News from April 24. The NBA named Arvydas Sabonis (Por) as Rookie of the Month. Sabonis averaged 16.1 points and 11 rebounds as Portland went 18-3. The NBA named Juwan Howard (Was) as Player of the Month. Howard avergaed 29.1 points on 52.8% FG and 80.5% FT, 10.7 rebounds, and 4.5 assists. The NBA held drawings to determine the order for the draft for the 6 teams that had the same records. Minnesota will be slotted 5th for the lottery and Dallas will be slotted 6th (which means Minnesota has more chances at winning the lottery, the actual positions for the lottery teams is determined by the lottery drawing for the first 3 positions and then according to record for positions 4-13). Detroit will select at 18 and Atlanta will select at 19. Cleveland will select at 20 and New York will select at 21. Playoff Standings First Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Finals 1 Seattle (0) _____ 8 Sacramento (0) |__ __________ __ __ __________ | 4 LA Lakers (0) ___| |__ __________ __ 5 Houston (0) __ __________ | | | 2 San Antonio (0) _ | | 7 Phoenix (0) |__ ___________ __| | __ ___________ | 3 Utah (0) _______| | 6 Portland (0) |__ __________ __ __________ | 1 Chicago (0) ____ | 8 Miami (0) |__ ___________ __ | __ ___________ | | 4 Cleveland (0) __| | | 5 New York (0) |__ __________ __| __ __________ 2 Orlando (0) ____ | 7 Detroit (0) |__ ___________ | __ ___________ __| 3 Indiana (0) ____| 6 Atlanta (0)