News from May 23. The NBA suspended Dexter Pittman (Mia) for 3 games for his flagrant foul on Lance Stephenson during Tuesday's Ind-Mia game. The NBA suspended Udonis Haslem (Mia) for 1 game for his flagrant foul on Tyler Hansbrough (Ind) during Tuesday's Ind-Mia game. The NBA announced the All-Defense teams. The teams were selected by the 30 coaches who were asked to select 5 players by position for the 1st team and 5 for the 2nd team (and couldn't vote for their own players). A 1st team vote was worth 2 points and a 2nd place vote was worth 1 point. First Team Total team votes Pos Player Points 1st 2nd C Dwight Howard (Orl) ....... 41 16 9 F LeBron James (Mia) ........ 53 24 5 F Serge Ibaka (OKC) ......... 47 20 7 G Chris Paul (LAC) .......... 35 13 9 G Tony Allen (Mem) .......... 33 13 7 Second Team Total team votes Pos Player Points 1st 2nd C Tyson Chandler (NY) ....... 36 13 10 F Kevin Garnett (Bos) ....... 26 8 10 F Luol Deng (Chi) ........... 20 6 8 G Rajon Rondo (Bos) ......... 29 9 11 G Kobe Bryant (LAL) ......... 17 7 3 Others receiving votes Total team votes Player Points 1st 2nd Andre Iguodala (Phi) ...... 19 4 11 Joakim Noah (Chi) ......... 14 4 6 Iman Shumpert (NY) ........ 13 2 9 Paul George (Ind) ......... 10 2 8 Russell Westbrook (OKC) ... 9 2 5 Josh Smith (Atl) .......... 8 2 4 Tim Duncan (SA) ........... 5 1 3 Grant Hill (Pho) .......... 5 1 3 Thabo Sefolosha (OKC) ..... 5 1 3 Dwyane Wade (Mia) ......... 5 1 3 Avery Bradley (Bos) ....... 3 1 1 Marc Gasol (Mem) .......... 3 1 1 Shawn Marion (Dal) ........ 3 0 3 Metta World Peace (LAL) ... 3 0 3 Mike Conley (Mem) ......... 2 0 2 Joe Johnson (Atl) ......... 2 1 0 Carlos Boozer (Chi) ....... 1 0 1 Jrue Holiday (Phi) ........ 1 0 1 Luc Mbah a Moute (Mil) .... 1 0 1 Derrick Rose (Chi) ........ 1 0 1 Phi 82, Bos 75 at Phi Elton Brand (Phi) had 13 points and 10 rebounds. Jrue Holiday (Phi) had 20 points and 6 assists. Evan Turner (Phi) had 12 points and 9 rebounds. Paul Pierce (Bos) had 24 points including 13-13 FT and 10 rebounds. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 20 points and 11 rebounds. Phi shot 45.7% (32-70) FG and Bos shot 33.3% (26-78) FG. The series is tied 3-3. Playoff Standings 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Finals (Best of 7) (Best of 7) (Best of 7) (Best of 7) 1 SA (4) ____ 8 Uta (0) |_ 1 San Antonio (4) ___ _ 5 LA Clippers (0) | 4 Mem (3) ___| |_ 1 San Antonio (0) _ 5 LAC (4) _ 2 Oklahoma City (0) | | | 2 OKC (4) ___ | | 7 Dal (0) |_ 2 Oklahoma City (4) _| | _ 3 LA Lakers (1) | 3 LAL (4) ___| | 6 Den (3) |_ _ | 1 Chi (2) ___ | 8 Phi (4) |_ 8 Philadelphia (3) __ | _ 4 Boston (3) | | 4 Bos (4) ___| | | 5 Atl (2) |_ __| _ 2 Mia (4) ___ | 7 NY (1) |_ 2 Miami (3) ______| _ 3 Indiana (2) 3 Ind (4) ___| 6 Orl (1) Second Round (Central times) *if necessary Thursday, May 24 Game 6 Miami at Indiana 7:00 pm ESPN Saturday, May 26 *Game 7 Indiana at Miami TBD Game 7 Philadelphia at Boston TBD Conference Finals (Central times) *if necessary Sunday, May 27 Game 1 Oklahoma City at San Antonio 7:30 pm TNT Tuesday, May 29 Game 2 Oklahoma City at San Antonio 8:00 pm TNT Thursday, May 31 Game 3 San Antonio at Oklahoma City 8:00 pm TNT Saturday, June 2 Game 4 San Antonio at Oklahoma City 7:30 pm TNT Monday, June 4 *Game 5 Oklahoma City at San Antonio 8:00 pm TNT Wednesday, June 6 *Game 6 San Antonio at Oklahoma City 8:00 pm TNT Friday, June 8 *Game 7 Oklahoma City at San Antonio 8:00 pm TNT ---- 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