News from July 11.

Orlando named Johnny Davis as an assistant coach.

The USA Men's Basketball team defeated the Canadian Men's Basketball
team in an exhibition game in preparation for the Americas Olympic
tournament that will take place July 14 - 25 in Puerto Rico.  The top 3
finishers in the tournament receive berths to the 2000 Olympics.
USA 97, Canada 69
Kevin Garnett (USA) had 17 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocks.
Allan Houston (USA) had 14 points on 7-10 FG.
Tom Gugliotta (Can) had 12 points and 3 steals.
Rowan Barrett (Can) had 12 points.
Peter Guarasci (Can) had 12 points including 3-9 FG and 5 rebounds.
Steve Nash (Can) had 11 points and 9 assists.

[Note: I will _not_ be covering the Americas Olympic tournament due to 
the fact that I will be on vacation (Yes!!!) during most of the 
tournament.  Though I probably will list the finals results and the
standings for the tournament.
You can try the following web sites to find information about the games:
http://www.nba.com/global/usabasketball_index.html
http://espnet.sportszone.com/nba/
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sfront.htm
I will also, as usual, catch up on any NBA news that occurred while I was
gone when I return.]