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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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