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As it was, Ariza played a few acclimatizing minutes late in the Western Conference finals and was only minor assistance in the NBA Finals.

In September he reached the semi finals of the US Open but this time it was an abdominal injury that prevented him playing his best.

He said: "It has been a great season for English clubs - Chelsea, Manchester United and now Liverpool in the semi-finals. "

The best thing about LeBron's showing in these Finals was that he never quit or let the frustration get to him.

They would have been the first pair of men to meet in the finals of all four Grand Slam tournaments.

If Arsenal progress in the Champions League, the Dutchman would also be in contention to play around the time of the semi-finals.

That student is going to have to get a move on if he wants to pass his finals.

Who cared if that left me with a piece I probably wouldn't play as well in the finals of the competition?

The other morning, even though we had beach volleyball tickets, the entire family decided to stay in and watch the men's gymnastics finals.

And I feel that next season it is possible to see four English clubs in the semi-finals.

Ian Rush booked Liverpool's place in the semi-finals of the Coca-Cola Cup with a typically lethal strike to gun down Arsenal at Anfield.

The meeting is expected to concentrate on finals preparations ahead of the announcement of a date for a general election.

Looking back on last season's Eastern Conference finals, it's easy to understand why Cleveland wanted O'Neal so badly to counter Howard.

The U. S. team, which came into the Olympics as the reigning world champions, made plenty of mistakes in the finals.

And his wife, the unofficial curator of that budding basketball museum, would be wise to make room for an NBA Finals MVP trophy, too.

He took the Portland Trailblazers to the NBA Finals twice, only to be thwarted by the Pistons' Bad Boys and Jordan's Bulls.

He stared at it in front of his locker after the Lakers' 103-84 loss to the Spurs on Sunday in Game 3 of the Western Conference finals.

Kobe Bryant scored 23 points for the Lakers, who had not lost the first two games of a post-season series since the 2008 NBA finals.

Capello says England are aiming for at least a a place in the semi-finals. How do you see England's standing?

ROGER FEDERER: No, I mean, I am just sort of disappointed not to see my name, playing in the finals.

Torres added: "What hurts most is going out in the semi-finals of a big competition, not the end of the run. "

The Los Angeles Lakers eked out a narrow victory over the visiting Denver Nuggets in game one of the Western Conferece finals Tuesday night.

Do not know whether it into the semi-finals at best come, first I would like to thank Bo faithful encouraged me.

When we got a few stressed text messages from her about finals, we told her to relax, do what she always does, and she'd be fine.

Tracy McGrady could not bear to watch the Finals. This, he said, had nothing to do with the Finals themselves. At least not in his case.

France went into the finals as favourites for the finals having reached the semi finals of the World Cup some two years previously.

At a stage of his career where he probably thought that it had all bypassed him, he got this move and suddenly he was playing in cup finals.

A year ago, Pau Gasol had never played in the NBA finals, so he was excited just to be there.

You know, if I don't study for my exams, I'm not gonna pass my finals.

Howard Webb, the English referee retained by Fifa for the quarter-finals, said he would be open to the introduction of goalline technology.

Instead of feeling subdued, Fletcher considers himself fortunate enough to have played in two cup finals already in his career.

Monday night, the spotlight will turn to the finals of the men's 110m hurdles, and it's shaping up to be a great one.

But just when the Lakers looked ready to accelerate into the fast lane and not exit until the NBA Finals, they went into a skid.

All teammates have a great desire to win and are really focused and ready to give their best in The Finals.

After that I had five days before the quarter-finals and I tried a few others, but then decided to stick with the first one.

We will have to go on the pitch in the next two games as if they were two finals, trying to prepare them in the best possible way.

Two years in a row with the best record, make it to the Finals and lose . . . you've got to be hungry enough to try to attain it now.

Between 1962 and 1994, there was not a single World Cup which did not feature either one of the two in the semi-finals.

It is in her 20 years of semi-final 2-0 Zheng Jie advanced out of the finals, the world's top ten shows the power of exhaustive .

But now Makelele, 33, has decided to commit himself to getting France qualified for Euro 2008 and then call it a day before the finals.

He might be more important defensively, because the Lakers must control Parker's penetration and keep the NBA finals MVP out of the paint.

Is Theo Walcott the first player to be left out of a finals squad after scoring a hat-trick in qualifying? " wonders Ally Johnson. "

United must win the tie to go through, while a score draw would see Inter take the place in the quarter finals.

She gave up because she had chemistry homework to do, but vowed to figure it out after finals.

We're still going to have bench lineups that look like the the Svelte, the quick, long lineup that delivered us into last years finals.

You are the only player on this team who made it to this year's NBA Finals. Any worries of fatigue?

She will now go on to represent the region in the national finals in London later this year.

We will try to enjoy this situation but we know we will have to work hard over the next two weeks to prepare for the semi-finals.

I followed the games of the quarter finals with a lot of interest and I was sorry not to be there.

What happens now is a bonus. From the quarter-finals, you need a bit of luck too.

China won all the finals in which it had athletes entered on Wednesday in sanshou, or free sparring.

So would explosive Bulls guard Derrick Rose and his defense-oriented team, a year removed from an Eastern Conference Finals run.

One of our favorite devices not to make it to the design competition finals is the RollerGen by High Tide.

All the track and field finals will take place in the evening with the customary exception of the marathon.

Meireles was one of Portugal's star performers in their four matches at the 2010 World Cup finals.

They'll be back in the conference finals every year until Duncan's son is running the point.

Virginia Annual Recon to print in ID order and sort Nils in the front, and within the Finals to sort the Finalized Nils.

It was a cruel way for England to concede but even tougher on Green whose World Cup must be in doubt with the finals so close.

Algeria's footballers have won the last African place in next year's World Cup Finals.

I hate to say it, but your computer (or smartphone) during finals week is likely going to be your biggest distraction.

And when you were at NYU, what was your first exposure to the dogs, being brought and helped relieve the pressure of finals?

Hello everyone, we just had our one-week-holiday last week for Thanksgiving. The finals for this semester are just around the corner!

The 15-year-old Jiang was the only gymnast to surpass 60 points in the women's all-around finals. She was ranked third in preliminaries.

The 58-year Serb will be carving a historic niche of his own as the first man to coach five different countries in World Cup finals.

Phil Neville wants to mark the 10th anniversary of his first call-up to the England squad by playing in the World Cup finals next year.

England saw a place in the quarter finals ripped cruelly from their grasp as Romania snatched victory with a dramatic late penalty.

It could happen tomorrow evening because qualifying for the quarter-finals would confirm that we are one of the strongest sides in Europe.

However, although Benfica continued to bestride the European stage they lost in three finals.

This was the basketball match for freshmen. Although we failed to the finals, we did our best.

Juventus will play Lazio in the semi-finals of the Coppa Italia. The winner of that contest will then play Inter or Sampdoria in the final.

His contract at Real Madrid expires at the end of this season and he is keen to play regular football in the run-up to the World Cup finals.

Danish players were in fine form at the finals of the German Open Badminton event in Saarbrucken on Sunday.

We invited him to discuss pop music with us, but he introduced a new topic immediately, that was, the NBA finals the week before.

After making the Western Conference finals a year ago, the Jazz face getting knocked out one round earlier.

2001 " Mr World" Pageant was held at Puerto Rico. Leon Williams was the only Asian Chinese that reached into the finals.

They treated practice sessions as if they were finals.

Yugoslavia were a fine side, who should have reached the semi-finals, but Germany trounced them 4-1.

Of course, design problems, take-home quizzes, in-class quizzes and finals are to be worked strictly on your own.

The side with the best set of forwards will reach the semi-finals. Chelsea have an excellent attack, but our forwards are better.

The 2006 NBA finals MVP was back in that arena Tuesday night, as a guest for a concert featuring Jay-Z and Kanye West.

Off the court, I don't remember. On court, maybe Miami finals. I don't know. I remember there that I threw a racquet.

The next season they had to avenge the sting of that Finals loss.

In Los Angeles and Orlando, I attended the NBA finals, and I enjoyed going to matches of the NFL and MLB, " added Del Piero. "

In their last meeting, Djokovic saved two match points as he came from two sets down to beat Federer in the US Open semi-finals.

For finals, you may get into the water only one hour before the beginning of the meet, unless you feel you need more time.

The end of every NBA finals reminds us of Boice's addictive 2005 debut, "MVP, " a fictionalized retelling of Kobe Bryant's life.

I also got to the quarter-finals of the China Open and climbed into the top 48 in the world.

Carolina, oddly, did not: The Tar Heels went 28-8 and lost to Georgia in the East Regional finals in Jordan's sophomore year.

Last spring, they were unlikely underdogs who nearly made it to the Western Conference finals without their star player, Rudy Gay.

He has every chance of a dream place in the home nation side for the 2006 World Cup Finals.

I could have asked them to join me for a beer and forget about finals week.

I spent most of the evening wandering from building to building, watching the students get ready for the next day's finals.

Speaking of the semi-finals, she added: "I really want to do my best, get out there and do my best, and anything can happen. "

Arkansas and Utah Annual Recon to sort Finals and Nils to the front in current ID print order.

Pete, Davis Cup Finals in Argentina, Argentina taking on Spain, with Raffy Nadal out of the action, is there any way Argentina loses this?

BOB DOUGHTY: Finally, hundreds of students from around the world gathered in New York City last month for the Microsoft Imagine Cup finals.

When I do give finals, I distribute essay questions a week or two beforehand.

The Lakers traded for him in 2008 and he was an integral part of their run to the Finals last year.

I'm 100 per cent confident that if I had more time to train I could have placed in the top three and go through to finals.

The England team failed to win a place in the finals.

It seems totally irresponsible as well that the Quarter-finals are scheduled in the same week as Europa League games.

Prepare our team for a few months, but failed to reach the semi-finals.

Del Bosque says there are still places up for grabs in his squad before he finalises his selection for this summer'sWorld Cup finals.

And after surgery, I got to the finals of Wimbledon.

Domenech has agreed a new deal which will keep him in charge of France until after the 2010 World Cup finals.

Stated: National Finals detailed rules of the game organizers will announce the official website Please note and use it as a benchmark.

In what became a finals dominated by stats and debate over their worth, there was an apparently telling one last night.

The series is going to consist of four regular series games and a finals.

A. Though I failed to break into the semi-finals the last season, I'll prepare harder this time and try to show a better performance.

We got to within three minutes of the quarter finals of the Caring Cup, and we are in the last 32 of the FA Cup.

And the reality is that if luck were on Orlando's side, they'd have been just a series away from a Finals rematch with the Lakers.

Pauleta said Scolari's side, who reached the finals of the European Championship two years ago, had improved since then.

Dr Ken Ho, who led the study, said: "This improvement could turn the last place finisher in the Olympic finals into a gold medal winner. "

"Last year we kind of had a cakewalk to the NBA finals, it feels good to be tested a little bit, " he said.

The finals of each event started late, at 10 p. m. , a sort of strange digest if after a full day of Olympic sports.

England failed to win a place in the finals.

And his most recent Lakers squad made it to the NBA Finals three years in a row, winning twice.

And for the all-important finals, we reteach ourselves as much of the material as possible.

Campbell was in Fifa's World Cup XI two tournaments in a row, but playing for an England team that never got past the quarter-finals.

Franz Beckenbauer believes the 2018 World Cup should be held in Europe and that England is the best candidate to host the finals.

My son has won first place in Iowa and gone to the Global Finals four times.

In it, during the finals, eight supporters of each team in every match will undertake biometric analysis.

Watford reaching the play-off finals was an unexpected bonus to the Foster and United.

Growing up as a young boy I always watched the Cup Finals at Wembley and I went there in 1995 to see Everton play.

The star breaks down in tears as England lose to Portugal in the World Cup quarter finals.

English origin: Indiana has won its first game in the NBA finals against the LA Lakers, a game the Pacers had to have.

Having been lucky enough to commentate on epic World Cup and Champions League finals, and meet many of my greatest heroes.

If they had, even England and Scotland could have qualified for the finals with the aid of a corner shop chemist.

Secondly, I could have regular first team football and that would help me secure a ticket to the World Cup finals.

Battle through a first round, quarter finals, a semi and a grand final to win the cup!

The return leg will be played at Arezzo next Thursday, with Milan very much in control as they look to book a place in the semi-finals.

In evening's finals, his group is in the lead by 30 second 79 result once more refurbishing world record, and has won the gold medal.

Although yesterday's loss (to Calm in the semi-finals of the Avalon MSL) was a disappointment, it's a relief to advance in this tournament.

Hundreds of students from around the world gathered in New York City last week for the Microsoft Imagine Cup finals.

They have appeared at all the finals since 1990, when they were banned for fielding an over-age player in a prior youth tournament.

Milan, unlike the other big teams, have played many finals and a defeat can be accepted.

Lee is set to bring home the ball used in South Korea's dramatic penalty shootout win over Spain in the 2002 World Cup quarter-finals.

I am ready to battle out anybody who doubts the Lakers will win the Finals this season!

Grade: B. Portugal were expected to get to at least the semi-finals but looked clueless against Germany.

He played in the 1950 finals in Brazil, where he was a member of the side who suffered an infamous 1-0 defeat by the United States.

Sunday's Finals match of the Staples Center Shootout was a glorious evening because. . . well. . . it's the Shootout.

United sit a point behind Chelsea, the league leaders, and are in a good position to reach the quarter-finals in Europe.

This game was the finals for the Coppa Italia - the Italian Cup - between Palermo and the Internazionale Milan.

He made a good showing in the finals.

It's one of the most exciting finals in Serie A history this weekend as there is plenty still up for grabs.

Frank Lampard's was the outstanding individual performance in the FA Cup quarter-finals according to a poll of supporters.

So we have lots of experiences of cup finals but the best thing to experience is being at Wembley as it's a marvellous occasion.

We beat them in a final, they beat us in two semi-finals. A psychological advantage? I don't think so.

In that tournament, the team from far East Asia made it all the way to the quarter-finals, beating the colossal Italy along the way.

PLEASE READ - Finals are here and I only have a crazy week or two left of studying and then I'll be free guys!

I got through the Arkansas interviews and was off to New Orleans for the finals.

Ann was all stressed out final week since of a finals.

I want him to make it to the finals, I want him to be the championship, my heart was broken.

Time-shifted viewing is expected to boost both summer finals significantly when final data becomes available in two weeks.

Will Kobe and Pau have enough energy for a lengthy playoff run after their Finals run and sojourns to China for the Olympics?

I mean, I've had to realize that everyday life is a lot more pressure packed than what I'm facing in these Finals.

They now have the privilege of playing three home games in the best-of-five quarter-finals and semifinals.

They wished me good luck. I understood - I would be the same when you lose in the semi-finals of the Champions League.

He said, "It's an important cup for us, we've been in the semi finals and the finals in the last two years. "

Bin Hammam was a major influence in Qatar's surprising victory in winning the right to host the 2022 World Cup finals.

The injury ruled him out until the end of April and he travelled to Germany for the World Cup finals clearly not match fit.

The draw for the semi-finals also took place and threw up the possibility that Chelsea could face Liverpool.

I wish I could have been in the finals, but, you know, I just couldn't play maybe well enough when I had to.

By showing a little unselfishness , Kobe was rewarded with an NBA Finals appearance and the MVP trophy.

Alan Hansen believes a summer of rest will ensure England get the best out of Andy Carroll ahead of the Euro 2012 finals.

He won two cup finals for Liverpool almost on his own and then achieved great things with Real Madrid.

I really like the 7 weeks terms. It prevents burn out and makes studying for finals so much easier.

The NBA Finals kick off a week from today in San Antonio .

3. Rising to the Sky: 'One of my favorite creations, this cocktail earned me a place at the finals [last year].

Italy went on to knock out France in the quarter-finals before facing Brazil in a semi-final that is still talked about today.

In the Finals, the Lakers had a very tough time against the hard-nose, defensive Celtics.

Hopefully the goals will continue but we are performing as a team and I believe we have one foot in the World Cup finals.

There were long faces at Ferrari this afternoon after Italy were knocked out of the World Cup Finals in South Africa.

This was the first news that they told me, Liverpool in the semi-finals.

The South Korea defender Kwak Tae-hwi has been ruled out of the finals after injuring a knee in the defeat by Belarus.

We were huge underdogs to qualify for the finals, but God bless us, we qualified, at which point Warren said, 'I can't do this anymore.

Then, the attention will switch to the European front, where the Rossoneri will face Bayern Monaco in the Champions League eighth-finals.

Dallas may not be considered a threat to reach the Finals anymore, but they are always contenders out West if Dirk is leading the way.

Victory would assure them a place in the finals.

The next round will be Stuart - Bingham for a seat in the quarter-finals.

That would have been an amazing accomplishment, to beat Rafa in the finals of the French Open.

The Socceroos should have gone into the quarter-finals in place of Italy, because they were up to beating Italy.

She becomes only the second Chinese player to reach the Wimbledon quarter-finals, matching the achievement of Li Na two years ago.

"Big Brother" after three Lindane Bureau fighting Sunshengmo beat Olympic runner-up, the first to help the Chinese team entered the finals.

Arsenal trailed Villarreal for 56 minutes but emerged with a priceless away goal which makes them favourites to advance to the Semi-Finals.

In all, his international record was 50 caps and 12 goals, and he scored five times in his dozen FIFA World Cup finals matches.

While young players with star potential no longer exist on the roster, the Cs still look like serious Finals contenders in the short term.

The quizzes are given during the term and a comprehensive final (worth 2 quizzes), given during finals week.

The Fratton Park club entered administration at the end of last month - but with Grant at the helm they have reached the FA Cup semi-finals.

Old China also ever parties the athlete once attended Olympic game, but even the half finals got into, don't even say that take medal.

In the past five years we have played three finals and these results fill us with a lot of pride and a lot of motivation.

So, finals are upon us or quickly approaching: the sign of the end of the semester and beginning of summer vacation.

Victory would assure a place in the finals.

Last season, when City reached the Uefa Cup quarter-finals, the club let everyone in for a fiver.

It is an unbelievable thing that such an excellent football team should have failed in the finals.

He also won the 1990 Finals MVP, as he led the Pistons over the Portland Trailblazers for their second-straight championship.

Unfortunately, Daiane had a leg injury and ended in fifth place at the finals, losing the so-desired gold medal.

The Champions league is played annually, and over a five-year period, there theoretically could be 40 different teams in the quarter-finals.

England, Netherlands and Belgium, Spain and Portugal, and Russia all submitted bids for the right to stage the 2018 finals.

Content Abstract: Alison travels through the mirror to the Junior World Cup Skating Championship and she skates to the finals.

The overall winner that year without the suspense of the attribution of the Lakers, but they belong to the finals Iverson - a true warrior!

He got through the preliminaries but lost out in the finals.

But on this occasion the fortune he previously enjoyed in World Cup finals with Holland, Australia and South Korea eluded him.

Uruguay reached the semi-finals of last summer's World Cup only to be eliminated by Dirk Kuyt and Holland.

The top two from each group qualifies for the semi-finals and Thailand's confidence should be sky-high.

With Duncan, the Spurs have won four NBA titles and have reached the Western Conference Finals the last four seasons.

For three seasons running, the NBA team with the best regular-season record hasn't even made it to The Finals.

If we want to win, we got to beat each other. It doesn't really matter if it's semis or finals.

You know, the team that just advanced to the NBA finals in spectacular fashion.

I didnt have to take any of my finals except for math . you have to get a 90 average or higher to be exempt.

If Eriksson says yes, it will see him take the reins in the Koreans' first World Cup finals since reaching the last eight in 1966.

My beloved Clippers are seen here visiting the White House after dispatchingtheHeat in 5 games at the NBA Finals. A man can dream, can't he?

This new format ensures that the two best teams will not meet until the Conference finals.

Michael Ballack scored a late winner as Chelsea overcame an early scare against Porto to reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

The finals will take place Saturday, February nineteenth, in a new high-tech American cultural center called @america.

Another competition, the National Economics Challenge, reached the finals last month in New York City.

Korea and China seem to go to finals until China beats India at Sunday and Korea has a good play.

It's also revenge, evening the score for the Lakers' loss to Boston in the finals two years back.

online events held in February (month battle points), first (rock candy - little sad) qualifier qualify for the national finals.

Three Americans, three Jamaicans to show down in women's 100m finals.

Dirk Nowitzki was named MVP of the NBA Finals for his huge role in leading the Dallas Mavericks to their first championship.

He has been an All-Star twice, played for the U. S. team in the 2004 Olympics and was named the Most Valuable Player of the 2006 Finals.

Just like Bryant, there is no way the Cavaliers would have reached the Finals in 2007 had it not been for LeBron.

We are going back to Anfield and have got a point to prove after losing against them in the semi-finals last season.

Look at guys like Dirk (Nowitzki) and (Steve) Nash, who weren't talked about as MVPs until their teams started to get close to the Finals.

Kevin, come sit here. Rebecca and I are both worried about your finals. How was your exam today?

I wonder why he loves the Jazz so much. Every chance he gets he's saying they're finals contenders. And not just this game.

she showed the kind of form that rocketed her to the semi-finals last year.

Molinaro then commented on Euro 2008, and particularly Italy's 2-0 win over France that booked their place in the quarter finals.

That photo is of the semi-finals of the Buenos Aires championships, four months later.

When you look at the bench and see him you realise that there's a man who's won the World Cup and has played in two Finals.

Continued for a month of intense qualifiers finished, finals, and finally staged.

Modern pentathlon, women's football finals and men's 110m hurdles finals will also be highlights of the day.

Don't know who should be appointed to be officials for the semi-finals.

Look, cramming may appear to work for some people, but it's not really a reliable or effective method for acing your finals.

The light chamber, flowers, applause, laughter . . . Hefei tobacco enterprise ISO9000 standard knowledge contest finals held here.

John Terry's twisted knee should be no problem for his first World Cup finals game next Saturday, says the Chelsea captain.

Hector Cuper guides Inter to the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League and a historic two-legged 'Euroderby' with AC Milan.

I've played in two finals with United and lost them both and that's a horrible feeling.

Those races in which swimmers qualify for the championship and consolation finals in events.

He has experienced a World Cup finals but when he talks it is a reminder of his youth.

Dance Macabre, high technology wins, let us look forward to them in the national finals of the wonderful performance!

It also means his Mavericks avenged their crushing loss against the Heat in the 2006 NBA Finals.

ed the finals last month in New York City. Sixteen students competed from four high schools in Alabama, California, Hawaii and Indiana.

The western conference finals hakeem olajuwon, David Robinson, the rockets war with a 4-2 victory over the SAN Antonio spurs.

Yi Li: maybe group match play is not very good, after a day of adjustment in the semi-finals to do well, played a good level.

In short, on their current form no one will want to draw them in the last eight let alone the semi-finals.

I took a double first, and a starred first for the finals, but in three years.

There was pressure on America but it was a fun pressure: if they get to the quarter-finals of the World Cup, they come back as heroes.

You've played in domestic finals across Europe Bolo, but you've always fallen at the semi-final hurdle in Europe.