News from May 21.

Mike Dunleavy (Por) was named as Coach of the Year.  Dunleavy received 48
of the possible 118 media votes.  Larry Brown (Phi) received 23 votes,
Jerry Sloan (Uta) received 15 votes, Chuck Daly (Orl) received 13 votes,
Pat Riley (Mia) received 8 votes, Gregg Popovich (SA) received 4 votes,
Paul Silas (Cha) received 4 votes, George Karl (Mil) received 1 vote,
Butch Carter (Tor) received 1 vote, and Lenny Wilkens (Atl) received 1
vote.

The NBA released the list of underclassmen and foreign players under the
age of 22 who declared themselves eligible for the NBA draft.  The draft
will take place June 30.  
  Harold Arceneaux (junior, Weber State, guard-forward)
  Ron Artest (sophomore, St. John's, guard-forward)
  Will Avery (sophomore, Duke, guard)
  Jonathan Bender (Picayune High School (Missouri), center)
  Carl Boyd (junior, California, guard-forward)
  Elton Brand (sophomore, Duke, forward-center)
  Nikola Dacevic (20 years old, Limoges (France), forward)
  Edwin "Greedy" Daniels (sophomore, UNLV, guard)
  Baron Davis (sophomore, UCLA, guard)
  Giorgos Diamantopoulos (19 years old, Papagou (Greece), guard)
  Antonis Fotsis (18 years old, Panathinaikos, forward)
  Steve Francis (junior, Maryland, guard)
  Dwayne Franklin (sophomore, Shaw University (NC), forward)
  Dion Glover (freshman, Georgia Tech, guard)
  Richard Hamilton (junior, UConn, forward)
  Rico Harris (junior, Cal State Northridge, forward)
  Hrvoje Henjak (20 years old, Split (Croatia), center)
  DeeAndre Hulett (freshman, College of the Sequoias (CA), forward)
  Guilherme Joanoni (19 years old, Pinheiros (Brazil), forward)
  Kendric Johnson (freshman, West Hills College (CA), guard)
  Jumaine Jones (sophomore, Georgia, forward)
  Shawn Kenney (sophomore, Cleveland State, forward)
  Andrei Kirilenko (18 years old, CSKA Moscow (Russia), forward)
  Corey Maggette (freshman, Duke, guard)
  Jamaal Magloire (junior, Kentucky, center)
  Shawn Marion (junior, UNLV, forward)
  Michael Maxwell (junior, Western New Mexico, guard)
  Greg Minor (junior, Cal State Northridge, guard)
  Lamar Odom (sophomore, Rhode Island, forward)
  Olumide Oyedeji (18 years old, Nigeria, center)
  Josko Poljak (21 years old, Split (Croatia), center)
  Aleksandar Radojevic (sophomore, Barton County CC (Kansas), center)
  Igor Rakocevic (20 years old, Red Star Belgrade-Yugoslavia, guard)
  Gene Shipley (freshman, San Jose City College, center)
  Leon Smith (ML King High School (Chicago), center)
  Tyron Triplett (sophomore, Tallahassee CC, guard)
  Kostas Tsartsaris (19 years old, Near East (Greece), forward)
  Albert White (junior, Missouri, guard-forward)

Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) underwent minor nasal surgery to clear up sinus
trouble.

The NBA Lottery will take place during halftime of today's (Saturday)
LAL-SA game.  The lottery decides which teams selects #1, #2, and #3 
in the draft. 
The lottery chances (out of 1001 - 1 is not assigned):
    Vancouver     250  [may go to Detroit]
    LA Clippers   200
    Chicago       157
    Toronto       120  [from Denver via Chauncey Billups trade]
    Minnesota      89  [from New Jersey via the Stephon Marbury trade]
    Washington     64
    Boston         37  [goes to Cleveland unless top 3 pick Vitaly
                        Potapenko trade]
    Phoenix        36  [from Dallas via Steve Nash trade]
    Golden State   18
    Cleveland      11
    Toronto         7
    Seattle         6
    Charlotte       5


Ind 97, Phi 86 - at Phi
Chris Mullin (Ind) had 15 points.
Dale Davis (Ind) had 10 points and 11 rebounds.
Reggie Miller (Ind) had 29 points including 9-14 FG and 4-6 3-pointers and
5 rebounds.
Mark Jackson (Ind) had 11 points and 10 assists.
Theo Ratliff (Phi) had 10 points and 8 rebounds.
Allen Iverson (Phi) had 32 points including 13-33 FG and 2-10 3-pointers
and 6 assists.
Eric Snow (Phi) had 16 points and 9 assists.
Ind shot 50% (38-76) FG and Phi shot 37.5% (33-88) FG.


Playoff Standings
  1st Round             2nd Round            3rd Round         Finals
  (Best of 5)           (Best of 7)          (Best of 7)     (Best of 7)
1 San Antonio (3) _
8 Minnesota (1)    |_ 1 San Antonio (2) _
                    _ 4 LA Lakers (0)    |
4 LA Lakers (3) ___|                     |_ _____________ _
5 Houston (1)     
                                         |                 |
2 Portland (3) ____                      |                 |
7 Phoenix (0)      |_ 2 Portland (1) ____|                 |
                    _ 3 Utah (1)                           |
3 Utah (3)       __|                                       |
6 Sacramento (2)                                           |_ ___________
                                                            _ ___________
                                                           |
1 Miami (2)    ____                                        |
8 New York (3)     |_ 8 New York (2) ____                  |
                    _ 4 Atlanta (0)      |                 |
4 Atlanta (3) _____|                     |                 |
5 Detroit (2)                            |_ _____________ _|
                                          _ _____________
2 Indiana (3)   ___                      |
7 Milwaukee (0)    |_ 2 Indiana (3)     _|
                    _ 6 Philadelphia (0)
3 Orlando (1)     _|
6 Philadelphia (3)