News from June 9. The NBA fined Dwyane Wade (Mia) $5,000 for flopping during Sunday's Mia-SA game. New York named Derek Fisher as head coach. Fisher was signed to a reported 5 year, $25 million contract. 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 (1) _ 2 Miami (1) | 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 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