WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Wednesday

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - The Boston Celtics have a two-games-to-none
lead in the NBA's Eastern Conference finals following a 95-92 win
at Orlando. Paul Pierce finished with 28 points and Rajon Rondo
(RAH'-zhahn RAHN'-doh) added 25 while the two helped the Celtics
limit the Magic to 39 percent shooting. Orlando erased an 11-point
deficit in the second half but scored just two points after taking
a 90-89 lead late in the contest.

SECAUCUS, N.J. (AP) - The Washington Wizards and Philadelphia
76ers were the big winners in last night's NBA draft lottery. The
Wizards claimed the top pick despite having the sixth-best shot of
winning the lottery. The Sixers jumped up to second, and New Jersey
dropped to third after posting the league's worst record at
12-and-70.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Michael Leighton turned back 30 shots in his
second consecutive shutout as the Philadelphia Flyers blanked
Montreal 3-0 to take a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference finals.
Simon Gagne (see-MOHN' GAHN'-yay) and Danny Briere (bree-EHR')
provided power-play goals to support Leighton, who hasn't allowed a
goal in almost 166 minutes. Jaroslav Halak (hah-LAHK') stopped 20
shots for the Canadiens, who host Game 3 tomorrow night.

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Dustin Byfuglien (BUF'-lihn) and
Jonathan Toews (tayvz) tallied on deflections 90 seconds apart in
the second period, the difference in the Chicago Blackhawks' 4-2
win at San Jose. Andrew Ladd and Troy Brouwer also scored as the
Blackhawks took a two-games-to-none lead in the NHL's Western
Conference finals. Chicago has won a record-tying seven consecutive
road playoff games.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Baseball's hottest hitter has been placed on
the disabled list because of a broken pinkie. Los Angeles Dodgers
outfielder Andre Ethier (EE'-thee-ur) was injured while taking a
swing in the indoor batting cage in San Diego before Saturday's
game against the Padres. Ethier is leading the majors with 38 RBIs
and a .392 average, and he's tied for the NL lead with 11 home
runs.

NBA PLAYOFFS

Tuesday's Score
Boston 95, Orlando 92, Boston leads series 2-0

Tonight's Game
Phoenix at L.A. Lakers, 9 p.m. - Los Angeles leads series 1-0


NHL STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS

Tuesday's Scores
Philadelphia 3, Montreal 0 - Philadelphia leads series 2-0
Chicago 4, San Jose 2 - Chicago leads series 2-0

Tonight's Games
No games scheduled


AMERICAN LEAGUE BASEBALL

Tuesday's Scores
Toronto 11, Minnesota 2
Chicago White Sox 6, Detroit 2
Tampa Bay 6, Cleveland 2
Boston 7, N.Y. Yankees 6
Baltimore 4, Kansas City 3, 10 innings
Texas 8, L.A. Angels 7
Seattle at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.

Wednesday's Games
Kansas City (Meche 0-4) at Cleveland (Masterson 0-4), 7:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay (W.Davis 3-3) at N.Y. Yankees (A.J.Burnett 4-1), 7:05
p.m.
Minnesota (S.Baker 4-3) at Boston (Buchholz 4-3), 7:10 p.m.
Baltimore (Guthrie 2-4) at Texas (Harden 2-1), 8:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels (J.Saunders 2-5) at Chicago White Sox (Danks 3-2),
8:10 p.m.
Detroit (Verlander 4-2) at Oakland (Braden 4-3), 10:05 p.m.
Toronto (Cecil 2-2) at Seattle (Fister 3-1), 10:10 p.m.


NATIONAL LEAGUE BASEBALL

Tuesday's Scores
Cincinnati 5, Milwaukee 4
Florida 8, Arizona 0
Pittsburgh 2, Philadelphia 1
Atlanta 3, N.Y. Mets 2
Chicago Cubs 6, Colorado 2
St. Louis 3, Washington 2
San Francisco at San Diego, 10:05 p.m.
Houston at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

Wednesday's Games
Chicago Cubs (Gorzelanny 1-4) at Philadelphia (Moyer 5-2), 7:05
p.m.
Milwaukee (Wolf 3-3) at Pittsburgh (Burres 2-1), 7:05 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Dickey 0-0) at Washington (L.Hernandez 4-2), 7:05
p.m.
Cincinnati (Harang 2-5) at Atlanta (Kawakami 0-6), 7:10 p.m.
Colorado (G.Smith 1-2) at Houston (F.Paulino 0-6), 8:05 p.m.
Florida (A.Sanchez 2-2) at St. Louis (J.Garcia 4-2), 8:15 p.m.
San Francisco (Wellemeyer 2-3) at Arizona (I.Kennedy 2-2), 9:40
p.m.
San Diego (Garland 4-2) at L.A. Dodgers (Ra.Ortiz 1-1), 10:10
p.m.


WNBA

Tuesday's Scores
No games scheduled

Wednesday's Game
Minnesota at Seattle, 10 p.m.