Evan Turner made the go-ahead layup with 40.4 seconds left and Philadelphia held off Boston the rest of the way with six straight free throws as the 76ers evened the second-round Eastern Conference series with an 82-81 victory Monday night. Turner finished with 10 points, including his layup that put the Sixers up 76-75. He added two free throws with 12 seconds to go. Jrue Holiday scored 18 points and Andre Iguodala added 13 points, seven assists and six rebounds for the Sixers knock off oakley polarized sunglasses, who blew a 10-point lead in the fourth quarter as the Celtics won Game 1. Kevin Garnett had 15 points and 12 rebounds and Ray Allen scored 17 points for the Celtics. Game 3 is Wednesday in Philadelphia. Philadelphia won its first playoff game in Boston since 1982 despite committing a playoff-high 19 turnovers and getting outrebounded 47-36. Spencer Hawes finished with eight points and 10 rebounds and Lavoy Allen scored 10 points for the Sixers. Brandon Bass had 12 points for the Celtics, who couldn't quite repeat their comeback in the series opener. The Sixers led by 10 points early in the fourth quarter of Game 1 before the Celtics rallied for a 92-91 victory. It was starting to look familiar for Philadelphia on Monday, but the Sixers were able to hold off the Celtics down the stretch in a tight finish. Philadelphia led 57-49 entering the fourth, but Boston tied it twice before going up 72-71 on Avery Bradley's 3-pointer, setting off a series of shots from beyond the arc. Holiday answered with a 3 for the Sixers, then Ray Allen got the lead right back for the Celtics on a 3-pointer with 1:40 left. The Celtics had a chance to extend the lead after forcing the Sixers into a 24-second shot clock violation, but Rondo missed a shot and Iguodala got the rebound, leading to Turner's layup to put the Sixers up 76-75 with 40.4 seconds to go. Rondo and Allen both missed shots that would have put Boston ahead, then Rondo fouled Turner with 14.4 seconds left as the shot clock was winding down. The Celtics fouled Turner again with 12 seconds and he hit both free throws to extend the lead to 78-76. Fans grew restless as the second half opened with sloppy, choppy play by both teams. Boston led 38-36 at halftime and nearly 7 minutes into the third quarter the score was just 43-41 with the Celtics still ahead. When the shots finally started falling, they were all for Philadelphia. The Sixers scored 14 straight points, turning a 47-43 deficit into a 57-47 lead in the final minute of the period. Boston went without a point for 4:40, finally scoring when Pierce made two free throws with 2.4 seconds left in the period. The Celtics committed seven turnovers during the quarter and made just 4 of 17 shots. Notes: The Celtics scored the first nine points. ... Boston made its first five shots, not missing until Hawes blocked Bradley's attempt 3:24 into the game. ... Rondo had eight assists in the first half, including alley-oop setups for Greg Stiemsma and Ryan Hollins cheap oakley polarized sunglasses, who had to reach behind his head for the pass but still corralled it for the two-handed dunk to put the Celtics up 33-29. ... Holiday led Philadelphia with 13 points in the first half. He was the only Sixer to score in double figures in the first two periods. Hawes was the next closest with six points. ... The Sixers had lost their last seven playoff games in Boston, last winning on May 23, 1982, in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals.
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New York Knicks' point guard Jeremy Lin will be named to the 2012 USA Select Team, the squad that will practice against the US Olympic team this summer in preparation for the London Olympics, ESPN reports Monday. Mart Stanmez at the CSNBayArea.com reports that Jeremy Lin replica gucci sunglasses, Kyrie Irving, and Klay Thompson have been selected to play on the USA Select Team this summer. As reported, although the announcement is not yet official, an NBA source indicated that Jeremy Lin would be part of the select team. Also named as being on the team, according to the source, are John Wall, DeMar DeRozan, Paul George, Gordon Hayward, Kawhi Leonard, DeJuan Blair, Ryan Anderson, Taj Gibson and Derrick Favors.
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New York Knicks' point guard Jeremy Lin will be named to the 2012 USA Select Team, the squad that will practice against the US Olympic team this summer in preparation for the London Olympics, ESPN reports Monday. Mart Stanmez at the CSNBayArea.com reports that Jeremy Lin replica gucci sunglasses, Kyrie Irving, and Klay Thompson have been selected to play on the USA Select Team this summer. As reported, although the announcement is not yet official, an NBA source indicated that Jeremy Lin would be part of the select team. Also named as being on the team, according to the source, are John Wall, DeMar DeRozan, Paul George, Gordon Hayward, Kawhi Leonard, DeJuan Blair, Ryan Anderson, Taj Gibson and Derrick Favors.
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 Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant reacts to an official's call in the first quarter of Game 1 against the Oklahoma City Thunder in the second round of the NBA basketball playoffs, in Oklahoma City, Monday, May 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)Lakers star Kobe Bryant says he doesn't take charges, and he's got a reason for it. Based on his own analysis of NBA greats from Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen to Magic Johnson and Larry Bird, Bryant believes there's too much of a health risk to get run over by an opponent and go crashing to the floor repeatedly. "I learned from my predecessors wholesale Oakley sunglasses, man," Bryant said Tuesday. "Pippen had a (messed) up back taking charges. Bird had a (messed) up back taking charges. "I said, 'I'm not taking charges.' I figured that (stuff) out at an early age." The five-time NBA champion says no one ever presented the theory to him that he could prolong his career if he didn't try to draw offensive fouls against his opponents. It was just his own observations. "I've seen them take charges and lay there with a messed-up back. I've seen Michael not take one ... charge and he's healthy his whole career, and the same thing with Magic," Bryant said. "I might not be the smartest guy in the room but I can figure that (stuff) out." The topic came up after the Lakers forced only four Oklahoma City Thunder turnovers in a 119-90 blowout loss in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals. The NBA record for fewest turnovers in a game is three. Oklahoma City had averaged a league-worst 16.4 turnovers in the regular season, but Los Angeles had the fewest steals and forced the least turnovers. Bryant rejected the idea that the Lakers should try to extend their defense and disrupt Oklahoma City's passes and said: "We're not a passing lanes kind of team. We're a pack it in type of team." Yet he also doesn't think Lakers are willing to stand in the way when opponents come charging in. "We've got a couple guys that take charges but for the most part the one guy that took charges (Derek Fisher) is now playing in Oklahoma," Bryant said. "I don't take charges, Metta (World Peace) doesn't take charges. Steve (Blake) will take a charge every now and then, but most everybody else just stands up and plays." Bryant said that drawing charges is "definitely a skill," pointing out that coach Mike Krzyzewski does drills to teach it at Duke. He singled out Miami's Shane Battier, a former Duke star, for being among the best at it in today's game but said he has no interest in learning. Bryant's coach, Mike Brown, has the opposing viewpoint. "I'm a big charge guy. I'm more a charge guy than a shot-blocking guy fake oakley sunglasses," he said, noting that even 7-foot-3 center Zydrunas Ilgauskas would drop to the floor to take charges for him in Cleveland. While some NBA teams keep track of how many charges their players draw, Bryant certainly isn't keeping up with his own. "I probably took one last year. By accident probably," he joked. "I couldn't get out of the way."
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 Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant reacts to an official's call in the first quarter of Game 1 against the Oklahoma City Thunder in the second round of the NBA basketball playoffs, in Oklahoma City, Monday, May 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)Lakers star Kobe Bryant says he doesn't take charges, and he's got a reason for it. Based on his own analysis of NBA greats from Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen to Magic Johnson and Larry Bird, Bryant believes there's too much of a health risk to get run over by an opponent and go crashing to the floor repeatedly. "I learned from my predecessors wholesale Oakley sunglasses, man," Bryant said Tuesday. "Pippen had a (messed) up back taking charges. Bird had a (messed) up back taking charges. "I said, 'I'm not taking charges.' I figured that (stuff) out at an early age." The five-time NBA champion says no one ever presented the theory to him that he could prolong his career if he didn't try to draw offensive fouls against his opponents. It was just his own observations. "I've seen them take charges and lay there with a messed-up back. I've seen Michael not take one ... charge and he's healthy his whole career, and the same thing with Magic," Bryant said. "I might not be the smartest guy in the room but I can figure that (stuff) out." The topic came up after the Lakers forced only four Oklahoma City Thunder turnovers in a 119-90 blowout loss in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals. The NBA record for fewest turnovers in a game is three. Oklahoma City had averaged a league-worst 16.4 turnovers in the regular season, but Los Angeles had the fewest steals and forced the least turnovers. Bryant rejected the idea that the Lakers should try to extend their defense and disrupt Oklahoma City's passes and said: "We're not a passing lanes kind of team. We're a pack it in type of team." Yet he also doesn't think Lakers are willing to stand in the way when opponents come charging in. "We've got a couple guys that take charges but for the most part the one guy that took charges (Derek Fisher) is now playing in Oklahoma," Bryant said. "I don't take charges, Metta (World Peace) doesn't take charges. Steve (Blake) will take a charge every now and then, but most everybody else just stands up and plays." Bryant said that drawing charges is "definitely a skill," pointing out that coach Mike Krzyzewski does drills to teach it at Duke. He singled out Miami's Shane Battier, a former Duke star, for being among the best at it in today's game but said he has no interest in learning. Bryant's coach, Mike Brown, has the opposing viewpoint. "I'm a big charge guy. I'm more a charge guy than a shot-blocking guy fake oakley sunglasses," he said, noting that even 7-foot-3 center Zydrunas Ilgauskas would drop to the floor to take charges for him in Cleveland. While some NBA teams keep track of how many charges their players draw, Bryant certainly isn't keeping up with his own. "I probably took one last year. By accident probably," he joked. "I couldn't get out of the way."
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 Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant reacts to an official's call in the first quarter of Game 1 against the Oklahoma City Thunder in the second round of the NBA basketball playoffs, in Oklahoma City, Monday, May 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)Lakers star Kobe Bryant says he doesn't take charges, and he's got a reason for it. Based on his own analysis of NBA greats from Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen to Magic Johnson and Larry Bird, Bryant believes there's too much of a health risk to get run over by an opponent and go crashing to the floor repeatedly. "I learned from my predecessors wholesale Oakley sunglasses, man," Bryant said Tuesday. "Pippen had a (messed) up back taking charges. Bird had a (messed) up back taking charges. "I said, 'I'm not taking charges.' I figured that (stuff) out at an early age." The five-time NBA champion says no one ever presented the theory to him that he could prolong his career if he didn't try to draw offensive fouls against his opponents. It was just his own observations. "I've seen them take charges and lay there with a messed-up back. I've seen Michael not take one ... charge and he's healthy his whole career, and the same thing with Magic," Bryant said. "I might not be the smartest guy in the room but I can figure that (stuff) out." The topic came up after the Lakers forced only four Oklahoma City Thunder turnovers in a 119-90 blowout loss in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals. The NBA record for fewest turnovers in a game is three. Oklahoma City had averaged a league-worst 16.4 turnovers in the regular season, but Los Angeles had the fewest steals and forced the least turnovers. Bryant rejected the idea that the Lakers should try to extend their defense and disrupt Oklahoma City's passes and said: "We're not a passing lanes kind of team. We're a pack it in type of team." Yet he also doesn't think Lakers are willing to stand in the way when opponents come charging in. "We've got a couple guys that take charges but for the most part the one guy that took charges (Derek Fisher) is now playing in Oklahoma," Bryant said. "I don't take charges, Metta (World Peace) doesn't take charges. Steve (Blake) will take a charge every now and then, but most everybody else just stands up and plays." Bryant said that drawing charges is "definitely a skill," pointing out that coach Mike Krzyzewski does drills to teach it at Duke. He singled out Miami's Shane Battier, a former Duke star, for being among the best at it in today's game but said he has no interest in learning. Bryant's coach, Mike Brown, has the opposing viewpoint. "I'm a big charge guy. I'm more a charge guy than a shot-blocking guy fake oakley sunglasses," he said, noting that even 7-foot-3 center Zydrunas Ilgauskas would drop to the floor to take charges for him in Cleveland. While some NBA teams keep track of how many charges their players draw, Bryant certainly isn't keeping up with his own. "I probably took one last year. By accident probably," he joked. "I couldn't get out of the way."
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 US first lady Michelle Obama (C) plays host to a Let's Move! soccer event with students from across the country and members of the reigning Major League Soccer champion LA Galaxy including David Beckham, in the state dining room at the White House in Washington, May 15, 2012. [Photo/Agencies]
David Beckham (C) smiles as he and some of his LA Galaxy teammates answer questions for young soccer players after a Let's Move! soccer event with students from across the country in the state dining room at the White House in Washington, May 15, 2012. Also pictured are teammate Sean Frankiln (L) and Shelley Pfohl (R), executive director of the President's Council on Physical Fitness. [Photo/Agencies]
US first lady Michelle Obama plays host to a Let's Move! soccer event with students from across the country and members of the reigning Major League Soccer champion LA Galaxy including David Beckham, in the state dining room at the White House in Washington, May 15, 2012. [Photo/Agencies]
US President Barack Obama talks about members of the 2011 Major League Soccer champions, Los Angeles Galaxy soccer team, in the East Room at the White House in Washington, May 15, 2012. [Photo/Agencies]
David Beckham (2nd L) and some of his LA Galaxy teammates answer questions for young soccer players after a Let's Move! soccer event with students from across the country in the state dining room at the White House in Washington, May 15, 2012. [Photo/Agencies]
Barack Obama holds a team jersey as he poses with members of the 2011 Major League Soccer champions, Los Angeles Galaxy soccer team wholesale oakley sunglasses, in the East Room at the White House in Washington, May 15, 2012. [Photo/Agencies]
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 US first lady Michelle Obama (C) plays host to a Let's Move! soccer event with students from across the country and members of the reigning Major League Soccer champion LA Galaxy including David Beckham, in the state dining room at the White House in Washington, May 15, 2012. [Photo/Agencies]
David Beckham (C) smiles as he and some of his LA Galaxy teammates answer questions for young soccer players after a Let's Move! soccer event with students from across the country in the state dining room at the White House in Washington, May 15, 2012. Also pictured are teammate Sean Frankiln (L) and Shelley Pfohl (R), executive director of the President's Council on Physical Fitness. [Photo/Agencies]
US first lady Michelle Obama plays host to a Let's Move! soccer event with students from across the country and members of the reigning Major League Soccer champion LA Galaxy including David Beckham, in the state dining room at the White House in Washington, May 15, 2012. [Photo/Agencies]
US President Barack Obama talks about members of the 2011 Major League Soccer champions, Los Angeles Galaxy soccer team, in the East Room at the White House in Washington, May 15, 2012. [Photo/Agencies]
David Beckham (2nd L) and some of his LA Galaxy teammates answer questions for young soccer players after a Let's Move! soccer event with students from across the country in the state dining room at the White House in Washington, May 15, 2012. [Photo/Agencies]
Barack Obama holds a team jersey as he poses with members of the 2011 Major League Soccer champions, Los Angeles Galaxy soccer team wholesale oakley sunglasses, in the East Room at the White House in Washington, May 15, 2012. [Photo/Agencies]
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An online shop was banned from search results for 12 days after its owner mailed burial clothes to a buyer who left a negative comment about the shop. Li Fen, 25, a student at Wuhan University of Science and Technology, bought a skirt for 119 yuan ($18.80) from a shop on taobao.com on April 21 but said the lining of the skirt was longer than what the shop had described online. But the shop owner in Dezhou, East China's Shandong province, refused to exchange the skirt, and Li said the owner's "bad attitude" during negotiations prompted the student to give the lowest rating to the shop on May 7. She received a parcel three days later containing blue burial clothes for children. A frightened Li called police. "Since I received the parcel on Thursday knock off oakley polarized sunglasses, I can't rest," she said. "I'm just scared." Burial clothes are regarded as ominous and insulting if sent to people who are alive. The owner of the shop, who was identified only by his online moniker "zunjuege", did not reply to questions e-mailed by China Daily. "We have decided to ban the shop from our search engine for 12 days, among other punishments," said Chen Luoan, an employee who deals with complaints at taobao.com. "Our investigation has found that the shop owner did send the parcel." Comments from the police in Wuhan were not immediately available. Similar to eBay, Taobao adopts a rating system to evaluate shops. Negative feedback from buyers can harm shops' rating, a benchmark used by many buyers to decide whether a shop is reliable or not. Liu Honghui, a Beijing-based lawyer specializing in online disputes from Yingke Law Firm, said Li can sue the shop owner. "Li has the right to ask the owner to stop the harassment and apologize," said Liu. "If the woman suffers physically or psychologically due to the harassment, she can also sue the owner to get compensation." Other buyers have said they were harassed by shop owners after giving low ratings to shops. "The owner (of an online shop) called me many times in a week and sent text messages after I gave her a negative comment in 2010," said Liu Qin, a postgraduate student in Hunan University. Recently, several similar cases have been reported of shop owners sending malicious gifts to buyers. A bag of feces was sent to a woman in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province, on April 23 after she left negative comments on an online shop. Some shop owners, however, said the online rating system has been abused by some buyers. A few buyers threatened to give low ratings to sellers simply to get discounts or exemption from postage, said Ling Yujia cheap oakley polarized sunglasses, an online clothes seller at Taobao. To ensure her shop has a good rating - what Ling called the "lifeline of her shop" - she sometimes pays the postage or refunds buyers to have them delete negative comments and upgrade ratings. "In these cases, I don't make any money, but I have to do it," she said.
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An online shop was banned from search results for 12 days after its owner mailed burial clothes to a buyer who left a negative comment about the shop. Li Fen, 25, a student at Wuhan University of Science and Technology, bought a skirt for 119 yuan ($18.80) from a shop on taobao.com on April 21 but said the lining of the skirt was longer than what the shop had described online. But the shop owner in Dezhou, East China's Shandong province, refused to exchange the skirt, and Li said the owner's "bad attitude" during negotiations prompted the student to give the lowest rating to the shop on May 7. She received a parcel three days later containing blue burial clothes for children. A frightened Li called police. "Since I received the parcel on Thursday knock off oakley polarized sunglasses, I can't rest," she said. "I'm just scared." Burial clothes are regarded as ominous and insulting if sent to people who are alive. The owner of the shop, who was identified only by his online moniker "zunjuege", did not reply to questions e-mailed by China Daily. "We have decided to ban the shop from our search engine for 12 days, among other punishments," said Chen Luoan, an employee who deals with complaints at taobao.com. "Our investigation has found that the shop owner did send the parcel." Comments from the police in Wuhan were not immediately available. Similar to eBay, Taobao adopts a rating system to evaluate shops. Negative feedback from buyers can harm shops' rating, a benchmark used by many buyers to decide whether a shop is reliable or not. Liu Honghui, a Beijing-based lawyer specializing in online disputes from Yingke Law Firm, said Li can sue the shop owner. "Li has the right to ask the owner to stop the harassment and apologize," said Liu. "If the woman suffers physically or psychologically due to the harassment, she can also sue the owner to get compensation." Other buyers have said they were harassed by shop owners after giving low ratings to shops. "The owner (of an online shop) called me many times in a week and sent text messages after I gave her a negative comment in 2010," said Liu Qin, a postgraduate student in Hunan University. Recently, several similar cases have been reported of shop owners sending malicious gifts to buyers. A bag of feces was sent to a woman in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province, on April 23 after she left negative comments on an online shop. Some shop owners, however, said the online rating system has been abused by some buyers. A few buyers threatened to give low ratings to sellers simply to get discounts or exemption from postage, said Ling Yujia cheap oakley polarized sunglasses, an online clothes seller at Taobao. To ensure her shop has a good rating - what Ling called the "lifeline of her shop" - she sometimes pays the postage or refunds buyers to have them delete negative comments and upgrade ratings. "In these cases, I don't make any money, but I have to do it," she said.
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