News from June 6. Milwaukee named Tony Brown as an assistant coach. Phoenix named Steve Kerr as GM and president of basketball operations Orlando released newly hired head coach Billy Donovan from his contract as Donovan decided he would rather return to the University of Florida. 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