News from June 2. Cle 98, Det 82 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 20 points on 3-11 FG and 14-19 FT, 14 rebounds, and 8 assists. Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Cle) had 11 points and 12 rebounds including 7 offensive. Larry Hughes (Cle) had 9 points. Daniel Gibson (Cle) had 21 points on 7-9 FG, 5-5 3-pointers, and 12-15 FT and 6 rebounds. Rasheed Wallace (Det) had 11 points including 5-14 FG. Chris Webber (Det) had 13 points and 6 rebounds. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 29 points and 3 steals. Cle out-scored Det 31-16 in the 4th quarter. Cle out-rebounded Det 53-33 including 17-10 offensive. Cleveland takes the series 4-2 and advances to the NBA Finals. Playoff Standings 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Finals (Best of 7) (Best of 7) (Best of 7) (Best of 7) 1 Dal (2) _ 8 GS (4) |_ 8 Golden State (1) _ _ 4 Utah (4) | 4 Uta (4) _| |_ 4 Utah (1) _ 5 Hou (3) _ 3 San Antonio (4) | | | 2 Pho (4) _ | | 7 LAL (1) |_ 2 Phoenix (2) ___| | _ 3 San Antonio (4) | 3 SA (4) __| | 6 Den (1) |_ 3 San Antonio (0) _ 2 Cleveland (0) | 1 Det (4) _ | 8 Orl (0) |_ 1 Detroit (4) ______ | _ 5 Chicago (2) | | 4 Mia (0) _| | | 5 Chi (4) |_ 1 Detroit (2) ___| _ 2 Cleveland (4) 2 Cle (4) _ | 7 Was (0) |_ 2 Cleveland (4) ____| _ 6 New Jersey (2) 3 Tor (2) _| 6 NJ (4) NBA Finals (Central times) *if necessary Thursday, June 7 Game 1: Cleveland at San Antonio 8:00 pm ABC Sunday, June 10 Game 2: Cleveland at San Antonio 8:00 pm ABC Tuesday, June 12 Game 3: San Antonio at Cleveland 8:00 pm ABC Thursday, June 14 Game 4: San Antonio at Cleveland 8:00 pm ABC Sunday, June 17 *Game 5: San Antonio at Cleveland 8:00 pm ABC Tuesday, June 19 *Game 6: Cleveland at San Antonio 8:00 pm ABC Thursday, June 21 *Game 7: Cleveland at San Antonio 8:00 pm ABC ---- 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