News from May 29. The LA Clippers exercised their 12-13 option for head coach Vinny Del Negro. Orlando released Von Wafer. The NBA Draft Lottery will beheld at 7:00 pm (Central) tonight on ESPN. The lottery determines the #1, #2, and #3 picks for the draft, with the order for the rest of the picks being by record. The NBA Draft is June 28. 2012 Draft Lottery Chances and Order Lottery Chances Team Chances (out of 1,000) Charlotte 250 Washington 199 Cleveland 138 New Orleans 137 Sacramento 76 New Jersey 75 (may go to Portland (top 3 protected)) Golden State 36 (may go to Utah via New Jersey (top 7 protected)) Toronto 35 Detroit 17 New Orleans 11 (from Minnesota via LA Clippers) Portland 8 Milwaukee 7 Phoenix 6 Houston 5 First Round Order 15. Philadelphia 16. Houston (from New York) 17. Dallas 18. Minnesota (from Utah) 19. Orlando 20. Denver 21. Boston 22. Boston (from LA Clippers via Oklahoma City) 23. Atlanta 24. Cleveland (from LA Lakers) 25. Memphis 26. Indiana 27. Miami 28. Oklahoma City 29. Chicago 30. Golden State (from San Antonio) Second Round Order 31. Charlotte 32. Washington 33. Cleveland 34. Cleveland (from New Orleans via Miami) 35. Sacramento 36. Golden State (from New Jersey) 37. Denver (from Golden State via New York 38. Toronto 39. Detroit 40. Portland (from Minnesota via Houston) 41. Portland 42. Milwaukee 43. Atlanta (from Phoenix) 44. Detroit (from Houston) 45. Philadelphia 46. Washington (from Dallas) 47. Utah 48. New York 49. Orlando 50. Denver 51. Boston 52. Golden State (from Atlanta) 53. LA Clippers 54. Philadelphia (from Memphis) 55. Dallas (from LA Lakers) 56. Toronto (from Indiana) 57. New Jersey (from Miami) 58. Minnesota (from Oklahoma City) 59. San Antonio 60. New Jersey (from Chicago via Milwaukee, may go to LA Lakers) SA 120, OKC 111 at SA Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 18 points and 10 rebounds. Tim Duncan (SA) had 11 points on 2-11 FG and 7-10 FT, 12 rebounds, 6 assists, and 4 blocks. Tony Parker (SA) had 34 points including 16-21 FG and 8 assists. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 20 points. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 31 points including 10-17 FG and 3-4 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 27 points, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists. James Harden (OKC) had 30 points on 10-13 FG and 10-13 FT and 7 rebounds. SA shot 55.1% (43-78) FG and OKC shot 42% (37-88) FG. SA leads the series 2-0. 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 (2) _ 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 (4) | | 4 Bos (4) ___| | | 5 Atl (2) |_ 4 Boston (0) ________| _ 2 Miami (1) 2 Mia (4) ___ | 7 NY (1) |_ 2 Miami (4) ______| _ 3 Indiana (2) 3 Ind (4) ___| 6 Orl (1) Conference Finals (Central times) *if necessary Wednesday, May 30 Game 2 Boston at Miami 7:30 pm ESPN Thursday, May 31 Game 3 San Antonio at Oklahoma City 8:00 pm TNT Friday, June 1 Game 3 Miami at Boston 7:30 pm ESPN Saturday, June 2 Game 4 San Antonio at Oklahoma City 7:30 pm TNT Sunday, June 3 Game 4 Miami at Boston 7:30 pm ESPN Monday, June 4 *Game 5 Oklahoma City at San Antonio 8:00 pm TNT Tuesday, June 5 *Game 5 Boston at Miami 7:30 pm ESPN Wednesday, June 6 *Game 6 San Antonio at Oklahoma City 8:00 pm TNT Thursday, June 7 *Game 6 Miami at Boston 7:30 pm ESPN Friday, June 8 *Game 7 Oklahoma City at San Antonio 8:00 pm TNT Saturday, June 9 *Game 7 Boston at Miami 7:30 pm ESPN ---- 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