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Thursday Morning State Sports Summary Thu, 08 May 2008 4:57:59 ---N-B-A--- The Detroit Pistons Lost To The Orlando Magic 111-To-86 In Game Three Of Their Second Round Playoff Series Last Night. Detroit Suffered An Early Setback With A First Quarter Injury To Chauncey Billups, Who Left The Game With A Strained Hamstring And Did Not Return. The Team Lists Him As Day-To-Day And Coach Flip Saunders Said Billups Could Be Back For Game Four. Rip Hamilton Scored 24 To Lead Detroit While The Magic's Rashard Lewis Had A Game High 33. The Pistons Hold A 2-1 Series Lead With Game-Four Set For Saturday. Kobe Bryant Received His Mvp Trophy And Then Scored 34 Points, As The Lakers Remained Perfect In This Postseason With A 120-To-110 Win Over Utah In Game 2 Of Their Western Conference Semifinal Series. Game 3 Of The Best-Of-Seven Series Is Friday Night In Salt Lake City. (N-B-A Playoffs) Eastern Conference Semifinals Orlando Magic 111, Detroit Pistons 86 (Pistons Lead Series 2-1) Western Conference Semifinals Los Angeles Lakers 120, Utah Jazz 110 (Los Angeles Leads, 2-0) ---M-L-B--- Placido Polanco Had Five Hits And Drove In The Winning Run In The Ninth Inning As The Detroit Tigers Defeated The Boston Red Sox 10-To-9 To Snap Their Five Game Losing Streak Last Night At Comerica Park. Detroit Led By Four Twice In The Game Before Boston Stormed Back And Took A 9-8 Lead In The Eighth. The Tigers Scored Twice In The Ninth, Handing Red Sox Closer Jonathan Papelbon His First Blown Save Since September 2007. Detroit And Boston Play The Finale Of The Four Game Set Tonight. Justin Verlander Will Take The Mound For Detroit, Up Against Josh Beckett Of The Red Sox. Game Time Is 7:05 P.M. (M-L-B Scoreboard) American League Detroit Tigers 10, Boston Red Sox 9 Oakland Athletics 6, Baltimore Orioles 5 (10 Innings) Cleveland Indians 3, New York Yankees 0 Toronto Blue Jays 6, Tampa Bay Rays 2 Kansas City Royals 9, Los Angeles Angels Of Anaheim 4 Minnesota Twins 13, Chicago White Sox 1 Texas Rangers 2, Seattle Mariners 0 National League Cincinnati Red 9, Chicago Cubs 0 New York Mets 12, Los Angeles Dodgers 1 Pittsburgh Pirates 3, San Francisco Giants 1 Atlanta Braves 5, San Diego Padres 2 Florida Marlins 6, Milwaukee Brewers 2 Houston Astros 4, Washington Nationals 3 Colorado Rockies 4, St. Louis Cardinals 3 Philadelphia Phillies 5, Arizona Diamondbacks 4 ---N-H-L--- The Detroit Red Wings Return To The Ice To Take On The Dallas Stars In Game-One Of The Western Conference Finals. Coach Mike Babcock May Be Changing Up His Defensive Pairings For The Series And Playing Brad Stuart Alongside Nick Lidstrom And Having Brian Rafalski Play With Niklas Kronwall. Valtteri Filppula (Val-Terr-Ee Fill-Poo-Lah) Practiced Yesterday After Missing Several Days With A Leg Injury And Said He Expects To Be In The Lineup Tonight. The Wings And Stars Face Off At 7:30 P.M. The N-H-L Is Once Again Allowing Octopus Twirling At Joe Louis Arena. The League Forbade The Red Wings And Joe Louis Arena Manager Al Sobotka (Soh-Bot-Kah) From Swinging Octopi That Are Thrown On The Ice Because Debris Allegedly Comes Off The Creatures And Becomes Embedded In The Ice. Sobotka Can Resume The Overhead Twirling, But It Must Be Done Away From The Ice. The Toronto Maple Leafs Have Fired Head Coach Paul Maurice. Maurice, Who Had One Year Remaining On His Three-Year Contract, Posted A Record Of 76-66-22 In His Two Years At The Helm, But The Storied Franchise Missed The Playoffs In Both Seasons And Has Not Reached The Postseason In The Three Years Since The Nhl Lockout. Maurice Took The Leafs Job After Spending The 2005-06 Campaign As The Head Coach Of The Club's Ahl Affiliate In Toronto. ---N-F-L--- Once Again, Detroit Lions Quarterback Jon Kitna Says The Team's Goal For This Season Is 10 Wins. Last Season Kitna Predicted The Team Would Get To The 10-Win Mark, But They Fell Short And Finished The Season 7-And-9. Kitna Says That Anything Under 10 Wins Is Unacceptable, Because The Team's Goal Is To Make The Playoffs. The Lions Had Their First Organized Team Activities Practice Tuesday In Allen Park. ---College Basketball--- Indiana Center Eli Holman Has Transferred To Detroit Mercy Just A Week After A Tirade In The Office Of New Head Coach Tom Crean. According To The "Indianapolis Star," Holman Became So Upset During His Meeting With Crean That Campus Police Were Called. School Police Department Captain Jerry Minger Said He Was Told Holman Threw A Potted Plant. Holman Received A Medical Redshirt After Playing In Just Six Games As A Freshman Last Season With The Hoosiers Due To A Wrist Injury. ---P-G-A--- World No. 2 And Defending Champion Phil Mickelson Will Attempt To Do Something No One Has Ever Done, Capture Back-To-Back Titles At The Players Championship, Which Begins On Thursday At Tpc Sawgrass In Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. In Recent Years, The Closest Anyone Has Come To Consecutive Championships At This Event Was Hal Sutton, When He Captured The 2000 Title And Tied For Fifth In 2001. Seventy-Four Of The Top-75 Players On The Pga Tour Money List Are Competing This Week For The Chance To Win The Unofficial Fifth Major. Money Leader And World No. 1 Tiger Woods Is Not Playing This Week, As He Continues To Recover From Knee Surgery. |
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