News from April 28. Gregg Popovich (SA) was named as Coach of the Year. Popovich received 40 of 117 1st place media votes. Total position votes (117 media votes) Coach Points 1st 2nd 3rd Gregg Popovich (SA) ...... 218 40 21 18 Eric Musselman (GS) ...... 231 26 27 20 Jerry Sloan (Uta) ........ 143 18 14 11 Rick Carlisle (Det) ...... 117 8 21 14 Rick Adelman (Sac) ....... 71 8 16 13 Flip Saunders (Min) ...... 57 5 6 14 Hubie Brown (Mem) ........ 47 5 6 4 Don Nelson (Dal) ......... 32 3 3 8 Larry Brown (Phi) ........ 30 3 4 3 Maurice Cheeks (Por) ..... 23 2 1 10 Frank Johnson (Pho) ...... 22 1 5 2 Paul Silas (NO) .......... 17 1 3 3 Byron Scott (NJ) ......... 8 1 1 0 Phil Jackson (LAL) ....... 4 0 1 1 Isiah Thomas (Ind) ....... 3 0 1 0 Rudy Tomjanovich (Hou) ... 3 0 1 0 The NBA fined Rasheed Wallace (Por) $10,000 for failing to cooperate with the media after Sunday's Por-Dal game and $20,000 for not participating in Monday's media access period. Portland was also fined $50,000 for not ensuring that Wallace complied with the NBA media interview rules for the 2 days. The NBA fined Bobby Jackson (Sac) $7,500 for criticizing the refs following Saturday's Sac-Uta game. Rick Fox (LAL) has a torn tendon in his left foot that will require surgery and he is out for the rest of the playoffs. The NBA held the draws to determine the draft order for teams that finished with the same record. Denver (17-65) won the draw with Cleveland (17-65) and if neither wins 1 of the top 3 picks in the lottery, Denver will draft #4 and Cleveland will draft #5. Both receive 225 chances in the lottery. New York (37-45) will receive 15 chances in the lottery and Washington (37-45) will receive 14 chances in the lottery. If neither wins 1 of the top 3 picks in the lottery, New York will select #9 and Washington will select #10. Milwaukee (42-40) won the draw with Orlando (42-40) and Milwaukee will draft #14 and Orlando will draft #15. Boston (44-38) won the draw with Phoenix (44-38) and Boston will draft #16 and Phoenix will draft #17. New Orleans (47-35) won the draw with Utah (47-35) and New Orleans will draft #18 and Utah will draft #19. Philadelphia (48-34) won the draw with Indiana (48-34) and Boston, who holds the rights to Philadelphia's pick, will draft #20 and Atlanta, who holds the rights to Indiana's pick, will draft #21. In a 3-team draw with Portland (50-32), the LA Lakers (50-32), and Detroit (50-32), Portland will draft #23, the LA Lakers will draft #24, and Detroit will draft #25. San Antonio (60-22) won the draw with Dallas (60-22) and San Antonio will draft #28 and Dallas will draft #29. The lottery is May 11 and the draft is June 26. Lottery chances Team Chances (out of 1000) Denver 225 Cleveland 225 Toronto 157 Miami 120 LA Clippers 89 Memphis [goes to Detroit if not #1] 64 Chicago 44 Atlanta [may go to Milwaukee] 29 New York 15 Washington 14 Golden State 7 Seattle 6 Houston 5 Draft Order 14. Milwaukee [may go to Seattle] 15. Orlando 16. Boston 17. Phoenix 18. New Orleans 19. Utah 20. Boston [from Philadelphia] 21. Atlanta [from Indiana] 22. New Jersey 23. Portland 24. LA Lakers 25. Detroit [may go to Sacramento via Philadelphia via Houston via Atlanta] 26. Minnesota 27. Memphis [from Sacramento via Orlando] 28. San Antonio 29. Dallas Second Round 30. Cleveland [may go to Toronto] 31. New York [from Denver] 32. LA Lakers [from Toronto] 33. Miami 34. LA Clippers 35. Memphis [goes to Milwaukee or to Seattle via Milwaukee] 36. Chicago 37. Atlanta 38. Washington 39. New York 40. Golden State 41. Seattle 42. Orlando [may go to Atlanta] 43. Milwaukee [may go to Seattle] 44. Houston 45. Chicago [from Phoenix] 46. Denver [from Boston] 47. Utah 48. New Orleans 49. Indiana 50. Philadelphia [may go to Detroit] 51. New Jersey 52. Toronto [from LA Lakers] 53. Detroit [goes to Miami or to Chicago via Miami] 54. Portland 55. Minnesota 56. Sacramento 57. Dallas [may go to Chicago via Miami] 58. Detroit [from San Antonio] Phi 96, NO 87 at NO Keith Van Horn (Phi) had 13 points and 7 rebounds. Kenny Thomas (Phi) had 11 points and 8 rebounds. Allen Iverson (Phi) had 22 points including 9-28 FG, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Eric Snow (Phi) had 17 points, 6 rebounds, and 12 assists. P.J. Brown (NO) had 11 points and 9 rebounds. Baron Davis (NO) had 34 points including 12-19 FG and 5-8 3-pointers and 7 assists. Stacy Augmon (NO) had 12 points. Jamal Mashburn (NO, fractured middle finger) did not play. Phi leads the series 3-1. Sac 99, Uta 82 at Uta Predrag Stojakovic (Sac) had 27 points including 10-16 FG and 4-5 3-pointers. Chris Webber (Sac) had 26 points, 11 rebounds, and 4 steals. Mike Bibby (Sac) had 11 points including 5-16 FG, 9 assists, and 3 steals. Jim Jackson (Sac) had 10 points. Matt Harpring (Uta) had 18 points including 8-11 FG, 7 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Karl Malone (Uta) had 24 points including 12-15 FT and 8 rebounds. John Stockton (Uta) had 12 points including 3-9 FG, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. Sac shot 11-15 FT and Uta shot 25-30 FT. Sac leads the series 3-1.