News from May 24. Orl 99, Cle 89 at Orl Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) had 13 points on 1-11 FG and 11-12 FT, 10 rebounds, and 7 assists. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 24 points including 14-19 FT and 9 rebounds. Rafer Alston (Orl) had 18 points and 3 steals. Mickael Pietrus (Orl) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. LeBron James (Cle) had 41 points including 1-8 3-pointers and 18-24 FT, 7 rebounds, and 9 assists. Maurice Williams (Cle) had 15 points including 5-16 FG, 7 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Delonte West (Cle) had 12 points. Orl 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 (4) ____ 8 Utah (1) |_ 1 LA Lakers (4) _ _ 5 Houston (3) | 4 Portland (2) _____| |_ 1 LA Lakers (2) _ 5 Houston (4) _ 2 Denver (1) | | | 2 Denver (4) __ | | 7 New Orleans (1) |_ 2 Denver (4) ____| | _ 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 (1) _| _ 3 Orlando (2) 2 Boston (4) _______ | 7 Chicago (3) |_ 2 Boston (3) ___| _ 3 Orlando (4) 3 Orlando (4) _| 6 Philadelphia (2) Conference Finals Schedule (Central times) *if necessary Monday, May 25 Game 4: LA Lakers at Denver 8:00 pm ESPN Tuesday, May 26 Game 4: Cleveland at Orlando 7:30 pm TNT Wednesday, May 27 Game 5: Denver at LA Lakers 8:00 pm ESPN Thursday, May 28 Game 5: Orlando at Cleveland 7:30 pm TNT Friday, May 29 *Game 6: LA Lakers at Denver 8:00 pm ESPN Saturday, May 30 *Game 6: Cleveland at Orlando 7:30 pm TNT Sunday, May 31 *Game 7: Denver at LA Lakers 7:30 pm ABC Monday, June 1 *Game 7: Orlando at Cleveland 7:30 pm TNT ---- 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