News from May 23. The NBA announced the All-NBA teams. The teams were selected, by position, by 119 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 (Mia) ....... 595 (119) F Kevin Durant (OKC) ....... 555 (102) C Tim Duncan (SA) .......... 392 (45) G Chris Paul (LAC) ......... 537 (97) G Kobe Bryant (LAL) ........ 521 (91) Second Team Total Pos Player Points (1st team votes) F Carmelo Anthony (NY) ..... 397 (24) F Blake Griffin (LAC) ...... 132 (0) C Marc Gasol (Mem) ......... 295 (38) G Russell Westbrook (OKC) .. 306 (20) G Tony Parker (SA) ......... 273 (16) Third Team Total Pos Player Points (1st team votes) F David Lee (GS) ........... 79 (0) F Paul George (Ind) ........ 73 (0) C Dwight Howard (LAL) ...... 203 (17) G James Harden (Hou) ....... 253 (5) G Dwyane Wade (Mia) ........ 145 (3) Others receiving votes Total Player Points (1st team votes) Brook Lopez (Bro) ......... 132 (7) Stephen Curry (GS) ........ 72 LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) ... 62 Chris Bosh (Mia) .......... 59 (4) Joakim Noah (Chi) ......... 56 (3) Zach Randolph (Mem) ....... 45 Al Horford (Atl) .......... 31 (2) Paul Pierce (Bos) ......... 24 Al Jefferson (Uta) ........ 20 (1) Tyson Chandler (NY) ....... 19 (1) Roy Hibbert (Ind) ......... 9 Luol Deng (Chi) ........... 8 Kevin Garnett (Bos) ....... 8 Ty Lawson (Den) ........... 8 Josh Smith (Atl) .......... 7 Deron Williams (Bro) ...... 6 Pau Gasol (LAL) ........... 4 Serge Ibaka (OKC) ......... 4 Omer Asik (Hou) ........... 3 Kenneth Faried (Den) ...... 3 Raymond Felton (NY) ....... 3 Kyrie Irving (Cle) ........ 3 Carlos Boozer (Chi) ....... 2 Mike Conley (Mem) ......... 2 David West (Ind) .......... 2 Rudy Gay (Tor) ............ 1 J.J. Hickson (Por) ........ 1 Andre Iguodala ( Den) ..... 1 Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) ....... 1 Nikola Pekovic (Min) ...... 1 Rajon Rondo (Bos) ......... 1 Nikola Vucevic (Orl) ...... 1 Playoff Standings 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Finals (Best of 7) (Best of 7) (Best of 7) (Best of 7) 1 Oklahoma City (4) _ 8 Houston (2) |_ 1 Oklahoma City (1) _ _ 5 Memphis (4) | 4 LA Clippers (2) ___| |_ 5 Memphis (0) _ 5 Memphis (4) _ 2 San Antonio (2) | | | 2 San Antonio (4) ___ | | 7 LA Lakers (0) |_ 2 San Antonio (4) __| | _ 6 Golden State (2) | 3 Denver (2) __| | 6 Golden State (4) |_ _ | 1 Miami (4) _____ | 8 Milwaukee (0) |_ 1 Miami (4) _______ | _ 5 Chicago (1) | | 4 Brooklyn (3) ______| | | 5 Chicago (4) |_ 1 Miami (1) _______| _ 3 Indiana (0) 2 New York (4) ______ | 7 Boston (2) |_ 2 New York (2) ______| _ 3 Indiana (4) 3 Indiana (4) _______| 6 Atlanta (2) Conference Finals (Central times) *if necessary Schedule for Friday, May 22 (All times Central) Game 2: Indiana at Miami 7:30 pm TNT Schedule for Saturday, May 25 (All times Central) Game 3: San Antonio at Memphis 8:00 pm ESPN Schedule for Sunday, May 26 (All times Central) Game 3: Miami at Indiana 7:30 pm TNT Schedule for Monday, May 27 (All times Central) Game 4: San Antonio at Memphis 8:00 pm ESPN Schedule for Tuesday, May 28 (All times Central) Game 4: Miami at Indiana 7:30 pm TNT Schedule for Wednesday, May 29 (All times Central) *Game 5: Memphis at San Antonio TBA ESPN Schedule for Thursday, May 30 (All times Central) *Game 5: Indiana at Miami TBA TNT Schedule for Friday, May 31 (All times Central) *Game 6: San Antonio at Memphis TBA ESPN Schedule for Saturday, June 1 (All times Central) *Game 6: Miami at Indiana TBA TNT Schedule for Sunday, June 2 (All times Central) *Game 7: Memphis at San Antonio TBA ESPN Schedule for Monday, June 3 (All times Central) *Game 7: Indiana at Miami TBA TNT ---- 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