News from April 27. Jamal Crawford (Atl) was named as Sixth Man of the Year. Crawford received 110 of a possible 122 1st place media votes. Total position votes Player Points 1st 2nd 3rd Jamal Crawford (Atl) ...... 580 110 10 0 Jason Terry (Dal) ......... 220 6 48 46 Anderson Varejao (Cle) .... 126 2 32 20 Manu Ginobili (SA) ........ 75 2 17 14 J.R. Smith (Den) .......... 33 0 4 21 Lamar Odom (LAL) .......... 25 1 6 2 Paul Millsap (Uta) ........ 15 1 2 4 Carl Landry (Sac) ......... 5 0 0 5 Marcus Thornton (NO) ...... 3 0 1 0 Kyle Lowry (Hou) .......... 1 0 0 1 Jared Dudley (Pho)......... 1 0 0 1 Kevin Love (Min) .......... 1 0 0 1 Al Harrington (NY) ........ 1 0 0 1 Oklahoma City activated Kyle Weaver and placed Byron Mullens on IL. Chicago activated Acie Law and placed Devin Brown on IL. Dal 103, SA 81 at Dal Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 15 points and 9 rebounds. Jason Kidd (Dal) had 10 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. Caron Butler (Dal) had 35 points, 11 rebounds, and 3 steals. Tim Duncan (SA) had 11 points including 3-9 FG and 6 rebounds. Tony Parker (SA) had 18 points and 6 assists. SA leads the series 3-2. Cle 96, Chi 94 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 19 points including 8-14 FT, 10 rebounds, and 9 assists. Antawn Jamison (Cle) had 25 points and 5 rebounds. Shaquille O'Neal (Cle) had 14 points on 7-9 FG and 8 rebounds. Luol Deng (Chi) had 26 points including 8-11 FT and 6 rebounds. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 31 points and 6 assists. Cleveland takes the series 4-1 and advances to the 2nd round where they will face Boston. Bos 96, Mia 86 at Bos Paul Pierce (Bos) had 21 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 16 points, 8 rebounds, 12 assists, and 4 steals. Ray Allen (Bos) had 24 points including 9-15 FG and 5-6 3-pointers. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 31 points including 9-10 FT, 8 rebounds, 10 assists, and 7 turnovers. Mario Chalmers (Mia) had 20 points. Boston takes the series 4-1 and advances to the 2nd round where they will face Cleveland. LAL 111, OKC 87 at LAL Pau Gasol (LAL) had 25 points including 10-16 FG, 11 rebounds, and 5 assists. Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 21 points including 8-10 FG and 11 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 13 points and 7 assists. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 17 points including 5-14 FG. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 15 points including 4-13 FG, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals, and 8 turnovers. LAL shot 53.8% (42-78) FG and OKC shot 36.9% (31-84) FG. LAL leads the series 3-2. Playoff Standings 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Finals (Best of 7) (Best of 7) (Best of 7) (Best of 7) 1 LA Lakers (3) _ 8 Oklahoma City (2) |_ _______________ _ _ _______________ | 4 Denver (1) ________| |_ _____________ _ 5 Utah (3) _ _____________ | | | 2 Dallas (2) ___ | | 7 San Antonio (3) |_ _______________ _| | _ _______________ | 3 Phoenix (3) ______| | 6 Portland (2) |_ ___________ _ ___________ | 1 Cleveland (4) _____ | 8 Chicago (1) |_ 1 Cleveland (0) | _ 4 Boston (0) ____ | 4 Boston (4) ________| | | 5 Miami (1) |_ _____________ _| _ _____________ 2 Orlando (4) _____ | 7 Charlotte (0) |_ 2 Orlando (0) ___| _ _________________ 3 Atlanta (2) _____| 6 Milwaukee (2) First Round (all time Central) *if necessary Wednesday, April 28 Game 5 Milwaukee at Atlanta 7:00 pm TNT Game 5 Utah at Denver 9:30 pm TNT Thursday, April 29 Game 6 Dallas at San Antonio 7:00 pm TNT Game 6 Phoenix at Portland 9:30 pm TNT Friday, April 30 Game 6 Atlanta at Milwaukee TBD *Game 6 Denver at Utah TBD Game 6 LA Lakers at Oklahoma City TBD Saturday, May 1 *Game 7 San Antonio at Dallas TBD Sunday, May 2 *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