News from May 7. Memphis fired head coach Dave Joerger. Por 120, GS 108 at Por Al-Farouq Aminu (Por) had 23 points including 8-9 FG and 4-5 3-pointers and 10 rebounds. C.J. McCollum (Por) had 22 points. Damian Lillard (Por) had 40 points including 8-13 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 10 assists. Allen Crabbe (Por) had 10 points including 2-8 FG. Draymond Green (GS) had 37 points including 8-12 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, and 8 assists. Klay Thompson (GS) had 35 points including 5-9 3-pointers. LeAndro Barbosa (GS) had 10 points on 5-7 FG and 5 rebounds. GS leads the series 2-1. Tor 95, Mia 91 at Mia Jonas Valanicunas (Tor) had 16 points and 12 rebounds. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 19 points including 6-17 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 33 points including 11-19 FG and 5-8 3-pointers. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 38 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Goran Dragic (Mia) had 12 points including 5-14 FG and 5 turnovers. Joe Johnson (Mia) had 10 points including 4-11 FG and 6 rebounds. Tor leads the series 2-1. Playoff Standings [all rounds best of 7] 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Finals 1 Golden State (4) __ 8 Houston (1) |_ 1 Golden State (2) _ _ 5 Portland (1) | 4 LA Clippers (2) ___| |_ __ 5 Portland (4) _ | | | 2 San Antonio (4) ___ | | 7 Memphis (0) |_ 2 San Antonio (2) _| | _ 3 Oklahoma City (1) | 3 Oklahoma City (4) _| | 6 Dallas (1) |_ _ | 1 Cleveland (4) _____ | 8 Detroit (0) |_ 1 Cleveland (3) ____ | _ 4 Atlanta (0) | | 4 Atlanta (4) _______| | | 5 Boston (2) |_ __| _ 2 Toronto (4) _______ | 7 Indiana (3) |_ 2 Toronto (2) ______| _ 3 Miami (1) 3 Miami (4) _____| 6 Charlotte (3) Second Round (Central times) *if necessary Sunday, May 8 Game 4: Cleveland at Atlanta 2:30 pm ABC Game 4: San Antonio at Oklahoma City 7:00 pm TNT Monday, May 9 Game 4: Toronto at Miami 7:00 pm TNT Game 4: Golden State at Portland 9:30 pm TNT Tuesday, May 10 *Game 5: Atlanta at Cleveland TBA Game 5: Oklahoma City at San Antonio TBA Wednesday, May 11 Game 5: Miami at Toronto TBA Game 5: Portland at Golden State TBA Thursday, May 12 *Game 6: Cleveland at Atlanta TBA *Game 6: San Antonio at Oklahoma City TBA Friday, May 13 Game 6: Toronto at Miami TBA Game 6: Golden State at Portland TBA Sunday, May 15 *Game 7: Atlanta at Cleveland TBA *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