01 May 2008 16:31:32

Patricia Bender

News from April 30, 2008

News from April 30. Dallas fired head coach Avery Johnson. Was 88, Cle 87 at Cle Caron Butler (Was) had 32 points including 4-8 3-pointers and the game winning layup with 3.9 seconds left, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Antonio Daniels (Was) had 12 points and 5 rebounds. DeShawn Stevenson (Was) had 17 points including 5-14 FG and 5 rebounds. LeBron James (Cle) had 34 points including 15-18 FT, 10 rebounds, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Cle) had 19 points including 8-11 FG and 6 rebounds including 5 offensive. Delonte West (Cle) had 12 points including 8-11 FG and 6 rebounds including 5 offensive. Gilbert Arenas (Was, pinched nerve left knee) did not play. Cle leads the series 3-2. Bos 110, Atl 85 at Bos Paul Pierce (Bos) had 22 points including 10-17 FG, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 20 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 blocks. Ray Allen (Bos) had 19 points including 5-8 3-pointers. Josh Smith (Atl) had 18 points on 4-13 FG and 10-10 FT, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Al Horford (Atl) had 14 points on 7-11 FG, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 21 points. Bos shot 53.6% (45-84) FG and Atl shot 40.6% (28-69) FG. Bos shot 11-15 FT and Atl shot 25-29 FT. Bos leads the series 3-2. 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 (3) ______ | 8 Atlanta (2) |_ __ | _ | | 4 Cleveland (3) ___| | | 5 Washington (2) |_ __| _ 2 Detroit (3) _ | 7 Philadelphia (2) |_ _____| _ 3 Orlando (0) 3 Orlando (4) ______| 6 Toronto (1) First Round (Central times) *if necessary Thursday, May 1 Game 6: Detroit at Philadelphia 7:00 pm TNT Friday, May 2 Game 6: Cleveland at Washington 6:00 pm ESPN2 Game 6: Boston at Atlanta 7:00 pm ESPN Game 6: Houston at Utah 9:30 pm ESPN Saturday, May 3 *Game 7: Philadelphia at Detroit TBA TNT Sunday, May 4 *Game 7: Utah at Houston TBA *Game 7: Atlanta at Boston TBA *Game 7: Washington at Cleveland TBA Second Round (Central times) *if necessary Saturday, May 3 Game 1: San Antonio at New Orleans 9:00 pm -- 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