News from May 10. The NBA fined Isaiah Thomas (Bos) $25,000 for directing inappropriate language towards a fan during Friday's Bos-Was game. Bos 123, Was 101 at Bos Jae Crowder (Bos) had 18 points and 8 rebounds. Al Horford (Bos) had 19 points on 8-9 FG and 3-4 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 blocks. Avery Bradley (Bos) had 29 points including 12-19 FG and 4-7 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Isaiah Thomas (Bos) had 18 points and 9 assists. John Wall (Was) had 21 points. Bradley Beal (Was) had 16 points. Bos shot 52.9% (46-87) FG and Was shot 38.5% (35-91) FG. Bos 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 (4) _ _ 5 Utah (0) | 4 LA Clippers (3) __| |_ 1 Golden State (0) _ 5 Utah (4) _ | | | 2 San Antonio (4) __ | | 7 Memphis (2) |_ 2 San Antonio (3) __| | _ 3 Houston (2) | 3 Houston (4) _| | 6 Oklahoma City (1) |_ _ | 1 Boston (4) ______ | 8 Chicago (2) |_ 1 Boston (3) __ | _ 4 Washington (2) | | 4 Washington (4) ___| | | 5 Atlanta (2) |_ ___| _ 2 Cleveland (0) 2 Cleveland (4) ____ | 7 Indiana (0) |_ 2 Cleveland (4) ____| _ 3 Toronto (0) 3 Toronto (4) ____| 6 Milwaukee (2) Second Round (Central times) *if necessary Thursday, May 11 Game 6: San Antonio at Houston 7:00 pm ESPN Friday, May 12 Game 6: Boston at Washington 7:00 pm ESPN Sunday, May 14 *Game 7: Houston at San Antonio 2:30 pm ABC Monday, May 15 *Game 7: Washington at Boston 7:00 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