News from April 23. Charlotte fired head coach Allan Bristow. The NBA fined Shawn Kemp (Sea) and Tom Hammonds (Den) $7,500 and suspended each for one game for their altercation in Friday's Sea-Den game. Kemp will miss the first game of the playoffs and Hammonds will miss the first game of the 1996-97 season. The NBA fined Ledell Eackles (Was) $7,500 and suspended him for one game for throwing a punch at James Edwards (Chi) in Friday's Was-Chi game. Eackles will miss the first game of the 1995-96 season. The NBA named Dennis Scott (Orl) as Player of the Week. Scott averaged 18.3 points while shooting 55.8% FG and 54.5% 3-pointers, 4.3 rebounds, and 2.8 assists as Orlando went 4-0. The NBA named Phil Jackson (Chi) as Coach of the Month for April. Chicago went 10-2 in April. Playoff Standings First Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Finals 1 Seattle (0) _____ 8 Sacramento (0) |__ __________ __ __ __________ | 4 LA Lakers (0) ___| |__ __________ __ 5 Houston (0) __ __________ | | | 2 San Antonio (0) _ | | 7 Phoenix (0) |__ ___________ __| | __ ___________ | 3 Utah (0) _______| | 6 Portland (0) |__ __________ __ __________ | 1 Chicago (0) ____ | 8 Miami (0) |__ ___________ __ | __ ___________ | | 4 Cleveland (0) __| | | 5 New York (0) |__ __________ __| __ __________ 2 Orlando (0) ____ | 7 Detroit (0) |__ ___________ | __ ___________ __| 3 Indiana (0) ____| 6 Atlanta (0)