News from April 21.

Milwaukee named Scott Skiles as head coach.

Cleveland activated Billy Thomas and placed Lance Allred on IL.

Kosta Koufos (freshman, Ohio State, center) and Jamont Gordon (junior,
Mississippi State, guard) declared themselves eligible for the NBA draft.

Manu Ginobili (SA) was named as Sixth Man of the Year.  Ginobili received
123 of a possible 124 1st place media votes.
                             Total    position votes
  Player                     Points   1st 2nd 3rd
  Manu Ginobili (SA) ........ 615     123   0   0
  Leandro Barbosa (Pho) ..... 283       1  84  26
  Jason Terry (Dal) .........  44       0   9  17
  Kyle Korver (Uta) .........  34       0   7  13
  Ben Gordon (Chi) ..........  27       0   6   9
  J.R. Smith (Den) ..........  22       0   4  10
  Josh Childress (Atl) ......  23       0   5   8
  James Posey (Bos) .........  19       0   3  10
  Jason Maxiell (Det) .......  11       0   1   8
  Travis Outlaw (Por) .......  11       0   0  11
  Jordan Farmar (LAL) .......   5       0   1   2
  Linas Kleiza (Den) ........   5       0   1   2
  Jerry Stackhouse (Dal) ....   4       0   0   4
  Jarrett Jack (Por) ........   3       0   1   0
  David Lee (NY) ............   3       0   0   3
  Rashad McCants (Min) ......   3       0   1   0
  Louis Williams (Phi) ......   3       0   1   0
  Andres Nocioni (Chi) ......   1       0   0   1


Cle 116, Was 86  at Cle
LeBron James (Cle) had 30 points including 10-17 FT, 9 rebounds, and 12
assists.
Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Cle) had 16 points including 7-11 FG and 9 rebounds.
Wally Szczerbiak (Cle) had 15 points.
Caron Butler (Was) had 12 points including 4-13 FG, 7 rebounds, 5 assists,
and 3 steals.
Darius Songaila (Was) had 12 points on a perfect 3-3 FG and 6-6 FT.
Cle shot 51.9% (42-81) FG and Was shot 37.5% (27-72) FG.
Cle leads the series 2-0.

Uta 90, Hou 84  at Hou
Carlos Boozer (Uta) had 13 points and 7 rebounds.
Mehmet Okur (Uta) had 16 points and 16 rebounds.
Deron Williams (Uta) had 22 points and 5 assists.
Bobby Jackson (Hou) had 18 points and 5 rebounds.
Tracy McGrady (Hou) had 23 points, 13 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 steals, and 5
turnovers.
Uta leads the series 2-0.


Playoff Standings
  1st Round            2nd Round         3rd Round          Finals
  (Best of 7)          (Best of 7)       (Best of 7)        (Best of 7)
1 LA Lakers (1) _ __
8 Denver (0)        |_              __
                     _                |
4 Utah (2)    ______|                 |_              __
5 Houston (0)                          _                |
                                      |                 |
2 New Orleans (1) __                  |                 |
7 Dallas (0)        |_              __|                 |
                     _                                  |
3 San Antonio (1) __|                                   |
6 Phoenix (0)                                           |_ 
                                                         _ 
                                                        |
1 Boston (1)  ______                                    |
8 Atlanta (0)       |_              __                  |
                     _                |                 |
4 Cleveland (2)  ___|                 |                 |
5 Washington (0)                      |_              __|
                                       _ 
2 Detroit (0)      _                  |
7 Philadelphia (1)  |_              __|
                     _ 
3 Orlando (1) ______|
6 Toronto (0)