News from May 18.

The NBA draft lottery takes place during halftime of today's NJ-Bos game.
The lottery is a drawing to determine which non-playoff teams get the #1,
#2, and #3 draft picks.  The rest of the draft order is determined by 
record.  [I'll include the full draft order in tomorrow's daily]

Lottery chances
  Team                                        Chances (out of 1001)
  Golden State                                             225 
  Chicago                                                  225 
  Memphis [may go to Det (Mem->Det Otis Thorpe trade)      157
           or to Atl (Hou->Atl Terence Morris trade) via 
           Hou (Phi->Hou Mirsad Turkcan trade) via Phi 
           (Det->Phi Jerry Stackhouse trade) via Det 
           (Mem->Det Otis Thorpe trade)]
  Denver                                                   120 
  Houston                                                   89 
  Cleveland                                                 64 
  New York                                                  44 
  Atlanta [may go to LAC (Lorenzen Wright trade)]           29 
  Phoenix                                                   15 
  Miami                                                     14 
  Washington                                                 7 
  LA Clippers                                                6 
  Milwaukee                                                  5 


LAL 106, Sac 99 - at Sac
Robert Horry (LAL) had 18 points, 8 rebounds, and 4 steals.
Shaquille O'Neal (LAL) had 26 points, 9 rebounds, and 4 blocks.
Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 30 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers.
Derek Fisher (LAL) had 11 points including 4-11 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5
assists.
Chris Webber (Sac) had 28 points, 14 rebounds, and 6 assists.
Mike Bibby (Sac) had 19 points including 7-21 FG, 5 assists, and 3 steals.
Bobby Jackson (Sac) had 21 points including 9-15 FG.
Predrag Stojakovic (Sac, sprained right ankle) did not play.
LAL 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 Sacramento (3) __
8 Utah (1)         |_ 1 Sacramento (4) __
                    _ 4 Dallas (1)       |
4 Dallas (3)    ___|                     |_ 1 Sacramento (0) _
5 Minnesota (0)                           _ 3 LA Lakers (1)   |
                                         |                    |
2 San Antonio (3) _                      |                    |
7 Seattle (2)      |_ 2 San Antonio (1) _|                    |
                    _ 3 LA Lakers (4)                         |
3 LA Lakers (3) ___|                                          |
6 Portland (0)                                                |_ ___________
                                                               _ ___________
                                                              |
1 New Jersey (3) __                                           |
8 Indiana (2)      |_ 1 New Jersey (4) __                     |
                    _ 4 Charlotte (1)    |                    |
4 Charlotte (3) ___|                     |                    |
5 Orlando (1)                            |_ 1 New Jersey (0) _|
                                          _ 3 Boston (0)     
2 Detroit (3) _____                      |
7 Toronto (2)      |_ 2 Detroit (1) _____|
                    _ 3 Boston (4)     
3 Boston (3)      _|
6 Philadelphia (2)