In closing, as I sat watching the second game of the finals, I could not believe the intense play, crisp passing, no-thinking shot blocks, and incredible goalie play!  I had not seen such a complete Wings team yet to date in my lifetime.  They may not have been the greatest scoring team, nor the grittiest, but they were complete and this was something they have not had yet.  And this is why they are the best Wings team in the last 25 years. . After a third quarter during which the Pistons outscored the Celtics 31-20, everything seemed to be going against the Celtics.The Pistons had the crowd going nuts, all of the momentum, and seemingly the officials on their side on the heels of what was quite possibly the worst call in NBA playoff history.On a potential four point play from Paul Pierce, a ludicrous offensive foul call sapped what little momentum the Celtics had left in the third quarter. According to Bennett Salvatore, getting clotheslined while you shoot is in direct violation of the rules.This game had all of the makings of a classic blowout.

 The Pistons were firing on all cylinders, and the Celtics looked spent throughout the third quarter. Any competent observer would have concluded that Detroit would end up winning this game by at least 20, if not more.But that was not to be. Two misses on wide open three-point shots from Billups and the struggling Tayshaun Prince quieted the crowd and emboldened the Celtics, who had been playing somewhat passive defense at that point.Billups and Rip Hamilton, who had strained his right elbow during game five, combined for 50 points in the loss, but the mediocre effort from their teammates overshadowed the masterful play of the Pistons' backcourt.Rasheed Wallace was especially poor. BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Friday officially announced a summit with Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso next week, brushing aside rancor over his offering to a controversial shrine for the war dead to focus on the financial crisis instead.

They are also key players dealing with North Korea, which has raised tensions by firing a long-range rocket and saying it will abandon nuclear talks with regional powers.But controversies over Japan's handling of wartime memories continue to dog relations.The Yasukuni shrine to millions of war dead, including some convicted as criminals by a post-World War Two tribunal, is seen by China and other Asian countries as a symbol of Japan's lack of contrition for bloodshed and atrocities in the 1930s and 1940s.Japan's relations with China chilled during former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's 2001-2006 time in office, in part because of his repeated visits to the shrine.Ties warmed after Koizumi left office, with the two subsequent prime ministers staying away from Yasukuni. While prime minister, Aso has also avoided the shrine.Cui said the two nations should abide by an "understanding" they have reached on the shrine -- one which apparently entails the Japanese leader avoiding visits there while in office.When Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao meet Aso, they may pointedly remind him of their stance. But Cui's comments indicated that Beijing does not want the row to escalate."We cannot let this harm the development of bilateral relations," said Cui. "As long as both sides abide by their shared understanding, this incident will not create too much damage to both China and Japan, as happened several years ago."(Reporting by Chris Buckley; Editing by Nick Macfie) World China Japan North Korea.

The younger Ferdinand may be given the dream chance to link up with Rio at Old Trafford.It also might be interesting to note that Mikeal Silvestre is set to follow Pique away from United. After losing two defenders, Manchester United may be considering beefing up the defense.I'm fascinated by the thought of Rio and Anton playing together Is it possible?. * Some start to buy bonds as supply worries retreat Bonds  |  Japan * Govt bond issuance allocation plan expected next week By Kaori Kaneko TOKYO, April 24 (Reuters) - Longer-dated Japanese governmentbonds rose on Friday as Tokyo stocks fell, but their gains werelimited as the market lacked strong leads to drive trade. Trades are keen to see the government's issuance plans forthis fiscal year including how it plans to allocate the extrabond supply to fund a 15.4 trillion yen ($158 billion) stimuluspackage. The details are expected to come out next week when thegovernment submits an extra budget to parliament. The JGB market has been solid this week as players haveformed a general idea of how the bonds will be allocated afterthe finance ministry held meetings with primary dealers andinvestors, analysts said. [ID:nLH261569] [ID:nT362148] "Some of those who held off buying have started to build uptheir bond holdings for this fiscal year, although players arenot engaged in full-scale buying," said Shinji Ebihara,quantitative analyst at Mizuho Securities.

Earlier this week, the government unveiled its extra budgetplan for this fiscal year, including bond issuance of around 10.8trillion yen to fund the record economic stimulus package.[ID:nT35034] The market has largely priced in about 17 trillion yen ofbond issuance to fund the package including about 6 trillion yenworth of "zaito" agency bonds that are used to fund projects forgovernment-related entities. "It would be difficult for investors to buy more bonds untilthey see the impact of the rise in bond issuance, which isexpected to be seen from July," said Shuntaro Take, manager offixed income group at Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance. June 10-year JGB futures were flat at 137.26 2JGBv1 aftertouching 137.46 on Thursday, the highest since early April. Longer-noted bond prices were supported by investors such aslife insurers, with the benchmark 10-year yield slipping 1 basispoint to 1.415 percent JP10YTN=JBTC. The 20-year yield fell 2 basis points to 2.040 percentJP20YTN=JBTC, and the 30-year yield was down 1.5 basis pointsto 2.215 percent JP30YTN=JBTC.