News from May 1. Damian Lillard (Por) was named as Rookie of the Year. Lillard was an unanimous selection in receiving all 121 1st place media votes. Total position votes Player Points 1st 2nd 3rd Damian Lillard (Por).......... 605 121 0 0 Anthony Davis (NO) .......... 306 0 96 18 Bradley Beal (Was) ........... 94 0 14 52 Andre Drummond (Det) ......... 36 0 5 21 Dion Waiter (Cle) ............ 21 0 2 15 Harrison Barnes (GS) ......... 8 0 1 5 Chris Copeland (NY) .......... 8 0 2 2 Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (Cha) . 3 0 0 3 Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) ...... 2 0 0 2 John Jenkins (Atl) ........... 1 0 0 1 Kenneth Faried (Den) was named as the winner of the J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award, as selected by the Pro Basketball Writers Association. The other finalists for the award were Tyson Chandler (NY), Luol Deng (Chi), Kyle Kover (Atl), David Lee (GS), Jason Terry (Bos), and Tristan Thompson (Cle). Milwaukee fired head coach Jim Boylan. Oklahoma City activated Daniel Orton and placed Perry Jones on IL. The NBA released the official list of underclassman and foreign players under 22 years old who declared themselves eligible for the NBA draft. Those who declared can remove their name from the draft up to June 17. The NBA draft is June 27. Underclassmen who have declared themselves eligible for the NBA draft: Steven Adams (freshman, Pittsburgh, center) C.J. Aiken (junior, St. Josephs, forward) Anthony Bennett (freshman, UNLV, forward) Vander Blue (junior, Marquette, guard) Lorenzo Brown (junior, North Carolina State, guard) Reggie Bullock (junior, North Carolina, forward) Trey Burke (sophomore, Michigan, guard) Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (sophomore, Georgia, guard) Michael Carter-Williams (sophomore, Syracuse, guard) Adrien Coleman (junior, Bethune-Cookman, guard Allen Crabbe (junior, California, guard) Dewayne Dedmon (junior, Southern California, center) Gorgui Dieng (junior, Louisville, forward) Jamaal Franklin (junior, San Diego State, guard) Archie Goodwin (freshman, Kentucky, guard) Tim Hardaway Jr. (junior, Michigan, guard) Grant Jerrett (freshman, Arizona, forward) Christian Kabongo (sophomore, New Mexico State, guard) Myck Kabongo (sophomore, Texas, guard) Shane Larkin (sophomore, Miami, guard) Ricky Ledo (freshman, Providence, forward) Alex Len (sophomore, Maryland, center) C.J. Leslie (junior, North Carolina State, forward) Nurideen Lindsey (junior, Rider, guard) Amath MBaye (junior, Oklahoma, forward) Ray McCallum (junior, Detroit, guard) Ben McLemore (freshman, Kansas, guard) Tony Mitchell (sophomore, North Texas, forward) Shabazz Muhammad (freshman, UCLA, guard) Nerlens Noel (freshman, Kentucky, forward) Victor Oladipo (junior, Indiana, guard) Kelly Olynyk (junior, Gonzaga, center) Norvel Pelle (freshman, Los Angeles College Prep Academy, forward) Otto Porter Jr. (sophomore, Georgetown, forward) Marshawn Powell (junior, Arkansas, forward) Phil Pressey (junior, Missouri, guard) Andre Roberson (junior, Colorado, forward) Joshua Simmons (freshman, Spartanburg Methodist Junior College, guard) Trevis Simpson (junior, North Carolina-Greensboro, guard) Tony Snell (junior, New Mexico, forward) Tahj Tate (sophomore, Delaware State, guard) John Taylor (junior, Fresno Pacific, guard) Adonis Thomas (sophomore, Memphis, forward) Deshaun Thomas (junior, Ohio State, forward) B.J. Young (sophomore, Arkansas, guard) Cody Zeller (sophomore, Indiana, forward) International players under 22 years old who have declared themselves eligible for the NBA draft (foreign players who turn 22 during 2013 are automatically entered into the draft) [country is where player plays]: Alejandro Abrines (born 1993, Spain) Giannis Adetokunbo (born 1994, Greece) Francois Affia Ambadiang (born 1993, Slovenia) Nemanja Besovic (born 1992, Serbia) Bogdan Bogdanovic (born 1992, Serbia) Matias Bortolin (born 1992, Austria) Linos Chrysikopoulos (born 1992, Greece) Laszlo Dobos (born 1992, Spain) Dorde Drenovac (born 1992, Italy) Viktor Gaddefors (born 1992, Italy) Rudy Gobert (born 1992, France) Mouhammadou Jaiteh (born 1992, France) Livio Jean-Charles (born 1992, France) Sergey Karasev (born 1992,Russia) Louis Labeyrie (born 1992, France) Raul Neto (born 1992, Spain) Philipp Neumann (born 1992, Germany) Lucas Riva Nogueira (born 1992, Spain) Alexandre Paranhos (born 1992, Brazil) Artem Pustovyi (born 1992, Ukraine) Bogdan Radosavljevic (born 1992, Germany) Marko Ramljak (born 1992, Croatia) Dario Saric (born 1992, Croatia) Dennis Schroder (born 1992, Germany) Strahinja Stojacic (born 1992, Serbia) Walter Tavares (born 1992, Spain) Daniel Theis (born 1992, Germany) Janis Timma (born 1992, Latvia) Marko Todorovic (born 1992, Spain) Axel Toupane (born 1992, France) Adin Vrabac (born 1992, Bosnia) Hou 107, OKC 100 at OKC Francisco Garcia (Hou) had 18 points including 5-12 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Omer Asik (Hou) had 21 points including 13-18 FT [with OKC playing hack-a-Asik in the 4th] and 11 rebounds. James Harden (Hou) had 31 points including 10-16 FG and 7-9 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 36 points including 1-8 3-pointers and 13-16 FT, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. Reggie Jackson (OKC) had 20 points. Jeremy Lin (Hou, bruised right chest muscle) did not play. OKC leads the series 3-2. Bos 92, NY 86 at NY Brandon Bass (Bos) had 17 points including 6-7 FG and 5 rebounds. Jeff Green (Bos) had 18 points. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 16 points, 18 rebounds, and 5 assists. Jason Terry (Bos) had 17 points including 5-9 3-pointers. Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 22 points including 8-24 FG and 7 rebounds. Raymond Felton (NY) had 21 points and 6 rebounds. NY leads the series 3-2. Ind 106, Atl 83 at Ind Paul George (Ind) had 21 points including 7-8 FG, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. David West (Ind) had 24 points including 11-16 FG and 5 rebounds. Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 18 points including 12-14 FT and 9 rebounds. George Hill (Ind) had 15 points, 5 rebounds, and 10 assists. Josh Smith (Atl) had 14 points including 5-16 FG, 5 rebounds, and 4 steals. Al Horford (Atl) had 14 points including 5-14 FG and 9 rebounds. Ind shot 50.7% (35-69) FG and Atl shot 33.3% (25-75) FG. Ind out-rebounded Atl 51-28 including 8-6 offensive. Ind 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 Oklahoma City (3) _ 8 Houston (2) |_ __ _ | 4 LA Clippers (2) ___| |_ __ 5 Memphis (3) _ | | | 2 San Antonio (4) ___ | | 7 LA Lakers (0) |_ 2 San Antonio (0) _| | _ | 3 Denver (2) __| | 6 Golden State (3) |_ _ | 1 Miami (4) _____ | 8 Milwaukee (0) |_ 1 Miami (0) _______ | _ | | 4 Brooklyn (2) ______| | | 5 Chicago (3) |_ __| _ 2 New York (3) ______ | 7 Boston (2) |_ __| _ 3 Indiana (3) _______| 6 Atlanta (2) First Round (Central times) *if necessary Schedule for Thursday, May 2 (All times Central) Game 6: Brooklyn at Chicago 7:00 pm TNT Game 6: Denver at Golden State 9:30 pm TNT Schedule for Friday, May 3 (All times Central) Game 6: New York at Boston 6:00 pm ESPN Game 6: Indiana at Atlanta 6:00 pm ESPN2 Game 6: Oklahoma City at Houston 8:30 pm ESPN Game 6: LA Clippers at Memphis 8:30 pm ESPN2 Schedule for Saturday, May 4 (All times Central) *Game 7: Golden State at Denver TBA *Game 7: Chicago at Brooklyn TBA Schedule for Sunday, May 5 (All times Central) *Game 7: Houston at Oklahoma City TBA *Game 7: Memphis at LA Clippers TBA *Game 7: Boston at New York TBA *Game 7: Atlanta at Indiana TBA ---- 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