News from May 10. Stephen Curry (GS) won the Most Valuable Player award. Curry received all 131 1st place media votes, the first ever unanimous MVP winner. Total position votes Player Points 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Stephen Curry (GS) ...... 1310 131 0 0 0 0 Kawhi Leonard (SA) ...... 634 0 54 34 26 8 LeBron James (Cle) ...... 631 0 40 48 34 9 Russell Westbrook (OKC) . 486 0 29 37 28 14 Kevin Durant (OKC) ...... 147 0 2 7 22 32 Chris Paul (LAC) ........ 107 0 4 3 9 37 Draymond Green (GS) ..... 50 0 2 0 6 18 Damian Lillard (Por) .... 26 0 0 1 4 9 James Harden (Hou) ...... 9 0 0 1 1 1 Kyle Lowry (Tor) ........ 6 0 0 0 1 3 Devin Harris (Dal) underwent surgery on his left big toe and left thumb. Oklahoma City activated Josh Huestis and placed Kyle Singler on IL. OKC 95, SA 91 at SA Kevin Durant (OKC) had 23 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Steven Adams (OKC) had 12 points and 11 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 35 points, 11 rebounds, 9 assists, and 8 turnovers. Enes Kanter (OKC) had 8 points, 13 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks. Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 26 points including 12-21 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5 steals. LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 20 points including 6-21 FG and 9 rebounds. Danny Green (SA) had 20 points on 7-10 FG and 6-9 3-pointers. OKC leads the series 3-2. Playoff Standings [all rounds best of 7] 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Finals 1 Golden State (4) __ 8 Houston (1) |_ 1 Golden State (3) _ _ 5 Portland (1) | 4 LA Clippers (2) ___| |_ __ 5 Portland (4) _ | | | 2 San Antonio (4) ___ | | 7 Memphis (0) |_ 2 San Antonio (2) _| | _ 3 Oklahoma City (3) | 3 Oklahoma City (4) _| | 6 Dallas (1) |_ _ | 1 Cleveland (4) _____ | 8 Detroit (0) |_ 1 Cleveland (4) ____ | _ 4 Atlanta (0) | | 4 Atlanta (4) _______| | | 5 Boston (2) |_ 1 Cleveland (0) _| _ 2 Toronto (4) _______ | 7 Indiana (3) |_ 2 Toronto (2) ______| _ 3 Miami (2) 3 Miami (4) _____| 6 Charlotte (3) Second Round (Central times) *if necessary Wednesday, May 11 Game 5: Miami at Toronto 7:00 pm TNT Game 5: Portland at Golden State 9:30 pm TNT Thursday, May 12 Game 6: San Antonio at Oklahoma City 7:30 pm ESPN Friday, May 13 Game 6: Toronto at Miami TBA *Game 6: Golden State at Portland TBA Sunday, May 15 *Game 7: Miami at Toronto TBA *Game 7: Oklahoma City at San Antonio TBA Monday, May 16 *Game 7: Portland at Golden State 8:00 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