News from April 26. Grant Hill (Pho) was named as the winner of the Sportsmanship Award. Hill received 96 of a possible 315 1st place player votes. The players were asked to give a 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th place vote to the 6 previously announced divisional winners. Total position votes (315 player votes) Player Points 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Grant Hill (Pho) ........ 2485 96 88 47 45 22 17 Chauncey Billups (Den) .. 2152 79 48 64 53 35 36 Ray Allen (Bos) ......... 1983 48 72 63 37 43 52 Antawn Jamison (Cle) .... 1905 45 43 67 72 53 35 Al Horford (Atl) ........ 1487 13 37 49 68 90 58 Luis Scola (Hou) ........ 1325 34 27 25 40 72 117 The NBA fined Erick Dampier (Dal) $35,000 for his comments about the officiating after Friday's Dal-SA game. Former NBA player Kevin Restani died at age 58. Restani played for 8 seasons in the NBA from 74-82, including stints with Milwaukee and San Antonio. Former Golden State Warriors owner Franklin Mieuli died at age 89. He owned the team from 1962-89. Portland activated Dante Cunningham and placed Travis Diener on IL. Orl 99, Cha 90 at Cha Rashard Lewis (Orl) had 17 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 18 points on 4-12 FG and 8-10 FT. Vince Carter (Orl) had 21 points. Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Tyrus Thomas (Cha) had 21 points including 9-12 FG and 9 rebounds. Orlando sweeps the series 4-0 and advances to the 2nd round where they will face the winner of the Atl-Mil series. Mil 111, Atl 104 at Mil Carlos Delfino (Mil) had 22 points including 6-8 3-pointers. Brandon Jennings (Mil) had 23 points and 6 assists. John Salmons (Mil) had 22 points including 10-10 FT. Josh Smith (Atl) had 20 points including 7-11 FG and 9 rebounds. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 29 points and 9 assists. Jamal Crawford (Atl) had 21 points. The series is tied 2-2. Pho 107, Por 88 at Pho Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 19 points including 7-11 FG and 5 rebounds. Steve Nash (Pho) had 14 points, 10 assists, and 5 turnovers. Channing Frye (Pho) had 20 points including 7-11 FG and 8 rebounds. Jared Dudley (Pho) had 19 points including 5-9 3-pointers. Andre Miller (Por) had 21 points including 7-10 FT and 5 turnovers. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 17 points. Jerryd Bayless (Por) had 17 points. Pho 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 (2) _ 8 Oklahoma City (2) |_ _____________ _ _ _____________ | 4 Denver (1) ________| |_ _____________ _ 5 Utah (3) _ _____________ | | | 2 Dallas (1) ___ | | 7 San Antonio (3) |_ _____________ _| | _ _____________ | 3 Phoenix (3) ______| | 6 Portland (2) |_ ___________ _ ___________ | 1 Cleveland (3) _____ | 8 Chicago (1) |_ _____________ _ | _ _____________ | | 4 Boston (3) ________| | | 5 Miami (1) |_ _____________ _| _ _____________ 2 Orlando (4) _____ | 7 Charlotte (0) |_ 2 Orlando (0) _| _ _____________ 3 Atlanta (2) _____| 6 Milwaukee (2) First Round (all time Central) *if necessary Tuesday, April 27 Game 5 Miami at Boston 6:00 pm NBATV Game 5 Chicago at Cleveland 7:00 pm TNT Game 5 San Antonio at Dallas 8:30 pm NBATV Game 5 Oklahoma City at LA Lakers 9:30 pm TNT Wednesday, April 28 Game 5 Milwaukee at Atlanta 7:00 pm TNT Game 5 Utah at Denver 9:30 pm TNT Thursday, April 29 *Game 6 Boston at Miami TBD *Game 6 Cleveland at Chicago TBD Game 6 Phoenix at Portland TBD *Game 6 Dallas at San Antonio TBD Friday, April 30 Game 6 Atlanta at Milwaukee TBD *Game 6 Denver at Utah TBD Game 6 LA Lakers at Oklahoma City TBD Saturday, May 1 *Game 7 Miami at Boston TBD *Game 7 Chicago at Cleveland TBD *Game 7 San Antonio at Dallas TBD Sunday, May 2 *Game 7 Milwaukee at Atlanta TBD *Game 7 Utah at Denver TBD *Game 7 Portland at Phoenix TBD *Game 7 Oklahoma City at LA Lakers TBD ---- 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