News from May 11. Houston activated Isaiah Taylor and placed Kyle Wiltjer on IL. San Antonio activated Joel Anthony and placed Kawhi Leonard (sprained left ankle) on IL. SA 114, Hou 75 at Hou LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 34 points including 16-26 FG and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. Jonathon Simmons (SA) had 18 points. Patty Mills (SA) had 14 points and 7 assists. Trevor Ariza (Hou) had 20 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Clint Capela (Hou) had 15 points on 3-11 FG and 9-14 FT and 12 rebounds. SA shot 53.1% (51-96) FG and Hou shot 28.6% (22-77) FG> SA out-scored Hou 60-37 including 14-10 offensive. San Antonio takes the series 4-2 and advances to the Conference Finals where they will face Golden State. 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 (0) | | | 2 San Antonio (4) __ | | 7 Memphis (2) |_ 2 San Antonio (4) __| | _ 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 Friday, May 12 Game 6: Boston at Washington 7:00 pm ESPN Monday, May 15 *Game 7: Washington at Boston 7:00 pm TNT Conference Finals (Central times) *if necessary Sunday, May 14 Game 1: San Antonio at Golden State 2:30 pm ABC Tuesday, May 16 Game 2: San Antonio at Golden State 8:00 pm ESPN Saturday, May 20 Game 3: Golden State at San Antonio 8:00 pm ESPN Monday, May 22 Game 4: Golden State at San Antonio 8:00 pm ESPN Wednesday, May 24 *Game 5: San Antonio at Golden State 8:00 pm ESPN Friday, May 26 *Game 6: Golden State at San Antonio 8:00 pm ESPN Sunday, May 28 *Game 7: San Antonio at Golden State 8:00 pm ESPN ---- 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