News from April 24. Jason Terry (Dal) was named as Sixth Man of the Year. Terry received 111 of a possible 121 1st place media votes. Total position votes Player Points 1st 2nd 3rd Jason Terry (Dal) ......... 576 111 6 3 J.R. Smith (Den) .......... 155 3 36 32 Nate Robinson (NY) ........ 113 2 27 22 Lamar Odom (LAL) .......... 78 2 17 17 Travis Outlaw (Por) ....... 75 1 17 19 Manu Ginobili (SA) ........ 17 1 3 3 Flip Murray (Atl) ......... 16 1 2 5 Chris Andersen (Den) ...... 13 0 3 4 Andrei Kirilenko (Uta) .... 7 0 2 1 Corey Maggette (GS) ....... 6 0 2 0 Louis Williams (Phi) ...... 6 0 1 3 Eddie House (Bos) ......... 5 0 1 2 Kirk Hinrich (Chi) ........ 4 0 1 1 Jason Kapono (Tor) ........ 3 0 1 0 James Posey (NO) .......... 2 0 0 2 Trevor Ariza (LAL) ........ 1 0 0 1 Michael Beasley (Mia) ..... 1 0 0 1 Hakeem Warrick (Mem) ...... 1 0 0 1 Paul Millsap (Uta) ........ 1 0 0 1 Hot Rod Hundley announced that he will retire at the end of the playoffs. Hundley is the TV color commentator for Utah - he has been broadcasting Utah games since 1974. Houston activated James White and placed Dikembe Mutombo (injured left knee) on IL. Cle 79, Det 68 at Det LeBron James (Cle) had 25 points including 7-11 FT, 11 rebounds, 9 assists, and 3 steals. Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Cle) had 13 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Joe Smith (Cle) had 19 points including 6-8 FG and 10 rebounds. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 12 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 15 points including 6-17 FG, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Cle shot 19-30 FT and Det shot 10-12 FT. Cle leads the series 3-0. Phi 96, Orl 94 at Phi Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 29 points on 9-15 FG and 9-13 FT and 7 rebounds. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 6 points including the game winning layup with 2 seconds left. Andre Miller (Phi) had 24 points, 9 rebounds, and 7 assists. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 36 points on 12-16 FG and 12-14 FT, 11 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 3 blocks. Rafer Alston (Orl) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Phi leads the series 2-1. Hou 86, Por 83 at Hou Luis Scola (Hou) had 19 points and 9 rebounds. Shane Battier (Hou) had 16 points and 4 blocks. Yao Ming (Hou) had 7 points including 2-7 FG, 13 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Brandon Roy (Por) had 19 points including 6-18 FG and 7 rebounds. Rudy Fernandez (Por) had 17 points on 6-9 FG and 5-7 3-pointers. Steve Blake (Por) had 16 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 10 assists. Hou shot 19-24 FT and Por shot 9-10 FT. Hou leads the series 2-1. Playoff Standings 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Finals (Best of 7) (Best of 7) (Best of 7) (Best of 7) 1 LA Lakers (2) ____ 8 Utah (1) |_ __ _ | 4 Portland (1) _____| |_ __ 5 Houston (2) _ | | | 2 Denver (2) __ | | 7 New Orleans (0) |_ __| | _ | 3 San Antonio (1) __| | 6 Dallas (2) |_ _ | 1 Cleveland (3) ____ | 8 Detroit (0) |_ __ | _ | | 4 Atlanta (1) ______| | | 5 Miami (1) |_ __| _ 2 Boston (2) _______ | 7 Chicago (1) |_ __| _ 3 Orlando (1) _| 6 Philadelphia (2) First Round Schedule (Central times) *if necessary Saturday, April 25 Game 3: Denver at New Orleans 12:00 pm ESPN Game 4: San Antonio at Dallas 3:00 pm TNT Game 3: Atlanta at Miami 5:30 pm TNT Game 4: LA Lakers at Utah 8:00 pm ESPN Sunday, April 26 Game 4: Boston at Chicago 12:00 pm ABC Game 4: Cleveland at Detroit 2:30 pm ABC Game 4: Orlando at Philadelphia 5:30 pm TNT Game 4: Portland at Houston 8:00 pm TNT Monday, April 27 Game 4: Atlanta at Miami 7:00 pm TNT Game 4: Denver at New Orleans 7:30 pm NBATV Game 5: Utah at LA Lakers 9:30 pm TNT Tuesday, April 28 Game 5: Chicago at Boston 6:00 pm TNT Game 5: Philadelphia at Orlando 6:30 pm NBATV Game 5: Dallas at San Antonio 8:30 pm TNT Game 5: Houston at Portland 9:00 pm NBATV Wednesday, April 29 *Game 5: New Orleans at Denver TBA *Game 5: Detroit at Cleveland TBA Game 5: Miami at Atlanta TBA Thursday, April 30 *Game 6: LA Lakers at Utah TBA *Game 6: Portland at Houston TBA *Game 6: Boston at Chicago TBA *Game 6: Orlando at Philadelphia TBA Friday, May 1 *Game 6: San Antonio at Dallas TBA *Game 6: Denver at New Orleans TBA *Game 6: Cleveland at Detroit TBA *Game 6: Atlanta at Miami TBA Saturday, May 2 *Game 7: Utah at LA Lakers TBA *Game 7: Houston at Portland TBA *Game 7: Chicago at Boston TBA *Game 7: Philadelphia at Orlando TBA Sunday, May 3 *Game 7: Dallas at San Antonio TBA *Game 7: New Orleans at Denver TBA *Game 7: Detroit at Cleveland TBA *Game 7: Miami at Atlanta 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