News from May 24. The NBA announced the All-NBA teams. The teams were selected, by position, by 120 media members who were asked to select a first team (worth 5 points), a second team (3 points), and a third team (1 point). First Team Total Pos Player Points (1st team votes) F LeBron James (Mia) ....... 596 (118) F Kevin Durant (OKC) ....... 591 (117) C Dwight Howard (Orl) ...... 476 (75) G Kobe Bryant (LAL) ........ 568 (104) G Chris Paul (LAC) ......... 484 (74) Second Team Total Pos Player Points (1st team votes) F Kevin Love (Min) ......... 365 (16) F Blake Griffin (LAC) ...... 170 C Andrew Bynum (LAL) ....... 400 (33) G Tony Parker (SA) ......... 367 (41) G Russell Westbrook (OKC) .. 239 (5) Third Team Total Pos Player Points (1st team votes) F Carmelo Anthony (NY) ..... 154 (1) F Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) ...... 136 C Tyson Chandler (NY) ...... 60 (4) G Dwyane Wade (Mia) ........ 235 (1) G Rajon Rondo (Bos) ........ 142 (1) Others receiving votes Total Player Points LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) ... 55 Marc Gasol (Mem) .......... 52 Derrick Rose (Chi) ........ 44 Josh Smith (Atl) .......... 33 Paul Pierce (Bos) ......... 31 Al Jefferson (Uta) ........ 30 Pau Gasol (LAL) ........... 27 Steve Nash (Pho) .......... 24 Kevin Garnett (Bos) ....... 22 Tim Duncan (SA) ........... 18 Joe Johnson (Atl) ......... 16 Deron Williams (NJ) ....... 14 Rudy Gay (Mem) ............ 10 James Harden (OKC) ........ 8 Luol Deng (Chi) ........... 5 Roy Hibbert (Ind) ......... 5 Manu Ginobili (SA) ........ 3 Danny Granger (Ind) ....... 3 Joakim Noah (Chi) ......... 3 Chris Bosh (Mia) .......... 2 Monta Ellis (Mil) ......... 2 Marcin Gortat (Pho) ....... 2 Serge Ibaka (OKC) ......... 2 Paul Millsap (Uta) ........ 2 Luis Scola (Hou) .......... 2 DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) .... 1 David Lee (GS) ............ 1 Mia 105, Ind 93 at Ind LeBron James (Mia) had 28 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Mario Chalmers (Mia) had 15 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 41 points including 17-25 FG, 10 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. David West (Ind) had 24 points including 10-16 FG and 5 rebounds. George Hill (Ind) had 18 points and 5 assists. Udonis Haslem (Mia, suspended) and Dexter Pittman (Mia, suspended) did not play. Miami takes the series 4-2 and advances to the Eastern Conference Finals where they will face the winner of the Bos-Phi series. 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 Miami (0) 2 Mia (4) ___ | 7 NY (1) |_ 2 Miami (4) ______| _ 3 Indiana (2) 3 Ind (4) ___| 6 Orl (1) Second Round (Central times) *if necessary Saturday, May 26 Game 7 Philadelphia at Boston 7:00 pm ABC 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