News from April 26. Steve Kerr (GS) was named as Coach of the Year. Kerr received 64 of 130 possible 1st place votes. Total position votes Coach Points 1st 2nd 3rd Steve Kerr (GS)............ 381 64 18 7 Terry Stottts (Por) ....... 335 37 38 36 Gregg Popovich (SA) ....... 166 10 32 20 Steve Clifford (Cha) ...... 98 7 16 15 Dwane Casey (Tor) ......... 83 6 12 17 Brad Stevens (Bos) ........ 74 5 10 19 Dave Joerger (Mem) ........ 11 1 1 3 Doc Rivers (LAC) .......... 5 0 1 2 Luke Walton (GS, interim) . 5 0 1 2 Erik Spoelstra (Mia) ...... 4 0 0 4 Quin Snyder (Uta) ......... 3 0 1 0 Rick Carlisle (Dal) ....... 3 0 0 3 Mike Budenholzer (Atl) .... 1 0 0 1 Billy Donovan (OKC) ....... 1 0 0 1 Chris Paul (LAC) underwent surgery on his broken right hand and is out indefinitely, expected to be out at least 4 weeks. The LA Clippers announced that Blake Griffin is out for the rest of the playoffs with a left quad injury. Washington named Scott Brooks as head coach. Correction: I had Tuesday's LAC-Por score reversed (thanks to those who sent a note pointing out the error). The correct score is Por 98, LAC 84 at Por The series is tied 2-2. Tor 102, Ind 99 at Tor DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 34 points including 12-13 FT. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 14 points including 3-11 FG and 5 assists. Bismack Biyombo (Tor) had 10 points and 16 rebounds. Paul George (Ind) had 39 points on 11-19 FG, 5-11 3-pointers, and 12-12 FT, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists. Myles Turner (Ind) had 14 points on 7-10 FG, 8 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Tor leads the series 3-2. Atl 110, Bos 83 at Atl Kent Bazemore (Atl) had 16 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 16 points. Mike Scott (Atl) had 17 points including 7-9 FG and 5 rebounds. Evan Turner (Bos) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. Jae Crowder (Bos) had 10 points. Atl out-scored Bos 42-23 in the 3rd quarter. Atl leads the series 3-2. Playoff Standings [all rounds best of 7] 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Finals 1 Golden State (3) __ 8 Houston (1) |_ _ _ | 4 LA Clippers (2) ___| |_ __ 5 Portland (2) _ | | | 2 San Antonio (4) ___ | | 7 Memphis (0) |_ 2 San Antonio (0) _| | _ 3 Oklahoma City (0) | 3 Oklahoma City (4) _| | 6 Dallas (1) |_ _ | 1 Cleveland (4) _____ | 8 Detroit (0) |_ 1 Cleveland (0) ____ | _ | | 4 Atlanta (3) _______| | | 5 Boston (2) |_ __| _ 2 Toronto (3) _______ | 7 Indiana (2) |_ ____| _ 3 Miami (2) _____| 2 Charlotte (2) First Round (Central times) *if necessary Wednesday, April 27 Game 5: Charlotte at Miami 7:00 pm TNT Game 5: Portland at LA Clippers 9:00 pm NBATV Game 5: Houston at Golden State 9:30 pm TNT Thursday, April 28 Game 6: Atlanta at Boston 7:00 pm TNT Friday, April 29 Game 6: Toronto at Indiana TBA Game 6: Miami at Charlotte TBA *Game 6: Golden State at Houston TBA Game 6: LA Clippers at Portland TBA Saturday, April 30 *Game 7: Boston at Atlanta TBA Sunday, May 1 *Game 7: Indiana at Toronto TBA *Game 7: Charlotte at Miami TBA *Game 7: Houston at Golden State TBA *Game 7: Portland at LA Clippers 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