News from June 4. The LA Lakers exercised their 12-13 option for Andrew Bynum. Washington signed head coach Randy Wittman to a new contract. The LA Clippers fired GM Neil Olshey. Portland named Neil Olshey as GM. OKC 108, SA 103 at SA Kevin Durant (OKC) had 27 points, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 23 points, 12 assists, 4 steals, and 6 turnovers. James Harden (OKC) had 20 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Tim Duncan (SA) had 18 points including 7-10 FG and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. Tony Parker (SA) had 20 points on 5-14 FG and 10-12 FT and 5 turnovers. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 34 points including 5-10 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. It was the first road win of the Conference Finals (either series). OKC 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 (4) ____ 8 Uta (0) |_ 1 San Antonio (4) ___ _ 5 LA Clippers (0) | 4 Mem (3) ___| |_ 1 San Antonio (2) _ 5 LAC (4) _ 2 Oklahoma City (3) | | | 2 OKC (4) ___ | | 7 Dal (0) |_ 2 Oklahoma City (4) _| | _ 3 LA Lakers (1) | 3 LAL (4) ___| | 6 Den (3) |_ _ | 1 Chi (2) ___ | 8 Phi (4) |_ 8 Philadelphia (3) __ | _ 4 Boston (4) | | 4 Bos (4) ___| | | 5 Atl (2) |_ 4 Boston (2) ________| _ 2 Miami (2) 2 Mia (4) ___ | 7 NY (1) |_ 2 Miami (4) ______| _ 3 Indiana (2) 3 Ind (4) ___| 6 Orl (1) Conference Finals (Central times) *if necessary Tuesday, June 5 Game 5 Boston at Miami 7:30 pm ESPN Wednesday, June 6 Game 6 San Antonio at Oklahoma City 8:00 pm TNT Thursday, June 7 Game 6 Miami at Boston 7:30 pm ESPN Friday, June 8 *Game 7 Oklahoma City at San Antonio 8:00 pm TNT Saturday, June 9 *Game 7 Boston at Miami 7:30 pm ESPN ---- 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