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Weekend Sports Preview: June 2Dwyane Wade and the Miami Heat will be trying to eliminate the Detroit Pistons on Friday night and advance to the NBA Finals. That playoff matchup highlights a weekend in sports that also includes the Arena Football League's conference championships, full slates of baseball and WNBA, and a NASCAR event at Dover International Speedway. Tayshaun Prince scored a game-high 29 points for Detroit on Wednesday night in a 91-78 home win over the Heat. That win cut Miami's series lead to 3-2 in the seven-game set, with Game 6 taking place in South Florida on Friday. The Heat opened as 3-point favorites to eliminate the Pistons in Game 6, with the contest's opening total set at 181. Chauncey Billups picked up 17 points and 10 assists for Detroit on Wednesday, and Richard Hamilton chipped in with 16 points and 10 rebounds. Wade scored a team-high 23 points for Miami, while Shaquille O'Neal had 19 points and pulled down six boards. Should the Pistons win on Friday Game 7 would take place back in Detroit on Sunday. Out west the Mavericks and the Suns will play Game 6 of the Western Conference Finals in Phoenix on Saturday night. The Mavs picked up a 95-88 win in Game 3 in Phoenix, but the Suns bounced back with a 106-86 home victory over Dallas in Game 4. If necessary, Game 7 of this western set will take place back in Dallas on Monday night. Two of the American League's best teams will take to the field this weekend in Detroit, as the Red Sox hit the road for a series with the Tigers. Detroit struggled over the past week, and has had a much harder time winning at home than on the road this season. The Red Sox continue to battle the New York Yankees for the top spot in the AL East. Other AL action includes the Angels at Cleveland, the Yankees at Baltimore, Toronto at Tampa Bay, Texas at the White Sox, Kansas City at Seattle, and Minnesota at Oakland. Over in the National League the Houston Astros won't have Roger Clemens in their lineup yet, so they'll have to make due when they play a series against the Cincinnati Reds. The Astros and Reds are currently battling for second place in the NL Central, with both teams watching the St. Louis Cardinals get farther ahead atop the division. The Cards host another NL Central team, the Cubs, in weekend action. Other NL series taking place include San Diego at Pittsburgh, San Francisco at the Mets, Arizona at Atlanta, Florida at Colorado, Washington at Milwaukee, and Philly at the L.A. Dodgers. Conference championships go this weekend in the AFL. In the American Conference the San Jose SaberCats (-3.5) play host to the Chicago Rush on Saturday, while the National Conference matchup sees the Orlando Predators playing on the road against the Dallas Desperados (-9.5) on Sunday. ArenaBowl XX goes June 11 in Las Vegas. Ten games are on tap in the WNBA this weekend. Friday has Indiana at Minnesota, Chicago at Houston, Phoenix at Seattle, and San Antonio at Sacramento. Saturday features Charlotte at Connecticut, Detroit at Washington, and Los Angeles at New York. On Sunday it's Minnesota at Houston, Detroit at Chicago, and San Antonio at Seattle. And finally, on the track, the Nextel Cup Series follows up its two-week stint at Lowe's Motor Speedway by staging the Neighborhood Excellence 400 at Dover International Speedway. Jimmie Johnson and Greg Biffle won the races held on the Delaware track last season, while Kasey Kahne is coming off a win in last weekend's Coca-Cola 600.
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