News from June 3. The NBA announced the All-Defense teams. In a change from the past, the teams were voted on by the media (instead of the 30 head coaches). The 123 voters were asked to select 5 players by position for the 1st team and 5 for the 2nd team. A 1st team vote was worth 2 points and a 2nd place vote was worth 1 point. First Team Total team votes Pos Player Points 1st 2nd C Joakim Noah (Chi) ............ 223 105 13 F Paul George (Ind) ............ 161 65 31 F Serge Ibaka (OKC) ............ 152 54 44 G Chris Paul (LAC) ............. 156 64 28 G Andre Iguodala (GS) .......... 148 57 34 Second Team Total team votes Pos Player Points 1st 2nd C Roy Hibbert (Ind) ............ 76 15 46 F LeBron James (Mia) ........... 134 57 20 F Kawhi Leonard (SA) ........... 89 16 57 G Patrick Beverley (Hou) ....... 112 44 24 G Jimmy Butler (Chi) ........... 103 29 45 Others receiving votes Total team votes Player Points 1st 2nd DeAndre Jordan (LAC) .......... 63 14 35 Anthony Davis (NO) ............ 62 18 26 Tony Allen (Mem) .............. 60 17 26 Tim Duncan (SA) ............... 45 12 21 Dwight Howard (Hou) ........... 26 6 14 Mike Conley (Mem) ............. 21 5 11 Taj Gibson (Chi) .............. 21 2 17 Ricky Rubio (Min) ............. 19 5 9 Lance Stephenson (Ind) ........ 14 3 8 P.J. Tucker (Pho) ............. 13 2 9 Kevin Durant (OKC) ............ 10 2 6 Kyle Lowry (Tor) .............. 10 3 4 Eric Bledsoe (Pho) ............ 9 1 7 Marc Gasol (Mem) .............. 8 0 8 Thabo Sefolosha (OKC) ......... 8 1 6 John Wall (Was) ............... 8 1 6 Kirk Hinrich (Chi) ............ 7 2 3 Trevor Ariza (Was) ............ 5 2 1 Avery Bradley (Bos) ........... 5 1 3 Klay Thompson (GS) ............ 5 0 5 Russell Westbrook (OKC) ....... 5 1 3 Andrew Bogut (GS) ............. 4 0 4 Chris Bosh (Mia) .............. 4 1 2 Luol Deng (Cle) ............... 4 1 2 Wesley Matthews (Por) ......... 4 1 2 Tony Parker (SA) .............. 4 1 2 Nicolas Batum (Por) ........... 3 1 1 Stephen Curry (GS) ............ 3 1 1 Danny Green (SA) .............. 3 1 1 Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (Cha) .. 3 0 3 Shaun Livingston (Bro) ........ 3 1 1 Victor Oladipo (Orl) .......... 3 1 1 Matt Barnes (LAC) ............. 2 1 0 DeMarre Carroll (Atl) ......... 2 0 2 James Harden (Hou) ............ 2 0 2 George Hill (Ind) ............. 2 0 2 Jeff Teague (Atl) ............ 2 0 2 Dwyane Wade (Mia) ............. 2 1 0 Kemba Walker (Cha) ............ 2 0 2 David West (Ind) .............. 2 0 2 Arron Afflalo (Orl) ........... 1 0 1 Corey Brewer (Min)............. 1 0 1 Michael Carter-Williams (Phi) . 1 0 1 Darren Collison (LAC) ......... 1 0 1 DeMar DeRozan (Tor) ........... 1 0 1 Andre Drummond (Det) .......... 1 0 1 Monta Ellis (Dal) ............. 1 0 1 Danny Granger (LAC) ........... 1 0 1 Draymond Green (GS) ........... 1 0 1 Reggie Jackson (OKC) .......... 1 0 1 David Lee (GS) ................ 1 0 1 Paul Millsap (Atl) ............ 1 0 1 Rajon Rondo (Bos) ............. 1 0 1 The NBA fined Phil Jackson (NY GM) $25,000 for tampering for talking about the possibility of Derek Fisher (OKC) become the Knick's next head coach. NBA rules prohibit other teams from publically talking about other teams' up-coming free agents before July 1 (the free agency date). Washington signed head coach Randy Wittman to a 3 year, $9 million contract extension with a team option for the 3rd year. Wittman's existing contract was set to expire July 1. Detroit named Jeff Bower as GM. Playoff Standings [all rounds best of 7] 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Finals 1 SA (4) _ 8 Dal (3) |_ 1 San Antonio (4) ___ _ 5 Portland (1) | 4 Hou (2) _| |_ 1 San Antonio (4) _ 5 Por (4) _ 2 Oklahoma City (2) | | | 2 OKC (4) _ | | 7 Mem (3) |_ 2 Oklahoma City (4) _| | _ 3 LA Clippers (2) | 3 LAC (4) _| | 6 GS (3) |_ 1 San Antonio (0) _ 2 Miami (0) | 1 Ind (4) _ | 8 Atl (3) |_ 1 Indiana (4) ____ | _ 5 Washington (2) | | 4 Chi (1) _| | | 5 Was (4) |_ 1 Indiana (2) ______| _ 2 Miami (4) 2 Mia (4) _ | 7 Cha (0) |_ 2 Miami (4) ______| _ 6 Brooklyn (1) 3 Tor (3) _| 6 Bro (4) [Note: in a change from the past, the Finals are in the 2-2-1-1-1 schedule] NBA Finals (all time Central) *if necessary Schedule for Thursday, June 5 (All times Central) Game 1 Miami at San Antonio 8:00 pm ABC Schedule for Sunday, June 8 (All times Central) Game 2 Miami at San Antonio 7:00 pm ABC Schedule for Tuesday, June 10 (All times Central) Game 3 San Antonio at Miami 8:00 pm ABC Schedule for Thursday, June 12 (All times Central) Game 4 San Antonio at Miami 8:00 pm ABC Schedule for Sunday, June 15 (All times Central) *Game 5 Miami at San Antonio 7:00 pm ABC Schedule for Tuesday, June 17 (All times Central) *Game 6 San Antonio at Miami 8:00 pm ABC Schedule for Friday, June 20 (All times Central) *Game 7 Miami at San Antonio 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