NBA Playoffs Notebook: Arenas disobeys police

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Washington guard Gilbert Arenas and forward Awvee Storey have been arrested on charges of disobeying police.

Storey was blocking traffic in the middle of a busy street when an officer told him to get back to the sidewalk Saturday night, according to police reports. Storey didn't get out of the street, and the officer arrested him and charged him with failure to obey a command.

While police were arresting Storey, Arenas got out of a vehicle and walked toward the arresting officers. According to reports, an officer told Arenas to get back in his vehicle, but he refused, saying he wanted to stand next to his teammate. The officer took Arenas into custody and charged him with resisting without violence.

As Arenas was being arrested, according to reports, he said, "You can't arrest me. I'm a basketball player. I play for the Washington Wizards, and I'm not going to leave my teammate."

Both players were then taken to jail for processing.

The Wizards released a statement saying, "We are aware of the situation and, until we have more information, we will have no comment."

The two were arrested as part of a crackdown on disorderly behavior among those who flocked to Miami Beach for Memorial Day weekend. A total of 557 people were arrested between Thursday morning and Saturday night on Miami Beach.

Heat wary of Pistons

The Miami Heat has a 2-1 lead over the Detroit Pistons in the Eastern Conference finals, but Miami coach Pat Riley is stressing to his team that it is far from over.

The Pistons rallied from 2-1 deficits against both Indiana and Miami in last season's East playoffs, winning Game 4s in each of those series by an average of 11.5 points — then came back yet again against the Heat, overcoming a 3-2 deficit to deprive Miami of what would have been its first trip to the NBA Finals.

This year, Detroit was in another perilous spot, down 3-2 against LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers in the second round. The Pistons survived that one, and they already have rallied from a 1-0 deficit against Miami in this series.

After Miami's win in Game 3, Riley walked into the locker room and said, "I know you're happy. You were happy after Game 1, too. Are you hungry?"

Dwyane Wade, who scored 35 points in Game 3 and is shooting 69 percent in this series against the defense-minded Pistons, said Miami's plan is to focus on its game and not Detroit's resilience.

"Our whole concern right now is the way that we come out and play, the way that we attack," Wade said. "We feel that if we do that, it's going to be hard — not only for the Pistons but any team we play ... because we've got so many different weapons."