News from May 19.

Vitaly Potapenko (Bos) underwent arthroscopic surgery on his partially
torn left ACL.  He will be out 6 to 8 months.

The NBA held the draft lottery, which determines which non-playoff teams
receive the #1, #2, and #3 picks (the order of the rest of the draft is
according to record).  Houston, who had the 5th worst record, was the 
big winner in getting the #1 pick.  Chicago, who had the 2nd worst record,
received the #2 pick and Golden State, who had the worst record, received
the #3 pick.  The draft takes placed June 26 in New York.

2002 Draft order
First Round
   1. Houston
   2. Chicago
   3. Golden State
   4. Memphis
   5. Denver
   6. Cleveland
   7. New York
   8. LA Clippers  [from Atlanta (Lorenzen Wright trade)]
   9. Phoenix
  10. Miami
  11. Washington
  12. LA Clippers
  13. Milwaukee
  14. Indiana
  15. Houston  [from Tor (Hakeem Olajuwon trade)]
  16. Philadelphia
  17. Charlotte
  18. Orlando
  19. Utah
  20. Toronto  [from Sea (Sea->NY Patrick Ewing trade) via NY (NY->Tor
                Mark Jackson trade)]
  21. Portland
  22. Phoenix  [from Bos (Tony Delk and Rodney Rogers trade)]
  23. Detroit  [may go to Atl (Hou->Atl Terence Morris trade) via 
                Hou (Phi->Hou Mirsad Turkcan trade) via Phi (Det->Phi
                Jerry Stackhouse trade)]
  24. New Jersey
  25. Denver  [from Dal (Raef LaFrentz trade)]
  26. San Antonio
  27. LA Lakers
  28. Sacramento 
[Only 28 picks as Minnesota lost theirs due to the Joe Smith fiasco]

Second-round draft order 
  30. Chicago
  31. Golden State
  32. Memphis
  33. Denver
  34. Milwaukee  [from Hou (Kevin Willis trade)]
  35. Cleveland
  36. New York
  37. Atlanta
  38. Miami  [may go to Hou]
  39. Washington  [from Pho (Pho->Den Antonio McDyess trade) via Den
                   (Den->Was Popeye Jones trade)]
  40. Washington
  41. LA Clippers
  42. Milwaukee
  43. Portland  [from Tor (Tor->Chi Charles Oakley trade) via Chi 
                 (Chi->Por Greg Anthony trade)]
  44. Chicago  [from Ind (Jalen Rose trade)]
  45. Philadelphia  [may go to Det (Jerry Stackhouse trade)]
  46. Memphis  [from Orl (Steve Francis trade)]
  47. Utah
  48. Milwaukee  [from Cha (Dale Ellis trade)]
  49. Seattle
  50. Boston
  51. Portland
  52. Minnesota
  53. Houston  [from Det (Det->Tor Zeljko Rebraca trade) via Tor (Tor->Hou
                Hakeem Olajuwon trade) or may go to Mia (Det->Mia Cedric
                Ceballos trade) via Det (Det->Tor Zeljko Rebraca trade) 
                via Tor (Tor->Hou Hakeem Olajuwon)]
  54. New Jersey
  55. Dallas
  56. San Antonio  [from LAL (Corey Hightower trade)]
  57. San Antonio
  58. Sacramento 


NJ 104, Bos 97 - at NJ
Keith Van Horn (NJ) had 14 points and 7 rebounds.
Todd MacCulloch (NJ) had 14 points including 6-9 FG and 6 rebounds.
Kerry Kittles (NJ) had 14 points and 7 rebounds.
Jason Kidd (NJ) had 18 points including 9-10 FT, 13 rebounds, and 11
assists.
Paul Pierce (Bos) had 27 points including 7-13 FT.
Antoine Walker (Bos) had 27 points including 4-9 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 5
assists, and 4 steals.
Kenny Anderson (Bos) had 12 points, 6 assists, and 3 steals.
Vitaly Potapenko (Bos, partially torn left ACL) did not play.
NJ 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 (1) _|
                                          _ 3 Boston (0)     
2 Detroit (3) _____                      |
7 Toronto (2)      |_ 2 Detroit (1) _____|
                    _ 3 Boston (4)     
3 Boston (3)      _|
6 Philadelphia (2)