News from June 1. Phoenix hired Paul Silas as an assistant coach. Vancouver signed free agent Kevin Pritchard. The NBA fined Nick Van Exel (LAL) $5,000 for playing in an "unsanctioned" game. Members of Cincinnati's 1992 team played the touring Russian National team Wednesday. Since the game was not sanctioned by the NBA, Van Exel would not have been covered under his contract if he was injured in the game. News from June 2. Toronto hired Brendan Malone as their head coach. With Houston making the Finals, Portland receives Houston's #19 draft pick for the 1995 draft as part of the Thorpe-Drexler trade. Not quite News from June 3. About a week ago, the Long Island Surf (USBL) signed Arthur Agee. Agee was one of the stars from the documentary movie Hoop Dreams (and if you haven't seen Hoop Dreams yet, go rent or buy it). The Playoff Pool Money (as distributed to the team) NBA Champion: $1,204,000 NBA Runner-up: $798,000 Best Record in the NBA: $224,000 (SA) Teams participating in conference finals: $199,500 each (Hou, SA, Ind, Orl) Best record in conference: $196,000 each (SA, Orl) 2nd best record in conference: $157,500 each (Uta, NY) Teams participating in the 2nd round: $120,750 each (SA, LAL, Pho, Hou, Orl, Chi, Ind, NY) 3rd best record in conference: $117,500 each (Pho, Ind) Teams participating in the 1st round: $101,500 each (SA, Den, Sea, LAL, Pho, Por, Uta, Hou, Orl, Bos, Cha, Chi, Ind, Atl, NY, Cle) 4th best record in conference: $92,500 each (Sea, Cha) 5th best record in conference: $77,000 each (LAL, Chi) 6th best record in conference: $52,500 each (Hou, Cle) For a total of $7 million. And a non-NBA funny: The Ottawa Rough Riders drafted a dead defensive lineman in the Canadian Football League dispersal draft. The headline in the local paper read: "Rough Riders Draft a Real Stiff". News from June 5. Golden State hired John Wetzel as an assistant coach. Wetzel was an assistant for New Jersey last season. The Chicago draft camp is going on. It offically started Saturday with weigh ins and physicals. Over 70 players have attended. The basketball workouts start Tuesday. Most of the top players will not be participating in the workouts. News from June 6. Detroit hired Alvin Gentry and Don Casey as assistant coaches. News from June 7. Boston extended GM and Executive VP Jan Volk's contract. Boston exercised their option to terminate Xavier McDaniel's contract. News from June 11. David Moore (ESPN and Dallas Morning News) reports that the owners will impose a lockout once the Finals end. The league has played this season without a new collective bargaining agreement but with a no-strike, no-lockout agreement for the season. Negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement broke off a few weeks ago and no new meetings are scheduled. The lockout will restrict summer training camps, trades, contract extensions, and free agent signings. The rookie and expansion drafts will still take place. [A big PPPPFFFFFFFTTTTT!!!! to both the players and owners for being too dense to come to an agreement!] Teams must submit their 8 player protection list for the expansion draft Wednesday. The coin toss to determine which of the expansion teams will have the 6th pick and which will select first in the expansion draft will occur Friday. News from June 13. Charlotte named Bob Bass as vice president of basketball operations. News from June 14. Lockout Update: With extensive negotiations on-going, the Players Association and the NBA have agreeded to extended the current No Strike, No Lockout agreement, that has been in place since the 1994-95 season started, as long as progress is being made. [Reports of 8 hours of meetings on Monday and 10 1/2 on Tuesday in addition to Wednesday's meetings.] Commissioner Davis Stern reports that substantial progress has been made in reaching a new collective bargaining agreement. Part of the No Strike, No Lockout agreement is a moratorium on player contracts (ie, teams can not extend or adjust existing contracts). Teams are permitted to make trades following the old collective bargaining agreement rules, but may not adjust salaries to try to make a trade work. Stern has scheduled a Board of Governors' (owners') meeting for Tuesday. Houston sweeps the series 4-0 to win the NBA World Championship for 1995. Hakeem Olajuwon was unanimously named as the Finals MVP. Thus ends the 1994-95 NBA season. The 1994-95 NBA Playoffs Finals (best of 7) 1. Orlando ... 0 6. Houston ... 4 1st round (best of 5) 2nd round (best of 7) 3rd round (best of 7) 1. Orlando ... 3 ___ 8. Boston .... 1 |__ 1. Orlando ... 4 ___ __ 5. Chicago ... 2 | 4. Charlotte . 1 ___| |__ 1. Orlando ... 4 5. Chicago ... 3 __ 2. Indiana ... 3 | 2. Indiana ... 3 ___ | 7. Atlanta ... 0 |__ 2. Indiana ... 4 ___| __ 3. New York .. 3 3. New York .. 3 ___| 6. Cleveland . 1 1. San Antonio 3 ___ 8. Denver .... 0 |__ 1. San Antonio 4 ___ __ 5. LA Lakers . 2 | 4. Seattle ... 1 ___| |__ 1. San Antonio 2 5. LA Lakers . 3 __ 6. Houston ... 4 | 2. Phoenix ... 3 ___ | 7. Portland .. 0 |__ 2. Phoenix ... 3 ___| __ 6. Houston ... 4 3. Utah ...... 2 ___| 6. Houston ... 3 Admin note: With no more games for the summer, these Daily News reports will become not quite daily. When new information occurs, I'll send out a report (I might hang on to minor news for a few days until more news or something major occurs). patricia (What am I supposed to do now???) T minus 111 days. News from June 15. Pat Riley resigned as coach of the New York Knicks. Trade: Miami traded Harold Miner (G) and a '95 2nd round draft pick (#39) to Cleveland for their '95 2nd round draft pick (#46) and future considerations. The trade freed up a salary slot to ... Miami signed Predrag Danilovic (G) to a multi-year contract. Phoenix signed Stefano Rusconi (F/C) to a multi-year contract. San Antonio exercised their option clause and bought out Terry Cummings contract. Cummings is now an unrestricted free agent. News from June 16. Vancouver won the coin flip for the two expansion teams and elected to select at #6 in the rookie draft. Thus, Toronto receives the 7th pick in the rookie draft and gets to select first in the expansion draft. News from June 19. Vancouver named Brian Winters as head coach. Winters was an assistant coach for Lenny Wilkens for the last 9 years. Boston named M.L. Carr as head coach. Carr has never coached and was Boston's director of basketball operations last season. Houston did not pick up the option on Carl Herrera making him an unrestricted free agent. This is believed to be a move so that the team did not have to protect Herrera in the expansion draft (and, thus, could protect another player) and that Houston will try to re-sign Herrera in the off season. Of course, other teams can also try to sign Herrera. Philadelphia named Kevin Carroll as their trainer. Labor Talks: The negotiations have hit a major snag. Some of the players are complaining that the player representatives in the negotiations are not keeping them informed and are not representing the players' wants very well. Several star players have signed a statement stating that they no longer wish to be represented by the Players Association. If 50% of the players sign such a statement, the Players Association will be disbaned and who knows what will happen then. The owners' meeting that was scheduled for Tuesday and the players' meeting that was scheduled for Monday have both been tentatively postponed to Friday. News from June 21. The NBA fined Chicago $100,000 for permitting Michael Jordan to change his jersey number from #45 to #23 during the playoffs. The team was fined an initial $25,000 when Jordan wore #23 in game 2 of the Orlando- Chicago seires and warned that additional punishment would be assessed after the playoffs ended if Jordan continued to wear #23. The fine amounts to $25,000 per game for games 3-6 of the series. Bobby Cremins (Georgia Tech), Clem Haskins (University of Minnesota), and Jerry Sloan (Utah Jazz) were named as assistant coaches for the US 1996 Mens Olymipic basketball team. Labor Talks The good news: The NBA and the Players Association have reached an agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA). The agreement was reached late Wednesday night. Copies of the agreement were sent via overnight mail to all the players and owners for review. The vote on the new CBA for both the owners and players is scheduled for Friday. 21 of the 27 player representives and a majority of the owners must vote in favor of the CBA for its ratification. It is a 6 year deal that extends through the 2000-01 season. Rumored parts of the new CBA: * Rookie cap - rookies will receive the salary of the average of the players selected at the same spot in the draft over the past 7 years plus a 20% increase; the contract is limited to 3 years, after which the rookie becomes an unrestricted free agent * The 2nd round of the rookie draft will be abolished after 3 years * The players will receive 57% of the revenue (old 53%) * The salary cap will be raised to about $24 million ($15 million for 94-95 season) for the first year of the CBA and will increase to about $32.5 million for the duration of the CBA * The percentage of revenue that the players receive will now include luxury boxes, club seats, and foreign TV money * A luxury tax will be assessed if the percentage of revenue to salaries exceeds 63% * A luxury tax will be assessed if an individual contract is raised more than 10% of the old contract * Teams will still be allowed to re-sign free agents without regard to the salary cap The bad news: 17 players have filed legal papers with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to decertify the Players Association. 30% of the players (98 of the 324 players) must support decertifying the union by Friday for the NLRB to take the next step. The next step would be a hearing by the NLRB within two weeks to decided if a vote will be taken for decertification. If the vote takes place, a majority of the players (163) is needed to decrtify the union. If that occurs, the new CBA will be void. Several player agents [who are behind this mess] say that they have over 100 players in support of the decertification while the NBA says the decertification movement is losing support now that the players are seeing the new agreement. The 17 players who filed the petition are: Terrell Brandon (Cle), Antonio Davis (Ind), Dale Davis (Ind), Vlade Divac (LAL), Pervis Ellison (Bos), Patrick Ewing (NY), Horace Grant (Orl), Tyrone Hill (Cle), Allan Houston (Det), Michael Jordan (Chi), Jason Kidd (Dal), Billy Owens (Mia), Gary Payton (Sea), Scottie Pippen (Chi), Dino Radja (Bos), Isaiah Rider (Min), Rony Seikaly (GS). [Note: a lot of these players have the same agents.] News from June 23. Rodrick Rhodes (Junior) withdrew his name from the NBA Rookie Draft. Boston re-signed assistant coach Don Casey to a 4 year contract. Chuck Daly withdrew his name from consideration from the New York coaching job. The expansion draft for Vancouver and Toronto takes place today (Saturday). The NBA rookie draft is Wednesday. Labor Talks The NBA Board of Governors (owners) voted unanimously 28-0 to approve the collective bargaining agreement. Miami was absent. The Player Association's player representives voted to indefinitely postpone their vote. Their main concern is the luxury tax that is part of the proposed CBA. More discussions will occur later and they may want to renegotiate part of the proposed deal (ie, they did not flat out reject it). The Player Association also reported that there was more unity after their meeting and that they are not concerned with the decertification action that was initiated a few days ago. [The Dallas Morning News reported that the players represented by agent Aaron Goodwin (including Jason Kidd and Gary Payton) who were among the 17 who filed the petition for decertification no longer supported the move as receiving the details of the new agreement satisfied their concerns over the Players Association not informing the players.] News from June 24. The expansion draft was held yesterday. Toronto and Vancouver selected a player from the 27 pre-existing teams, excluding the 8 players that each team protected. Expansion Player Former team 1. Toronto B.J. Armstrong Chicago 2. Vancouver Greg Anthony New York 3. Toronto Tony Massenburg LA Clippers 4. Vancouver Rodney Dent* Orlando - Vancouver also received Orlando's 2nd round draft pick in 1996 5. Toronto Andres Guibert Minnesota 6. Vancouver Antonio Harvey LA Lakers 7. Toronto Keith Jennings Golden State 8. Vancouver Reggie Slater Denver 9. Toronto Dontonio Wingfield Seattle 10. Vancouver Trevor Ruffin* Phoenix 11. Toronto Doug Smith* Dallas 12. Vancouver Derrick Phelps* Sacramento 13. Toronto Jerome Kersey Portland - Porland will pay a percentage of Kersey's salary 14. Vancouver Larry Stewart Washington 15. Toronto Zan Tabak Houston 16. Vancouver Kenny Gattison Charlotte 17. Toronto Willie Anderson San Antonio 18. Vancouver Byron Scott Indiana 19. Toronto Ed Pinckey Milwaukee 20. Vancouver Gerald Wilkins Cleveland 21. Toronto Acie Earl Boston 22. Vancouver Benoit Benjamin New Jersey 23. Toronto B.J. Tyler Philadelphia 24. Vancouver Doug Edwards Atlanta 25. Toronto John Salley Miami 26. Vancouver Blue Edwards Utah 27. Toronto Oliver Miller Detroit *players were restricted free agents. Per the rules of the draft, restricted free agents who were selected are now unrestricted free agents. 7 restricted free agents were selected (unfortunately, they did not say who they all were). David Moore (Dallas Morning News) reports that the following players have been selected to be a part of the 1996 US Olympic basketball team: Anfernee Hardaway (G, Orl) Grant Hill (F, Det) Karl Malone (F, Uta) Reggie Miller (G, Ind) Scottie Pippen (F, Chi) Hakeem Olajuwon (C, Hou) Shaquille O'Neal (C, Orl) David Robinson (C, SA) Glenn Robinson (F, Mil) John Stockton (G, Uta) The official announcement of the 10 players will be made in late July. Two additional players will be selected after the 1995-96 season ends. News from June 26. John Wallace (Junior) withdrew his name from consideration for the NBA draft. Underclassmen who declared for the draft can remove their name from consideration prior to the draft and can return to college as long as they have not obtain an agent. Trade: Portland traded the #18, #19, and #58 draft picks to Detroit for their #8 draft pick. News from June 27. Atlanta named Jerry Powell as an assistant coach. Trade: Charlotte traded Hersey Hawkins and David Wingate to Seattle for Kendall Gill. Trade: Washington traded the #37 draft pick to the LA Lakers for two 2nd round draft picks in 1996. Rumor: It is believed that a "gentleman's agreement" exists between Detroit and Portland and that Otis Thorpe will be traded to Detroit for whom ever is selected at #19 (which was part of the Portland-Detroit trade Monday) once the new collective bargaining agreement is in placed. The traded does not work under the rules of the current CBA. Draft Talk The most talked about pick is Washington's #4. 15 teams have shown interest in trying to obtain the pick. The most common rumor is Portland's #8 and Rod Strickland to Washington for the #4 and Rex Chapman. Most of the draft experts do not expect Washington to keep the #4. And the player most rumored for the teams vying for the #4 want is Kevin Garnett. A couple of teams are also try to get Vancouver's #6 pick. Garnett is one of the players whose stock has skyrocketed in the past few weeks. At the end of the season, he was projected to be a late first round or early second round pick. He'll probably go top 5 (Minnesota wants him). Miami is rumored to be strongly interested in TCU's Kurt Thomas at #10. His stock has also skyrocketed with his visits to the teams. On the other end of the spectrum, Rashard Griffith's stock has plummeted. Originally projected as a lottery pick, he is now expected to go late in the first round. Teams have until 1:00 today (Wednesday) to make draft trades. The rookie draft is tonight starting at 6:30 (Central) and will be broadcast on TNT. The draft itself is taking place in Toronto. The 1995 Draft Order First Round 1. Golden State 2. LA Clippers 3. Philadelphia 4. Washington 5. Minnesota 6. Vancouver 7. Toronto 8. Portland (from Detroit) 9. New Jersey 10. Miami 11. Milwaukee 12. Dallas 13. Sacramento 14. Boston 15. Denver 16. Atlanta 17. Cleveland 18. Detroit (from Portland) 19. Detroit (from Houston through Portland) 20. Chicago 21. Phoenix (from LA Lakers) 22. Charlotte 23. Indiana 24. Dallas (from New York) 25. Orlando 26. Seattle 27. Phoenix 28. Utah 29. San Antonio Second Round 30. Detroit (from LA Clippers) 31. Chicago (from Minnesota) 32. Washington 33. Boston (from Philadelphia through Utah) 34. Golden State 35. Toronto 36. Vancouver 37. LA Lakers (from Washington through Detroit) 38. Milwaukee (from New Jersey through Orlando) 39. Cleveland (from Miami) 40. Golden State (from Milwaukee through LA Lakers) 41. Houston (from Dallas) 42. Atlanta (from Sacramento) 43. Milwaukee (from Boston) 44. Denver 45. Atlanta 46. Miami (from Cleveland) 47. Sacramento (from Portland through Golden State) 48. Minnesota (from Chicago) 49. Minnesota (from Houston) 50. Golden State (from LA Lakers through Seattle) 51. Sacramento (from Charlotte) 52. Indiana 53. LA Clippers (from New York) 54. Seattle 55. Golden State (from Orlando through Seattle) 56. Phoenix 57. Atlanta (from Utah) 58. Detroit (from San Antonio through Houston and Portland) News from June 28. The LA Lakers signed assistant coach Larry Drew at a contract extension. Micheal Jordan (Chi), Patrick Ewing (NY), Alonzo Mourning (Cha), Stacey Augmon (Atl), Dale Davis (Ind), Stacey King (Min), and Howard Eisley filed an antitrust suit against the NBA. The 27 page class action claims that the salary cap and the draft are illegal due to the old collective bargaining agreement having expired and that they claim the Player Association no longer represents the majority of the players. The ruling on a similar suit ruled in January that the players could not proceed with an antitrust suit as long as they are unionixed. The NBA and the Player Association say that the suit does not affect the collective bargaining agreement negotiations. The 1995 NBA Rookie Draft (taken from Justin Ridge's mailing so that I don't have to type it all in - thanks Justin!) PICK TEAM PLAYER COLLEGE POS HT WT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Golden State Joe Smith Maryland PF 6- 9 220 2. LA Clippers(a) Antonio McDyess Alabama PF 6- 9 230 3. Philadelphia Jerry Stackhouse North Carolina SF 6- 5 208 4. Washington Rasheed Wallace North Carolina PF 6-10 230 5. Minnesota Kevin Garnett Farragut HS PF 6-11 217 6. Vancouver Bryant Reeves Oklahoma State C 7- 0 290 7. Toronto Damon Stoudamire Arizona PG 5-10 170 8. Portland(b) Shawn Respert Michigan State SG 6- 1 198 9. New Jersey Ed O'Bannon UCLA SF 6- 8 222 10. Miami Kurt Thomas Texas Christian PF 6- 9 240 11. Milwaukee(b) Gary Trent Ohio PF 6- 6 252 12. Dallas Cherokee Parks Duke PF 6-10 247 13. Sacramento Corliss Williamson Arkansas PF 6- 6 244 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 14. Boston Eric Williams Providence SF 6- 7 222 15. Denver(a) Brent Barry Oregon State SF 6- 6 187 16. Atlanta Alan Henderson Indiana PF 6- 9 235 17. Cleveland Bob Sura Florida State SG 6- 4 195 18. Detroit Theo Ratliff Wyoming PF 6- 9 225 19. Detroit Randolph Childress Wake Forest PG 6- 1 182 20. Chicago Jason Caffey Alabama PF 6- 8 257 21. Phoenix Michael Finley Wisconsin SF 6- 7 217 22. Charlotte George Zidek UCLA C 7- 0 275 23. Indiana Travis Best Georgia Tech PG 5-11 178 24. Dallas Loren Meyer Iowa State C 6-10 261 25. Orlando David Vaughn Memphis State PF 6- 9 253 26. Seattle Sherell Ford Illinois-Chicago SF 6- 6 205 27. Phoenix Mario Bennett Arizona State PF 6- 9 219 28. Utah Greg Ostertag Kansas C 7- 0 275 29. San Antonio Corey Alexander Virginia PG 6- 0 187 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 30. Detroit Lou Roe Massachusetts SF 6- 6 222 31. Chicago Dragan Tarlac Olympiakos-Athens C 6-10 268 32. Washington(c) Terrence Rencher Texas PG 6- 3 186 33. Boston Junior Burrough Virginia PF 6- 7 251 34. Golden State Andrew DeClercq Florida PF 6- 9 221 35. Toronto Jimmy King Michigan SG 6- 4 207 36. Vancouver Lawrence Moten Syracuse SG 6- 5 188 37. LA Lakers Frankie King Western Carolina SG 6- 1 190 38. Milwaukee Rashard Griffith Wisconsin C 6-10 274 39. Cleveland Donny Marshall Connecticut SF 6- 6 225 40. Golden State Dwayne Whitfield Jackson State PF 6- 6 246 41. Houston Erik Meek Duke PF 6-10 261 42. Atlanta Donnie Boyce Colorado SF 6- 5 196 43. Milwaukee Eric Snow Michigan State PG 6- 3 200 44. Denver Anthony Pelle Fresno State C 7- 0 260 45. Atlanta Troy Brown Providence PF 6- 8 225 46. Miami George Banks Texas-El Paso PF 6- 7 201 47. Sacramento Tyus Edney UCLA PG 5-10 160 48. Minnesota Mark Davis Texas Tech SF 6- 6 208 49. Minnesota Jerome Allen Pennsylvania PG 6- 3 184 50. Golden State Martin Lewis Seward County CC SF 6- 6 ? 51. Sacramento Dejan Bodiroga Stefonel-Milan SG 6- 7 210 52. Indiana Fred Hoiberg Iowa State SG 6- 3 211 53. LA Clippers Constantin Popa Miami (Florida) C 7- 2 240 54. Seattle Zydrunas Ilgauskas Kaunas (Lithuania) C 7- 1 238 55. Golden State Michael McDonald New Orleans C 6- 9 211 56. Phoenix Chris Carr Southern Illinois SF 6- 5 207 57. Atlanta Cuonzo Martin Purdue SG 6- 4 213 58. Detroit Don Reid Georgetown PF 6- 8 255 a) The LA Clippers traded Randy Woods and the rights to Antonio McDyess (#2) to Denver for Rodney Rogers and the rights to Brent Barry (#15). b) Portland traded the rights to Shawn Respert (#8) to Milwaukee for the rights to Gary Trent (#11) and a first round draft pick in 1996. c) Washington traded Rex Chapman and the rights to Terrence Rencher (#32) to Miami for the rights to Jeff Webster (#40 in 1994) and Ed Stokes (#35 in 1993). News from June 30. Trade: Chicago traded Corie Blount to the LA Lakers for future considerations. Golden State named George Irvine assistant coach and renewed the contract of assistant Rod Higgins. George Lynch underwent successful surgery on his right foot. As expected, the owners locked out the players at 12:01 last night. The lockout means that there will be: no player signings or contract negotiations, no player workouts, no summer camps or summer leagues, no trades, suspension of player benefits, and the team workout facilities are closed to the players. Hopefully an agreement will be worked out before the summer ends and no games will be lost. [grumble, grumble, stupid agents, grumble] News from June 12. Dale Davis (Ind) underwent successful surgery on his right shoulder. Davis had separated his right shoulder three different times during last season. His arm will be in a sling for 4 to 6 weeks. Lockout News: The main reasons for the threat/in placement of a owners' lockout after the playoffs end include forcing a restart of the stalled negotiations, preventing re-signings of free agents by teams trying to avoid provisions that may be in the new collective bargaining agreement [free agents are officially free agents the day after the playoffs end and can be re-signed then], applying pressure for an agreement but not too much pressure as no games will be missed, and making sure a new agreement is in place before next season so that no games are missed. The threat has succeeded in restarting negotiations. Key figures in both the NBA and Players Association met Monday night. It was the first meeting between the two groups since May 24. The three main points of contention between the players and owners are what percentage of the revenue the players will receive, hardcap or softcap [owners stupidly want a hardcap - look what it did to football], and free agency [players want to get rid of restricted free agency]. The 1994-95 NBA Playoffs Finals (best of 7) 1. Orlando ... 0 6. Houston ... 3 1st round (best of 5) 2nd round (best of 7) 3rd round (best of 7) 1. Orlando ... 3 ___ 8. Boston .... 1 |__ 1. Orlando ... 4 ___ __ 5. Chicago ... 2 | 4. Charlotte . 1 ___| |__ 1. Orlando ... 4 5. Chicago ... 3 __ 2. Indiana ... 3 | 2. Indiana ... 3 ___ | 7. Atlanta ... 0 |__ 2. Indiana ... 4 ___| __ 3. New York .. 3 3. New York .. 3 ___| 6. Cleveland . 1 1. San Antonio 3 ___ 8. Denver .... 0 |__ 1. San Antonio 4 ___ __ 5. LA Lakers . 2 | 4. Seattle ... 1 ___| |__ 1. San Antonio 2 5. LA Lakers . 3 __ 6. Houston ... 4 | 2. Phoenix ... 3 ___ | 7. Portland .. 0 |__ 2. Phoenix ... 3 ___| __ 6. Houston ... 4 3. Utah ...... 2 ___| 6. Houston ... 3 Schedule (* means if necessary) (Central Time) Wednesday June 14 Orlando at Houston 8:00 NBC *Friday June 16 Orlando at Houston 8:00 NBC *Sunday June 18 Houston at Orlando 6:30 NBC *Wednesday June 21 Houston at Orlando 8:00 NBC