News from May 25. The NBA announced the All-Defense teams. The teams were selected by 130 media members who were asked to select 5 players by position 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. Kawhi Leonard (SA) was the only unanimous selection. First Team Total team votes Pos Player Points 1st 2nd C DeAndre Jordan (LAC) .......... 137 47 43 F Kawhi Leonard (SA) ............ 260 130 0 F Draymond Green (GS) ........... 251 123 5 G Avery Bradley (Bos) ........... 149 62 25 G Chris Paul (LAC) .............. 148 59 30 Second Team Total team votes Pos Player Points 1st 2nd C Hassan Whiteside (Mia) ........ 126 44 38 F Paul Millsap (Atl) ............ 97 11 75 F Paul George (Ind) ............. 48 5 38 G Tony Allen (Mem) .............. 121 44 33 G Jimmy Butler (Chi) ............ 62 18 26 Others receiving votes Total team votes Rudy Gobert (Uta) .............. 64 17 30 Klay Thompson (GS) ............. 49 16 17 Jae Crowder (Bos) .............. 47 3 41 LeBron James (Cle) ............. 43 5 43 Kyle Lowry (Tor) ............... 43 9 25 Danny Green (SA) ............... 39 9 21 Russell Westbrook (OKC) ........ 35 12 11 Tim Duncan (SA) ................ 33 5 23 Ricky Rubio (Min) .............. 30 6 14 Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (Det) . 27 3 21 Anthony Davis (NO) ............. 24 3 18 Andre Drummond (Det) ........... 14 5 4 Serge Ibaka (OKC) .............. 14 1 12 Stephen Curry (GS) ............. 13 3 7 Andre Iguodala (GS) ............ 13 3 7 Patrick Beverley (Hou) ......... 11 1 9 Al Horford (Atl) ............... 7 1 5 Marcus Smart (Bos) ............. 7 2 3 John Wall (Was) ................ 6 0 6 Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) .... 3 0 3 Trevor Ariza (Hou) ............. 3 0 3 Kent Bazemore (Atl) ............ 3 0 3 Andrew Bogut (GS) .............. 3 1 1 DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) ......... 3 1 1 Nicolas Batum (Cha) ............ 2 0 2 Victor Oladipo (Orl) ........... 2 1 0 LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) ......... 1 0 1 Harrison Barnes (GS) ........... 1 0 1 Bismack Biyombo (Tor) .......... 1 0 1 Mike Conley (Mem) .............. 1 0 1 Kevin Durant (OKC) ............. 1 0 1 Derrick Favors (Uta) ........... 1 0 1 George Hill (Ind) .............. 1 0 1 Wesley Matthews (Dal) .......... 1 0 1 Luc Mbah a Moute (LAC) ......... 1 0 1 Kristaps Porzingis (NY) ........ 1 0 1 Andre Roberson (OKC) ........... 1 0 1 Mike Scott (Atl) ............... 1 0 1 Dwyane Wade (Mia) .............. 1 0 1 Toronto activated Jonas Valanciunas and placed Lucas Nogueira on IL. Cle 116, Tor 78 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 23 points including 10-17 FG, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists. Kevin Love (Cle) had 25 points including 8-10 FG and 3-4 3-pointer. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 23 point and 3 steals. Tristan Thompson (Cle) had 9 points including 2-2 FG and 10 rebounds including 5 offensive. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 14 points on 2-8 FG and 10-12 FT. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 13 points, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Cle lead 65-34 at the half and 100-60 after 3. Cle shot 57.1% (44-77) FG and Tor shot 39.1% (27-69) FG. Cle leads the series 3-2. 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 (3) | | | 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 (3) _____| _ 2 Toronto (2) 2 Toronto (4) _______ | 7 Indiana (3) |_ 2 Toronto (4) ______| _ 3 Miami (3) 3 Miami (4) _____| 6 Charlotte (3) Conference Finals (Central times) *if necessary 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