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Tuesday Morning State Sports Summary Tue, 06 May 2008 2:58:59 The Detroit Pistons Grabbed A 2-0 Lead In Their Playoff Series With The Orlando Magic With A 100-To-93 Victory At The Palace Last Night. Detroit Led By As Many As 14 In The First Half, But Needed Free Throws Late In The Game From Chauncey Billups To Seal The Win. Billups Led All Scorers With 28 Points. Tayshaun Prince Collected 17 Points, 10 Rebounds And Five Assists For The Pistons, Rasheed Wallace Also Scored 17 Points And Richard Hamilton Pitched In With 14 Points In The Victory. Game Three Is Wednesday Night In Orlando. The Pistons' Chauncey Billups Has Won The J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award, Handed Out Annually To The Nba Player Or Coach Who Demonstrates Outstanding Service And Dedication To The Community. Billups Is Being Recognized For His Work In Detroit And His Hometown Of Denver. He Joins Former Pistons Joe Dumars, Isiah Thomas, Bob Lanier And Kent Benson In Winning The Award. Chris Paul Scored 30 Points And Dished Out 12 Assists As The New Orleans Hornets Used A Dominating Second Half For A Second Straight Game To Rout San Antonio, 102-84, Taking The First Two Contests Of Their Western Conference Semifinal Series. Game 3 Of This Best-Of-Seven Series Is Thursday In San Antonio. The Final Semifinal Series Gets Started Tuesday Night As Lebron James And The Cleveland Cavaliers Head To Boston To Take On The Celtics' Big Three Of Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce And Ray Allen. The Cavs Knocked Out Washington In Six Games In The First Round, While The Top-Seeded Celtics Survived Atlanta, Winning In Seven Contests. (N-B-A Playoffs) Eastern Conference Semifinals Detroit Pistons 100, Orlando Magic 97 (Pistons Lead Series 2-0) Western Conference Semifinals New Orleans Hornets 102, San Antonio Spurs 84 (Hornets Lead Series 2-0) ---M-L-B--- The Detroit Tigers Lost Their Fourth Straight, Dropping A 6-To-3 Decision To The Boston Red Sox At Comerica Park Last Night. Detroit Failed To Take Advantage Of Eight Walks By Boston's Daisuke Matsuzaka (Dice-Kay Mot-Su-Zah-Kah) And Was Held Hitless Until Curtis Granderson's Rbi Single In The Fourth. Jeremy Bonderman Fell To 2-And-3 On The Season After Allowing Four Runs On Seven Hits And Two Walks In Six Innings. Detroit And Boston Play Again Tonight. Nate Robertson Takes The Mound For Detroit. Game Time Is 7:05 P.M. Tigers Manager Jim Leyland Made Several Changes To His Lineup Before Last Night's Loss To The Red Sox. The Team Designated Outfielder Jacque Jones For Assignment And Moved Designated Hitter Gary Sheffield To Left Field. Detroit Also Called Up Outfielder Matt Joyce To Take Jones' Spot On The Roster. Leyland Shuffled His Batting Order As Well, Moving Sheffield Out Of The Three-Spot And Switching Him With Carlos Guillen, Who Had Been Hitting Sixth. Team Officials Say It Is An Aggravation Of His Earlier Knee Injury, While Pitcher Dontrelle Willis Says He Did Not Reinjure It. The Tigers Have Put The Left-Hander's Rehab Assignment In Toledo On Hold, And Will Evaluate His Progress. Team Officials Were Concerned When It Was Noticed Willis Appeared To Be Favoring His Injured Right Leg While Making A Play In A Toledo Mud Hens Game Late Last Week. Willis Says He Was Just Being Careful To Not Reinjure Himself While Playing On A Wet Field. He Is Now Scheduled To Throw On The Side On Friday Before He And The Club Decide What To Do. (M-L-B Scoreboard) L-A Angels Of Anahiem 4, Kansas City Royals 0 Boston Red Sox 6, Detroit Tigers 3 Toronto Blue Jays 1, Chicago White Sox 0 Oakland Athletics 2, Baltimore Orioles 1 (10 Innings) Seattle Mariners 7, Texas Rangers 3 National League Cincinnati Reds 5, Chicago Cubs 3 St. Louis Cardinals 6, Colorado Rockies 5 Philadelphia Phillies 11, Arizona Diamondbacks 4 Los Angeles Dodgers 5, New York Mets 1 ---N-H-L--- The Detroit Red Wings Are Back On The Ice, Practicing For Their Western Conference Finals Matchup With The Dallas Stars. Chris Chelios Practiced Yesterday After Missing Game Four Against The Avalanche With A Sore Knee. He Said He Will Be Ready For Game One Against The Stars. Valtteri Filppula (Val-Terr-Ee Fill-Poo-Lah) Did Not Practice After Hurting His Leg In Game Four Last Week, But Said He Expects To Play When The Series Begins On Thursday. |
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