News from May 1.

Rodney Rogers (Pho) won the Sixth Man of the Year award.  Rogers received
104 of the 121 possible media votes.  Rogers averaged 13.8 points and 5.5
rebounds in 27.9 minutes.  Cutino Mobley (Hou) received 7 votes, Cedric
Ceballos (Dal) received 3 votes, Tracy McGrady (Tor) received 3 votes,
Jerome Williams (Det) received 2 votes, Marcus Camby (NY) received 1 vote,
and Predrag Stojakovic (Sac) received 1 vote.

Jerome Molso (sophomore, UCLA, forward) and Ron Rush (sophomore, UCLA,
forward) declared themselves eligible for the NBA draft.


Phi 105, Cha 99 - at Phi
Aaron McKie (Phi) had 25 points including 9-15 FG and 4-7 3-pointers and
11 assists.
Allen Iverson (Phi) had 26 points and 7 assists.
Matt Geiger (Phi) had 17 points including 7-10 FG and 10 rebounds.
Anthony Mason (Cha) had 21 points, 10 rebounds, and 6 assists.
Derrick Coleman (Cha) had 18 points, 11 rebounds, and 5 blocks.
Elden Campbell (Cha) had 21 points and 11 rebounds.
Eric Snow (Phi, chip fracture right ankle) did not play.
Philadelphia takes the series 3-1 and advances to the 2nd round where they
will face the winner of the Ind-Mil series.

Mil 100, Ind 87 - at Mil
Glenn Robinson (Mil) had 18 points, 5 assists, and 4 steals.
Ray Allen (Mil) had 20 points and 8 rebounds.
Tim Thomas (Mil) had 17 points including 7-11 FG.
Scott Williams (Mil) had 20 points including 9-13 FG and 8 rebounds.
Dale Davis (Ind) had 12 points and 10 rebounds.
Jalen Rose (Ind) had 17 points including 7-10 FT.
Mil shot 11-15 FT and Ind shot 27-32 FT.
The series is tied 2-2.


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