News from June 12. Toronto signed head coach Butch Carter to a two year contract with a third year at the team's option. Darrell Walker resigned as coach of Toronto February 13 and Carter was named as interim coach. Uta 83, Chi 81 - at Chi Karl Malone (Uta) had 39 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. John Stockton (Uta) had 6 points, 12 assists, and 5 steals. Antoine Carr (Uta) had 12 points including 5-6 FG. Scottie Pippen (Chi) had 6 points including 2-16 FG, 11 rebounds, 11 assists, and 3 steals. Toni Kukoc (Chi) had 30 points including 11-13 FG and 4-6 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Michael Jordan (Chi) had 28 points on 9-26 FG and 10-11 FT and 3 steals. Uta shot 50.7% (34-87) FG and Chi shot 38.7% (29-75) FG. The teams set the NBA playoff record for fewest points in the first half at 66 (Chi 36, Uta 30) [was 68 done 3 times] [since the inception of the shot clock]. Chi leads the series 3-2. 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 (4) _ 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 Utah (2) _ 1 Chicago (3) | 1 Chicago (3) __ | 8 New Jersey (0) |_ 1 Chicago (4) ___ | _ 4 Charlotte (1) | | 4 Charlotte (3) ___| | | 5 Atlanta (1) |_ 1 Chicago (4) ___| _ 3 Indiana (3) 2 Miami (2) ____ | 7 New York (3) |_ 7 New York (1) ____| _ 3 Indiana (4) 3 Indiana (3) ___| 6 Cleveland (1)