News from April 24. Seattle fired head coach Bob Hill and removed Rick Sund as GM. Sund, who still has a year under contract, will be reassigned within the organization. Sean Singletary (junior, Virginia, guard), Shaun Pruitt (junior, Illinois, center), Reggie Williams (junior, Virginia Military Institute, forward), Joseph Jones (junior, Texas A&M, forward), and Thaddeus Young (freshman, Georgia Tech, forward) declared themselves eligible for the NBA draft. Chicago activated Adrian Griffin and placed Viktor Khryapa on IL. The LA Lakers activated Shammond Williams and placed Vladimir Radmanovic on IL. Sam Mitchell (Tor) was named as Coach of the Year. Mitchell received 49 of 128 possible 1st place votes. Total position votes Coach Points 1st 2nd 3rd Sam Mitchell (Tor) ....... 394 49 43 20 Jerry Sloan (Uta) ........ 301 39 28 22 Avery Johnson (Dal) ...... 268 28 31 35 Jeff Van Gundy (Hou) ..... 134 10 19 27 Mike D'Antoni (Pho) ...... 22 2 3 3 Don Nelson (GS) .......... 13 0 2 7 Scott Skiles (Chi) ....... 12 0 1 9 Pat Riley (Mia) .......... 3 0 1 0 Gregg Popovich (SA) ...... 2 0 0 2 George Karl (Den) ........ 1 0 0 1 Flip Saunders (Det) ...... 1 0 0 1 Isiah Thomas (NY) ........ 1 0 0 1 Pho 126, LAL 98 at Pho Shawn Marion (Pho) had 18 points and 10 rebounds. Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 20 points including 9-13 FG, 9 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Steve Nash (Pho) had 16 points including 7-11 FG, 5 rebounds, and 14 assists. Leandro Barbosa (Pho) had 26 points on 11-18 FG and 4-8 3-pointers. Lamar Odom (LAL) had 10 points including 4-12 FG and 10 rebounds including 5 offensive. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 15 points and 5 assists. Pho shot 54.3% (50-92) FG and LAL shot 41.4% (36-87) FG. Pho leads the series 2-0. Chi 107, Mia 89 at Chi Luol Deng (Chi) had 26 points including 11-19 FG, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Ben Gordon (Chi) had 27 points on 11-19 FG and 5-8 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 6 turnovers. Kirk Hinrich (Chi) had 14 points and 8 assists. Shaquille O'Neal (Mia) had 17 points, 8 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 7 turnovers. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 21 points, 7 assists, and 7 turnovers. Chi leads the series 2-0. Tor 89, NJ 83 at Tor Chris Bosh (Tor) had 25 points and 13 rebounds. Anthony Parker (Tor) had 26 points including 3-4 3-pointers, 8 assists, and 4 steals. T.J. Ford (Tor) had 13 points including 4-12 FG and 6 assists. Vince Carter (NJ) had 19 points including 8-24 FG, 11 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Jason Kidd (NJ) had 14 points on 5-14 FG and 4-6 3-pointers, 11 rebounds, and 7 assists. Tor shot 21-25 FT and NJ shot 11-14 FT. The series is tied 1-1. Playoff Standings 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Finals (Best of 7) (Best of 7) (Best of 7) (Best of 7) 1 Dallas (0) _ 8 Golden State (1) |_ __ _ | 4 Utah (0) ______| |_ __ 5 Houston (2) _ | | | 2 Phoenix (2) ____ | | 7 LA Lakers (0) |_ __| | _ | 3 San Antonio (0) __| | 6 Denver (1) |_ _ | 1 Detroit (2) ______ | 8 Orlando (0) |_ __ | _ | | 4 Miami (0) ______| | | 5 Chicago (2) |_ __| _ 2 Cleveland (1) ___ | 7 Washington (0) |_ __| _ 3 Toronto (1) ___| 6 New Jersey (1) First Round (Central times) *if necessary Wednesday, April 25 Game 2: Denver at San Antonio 6:00 pm TNT Game 2: Washington at Cleveland 7:00 pm NBATV Game 2: Golden State at Dallas 8:30 pm TNT Thursday, April 26 Game 3: Detroit at Orlando 7:00 pm TNT Game 3: Houston at Utah 8:00 pm NBATV Game 3: Phoenix at LA Lakers 9:30 pm TNT Friday, April 27 Game 3: Toronto at New Jersey 6:00 pm ESPN2 Game 3: Chicago at Miami 7:00 pm ESPN Game 3: Dallas at Golden State 9:30 pm ESPN Saturday, April 28 Game 4: Detroit at Orlando 2:00 pm TNT Game 3: Cleveland at Washington 4:30 pm TNT Game 3: San Antonio at Denver 7:00 pm ESPN Game 4: Houston at Utah 9:30 pm ESPN Sunday, April 29 Game 4: Chicago at Miami 12:00 pm ABC Game 4: Phoenix at LA Lakers 2:30 pm ABC Game 4: Toronto at New Jersey 6:30 pm TNT Game 4: Dallas at Golden State 9:00 pm TNT Monday, April 30 Game 4: Cleveland at Washington TBA Game 4: San Antonio at Denver TBA *Game 5: Utah at Houston TBA Tuesday, May 1 Game 5: New Jersey at Toronto TBA *Game 5: Orlando at Detroit TBA *Game 5: Miami at Chicago TBA *Game 5: Golden State at Dallas TBA Wednesday, May 2 *Game 5: Washington at Cleveland TBA *Game 5: Denver at San Antonio TBA *Game 5: LA Lakers at Phoenix TBA Thursday, May 3 *Game 6: Detroit at Orlando TBA *Game 6: Chicago at Miami TBA *Game 6: Houston at Utah TBA *Game 6: Dallas at Golden State TBA Friday, May 4 *Game 6: Cleveland at Washington TBA *Game 6: Toronto at New Jersey TBA *Game 6: San Antonio at Denver TBA *Game 6: Phoenix at LA Lakers TBA Saturday, May 5 *Game 7: Golden State at Dallas TBA *Game 7: Utah at Houston TBA *Game 7: Orlando at Detroit TBA *Game 7: Miami at Chicago TBA Sunday, May 6 *Game 7: LA Lakers at Phoenix TBA *Game 7: Denver at San Antonio TBA *Game 7: Washington at Cleveland TBA *Game 7: New Jersey at Toronto TBA ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html