Game 3, Spurs Wins!

The defending champions wins game 3 of the western conference finals 103 - 84.

After two consecutive losses against the Los Angeles Lakers, The Spurs "Big Three" has rise to the challenges to defend their home.

Manu Ginobili had his 30 points off the bench to lead the Spurs in this game 3 victory. While Tony Parker had 20 points and Tim Duncan's 22 points and 21 rebounds to contribute.

For the Lakers' side Kobe had his 30 point performance but came up too short to even close the gap with his team.

Still the Spurs will try to even the Conference finals series this coming Tuesday in San Antonio.

Lakers 2-0 lead

Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals. Lakers wins the showdown against the defending champions Spurs. 101-71.

It is being considered as the heavyweight battle between the two rivals. After the blowout victory of the Lakers, tonight will be the Game 3 in San Antonio's AT&T Center.

In halftime, Spurs lead by 10 points.

Lakers wins Game 1

The Lakers drew the first blood in the first game of the Western Conference finals with a 89-85 win over the San Antonio Spurs.

But this was not so easy, Kobe Bryant shot his 25 out of 27 points after the first half to cut their 20 point deficit. And the Lakers became on fire until the very end causing the Spurs to gain turnovers and miss their shots from beyond the arc.

Tim Duncan lead the Spurs with 30 points and18 rebounds. The Spurs are now down in the best of seven series of the Western Conference Finals.
Game 2 will still be at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

Bulls wins Draft Lottery

Despite the slim chances in winning the draft lottery in NBA, the Chicago Bulls wins the pleasure to have the 1st draft pick.

The Chicago Bulls was on the ninth spot and it is just like a gust of wind development for the Chicago management to win and secure the first to pick in June's draft. It is in fact the most prestigious lottery in the National Basketball Association.

The Bulls had at first a 1.7% chance of winning the lottery and the Miami Heat had the odds for securing the top spot for the draft pick. Thus the Heats turned up to be the second runner up for the pick followed by the Minnesota Timberwolves for the third pick.

The following is the list and order of the pick:

1. Chicago
2. Miami
3. Minnesota
4. Seattle
5. Memphis
6. New York
7. LA Clippers
8. Milwaukee
9. Charlotte
10. New Jersey
11. Indiana
12. Sacramento
13. Portland
14. Golden State

Following is the order for the remainder of the 2008 NBA Draft:

15. Atlanta (To Phoenix)
16. Philadelphia
17. Toronto
18. Washington
19. Cleveland
20. Denver
21. Dallas (To New Jersey)
22. Orlando
23. Utah
24. Phoenix (To Seattle)
25. Houston
26. San Antonio
27. New Orleans
28. LA Lakers (To Memphis)
29. Detroit
30. Boston

2008 Second Round Draft Choice Order:

31. Miami (To Minnesota via Boston)
32. Seattle
33. Memphis (To Portland)
34. Minnesota*
35. LA Clippers
36. New York (To Portland)
37. Milwaukee
38. Charlotte
39. Chicago
40. New Jersey
41. Indiana
42. Atlanta (To Sacramento)
43. Sacramento
44. Philadelphia (To Utah)
45. Toronto (To San Antonio)
46. Portland (To Seattle via Boston)
47. Washington
48. Cleveland (To Phoenix)
49. Golden State
50. Denver (To Seattle)
51. Dallas
52. Orlando (To Miami)
53. Utah
54. Houston
55. Phoenix (To Portland via Indiana)
56. New Orleans (To Seattle via Houston)
57. San Antonio
58. LA Lakers
59. Detroit
60. Boston

* Means that maybe conveyed or transfer for Detroit

Boston Celtics wins Game 1

An early win for the Boston Celtics against the Detroit Pistons 88-79 Celtics victory. Kevin Garnett who had 26 points who made the story in this conference finals opener.

The other Celtics also contributed such as Paul Pierce fresh from his 41-point against the Cavs in their game 7 who added 22 points and 6 rebounds and 6 assists. Rajon Rondo with his back-to-back buckets and Eddie House who puts up three-pointer with 1 second to end up the 3rd quarter and giving the Celtics a safety haven going on the fourth.

And Kendrick Perkins also contributed on the defensive end with 10 rebounds.

The Celtics will again host the game 2 on Thursday of the eastern conference finals series.

Spurs wins!

It has been an epic battle with the New Orleans Hornets. The defending champions San Antonio Spurs has prevailed in game 7 of the Western Conference Semi-Finals with 91-82 win.

The Big three of the Spurs against the triple threat of the Hornets. Manu Ginobili the sixth man led the Spurs with 26 points. While Tim Duncan added with 16 points and 14 rebounds.

The Spurs leads almost 11 points in the opening of the fourth quarter with the three pointers Manu Ginobili and Ime Udoka. And some contributions coming from Michael Finley and "Big Shot" Robert Horry.

The Spurs will face the Los Angeles Lakers on their return for the Western Conference Finals.

It has been a Lucky Number 7 for the Spurs.

Boston Celtics survives King James

Today, it's the domination of the Celtics against the king's Cavaliers.

Paul Pierce was the main story for the Boston Celtics ended with a 41 points together with Kevin Garnett with his double-double 13 points and 13 rebounds.

The Celtic's arsenal was the home crowd and their clamping defense against the handed royalty of LeBron James. James who scored almost unstoppable with 45 points.

Securing the the series 4-3. They are on their way to face the awaiting Detroit Pistons who earlier won their series against the Orlando Magic.

Spurs ties the series 3-3

The San Antonio Spurs had even the playoff series with 3 wins a piece against the New Orleans Hornets (99-80).

Today the defending NBA champions proved that they deserve a second chance to survive this pressure. Winning over the young Hornets headed by the triple threat of Chris Paul, Tyson Chandler, and David West. The Spurs pertaining the Big Three (Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, and Manu Ginobili) did not collapse in their "3rd quarter syndrome" as we saw in games 1,2, and 5.
That thing was horrible.

All we hope for is that the Spurs will continue this momentum and again will never be in the 3rd quarter late game collapse.

Go Spurs Go!

Dallas has a New Coach

The Dallas Mavericks has their new coach in the person of Rick Carlisle. He replaced former head coach Avery Johnson after being defeated in the 2008 playoff series against the New Orleans Hornets in the first round.

Rick Carlisle streesed that excellence through change and also stressing the importance of opening up the offense and giving it the preview of the development of the Mavericks this coming NBA season.

The coaching staff will definitely focus on its superstar guard Jason Kidd and forward Dirk Nowitzki as he says, "this is all about excellence"

In other news, the New York Knicks has also a new coach. The former head coach of the Phoenix Suns Mike D' Antoni after accepting the coaching job offer of 24 million dollars for 4 years thus, making him the new head coach of the Knicks this coming season.

Go Spurs Go

Its the second round of the NBA playoffs 2008.

While the series is in progress, teams battles each other to become the NBA world champions.

In the East, it is the Boston Celtics ranked number 1 against the Cleveland Cavaliers ranked 4. The Celtics leads 3-2 in their best of seven series. And Detroit Pistons ranked number 2 has defeated the Orlando Magic ranked number 3 in their best of seven series 4-1. Detroit Pistons has moved up for the eastern conference finals. Waiting for the winner in the Cavs and Celtics match.

In the West, Its the Los Angeles Lakers against the Utah Jazz. The series is tied (2-2). And the defending world champions the San Antonio Spurs is against the young New Orleans Hornets. The San Antonio Spurs is now against the wall for they are down in the series 3-2 the Hornets are in the lead in their best of seven series.

Tomorrow, the Spurs will be tested once again if they can still manage the situation. After all they are the champs.

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