News from May 23.

Ind 89, Phi 86 - at Phi
Dale Davis (Ind) had 10 points, 13 rebounds, and 3 blocks.
Mark Jackson (Ind) had 14 points and 13 assists.
Reggie Miller (Ind) had 23 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists.
Chris Mullin (Ind) had 16 points including 4-7 3-pointers.
Rik Smits (Ind) had 15 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocks.
Matt Geiger (Phi) had 23 points including 10-16 FG and 13 rebounds.
Allen Iverson (Phi) had 25 points and 6 assists.
Eric Snow (Phi) had 13 points including 5-17 FG, 5 rebounds, and 7
assists.
Ind shot 27-33 FT and Phi shot 12-15 FT.
Theo Ratliff (Phi, left calf strain) did not play.
Indiana sweeps the series 4-0 and advances to the conference finals.

NY 90, Atl 78 - at NY
Allan Houston (NY) had 17 points.
Latrell Sprewell (NY) had 17 points and 5 rebounds.
Chris Dudley (NY) had 14 points including 6-7 FG and 12 rebounds.
Marcus Camby (NY) had 15 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks.
Grant Long (Atl) had 17 points and 11 rebounds.
Dikembe Mutombo (Atl) had 7 points including 2-7 FG, 16 rebounds, and 3
blocks.
Steve Smith (Atl) had 17 points including 7-21 FG and 5 rebounds.
NY shot 45.1% (37-82) FG and Atl shot 31% (27-87) FG.
David Wingate (NY, partial tear right quad) and Alan Henderson (Atl,
double vision) did not play.
NY leads the series 3-0.

SA 118, LAL 107 - at LAL
Tim Duncan (SA) had 33 points on 11-14 FG and 11-14 FT and 14 rebounds.
Avery Johnson (SA) had 19 points and 10 assists.
Jaren Jackson (SA) had 20 points including 6-11 3-pointers.
Sean Elliott (SA) had 14 points including 10-15 FT and 7 assists.
Shaquille O'Neal (LAL) had 36 points including 12-23 FT and 14 rebounds.
Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 16 points and 8 rebounds.
Rick Fox (LAL) had 17 points and 6 rebounds.
SA shot 60% (36-60) FG and LAL shot 44.6% (41-92) FG.
SA shot 39-54 FT and LAL shot 23-36 FT.
San Antonio sweeps the series 4-0 and advances to the conference finals.

Por 81, Uta 75 - at Por
Arvydas Sabonis (Por) had 14 points and 15 rebounds.
Isaiah Rider (Por) had 24 points on 6-18 FG and 10-12 FT, 5 rebounds, and
5 turnovers.
Damon Stoudamire (Por) had 10 points including 2-7 FG.
Bryon Russell (Uta) had 17 points and 6 rebounds.
Karl Malone (Uta) had 17 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers.
John Stockton (Uta) had 16 points, 10 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers.
Por shot 33-42 FT and Uta shot 16-26 FT.
Por leads the series 3-1.


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 (4) _
                    _ 4 LA Lakers (0)    |
4 LA Lakers (3) ___|                     |_ 1 San Antonio (0) _
5 Houston (1)                             _ _____________      |
                                         |                     |
2 Portland (3) ____                      |                     |
7 Phoenix (0)      |_ 2 Portland (3) ____|                     |
                    _ 3 Utah (1)                               |
3 Utah (3)       __|                                           |
6 Sacramento (2)                                               |_ _______
                                                                _ _______
                                                               |
1 Miami (2)    ____                                            |
8 New York (3)     |_ 8 New York (3) ____                      |
                    _ 4 Atlanta (0)      |                     |
4 Atlanta (3) _____|                     |                     |
5 Detroit (2)                            |_ _____________ _____|
                                          _ 2 Indiana (0) 
2 Indiana (3)   ___                      |
7 Milwaukee (0)    |_ 2 Indiana (4)     _|
                    _ 6 Philadelphia (0)
3 Orlando (1)     _|
6 Philadelphia (3)