News from May 21.

Orlando named Frank Vogel as head coach.

Minnesota fired GM Milt Newton, VP of Basketball Operations Rob Babcock,
assistant coach Sidney Lowe, and a number of other front office personal.


Tor 99, Cle 84  at Tor
Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 20 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 6 rebounds.
DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 32 points and 5 rebounds.
Bismack Biyombo (Tor) had 7 points, 26 rebounds including 8 offensive, and
4 blocks.
Cory Joseph (Tor) had 14 points and 5 rebounds.
LeBron James (Cle) had 24 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists.
J.R. Smith (Cle) had 22 points including 6-15 3-pointers and 5 rebounds.
Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 13 points including 3-19 FG and 1-7 3-pointers.
Tor shot 45.8% (38-83) FG and Cle shot 35.4% (28-79) FG.
The loss ended Cle's post-season winning streak at 10 games.
Cle leads the series 2-1.


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 (1)
2 Toronto (4) _______                       |
7 Indiana (3)        |_ 2 Toronto (4) ______|
                      _ 3 Miami (3)
3 Miami (4)     _____|
6 Charlotte (3) 
 

Conference Finals  (Central times)  *if necessary
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


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