they keep going offensively and madison bumgardner worked seven innings, allowed only three hits, no the bullpen gave up four, but the final is 9-4 giants. they're 7 1/2 games up on the dodgers in colorado in the national league west. >>> indiana, they had an outside shot, a real outside shot to knock off lebron james and company. this lance stephenson, a lot of attention for blowing in lebron's ear and all it did was set the king off tonight. james had 25 points, six assists. the game was over in the 1st quarter. james could not be stopped. the home crowd was roaring and indiana just tried to stave off embarrassment. you don't touch somebody in the face, especially when you're getting beat by 30 points. if you lip read, lebron said don't ever touch me again. there goes james. heat led 60-34 at intermission, a 117-92 win. fourth straight eastern conference championship trophy. james and company, their third straight nba title, their quest begins thursday against the winner of san antonio and oklahoma city. >>> steve kerr, for it's worth apparently gave a verbal commitment to phil jac