News from May 18.

The NBA draft lottery will be held during halftime of today's (Sunday's)
Chicago-Orlando game.  The lottery will determine the draft order for the
13 non-playoff teams.


Sea 102, Uta 72 - at Sea
Shawn Kemp (Sea) had 21 points including 10-11 FG and 11 rebounds.
Detlef Schrempf (Sea) had 14 points and 5 assists.
Gary Payton (Sea) had 21 points, 7 assists, and 3 steals.
Karl Malone (Uta) had 21 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists.
Jeff Hornacek (Uta) had 13 points.
Sea shot 54.7% (41-75) FG and Uta shot 39.5% (30-76) FG.
Seattle leads the series 1-0.

 
Playoff Standings
  1st Round              2nd Round              3rd Round         Finals
  (Best of 5)            (Best of 7)            (Best of 7)       (Best of 7)
1 Seattle (3)    __
8 Sacramento (1)   |__ 1 Seattle (4) _____
                    __ 5 Houston (0)      |
4 LA Lakers (1) ___|                      |__ 1 Seattle (1) _
5 Houston (3)                              __ 3 Utah (0)     |
                                          |                  |
2 San Antonio (3) _                       |                  |
7 Phoenix (1)      |__ 2 San Antonio (2) _|                  |
                    __ 3 Utah (4)                            |
3 Utah (3)     ____|                                         |
6 Portland (2)                                               |__  ________
                                                              __  ________
                                                             |
1 Chicago (3) _____                                          |
8 Miami (0)        |__ 1 Chicago (4)  ____                   |
                    __ 5 New York (1)     |                  |
4 Cleveland (0) ___|                      |                  |
5 New York (3)                            |__ 1 Chicago (0) _|
                                           __ 2 Orlando (0) 
2 Orlando (3) _____                       |
7 Detroit (0)      |__ 2 Orlando (4) _____|
                    __ 6 Atlanta (1)    
3 Indiana (2) _____|
6 Atlanta (3)