News from May 27. LAL 103, Den 94 at LAL Pau Gasol (LAL) had 14 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 22 points including 1-6 3-pointers and 9-10 FT, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, and 7 turnovers. Lamar Odom (LAL) had 19 points, 14 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Trevor Ariza (LAL) had 12 points and 5 rebounds. Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 31 points on 9-23 FG and 12-13 FT and 5 turnovers. Kenyon Martin (Den) had 12 points and 5 rebounds. Chauncey Billups (Den) had 12 points and 5 assists. LAL shot 48.7% (37-76) FG and Den shot 38.6% (32-83) FG. LAL leads the series 3-2. 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 (3) _ 5 Houston (4) _ 2 Denver (2) | | | 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 (3) 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 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