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The Indiana Pacers grabbed a 3-1 lead over the New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs routed Golden State 109-91 to grab a 3-2 lead in their series match.

According to Reuters, Game Five is in New York on Thursday when the Knicks will have to win to stay alive in the series, while the Pacers can reach the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since the 2003-04 season.

The Knicks, who scored just 71 points in an 11-point loss on Saturday, failed to show much sign of urgency on Tuesday and trailed by 14 at halftime.

George Hill scored 26 points for Indiana, who out rebounded the Knicks 54-36 and held them to just 35 percent shooting from the field.

Carmelo Anthony scored a team-high 24 points and had nine rebounds but made just nine of 23 shots, while a misfiring J.R. Smith shot 7-for-22.

Paul George added 18 points, 14 rebounds and seven assists for Indiana, who are a perfect 5-0 at home in the playoffs.

The San Antonio Spurs routed visiting Golden State 109-91 on Tuesday to grab a 3-2 lead in the Western Conference second round series.

The Spurs had squandered an eight-point advantage in the fourth quarter of Game Four to let the Warriors even the series, but they much more clinical back at home in the AT&T Center where they only briefly trailed in the first quarter.

Tony Parker recorded 25 points and 10 assists while Tim Duncan had 14 points and 11 rebounds for the Spurs, who will try to close out the series in Game Six on Thursday at Golden State.

Harrison Barnes led the Warriors with 25 points and Jarrett Jack had 20 but Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, who had erupted for huge games earlier in the Western Conference semi-final, combined for 13 points and made one three-pointer between them.

LeBron James led the Miami Heat to a 3-1 lead in the Eastern Conference semi-final series against the Chicago Bulls.

Miami held hosts Chicago to 25 percent shooting to take a 3-1 lead in the Eastern Conference semi-final series.

LeBron James had 27 points and eight assists, while Chris Bosh added 14 points, as the Heat held the Bulls to their lowest scoring output in franchise playoff history.

Top seed and defending NBA champions Miami can clinch the best-of-seven series at home in Wednesday’s Game Five.

Carlos Boozer had 14 points and 12 rebounds, Jimmy Butler scored 12 points but Nate Robinson missed all 12 of his field-goal attempts and did not score in 32 minutes.

The Bulls had 33 first-half points and followed that with a franchise playoff-record low nine in the third quarter and trailed 61-42 after Norris Cole swished a three-pointer at the buzzer.

Miami’s lead stretched to as many as 26 points in the final stanza.

Ten clubs have been confirmed to take part in the annual Memorial Gisembe tournament set for next month according to Espoir basketball club chairman Fidele Rutagarama.

Rutagarama said that the participants include six clubs in male category and four clubs in the women category.

He confirmed the participants as Espoir Basketball Club, APR na CKS in the men’s section and APR and UNR in the women section to represent Rwanda.

The other clubs include Muzinga and Urunani from Burundi, Warriors from Uganda in the men’s category while Berco stars from Burundi and PJB from DR Congo will spice up the women category.

Miami Heat forward LeBron James reacts after making a basket to give the Heat the lead late in the second half against the Bost

Miami, down by 13 points with eight minutes remaining, rode LeBron James to a dramatic 105-103 victory over the valiant Boston Celtics.

The result gave the Heat their 23rd consecutive victory, the second-longest winning

streak in NBA history.

Now only the 1971-72 Lakers and their 33-game streak are ahead of the Heat, who somehow managed to escape when it appeared the Celtics, playing without Kevin Garnett, were about to end the streak behind a career-best night by Jeff Green.

James, who tied the score with 1:23 left, scored 13 of his team’s final 22 points and hit a jumper with 10.5 seconds left to put the Heat ahead.

Miami’s Shane Battier then blocked a drive by Green out of bounds with seven seconds left. Boston’s Paul Pierce then missed a fall-away 3-pointer from the right corner.

Miami’s Dwyane Wade grabbed the rebound and the comeback was complete.

“It means a lot to what we’re trying to build,” James said. “A tough-minded team on the road, it’s a hostile environment. We grew again tonight and that’s big for our team.”

Talking about what James did down the stretch, Battier said, “It’s just LeBron being LeBron. I don’t really have any other words that you guys haven’t already used before. He’s the best.

“You never take that for granted. Shame on anybody that takes (James) for granted,because he’s a special talent.”

Exactly five years earlier, the Celtics ended Houston’s 22-game streak and they almost did the same thing to the Heat.

But they scored just seven points in the final 8:26. James, who has been on fire during this streak, finished with 37 points, 12 assists and seven rebounds. Mario Chalmers scored 21 points and Wade had 16 points, seven rebounds and six assists.

The win did away with Miami’s formality of clinching the Southeast Division. Green, getting his second straight start, this time with Garnett sick, delivered the best offensive game of his career, scoring 43 points but none in the final nine minutes. ”Jeff was terrific,” Celtics coach Doc Rivers said after TD Garden fans starting chanting Green’s name during the game.

“Yeah, I heard it,” Green said. “It’s a good feeling, but you just got to stay in the game. Think about the next play.”

Rivers wasn’t satisfied with the close loss, saying, “I believed we were going to win the game before the game. I thought we were going to win the game during the game. And I thought we should have won the game.”

Afro Basket championship

Rwanda men’s team have joined Egypt as Zone Five representatives in the Fiba Africa Championships slated for August in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire.

The continental basketball body in a release, gave Rwanda and Mali the wild card to the tournament. The Rwandan side finished ahead of Kenya in the qualifiers won by Egypt in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania.

For the first time since its inauguration in 1985, the event will now have a total of 16 teams with reigning champions Tunisia leading the charge for ticket to the 2013 World Championships.

Rwanda beat Kenya in the Zone Five Championships in which also featured Somalia, Burundi, Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania.

Fiba Africa named the final teams as—Algeria, Angola, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Egypt, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, Central Africa Republic, DR Congo, Senegal and Tunisia.

Kenya women’s side will represent the zone after they also won all their matches to qualify for the Nations Cup to be held in Maputo, Mozambique in September.

Rwanda’s men basketball team is expected to face Angola in an international friendly match in June, according to head coach Moise Mutokambali.

The match will used to prepare the team for the Afro basketball championship which is slated to run from 15-26 June 2013 in Ivory Coast.

“We are still in negotiations with the Angolan (basketball) federation but until now nothing has been agreed,” he told the press on Tuesday.

He added, “The players have been occupied with the national league, which has reached the Playoffs final, nevertheless, we need to engage them in some international games as we prepare for the continental tournament.”

Rwanda qualified for the Afro basketball championship after finishing as runners-up to Egypt at the Zone V qualifier held in Tanzania in January.

Nyuma yo kwihanangiriza United Generation Basketball (UGB) ikayitsinda amanota 104-40, Espoir BBC yesheje umuhigo wo kurangiza imikino ya shampiyona ibanza  (phase aller), idatsinzwe umukino n’umwe kandi iri ku mwanya wa mbere.

Mu mukino yakinnye na UGB muri Cercle Sportif de Kigali kucyumweru tariki ya 4/11/2012, Espoir BBC yagaragaje imbaraga nyinsi cyane ndetse inatsinda ku buryo buyoroheye cyane. Mugabe Aristide ni umwe mu bakinnyi bigaragaje cyane muri Espoir BBC kuko yatsinze amanota 34.

Indi mikino yabaye mu mpera z’icyumweru, ku cyumweru Kaminuza y’u Rwanda yatsinze Rusizi BBC amanota 90-70 muri kaminuza y’u Rwanda, naho Kigali Institute of Education (KIE) itsinda Cercle Sportif de Kigali (CSK) amanota 61-58.

Ku wa gatandatu tariki ya 3/11/2012 UGB yari yatsinze KIE amanota 60-49, Rusizi BBC yatsinze 30Plus 84-68 naho ku wa gatanu tariki ya 2/11/2012 APR BBC yatsinze  Kigali Basketball Club (KBC) iheruka gutwara igikombe cya shampiyona,  amanota 87-78.

Ku musozo w’imikino ibanza ya shampiyona ya Basketball,  Espoir BBC niyo iri ku isonga n’amanota 16, ikaba ikurikiwe na APR BBC na KBC zombi  zinganya amanota 14.

Ubuyobozi bw’ishyirahamwe ry’umukino wa Basketball mu Rwanda (FERWABA buvuga ko  imikino yo kwishyura (Phase retour) izatangira mu byumweru bitatu biri imbere.

Espoir Basketball Club yafashe umwanya wa mbere nyuma yo gutsinda  mukeba wayo Kigali Basketball Club (KBC) mu mukino wa shampiyona wabereye kuri Stade ntoya I Remera ku wa gatandatu tariki ya 27/10/2012.

 Aya makipe yombi yagiye guhura yose anganya ibigwi muri iyi shampiyona, dore ko yombi yari ataratsindwa na rimwe.

Mu mukino wahuje ayo makipe, Espoir BBC yagaragaje imbaraga nyinshi ndetse n’ubuhanga mu kwinjiza amanota mu nkangara, maze umukino urangira Espoir BBC itsinze amanota 72-60.

Uwazayire Christophe Kapiteni wa Espoir BBC na Mugabe Aristide ni bamwe mu bakinnyi bigaragaje cyane ku ruhande rwa Espoir, bakaba banagize uruhare mu kwinjiza amanota menshi iyo kipe yatsinze.

Uwazayire yadutangarije ko ubwitange no gukina nta gihunga ariryo banga riri inyuma y’intsinzi yabo

“Twebwe twagiye gukina tuzi neza ko KBC yadutsinze mu gikombe cy’Agaciro, ariko twari twifitiye icyizere cyo gutsinda, kuko umutoza yadusabye kwirinda ubwoba n’igihunga, ahubwo tugakina umukino wacu uko bisanzwe ahubwo tukongera ubwitange n’imbaraga nyinshi, nuko birdudufasha tubasha gutsinda”.

Umutoza wa KBC Jacques Kimenyi avuga ko  n’ubwo KBC yatsinzwe na mukeba wayo bahanganiye igikombe ngo ntabwo intego yabo  yo kugitwara irangiye kuko ngo bagiye kwitegura neza ku buryo nibongera guhura mu mukino wo kwishyura bazahangana .

“icyatumye Espoir idutsinda ni uko twabuze abakinnyi b’abasimbura kuko wasangaga dukinisha abakinnyi bamwe gusa bituma bananirwa vuba. Ahubwo  natangajwe n’ariya manota  yose twatsinze, nkurikije abakinnyi bakeya twari dufite.

Ubu ntabwo amahirwe yo gutwara igikombe arangiye, kuko haracyari imikino yo kwishyura, ku buryo icyo tugiye gukora ari ugukosora amakosa no kwitegura neza, ku buryo tuzabatsinda nitwongera guhura”.

Mu yindi mikino yabaye ku wa gatandatu, APR BBC yatsinze KIE amanota 98 kuri77, naho CSK itsinda Rusizi amanota 86-81.

Kugeza ubu Espoir BBC ni yo yicaye ku mwanya wa mbere, ikaba itaratsindwa na rimwe.

Kigali basketball Club (KBC) yatwaye igikombe cya shampiyona ya Basketball giheruka yatangiye shampiyona yitwara neza itsinda imikino ibiri ya mbere muri shampiyona yatangiye ku wa gatandatu tariki ya 6/10/2012.

Mu mukino w’umunsi wa mbere wa shampiyona KBC yatsinze ikipe nshya yitwa 30 Plus amanota 86- 45.

Ku mukino w’umunsi wa kabiri wa shampiyona, ku cyumweru KBC yatsinze Rusizi BBC amanota 114 kuri 44.

Mu yindi mikino yabaye, ku wa gatandatu APR BBC ifite ibikombe byinshi kurusha andi makipe muri shampiyona, yatunguwe na CSK iyitsinda amanota 50 kuri 49.

Espoir BBC yatsinze Rusizi amanota 110-42, naho United Generation Basketball  (UGB) itsinda Kaminuza y’u Rwanda amanota 69-50.

Mu mikino y’umunsi wa kabiri wa shampiyona yabaye ku cyumweru tariki ya 7/10/2012,  Espoir BBC yatsinze Kaminuza y’u Rwanda 131-31, APR BBC itsinda UGB amanota 75 kuri 51 naho CSK itsinda 30 Plus amanota 57 kuri 51.

Nyuma y’umunsi wa kabiri wa shampiyona, KBC, Espoir  na CSK ziri ku isonga kuko zatsinze imikino ibiri ibanza.

Shampiyona izakomeza ku wa gatandatu tariki ya 13/10/2012, naho shampiyona y’abagore yo izatangira nyuma y’ibyumweru bibiri.

Saturday

APR    81-56    UGB

ESPOIR    67-52    KBC

Sunday

Espoir    57-37    KIE

CSK    47-52    APR

APR basketball club maintained their dominance on the local scene by winning the first two matches of the Agaciro Development Fund tournament over the weekend.

The Agaciro tournament started on Saturday where Espoir beat Kigali Institute of Education 57-37 before APR beat Cercle Sportif de Kigali (CSK) 52-47. The league champions made it two wins out of two by thumping UGB 81-56 on Sunday.

The tournament will continue on Wednesday with Cercle Sportif de Kigali hosting UGB at Amahoro Indoor Stadium and on Thursday Kigali Institute of Education will entertain Kigali Basketball Club.

The semi finals, in both the men and women categories, will be played on Saturday. In the women’s fray, APR will take on Rwandans Allied for Peace (RAPP). Only two teams entered for the women’s competition.