News from May 27. Cle 113, Tor 87 at Tor LeBron James (Cle) had 33 points including 13-22 FG, 11 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 blocks. Kevin Love (Cle) had 20 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 12 rebounds. J.R. Smith (Cle) had 15 points on 5-8 3-pointers (and 0-1 2-pointers). Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 30 points, 9 assists, and 3 steals. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 35 points including 6-12 3-pointers. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 20 points. Cle shot 54.1% (40-74) FG and Tor shot 41.8% (33-79) FG. Cleveland takes the series 4-2 and advances to the NBA Finals where they will face the winner of the GS-OKC series. Playoff Standings [all rounds best of 7] 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Finals 1 GS (4) __ 8 Hou (1) |_ 1 Golden State (4) _ _ 5 Portland (1) | 4 LAC (2) _| |_ 1 Golden State (2) _ 5 Por (4) _ 3 Oklahoma City (3) | | | 2 SA (4) __ | | 7 Mem (0) |_ 2 San Antonio (2) _| | _ 3 Oklahoma City (4) | 3 OKC (4) _| | 6 Dal (1) |_ _ 1 Cleveland (0) | 1 Cle (4) _ | 8 Det (0) |_ 1 Cleveland (4) ____ | _ 4 Atlanta (0) | | 4 Atl (4) _| | | 5 Bos (2) |_ 1 Cleveland (3) _____| _ 2 Toronto (2) 2 Tor (4) _ | 7 Ind (3) |_ 2 Toronto (4) ______| _ 3 Miami (3) 3 Mia (4) _| 6 Cha (3) Conference Finals (Central times) *if necessary Saturday, May 28 Game 6: Golden State at Oklahoma City 8:00 pm TNT Monday, May 30 *Game 7: Oklahoma City at Golden State 8:00 pm TNT NBA Finals (Central times) *if necessary Thursday, June 2 Game 1: Cleveland vs GS/OKC 8:00 pm ABC ---- 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