News from May 23. Orlando named Jeff Weltman as president of basketball operations and John Hammond as GM. Cle 112, Bos 99 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 34 points including 15-27 FG and 1-6 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Kevin Love (Cle) had 17 points, 17 rebounds, and 5 assists. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 42 points including 15-22 FG and 4-7 3-pointers. Jae Crowder (Bos) had 18 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Avery Bradley (Bos) had 19 points including 1-7 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Cle shot 59.5% (44-74) FG and Bos shot 44.3% (35-79) FG. Cle leads the series 3-1. Playoff Standings [all rounds best of 7] 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Finals 1 GS (4) _ 8 Por (0) |_ 1 Golden State (4) _ _ 5 Utah (0) | 4 LAC (3) _| |_ 1 Golden State (4) _ 5 Uta (4) _ 2 San Antonio (0) | | | 2 SA (4) _ | | 7 Mem (2) |_ 2 San Antonio (4) __| | _ 3 Houston (2) | 3 Hou (4) _| | 6 OKC (1) |_ 1 Golden State (0) _ | 1 Bos (4) _ | 8 Chi (2) |_ 1 Boston (4) __ | _ 4 Washington (3) | | 4 Was (4) _| | | 5 Atl (2) |_ 1 Boston (1) ___| _ 2 Cleveland (3) 2 Cle (4) _ | 7 Ind (0) |_ 2 Cleveland (4) ____| _ 3 Toronto (0) 3 Tor (4) _| 6 Mil (2) Conference Finals (Central times) *if necessary Thursday, May 25 Game 5: Cleveland at Boston 7:30 pm TNT Saturday, May 27 *Game 6: Boston at Cleveland 7:30 pm TNT 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