News from May 9. Former NBA coach Chuck Daly died from pancreatic cancer. He was 78 years old. Daly coached Detroit from 83-84 - 91-92, including winning 2 NBA Championships. He also had short stints with 3 other teams for a total of 14 seasons of coaching in the NBA and coached the 1992 Dream Team to an Olympic gold medal. Yao Ming (Hou) has a hairline fracture in his left foot and is out for the rest of the playoffs as he is expected to take 8 to 12 weeks to recover. Atlanta activated Al Horford and Marvin Williams and placed Thomas Gardner and Randolph Morris on IL. Den 106, Dal 105 at Dal Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 31 points on 9-24 FG and 11-14 FT and the game winning 3-pointer with 1 second left and 8 rebounds. Kenyon Martin (Den) had 12 points including 5-6 FG. Chauncey Billups (Den) had 32 points on 9-16 FG and 11-12 FT. J.R. Smith (Den) had 10 points including 3-10 FG and 6 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 33 points including 13-15 FT and 16 rebounds. Jason Terry (Dal) had 17 points. Brandon Bass (Dal) had 16 points including 12-14 FT and 5 rebounds. Den leads the series 3-0. Cle 97, Atl 82 at Atl LeBron James (Cle) had 47 points on 15-25 FG, 5-10 3-pointers, and 12-16 FT, 12 rebounds, and 8 assists. Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Cle) had 14 points including 6-9 FG and 8 rebounds. Maurice Williams (Cle) had 11 points including 1-6 3-pointers. Delonte West (Cle) had 12 points. Josh Smith (Atl) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 21 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Flip Murray (Atl) had 17 points. Cle shot 21-29 FT and Atl shot 7-11 FT. Cle out-rebounded Atl 46-23 including 13-8 offensive. Cle leads the series 3-0. 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 (2) _ _ 5 Houston (1) | 4 Portland (2) _____| |_ __ 5 Houston (4) _ | | | 2 Denver (4) __ | | 7 New Orleans (1) |_ 2 Denver (3) ____| | _ 6 Dallas (0) | 3 San Antonio (1) __| | 6 Dallas (4) |_ _ | 1 Cleveland (4) ____ | 8 Detroit (0) |_ 1 Cleveland (3) _ | _ 4 Atlanta (0) | | 4 Atlanta (4) ______| | | 5 Miami (3) |_ __| _ 2 Boston (4) _______ | 7 Chicago (3) |_ 2 Boston (1) ___| _ 3 Orlando (2) 3 Orlando (4) _| 6 Philadelphia (2) Second Round Schedule (Central times) *if necessary 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