News from May 9. New York placed Baron Davis (injured right knee) on IL. Mia 106, NY 94 at Mia LeBron James (Mia) had 29 points including 13-15 FT, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 19 points and 7 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 19 points. Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 35 points and 8 rebounds. Amare Stoudemire (NY) had 14 points. Miami takes the series 4-1 and advances to the 2nd round where they will face Indiana. Mem 92, LAC 80 at Mem Rudy Gay (Mem) had 14 points and 5 rebounds. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 19 points including 7-10 FT and 10 rebounds. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 23 points and 7 rebounds. Chris Paul (LAC) had 19 points including 8-10 FT, 6 rebounds, and 4 steals. Maurice Williams (LAC) had 20 points. LAC 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 San Antonio (4) ___ 8 Utah (0) |_ 1 San Antonio (0) ___ _ | 4 Memphis (2) ___| |_ __ 5 LA Clippers (3) _ | | | 2 Oklahoma City (4) _ | | 7 Dallas (0) |_ 2 Oklahoma City (0) _| | _ | 3 LA Lakers (3) _____| | 6 Denver (2) |_ _ | 1 Chicago (2) __ | 8 Philadelphia (3) |_ __ | _ | | 4 Boston (3) _______| | | 5 Atlanta (2) |_ __| _ 2 Miami (4) ______ | 7 New York (1) |_ 2 Miami (0) ______| _ 3 Indiana (0) 3 Indiana (4) _______| 6 Orlando (1) First Round (Central times) *if necessary Thursday, May 10 Game 6 Chicago at Philadelphia 6:00 pm NBATV Game 6 Atlanta at Boston 7:00 pm TNT Game 6 LA Lakers at Denver 9:30 pm TNT Friday, May 11 Game 6 Memphis at LA Clippers 8:00 pm ESPN Saturday, May 12 *Game 7 Philadelphia at Chicago TBD *Game 7 Denver at LA Lakers TBD Sunday, May 13 *Game 7 Boston at Atlanta TBD *Game 7 LA Clippers at Memphis TBD ---- 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