NBA Playoffs: Conference Finals

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SI Staff
Publish date:
Jun 4, 2007

NBA Playoffs: Conference Finals

Game 6: Cavaliers 98, Pistons 82

LeBron James had 20 points and 14 rebounds to help the Cleveland Cavaliers become Eastern Conference champions and advance to the NBA finals.

Game 6: Cavaliers 98, Pistons 82

Cavs' rookie Daniel Gibson scored a game-high 31 points - 19 in the fourth quarter -- as the Cavaliers became only the third team to come back from a 0-2 deficit in a conference final, joining the 1971 Baltimore Bullets and 1993 Chicago Bulls.

Game 5: Cavaliers 109, Pistons 107, 2OT

LeBron James scored a career playoff-high 48 points -- including his team's final 25 -- to carry the Cavaliers within one win of the NBA Finals for the first time in franchise history after beating the Pistons in double-overtime.

Game 4: Cavaliers 91, Pistons 87

LeBron James scored 25 points -- 13 in the fourth quarter -- and rookie Daniel Gibson added a season-high 21, making 12 of 12 free throws, to help the Cavs even up their series with Detroit.

Game 4: Cavaliers 91, Pistons 87

Drew Gooden scored 19 points, and had eight rebounds, a steal and a blocked shot. After tangling with Detroit's Rasheed Wallace, Gooden drew a technical foul with 8:08 remaining in the fourth quarter, which led to a 16-4 explosion by the Cavs to put them up eight with just over three minutes to play.

Game 3: Cavaliers 88, Pistons 82

LeBron James had 32 points, nine rebounds and nine assists, carrying the Cavaliers to their first victory of the series against the Detroit Pistons.

Game 2: Pistons 79, Cavaliers 76

The Pistons' Rasheed Wallace scored 10 of his 16 points in the final quarter and made a go-ahead, fadeaway jumper over LeBron James on the baseline with 24 seconds left, lifting Detroit to their second victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Game 2: Pistons 79, Cavaliers 76

The Pistons continued to frustrate LeBron James, who finished with 19 points on 7-of-19 shooting and had six turnovers. James scored a playoff-low 10 points for the Cavs in Game 1 against Detroit.

Game 1: Pistons 79, Cavaliers 76

Chauncey Billups scored 10 of his 13 points in the final quarter, including a go-ahead 3-pointer that gave the Pistons a win over the Cavaliers in the opening game of the Eastern Conference finals.

Game 1: Pistons 79, Cavaliers 76

The Pistons' Rasheed Wallace had a career-high seven blocks against the Cavaliers to go with his 15 points and 12 rebounds in the game.

Game 5: Spurs 109, Jazz 84

The Spurs' Tony Parker, pictured, and Tim Duncan led a 14-0 surge over a 2:13 span late in the first quarter. Parker posted 21 points with five assists and five rebounds.

Game 5: Spurs 109, Jazz 84

Dee Brown could only muster three points for the Jazz, who shot 38% from the field as a team against Tim Duncan and the Spurs.

Game 4: Spurs 91, Jazz 79

Manu Ginobili scored 22 points in the game for the Spurs, 15 coming in the fourth quarter and 11 of those coming from the foul line. Utah drew four technical fouls down the stretch as Jazz fans saw their team lose at home for the first time in eight games this postseason.

Game 3: Jazz 109, Spurs 83

Deron Williams posted 31 points, eight assists and five steals to help the Jazz win their first game in the series against the Spurs.

Game 3: Jazz 109, Spurs 83

Carlos Boozer had 27 points and 12 rebounds as the Utah Jazz beat the Spurs by a 26-point margin, San Antonio's worst defeat of the season.

Game 2: Spurs 105, Jazz 96

Although Carlos Boozer had 15 rebounds and 33 points for the Jazz, Tim Duncan and the San Antonio Spurs never lost the lead to Utah, and haven't since the seventh minute of the opener.

Game 2: Spurs 105, Jazz 96

Tony Parker posted 17 points and 14 assists, using his speed to the basket to draw in the Jazz defense then repeatedly finding shooters to help the Spurs beat Utah again in San Antonio.

Game 1: Spurs 108, Jazz 100

Tim Duncan racked up 27 points, 10 rebounds and five assists to help carry the San Antonio Spurs to victory over the Utah Jazz in the opening game of the Western Conference finals.

Game 1: Spurs 108, Jazz 100

Jazz point guard Deron Williams scored a career-high 34 points, including 18 points in the fourth quarter, but Utah never got closer than seven points behind the Spurs and lost for the 17th straight time in San Antonio.

NBA Playoffs: Conference Finals