News from June 15. Minnesota named Sidney Lowe as an assistant coach. Miami activated Michael Beasley and placed Greg Oden on IL. SA 104, Mia 87 at SA Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 22 points including 7-10 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 10 rebounds. Tim Duncan (SA) had 14 points and 8 rebounds. Tony Parker (SA) had 16 points. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 19 points. Patty Mills (SA) had 17 points including 5-8 3-pointers. LeBron James (Mia) had 31 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 13 points and 7 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 11 points including 4-12 FG. SA out-scored Mia 55-29 in the 2nd and 3rd quarters. San Antonio takes the series 4-1 and are the 2014 NBA Champions! MVP of the Finals: Kawhi Leonard (SA) Playoff Standings [all rounds best of 7] 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Finals 1 SA (4) _ 8 Dal (3) |_ 1 San Antonio (4) ___ _ 5 Portland (1) | 4 Hou (2) _| |_ 1 San Antonio (4) _ 5 Por (4) _ 2 Oklahoma City (2) | | | 2 OKC (4) _ | | 7 Mem (3) |_ 2 Oklahoma City (4) _| | _ 3 LA Clippers (2) | 3 LAC (4) _| | 6 GS (3) |_ 1 San Antonio (4) _ 2 Miami (1) | 1 Ind (4) _ | 8 Atl (3) |_ 1 Indiana (4) ____ | _ 5 Washington (2) | | 4 Chi (1) _| | | 5 Was (4) |_ 1 Indiana (2) ______| _ 2 Miami (4) 2 Mia (4) _ | 7 Cha (0) |_ 2 Miami (4) ______| _ 6 Brooklyn (1) 3 Tor (3) _| 6 Bro (4) Thus ends the 2013-14 season. As such, these NBA daily news reports will occur only when NBA news occurs. The NBA draft is June 26. Have a great summer! patricia ---- 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