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June 3
Josh Beckett flirted with a no-hitter as the Red Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 10-5 in the second game of a three-game series in Detroit. The first hit Beckett allowed came on a Curtis Granderson single with two outs in the seventh inning. JD Drew and Jason Varitek had 2 RBI apiece for Boston, which improved to 31-22 on the season with the win.
June 4
The NBA Finals opened with a very anticlimactic affair in Los Angeles. Kobe Bryant scored 40 points as the Lakers blew out the Orlando Magic 100-75 in game one. Dwight Howard was held to just 12 points, making only one shot from the field and not having a single dunk for the first time during the entire playoffs. The Lakers used an explosive third quarter to extend a 10-point halftime lead to 24. Jameer Nelson returned from injury to play in his first game in four months for Orlando. He was effective in the second quarter, but did not score in the second half and may have disrupted the chemistry of the rest of the Magic's team.
June 6
The Red Wings crushed the Pittsburgh Penguins at home in Detroit to take a 3-2 series lead in the Stanley Cup Finals. Detroit won 5-0, using four goals in the second period to pull away and end all hope for the Penguins. Henrik Zetterburg scored and assisted on one goal to lead the Red Wings.
In the women's French Open final, Svetlana Kuznetsova won in straight sets over top-seeded Dinara Safina, 6-4 6-2, to win her second grand slam title. The first came in 2004 at the US Open.
June 7
Robin Soderling's upset bid ended, and Roger Federer's long awaited bid for a French Open title came to fruition Sunday, as Federer won the final match in straight sets, 6-1 7-6 (7-1) 6-4. Federer completed the career grand slam, and his 14th grand slam win matches Pete Sampras for most all-time.
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