News from May 21. LeBron James (Cle) was named as winner of the J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award, as selected by the Professional Basketball Writers Association. James was selected from a group of 5 finalist with Carmelo Anthony (NY), Jimmy Butler (Chi), C.J. McCollum (Por), and Zach Randolph (Mem) as the other finalists. Boston activated James Young and placed Isaiah Thomas (hip injury) on IL. Bos 111, Cle 108 at Cle Marcus Smart (Bos) had 27 points including 7-10 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Avery Bradley (Bos) had 20 points including 8-23 FG and the game winning 3-pointer at the buzzer. Jae Crowder (Bos) had 14 points, 11 rebounds, and 3 steals. Al Horford (Bos) had 16 points and 6 assists. Kevin Love (Cle) had 28 points including 7-13 3-pointers, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Tristan Thompson (Cle) had 18 points on 3-4 FG and 12-15 FT and 13 rebounds including 7 offensive. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 29 points including 10-15 FG and 4-6 3-pointers and 7 assists. Bos shot 9-12 FT and Cle shot 28-36 FT. Cle leads the series 2-1. 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 (3) _ 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 (4) __ | _ 4 Washington (3) | | 4 Washington (4) ___| | | 5 Atlanta (2) |_ 1 Boston (1) ___| _ 2 Cleveland (2) 2 Cleveland (4) ____ | 7 Indiana (0) |_ 2 Cleveland (4) ____| _ 3 Toronto (0) 3 Toronto (4) ____| 6 Milwaukee (2) Conference Finals (Central times) *if necessary Monday, May 22 Game 4: Golden State at San Antonio 8:00 pm ESPN Tuesday, May 23 Game 4: Boston at Cleveland 7:30 pm TNT Wednesday, May 24 *Game 5: San Antonio at Golden State 8:00 pm ESPN Thursday, May 25 Game 5: Cleveland at Boston 7:30 pm TNT Friday, May 26 *Game 6: Golden State at San Antonio 8:00 pm ESPN Saturday, May 27 *Game 6: Boston at Cleveland 7:30 pm TNT Sunday, May 28 *Game 7: San Antonio at Golden State 8:00 pm ESPN Monday, May 29 *Game 7: Cleveland at Boston 7:30 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