News from May 16. The NBA fined Kevin Willis (Hou) $10,000 for elbowing Shawn Kemp (Sea) in the mouth and fined Kemp $5,000 for pushing Willis' head. Portland fired assistant coach Dick Harter. New head coach Mike Dunleavy is retaining assistants Rick Carlisle and Elston Turner. Anthony Mason (Cha) underwent surgery to repair his injured 2nd toe on his left foot. His toe will be in a cast for 6 weeks. The full list of underclassmen who have declared for the NBA draft (May 11 was the deadline): Gracen Averil (Texas Tech, junior, F) Tony Battie (Texas Tech, junior, C) Chauncy Billups (Colorado, sophomore, G) Carl Blanton (Southern University, junior, F) Mark Blount (Pittsburgh, sophomore, F-C) C.J. Bruton (Indian Hills Community College (Iowa), sophomore, G) Dan Buie (Washburn, junior, F) Cory Carr (Texas Tech, junior, G) Keith Closs (ABA-Norwich, C) James Cotton (Long Beach State, junior, G) Tony Doyle (Columbia, junior, F) Ronnie Fields (Farragut Academy High School, G) Ian Folmar (Slippery Rock, junior, F) Danny Fortson (Cincinnati, junior, F) Adonal Foyle (Colgate, junior, C) Darryl Hardy (Winston-Salem State, junior, C) Antjonne Holmes (Central Baptist Junior College (Arkansas), junior, F-C) Troy Hudson (Southern Illinois, junior, G) Marc Jackson (Temple, junior, C) Stephen Jackson (Butler Community College, freshman, G) Ed Jenkins (Ohio State-Sullivan College (Kentucky), junior, F-C) Marcus Johnson (Temple, junior, F-C) Damon Jones (Houston, junior, G) Nate Langley (George Mason, junior, G) Keith Love (Dominican University (Illinois), junior, G) Gordon Malone (West Virginia, junior, F) Amere May (Shaw, freshman, C) Elgie McCoy (Kutztown University (Pennsylvania), junior, F) Tracy McGrady (Mount Zion Christian Academy High School, F) Ron Mercer (Kentucky, sophomore, G-F) Marko Milic (Smelt Olimpija-Slovenia, 20 years old, F) Victor Page, Georgetown, sophomore, G) Demetri Papanikolaou (Olympiakos-Greece, 20 years old, F) Larrell Redic (Utah State, junior, C) Shawn Ritzie (Norwalk Community College (Connecticut), sophomore, G) Eddie Robinson (Brown Mackie Junior College (Kansas), sophomore, F) Paul Rogers (Gonzaga, junior, C) Bryon Ruffner (Brigham Young, junior, F) Olivier Saint-Jean (San Jose State, junior, F) Mark Sanford (Washington, junior, F) God Shammgod (Providence, sophomore, G) Maurice Taylor (Michigan, junior, F) Dawood Thomas (California University (Pennsylvania), junior, F) Tim Thomas (Villanova, freshman, F) Mirsad Turkcan (Efes Pilsen-Turkey, 20 years old, F-C) Lucas Victoriano (Olimpia-Argentina, 19 years old, G) Mark Young (Kansas State, junior, G) The NBA lottery will take place during halftime of Sunday's NY-Mia game. The lottery determines who picks #1, #2, and #3 for the 13 teams that did not make the playoffs (with Boston getting Dallas' pick due to last year's Eric Montross trade). The lottery chances (out of 1001 - 1 is not assigned): Vancouver 250 Boston 200 San Antonio 157 Denver 120 Philadelphia 89 Boston 64 (from Dallas) New Jersey 44 Golden State 24 Toronto 23 Milwaukee 11 Sacramento 7 Indiana 6 Cleveland 5 Due to the expansion rules, Vancouver and Toronto can not receive the #1 pick (if their number is drawn first, then they receive the #2 pick and the #1 pick is drawn again). Mia 95, NY 90 - at NY Dan Majerle (Mia) had 18 points including 4-8 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Alonzo Mourning (Mia) had 28 points including 7-14 FT, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Tim Hardaway (Mia) had 20 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Isaac Austin (Mia) had 12 points and 5 rebounds. Larry Johnson (NY) had 20 pints and 9 rebounds. Charles Oakley (NY) had 18 points, 12 rebounds, and 3 steals. John Starks (NY) had 15 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists, and 7 turnovers. Chris Childs (NY) had 22 points and 9 assists. P.J. Brown (Mia, suspended), Patrick Ewing (NY, suspended), Allan Houston (NY, suspended), and Charlie Ward (NY, suspended) did not play. The series is tied 3-3. Playoff Standings 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Finals (Best of 5) (Best of 7) (Best of 7) (Best of 7) 1 Utah (3) _ 8 LA Clippers (0) |_ 1 Utah (4) ___ _ 4 LA Lakers (1) | 4 LA Lakers (3) ___| |_ 1 Utah (0) _ 5 Portland (1) _ _____________ | | | 2 Seattle (3) _____ | | 7 Phoenix (2) |_ 2 Seattle (3) _____| | _ 3 Houston (3) | 3 Houston (3) ___| | 6 Minnesota (0) |_ ___________ _ ___________ | 1 Chicago (3) __ | 8 Washington (0) |_ 1 Chicago (4) ____ | _ 4 Atlanta (1) | | 4 Atlanta (3) _____| | | 5 Detroit (2) |_ 1 Chicago (0) _| _ _____________ 2 Miami (3) _____ | 7 Orlando (2) |_ 2 Miami (3) ___| _ 3 New York (3) 3 New York (3) ___| 6 Charlotte (0)