News from May 12. New Orleans fired head coach Monty Williams. Cle 106, Chi 101 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 38 points including 9-12 FT, 12 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals, and 3 blocks. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 25 points and 5 assists. Tristan Thompson (Cle) had 12 points and 10 rebounds. Iman Shumpert (Cle) had 13 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Mike Dunleavy (Chi) had 19 points. Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 29 points and 9 rebounds. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 16 points including 7-24 FG, 9 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Cle shot 50.6% (40-79) FG and Chi shot 39.5% (34-86) FG. Cle leads the series 3-2. Hou 124, LAC 103 at Hou Trevor Ariza (Hou) had 22 points including 4-6 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. Dwight Howard (Hou) had 20 points including 6-14 FT and 15 rebounds including 5 offensive. James Harden (Hou) had 26 points including 1-8 3-pointers, 11 rebounds, 10 assists, and 5 turnovers. Corey Brewer (Hou) had 15 points. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 30 points including 12-21 FG and 16 rebounds including 6 offensive. Chris Paul (LAC) had 22 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 10 assists. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 13 points on 3-3 FG and 7-16 FT and 11 rebounds. Hou shot 54.1% (46-85) FG and LAC shot 41.8% (38-91) FG. The 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 Golden State (4) _ 8 New Orleans (0) |_ 1 Golden State (2) __ _ 5 Memphis (2) | 4 Portland (1) _____| |_ __ 5 Memphis (4) _ | | | 2 Houston (4) ______ | | 7 Dallas (1) |_ 2 Houston (2) ___| | _ 3 LA Clippers (3) | 3 LA Clippers (4) __| | 6 San Antonio (3) |_ _ | 1 Atlanta (4) _____ | 8 Brooklyn (2) |_ 1 Atlanta (2) ____ | _ 5 Washington (2) | | 4 Toronto (0) ___| | | 5 Washington (4) |_ __| _ 2 Cleveland (4) ____ | 7 Boston (0) |_ 2 Cleveland (3) _____| _ 3 Chicago (2) 3 Chicago (4) ____| 6 Milwaukee (2) Second Round (Central times) *if necessary Wednesday, May 13 Game 5 Washington at Atlanta 7:00 pm TNT Game 5 Memphis at Golden State 9:30 pm TNT Thursday, May 14 Game 6 Cleveland at Chicago 7:00 pm ESPN Game 6 Houston at LA Clippers 9:30 pm ESPN Friday, May 15 Game 6 Atlanta at Washington 7:00 pm ESPN Game 6 Golden State at Memphis 9:30 pm ESPN Saturday, May 16 *Game 7 LA Clippers at Houston TBA Sunday, May 17 *Game 7 Chicago at Cleveland TBA *Game 7 Memphis at Golden State TBA Monday, May 18 *Game 7 Washington at Atlanta 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