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Former NBA player Orlando Woolridge arrested for theft
CLEVELAND, June 2 (UPI) -- Daniel Gibson scored 19 of his career-high 31 points in the final quarter Saturday as the Cleveland Cavaliers beat Detroit, 98-82, to reach the NBA Finals.
LeBron James added 20 points, 14 rebounds and eight assists as the Cavaliers made it to the NBA Finals for the first time, eliminating the Pistons in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals.
The Cavaliers will face the San Antonio Spurs in the championship series. The Spurs have never lost in the NBA Finals in three appearances.
The series starts Thursday night in San Antonio.
Gibson, a rookie, made all five of his three-point tries, four of them in the fourth quarter.
Cleveland became just the third team ever to rally from a 2-0 series deficit in the conference finals to capture the seven-game series.
Richard Hamilton had 29 points for the Pistons, who lost a series for the first time in franchise history (1-18) when ahead after two games.
Chris Webber scored 13 for Detroit.
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MINNEAPOLIS, June 2 (UPI) --
Minnesota Vikings fullback Jerome Felton was out on bail Saturday after being arrested for driving while intoxicated, jail records indicate.
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MONTECITO, Calif., June 3 (UPI) --
U.S. actress Drew Barrymore married art consultant Will Kopelman Saturday at her estate in Montecito, Calif., E! Online reported.
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MIAMI, June 1 (UPI) --
U.S. weather forecasters say the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season is expected to be about average, despite the rare late-May landfall of Beryl.
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UPI Almanac for Sunday, June 3, 2012.
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