News from May 20. The NBA fined Stephen Curry (GS) $5,000 for his flop during Tuesday's GS-Hou game. The NBA announced the All-Defense teams. The teams were selected by 130 media members who were asked to select 5 players by position for the 1st team and 5 for the 2nd team. A 1st team vote was worth 2 points and a 2nd place vote was worth 1 point. First Team Total team votes Pos Player Points 1st 2nd C DeAndre Jordan (LAC) ......... 187 84 19 F Kawhi Leonard (SA) ........... 242 116 10 F Draymond Green (GS) .......... 229 107 15 G Tony Allen (Mem) ............. 207 88 31 G Chris Paul (LAC) ............. 170 67 36 Second Team Total team votes Pos Player Points 1st 2nd C Andrew Bogut (GS) ............ 102 33 36 F Anthony Davis (NO) ........... 155 47 61 F Tim Duncan (SA) .............. 64 5 54 G Jimmy Butler (Chi) ........... 132 44 44 G John Wall (Was) .............. 67 7 53 Others receiving votes Total team votes Player Points 1st 2nd Rudy Gobert (Uta) ............. 54 5 44 LeBron James (Cle) ............ 47 6 35 Russell Westbrook (OKC) ....... 35 13 9 Avery Bradley (Bos) ........... 26 5 16 Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (Cha) .. 21 2 17 Klay Thompson (GS) ............ 19 3 13 Marc Gasol (Mem) .............. 18 2 16 Danny Green (SA) .............. 18 0 18 Trevor Ariza (Hou) ............ 17 1 15 Stephen Curry (GS) ............ 14 2 10 DeMarre Carrol (Atl) .......... 11 1 9 Patrick Beverley (Hou) ........ 10 1 8 Khris Middleton (Mil) ......... 9 1 7 Serge Ibaka (OKC) ............. 8 0 8 Andre Iguodala (GS) ........... 8 0 8 Paul Millsap (Atl) ............ 8 0 8 Jeff Teague (Atl) ............. 7 1 5 Mike Conley (Mem) ............. 6 2 2 Joakim Noah (Chi) ............. 6 0 6 Nerlens Noel (Phi) ............ 5 1 3 P.J. Tucker (Pho) ............. 4 0 4 Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) ... 3 0 3 Pau Gasol (Chi) ............... 3 0 3 Wesley Matthews (Por) ......... 3 0 3 James Harden (Hou) ............ 2 0 2 Marcus Smart (Bos) ............ 2 0 2 Hassan Whiteside (Mia) ........ 2 1 0 Eric Bledsoe (Pho) ............ 1 0 1 DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) ........ 1 0 1 Andre Drummond (Det) .......... 1 0 1 Manu Ginobili (SA) ............ 1 0 1 Blake Griffin (LAC) ........... 1 0 1 George Hill (Ind) ............. 1 0 1 Al Horford (Atl) .............. 1 0 1 Victor Oladipo (Orl) .......... 1 0 1 Zaza Pachulia (Mil) ........... 1 0 1 Elfrid Payton (Orl) ........... 1 0 1 Zach Randolph (Mem) ........... 1 0 1 Rajon Rondo (Dal) ............. 1 0 1 Iman Shumpert (Cle) ........... 1 0 1 Dwyane Wade (Mia) ............. 1 0 1 Cle 97, Atl 89 at Atl LeBron James (Cle) had 31 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Tristan Thompson (Cle) had 14 points including 5-7 FG and 10 rebounds including 5 offensive. Timofey Mozgov (Cle) had 10 points and 11 rebounds. J.R. Smith (Cle) had 28 points on 10-16 FG and 8-12 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 27 points. Al Horford (Atl) had 16 points and 7 rebounds. Paul Millsap (Atl) had 13 points on 3-11 FG and 7-10 FT and 7 rebounds. Cle leads the series 1-0. Playoff Standings [all rounds best of 7] 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Finals 1 Golden State (4) _ 8 New Orleans (0) |_ 1 Golden State (4) __ _ 5 Memphis (2) | 4 Portland (1) _____| |_ 1 Golden State (1) _ 5 Memphis (4) _ 2 Houston (0) | | | 2 Houston (4) ______ | | 7 Dallas (1) |_ 2 Houston (4) ___| | _ 3 LA Clippers (3) | 3 LA Clippers (4) __| | 6 San Antonio (3) |_ _ | 1 Atlanta (4) _____ | 8 Brooklyn (2) |_ 1 Atlanta (4) ____ | _ 5 Washington (2) | | 4 Toronto (0) ___| | | 5 Washington (4) |_ 1 Atlanta (0) ____| _ 2 Cleveland (1) 2 Cleveland (4) ____ | 7 Boston (0) |_ 2 Cleveland (4) _____| _ 3 Chicago (2) 3 Chicago (4) ____| 6 Milwaukee (2) Conference Finals (Central times) *if necessary Thursday, May 21 Game 2 Houston at Golden State 8:00 pm ESPN Friday, May 22 Game 2 Cleveland at Atlanta 7:30 pm TNT Saturday, May 23 Game 3 Golden State at Houston 8:00 pm ESPN Sunday, May 24 Game 3 Atlanta at Cleveland 7:30 pm TNT Monday, May 25 Game 4 Golden State at Houston 8:00 pm ESPN Tuesday, May 26 Game 4 Atlanta at Cleveland 7:30 pm TNT Wednesday, May 27 *Game 5 Houston at Golden State 8:00 pm ESPN Thursday, May 28 *Game 5 Cleveland at Atlanta 7:30 pm TNT Friday, May 29 *Game 6 Golden State at Houston 8:00 pm ESPN Saturday, May 30 *Game 6 Atlanta at Cleveland 7:30 pm TNT Sunday, May 31 *Game 7 Houston at Golden State 8:00 pm ESPN Monday, June 1 *Game 7 Cleveland at Atlanta 7:30 pm TNT ---- 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