News from May 18. The NBA announced the All-Rookie teams. The teams were selected (regardless of position) by the 130 media members who were asked to select 5 rookies 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. Andrew Wiggins (Min) was the only unanimous selection. All-Rookie Team First Team Total team votes Player Points 1st 2nd Andrew Wiggins (Min) .......... 260 130 0 Nikola Mirotic (Chi) .......... 258 128 2 Nerlens Noel (Phi) ............ 252 125 2 Elfird Payton (Orl) ........... 250 121 8 Jordan Clarkson (LAL) ......... 200 74 52 Second Team Total team votes Player Points 1st 2nd Marcus Smart (Bos) ........... 142 28 86 Zach Lavine (Min) ............. 135 22 91 Bojan Bogdanovic (Bro) ........ 107 7 93 Jusuf Nurkic (Den) ............ 97 3 91 Langston Galloway (NY) ........ 72 7 58 Others receiving votes Total team votes Player Points 1st 2nd Rodney Hood (Uta) .............. 54 1 52 Tarik Black (LAL) .............. 28 0 28 K.J. McDaniels (Hou) ........... 20 0 20 Dante Exum (Uta) ............... 17 3 11 Jabari Parker (Mil) ............ 13 0 13 Mitch McGary (OKC) ............. 9 0 9 Aaron Gordon (Orl) ............. 5 1 3 Spencer Dinwiddie (Det) ........ 4 0 4 Jerami Grant (Phi) ............. 4 0 4 Kostas Papanikolaou (Hou) ...... 4 0 4 T.J. Warren (Pho) .............. 4 0 4 Damjan Rudez (Ind) ............. 3 0 3 Tyler Ennis (Mil) .............. 2 0 2 Joe Ingles (Uta) ............... 2 0 2 JaKarr Sampson (Phi) ........... 2 0 2 James Ennis (Mia) .............. 1 0 1 Cory Jefferson (Bro) ........... 1 0 1 Tyler Johnson (Mia) ............ 1 0 1 Shabazz Napier (Mia) ........... 1 0 1 Nik Stauskas (Sac) ............. 1 0 1 James Young (Bos) .............. 1 0 1 LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) underwent surgery on his left thumb to repair a torn ligament. The NBA Draft Lottery will beheld at 7:00 pm (Central) tonight (Tuesday) on ESPN. The lottery determines the #1, #2, and #3 picks for the draft, with the order for the rest of the picks being by record. The NBA Draft is June 25. 2015 Draft Lottery Chances and Order Lottery Chances Team Chances (out of 1,000) Minnesota 250 New York 199 Philadelphia 156 LA Lakers 119 [may go to Philadelphia via Phoenix] Orlando 88 Sacramento 63 Denver 43 Detroit 28 Charlotte 17 Miami 11 [may go to Philadelphia via Cleveland] Indiana 8 Utah 7 Phoenix 6 Oklahoma City 5 First Round Order 15. Brooklyn [may go to Atlanta] 16. Boston 17. Milwaukee 18. Houston [from New Orleans] 19. Washington 20. Toronto 21. Dallas 22. Chicago [may go to Cleveland] 23. Portland 24. Cleveland [may go to Chicago] 25. Memphis 26. San Antonio 27. LA Lakers [from Houston] 28. Boston [from LA Clippers] 29. Atlanta [may go to Brooklyn] 30. Golden State Second Round Order 31. Minnesota 32. Houston [from New York] 33. Boston [from Philadelphia via Miami] 34. LA Lakers 35. Philadelphia [from Orlando] 36. Minnesota [from Sacramento via Houston] 37. Philadelphia [from Denver via Houston via Portland via Minnesota] 38. Detroit 39. Charlotte 40. Miami 41. Brooklyn 42/43. Utah 43/42. Indiana 44. Phoenix 45. Boston 46. Milwaukee 47. Philadelphia [from New Orleans via Washington via LA Clippers] 48. Oklahoma City 49. Washington 50. Atlanta [from Toronto] 51. Orlando [from Chicago] 52. Dallas 53. Cleveland [from Portland via Chicago via Denver] 54. Utah [from Cleveland] 55. San Antonio 56. New Orleans [from Memphis] 57. Denver [from LA Clippers] 58. Philadelphia [from Houston] 59. Atlanta 60. Philadelphia [from Golden State via Indiana] Playoff Standings [all rounds best of 7] 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Finals 1 Golden State (4) _ 8 New Orleans (0) |_ 1 Golden State (4) __ _ 5 Memphis (2) | 4 Portland (1) _____| |_ 1 Golden State (0) _ 5 Memphis (4) _ 2 Houston (0) | | | 2 Houston (4) ______ | | 7 Dallas (1) |_ 2 Houston (4) ___| | _ 3 LA Clippers (3) | 3 LA Clippers (4) __| | 6 San Antonio (3) |_ _ | 1 Atlanta (4) _____ | 8 Brooklyn (2) |_ 1 Atlanta (4) ____ | _ 5 Washington (2) | | 4 Toronto (0) ___| | | 5 Washington (4) |_ 1 Atlanta (0) ____| _ 2 Cleveland (0) 2 Cleveland (4) ____ | 7 Boston (0) |_ 2 Cleveland (4) _____| _ 3 Chicago (2) 3 Chicago (4) ____| 6 Milwaukee (2) Conference Finals (Central times) *if necessary Tuesday, May 19 Game 1 Houston at Golden State 8:00 pm ESPN Wednesday, May 20 Game 1 Cleveland at Atlanta 7:30 pm TNT Thursday, May 21 Game 2 Houston at Golden State 8:00 pm ESPN Friday, May 22 Game 2 Cleveland at Atlanta 7:30 pm TNT Saturday, May 23 Game 3 Golden State at Houston 8:00 pm ESPN Sunday, May 24 Game 3 Atlanta at Cleveland 7:30 pm TNT Monday, May 25 Game 4 Golden State at Houston 8:00 pm ESPN Tuesday, May 26 Game 4 Atlanta at Cleveland 7:30 pm TNT Wednesday, May 27 *Game 5 Houston at Golden State 8:00 pm ESPN Thursday, May 28 *Game 5 Cleveland at Atlanta 7:30 pm TNT Friday, May 29 *Game 6 Golden State at Houston 8:00 pm ESPN Saturday, May 30 *Game 6 Atlanta at Cleveland 7:30 pm TNT Sunday, May 31 *Game 7 Houston at Golden State 8:00 pm ESPN Monday, June 1 *Game 7 Cleveland at Atlanta 7:30 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