News from May 11. The NBA announced the All-Rookie teams. The teams were selected (regardless of position) by the 30 coaches who were asked to select 5 rookies for the 1st team and 5 for the 2nd team (and couldn't vote for their own players). A 1st team vote was worth 2 points and a 2nd place vote was worth 1 point. Blake Griffin (LAC) was the only unanimous selections. All-Rookie Team (30 coaches select first and second teams - maximum 58 points) First Team Total team votes Player Points 1st 2nd Blake Griffin (LAC)........ 58 29 0 John Wall (Was) ........... 57 28 1 Landry Fields (NY) ........ 56 28 0 DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) .... 54 26 2 Gary Neal (SA) ............ 44 18 8 Second Team Total team votes Player Points 1st 2nd Greg Monroe (Det) ......... 42 13 16 Wesley Johnson (Min) ...... 26 4 18 Eric Bledsoe (LAC) ........ 19 0 19 Derrick Favors (Uta) ...... 18 1 16 Paul George (Ind) ......... 14 1 12 Others receiving votes Total team votes Player Points 1st 2nd Evan Turner (Phi) ......... 12 0 12 Jordan Crawford (Was) ..... 12 0 12 Ed Davis (Tor) ............ 10 1 8 Gordon Hayward (Uta) ...... 7 0 7 Omer Asik (Chi) ........... 6 1 4 Patrick Patterson (Hou) ... 5 0 5 Al-Farouq Aminu (LAC) ..... 3 0 3 Tiago Splitter (SA) ....... 3 0 3 Trevor Booker (Was) ....... 1 0 1 Christian Eyenga (Cle) .... 1 0 1 Ekpe Udoh (GS) ............ 1 0 1 Former NBA player Robert Traylor died at age 34. It is believed that he suffered a heart attack. Boston activated Troy Murphy and placed Shaquille O'Neal on IL. Per the NCAA deadline for underclassmen to withdraw from the NBA draft and retain NCAA eligibility, the following underclassmen who previous declared removed their names from the draft (the NBA deadline to withdraw is June 13): Olu Ashaolu (junior, Louisiana Tech, forward) Keion Bell (junior, Pepperdine, guard) Laurence Bowers (junior , Missouri, forward) TyShawn Edmondson (junior, Austin Peay, guard) Kim English (junior , Missouri, guard) Ashton Gibbs (junior, Pittsburgh, guard) Desmond Holloway (junior, Coastal Carolina, guard) Terrell Holloway (junior, Xavier, guard) Orlando Johnson (junior, UC-Santa Barbara, guard) Reggie Johnson (sophomore, Miami, forward) Tiondre Johnson (sophomore, Coastal Bend JC, guard) Kevin Jones (junior, West Virginia, forward) Terrence Jones (freshman, Kentucky, forward) David Loubeau (junior, Texas A&M, forward) Greg Mangano (junior, Yale, forward) Cameron Moore (junior, Alabama-Birmingham, forward) Darrion Pellum (junior, Hampton, guard) J.P. Primm (junior, NC-Asherville, guard) Ralph Sampson (junior, Minnesota, forward) John Shurna (junior, Northwestern, forward) Tony Taylor (junior, George Washington, guard) Hollis Thompson (sophomore, Georgetown, forward) Thomas Tibbs (junior, Staten Island, guard) Charlie Westbrook (junior, South Dakota, guard) Brandon Wood, junior, Valparaiso, guard) Mia 97, Bos 87 at Mia LeBron James (Mia) had 33 points including 5-7 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 14 points and 11 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 34 points on 13-19 FG and 8-15 FT, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 15 points and 11 rebounds. Ray Allen (Bos) had 18 points including 5-10 3-pointers. Miami takes the series 3-1 and advances to the Eastern Conference Finals where they will face the winner of the Chi-Atl series. OKC 99, Mem 72 at OKC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 19 points and 7 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 11 points and 6 assists. Daequan Cook (OKC) had 18 points including 6-7 FG and 4-5 3-pointers. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 9 points including 3-9 FG and 7 rebounds. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 15 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. OKC shot 47.4% (37-78) FG and Mem shot 35.9% (28-78) FG. OKC 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 San Antonio (2) ___ 8 Memphis (4) |_ 8 Memphis (2) _ _ 4 Oklahoma City (3) | 4 Oklahoma City (4) _| |_ __ 5 Denver (1) _ 3 Dallas (0) | | | 2 LA Lakers (4) ___ | | 7 New Orleans (2) |_ 2 LA Lakers (0) _____| | _ 3 Dallas (4) | 3 Dallas (4) ______| | 6 Portland (2) |_ _ | 1 Chicago (4) _______ | 8 Indiana (1) |_ 1 Chicago (3) _______ | _ 5 Atlanta (2) | | 4 Orlando (2) _______| | | 5 Atlanta (4) |_ ___| _ 2 Miami (0) 2 Miami (4) __ | 7 Philadelphia (1) |_ 2 Miami (4) ________| _ 3 Boston (1) 3 Boston (4) ______| 6 New York (0) Second Round (all time Central) *if necessary Thursday, May 12 Game 6 Chicago at Atlanta 7:00 pm ESPN Friday, May 13 Game 6 Oklahoma City at Memphis 8:00 pm ESPN Sunday, May 15 *Game 7 Atlanta at Chicago TBA TNT *Game 7 Memphis at Oklahoma City TBA TBA ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For Trianglons puzzles: http://www.trianglons.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html