30 Apr 2008 14:36:38

Patricia Bender

News from April 29, 2008

News from April 29. Charlotte named Larry Brown as head coach. Dallas activated Tyronn Lue and placed Antoine Wright on IL. Phoenix activated Alando Tucker and placed Grant Hill on IL with a right groin injury. Utah activated Jason Hart and placed Morris Almond on IL. Byron Scott (NO) was named as Coach of the Year. Scott received 70 of 125 possible 1st place votes. Total position votes Coach Points 1st 2nd 3rd Byron Scott (NO) ......... 458 70 34 6 Doc Rivers (Bos) ......... 242 23 36 19 Rick Adelman (Hou) ....... 193 17 23 39 Maurice Cheeks (Phi) ..... 81 5 12 20 Phil Jackson (LAL) ....... 56 4 9 9 Jerry Sloan (Uta) ........ 49 6 4 7 Eddie Jordan (Was) ....... 47 0 5 12 Stan Van Gundy (Orl) ..... 14 0 2 8 Nate McMillan (Por) ...... 3 0 0 3 Flip Saunders (Det) ...... 1 0 0 1 Mike D'Antonio (Pho) ..... 1 0 0 1 NO 99, Dal 94 at NO David West (NO) had 25 points including 10-17 FG and 7 rebounds. Tyson Chandler (NO) had 10 points and 14 rebounds including 7 offensive. Chris Paul (NO) had 24 points, 11 rebounds, and 15 assists. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 22 points, 13 rebounds, and 6 assists. Jason Kidd (Dal) had 14 points and 9 assists. New Orleans takes the series 4-1 and advances to the 2nd round where they will face San Antonio. SA 92, Pho 87 at SA Tim Duncan (SA) had 29 points, 17 rebounds including 9 offensive, and 3 blocks. Kurt Thomas (SA) had 8 points including 3-11 FG and 12 rebounds. Tony Parker (SA) had 31 points including 13-16 FT. Boris Diaw (Pho) had 22 points including 11-17 FG, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists. Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 15 points, 11 rebounds, and 3 blocks. San Antonio takes the series 4-1 and advances to the 2nd round where they will face New Orleans. Det 98, Phi 81 at Det Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 17 points. Rasheed Wallace (Det) had 19 points including 3-4 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 6 blocks. Chauncey Billups (Det) had 21 points and 12 assists. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 20 points on 10-17 FG and 5 rebounds. Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 21 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. Louis Williams (Phi) had 16 points. Det shot 58.1% (43-74) FG and Phi shot 42.3% (30-71) FG. Det shot 6-12 FT and Phi 19-24 FT. Det leads the series 3-2. Hou 95, Uta 69 at Hou Luis Scola (Hou) had 18 points and 12 rebounds. Rafer Alston (Hou) had 14 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 6 assists. Tracy McGrady (Hou) had 29 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Carlos Boozer (Uta) had 19 points, 10 rebounds including 5 offensive, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Mehmet Okur (Uta) had 14 points including 4-11 FG and 10 rebounds. Hou shot 46.8% (37-79) FG and Uta shot 36.5% (27-74) FG. Playoff Standings 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Finals (Best of 7) (Best of 7) (Best of 7) (Best of 7) 1 LA Lakers (4) _ __ 8 Denver (0) |_ 1 LA Lakers (0) ___ _ | 4 Utah (3) ______| |_ __ 5 Houston (1) _ | | | 2 New Orleans (4) __ | | 7 Dallas (1) |_ 2 New Orleans (0) _| | _ 3 San Antonio (0) | 3 San Antonio (4) __| | 6 Phoenix (1) |_ _ | 1 Boston (2) ______ | 8 Atlanta (2) |_ __ | _ | | 4 Cleveland (3) ___| | | 5 Washington (1) |_ __| _ 2 Detroit (3) _ | 7 Philadelphia (2) |_ _____| _ 3 Orlando (0) 3 Orlando (4) ______| 6 Toronto (1) First Round (Central times) *if necessary Wednesday, April 30 Game 5: Washington at Cleveland 5:00 pm TNT Game 5: Atlanta at Boston 7:30 pm TNT Thursday, May 1 Game 6: Detroit at Philadelphia 7:00 pm TNT Friday, May 2 Game 6: Boston at Atlanta TBA Game 6: Houston at Utah TBA *Game 6: Cleveland at Washington TBA Saturday, May 3 *Game 7: Philadelphia at Detroit TBA Sunday, May 4 *Game 7: Utah at Houston TBA *Game 7: Atlanta at Boston TBA *Game 7: Washington at Cleveland TBA -- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html