News from June 9. Former NBA player Mike Mitchell died at age 55 after suffering from cancer. He played 10 seasons with Cleveland and San Antonio from 78-79 - 87-88. Dallas activated Rodrigue Beaubois and placed Brendan Haywood (strained right hip flexor) on IL. Dal 112, Mia 103 at Dal Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 29 points including 10-10 FT and 6 rebounds. J.J. Barea (Dal) had 17 points including 4-5 3-pointers and 5 assists. Jason Kidd (Dal) had 13 points, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Jason Terry (Dal) had 21 points and 6 assists. LeBron James (Mia) had 17 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 19 points and 10 rebounds including 6 offensive. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 23 points including 10-12 FT and 8 assists. Dal 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 SA (2) ____ 8 Mem (4) |_ 8 Memphis (3) _ _ 4 Oklahoma City (4) | 4 OKC (4) ___| |_ 4 Oklahoma City (1) _ 5 Den (1) _ 3 Dallas (4) | | | 2 LAL (4) ___ | | 7 NO (2) |_ 2 LA Lakers (0) _____| | _ 3 Dallas (4) | 3 Dal (4) ___| | 6 Por (2) |_ 3 Dallas (3) _ 2 Miami (2) | 1 Chi (4) ___ | 8 Ind (1) |_ 1 Chicago (4) _______ | _ 5 Atlanta (2) | | 4 Orl (2) ___| | | 5 Atl (4) |_ 1 Chicago (1) _______| _ 2 Miami (4) 2 Mia (4) __ | 7 Phi (1) |_ 2 Miami (4) ________| _ 3 Boston (1) 3 Bos (4) ___| 6 NY (0) NBA Finals (all time Central) *if necessary Sunday, June 12 Game 6 Dallas at Miami 7:00 pm ABC Tuesday, June 14 *Game 7 Dallas at Miami 8:00 pm ABC ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For Trianglons puzzles: http://www.trianglons.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html