News from May 6. The NBA announced the All-NBA teams. The teams were selected, by position, by 122 media members who were asked to select a first team (worth 5 points), a second team (3 points), and a third team (1 point). First Team Total Pos Player Points (1st team votes) F LeBron James (Cle) ....... 610 (122) F Kevin Durant (OKC) ....... 579 (107) C Dwight Howard (Orl) ...... 610 (122) G Kobe Bryant (LAL) ........ 604 (119) G Dwyane Wade (Mia) ........ 520 (81) Second Team Total Pos Player Points (1st team votes) F Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) ...... 356 (10) F Carmelo Anthony (Den) .... 321 (9) C Amare Stoudemire (Pho) ... 239 (2) G Steve Nash (Pho) ......... 366 (24) G Deron Williams (Uta) ..... 343 (14) Third Team Total Pos Player Points (1st team votes) F Tim Duncan (SA) .......... 125 F Pau Gasol (LAL) .......... 94 C Andrew Bogut (Mil) ....... 149 G Joe Johnson (Atl) ........ 118 G Brandon Roy (Por) ........ 87 Others receiving votes Total Player Points Chris Bosh (Tor) .......... 80 Rajon Rondo (Bos) ......... 47 David Lee (NY) ............ 43 Carlos Boozer (Uta) ....... 33 Chauncey Billups (Den) .... 24 Zach Randolph (Mem) ....... 20 Al Horford (Atl) .......... 19 Jason Kidd (Dal) .......... 18 Derrick Rose (Chi) ........ 15 Chris Paul (NO) ........... 14 Manu Ginobili (SA) ........ 13 Chris Kaman (LAC) ......... 9 Paul Pierce (Bos) ......... 6 Brook Lopez (NJ) .......... 6 Josh Smith (Atl) .......... 6 Gerald Wallace (Cha) ...... 5 Marcus Camby (Por) ........ 3 Andrew Bynum (LAL) ........ 2 Danny Granger (Ind) ....... 2 Kevin Garnett (Bos) ....... 1 Tony Parker (SA) .......... 1 Maurice Williams (Cle) .... 1 David West (NO) ........... 1 The NBA fined Danny Ainge (Bos GM) $25,000 for tossing a towel trying to distract J.J. Hickson (Cle) while he was shooting a free throw during Monday's Bos-Cle game. Orlando activated Randolph Morris and placed Mario West on IL. Orl 112, Atl 98 at Orl Rashard Lewis (Orl) had 20 points and 6 assists. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 29 points on 8-9 FG and 13-18 FT and 17 rebounds. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 20 points and 6 assists. Vince Carter (Orl) had 24 points and 7 rebounds. Josh Smith (Atl) had 18 points, 9 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 5 turnovers. Al Horford (Atl) had 24 points including 9-13 FG and 10 rebounds. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 19 points including 5-16 FG and 5 assists. Jamal Crawford (Atl) had 23 points. Orl shot 55.9% (38-68) FG and Atl shot 41.3% (31-75) FG. Orl 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 (2) _____| _ 3 Atlanta (0) 3 Atlanta (4) _____| 6 Milwaukee (3) Second Round (all time Central) *if necessary 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