News from April 28. The NBA released the official list of underclassman and foreign players under 22 years old who declared themselves eligible for the NBA draft. Those who declared can remove their name from the draft up to June 15. The NBA draft is June 25. Underclassmen who have declared themselves eligible for the NBA draft: Cliff Alexander (Kansas, freshman) Justin Anderson (Virginia, junior) Brandon Ashley (Arizona, junior) Devin Booker (Kentucky, freshman) Willie Cauley-Stein (Kentucky, junior) Sam Dekker (Wisconsin, junior) Michael Frazier II (Florida, junior) Olivier Hanlan (Boston College, junior) Montrezl Harrell (Louisville, junior) Aaron Harrison (Kentucky, sophomore) Andrew Harrison (Kentucky, sophomore) Tyler Harvey (Eastern Washington, sophomore) Jerome Hill (Gardner-Webb, junior) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (Arizona, sophomore) R.J. Hunter (Georgia State, junior) Vince Hunter (UTEP, sophomore) Charles Jackson (Tennessee Tech, junior) Dakari Johnson (Kentucky, sophomore) Stanley Johnson (Arizona, freshman) Tyus Jones (Duke, freshman) Trevor Lacey (North Carolina State, junior) Kevon Looney (UCLA, freshman) Trey Lyles (Kentucky, freshman) Jarell Martin (LSU, sophomore) Chris McCullough (Syracuse, freshman) Jordan Mickey (LSU, sophomore) Jahlil Okafor (Duke, freshman) Kelly Oubre (Kansas, freshman) Ashton Pankey (Manhattan, junior) Cameron Payne (Murray State, sophomore) Terran Petteway (Nebraska, junior) Walter Pitchford (Nebraska, junior) Bobby Portis (Arkansas, sophomore) Michael Qualls (Arkansas, junior) Terry Rozier (Louisville, sophomore) D'Angelo Russell (Ohio State, freshman) Satnam Singh (IMG Academy, Post-Graduate) Jherrod Stiggers (Houston, junior) Deonta Stocks (West Georgia, sophomore) Aaron Thomas (Florida State, junior) J.P. Tokoto (North Carolina, junior) Karl-Anthony Towns (Kentucky, freshman) Myles Turner (Texas, freshman) Robert Upshaw (Washington, sophomore) Rashad Vaughn (UNLV, freshman) Chris Walker (Florida, sophomore) Justise Winslow (Duke, freshman) Christian Wood (UNLV, sophomore) International players under 22 years old who have declared themselves eligible for the NBA draft (foreign players who turn 22 during 2015 are automatically entered into the draft) [country is where player plays]: Alberto Abalde (Spain) Dimitrios Agravanis (Greece) Wael Arakji (Lebanon) Eleftherios Bochoridis (Greece) Beka Burjanadze (Spain) Nedim Buza (Bosnia) Alexandre Chassang (France) George de Paula (Brazil) Andrey Desyatnikov (Russia) Moussa Diagne (Spain) Lucas Dias Silva (Brazil) Ognjen Dobric (Serbia) Simone Fontecchio (Italy) Danilo Fuzaro (Brazil) Marc Garcia (Spain) Humberto Gomes (Brazil) Kevin Harley (France) Guillermo Hernangomez (Spain) Juan Alberto Hernangomez (Spain) Mario Hezonja (Spain) Mouhammadou Jaiteh (France) Alpha Kaba (France) Vladislav Korenyuk (Ukraine) Dusan Kutlesic (Serbia) Jonghyun Lee (Korea) Timothe Luwawu (France) Nikola Milutinov (Serbia) Aleksej Nikolic (Bosnia) Cedi Osman (Turkey) Miroslav Pasajlic (Serbia) Anzejs Pasecniks (Latvia) Oriol Pauli (Spain) Kristaps Porzingis (Spain) Nikola Radicevic (Spain) Djoko Salic (Bosnia) Marko Tejic (Serbia) Juan Pablo Vaulet (Argentina) Aleksandar Vezenkov (Greece) Adin Vrabac (Germany) Rade Zagorac (Serbia) Sergiy Zagreba (Ukraine) Alexandr Zhigulin (Spain) Paul Zipser (Germany) Hou 103, Dal 94 at Hou Dwight Howard (Hou) had 18 points including 4-10 FT, 19 rebounds, 4 steals, and 4 blocks. James Harden (Hou) had 28 points including 4-8 3-pointers, 8 assists, and 6 turnovers. Terrence Jones (Hou) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. Josh Smith (Hou) had 20 points and 8 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 22 points including 8-23 FG and 0-6 3-pointers and 14 rebounds. Monta Ellis (Dal) had 25 points, 7 assists, 4 steals, and 6 turnovers. Al-Farouq Aminu (Dal) had 14 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 steals. Houston takes the series 4-1 and advances to the 2nd round where they will face the winner of the LAC-SA series. SA 111, LAC 107 at LAC Tim Duncan (SA) had 21 points, 11 rebounds, and 3 steals. Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 18 points on 5-16 FG and 8-10 FT and 9 rebounds. Tony Parker (SA) had 13 points including 5-15 FG and 5 rebounds. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 14 points and 6 assists. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 30 points including 10-14 FT, 14 rebounds including 5 offensive, 7 assists, 4 steals, and 5 turnovers. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 21 points on 7-9 FG and 7-16 FT and 14 rebounds. Chris Paul (LAC) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, and 10 assists. SA shot 11-23 3-pointers and LAC shot 1-14 3-pointers. SA 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 Golden State (4) _ 8 New Orleans (0) |_ 1 Golden State (0) _ _ | 4 Portland (1) _____| |_ __ 5 Memphis (3) _ | | | 2 Houston (4) ______ | | 7 Dallas (1) |_ 2 Houston (0) ______| | _ | 3 LA Clippers (2) __| | 6 San Antonio (3) |_ _ | 1 Atlanta (2) _____ | 8 Brooklyn (2) |_ ____ | _ 5 Washington (0) | | 4 Toronto (0) ___| | | 5 Washington (4) |_ __| _ 2 Cleveland (4) ____ | 7 Boston (0) |_ 2 Cleveland (0) _____| _ 3 Chicago (3) ____| 6 Milwaukee (2) First Round (Central times) *if necessary Wednesday, April 29 Game 5 Brooklyn at Atlanta 6:00 pm TNT Game 5 Portland at Memphis 8:30 pm TNT Thursday, April 30 Game 6 Chicago at Milwaukee 6:00 pm TNT Game 6 LA Clippers at San Antonio 8:30 pm TNT Friday, May 1 Game 6 Atlanta at Brooklyn TBA *Game 6 Memphis at Portland TBA Saturday, May 2 *Game 7 Milwaukee at Chicago TBA *Game 7 Dallas at Houston TBA *Game 7 San Antonio at LA Clippers TBA Sunday, May 3 *Game 7 Brooklyn at Atlanta TBA ---- 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