bucks built a lead, paul pierce took over 13 of 36 came in the final quarter. the news got worse for the hawks. jack smith sprained his knee battling kevin garnett, left the game, he's day-to-day. celts got it done, game three friday in boston. >>> to chicago, rose watched from a box, bulls are the best defensive team in the league but sixers may have found a chink in the armor. the alley oop. time and time again they would make the extra pass for an easy bucket, sixers 109-92 win. >>> los angeles, same old story, too much kobe bryant for the nuggets to handle. finish bd 36. the bucket and foul, bynum 27, lakers won game two. >>> best record in the league will get you home court advantage in the playoffs for greg popovich earned him coach of the year honors. >>> devils without ilya kovalchuk, adam larsson scored the equalizer in his first playoff game. devils scored four unanswered and beat the flyers 4-1. series even at one. >>> any time you bet the best time in the a.l. it's worth a pat on the back. when you do it with a walk off home run, it makes the show.

paul pierce and dwyane wade sharing pleasant tris. first quarter, lebron with the sdpael take it the other way for the dunk. takes his time. he should. he's smooth. then mario challenge mers off to lebron, this is good as well. wow. second quarter, celtics coming back. paul pierce buries the three from the wings, celtics down two. more pierce. how about another three from the corner? game tied at 46. here we go. third quarter, tied at 50. shane battier with a block on rondo. get that out of here. then chicago mers feeds battier, lets him finish what he started. buries the three. heat up, 53-50. later in the third, wade grabs a rebound, chucks a full-court pass to lebron. that was sweet. another look. lebron with 32 points and 13 rebounds in this game. later in the third, more heat, battier, forcing a turnover, gets it to challenmers. miami led by as many at 17. fourth quarter, wade, drives. 22 points in the game for him, the heat win it, 93-79 and winner of game one in the conference finals goes on to win the series, 80% of the time.

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with paul pierce's driving layup in the fourth puts boston up by to. they hold on to stun atlanta, 87-80. and that evening their playoff series at one game apiece. >>> in hockey action, the new jersey devils shoot down the philadelphia flyers and they did it during the third period, scoring four unanswered goals. devils blow by the flyers 4-1, evening their eastern conference semifinals at one game each. >>> in baseball, texas pays for just one bad pitch. in the top of the ninth, the rangers' michael young knocks in the tying run against toronto, but in the bottom of the frame, full count, brett lowrie blasts the walkoff homer to give the blue jays an 8-7 win over the rangers. that's got to hurt. >>> when we come back, an all-star lineup in federal court. roger clemens comes face to face with a former teammate during his perjury trial. come for a smoke? yeah. no. you quit? i'm trying nicoderm cq. [ male announcer ] nicoderm cq, the patch with 24-hour smart control technology, lets you celebrate a little win every time you say no to a cigarette. nicoder

paul pierce three ball corner pocket, boston rallies to tie the game at the half. but that's as close as they would get simply too much lebron for the ageing celtics. finished with a game high 32 and 13 boards. miami opens the series with a 93-79 win. game two is tomorrow. baseball, yankees and angels tied in the ninth, a jumbo for he trumbo. walk-off homer, halos win their seventh in a row, 9-8. to chicago, the wind blowing out at wrigley and that was good news for the cubbies. four homers against the padres, snap an 11-game losing streak with a win. cubs were hit about and the white sox chris sale was punching them out striking out 15 over 7 1/3. he was a strike shy of a team record set all the back in 1954. they beat the rays 2-1. finally yesterday was a memorial day that one family will never forget. the atlanta braves invited the family of master sergeant david sims to turner field. between innings they watched a recorded message from sims who was deployed in afghanistan. big set up. sims gave his family the shock of their lives by walking out of the stands. h

paul pierce, blocked by lebron james. wade taking it down the court. and 2 of his 23 points there. the heat up by seven. eight minutes left in the fourth. rondo, one of three steals on the night. going the other way to get the bucket. a career high 44 points for him. and the celtics retake the lead by one. two minutes left. shane battier, three of his nine points. we're tied at 94-94. just over a minute left now. haslem, how about a jumper? the heat lead by four. 38 seconds left. duhon to ray allen. he's hit a couple of threes in his day. we're tied at 99-99. six seconds to go. heat with a chance to win it. lebron james, trying to be the hero. not so much. the game would go to overtime. under two minutes left in o.t. lebron james, finding haslem. exclamation mark. heat up by two. a minute left now. wade, driving. the circus shot and the foul. pierce would head to the locker room early, as the heat go on to win 115-111, to take a 2-0 series lead. >>> and don't forget, the eastern conference finals, on espn. it all starts at 7:30 p.m., with the kia nba countdown. and then, at 8:30, i

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rondo added 23 while showing his ball-handling skills with a neat behind the back pass to paul pierce. the celts won it 107-91 to lead the sixers 2-1 in the eastern semifinals. >>> now to baseball. oakland at texas. in the bottom of the fourth inning, beltre hit a two-run homer to right. that gave the rangers all they'd need behind the pitching of darvish who pitched 7 2/3 striking out seven and giving up just one run. final, rangers, 4, a's, 1. >>> in anaheim, bottom of the third, angels fans got what they've been looking for. albert pujols smashed a three-run homer to deep center field for a 4-2 lead over the white sox. wells followed that with a two-run shot in the sixth and angels won it 7-2. >>> finally to the nhl stanley cup playoffs. rangers and devils were tied 2-2 in the third period when david clarkson's deflected goal provided the winning margin. new jersey's 3-2 victory evened the series at 1-1. >>> when we return, another look at this morning's top stories. >>> and a paralyzed woman gets a taste of independence thanks to a bionic arm breakthrough. still have doubts about

paul pierce, three ball, corner pocket. boston rallies to tie the game at the half. but that's as close as they would get. simply too much lebron for the aging celtics. finished with a game-high 32 and 13 boards. miami opens the series with a 93-79 win. game two is tomorrow. >>> baseball, yankees and angels tied in the ninth. a jumbo for trumbull. a walk-off homer. halos win their seventh in a row. >>> to chicago, the wind blowing out at wrigley. good news for the cubbies. four homers against the padres. they snap an 11-game losing streak. >>> cubs were hitting them out and the white sox chris sail was punching them out. striking out 15 over 7 1/3. sail was a strikeout shy of a team record set all the way back in 1954. chi sox beat the raise, 2-1. >>> yesterday was a memorial day that one family will never forget. the atlanta braves invited the family of master sergeant david simms to turner field. between innings, they watched a recorded message from sims who was deployed in afghanistan. big setup. as sims gave his family the shock of their lives by walking out of t

paul pierce came up big. pierce scoops it up, back for the dunk. less than a minute later, pierce hits a big three, puts the celtics up seven. he finished with 36 and 14 rebounds. just over a minute left, pierce hits the game-clinching foul slot, followed by a tebow pose at center court? wow! pierce leads the celtics with an 87-80 victory without rondo. if the knicks plan on avoiding a sweep by the handz of the heat, they'll have to do it without amar'e stoudemire. stoudemire as we told you yesterday will miss tonight's game three of the heat because of that self-inflicted hand injury after he smashed a fire extinguisher. he had surgery to repair a muscle in his left hand. he's listed doubtful for sunday's game four. most think he's out fort playoffs. >>> baseball, nationals fans finally got their chance to see 19-year-old phenom bryce harper up close and personal. making his home debut last night in d.c. against the diamondbacks, here's the reception he got when he was introduced. >> left fielder, number 34, bryce harper! >> nice ovation for harpe

soared over paul pierce. capped an 11-0 run. they kept it going in the fourth. holliday with a team high 20. sixers won it. they force a game seven on saturday. >>> the other series in the east has gotten pretty dirty. now the league is trying to clean it up. suspended miami haslem for a game for this flagrant foul on hansbro. happened after he took dwyane wade down. also dexter pittman suspended for this flying elbow. that will cost pittman about 22 grand. game six between the pacers and heat is tonight. >>> hockey kind of tough to win a game when your own teammate is trying to score on you. brad richards keeping lundquist on his toes. they peppered lundquist with three goals early in the game. g gabrik made him pay. it was tied at three. the devils had plenty flft the tank. giada found ryan cutter in front of the net. new jersey can wrap tup with a win on friday. >>> braves and reds tied at one in the ninth when todd frazier sent everybody home. a solo shot to right. first career walk-off homer. and that would explain why he didn't see this coming. the dreaded

that's paul pierce. celtics win it, going away, 107-91. >>> the nba playoffs continue tonight. heat and pacers at 7:00. clippers and spurs at 9:30. you can see it on espn and espn3. >>> all right. now, check out what happened last night at the devils -- as the devils defeated the rangers in their nhl playoff series. >> one of the devils took a penalty. but the penalty box door, it wouldn't open. they got all high-tech, trying to kick the door in. but nothing seemed to work. come on, dude. put some force into it. >> travis zajac went into the penalty box. eventually, they got the door opened and spent the time in the devils' bin instead. that's just embarrassing. >>> coming up next, "the pulse." how well-read is your city? >>> and brainpower. an amazing advance that might just help some people do what so many of us take for granted. i was pushing my kids in a stroller when i had my heart event. and i've been on a bayer aspirin regimen ever since. [ male announcer ] be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. i know if i take my bayer aspirin i have a bett

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also tonight boston celtics and atlanta hawks without rondo no problem paul pierce a v-6 points boston celtics even with a 87-80 victory in atlanta and chicago cubs rained out and no makeup date set we have them tomorrow night 6:00 the white sox did get going delayed by one hour because of rainfall in chicago robin ventura team a first-place showdown with cleveland indians. giving up run early in the inning evening. over the head. scored one run and cleveland took 1-0 lead but in the bottom of the second inning a.j. pierzynski this one gone from the moment and left his back. fifth tom run of the season. in the third inning of the white sox get four more runs what had two hits one out. gordon beckham first home run of the year long time coming in the white sox had 5-1 lead right now they hold on to the lead. chance to get up close to first place american league central again what happened tonight? tom thibodeau correct chicago bulls have to play harder losing big. 109-92 game 3 friday night in philadelphia. at is the news. hershey's air delight. experience light and airy, melty bubbles.

but they still had paul pierce and he came up big. scoops the bad pass. give-and-go. finishes with the dunk. less than a minute later, pierce hits a huge three, puts the celtics up seven. pierce 36-14. just over a minute remaining. pierce hits a game-clinching foul shot. watch this afterwards. a little tim tebow tribute at center court. pierce leads the celtics to a victory, 87-80. without rondo. [ laughter ] >> without rondo. >> i'm sorry. that's funny. >> that's good. >>> to baseball now. the nationals fans got what they wanted. they got a star pitcher. now this 19-year-old kid, bryce harper. >> this guy is a punk, right? >> check out the -- >> the home debut of the phenom, bryce harper. >> going to be huge. >> watch. >> left fielder, number 34, bryce harper! [ applause ] >> he got a nice ovation from the people who were there. unfortunately, there weren't many there. first home major league at-bat for bryce harper. strikes out to four pitches. 0 for three in the game. he is two for nine in his young career. >> the stadium wasn't filled up? >> no. not even half full

. >> but coming up this hour we have charlie pierce from esquire.com. he wants to talk about the end of ron paul's campaign and about romney's speech -- >> hello, everybody what is going on? what is happening? is it time to toss to jacki schechner? >> it was. >> i had to go potty. have we tossed yet. >> not yet. >> oh well we have charlie pierce coming on. >> and i just peed. now here is jacki schechner. >> what am i that. good morning, stephanie. good morning, everyone. . mitt romney is going to spend the day in iowa giving a speech? des moines. the romney campaign has released a new video featuring three iowians who are struggling to make ends meet. taking this approach in iowa may backfire for romney because the state unemployment in march was 5% down from three months ago. american's elect was trying to pick a nominee through online voting, but now they have hit a snag. there was an ongoing lack of participation, and they have ended their primary process without a nominee. they spent $35 million, and the group is reevaluating how to move forward. it