News from April 30. Mike D'Antoni resigned as head coach of the LA Lakers. Josh McRoberts (Cha) underwent surgery on his left big toe to remove bone spurs. Toronto activated Landry Fields and placed Julyan Stone on IL. The NBA released the official list of underclassman and foreign players under 22 years old who declared themselves eligible for the NBA draft. Those who declared can remove their name from the draft up to June 16. The NBA draft is June 26. Underclassmen who have declared themselves eligible for the NBA draft: Jordan Adams (UCLA) William Alston (CC of Baltimore County Dundalk) Mychal Ammons (South Alabama) Kyle Anderson (UCLA) Isaiah Austin (Baylor) Chane Behanan (Louisville) Sim Bhullar (New Mexico State) Khem Birch (UNLV) Jabari Brown (Missouri) Jahii Carson (Arizona State) Semaj Christon (Xavier) Jordan Clarkson (Missouri) DeAndre Daniels (Connecticut) Spencer Dinwiddie (Colorado) Joel Embiid (Kansas) Tyler Ennis (Syracuse) Aaron Gordon (Arizona) Jerami Grant (Syracuse) P.J. Hairston (North Carolina) Gary Harris (Michigan State) Rodney Hood (Duke) Nick Johnson (Arizona) Alex Kirk (New Mexico) Zach LaVine (UCLA) James Michael McAdoo (North Carolina) K.J. McDaniels (Clemson) Mitch McGary (Michigan) Eric Moreland (Oregon State) Johnny O'Bryant III (LSU) Jabari Parker (Duke) Elfrid Payton (Louisiana-Lafayette) Julius Randle (Kentucky) Glenn Robinson III (Michigan) LaQuinton Ross (Ohio State) Antonio Rucker (Clinton JC (SC)) Jakarr Sampson (St. John's) Marcus Smart (Oklahoma State) Roscoe Smith (UNLV) Nik Stauskas (Michigan) Jarnell Stokes (Tennessee) Noah Vonleh (Indiana) T.J. Warren (North Carolina State) Andrew Wiggins (Kansas) James Young (Kentucky) Ta'Quan Zimmerman (Thompson Rivers (Canada)) International players under 22 years old who have declared themselves eligible for the NBA draft (foreign players who turn 22 during 2014 are automatically entered into the draft) [country is where player plays]: Eleftherios Bochoridis (Greece) Matias Bortolin (Argentina) Nedim Buza (Bosnia & Herzegovina) Bruno Caboclo (Brazil) Berkay Candan (Turkey) Clint Capela (Switzerland) Joonas Caven (Finland) Nemanja Dangubic (Serbia) Moussa Diagne (Senegal) Tomas Dimsa (Lithuania) Marcus Eriksson (Sweden) Danti Exum (Australia) Ilja Gromovs (Latvia) Damien Inglis (France) Nikola Jokic (Serbia) Michalis Kamperidis (Greece) Artem Klimenko (Russia) Rasmus Larsen (Denmark) Lucas Mariano (Brazil) Vasilije Micic (Serbia) Jusuf Nurkic (Bosnia & Herzegovina) Mateusz Ponitka (Poland) Kristaps Porzingis (Latvia) Marko Ramljak (Croatia) Dario Sarif (Croatia) Ojars Silins (Latvia) Alejandro Suarez (Spain) Devon Van Oostrum (Holland) Guillem Vives (Spain) Adin Vrabac (Bosnia & Herzegovina) SA 109, Dal 103 at SA Tim Duncan (SA) had 16 points, 12 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Tiago Splitter (SA) had 17 points including 7-10 FG, 12 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 5 assists. Tony Parker (SA) had 23 points including 9-23 FG and 5 assists. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 19 points, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 26 points and 15 rebounds. Monta Ellis (Dal) had 21 points and 6 assists. Vince Carter (Dal) had 28 points including 10-16 FG and 7-9 3-pointers. DeJuan Blair (Dal, suspended) did not play. SA leads the series 3-2. Tor 115, Bro 113 at Tor Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 16 points including 7-10 FG and 6 rebounds. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 23 points including 12-13 FT, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 36 points on 11-19 FG, 6-9 3-pointers, and 8-10 FT and 6 assists. Joe Johnson (Bro) had 30 points and 5 rebounds. Mirza Teletovic (Bro) had 17 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Tor leads the series 3-2. Hou 108, Por 98 at Hou Chandler Parsons (Hou) had 20 points including 8-22 FG. Dwight Howard (Hou) had 22 points including 9-15 FG, 14 rebounds, and 3 blocks. James Harden (Hou) had 17 points including 5-15 FG and 1-7 3-pointers, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Jeremy Lin (Hou) had 21 points including 9-15 FG. Damian Lillard (Por) had 26 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, and 4 steals. Wesley Matthews (Por) had 27 points including 5-9 3-pointers. Robin Lopez (Por0 had 17 points, 8 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Por leads the series 3-2. Playoff Standings [all rounds best of 7] 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Finals 1 San Antonio (3) ___ 8 Dallas (2) |_ _____________ _____ _ _____________ | 4 Houston (2) ______| |_ _____________ _ 5 Portland (3) _ _____________ | | | 2 Oklahoma City (2) _ | | 7 Memphis (3) |_ _____________ _____| | _ _____________ | 3 LA Clippers (3) __| | 6 Golden State (2) |_ ___________ _ ___________ | 1 Indiana (2) _______ | 8 Atlanta (3) |_ ________________ __ | _ 5 Washington (0) | | 4 Chicago (1) ____| | | 5 Washington (4) |_ _____________ _| _ _____________ 2 Miami (4) _____ | 7 Charlotte (0) |_ 2 Miami (0) _______| _ ___________ 3 Toronto (3) ______| 6 Brooklyn (2) First Round (all time Central) *if necessary Schedule for Thursday, May 1 Game 6 Indiana at Atlanta 6:00 pm NBATV Game 6 Oklahoma City at Memphis 7:00 pm TNT Game 6 LA Clippers at Golden State 9:30 pm TNT Schedule for Friday, May 2 Game 6 Toronto at Brooklyn 6:00 pm ESPN2 Game 6 San Antonio at Dallas 7:00 pm ESPN Game 6 Houston at Portland 9:30 pm ESPN Schedule for Saturday, May 3 *Game 7 Atlanta at Indiana TBA *Game 7 Memphis at Oklahoma City TBA *Game 7 Golden State at LA Clippers TBA Schedule for Sunday, May 4 *Game 7 Brooklyn at Toronto TBA *Game 7 Dallas at San Antonio TBA *Game 7 Portland at Houston 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