Monday News and Notes

Monday, May 22, 2006

 

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NBA

Clippers-Suns

USA Today

In the Suns-Clippers series, the winning team has failed to score 100 points only once and the Clippers are averaging 114.3 points, 17.1 more than in the regular season. The Suns are averaging 109.8, 1.4 more than the regular season.

All Headline News

The Suns are now headed into their second straight game seven. Last round, the Suns defeated the LA Lakers, 121-90 back at home in game seven. The Suns appeared to be a little sluggish out on the floor. Phoenix had good reason to be tired, they’ve played every other day since April 26, for a total of 12 games in 22 days.

Mavericks-Spurs

American Statesmen

The Spurs were not built for this series, which is tied at three victories apiece before the decisive game tonight in San Antonio. The Spurs’ roster, Walton suggested, was put together for tangling with Shaquille O’Neal — first with the Los Angeles Lakers, now Miami — and the Detroit Pistons. Those are teams generally constructed along traditional lines, their offense produced by a mix of players posting up inside, driving and shooting from the perimeter. Dallas, on the other hand, is predominantly a perimeter-based team that drives and shoots a lot of jump shots. The Mavs, quick and skilled, have forced San Antonio to use a smaller lineup, negating to a large degree the Spurs’ biggest asset while winning three NBA titles since 1999: interior defense. Fortunately for the Spurs, they have adapted well enough to win the last two games. Recent NBA history suggests that the Spurs have an advantage tonight. Since 2000-01, home teams have a 13-3 record in the seventh game of playoff series. But in this matchup, who really knows? The teams have split 10 games this season, each winning twice on the road. Dallas won Game 2 in San Antonio by 22 points, the only blowout of the series. The other five have been decided by a total of 14 points. In Game 6, Dallas shot 38.6 percent, scoring 39 points in the second half. The Mavs shot airballs at the end of all three Spurs’ victories, one apiece by Jerry Stackhouse, Terry and Nowitzki. The absence of Terry, an adept shooter who scored 32 points in Game 4, enabled the Spurs to provide help against other Mavericks on Friday. Stackhouse missed 11 of 15 shots, Devin Harris 11 of 14. Now Terry returns, and the Spurs have regained homecourt advantage.  In this series, the Spurs have allowed 113.3 points in their three defeats and 89.3 while winning.

WOAI.com

Dallas already has blown two chances to advance. A third would make the Mavericks only the ninth team in league history to squander a 3-1 series lead.

MLB

·        Perez 1-5 to Arizona

·        Mulder 6-2 to San Francisco

·        McClung 8.15 lifetime ERA to Toronto

·        Affeldt 5-0 team record to Detroit

·        Moyer 13-3 personal lifetime record to Baltimore