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Cleveland Gets Hot In Fourth Beat Pistons 91-87

Posted by Jeff Sack under Main 

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Good thing for the Cleveland Cavaliers that NBA games are four quarters, and not just three. For the fourth consecutive games, Cleveland went stone cold in the third seeing a 50-43 lead at the half over the Detroit Pistons turn to a 67-65 deficit.

But for the second consecutive game Cavaliers forward LeBron James had a monster fourth quarter scoring 13 of his 25 points, and leading his team to victory 91-87. With the win Cleveland ties their Eastern Conference Finals series at two games each.

Cavaliers rookie point guard Daniel Gibson who gained a lot of playing time with Larry Hughes suffering from a torn heel muscle came up big. Gibson scored 21 points a season high sinking 12 from the charity stripe. Hughes who was doubtful as to his playing status did start the game giving Cleveland a morale lift. Drew Gooden also came up big with 19 points and a huge steal late in the fourth quarter.

In a series that is turning eerily reminiscent of last year’s Eastern Conference Semi Final series, the two teams now head back to Detroit, where Cleveland won game five last year seemingly giving them the series momentum. But they lost a close game six in Cleveland, and were never really a factor in game seven in Detroit. The question remains if Cleveland is able to utilize the experience they gained last year, to their advantage.

Detroit was led by their back court Chauncy Billups with 23 points, and Richard Hamilton with 19. But Detroit did not play with the confidence down the end that they displayed in the first two games in Auburn Hills. Whether that confidence returns in key moment in game five remains to be seen.

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