News from April 30. Oklahoma City named Billy Donovan as head coach. Orlando signed GM Rob Hennigan to a 2 year contract extension. Andrew Wiggins (Min) was named as Rookie of the Year. Wiggins received 110 of a possible 130 1st place media votes. Total position votes Player Points 1st 2nd 3rd Andrew Wiggins (Min) .......... 604 110 17 3 Nikola Mirotic (Chi) .......... 335 14 81 22 Nerlens Noel (Phi) ............ 141 3 22 60 Elfrid Payton (Orl) ........... 79 3 8 40 Marcus Smart (Bos) ............ 6 0 1 3 Jusuf Nurkic (Den) ............ 3 0 1 0 Jordan Clarkson (LAL) ......... 2 0 0 2 Chi 120, Mil 66 at Mil Mike Dunleavy (Chi) had 20 points including 5-7 FG and 4-6 3-pointers and 5 assists. Pau Gasol (Chi) had 19 points and 8 rebounds. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 15 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Zaza Pachulia (Mil) had 8 points. Jerryd Bayless (Mil) had 7 points including 2-6 FG and 5 assists. Chi shot 51.1% (46-90) FG and Mil shot 32.9% (25-76) FG. Chicago takes the series 4-2 and advances to the 2nd round where they will face Cleveland. LAC 102, SA 96 at SA Blake Griffin (LAC) had 26 points, 12 rebounds, 6 assists, and 4 steals. J.J. Redick (LAC) had 19 points. Chris Paul (LAC) had 19 points including 7-21 FG and 1-7 3-pointers, 15 assists, and 4 steals. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 15 points on 4-5 FG and 7-15 FT, 14 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Tim Duncan (SA) had 12 points and 13 rebounds. Boris Diaw (SA) had 17 points and 5 assists. Marco Belinelli (SA) had 23 points including 7-11 3-pointers. The series is tied 3-3. 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) __ _ 5 Memphis (0) | 4 Portland (1) _____| |_ __ 5 Memphis (4) _ | | | 2 Houston (4) ______ | | 7 Dallas (1) |_ 2 Houston (0) ______| | _ | 3 LA Clippers (3) __| | 6 San Antonio (3) |_ _ | 1 Atlanta (3) _____ | 8 Brooklyn (2) |_ ____ | _ 5 Washington (0) | | 4 Toronto (0) ___| | | 5 Washington (4) |_ __| _ 2 Cleveland (4) ____ | 7 Boston (0) |_ 2 Cleveland (0) _____| _ 3 Chicago (0) 3 Chicago (4) ____| 6 Milwaukee (2) First Round (Central times) *if necessary Friday, May 1 Game 6 Atlanta at Brooklyn 7:00 pm ESPN Saturday, May 2 Game 7 San Antonio at LA Clippers 7:00 pm TNT Sunday, May 3 *Game 7 Brooklyn at Atlanta 12:00 pm ABC Second Round (Central times) *if necessary Sunday, May 3 Game 1 Memphis at Golden State 2:30 pm ABC Monday, May 3 Game 1 Chicago at Cleveland 6:00 pm 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