NBA Eastern Conference Finals: Detroit Pistons vs Cleveland Cavaliers
May 16
Richard Hamilton scored 31 points and the Detroit Pistons advanced to the National Basketball Association semifinals for the sixth year in a row by defeating the Orlando Magic 91-86 Tuesday.
The Pistons captured the best-of-seven Eastern Conference second-round series 4-1 and will play either the Boston Celtics or Cleveland Cavaliers, whose series is tied 2-2, for a berth in next month’s NBA Finals.
On the other hand there was the very recent fourth game between Boston Celtics and Cleveland Cavaliers to decide who faces the Pistons on the finals. The entire hometown crowd was behind Wally but ultimately, it was LeBron James who impacted the game and the series with his one thunderous dunk. The Cavaliers won 88-77 and advance to the finals of the series.
The NBA Eastern Conference Finals Game 1 (Pistons Home advantage) will be aired Live on ESPN India on 20th May, 2008 at 6:30 a.m. IST.
The Game 2 of the finals, where the Cavaliers will have home court advantage, will be held on 23rd May at the same early morning timing of 6:30 a.m. There will be repeats of both games on the next day at 9:30 a.m.
Game 3, 4 and 5 will be aired on the 26th, 28th and 30th, respectively at the same time of 6:30 a.m. The 5th game will be played only if necessary.
Note: There seems to be some discrepancies between the ESPN India timings and the NBA schedules announced due to which the games might be pushed forward a day. We will update this post if there is any further news.
Also, our resident Basketball expert Dr. Whites (Author profiles coming soon) is out of town so please excuse me if I made a mistake.
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