LOS ANGELES—
The Lakers took control of the NBA Finals in Game 2,with a 101-96 overtime win Sunday.But they did not control this gamelike Game 1—in fact, a missedlayup by Orlando’s Courtney Lee atthe end of regulation could havetied the series.“We did some things bettertonight,” said point guard JameerNelson.“And we’ll be better at home.” Three numbers stand out thatgive the Magic hope of gettingback into the series:
28.
The Lakers’ points in thepaint, down from 56 in Game 1. TheMagic’s interior defense was muchbetter in Game 2.
2.
The Magic’s fast-break points, and Orlando can’t win thatway. In front of their fans, theyshould have a better opportunityto speed the tempo.
7.
The number of turnoversthe team forced Kobe Bryant intomaking—the defense on Bryantwas very solid for the Magic, whogave up 40 points to Bryant in theopener.
— Sean Deveney
Lakers in control,but it’s not over yet
Lakers impose their will,
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Lakers F Pau Gasol took control inovertime, scoring 7 of his 24 points.
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Scoreboard
NBA
NBA Finals
L.A. Lakers 101, Orlando 96, OT
(Lakers lead series 2-0)
Baseball
American League
Detroit 9, L.A. Angels 6N.Y. Yankees 4, Tampa Bay 3Toronto 4, Kansas CIty 0Texas 6, Boston 3Cleveland 8, Chicago White Sox 4Oakland 3, Baltimore 0Seattle 4, Minnesota 2
National League
Chicago Cubs 6, Cincinnati 3, 14 inningsAtlanta 8, Milwaukee 7N.Y. Mets 7, Washington 0Houston 6, Pittsburgh 4Colorado 7, St. Louis 2Arizona 9, San Diego 6, 18 inningsFlorida 3, San Diego 2Philadelphia 7, L.A. Dodgers 2
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Alex Rodriguez wants to makeheadlines for what happens on thefield, not in the nightclubs. So far,pretty good.Since A-Rod’s return from hipsurgery, theYankees are a big-league best20-8 and havemoved from fourthto first in the A.L.East. WhileA-Rod’s battingaverage is alukewarm.255, hehas supplied eighthomers, 23 RBIs and posted a .407OBP. Beyond the numbers, hispresence in the lineup has lifted theentire club.“We’re very pleased with how weare playing,” G.M. Brian Cashmansaid. “The pitchers are going deep(into games), we’re playing gooddefense, getting offensive contribu-tions from a lot of guys.”“Now that we’ve got most of ourguys back (from injuries), thatcamaraderie we talked about all springis back as well,’’ Nick Swisher added.The Yankees are reason Nos. 1 and2 that baseball’s spotlight will focuson New Yorkers this week.
1. Seeking revenge at Fenway
After finishing with the Raystoday, the Yankees travel to Bostonlooking to end an 0-5 skid againstthe Red Sox. Tuesday’s openermatches former Marlins mates A.J.Burnett and Josh Beckett. In theirfirst such encounter, both weredreadful. Each allowed eight runs infive innings in Boston’s 16-11 victory.Key for the Yankees: Slowing Jason Bay. He’s hitting .556 withthree homers and 10 RBIs in the fivemeetings.
2. Resumption of interleague
Two reasons the Mets will bedisadvantaged when they visit newYankee Stadium as interleague play begins its 17-day run on Friday:They don’t hit homers (their totalof 34 ranks 28th), which could be aproblem when playing in the majors’No. 1 homer haven (100 in 28 games).They are banged up. The Mets arewithout Jose Reyes, Carlos Delgadoand J.J. Putz, and will be for weeksto come.
3. World Series champs visit N.Y.
Despite all the injuries, the Mets arein position to catch first-place Phila-delphia at Citi Field this week. ThePhillies have their own problems, beginning with closer Brad Lidge. Healready has six blown saves, which issix more than all of last year.
L.A. Lakers 101,Orlando 96, OT
NBA FINALS
BASEBALL: THE WEEK AHEAD
Stan McNeal
BASEBALL
The A-Rod effect
Yankees’ recent surge headlinesbig week of baseball in Big Apple
JEFFZELEVANSKY/AP
Though his average isn’t outstanding, the Yankees are 20-8 with Alex Rodriguez in the lineup.
One-on-one withthe ol’ ball coach
Steve Spurrier talks aboutSouth Carolina’s QBsituation and his future inColumbia,
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL
BOBLEVERONE/SN
NFL coach rankings
Belichick leads our list of theleague’s 32 head men
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A quick look at the best sports on TV
— all times Eastern
COLLEGE BASEBALL
7 p.m.ESPN2 —
Regionalcoverage, NCAADivision I, SuperRegionals, game 3, TCU at Texas
MAJOR LEAGUEBASEBALL
2 p.m.WGN —
Detroit atChicago White Sox
7 p.m.ESPN —
Tampa Bayat N.Y. Yankees
BASEBALL
Tigers at White Sox
2 p.m.,WGN
Detroit hits the South Side for five games in four days againstthe White Sox, and in Game 1 of today’s doubleheader, they startArmando Galarraga (3-6, 5.31 ERA), who has shown signs of life after aputrid stretch in May—he’s given up three runs in six innings in each of his past two starts. That might not sound like much, but we’re talkingabout a guy who watched his ERA balloon from 1.85 to 5.74 in less thana month. Clayton Richard (2-1, 3.97 ERA) starts for the White Sox.
Rays at Yankees
7 p.m., ESPN
Andy Pettite is one of who-knows-how-many pitchers affected by theright-field jet stream at Yankees Stadium—the veteran lefthander has2.59 ERA on the road, but that figure jumps 3 ½ runs when he returnsto the Bronx. That said, the Yankees are coming off a dramatic win over Tampa Bay on Sunday, and the Rays are trotting out Andy Sonnanstine(4-5 7.07 ERA), whose accidental appearance as a DH has been the high-light of an otherwise-rough year. After Sunday’s loss, the Rays are back at.500 and looking to close the gap with the division-leading Yanks.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
TCU at Texas
7 p.m., ESPN2
A deciding Game 3 was not in the cards at the Austin SuperRegional—Texas was the top national seed and had the HornedFrogs on the ropes after a Game 1 win, but a pair of home runs byMatt Vern and Matt Carpenter extended TCU’s life in the tourna-ment. Tonight’s winner gets a spot in the College World Series. Tune in for the drama and the opportunity to get a grip on thelabyrinthine elimination process of the NCAA baseball tournament.
— Compiled by Sean Gentille
GUIDE
Titans coach almost becomes fish food
Titans coach
Jeff Fisher
had aclose scare last week while fish-ing with sons
Brandon
and
Trent
about 50 miles off the shore of Guatemala.Brandon, a senior line- backer at Montana, hooked amarlin and wrestled it forabout a half hour. The fish,estimated at about 650pounds, then emerged at thesurface and started lungingat the boat.“I was videotaping the wholething,” Fisher told Yahoo!Sports, “and all of a sudden thissucker is up out of the water,tail-walking and coming rightat us. It jumped and hit the sideof the boat, and then it madetwo more jumps toward us before diving straight down.Two more feet, and that thingwould’ve jumped into the boatand killed everybody. We alllooked at each other like, ‘Wow,did that just happen?’ ”The fight continued for aboutanother 45 minutes, Fisher said, before the group finally landedthe huge marlin.
Broncos WR
Brandon Mar-shall
’s trial for two misdemeanor battery charges in Atlanta has been postponed until August,according to ESPN. The trialhad been scheduled to beginThursday, stemming from aMarch 2008 arrest involvinghis former girlfriend,
RasheedaWatley
.
Twenty-one people werearrested—19 for public intoxica-tion, one for DWI and one forassault—during the debut of the$1.15 billion Cowboys Stadiumon Saturday night. Anannounced crowd of 60,188fans were on hand for the
GeorgeStrait
and
Reba McEntire
concert.
Cardinals WR
Larry Fitzger-ald
is on the cover of the newMadden video game, and QB
Kurt Warner
recently appeared on
The
Ellen DeGeneres Show
. Com-ing off their Super Bowl run,
Forbes
magazine calls the Ari-zona Cardinals football’s hottest brand.
Forbes
says the Cardi-nals’ “brand value” hasincreased a “staggering 143 per-cent” over the past three years,up to $68 million. They also notethe $155 million, 20-year nam-ing rights deal with the Univer-sity of Phoenix at the stadium isthe third-largest in the NFL.The Giants ranked as the second“hottest brand,” followed by theCowboys, Jets and Colts.
— Compiled by staff with wire reports
Jeff Fisher and his sons nearly paid a steep price for reeling in a 650-pound marlin.
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Jay-Z. Heis one of the most successful hip-hop artistsand entrepreneurs of my time. Plus, he ismarried to Beyonce.
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Cook at Pizza Inn. It was a buffetpizza place in Florence, S.C., and I made $6.25an hour. I had to make pizza and clean up thekitchen and bathrooms. I only worked therefor 3 days.
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Being able toproduce music
Favorite meal:
Chinese chicken wings withchicken fried rice. No onions.
Favorite athlete to watch in another sport:
Past—Michael Jordan. Present—LeBron James.
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Atlanta
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Bulls
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Honesty
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Eyes
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Hair
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Alicia Keys
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Life
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Whatever God has planned
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