News from April 26. Mason Plumlee (Den) underwent surgery to fix a core muscle injury. Mil 97, Bos 86 at Mil Khris Middleton (Mil) had 16 points on 7-8 FG and 5 rebounds. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 31 points and 14 rebounds. Malcolm Brogdon (Mil) had 16 points including 5-7 FG and 6 rebounds. Jabari Parker (Mil) had 9 points and 11 rebounds. Jayson Tatum (Bos) had 22 points. Terry Rozier (Bos) had 16 points including 5-17 FG and 4-12 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Jalyen Brown (Bos) had 14 points including 1-6 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Mil shot 50.7% (38-75) FG and Bos shot 37% (30-81) FG. The series is tied 3-3. Playoff Standings 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Finals (Best of 7) (Best of 7) (Best of 7) (Best of 7) 1 Houston (4) ______ 8 Minnesota (1) |_ 1 Houston (0) ______ _ _____________ | 4 Oklahoma City (2) _| |_ _____________ _ 5 Utah (3) _ _____________ | | | 2 Golden State (4) __ | | 7 San Antonio (1) |_ 2 Golden State (0) _| | _ 6 New Orleans (0) | 3 Portland (0) ___| | 6 New Orleans (4) |_ ___________ _ ___________ | 1 Toronto (3) ____ | 8 Washington (2) |_ _____________ _____ | _ _____________ | | 4 Cleveland (3) _____| | | 5 Indiana (2) |_ _____________ _| _ _____________ 2 Boston (3) _____ | 7 Milwaukee (3) |_ _____________ _| _ 3 Philadelphia (0) 3 Philadelphia (4) __| 6 Miami (1) First Round (all time Central) *if necessary Friday, April 27 Game 6: Toronto at Washington 6:00 pm ESPNews Game 6: Cleveland at Indiana 7:00 pm ESPN Game 6: Oklahoma City at Utah 9:30 pm ESPN Saturday, April 28 Game 7: Milwaukee at Boston 7:00 pm TNT Sunday, April 29 *Game 7: Indiana at Cleveland TBD *Game 7: Washington at Toronto TBD *Game 7: Utah at Oklahoma City TBD Second Round (all time Central) *if necessary Saturday, April 28 Game 1: New Orleans at Golden State 9:30 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