News from April 25. The NBA announced that Grant Hill (Det) won the IBM Award. The IBM Award is given to the player with the highest statistical computation of the following formula: (Player PTS - FGA + REB + AST + STL + BLK - PF - TO + (team wins x 10) x 250) / (Team PTS - FGA + REB + AST + STL + BLK - PF - TO) The top 10 finishers for the IBM Award. Player Points Grant Hill (Det) ....... 112.10 Karl Malone (Uta) ...... 97.42 Patrick Ewing (NY) ..... 97.00 Dikembe Mutombo (Atl) .. 96.83 Anthony Mason (Cha) .... 93.63 Tim Hardaway (Mia) ..... 89.30 Mark Jackson (Ind) ..... 86.80 Alonzo Mourning (Mia) .. 85.69 Vin Baker (Mil) ........ 84.66 Michael Jordan (Chi) ... 84.50 Golden State won the draw with Toronto and, thus, Golden State will receive 24 chances and Toronto will receive 23 chances out of 2001 for the lottery (and if neither wins in the lottery, Golden State will draft before Toronto). Golden State and Toronto finished with a record of 30-52. Detroit won the draw with Portland and, thus, Detroit will select #19 in the draft and Portland will selected #20 in the draft. Detroit and Charlotte (whose draft pick Portland owns) finished with a record of 54-28. New Jersey won the draw with Atlanta and, thus, New Jersey will select #21 in the draft and Atlanta will select #22 in the draft. The LA Lakers (whose draft pick New Jersey owns from the George McCloud trade) finished with a record of 56-26. Seattle won the draw and Houston finished 2nd and, thus, Seattle will select #23, Houston will select #24, and New York will select #25 in the draft. Seattle, Houston, and New York finished with a record of 57-25. The lottery chances (out of 1001 - 1 is not assigned): Vancouver 250 Boston 200 San Antonio 157 Denver 120 Philadelphia 89 Boston 64 (from Dallas) New Jersey 44 Golden State 24 Toronto 23 Milwaukee 11 Sacramento 7 Indiana 6 Cleveland 5 The lottery, which decides who selects #1, #2, and #3 with the order of the rest of the picks being according to record, will take place during halftime of a playoff game on NBC May 18. Due to the expansion rules, Vancouver can not receive the #1 pick (if their number is drawn first, then they receive the #2 pick and the #1 pick is drawn again). The order of the #14-28 picks is as follows (Washington forfeited their pick this summer as part of the Juwan Howard fiasco): 14. LA Clippers 15. Dallas (from Minnesota) 16. Cleveland (from Phoenix) 17. Utah (from Orlando) 18. Portland 19. Detroit 20. Portland (from Charlotte) 21. New Jersey (from LA Lakers) 22. Atlanta 23. Seattle 24. Houston 25. New York 26. Miami 27. Utah 28. Chicago The NBA draft takes place June 26. Atl 89, Det 75 - at Atl Christian Laettner (Atl) had 18 points. Dikembe Mutombo (Atl) had 26 points including 10-14 FG and 15 rebounds. Steve Smith (Atl) had 17 points. Grant Hill (Det) had 20 points, 14 rebounds, and 7 assists. Joe Dumars (Det) had 17 points. Chi 98, Was 86 - at Chi Scottie Pippen (Chi) had 16 points including 5-16 FG and 10 rebounds. Michael Jordan (Chi) had 29 points, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists. Steve Kerr (Chi) had 13 points including 4-5 FG and 3-3 3-pointers. Juwan Howard (Was) had 21 points and 5 rebounds. Rod Strickland (Was) had 19 points, 10 rebounds, and 8 assists. Pho 106, Sea 101 - at Sea Rex Chapman (Pho) had 42 points including 9-17 3-pointers (setting the playoff record for 3-pointers made in a game) and 9-12 FT. Kevin Johnson (Pho) had 13 points including 4-13 FG, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 6 turnovers. Danny Manning (Pho) had 14 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Jason Kidd (Pho) had 11 points including 3-11 FG, 5 rebounds, and 10 assists. Shawn Kemp (Sea) had 19 points, 15 rebounds, and 7 turnovers. Detlef Schrempf (Sea) had 17 points including 4-14 FG and 7 rebounds. Hersey Hawkins (Sea) had 20 points including 8-11 FG and 3 steals. Gary Payton (Sea) had 23 points, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. Pho shot 27-37 FT and Sea shot 17-19 FT. LAL 95, Por 77 - at LAL Elden Campbell (LAL) had 20 points. Shaquille O'Neal (LAL) had 46 points including 12-18 FT and 11 rebounds. Nick Van Exel (LAL) had 10 points on 4-12 FG and 8 assists. Rasheed Wallace (Por) had 18 points. Arvydas Sabonis (Por) had 18 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Playoff Standings 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Finals (Best of 5) (Best of 7) (Best of 7) (Best of 7) 1 Utah (1) _ 8 LA Clippers (0) |_ _____________ _____ _ _____________ | 4 LA Lakers (1) ___| |_ _____________ _ 5 Portland (0) _ _____________ | | | 2 Seattle (0) _____ | | 7 Phoenix (1) |_ _____________ _____| | _ _____________ | 3 Houston (1) ___| | 6 Minnesota (0) |_ ___________ _ ___________ | 1 Chicago (1) __ | 8 Washington (0) |_ _____________ ____ | _ _____________) | | 4 Atlanta (1) _____| | | 5 Detroit (0) |_ _____________ _| _ _____________ 2 Miami (1) _____ | 7 Orlando (0) |_ _____________ _____| _ _____________ 3 New York (1) ___| 6 Charlotte (0)