News from May 4. Blake Griffin (LAC) was named as Rookie of the Year. Griffin received all 118 1st place media votes, only the 3rd time in NBA history a player was unanimously selected as ROY. Total position votes Player Points 1st 2nd 3rd Blake Griffin (LAC) ...... 590 118 0 0 John Wall (Was) .......... 295 0 91 22 DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) ... 81 0 11 48 Landry Fields (NY) ....... 62 0 12 26 Gary Neal (SA) ........... 19 0 3 10 Greg Monroe (Det) ........ 15 0 1 12 Brook Lopez (NJ) underwent surgery to remove a bone mass and calcium deposit from his upper right arm. Toney Douglas (NY) underwent surgery on his right shoulder to repair a torn labrum and is expected to be out 4 months. Dal 93, LAL 81 at LAL Shawn Marion (Dal) had 14 points and 9 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 24 points including 9-16 FG and 7 rebounds. J.J. Barea (Dal) had 12 points. Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 18 points including 8-11 FG and 13 rebounds including 7 offensive. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 23 points and 5 steals. Dal leads the series 2-0. Chi 86, Atl 73 at Chi Luol Deng (Chi) had 14 points and 12 rebounds. Joakim Noah (Chi) had 19 points, 14 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 3 seals. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 25 points including 10-27 FG, 6 rebounds, 10 assists, and 8 turnovers. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 21 points and 3 steals. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 steals. Chi out-rebounded Atl 58-39 including 14-10 offensive. The series is tied 1-1. 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 (1) _ _ 4 Oklahoma City (1) | 4 Oklahoma City (4) _| |_ __ 5 Denver (1) _ | | | 2 LA Lakers (4) ___ | | 7 New Orleans (2) |_ 2 LA Lakers (0) _____| | _ 3 Dallas (2) | 3 Dallas (4) ______| | 6 Portland (2) |_ _ | 1 Chicago (4) _______ | 8 Indiana (1) |_ 1 Chicago (1) _______ | _ 5 Atlanta (1) | | 4 Orlando (2) _______| | | 5 Atlanta (4) |_ __| _ 2 Miami (4) __ | 7 Philadelphia (1) |_ 2 Miami (2) ________| _ 3 Boston (0) 3 Boston (4) ______| 6 New York (0) Second Round (all time Central) *if necessary Friday, May 6 Game 3 Chicago at Atlanta 6:00 pm ESPN Game 3 LA Lakers at Dallas 8:30 pm ESPN Saturday, May 7 Game 3 Oklahoma City at Memphis 4:00 pm ESPN Game 3 Miami at Boston 7:00 pm ABC Sunday, May 8 Game 4 LA Lakers at Dallas 2:30 pm ABC Game 4 Chicago at Atlanta 7:00 pm TNT Monday, May 9 Game 4 Miami at Boston 6:00 pm TNT Game 4 Oklahoma City at Memphis 8:30 pm TNT Tuesday, May 10 Game 5 Atlanta at Chicago TBA TNT *Game 5 Dallas at LA Lakers TBA TNT Wednesday, May 11 *Game 5 Boston at Miami TBA TNT Game 5 Memphis at Oklahoma City TBA TNT Thursday, May 12 *Game 6 Chicago at Atlanta TBA ESPN *Game 6 LA Lakers at Dallas TBA ESPN Friday, May 13 *Game 6 Miami at Boston TBA ESPN *Game 6 Oklahoma City at Memphis TBA ESPN Sunday, May 15 *Game 7 Dallas at LA Lakers 2:30 pm ABC *Game 7 Atlanta at Chicago TBA TNT *Game 7 Memphis at Oklahoma City TBA TBA Monday, May 16 *Game 7 Boston at Miami 7:00 pm TNT ---- 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