News from May 17.

The NBA held the draft lottery Sunday.  The lottery determines the #1, #2,
and #3 picks amongst the non-playoff teams.  Vancouver actually won the
lottery, but per their expansion agreement they can not draft #1 and, thus,
will draft #2.  The LA Clippers' number came up next and they will draft
#1.  Denver will draft #3.  The draft order for the first 13 picks (I sent 
out the order for the entire draft about a week ago, so see
http://www.dfw.net/~patricia/draft98.txt for the complete listing).
   1. LA Clippers
   2. Vancouver 
   3. Denver
   4. Toronto
   5. Golden State
   6. Dallas
   7. Sacramento
   8. Philadelphia
   9. Milwaukee
  10. Boston
  11. Detroit
  12. Orlando
  13. Orlando  (from Golden State (Chris Webber-Anfernee Hardaway trade) 
                from Washington (Tom Gugliotta-Chris Webber trade)


Chi 85, Ind 79 - at Chi
Luc Longley (Chi) had 12 points and 8 rebounds.
Ron Harper (Chi) had 15 points including 6-9 FG, 5 rebounds, and 3 blocks.
Michael Jordan (Chi) had 31 points on 11-28 FG and 9-10 FT, 6 rebounds,
and 5 steals.
Dennis Rodman (Chi) had 11 points and 10 rebounds.
Mark Jackson (Ind) had 12 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists.
Reggie Miller (Ind) had 16 points including 5-14 FG.
Antonio Davis (Ind) had 12 points including 3-3 FG, 11 rebounds, and 3
blocks.
Chi leads the series 1-0.


Playoff Standings
  1st Round             2nd Round            3rd Round           Finals
  (Best of 5)           (Best of 7)          (Best of 7)       (Best of 7)
1 Utah (3)    _____
8 Houston (2)      |_ 1 Utah (4)        _
                    _ 5 San Antonio (1)  |
4 Phoenix (1)     _|                     |_ 1 Utah (1)      _
5 San Antonio (3)                         _ 3 LA Lakers (0)  |
                                         |                   |
2 Seattle (3)   ___                      |                   |
7 Minnesota (2)    |_ 2 Seattle (1)   ___|                   |
                    _ 3 LA Lakers (4)                        |
3 LA Lakers (3) ___|                                         |
6 Portland (1)                                               |_ __________
                                                              _ __________
                                                             |
1 Chicago (3)    __                                          |
8 New Jersey (0)   |_ 1 Chicago (4)   ___                    |
                    _ 4 Charlotte (1)    |                   |
4 Charlotte (3) ___|                     |                   |
5 Atlanta (1)                            |_ 1 Chicago (1) ___|
                                          _ 3 Indiana (0)   
2 Miami (2)    ____                      |
7 New York (3)     |_ 7 New York (1) ____|
                    _ 3 Indiana (4)
3 Indiana (3)   ___|
6 Cleveland (1)