News from May 7. The NBA fined Corey Brewer (Hou) $5,000 for his flop during Wednesday's Hou-LAC game. Jimmy Butler (Chi) was named as the Most Improved Player. Butler received 92 of 129 possible 1st place media votes. Total position votes Player Points 1st 2nd 3rd Jimmy Butler (Chi) ............. 535 92 23 6 Draymond Green (GS) ............ 200 11 43 16 Rudy Gobert (Uta) .............. 189 12 32 33 Hassan Whiteside (Mia) ......... 88 5 12 27 Klay Thompson (GS) ............. 42 2 8 8 Anthony Davis (NO) ............. 27 4 2 1 Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) .... 22 1 3 8 Donatas Motiejunas (Hou) ....... 7 0 1 4 Dennis Schroeder (Atl) ......... 6 0 1 3 DeMarre Carroll (Atl) .......... 5 1 0 0 Tyler Zeller (Bos) ............. 5 1 0 0 DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) ......... 4 0 1 1 Khris Middleton (Mil) .......... 4 0 0 4 Kyrie Irving (Cle) ............. 3 0 0 3 Victor Oladipo (Orl) ........... 3 0 1 0 DeAndre Jordan (LAC) ........... 3 0 1 0 Jae Crowder (Bos) .............. 3 0 1 0 Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (Det) . 2 0 0 2 Nikola Vucevic (Orl) ........... 2 0 0 2 Robert Covington (Phi) ......... 1 0 0 1 Tyreke Evans (NO) .............. 1 0 0 1 Derrick Favors (Uta) ........... 1 0 0 1 Marc Gasol (Mem) ............... 1 0 0 1 Tobias Harris (Orl) ............ 1 0 0 1 Gordon Hayward (Uta) ........... 1 0 0 1 George Hill (Ind) .............. 1 0 0 1 Enes Kanter (OKC) .............. 1 0 0 1 Brandon Knight (Pho) ........... 1 0 0 1 Kawhi Leonard (SA) ............. 1 0 0 1 Meyers Leonard (Por) ........... 1 0 0 1 John Wall (Was) has been diagnosed with 5 non-displaced fractures in his left wrist and hand. 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 (1) __ _ 5 Memphis (1) | 4 Portland (1) _____| |_ __ 5 Memphis (4) _ | | | 2 Houston (4) ______ | | 7 Dallas (1) |_ 2 Houston (1) ___| | _ 3 LA Clippers (1) | 3 LA Clippers (4) __| | 6 San Antonio (3) |_ _ | 1 Atlanta (4) _____ | 8 Brooklyn (2) |_ 1 Atlanta (1) ____ | _ 5 Washington (1) | | 4 Toronto (0) ___| | | 5 Washington (4) |_ __| _ 2 Cleveland (4) ____ | 7 Boston (0) |_ 2 Cleveland (1) _____| _ 3 Chicago (1) 3 Chicago (4) ____| 6 Milwaukee (2) Second Round (Central times) *if necessary Friday, May 8 Game 3 Cleveland at Chicago 7:00 pm ESPN Game 3 Houston at LA Clippers 9:30 pm ESPN Saturday, May 9 Game 3 Atlanta at Washington 4:00 pm ESPN Game 3 Golden State at Memphis 7:00 pm ABC Sunday, May 10 Game 4 Cleveland at Chicago 2:30 pm ABC Game 4 Houston at LA Clippers 7:30 pm TNT Monday, May 11 Game 4 Atlanta at Washington 6:00 pm TNT Game 4 Golden State at Memphis 8:30 pm TNT Tuesday, May 12 Game 5 Chicago at Cleveland 6:00 pm TNT Game 5 LA Clippers at Houston 8:30 pm TNT Wednesday, May 13 Game 5 Washington at Atlanta 7:00 pm TNT Game 5 Memphis at Golden State 9:30 pm TNT Thursday, May 14 *Game 6 Cleveland at Chicago TBA *Game 6 Houston at LA Clippers TBA Friday, May 15 *Game 6 Atlanta at Washington TBA *Game 6 Golden State at Memphis TBA Saturday, May 16 *Game 7 LA Clippers at Houston TBA Sunday, May 17 *Game 7 Chicago at Cleveland TBA *Game 7 Memphis at Golden State TBA Monday, May 18 *Game 7 Washington 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