News from June 5. Toronto named Marc Iavaroni as an assistant coach. Assistants Mike Evans and Gord Herbert were fired. Former NBA player Randy Smith died at age 60. Smith played for 13 seasons in the NBA, including 8 with the Buffalo Braves (moved to San Diego Clippers for 8th season) from 71-72 - 78-79. He has the 2nd longest consecutive games played streak at 906 games. Dwayne Collins (forward, Miami, junior) withdrew his name from the NBA draft. Playoff Standings 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Finals (Best of 7) (Best of 7) (Best of 7) (Best of 7) 1 LA Lakers (4) ____ 8 Utah (1) |_ 1 LA Lakers (4) _ _ 5 Houston (3) | 4 Portland (2) _____| |_ 1 LA Lakers (4) _ 5 Houston (4) _ 2 Denver (2) | | | 2 Denver (4) __ | | 7 New Orleans (1) |_ 2 Denver (4) ____| | _ 6 Dallas (1) | 3 San Antonio (1) __| | 6 Dallas (4) |_ 1 LA Lakers (1) _ 3 Orlando (0) | 1 Cleveland (4) ____ | 8 Detroit (0) |_ 1 Cleveland (4) _ | _ 4 Atlanta (0) | | 4 Atlanta (4) ______| | | 5 Miami (3) |_ 1 Cleveland (2) _| _ 3 Orlando (4) 2 Boston (4) _______ | 7 Chicago (3) |_ 2 Boston (3) ___| _ 3 Orlando (4) 3 Orlando (4) _| 6 Philadelphia (2) NBA Finals Schedule (Central times) *if necessary Sunday, June 7 Game 2: Orlando at LA Lakers 7:00 pm ABC Tuesday, June 9 Game 3: LA Lakers at Orlando 8:00 pm ABC Thursday, June 11 Game 4: LA Lakers at Orlando 8:00 pm ABC Sunday, June 14 *Game 5: LA Lakers at Orlando 7:00 pm ABC Tuesday, June 16 *Game 6: Orlando at LA Lakers 8:00 pm ABC Thursday, June 18 *Game 7: Orlando at LA Lakers 8:00 pm ABC ---- 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