News from May 28. J.J. Barea (Dal) underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left shoulder to repair a cartilage injury. Cle 112, Orl 102 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 37 points including 15-19 FT, 14 rebounds, and 12 assists. Zydrunas Ilguaskas (Cle) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. Maurice Williams (Cle) had 24 points including 6-9 3-pointers. Delonte West (Cle) had 13 points. Rashard Lewis (Orl) had 15 points including 4-13 FG, 8 rebounds, and 4 steals. Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) had 29 points including 10-18 FG and 6 rebounds. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 24 points on 8-10 FG and 8-13 FT and 10 rebounds. Orl 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 (2) _| _ 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 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