News from May 5. The NBA announced the All-Defense teams. The teams were selected by the 30 coaches who were asked to select 5 players by position for the 1st team and 5 for the 2nd team (and couldn't vote for their own players). A 1st team vote was worth 2 points and a 2nd place vote was worth 1 point. First Team Total team votes Pos Player Points 1st 2nd C Dwight Howard (Orl) ....... 57 28 1 F LeBron James (Cle) ........ 45 20 5 F Gerald Wallace (Cha) ...... 30 11 8 G Rajon Rondo (Bos) ......... 50 23 4 G Kobe Bryant (LAL) ......... 34 13 8 Second Team Total team votes Pos Player Points 1st 2nd C Tim Duncan (SA) ........... 21 8 5 F Josh Smith (Atl) .......... 20 6 8 F Anderson Varejao (Cle) .... 15 2 11 G Dwyane Wade (Mia) ......... 20 8 4 G Thabo Sefolosha (OKC) ..... 14 3 8 Others receiving votes Total team votes Player Points 1st 2nd Marcus Camby (Por) ........ 12 1 10 Jason Kidd (Dal) .......... 12 4 4 Ron Artest (LAL) .......... 11 3 5 Deron Williams (Uta) ...... 10 2 6 Kirk Hinrich (Chi) ........ 9 1 7 Andrew Bogut (Mil) ........ 8 0 8 Luc Mbah a Moute (Mil) .... 8 1 6 Arron Afflalo (Den) ....... 6 1 4 Kevin Garnett (Bos) ....... 5 1 3 Kenyon Martin (Den) ....... 5 1 3 Shane Battier (Hou) ....... 4 1 2 Grant Hill (Pho) .......... 4 2 0 Joakim Noah (Chi) ......... 4 0 4 Kendrick Perkins (Bos) .... 4 1 2 Trevor Ariza (Hou) ........ 3 1 1 Andrei Kirilenko (Uta) .... 3 1 1 Russell Westbrook (OKC) ... 3 0 3 Nicolas Batum (Por) ....... 2 0 2 Manu Ginobili (SA) ........ 2 1 0 George Hill (SA) .......... 2 1 0 Andre Iguodala (Phi) ...... 2 0 2 Joe Johnson (Atl) ......... 2 1 0 Lamar Odom (LAL) .......... 2 1 0 Jermaine O'Neal (Mia) ..... 2 1 0 Luis Scola (Hou) .......... 2 0 0 Chauncey Billups (Den) .... 1 0 1 Caron Butler (Dal) ........ 1 0 1 Jared Dudley (Pho) ........ 1 0 1 Kevin Durant (OKC) ........ 1 0 1 Raymond Felton (Cha) ...... 1 0 1 Marc Gasol (Mem) .......... 1 0 1 Pau Gasol (LAL) ........... 1 0 1 Chuck Hayes (Hou) ......... 1 0 1 Brendan Haywood (Dal) ..... 1 0 1 Al Horford (Atl) .......... 1 0 1 Serge Ibaka (OKC) ......... 1 0 1 Ersan Ilyasova (Mil) ...... 1 0 1 Stephen Jackson (Cha) ..... 1 0 1 Nene (Den) ................ 1 0 1 Chris Paul (NO) ........... 1 0 1 Tayshaun Prince (Det) ..... 1 0 1 Earl Watson (Ind) ......... 1 0 1 Cameron Jones (junior, Northern Arizona, guard) and Kenny Lawson (junior, Creighton, forward) withdrew their names from the NBA draft. Underclassmen who have declared for the draft can remove their name from the draft up to June 14. The NBA draft is June 25. Pho 110, SA 102 at Pho Grant Hill (Pho) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 23 points including 11-13 FT and 11 rebounds. Steve Nash (Pho) had 19 points, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Jason Richardson (Pho) had 19 points including 5-6 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Richard Jefferson (SA) had 18 points and 10 rebounds. Tim Duncan (SA) had 29 points including 12-20 FG and 10 rebounds including 6 offensive. Tony Parker (SA) had 20 points and 7 assists. Pho leads the series 2-0. 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 Oklahoma City (2) |_ 1 LA Lakers (2) ___ _ 5 Utah (0) | 4 Denver (2) ________| |_ _____________ _ 5 Utah (4) _ _____________ | | | 2 Dallas (2) ___ | | 7 San Antonio (4) |_ 7 San Antonio (0) _| | _ 3 Phoenix (2) | 3 Phoenix (4) ______| | 6 Portland (2) |_ ___________ _ ___________ | 1 Cleveland (4) _____ | 8 Chicago (1) |_ 1 Cleveland (1) | _ 4 Boston (1) ______ | 4 Boston (4) ________| | | 5 Miami (1) |_ _____________ _| _ _____________ 2 Orlando (4) _____ | 7 Charlotte (0) |_ 2 Orlando (1) _____| _ 3 Atlanta (0) 3 Atlanta (4) _____| 6 Milwaukee (3) Second Round (all time Central) *if necessary Thursday, May 6 Game 2 Atlanta at Orlando 7:00 pm ESPN Friday, May 7 Game 3 Cleveland at Boston 6:00 pm ESPN Game 3 Phoenix at San Antonio 8:30 pm ESPN Saturday, May 8 Game 3 Orlando at Atlanta 4:00 pm ESPN Game 3 LA Lakers at Utah 7:00 pm ABC Sunday, May 9 Game 4 Cleveland at Boston 2:30 pm ABC Game 4 Phoenix at San Antonio 7:00 pm TNT Monday, May 10 Game 4 Orlando at Atlanta 7:00 pm TNT Game 4 LA Lakers at Utah 9:30 pm TNT Tuesday, May 11 Game 5 Boston at Cleveland 7:00 pm TNT *Game 5 San Antonio at Phoenix 9:30 pm TNT Wednesday, May 12 *Game 5 Atlanta at Orlando TBD TNT *Game 5 Utah at LA Lakers TBD TNT Thursday, May 13 *Game 6 Cleveland at Boston TBD ESPN *Game 6 Phoenix at San Antonio TBD ESPN Friday, May 14 *Game 6 Orlando at Atlanta TBD ESPN *Game 6 LA Lakers at Utah TBD ESPN Sunday, May 16 *Game 7 Boston at Cleveland 2:30 pm ABC *Game 7 Atlanta at Orlando TBD *Game 7 San Antonio at Phoenix TBD Monday, May 17 *Game 7 Utah at LA Lakers TBD TNT ---- 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