News from May 19. 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. Karl Anthony Towns (Min) and Kristaps Porzingis (NY) were the unanimous selections. All-Rookie Team First Team Total team votes Player Points 1st 2nd Kristaps Porzingis (NY) ....... 260 130 0 Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) ...... 260 130 0 Devin Booker (Pho) ............ 231 103 25 Nikola Jokic (Den) ............ 186 73 40 Jahlil Okafor (Phi) ........... 186 71 44 Second Team Total team votes Player Points 1st 2nd Justise Winslow (Mia) ......... 151 44 63 D'Angelo Russell (LAL) ........ 142 25 92 Emmanuel Mudiay (Den) ......... 140 35 70 Myles Turner (Ind) ............ 139 28 83 Willie Cauley-Stein (Sac) ..... 50 2 46 Others receiving votes Total team votes Player Points 1st 2nd Rodney Hood (Uta) .............. 54 1 52 Frank Kaminsky (Cha) ........... 47 2 43 Josh Richardson (Mia) .......... 47 4 39 Stanley Johnson (Det) .......... 42 1 40 Trey Lyles (Uta) ............... 26 0 26 Bobby Portis (Chi) ............. 13 0 13 T.J. McConnell (Phi) ........... 11 2 7 Mario Hezonja (Orl) ............ 4 0 4 Larry Nance (LAL) .............. 3 0 3 Norman Powell (Tor) ............ 3 0 3 Justin Anderson (Dal) .......... 2 0 2 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (Bro) .. 2 0 2 Boban Marjanovic (SA) .......... 2 0 2 Jonathon Simmons (SA) .......... 2 0 2 Jerian Grant (NY) .............. 1 0 1 Marcelo Huertas (LAL) .......... 1 0 1 Raul Neto (Uta) ................ 1 0 1 Cameron Payne (OKC) ............ 1 0 1 Joe Young (Ind) ................ 1 0 1 Cle 108, Tor 89 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 23 points including 9-17 FT, 11 rebounds, 11 assists, and 3 steals. Kevin Love (Cle) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Tristan Thompson (Cle) had 9 points and 12 rebounds. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 26 points including 12-22 FG. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 22 points and 5 rebounds. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 10 points including 4-14 FG and 1-8 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Cory Joseph (Tor) had 11 points and 5 rebounds. Cle shot 25-37 FT and Tor shot 14-18 FT. Cle leads the series 2-0. Playoff Standings [all rounds best of 7] 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Finals 1 Golden State (4) __ 8 Houston (1) |_ 1 Golden State (4) _ _ 5 Portland (1) | 4 LA Clippers (2) ___| |_ 1 Golden State (1) _ 5 Portland (4) _ 3 Oklahoma City (1) | | | 2 San Antonio (4) ___ | | 7 Memphis (0) |_ 2 San Antonio (2) _| | _ 3 Oklahoma City (4) | 3 Oklahoma City (4) _| | 6 Dallas (1) |_ _ | 1 Cleveland (4) _____ | 8 Detroit (0) |_ 1 Cleveland (4) ____ | _ 4 Atlanta (0) | | 4 Atlanta (4) _______| | | 5 Boston (2) |_ 1 Cleveland (2) _____| _ 2 Toronto (0) 2 Toronto (4) _______ | 7 Indiana (3) |_ 2 Toronto (4) ______| _ 3 Miami (3) 3 Miami (4) _____| 6 Charlotte (3) Conference Finals (Central times) *if necessary Saturday, May 21 Game 3: Cleveland at Toronto 7:30 pm ESPN Sunday, May 22 Game 3: Golden State at Oklahoma City 7:00 pm TNT Monday, May 23 Game 4: Cleveland at Toronto 7:30 pm ESPN Tuesday, May 24 Game 4: Golden State at Oklahoma City 8:00 pm TNT Wednesday, May 25 *Game 5: Toronto at Cleveland 7:30 pm ESPN Thursday, May 26 Game 5: Oklahoma City at Golden State 8:00 pm TNT Friday, May 27 *Game 6: Cleveland at Toronto 7:30 pm ESPN Saturday, May 28 *Game 6: Golden State at Oklahoma City 8:00 pm TNT Sunday, May 29 *Game 7: Toronto at Cleveland 7:30 pm ESPN Monday, May 30 *Game 7: Oklahoma City at Golden State 8:00 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