News from June 20. Mia 95, SA 88 at Mia LeBron James (Mia) had 37 points including 5-10 3-pointers and 12 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 23 points and 10 rebounds. Mario Chalmers (Mia) had 14 points including 1-7 3-pointers. Shane Battier (Mia) had 18 points on 6-8 3-pointers [his only attempts]. Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 19 points and 16 rebounds. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 18 points and 5 assists. Tim Duncan (SA) had 24 points, 12 rebounds, and 4 steals. Miami takes the series 4-3 and are the 2013 NBA Champions! MVP of the Finals: LeBron James (Mia) Playoff Standings 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Finals (Best of 7) (Best of 7) (Best of 7) (Best of 7) 1 OKC (4) _ 8 Hou (2) |_ 1 Oklahoma City (1) _ _ 5 Memphis (4) | 4 LAC (2) _| |_ 5 Memphis (0) _ 5 Mem (4) _ 2 San Antonio (4) | | | 2 SA (4) _ | | 7 LAL (0) |_ 2 San Antonio (4) __| | _ 6 Golden State (2) | 3 Den (2) _| | 6 GS (4) |_ 2 San Antonio (3) _ 1 Miami (4) | 1 Mia (4) _ | 8 Mil (0) |_ 1 Miami (4) _______ | _ 5 Chicago (1) | | 4 Bro (3) _| | | 5 Chi (4) |_ 1 Miami (4) _____| _ 3 Indiana (3) 2 NY (4) _ | 7 Bos (2) |_ 2 New York (2) ______| _ 3 Indiana (4) 3 Ind (4) _| 6 Atl (2) Thus ends the 2012-13 season. As such, these NBA daily news reports will occur only when NBA news occurs. The NBA draft is June 27. Have a great summer! patricia ---- 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