News from May 17. Det 95, Chi 85 at Chi Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 17 points and 9 rebounds. Rasheed Wallace (Det) had 16 points, 13 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 21 points on 3-12 FG and 14-14 FT and 7 assists. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 23 points. Luol Deng (Chi) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. P.J. Brown (Chi) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Ben Gordon (Chi) had 19 points including 4-9 3-pointers. Detroit takes the series 4-2 and advances to the Eastern Conference Finals. 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 (3) | 3 San Antonio (4) __| | 6 Denver (1) |_ _ | 1 Detroit (4) ______ | 8 Orlando (0) |_ 1 Detroit (4) ______ | _ 5 Chicago (2) | | 4 Miami (0) ______| | | 5 Chicago (4) |_ 1 Detroit (0) _| _ 2 Cleveland (4) ___ | 7 Washington (0) |_ 2 Cleveland (3) ____| _ 6 New Jersey (2) 3 Toronto (2) ___| 6 New Jersey (4) Second Round (Central times) *if necessary Friday, May 18 Game 6: Cleveland at New Jersey 6:00 pm ESPN Game 6: Phoenix at San Antonio 8:30 pm ESPN Sunday, May 20 *Game 7: New Jersey at Cleveland TBA ESPN *Game 7: San Antonio at Phoenix 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