03 May 2008 06:24:35

Patricia Bender

News from May 2, 2008

News from May 2. The NBA suspended Darius Songaila (Was) for 1 game for hitting LeBron James (Cle) in the face during Wednesday's Was-Cle game. Cleveland activated Sasha Pavlovic and placed Billy Thomas on IL. Uta 113, Hou 91 at Uta Carlos Boozer (Uta) had 15 points including 6-17 FG, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. Mehmet Okur (Uta) had 19 points and 13 rebounds. Deron Williams (Uta) had 25 points including 6-9 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 9 assists. Luis Scola (Hou) had 15 points and 9 rebounds including 5 offensive. Tracy McGrady (Hou) had 40 points including 12-18 FT, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. Utah takes the series 4-2 and advances to the 2nd round where they will face the LA Lakers. Cle 105, Was 88 at Was LeBron James (Cle) had 27 points including 10-10 FT, 13 rebounds, and 13 assists. Wally Szczerbiak (Cle) had 26 points including 6-13 3-pointers. Daniel Gibson (Cle) had 22 points on 9-14 FG and 4-6 3-pointers. Antawn Jamison (Was) had 23 points and 15 rebounds including 7 offensive. Caron Butler (Was) had 18 points and 9 rebounds. Darius Songaila (Was, suspended) did not play. Cleveland takes the series 4-2 and advances to the 2nd round where they will face the winner of the Bos-Atl series. Atl 103, Bos 100 at Atl Marvin Williams (Atl) had 18 points. Al Horford (Atl) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Mike Bibby (Atl) had 17 points including 6-17 FG, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Josh Childress (Atl) had 15 points including 6-8 FG and 6 rebounds. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 22 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Paul Pierce (Bos) had 17 points and 6 assists. Ray Allen (Bos) had 20 points including 1-8 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Atl shot 36-47 FT and Bos shot 20-25 FT. The series is tied 3-3. 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 (0) | 4 Utah (4) ______| |_ __ 5 Houston (2) _ | | | 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 (3) |_ ___ | _ 4 Cleveland (0) | | 4 Cleveland (4) ___| | | 5 Washington (2) |_ __| _ 2 Detroit (4) _ | 7 Philadelphia (2) |_ 2 Detroit (0) _____| _ 3 Orlando (0) 3 Orlando (4) ______| 6 Toronto (1) First Round (Central times) *if necessary Sunday, May 4 Game 7: Atlanta at Boston 12:00 pm ABC Second Round (Central times) *if necessary Saturday, May 3 Game 1: Orlando at Detroit 6:30 pm TNT Game 1: San Antonio at New Orleans 9:00 pm TNT Sunday, May 4 Game 1: Utah at LA Lakers 2:30 pm ABC -- 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