91 with Derek Fisher went l-for-2 from tw o s tr a ig h t h o m e w in s. B ry an t’s back w as b etter when about tw o m inutes left when the line. Utah just needed a 3- th e L a k e rs w on G am e 5 at the Jazz m ade their last-gasp p o in ter and got tw o off. but hom e, and on Friday he was push. O kur hit tw o 3-pointers. m issed both, and the buzzer show ing his M V P form again. then A ndrei K irilenko hit an- sounded. 8208 N Denver (c o m e r o f K ilp a tric k ) Portland OR 97217 503-286-3877 Bryson Hampton, a three- y e a r v a rs ity s ta n d o u t at B enson H igh S ch o o l, has signed with the NCAA Divi sion 1 program at UC River side. Hampton had been playing for Seward County Community College in Kansas, where he led the team in field-goal percent age and was recognized for his strong ethic on defense. Bryson H am pton At B enson, H am pton aver aged 12 points, eight rebounds, 3.5 assists, three blocks and tw o steals p er gam e his senior sea son. As an A ll-State selection, he helped lead his team to a 26- 7 record and a fourth-place fin ish at the state tournam ent. 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