News from April 28. The NBA fined Dwight Howard (Orl) $35,000 for criticizing the refs on his blog on Tuesday. Ben Gordon (Det) underwent surgery on his left ankle to remove bone spurs. Den 116, Uta 102 at Den Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 26 points including 12-15 FT and 11 rebounds. Kenyon Martin (Den) had 18 points and 9 rebounds. Chauncey Billups (Den) had 21 points and 3 steals. J.R. Smith (Den) had 17 points including 4-5 3-pointers. Carlos Boozer (Uta) had 25 points including 12-20 FG and 16 rebounds. Deron Williams (Uta) had 34 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 9-10 FT and 10 assists. Paul Millsap (Uta) had 16 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Mehmet Okur (Uta, ruptured left Achilles) did not play. Uta leads the series 3-2. Mil 91, Atl 87 at Atl Brandon Jennings (Mil) had 25 points. John Salmons (Mil) had 19 points including 6-17 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Luke Ridnour (Mil) had 15 points including 5-7 FG and 4 steals. Marvin Williams (Atl) had 22 points including 8-10 FG. Al Horford (Atl) had 25 points and 11 rebounds. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 13 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Mil 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 (3) _ 8 Oklahoma City (2) |_ _______________ _ _ _______________ | 4 Denver (2) ________| |_ _____________ _ 5 Utah (3) _ _____________ | | | 2 Dallas (2) ___ | | 7 San Antonio (3) |_ _______________ _| | _ _______________ | 3 Phoenix (3) ______| | 6 Portland (2) |_ ___________ _ ___________ | 1 Cleveland (4) _____ | 8 Chicago (1) |_ 1 Cleveland (0) | _ 4 Boston (0) ____ | 4 Boston (4) ________| | | 5 Miami (1) |_ _____________ _| _ _____________ 2 Orlando (4) _____ | 7 Charlotte (0) |_ 2 Orlando (0) ___| _ _________________ 3 Atlanta (2) _____| 6 Milwaukee (3) First Round (all time Central) *if necessary Thursday, April 29 Game 6 Dallas at San Antonio 7:00 pm TNT Game 6 Phoenix at Portland 9:30 pm TNT Friday, April 30 Game 6 Atlanta at Milwaukee 6:00 pm ESPN Game 6 LA Lakers at Oklahoma City 8:30 pm ESPN Game 6 Denver at Utah 9:00 pm ESPN2 Saturday, May 1 *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 Second Round (all time Central) *if necessary Saturday, May 1 Game 1 Boston at Cleveland TBD TNT Monday, May 3 Game 2 Boston at Cleveland TBD TNT Friday, May 7 Game 3 Cleveland at Boston TBD ESPN Sunday, May 9 Game 4 Cleveland at Boston 2:30 pm ABC Tuesday, May 11 *Game 5 Boston at Cleveland TBD Thursday, May 13 *Game 6 Cleveland at Boston TBD ESPN Sunday, May 16 *Game 7 Boston at Cleveland TBD 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