News from June 4. The NBA announced the All-NBA teams. The teams were selected, by position, by 125 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 Kevin Durant (OKC) ....... 625 (125) F LeBron James (Mia) ....... 551 (124) G Chris Paul (LAC) ......... 540 (86) G James Harden (Hou) ....... 502 (73) C Joakim Noah (Chi) ........ 551 (101) Second Team Total Pos Player Points (1st team votes) F Blake Griffin (LAC) ...... 350 (5) F Kevin Love (Min) ......... 237 (2) G Stephen Curry (GS) ....... 489 (65) G Tony Parker (SA) ......... 210 (14) C Dwight Howard (Hou) ...... 226 (9) Third Team Total Pos Player Points (1st team votes) F Paul George (Ind) ........ 171 (4) F LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) .. 159 (2) G Goran Dragic (Pho) ....... 115 (1) G Damian Lillard (Por) ..... 115 (2) C Al Jefferson (Cha) ....... 191 (4) Others receiving votes Total Player Points (1st team votes) Carmelo Anthony (NY) ...... 86 (1) John Wall (Was) ........... 70 Tim Duncan (SA) ........... 63 (1) DeMar DeRozan (Tor) ....... 56 Anthony Davis (NO) ........ 40 (1) Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) ....... 37 (1) Russell Westbrook (OKC) ... 32 (1) Kyle Lowry (Tor) .......... 29 DeAndre Jordan (LAC) ...... 21 Roy Hibbert (Ind) ......... 17 Marc Gasol (Mem) .......... 16 (2) DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) .... 14 (1) Kyrie Irving (Cle) ........ 7 Dwyane Wade (Mia) ......... 6 Mike Conley (Mem) ......... 4 Serge Ibaka (OKC) ......... 4 Joe Johnson (Bro) ......... 4 Zach Randolph (Mem) ....... 4 Lance Stephenson (Ind) .... 3 Ty Lawson (Den) ........... 2 Paul Millsap (Atl) ........ 2 Chris Bosh (Mia) .......... 1 Andre Drummond (Det) ...... 1 Monta Ellis (Dal) ......... 1 Kawhi Leonard (SA) ........ 1 Houston elected not to exercise their 14-15 option for Chandler Parsons, making him a restricted free agent. 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 (4) _ 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) |_ 1 San Antonio (0) _ 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) [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 San Antonio 8:00 pm ABC Schedule for Sunday, June 8 (All times Central) Game 2 Miami at San Antonio 7:00 pm ABC Schedule for Tuesday, June 10 (All times Central) Game 3 San Antonio at Miami 8:00 pm ABC Schedule for Thursday, June 12 (All times Central) Game 4 San Antonio at Miami 8:00 pm ABC Schedule for Sunday, June 15 (All times Central) *Game 5 Miami at San Antonio 7:00 pm ABC Schedule for Tuesday, June 17 (All times Central) *Game 6 San Antonio at Miami 8:00 pm ABC Schedule for Friday, June 20 (All times Central) *Game 7 Miami at San Antonio 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