News from June 19. Emanual Davis (Sea) elected not to opt-out of the last year of his contract. LAL 118, Ind 111 - at LAL Glen Rice (LAL) had 16 points including 5-7 FG and 3-3 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Shaquille O'Neal (LAL) had 41 points on 19-32 FG and 3-12 FT, 12 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 26 points and 10 rebounds. Jalen Rose (Ind) had 29 points including 9-11 FT. Dale Davis (Ind) had 20 points including 8-10 FG and 14 rebounds. Reggie Miller (Ind) had 25 points. The LA Lakers take the series 4-2 and are the 2000 NBA Champions! Shaquille O'Neal (LAL) was named as MVP of the Finals. O'Neal averaged 38 points and 16.7 rebounds in the Finals. Thus ends the 1999-2000 season. The NBA draft is June 28. Teams can begin negotiating with free agents July 1. Teams can begin signing free agents August 1. The summer Olympics are September 15 - October 1 in Australia. NBA training camp for 2000-2001 opens October 3. Playoff Standings 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Finals (Best of 5) (Best of 7) (Best of 7) (Best of 7) 1 LA Lakers (3) __ 8 Sacramento (2) |_ 1 LA Lakers (4) ___ _ 5 Phoenix (1) | 4 San Antonio (1) _| |_ 1 LA Lakers (4) _ 5 Phoenix (3) _ 3 Portland (3) | | | 2 Utah (3) _____ | | 7 Seattle (2) |_ 2 Utah (1) ____| | _ 3 Portland (4) | 3 Portland (3) ___| | 6 Minnesota (1) |_ 1 LA Lakers (4) _ 1 Indiana (2) | 1 Indiana (3) ___ | 8 Milwaukee (2) |_ 1 Indiana (4) _ | _ 5 Philadelphia (2) | | 4 Charlotte (1) _| | | 5 Philadelphia (3) |_ 1 Indiana (4) __| _ 3 New York (2) 2 Miami (3) _____ | 7 Detroit (0) |_ 2 Miami (3) ____| _ 3 New York (4) 3 New York (3) ___| 6 Toronto (0) --- Admin note: with the end of games, the nba-dailys will not be so daily. I'll send out news when it occurs and cover the Olympics [except when I'm on vacation where I'll catch up when I return]. Have a great summer and congrats to the Lakers! patricia