News from April 21.

Hubie Brown (Mem) was named as Coach of the Year.  Brown received 62 of
122 possible 1st place votes.
                            Total    position votes
  Coach                     Points   1st 2nd 3rd
  Hubie Brown (Mem) ........ 466      62  50   6
  Jerry Sloan (Uta) ........ 424      56  44  12
  Terry Porter (Mil) .......  54       1   5  34
  Stan Van Gundy (Mia) .....  54       1  10  19
  Rick Carlisle (Ind) ......  41       2   3  22
  Jeff Bzdelik (Den) .......  25       0   4  13
  Flip Saunders (Min) ......  19       0   3  10
  Phil Jackson (LAL) .......   8       0   2   2
  Rick Adelman (Sac) .......   3       0   1   0
  Gregg Popovich (SA) ......   3       0   0   3
  Pail Silas (Cle) .........   1       0   0   1


Mil 92, Det 88  at Det
Joe Smith (Mil) had 11 points including 4-11 FG and 13 rebounds including
7 offensive.
Desmond Mason (Mil) had 17 points including 6-17 FG and 5 assists.
Michael Redd (Mil) had 26 points including 4-7 3-pointers.
Brevin Knight (Mil) had 11 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists.
Rasheed Wallace (Det) had 16 points, 12 rebounds, and 5 assists.
Richard Hamilton (Det) had 18 points.
Chauncey Billups (Det) had 20 points including 6-18 FG and 8 assists.
The series is tied 1-1.

Mia 93, NO 63  at Mia
Caron Butler (Mia) had 18 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 steals.
Brian Grant (Mia) had 15 points and 11 rebounds.
Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 14 points, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers.
Eddie Jones (Mia) had 19 points and 8 rebounds.
Jamaal Magloire (NO) had 9 points including 4-11 FG and 10 rebounds.
Baron Davis (NO) had 13 points including 3-14 FG, 6 rebounds, 7 assists,
and 3 steals.
Mia shot 45.1% (32-71) FG and NO shot 24.4% (20-82) FG.
Mia leads the series 2-0.

Min 95, Den 81  at Min
Latrell Sprewell (Min) had 31 points including 11-17 FG and 7-8
3-pointers.
Kevin Garnett (Min) had 20 points including 9-27 FG, 22 rebounds, 10
assists, and 3 blocks.
Sam Cassell (Min) had 12 points on 6-17 FG and 9 assists.
Wally Szczerbiak (Min) had 11 points including 4-6 FG.
Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 15 points, 9 rebounds, and 7 turnovers.
Voshon Lenard (Den) had 24 points.
Andre Miller (Den) had 12 points.
Min leads the series 2-0.


Playoff Standings
  1st Round            2nd Round         3rd Round          Finals
  (Best of 7)          (Best of 7)       (Best of 7)        (Best of 7)
1 Minnesota (2) ____
8 Denver (0)        |_              __
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4 Sacramento (2) ___|                 |_              __
5 Dallas (0)                           _                |
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2 LA Lakers (2) ____                  |                 |
7 Houston (0)       |_              __|                 |
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3 San Antonio (2) __|                                   |
6 Memphis (0)                                           |_ 
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1 Indiana (2) ______                                    |
8 Boston (0)        |_              __                  |
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4 Miami (2) ________|                 |                 |
5 New Orleans (0)                     |_              __|
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2 New Jersey (2) ___                  |
7 New York (0)      |_              __|
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3 Detroit (1) ______|
6 Milwaukee (1)