News from May 11. Golden State fired vice president of basketball operations Chris Mullin and named Larry Riley as GM. Philadelphia announced that interim coach Tony DiLeo withdrew his name for consideration for head coach for next season. DiLeo will return to his role as senior vice president and assistant GM. Toronto signed coach Jay Triano to a 3 year contract. Dal 119, Den 117 at Dal Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 44 points including 16-17 FT and 13 rebounds. Josh Howard (Dal) had 21 points and 11 rebounds. Jason Kidd (Dal) had 13 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Brandon Bass (Dal) had 11 points and 6 rebounds. Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 41 points including 9-11 FT, 11 rebounds, and 5 steals. Chauncey Billups (Den) had 24 points including 10-10 FT and 7 rebounds. J.R. Smith (Den) had 19 points including 7-10 FG. Chris Andersen (Den, stomach flu) did not play. Den leads the series 3-1. Cle 84, Atl 74 at Atl LeBron James (Cle) had 27 points, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists. Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Cle) had 14 points and 10 rebounds including 5 offensive. Maurice Williams (Cle) had 12 points on 4-11 FG and 4-7 3-pointers and 5 assists. Delonte West (Cle) had 21 points and 6 assists. Josh Smith (Atl) had 26 points including 10-12 FT and 8 rebounds. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 18 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Flip Murray (Atl) had 14 points including 4-15 FG and 3 steals. Cle shot 42.9% (30-70) FG and Atl shot 31.5% (23-73) FG. Cleveland sweeps the series 4-0 and advances to the Eastern Conference Finals where they will face the winner of the Orl-Bos series. Playoff Standings 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Finals (Best of 7) (Best of 7) (Best of 7) (Best of 7) 1 LA Lakers (4) ____ 8 Utah (1) |_ 1 LA Lakers (2) _ _ 5 Houston (2) | 4 Portland (2) _____| |_ __ 5 Houston (4) _ | | | 2 Denver (4) __ | | 7 New Orleans (1) |_ 2 Denver (3) ____| | _ 6 Dallas (1) | 3 San Antonio (1) __| | 6 Dallas (4) |_ _ | 1 Cleveland (4) ____ | 8 Detroit (0) |_ 1 Cleveland (4) _ | _ 4 Atlanta (0) | | 4 Atlanta (4) ______| | | 5 Miami (3) |_ 1 Cleveland (0) _| _ 2 Boston (4) _______ | 7 Chicago (3) |_ 2 Boston (2) ___| _ 3 Orlando (2) 3 Orlando (4) _| 6 Philadelphia (2) Second Round Schedule (Central times) *if necessary Tuesday, May 12 Game 5: Orlando at Boston 7:00 pm TNT Game 5: Houston at LA Lakers 9:30 pm TNT Wednesday, May 13 Game 5: Dallas at Denver 8:00 pm TNT Thursday, May 14 Game 6: Boston at Orlando 6:00 pm ESPN Game 6: LA Lakers at Houston 8:30 pm ESPN Friday, May 15 *Game 6: Denver at Dallas TBA ESPN Sunday, May 17 *Game 7: Dallas at Denver TBA *Game 7: Houston at LA Lakers TBA *Game 7: Orlando at Boston 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