News from June 5. Detroit fired head coach John Kuester. Dallas activated Rodrigue Beaubois and placed Brendan Haywood (strained right hip flexor) on IL. Mia 88, Dal 86 at Mia LeBron James (Mia) had 17 points and 9 assists. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 18 points. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 29 points including 12-21 FG and 11 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 34 points and 11 rebounds. Jason Terry (Dal) had 15 points. Mia leads the series 2-1. Playoff Standings 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Finals (Best of 7) (Best of 7) (Best of 7) (Best of 7) 1 SA (2) ____ 8 Mem (4) |_ 8 Memphis (3) _ _ 4 Oklahoma City (4) | 4 OKC (4) ___| |_ 4 Oklahoma City (1) _ 5 Den (1) _ 3 Dallas (4) | | | 2 LAL (4) ___ | | 7 NO (2) |_ 2 LA Lakers (0) _____| | _ 3 Dallas (4) | 3 Dal (4) ___| | 6 Por (2) |_ 3 Dallas (1) _ 2 Miami (2) | 1 Chi (4) ___ | 8 Ind (1) |_ 1 Chicago (4) _______ | _ 5 Atlanta (2) | | 4 Orl (2) ___| | | 5 Atl (4) |_ 1 Chicago (1) _______| _ 2 Miami (4) 2 Mia (4) __ | 7 Phi (1) |_ 2 Miami (4) ________| _ 3 Boston (1) 3 Bos (4) ___| 6 NY (0) NBA Finals (all time Central) *if necessary Tuesday, June 7 Game 4 Miami at Dallas 8:00 pm ABC Thursday, June 9 Game 5 Miami at Dallas 8:00 pm ABC Sunday, June 12 *Game 6 Dallas at Miami 7:00 pm ABC Tuesday, June 14 *Game 7 Dallas at Miami 8:00 pm ABC ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For Trianglons puzzles: http://www.trianglons.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html