News from April 17. The NBA named Doc Rivers (LAC) and Brad Stevens (Bos) as Coaches of the Month for April. The Clippers went 7-0 and Boston went 7-1 in April. Thabo Sefolosha (Atl) underwent surgery to repair a fractured right fibula and ligament damage. He is expected to be out 6 months. The NBA held the tiebreakers (random drawing) for the 8 teams that finished with the same record to determine the draft order and lottery chances. Indiana won the tiebreaker with Utah (38-44, 11th worst record) and, thus, Indiana will have 8 lottery chances and Utah will have 7 lottery chances - if neither wins the lottery (#1, #2, #3 draft picks determined by the lottery), Indiana will draft before Utah (and the order will be reverse in the 2nd round). Dallas won the tiebreaker with Chicago (50-32, 21st worst record) and, thus, Dallas will draft #21 and Chicago will draft #22. Memphis won the tiebreaker with San Antonio (55-27, 24th worst record) and, thus, Memphis will draft #25 and San Antonio will draft #26. Houston won the tiebreaker with the LA Clippers (56-26, 26th worst record) and, thus, the LA Lakers (which owns Houston's pick) will draft #27 and Boston (which owns the LA Clippers' pick) will draft #28. The lottery drawing will take placed May 19 and the NBA Draft is June 25. 2015 Draft Lottery Chances and Order Lottery Chances Team Chances (out of 1,000) Minnesota 250 New York 199 Philadelphia 156 LA Lakers 119 [may go to Philadelphia via Phoenix] Orlando 88 Sacramento 63 Denver 43 Detroit 28 Charlotte 17 Miami 11 [may go to Philadelphia via Cleveland] Indiana 8 Utah 7 Phoenix 6 Oklahoma City 5 First Round Order 15. Brooklyn [may go to Atlanta] 16. Boston 17. Milwaukee 18. Houston [from New Orleans] 19. Washington 20. Toronto 21. Dallas 22. Chicago [may go to Cleveland] 23. Portland 24. Cleveland [may go to Chicago] 25. Memphis 26. San Antonio 27. LA Lakers [from Houston] 28. Boston [from LA Clippers] 29. Atlanta [may go to Brooklyn] 30. Golden State Second Round Order 31. Minnesota 32. Houston [from New York] 33. Boston [from Philadelphia via Miami] 34. LA Lakers 35. Philadelphia [from Orlando] 36. Minnesota [from Sacramento via Houston] 37. Philadelphia [from Denver via Houston via Portland via Minnesota] 38. Detroit 39. Charlotte 40. Miami 41. Brooklyn 42/43. Utah 43/42. Indiana 44. Phoenix 45. Boston 46. Milwaukee 47. Philadelphia [from New Orleans via Washington via LA Clippers] 48. Oklahoma City 49. Washington 50. Atlanta [from Toronto] 51. Orlando [from Chicago] 52. Dallas 53. Cleveland [from Portland via Chicago via Denver] 54. Utah [from Cleveland] 55. San Antonio 56. New Orleans [from Memphis] 57. Denver [from LA Clippers] 58. Philadelphia [from Houston] 59. Atlanta 60. Philadelphia [from Golden State via Indiana] Playoff Standings 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Finals (Best of 7) (Best of 7) (Best of 7) (Best of 7) 1 Golden State (0) _ 8 New Orleans (0) |_ __ _ | 4 Portland (0) _____| |_ __ 5 Memphis (0) _ | | | 2 Houston (0) ______ | | 7 Dallas (0) |_ __| | _ | 3 LA Clippers (0) __| | 6 San Antonio (0) |_ _ | 1 Atlanta (0) _____ | 8 Brooklyn (0) |_ __ | _ | | 4 Toronto (0) ___| | | 5 Washington (0) |_ __| _ 2 Cleveland (0) ____ | 7 Boston (0) |_ __| _ 3 Chicago (0) ____| 6 Milwaukee (0) First Round (Central times) *if necessary Saturday, April 18 Game 1 Washington at Toronto 11:30 am ESPN Game 1 New Orleans at Golden State 2:30 pm ABC Game 1 Milwaukee at Chicago 6:00 pm ESPN Game 1 Dallas at Houston 8:30 pm ESPN Sunday, April 19 Game 1 Boston at Cleveland 2:00 pm ABC Game 1 Brooklyn at Atlanta 4:30 pm TNT Game 1 Portland at Memphis 7:00 pm TNT Game 1 San Antonio at LA Clippers 9:30 pm TNT Monday, April 20 Game 2 Milwaukee at Chicago 7:00 pm TNT Game 2 New Orleans at Golden State 9:30 pm TNT Tuesday, April 21 Game 2 Boston at Cleveland 6:00 pm TNT Game 2 Washington at Toronto 7:00 pm NBATV Game 2 Dallas at Houston 8:30 pm TNT Wednesday, April 22 Game 2 Brooklyn at Atlanta 6:00 pm NBATV Game 2 Portland at Memphis 7:00 pm TNT Game 2 San Antonio at LA Clippers 9:30 pm TNT Thursday, April 23 Game 3 Cleveland at Boston 6:00 pm TNT Game 3 Chicago at Milwaukee 7:00 pm NBATV Game 3 Golden State at New Orleans 8:30 pm TNT Friday, April 24 Game 3 Houston at Dallas 6:00 pm ESPN Game 3 Toronto at Washington 7:00 pm ESPN2 Game 3 LA Clippers at San Antonio 8:30 pm ESPN Saturday, April 25 Game 3 Atlanta at Brooklyn 2:00 pm TNT Game 4 Chicago at Milwaukee 4:30 pm TNT Game 4 Golden State at New Orleans 7:00 pm ESPN Game 3 Memphis at Portland 9:30 pm ESPN Sunday, April 26 Game 4 Cleveland at Boston 12:00 pm ABC Game 4 LA Clippers at San Antonio 2:30 pm ABC Game 4 Toronto at Washington 6:00 pm TNT Game 4 Houston at Dallas 8:30 pm TNT Monday, April 27 Game 4 Atlanta at Brooklyn TBA *Game 5 Milwaukee at Chicago TBA Game 4 Memphis at Portland 9:30 pm TNT Tuesday, April 28 *Game 5 Boston at Cleveland TBA *Game 5 Dallas at Houston TBA *Game 5 New Orleans at Golden State TBA *Game 5 San Antonio at LA Clippers TBA Wednesday, April 29 *Game 5 Brooklyn at Atlanta TBA *Game 5 Washington at Toronto TBA *Game 5 Portland at Memphis TBA Thursday, April 30 *Game 6 Cleveland at Boston TBA *Game 6 Chicago at Milwaukee TBA *Game 6 Houston at Dallas TBA *Game 6 LA Clippers at San Antonio TBA Friday, May 1 *Game 6 Atlanta at Brooklyn TBA *Game 6 Toronto at Washington TBA *Game 6 Golden State at New Orleans TBA *Game 6 Memphis at Portland TBA Saturday, May 2 *Game 7 Boston at Cleveland TBA *Game 7 Milwaukee at Chicago TBA *Game 7 Dallas at Houston TBA *Game 7 San Antonio at LA Clippers TBA Sunday, May 3 *Game 7 Brooklyn at Atlanta TBA *Game 7 Washington at Toronto TBA *Game 7 New Orleans at Golden State 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