News from April 23. The NBA announced that John Starks (NY) won the Sixth Man of the Year award. Starks received 84 out of 115 media votes. Toni Kukoc (Chi) received 7 votes, Chris Gatling (NJ) received 6 votes, Terry Mills (Det) received 5 votes, Dell Curry (Cha) received 4 votes, Sam Perkins (Sea) received 4 votes, Isaac Austin (Mia) received 1 vote, Mark Davis (Phi) received 1 vote, Danny Manning (Pho) received 1 vote, Bo Outlaw (LAC) received 1 vote, and Dominique Wilkins (SA) received 1 vote. San Antonio re-signed head coach Gregg Popovich to a multi-year contract. Dallas fired assistant coach Lanny Van Eman. Playoff Standings 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Finals (Best of 5) (Best of 7) (Best of 7) (Best of 7) 1 Utah (0) _ 8 LA Clippers (0) |_ _____________ _____ _ _____________ | 4 LA Lakers (0) ___| |_ _____________ _ 5 Portland (0) _ _____________ | | | 2 Seattle (0) _____ | | 7 Phoenix (0) |_ _____________ _____| | _ _____________ | 3 Houston (0) ___| | 6 Minnesota (0) |_ ___________ _ ___________ | 1 Chicago (0) __ | 8 Washington (0) |_ _____________ ____ | _ _____________) | | 4 Atlanta (0) _____| | | 5 Detroit (0) |_ _____________ _| _ _____________ 2 Miami (0) _____ | 7 Orlando (0) |_ _____________ _____| _ _____________ 3 New York (0) ___| 6 Charlotte (0)