News from April 24. GS 128, Por 103 at Por Stephen Curry (GS) had 37 points including 12-20 FG and 7-11 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists. Klay Thompson (GS) had 18 points. Draymond Green (GS) had 21 points including 7-11 FG and 5-8 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Damian Lillard (Por) had 34 points and 6 assists. Al-Farouq Aminu (Por) had 25 points including 5-9 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. GS out-scord Por 45-22 in the 1st quarter. GS shot 53.5% (46-86) FG and Por shot 38.8% (33-85) FG. Shaun Livingston (GS, sprained finger) and Jusuf Nurkic (Por, right leg) did not play and Steve Kerr (GS, ill) did not coach. Golden State sweeps the series 4-0 and advances to the 2nd round where they will face the winner of the LAC-Uta series. Atl 111, Was 101 at Atl Paul Millsap (Atl) had 19 points, 9 rebounds, and 7 assists. Dwight Howard (Atl) had 16 points and 15 rebounds. Dennis Schroder (Atl) had 18 points. Bradley Beal (Was) had 32 points including 5-14 FG and 5 rebounds. John Wall (Was) had 22 points, 5 rebounds, 10 assists, and 6 turnovers. The series is tied 2-2. Tor 118, Mil 93 at Tor Norman Powell (Tor) had 25 points including 8-11 FG and 4-4 3-pointers and 3 steals. Serge Ibaka (Tor) had 19 points including 8-10 FG, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 18 points and 6 assists. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 30 points including 12-19 FG, 9 rebounds, 3 steals, and 3 blocks. Malcolm Brogdon (Mil) had 19 points including 7-11 FG and 5-7 3-pointers. Tor leads the series 3-2. Playoff Standings [all rounds best of 7] 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Finals 1 Golden State (4) _ 8 Portland (0) |_ 1 Golden State (0) _ _ | 4 LA Clippers (2) __| |_ __ 5 Utah (2) _ | | | 2 San Antonio (2) __ | | 7 Memphis (2) |_ __| | _ | 3 Houston (3) _| | 6 Oklahoma City (1) |_ _ | 1 Boston (2) ______ | 8 Chicago (2) |_ __ | _ | | 4 Washington (2) ___| | | 5 Atlanta (2) |_ __| _ 2 Cleveland (4) ____ | 7 Indiana (0) |_ 2 Cleveland (0) ____| _ 3 Toronto (3) ____| 6 Milwaukee (2) First Round (Central times) *if necessary Tuesday, April 25 Game 5: Oklahoma City at Houston 7:00 pm TNT Game 5: Memphis at San Antonio 8:00 pm NBATV Game 5: Utah at LA Clippers 9:30 pm TNT Wednesday, April 26 Game 5: Chicago at Boston TBD Game 5: Atlanta at Washington TBD *Game 5: Portland at Golden State TBD Thursday, April 27 Game 6: Toronto at Milwaukee TBD Game 6: San Antonio at Memphis TBD *Game 6: Houston at Oklahoma City TBD Friday, April 28 Game 6: Boston at Chicago TBD *Game 6: Washington at Atlanta TBD *Game 6: Golden State at Portland TBD Game 6: LA Clippers at Utah TBD Saturday, April 29 *Game 7: Milwaukee at Toronto TBD *Game 7: Memphis at San Antonio TBD *Game 7: Oklahoma City at Houston TBD Sunday, April 30 *Game 7: Chicago at Boston TBD *Game 7: Atlanta at Washington TBD *Game 7: Portland at Golden State TBD *Game 7: Utah at LA Clippers TBD ---- 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