News from April 21. Scott Brooks (OKC) was named as Coach of the Year. Brooks received 71 of 123 possible 1st place votes. Total position votes Coach Points 1st 2nd 3rd Scott Brooks (OKC) ....... 480 71 39 8 Scott Skiles (Mil) ....... 313 26 54 21 Nate McMillan (Por) ...... 107 9 9 35 Jerry Sloan (Uta) ........ 98 10 9 21 Alvin Gentry (Pho) ....... 46 4 5 11 Larry Brown (Cha) ........ 23 1 2 12 George Karl (Den) ........ 11 1 1 3 Rick Adelman (Hou) ....... 7 0 2 1 Mike Woodson (Atl) ....... 7 0 2 1 Lionel Hollins (Mem) ..... 6 0 0 6 Stan Van Gundy (Orl) ..... 5 1 0 0 Mike Brown (Cle) ......... 2 0 0 2 Rick Carlisle (Dal) ...... 1 0 0 1 Erik Spoelstra (Mia) ..... 1 0 0 1 Eniel Polynice (junior, Mississippi, guard) declared himself eligible for the NBA draft. SA 102, Dal 88 at Dal Richard Jefferson (SA) had 19 points and 7 rebounds. Tim Duncan (SA) had 25 points including 11-19 FG and 17 rebounds including 5 offensive. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 23 points and 5 rebounds. Tony Parker (SA) had 16 points and 8 assists. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 24 points including 9-24 FG and 10 rebounds. Caron Butler (Dal) had 17 points including 6-17 FG and 7 rebounds. Jason Terry (Dal) had 27 points. The series is tied 1-1. Orl 92, Cha 77 at Orl Rashard Lewis (Orl) had 13 points and 7 rebounds. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 15 points including 5-12 FT, 9 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 6 turnovers. Vince Carter (Orl) had 19 points including 9-11 FT and 5 rebounds. Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 15 points including 8-10 FT and 6 rebounds. Stephen Jackson (Cha) had 27 points. Orl leads the series 2-0. Playoff Standings 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Finals (Best of 5) (Best of 7) (Best of 7) (Best of 7) 1 LA Lakers (2) _ 8 Oklahoma City (0) |_ _____________ _ _ _____________ | 4 Denver (1) ________| |_ _____________ _ 5 Utah (1) _ _____________ | | | 2 Dallas (1) ___ | | 7 San Antonio (1) |_ _____________ _| | _ _____________ | 3 Phoenix (1) ______| | 6 Portland (1) |_ ___________ _ ___________ | 1 Cleveland (2) _____ | 8 Chicago (0) |_ _____________ _ | _ _____________ | | 4 Boston (2) ________| | | 5 Miami (0) |_ _____________ _| _ _____________ 2 Orlando (2) _____ | 7 Charlotte (0) |_ _____________ _| _ _____________ 3 Atlanta (2) _____| 6 Milwaukee (0) First Round (all time Central) *if necessary Thursday, April 22 Game 3 Cleveland at Chicago 6:00 pm TNT Game 3 LA Lakers at Oklahoma City 8:30 pm TNT Game 3 Phoenix at Portland 9:00 pm NBATV Friday, April 23 Game 3 Boston at Miami 6:00 pm ESPN Game 3 Dallas at San Antonio 8:30 pm ESPN Game 3 Denver at Utah 9:30 pm ESPN2 Saturday, April 24 Game 3 Orlando at Charlotte 1:00 pm TNT Game 4 Phoenix at Portland 3:30 pm TNT Game 3 Atlanta at Milwaukee 6:00 pm ESPN Game 4 LA Lakers at Oklahoma City 8:30 pm ESPN Sunday, April 25 Game 4 Boston at Miami 12:00 pm ABC Game 4 Cleveland at Chicago 2:30 pm ABC Game 4 Dallas at San Antonio 6:00 pm TNT Game 4 Denver at Utah 8:30 pm TNT Monday, April 26 Game 4 Orlando at Charlotte 7:00 pm TNT Game 4 Atlanta at Milwaukee 7:30 pm NBATV Game 5 Portland at Phoenix 9:30 pm TNT Tuesday, April 27 *Game 5 Miami at Boston TBD *Game 5 Chicago at Cleveland TBD Game 5 San Antonio at Dallas TBD *Game 5 Oklahoma City at LA Lakers TBD Wednesday, April 28 *Game 5 Milwaukee at Atlanta TBD *Game 5 Charlotte at Orlando TBD Game 5 Utah at Denver TBD Thursday, April 29 *Game 6 Boston at Miami TBD *Game 6 Cleveland at Chicago TBD *Game 6 Phoenix at Portland TBD *Game 6 Dallas at San Antonio TBD Friday, April 30 *Game 6 Atlanta at Milwaukee TBD *Game 6 Orlando at Charlotte TBD *Game 6 Denver at Utah TBD *Game 6 LA Lakers at Oklahoma City TBD Saturday, May 1 *Game 7 Miami at Boston TBD *Game 7 Chicago at Cleveland TBD *Game 7 San Antonio at Dallas TBD Sunday, May 2 *Game 7 Charlotte at Orlando TBD *Game 7 Milwaukee at Atlanta TBD *Game 7 Utah at Denver TBD *Game 7 Portland at Phoenix TBD *Game 7 Oklahoma City at LA Lakers TBD ---- 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