SCOREBOARD
Wednesday, June 13
No games scheduled.
STAR
Tuesday
-Tony Parker, Spurs, scored 17 points to lead San Antonio to a 75-72 victory over Cleveland.
LOW SCORING
San Antonio’s 75-72 victory over Cleveland in Game 3 Tuesday night tied for the second-lowest scoring game in NBA finals history. The mark is 145 set in 1955 by Fort Wayne and Syracuse.
COOLING OFF
Cleveland rookie guard Daniel Gibson started for the first time in Game 3 of the NBA finals Tuesday night after shooting 13-for-21 in the first two games, but went just 1-for-10, including 0-for-5 from 3-point range, as the Cavaliers lost to San Antonio 75-72 to go down 0-3.
CRUNCH TIME
San Antonio guard Manu Ginobili, scoreless on 0-for-7 shooting through the first 47-plus minutes, hit three free throws in the last 10.4 seconds, as the Spurs held off Cleveland 75-72 Tuesday night to take a 3-0 lead in the NBA finals.
DOWNTOWN
San Antonio was 10-of-19 from 3-point range, including a combined 7-for-9 from Bruce Bowen and Brent Barry, while Cleveland shot just 3-for-19 from downtown in Game 3 of the NBA finals, won 75-72 by the Spurs on Tuesday night.
SWINGS
Cleveland center Zydrunas Ilgauskas, who had 10 total rebounds in the first two games of the NBA finals, had 10 offensive and 18 total Tuesday night in Game 3. But the result was the same as San Antonio took a 3-0 lead with a 75-72 victory.
SITTING OUT
Cleveland point guard Larry Hughes was inactive for Game 3 of the NBA finals against San Antonio on Tuesday night after hobbling throughout the first two games – and much of the past few weeks – with a sore left foot. The Spurs won 75-72 to take a 3-0 lead.
NOT TUNING IN
Game 2 of the NBA finals lost nearly one-third of its television audience from last year. San Antonio’s lopsided victory over Cleveland drew a 5.6 national rating and 10 share on ABC on Sunday night. The ratings for Game 1 fell 19 percent from last year.
STEPPING DOWN
Rick Carlisle, fired in April after four years as Indiana coach, told the Pacers on Tuesday he will not return as the team’s executive vice president. Carlisle told The Associated Press on Monday night that working in television, coaching or taking time off are all immediate possibilities.
MOVING ON
Buzz Peterson resigned Tuesday as coach at Coastal Carolina to become director of player personnel for the Charlotte Bobcats. Michael Jordan, Peterson’s former college roommate and teammate at North Carolina, is part-owner of the Bobcats and has final say on all basketball decisions. Peterson was 35-25 in two seasons with the Chanticleers, who hired him after he was fired as Tennessee’s coach in 2005. Peterson also coached at Tulsa and Appalachian State.
SPEAKING
“Offensively we could not get the ball in the basket. Nobody for us was having a good game as far as Tim, Tony and Manu are concerned offensively. But we kept getting stops and getting in there and we know it was ugly but we are up 3-0 at the end of the day and that’s all that counts in the series.” – San Antonio reserve swingman Brent Barry after a 75-72 victory over Cleveland on Tuesday night.