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Show SUMMER UTAH CHRONICLE SPURS TOP PISTONS BELLAMY DOUBTS r BOGUT'S SUCCESS continued from Page 6 continued from Page 6 Keefe was a top-io pick back in 1992; the frawks nabbed him at No. 10 that year. ,t "The very next pick? Robert Horry. ^..The last time an Australian was getting this much attention, his name was Luc Longley, and he was picked No. 7 by the T-Wolves. 3'.No matter the outcome, it's exciting to see Utah progeny headlining both the NFL and NBA drafts, and I don't want Bogut to wash out and stigmatize the pro potential of future U prospects. •: So I hope I'm wrong. * I hope I'm wrong when I say he doesn't have the physicality to match up with the likes of Amare Stoudemire, Jermaine p'Neal or even Brad Miller. 1 I hope I'm wrong when I say he has very little room for improvement and that his lack of speed will hurt him tremendously at the next level—which, even with defensive teams like the Spurs and Pistons dominating, is still much faster than the college game. .* And I hope I'm wrong when I say his unimpressive performance in the NCAA Tournament is a harbinger of things to come. , There are those who will disagree with •me, saying he proved his NBA mettle as a member of the Australian National Team; they'll tell me how well he played against top NBA talent. v Then again, so did Carlos Arroyo, and just look at that poor schmuck. cbellamy@chronicle.utah.edu the final quarter, couldn't recover. Detroit had won 10 straight postseason games with a chance to eliminate its opponent and was trying to become the first team in NBA history to win two Game 7s on the road in a postseason. As resilient as they were, that turned out to be too tall of a task. "I am unbelievably happy. I. couldn't be happier," Ginobili said. "It's just an unbelievable feeling. I need another body to feel it." Duncan's legacy was as much in question as his team's. He had struggled through out the series against a superior defensive team, the Pistons presenting the toughest test the Spurs had faced in the finals after defeating the 1999 Knicks and the 2003 Nets, teams that might have been a little too pleased just to have a shot at the title. *'I don't listen to anything that was said. I wanted to come out here and give my best effort," Duncan said after winning his third Finals MVP. "We fought for this thing." Duncan came up short on a dunk and a 21-footer early in the third quarter, giving him six consecutive misses, and Detroit slowly began to build upon its lead. A dunk by Tayshaun Prince, a steal and two foul shots by Chauncey Billups, a poor possession by San Antonio and a spin move by Antonio McDyess made it 48-39. Duncan's string of misses reached eight before he converted a three-point play, and Ginobili drove for a score off a turnover to complete a 7-0 run that got the Spurs right back in it. A 14-foot bank shot by Duncan—a part of his usual repertoire that had been absent in this series—produced a 53-53 tie before he knocked down another shot off the glass, this time from a few steps further away, to help produce a 57-57 tie entering the fourth. Duncan had 12 points and six rebounds in the third quarter. After a flat start, Popovich told the Spurs during a timeout to start creating for each other—to stop standing around on offense and letting the Pistons be the aggressors with their defense. There was a change in Duncan immediately thereafter as he had a blocked shot, an assist and a tip-in to start a 10-0 run that gave San Antonio a 16-12 lead. Each team's defensive intensity was a bit sharper than their offensive execution, in large part because Billups and Ginobili each picked up two early fouls, and the first quarter ended with the Spurs ahead 18-16. Points continued to be difficult to come by in the second quarter, the Pistons hurting themselves with too many long outside shots and too few possessions in which the ball moved around, and not enough second-chance points generated by their better work on the offensive boards. I : •: • , BEATTY THINKS BOGUT WILL SUCCEED * continued from Page 6 » ; Where I come from, we actually consider it impressive when you get hacked all night by a team that goes thrice as deep as the Utes, play the entire 40 minutes in your 35th game of the season and still equal/surpasse your season average in points and rebounds. -' But call me old-fashioned. * Fifteen years from now, when Bogut is writing his Hall of Fame speech and Sporting his key to Milwaukee, guys like Tyson Chandler will be wondering when their "workout champ" rings are going to finally arrive. ' Enjoy superstardom, Andrew. < jbeatty@chronicle.utah.edu How's your By 77?e Chronicle is looking for competent people with photographic skills worthy of being printed in a newspaper. If you think you can make the cut, come fill out an application and drop off your portfolio. [digital portfolios preferred] Friday, June 24, 2005 Real Salt Lake defender and team captain Eddie Pope battles Los Angeles forward Ednaldo da Conceicao for the ball Wednesday night at Rice-Eccles Stadium. Real and the Galaxy ended play tied at one goal apiece. RSL TRAVELS TO CHICAGO and hopefully we can build on it," Ellinger said. Real Salt Lake doesn't have much time to rest on the single point, however. They now travel to Soldier Field in Chicago for a Sunday meeting with the Fire (7-6-2), a team that blanked RSL 3-0 at Rice-Eccles a continued from Page 6 few weeks ago. For Williams, it is the first time he, D.J. Countess playing for the RSL reserve team and as a late-minute and Dipsy Selolwane will have visited the Windy City substitute for the first-team. since they were traded. I* was also his father's birthday, so the goal was the The Fire will hope to get scoring from forward Nate best birthday gift for him, Watson said. Jaqua, who has tallied six goals already in the early Both teams had several scoring chances after that, stages of the season. Creative playmaker Thiago has but both goalkeepers were up to the tasks at hand. six assists to go with Jaqua's impressive totals. ChiIn the end, Real Salt Lake Coach John Ellinger said cago comes into the match not having won since June he thought his players showed marked improvement 12. The Fire has scored 24 goals on the season, tied for from the previous few games. second in MLS but has also allowed 22 goals. "The effort was there in the first half. We just made Game time is set for 7 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time one bad ball, and then in the second half we got the in Chicago and will be televised on FOX Sports Net. equalizer. I have no complaints about the effort of the bshaw@ guys tonight. Tonight was a step in the right direction, chronicle.utah.edu As many as 69,000 students, family, faculty and staff will bury their heads in it. 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