The San Antonio Spurs win Game 6 at home against the New Orleans Hornets. CP3 didn’t come through like I wish he did but he had a pretty good game overall. The Spurs did take the win by 11 (99-80). The series is still tied though (3-3). Tim Duncan scored 20 points, 15 rebounds and 6 assists. Manu Ginobili scored 25 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists. Tony Parker had 15 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists. Duncan stated how he felt about the stakes of these series played between the Hornets’:
“We know what we’re facing. We’re facing elimination,” Duncan said. “And we know we have to put a good game together there. … We’re going to take it in there and it’s do-or-die.”
Kanye West performed “Everything I Am” but a more freestyle revised one at Casio’s G-Shock 25th Anniversary Celebration in New York. I tell you Kanye is by far one of my favorite artists and he really killed on stage. Ya’ll have to watch this video! Click play to check it out!
(Photos: Getty Images) The Lakers win again! They can’t whoop Kobe at home on his worst night! The L.A. Lakers defeat the Utah Jazz by 7 points in the final score (111-104). Kobe Bryant scored 26 points, 7 assists and 6 rebounds to lead the series (3-2). Kobe responded on the win last night and he said:
“I just had to pick my spots,” he said. “I knew I wasn’t 100 percent healthy, so I wanted to get us off to a good start, give us an emotional boost. Then in the third quarter, there were moments where I had to pick it up, and I was able to do that. And in the fourth quarter, Lamar [Odom] and Pau [Gasol] took it from there.”
The Cleveland Cavaliers lose again! The Boston Celtics are now in the lead after winning the tie-breaker last night (3-2). The Celtics won by 7 points (96-89). Kevin Garnett put up 26 points, 16 rebounds and 4 assists. LeBron James totaled 35 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists. LeBron commented on the loss after the game:
“We know it’s a win-or-go-home situation. We’ve got to approach it that way,” LeBron said “We’re a very good team at home. But a LeBron James team is never desperate.”
Ciara is working on her third album, Fantasy Ride (Jive/Zomba), and it’s said to be the most intuitive yet.
The packaged album will come with three separate discs for their feel to the album. The first disc will be titled “Groove City” which will have sensually seductive songs like “Promise”. The second disc will be titled “Crunktown” which will be similar to hits like “Goodies” and “That’s Right”. The final disc will be titled “Kingdom Of Dance” which is supposed to showcase Ciara house-like, freestyle cuts.
Ciara is teaming up with the infamous Tricky Stewart, who produced people from Rihanna’s “Umbrella” to Mariah Carey’s “Touch My Body”. Ciara should have an official single in June according to her label. Album due in September.
The New Orleans Hornets blew the San Antonio Spurs out last night by 22 points (101-79). The Hornets now lead the series (3-2). David West totaled 38 points, 14 rebounds and 5 assists last night for the Hornets. CP3 also known as Chris Paul had 22 points, 14 assists and 3 rebounds.
The Detroit Pistons take the victory of the series (4-1) between the Orlando Magic. Detroit had an advantage a home by winning the last game in the series but it’s go hard or go home. The Pistons came harder leading them further into the playoffs. The final score of last night game was [91-86]. Richard Hamilton would not let his team lose at home..period. He scored 31 points, 2 rebounds, and 3 assists. Hamilton said proudly after the final game win:
“Now we expect to do this,” Hamilton said. “We’re supposed to be here.”
Our friends over at Rap-Up.com interviewed Nelly and asked him questions about his upcoming album, “Brass Knuckles” (Derrty/Universal). Nelly also named a few of the featured artists and producers he collaborated with on this new album. He listed collabos from Ciara, Chuck D, T.I., LL Cool J, Akon, Pharrell and Jermaine Dupri. Click play to check out the interview above. Brass Knuckles due in stores June 24th.
Here’s the T2W premiere of Maroon 5’s single, “If I Never See Your Face Again” featuring RIhanna, which will be on the re-releases of Maroon 5’s, It Won’t Be Soon Before Long (A&M/Octone) and RIhanna’s Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded (Def Jam). In StoresJune 17th!
The Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Boston Celtics in Game 4 last night. The series is now tied (2-2). The Cavs won by a good 11 points (88-77). The indeed had to win Game 4 in order to stand ground in this series. LeBron James, who had 21 points, 13 assists and 6 rebounds, said at the game’s end:
“We took care of home court and turned it into a three-game series,” James said.
Zydrunas Ilgauskas had 9 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists. Kevin Garnett finished the game with 15 points and 10 rebounds for the Celtics.
The Los Angeles Lakers unfortunately loss to the Utah Jazz yesterday by 8 after going to overtime (123-115) but the series is still tied (2-2). Deron Williams had 29 points and 14 assists. Kobe Bryant had 33 points, 10 assists and 8 rebounds. The Lakers need to win Game 5! Check out the video for more details.
Game 5 airs Wednesday (May 14) @ 10:30PM (ET) on TNT.
The New Orleans Hornets fell under the San Antonio Spurs in yesterday’s game losing by 20 points (100-80). The Spurs tied the series in game 4 (2-2). Top performer of the night was Tim Duncan. Duncan totaled 22 points, 15 rebounds and 3 assists. Here’s quick reaction from Tim Duncan on how he felt about tying the series:
“I’m just trying to do my part,” Duncan said. “It’s just that. You’ve got to step up at playoff time. It’s win or go home. So you’ve got to step up and make plays.”
Here is another T2W video premiere. David Banner’s second single, “Get Like Me” featuring Yung Joc & Chris Brown. David Banner’s upcoming album, The Greatest Story Ever Told, will be in stores June 3rd.
The Cleveland Cavaliers take the victory at home in last night’s game against the Boston Celtics. The Cavs won by 24 in Game 3 (108-84). LeBron James was determined to win for the home team last night. James had 21 points, 8 assists and 5 rebounds. Delonte West was on point last night with 21 points, 7 assists and 5 rebounds. West said at the end of the game:
“We came out, jumped on them and didn’t give it back,” West said.
The Celtics are still leading this series (2-1) but a lot can change in the next game. Game 4 will be in Cleveland which will make it harder for the Celtics to maintain their lead.
It seems whenever a team is home it’s easier for them to win games but this wasn’t the case for last night’s game. The Detroit Pistons defeats the Orlando Magic with a 3-pointer by Tayshaun Prince in the last 8.9 seconds in the final quarter (90-89). Pistons still leading the series (3-1). Tayshaun Price totaled 17 points, 5 assists and 5 rebounds. Pistons’ coach Flip Saunders feared they would lose without their star point-guard, Chauncey Billups, but Hamilton stepped in and took charge. Richard Hamilton scored 32 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 assists.
A new unreleased track from Chris Brown recent album, Exclusive, has a new track that didn’t make the final cut to be released on the album. I actually like this song and most of the songs that don’t make the album usually be some of the best tracks. The titled of the track is “Last 2 Know”. Click the following link to listen. Tell us what you think of the song and leave a comment.
The Utah Jazz won Game 3 against the Los Angeles Lakers at home by 5 (104-99). The Lakers still lead the series for now (2-1). Top perfomers of the night were Carlos Boozer and Kobe Bryant. Boozer had a total of 27 points and 20 rebounds. Kobe had 34 points, 7 assists and 6 rebounds. Click the on the pic above for a video recap for more details.
The San Antonio Spurs finally win a game against the New Orleans Hornets but the Hornets still lead the series (2-1). The Spurs win by 11 last night and take the victory of Game 3 (110-99). Tony Parker did not want to lose 3 games in a row to the Hornets so he stepped up his game a little bit. Parker totaled 31 points, 11 assists and 4 rebounds. Manu Ginobili also scored 31 points, 6 assists and 4 rebounds. Ginobili said after the victory last night:
“We know that going 3-0 — it’s never been done to come back like that,” said Ginobili, “Today, for us, it was a Game 7. We knew if we didn’t win today, it was almost over. So we had a different approach. We played with more passion, more edge.”
(Photos: Getty Images) The Boston Celtics win again against the Cleveland Cavaliers. That’s two in a row (2-0). Beating the Cavs by 16, the final score was (89-73). It’s kind of surprising LeBron James hasn’t been shutting it down but these games can go either way. Kevin Garnett was on his game tonight and did not let up. K.G. scored 13 points, 12 rebounds, and 4 assists. Paul Pierce was even shocked to see that King James wasn’t beating them! Here’s what Pierce had to say:
“I’m a little shocked that he’s 8-for-42, but this is what we work on. We work on trying to contain him,” said Pierce, “LeBron is what makes them go. And if we can somehow control him, we control their team. And with the help of the guys around me, we’ve been able to do that.”
Ray Allen scored 16 points and 3 assists. Paul Pierce scored a total of 19 points, 6 rebounds, and 2 assists. I guess they are kind of succeeding in this theory cause it’s not looking to good for the Cavs. LeBron can even admit this himself. LeBron said after the game:
(Photos: Getty Images) The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Utah Jazz once again which is no surprise. Kobe Bryant still continues to dominate right after winning the MVP award the day before. Kobe lead L.A. to another victory (2-0) with a total of 34 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. The Lakers won by 10 points (120-110) last night. Lamar Odom racked up 19 points, 16 rebounds, and 2 assists. Pau Gasol had 20 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Kobe was pumped last night for Game 2. After the game he stated how he felt:
“It was an emotional night for all of us,” Bryant said after the game. “We haven’t seen Staples Center this electric. It gave me goose bumps. You want to ride the momentum, and we were able to do that.”
