News from April 7. The NBA suspended Derek Fisher (LAL) for 1 game for intentionally throwing his shoulder into Luis Scola (Hou) during Wednesday's Hou-LAL game. The NBA suspended Rafer Alston (Orl) for 1 game for slapping Eddie House (Bos) on the head during Wednesday's Orl-Bos game. The NBA assessed a flagrant foul (level 1) to Kobe Bryant (LAL) for throwing an elbow at Ron Artest (Hou) during Wednesday's Hou-LAL game. Atlanta activated Thomas Gardner and Othello Hunter and placed Al Horford (sprained right ankle) and Marvin Williams (sprained right wrist) on IL. Cle 105, Atl 85 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 27 points, 5 assists, and 4 steals. Anderson Varejao (Cle) had 12 points, 8 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Maurice Williams (Cle) had 15 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Wally Szczerbiak (Cle) had 17 points including 7-9 FG. Maurice Evans (Atl) had 16 points. Thomas Gardner (Atl) had 12 points including 4-11 FG. Cle shot 53.5% (38-71) FG and Atl shot 34.9% (29-83) FG. Cle leads the series 2-0. 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 (1) _ _ 5 Houston (1) | 4 Portland (2) _____| |_ __ 5 Houston (4) _ | | | 2 Denver (4) __ | | 7 New Orleans (1) |_ 2 Denver (2) ____| | _ 6 Dallas (0) | 3 San Antonio (1) __| | 6 Dallas (4) |_ _ | 1 Cleveland (4) ____ | 8 Detroit (0) |_ 1 Cleveland (2) _ | _ 4 Atlanta (0) | | 4 Atlanta (4) ______| | | 5 Miami (3) |_ __| _ 2 Boston (4) _______ | 7 Chicago (3) |_ 2 Boston (1) ___| _ 3 Orlando (1) 3 Orlando (4) _| 6 Philadelphia (2) Second Round Schedule (Central times) *if necessary Friday, May 8 Game 3: Boston at Orlando 6:00 pm ESPN Game 3: LA Lakers at Houston 8:30 pm ESPN Saturday, May 9 Game 3: Denver at Dallas 4:00 pm ESPN Game 3: Cleveland at Atlanta 7:00 pm ABC Sunday, May 10 Game 4: LA Lakers at Houston 2:30 pm ABC Game 4: Boston at Orlando 7:00 pm TNT Monday, May 11 Game 4: Cleveland at Atlanta 6:00 pm ESPN Game 4: Denver at Dallas 8:30 pm TNT 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 TBA TNT *Game 5: Atlanta at Cleveland TBA TNT Thursday, May 14 *Game 6: Boston at Orlando TBA ESPN *Game 6: LA Lakers at Houston TBA ESPN Friday, May 15 *Game 6: Denver at Dallas TBA ESPN *Game 6: Cleveland at Atlanta TBA ESPN Sunday, May 17 *Game 7: Dallas at Denver TBA *Game 7: Houston at LA Lakers TBA *Game 7: Atlanta at Cleveland 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