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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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