News from April 26. The NBA announced the All-Defense teams. The teams were selected by the 29 coaches who were asked to select 5 players by position for the 1st team and 5 for the 2nd team (and couldn't vote for their own players). A 1st team vote was worth 2 points and a 2nd place vote was worth 1 point. First Team Total team votes Pos Player Points 1st 2nd F Ron Artest (Ind) .......... 54 26 2 F Kevin Garnett (Min) ....... 40 16 8 C Ben Wallace (Det) ......... 48 21 6 G Bruce Bowen (SA) .......... 41 18 5 G Kobe Bryant (LAL) ......... 31 13 5 Second Team Total team votes Pos Player Points 1st 2nd F Andrei Kirilenko (Uta) .... 36 11 14 F Tim Duncan (SA) ........... 33 10 13 C Theo Ratliff (Por) ........ 28 7 14 G Doug Christie (Sac) ....... 25 5 15 G Jason Kidd (NJ) ........... 15 3 9 Others receiving votes Total team votes Player Points 1st 2nd James Posey (Mem) ......... 13 4 5 Eric Snow (Phi) ........... 10 3 4 Jermaine O'Neal (Ind) ..... 9 0 9 Clifford Robinson (GS) .... 7 1 5 Baron Davis (NO) .......... 5 2 1 Chauncey Billups (Det) .... 5 0 5 Kenyon Martin (NJ) ........ 5 1 3 Gary Payton (LAL) ......... 4 1 2 Shaquille O'Neal (LAL) .... 4 1 2 Earl Watson (Mem) ......... 2 0 2 Manu Ginobili (SA) ........ 2 0 2 Rasheed Wallace (Det) ..... 2 1 0 Steve Francis (Hou) ....... 2 1 0 Andre Miller (Den) ........ 1 0 1 Bob Sura (Atl) ............ 1 0 1 Brian Grant (Mia) ......... 1 0 1 Darrell Armstrong (NO) .... 1 0 1 Derek Fisher (LAL) ........ 1 0 1 Greg Ostertag (Uta) ....... 1 0 1 Joe Johnson (Pho) ......... 1 0 1 Kelvin Cato (Hou) ......... 1 0 1 Marcus Camby (Den) ........ 1 0 1 Mickael Pietrus (GS) ...... 1 0 1 P.J. Brown (NO) ........... 1 0 1 Richard Jefferson (NJ) .... 1 0 1 Shawn Marion (Pho) ........ 1 0 1 Trenton Hassell (Min) ..... 1 0 1 Boston fired head coach John Carroll. Wally Szczerbiak (Min) suffered 3 cracked vertebrae during Saturday's Min-Den game. Sac 94, Dal 92 at Dal Chris Webber (Sac) had 17 points, 9 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 7 turnovers. Predrag Stojakovic (Sac) had 20 points including 8-25 FG, 11 rebounds, and 5 assists. Mike Bibby (Sac) had 22 points. Doug Christie (Sac) had 13 points, 15 rebounds, and 5 assists. Michael Finley (Dal) had 16 points. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 21 points on 5-22 FG and 11-14 FT and 14 rebounds including 7 offensive. Steve Nash (Dal) had 11 points including 4-11 FG, 7 rebounds, and 9 assists. Bobby Jackson (Sac, abdominal strain did not play. Sac leads the series 3-1. Det 109, Mil 92 at Mil Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 17 points on 8-11 FG. Rasheed Wallace (Det) had 20 points and 9 rebounds. Chauncey Billups (Det) had 19 points, 9 assists, and 3 steals. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 27 points including 10-17 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 6 assists. Joe Smith (Mil) had 17 points and 12 rebounds including 7 offensive. Damon Jones (Mil) had 17 points on a perfect 6-6 FG, 3-3 3-pointers, and 2-2 FT and 10 assists. Toni Kukoc (Mil) had 16 points including 6-8 FG. Det shot 56.9% (41-72) FG and Mil shot 45.1% (37-82) FG. Det leads the series 3-1. 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 (1) |_ __ _ | 4 Sacramento (3) ___| |_ __ 5 Dallas (1) _ | | | 2 LA Lakers (3) ____ | | 7 Houston (1) |_ _| | _ 3 San Antonio (0) | 3 San Antonio (4) __| | 6 Memphis (0) |_ _ | 1 Indiana (4) ______ | 8 Boston (0) |_ 1 Indiana (0) ____ | _ | | 4 Miami (2) ________| | | 5 New Orleans (1) |_ __| _ 2 New Jersey (4) ___ | 7 New York (0) |_ 2 New Jersey (0) _| _ 3 Detroit (3) ______| 6 Milwaukee (1)