Cavaliers Win 104- 100 at Indiana to C M Y K Even Series at 2 INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Lebron James Has Been the Fi Rst- Round King for 12 Years
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SECTION B VISIT SAMOA NEWS ONLINE @ SAMOANEWS.COM CLASSIFIEDS • CARTOONS • ALOHA MONDAY, APRIL 23, 2018 BRIEFS & MORE ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ Cavaliers win 104- 100 at Indiana to C M Y K even series at 2 INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — LeBron James has been the fi rst- round king for 12 years. On Sunday night, he needed Kyle Korver’s 3-point shooting to put him in position to extend his reign. The two combined for all of Cleveland’s points in a late 10-2 run, helping the Cavaliers to a 104-100 victory over the Indiana Pacers to even the series at 2. James drew boos from the crowd after fl ipping the ball up the court to run out the clock. “You don’t ever want to go down 3-1 against anybody, no matter if it’s the fi rst round or if you’re fortunate enough to get all the way to the fi nals,” James said. “It’s just too diffi cult.” James fi nished with 32 points, 13 rebounds, seven assists and another crowning achievement — his 100th career playoff game with 30 or more points, second all-time to Michael Jordan. This has been no typical series for James, who started the play- offs with an NBA-record 21 consecutive wins in the fi rst round. He’s already seen the Pacers go wire-to-wire in Game 1, miss a potential tying 3-pointer in the last 35 seconds of Game 2, rally MANAEA PITCHES NO-HITTER FOR THE OAKLAND A’S Not all big league American Samoa heritage athletes are in the NFL. Oakland Athletics starting from a 17-point defi cit to win Game 3 and erase a 16-point, fi rst- pitcher Sean Manaea, right, celebrates with catcher Jonathan Lucroy a er pitching a no-hitter half defi cit to take the lead early in the fourth. against the Boston Red Sox during a baseball game in Oakland, Calif., Saturday, April 21, 2018. This one looked and felt a lot like the three previous games e 26-year-old is the son of Opal, and Faaloloi Manaea who reside in Indiana. — tough and physical down to a confusing sequence in the fi nal His father Faaloloi was born in American Samoa and is from the village of Lauli’i. seconds when Lance Stephenson was whistled for wrestling Jeff “I’m proud of just being a Samoan. I know there are not that many baseball players that are of Green to the court while hoping for a jump ball. Samoan descent. In Polynesia I know there’s a bunch of Hawaiian players and some Tongan players, Indiana still led 93-91 with 4:28 to go on Sunday. but it’s just really cool knowing that I’m kind of unique, knowing where I came from, knowing my Then James and Korver reverted to their old ways. heritage, knowing my family. It reminds me every day of how to carry about my business, just to Korver’s 3 with 3:48 left made it 94-93, James followed with a think of my family and what would make them proud,” Sean said in a 2007 interview. layup, Korver knocked down another 3 and James added another e A’s won the game, 3-0. layup to give the Cavs a 101-95 lead with 1:52 left. Indiana never recovered. BACKGROUND Manaea played college baseball for the Indiana State Sycamores at Indiana State University. Korver wound up with 18 points and four 3s to give him 200 in While attending Indiana State, Manaea was named the best prospect in the Cape Cod Baseball his postseason career. League in 2012. And without those two 3s, James knew he might have been e Kansas City Royals selected Manaea with the 34th pick in the 2013 MLB dra , and traded staring at a 3-1 defi cit at the earliest stage of the playoffs in his him to the Athletics during the 2015 season. career. He debuted in MLB in 2016. “He’s one of the all-time leaders in 3-pointers made,” James (AP Photo/John He i) said. “His four 3s were huge. We needed every last one of them, obviously.” The Pacers, meanwhile, lamented a missed opportunity. Despite having seven players score in double fi gures, making more baskets, grabbing more offensive rebounds and matching Cleveland’s 12 3s, Indiana missed six of its last eight shots. Domantas Sabonis scored 19 points for Indiana. Myles Turner and Victor Oladipo each had 17, though Oladipo was just 5 of 20 C M from the fi eld.Only this time, as in Game 2, Indiana couldn’t quite Y K fi nish. “We just didn’t play the game the right way,” Pacers coach Nate McMillan said. “You get into these games, these emotional games, and you’re so pumped up — sometimes you try do some things yourself. Usually, those things don’t work.” After the Cavs took a 49-33 lead with 6:01 left in the fi rst half, the Pacers used a 10-2 run to get within 60-50 at the half then opened the second half on a 10-2 spurt to make it 62-50. Cleveland extended the lead 76-68 lead with 4:41 left in the third only to watch the Pacers score the last six points of the quarter, tie the score on Lance Stephenson’s 11-footer to open the fourth and then take the lead on Sabonis’ 3-pointer with 10:51 left. From that point, it was an all-out slugfest that included James getting called for a technical foul with 6:12 to play. TIP-INS Cavaliers: James extended his record of games with 30 points, fi ve rebounds and fi ve assists to 75. ... J.R. Smith scored 12 points and Jordan Clarkson each scored 12 points. ... Kevin Love had Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Sean Manaea throws to a Boston Red Sox batter during the fi ve points and 11 rebounds. ... Cleveland outscored Indiana 17-7 rst inning of a baseball game in Oakland, Calif., Saturday, April 21, 2018. e A’s won the game, on fast-break points and became the fi rst team in the series to top 3-0 and Manaea pitched a no-hitter. e 26-year-old is the son of Opal, and Faaloloi Manaea who 100 points. reside in Indiana. His father Faaloloi was born in American Samoa and is from the village of Lauli’i. Pacers: Have lost six of their last eight playoff games against (AP Photo/John He i) Cleveland. ... 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