News from May 15. The NBA suspended Robert Horry (SA) for 2 games for his forearm shiver on Steve Nash (Pho) late in Monday's SA-Pho game and for striking Raja Bell (Pho) during the confrontation after the incident. Amare Stoudemire (Pho) and Boris Diaw (Pho) were suspended for leaving the bench during the altercation. Dwyane Wade (Mia) underwent surgery on his dislocated left shoulder and on his left knee. Lamar Odom (LAL) underwent surgery to repair a torn labrum in his left shoulder. Utah activated Dee Brown and placed C.J. Miles on IL. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) won the Most Valuable Player award. Nowitzki received 83 of a possible 129 1st place media votes. Total position votes Player Points 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) ..... 1138 83 39 7 0 0 Steve Nash (Pho) ........ 1013 44 74 11 0 0 Kobe Bryant (LAL) ....... 521 2 11 65 30 9 Tim Duncan (SA) ......... 286 0 3 25 39 23 LeBron James (Cle) ...... 183 0 0 11 31 35 Tracy McGrady (Hou) ..... 110 0 2 6 16 18 Chris Bosh (Tor) ........ 43 0 0 3 4 16 Gilbert Arenas (Was) .... 31 0 0 1 4 14 Kevin Garnett (Min) ..... 7 0 0 0 2 1 Carlos Boozer (Uta) ..... 7 0 0 0 1 4 Chauncey Billups (Det) .. 4 0 0 0 1 1 Dwyane Wade (Mia) ....... 3 0 0 0 0 3 Shaquille O'Neal (Mia) .. 3 0 0 0 1 0 Amare Stoudemire (Pho) .. 2 0 0 0 0 2 Carmelo Anthony (Den) ... 1 0 0 0 0 1 Baron Davis (GS) ........ 1 0 0 0 0 1 Tony Parker (SA) ........ 1 0 0 0 0 1 Uta 100, GS 87 at Uta Andrei Kirilenko (Uta) had 21 points, 15 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 3 steals. Carlos Boozer (Uta) had 21 points including 9-16 FG, 14 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Mehmet Okur (Uta) had 14 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Derek Fisher (Uta) had 20 points including 7-10 FG and 4-5 3-pointers. Stephen Jackson (GS) had 16 points including 3-17 FG and 1-7 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Baron Davis (GS) had 21 points on 5-16 FG, 1-7 3-pointers, and 10-12 FT, 8 assists, and 6 steals. Jason Richardson (GS) had 13 points including 1-7 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Uta out-rebounded GS 59-35 including 20-6 offensive. Utah takes the series 4-1 and advances to the Western Conference Finals. Chi 108, Det 92 at Det Luol Deng (Chi) had 20 points and 7 rebounds. Kirk Hinrich (Chi) had 17 points, 5 rebounds, and 13 assists. P.J. Brown (Chi) had 15 points including 7-9 FG and 8 rebounds. Ben Gordon (Chi) had 28 points including 10-16 FG and 5-6 3-pointers. Rasheed Wallace (Det) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. Chauncey Billups (Det) had 17 points and 6 assists. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 16 points including 5-14 FG, 6 rebounds (all offensive), and 5 assists. Chi shot 57.3% (43-75) FG and Det shot 42.3% (33-78) FG. Det leads the series 3-2. Playoff Standings 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Finals (Best of 7) (Best of 7) (Best of 7) (Best of 7) 1 Dallas (2) _ 8 Golden State (4) |_ 8 Golden State (1) _ _ 4 Utah (4) | 4 Utah (4) ______| |_ 4 Utah (0) __ 5 Houston (3) _ | | | 2 Phoenix (4) ____ | | 7 LA Lakers (1) |_ 2 Phoenix (2) ___| | _ 3 San Antonio (2) | 3 San Antonio (4) __| | 6 Denver (1) |_ _ | 1 Detroit (4) ______ | 8 Orlando (0) |_ 1 Detroit (3) ______ | _ 5 Chicago (2) | | 4 Miami (0) ______| | | 5 Chicago (4) |_ __| _ 2 Cleveland (4) ___ | 7 Washington (0) |_ 2 Cleveland (3) ____| _ 6 New Jersey (1) 3 Toronto (2) ___| 6 New Jersey (4) Second Round (Central times) *if necessary Wednesday, May 16 Game 5: New Jersey at Cleveland 7:00 pm TNT Game 5: San Antonio at Phoenix 9:30 pm TNT Thursday, May 17 Game 6: Detroit at Chicago TBA ESPN Friday, May 18 *Game 6: Cleveland at New Jersey TBA ESPN Game 6: Phoenix at San Antonio TBA ESPN Sunday, May 20 *Game 7: New Jersey at Cleveland TBA ESPN *Game 7: San Antonio at Phoenix TBA Monday, May 21 *Game 7: Chicago at Detroit TBA TNT ---- 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