News from April 22. Derrick Rose (Chi) was named as Rookie of the Year. Rose received 111 of a possible 120 1st place media votes. Total position votes Player Points 1st 2nd 3rd Derrick Rose (Chi) ....... 574 111 5 4 O.J. Mayo (Mem) .......... 246 5 64 29 Brook Lopez (NJ) ......... 127 2 28 33 Russell Westbrook (OKC) .. 73 2 13 24 Eric Gordon (LAC) ........ 22 0 4 10 Kevin Love (Min) ......... 16 0 2 10 Michael Beasley (Mia) .... 7 0 2 1 Marc Gasol (Mem) ......... 4 0 1 1 Robin Lopez (Pho) ........ 3 0 1 0 Rudy Fernandez (Por) ..... 3 0 0 3 Mario Chalmers (Mia) ..... 2 0 0 2 Courtney Lee (Orl) ....... 2 0 0 2 Nicolas Batum (Por) ...... 3 0 0 1 Washington named Flip Saunders as head coach. Saunders was signed to a 4 year, $18 million contract. Jonathan Tavbernari (forward, BYU, junior) and Tyler Smith (forward, Tennessee, junior) declared themselves eligible for the NBA draft. Underclassmen have until April 26 to declare themselves eligible. Orl 96, Phi 87 at Orl Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) had 16 points on 3-10 FG and 9-11 FT and 6 rebounds. Rashard Lewis (Orl) had 16 points including 4-14 FG, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 11 points, 10 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Courtney Lee (Orl) had 24 points including 10-17 FG and 3 steals. Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 21 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 20 points on 9-15 FG. Andre Miller (Phi) had 30 points including 12-20 FG and 7 rebounds. The series is tied 1-1. Mia 108, Atl 93 at Atl Jermaine O'Neal (Mia) had 19 points, 6 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 33 points including 6-10 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. Daequan Cook (Mia) had 20 points including 6-9 3-pointers. Josh Smith (Atl) had 17 points and 10 rebounds. Mike Bibby (Atl) had 18 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Mia shot 55.6% (40-72) FG and Atl shot 44.2% (34-77) FG. The series is tied 1-1. Den 108, NO 93 at Den Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 22 points and 9 assists. Chauncey Billups (Den) had 31 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 11-11 FT. Kenyon Martin (Den) had 13 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Peja Stojakovic (NO) had 17 points including 4-5 3-pointers. David West (NO) had 21 points and 10 rebounds. Chris Pail (NO) had 14 points, 13 assists, and 5 turnovers. Den leads the series 2-0. On the lighter side: Game stopped due to a bird? As part of their pre-game intro, Atlanta has a real hawk fly down from the rafters. This time the bird elected not to return to his handler and settled on the basketball support as the game started. He then flew else to several other spots in the arena before landing on top of the backboard, about 4 minutes into the game. The refs stopped the game and insisted that the bird be removed (with ref Danny Crawford making jesters towards the bird trying to get it to move). The handler came out and this time the hawk returned to him and the hawk was placed in his cage. Dwyane Wade (Mia): "You see Al Horford duck and run, I was like, 'Let me run for cover as well.' It was kind of weird having the hawk fly around. It's hard to play with your back to that hawk on the backboard." Playoff Standings 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Finals (Best of 7) (Best of 7) (Best of 7) (Best of 7) 1 LA Lakers (2) ____ 8 Utah (0) |_ __ _ | 4 Portland (1) _____| |_ __ 5 Houston (1) _ | | | 2 Denver (2) __ | | 7 New Orleans (0) |_ __| | _ | 3 San Antonio (1) __| | 6 Dallas (1) |_ _ | 1 Cleveland (2) ____ | 8 Detroit (0) |_ __ | _ | | 4 Atlanta (1) ______| | | 5 Miami (1) |_ __| _ 2 Boston (1) _______ | 7 Chicago (1) |_ __| _ 3 Orlando (1) _| 6 Philadelphia (1) First Round Schedule (Central times) *if necessary Thursday, April 23 Game 3: Boston at Chicago 7:00 pm TNT Game 3: San Antonio at Dallas 7:30 pm NBATV Game 3: LA Lakers at Utah 9:30 pm TNT Friday, April 24 Game 3: Cleveland at Detroit 6:00 pm ESPN Game 3: Orlando at Philadelphia 7:00 pm ESPN2 Game 3: Portland at Houston 8:30 pm ESPN Saturday, April 25 Game 3: Denver at New Orleans 12:00 pm ESPN Game 4: San Antonio at Dallas 3:00 pm TNT Game 3: Atlanta at Miami 5:30 pm TNT Game 4: LA Lakers at Utah 8:00 pm ESPN Sunday, April 26 Game 4: Boston at Chicago 12:00 pm ABC Game 4: Cleveland at Detroit 2:30 pm ABC Game 4: Orlando at Philadelphia 5:30 pm TNT Game 4: Portland at Houston 8:00 pm TNT Monday, April 27 Game 4: Atlanta at Miami TBA Game 4: Denver at New Orleans TBA *Game 5: Utah at LA Lakers TBA Tuesday, April 28 Game 5: Chicago at Boston 6:00 pm TNT Game 5: Philadelphia at Orlando 6:30 pm NBATV Game 5: Dallas at San Antonio 8:30 pm TNT Game 5: Houston at Portland 9:00 pm NBATV Wednesday, April 29 *Game 5: New Orleans at Denver TBA *Game 5: Detroit at Cleveland TBA Game 5: Miami at Atlanta TBA Thursday, April 30 *Game 6: LA Lakers at Utah TBA *Game 6: Portland at Houston TBA *Game 6: Boston at Chicago TBA *Game 6: Orlando at Philadelphia TBA Friday, May 1 *Game 6: San Antonio at Dallas TBA *Game 6: Denver at New Orleans TBA *Game 6: Cleveland at Detroit TBA *Game 6: Atlanta at Miami TBA Saturday, May 2 *Game 7: Utah at LA Lakers TBA *Game 7: Houston at Portland TBA *Game 7: Chicago at Boston TBA *Game 7: Philadelphia at Orlando TBA Sunday, May 3 *Game 7: Dallas at San Antonio TBA *Game 7: New Orleans at Denver TBA *Game 7: Detroit at Cleveland TBA *Game 7: Miami at Atlanta TBA ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html