News from May 30. The LA Clippers have been sold to Steve Ballmer for $2 billion. The sale has to be formally approved by the NBA Board of Governors. [And there will probably be lots of other legal wranglings due to the on going problems with the Sterling family and the NBA.] Detroit named Brendan Malone, Bob Beyer, and Charles Klask as assistant coaches. Miami activated Chris Andersen and placed Michael Beasley on IL. Mia 117, Ind 92 at Mia LeBron James (Mia) had 25 points and 6 assists. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 25 points including 10-14 FG and 8 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 13 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Rashard Lewis (Mia) had 13 points. Paul George (Ind) had 29 points including 5-10 3-pointers and 8-10 FT and 8 rebounds. David West (Ind) had 16 points including 8-11 FG. Lance Stephenson (Ind) had 11 points. Mia out-scored Ind 60-34 in the 1st half. Mia shot 57.9% (44-76) FG and Ind shot 46.4% (32-69) FG. Miami takes the series 4-2 and advances to the NBA Finals where they will face the winner of the SA-OKC series. Playoff Standings [all rounds best of 7] 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Finals 1 SA (4) __ 8 Dal (3) |_ 1 San Antonio (4) ___ _ 5 Portland (1) | 4 Hou (2) __| |_ 1 San Antonio (3) _ 5 Por (4) _ 2 Oklahoma City (2) | | | 2 OKC (4) __ | | 7 Mem (3) |_ 2 Oklahoma City (4) _| | _ 3 LA Clippers (2) | 3 LAC (4) __| | 6 GS (3) |_ ___________ _ 2 Miami (0) | 1 Ind (4) __ | 8 Atl (3) |_ 1 Indiana (4) ____ | _ 5 Washington (2) | | 4 Chi (1) __| | | 5 Was (4) |_ 1 Indiana (2) ______| _ 2 Miami (4) 2 Mia (4) __ | 7 Cha (0) |_ 2 Miami (4) ______| _ 6 Brooklyn (1) 3 Tor (3) __| 6 Bro (4) Conference Finals (all time Central) *if necessary Schedule for Saturday, May 31 (All times Central) Game 6 San Antonio at Oklahoma City 7:30 pm TNT Schedule for Monday, June 2 (All times Central) *Game 7 Oklahoma City at San Antonio 8:00 pm TNT [Note: in a change from the past, the Finals are in the 2-2-1-1-1 schedule] NBA Finals (all time Central) *if necessary Schedule for Thursday, June 5 (All times Central) Game 1 Miami at SA/OKC 8:00 pm ABC Schedule for Sunday, June 8 (All times Central) Game 2 Miami at SA/OKC 7:00 pm ABC Schedule for Tuesday, June 10 (All times Central) Game 3 SA/OKC at Miami 8:00 pm ABC Schedule for Thursday, June 12 (All times Central) Game 4 SA/OKC at Miami 8:00 pm ABC Schedule for Sunday, June 15 (All times Central) *Game 5 Miami at SA/OKC 7:00 pm ABC Schedule for Tuesday, June 17 (All times Central) *Game 6 SA/OKC at Miami 8:00 pm ABC Schedule for Friday, June 20 (All times Central) *Game 7 Miami at SA/OKC 8:00 pm ABC ---- 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