News from April 25, 2008

News from April 25.

The NBA fined Maurice Cheeks (Phi) $25,000 for verbally abusing the refs
and failing to leave the court in a timely manner following Wednesday's
Phi-Det game.

Dallas activated J.J. Barea and placed Antoine Wright on IL.

Philadelphia activated Shavlik Randolph and placed Louis Amundson on IL.

San Antonio activated Damon Stoudamire and placed Matt Bonner on IL.

Josh Carter (junior, Texas A&M, guard), Lee Cummard (junior, BYU, guard),
Ty Lawson (sophomore, UNC, guard), and Wayne Ellington (sophomore, UNC,
guard) declared themselves eligible for the NBA draft. The deadline for
underclassmen to declare themselves eligible for the draft is April 27.
The draft is June 26.

Grant Hill (Pho) won the NBA Sportsmanship Award award. Hill received
90 of a possible 344 1st place player votes. The players were asked
to give a 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th place vote to the 6
previously announced divisional winners.
Total position votes (344 player votes)
Player Points 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
Grant Hill (Pho) ........ 2628 90 100 60 39 34 21
Shane Battier (Hou) ..... 2318 78 80 59 29 42 56
Brandon Roy (Por) ....... 2064 59 51 60 67 47 60
Antonio McDyess (Det) ... 1888 44 47 55 65 69 64
Antawn Jamison (Was) .... 1820 37 34 59 87 66 61
Chris Bosh (Tor) ........ 1666 36 32 51 57 86 82


Dal 97, NO 87 at Dal
Josh Howard (Dal) had 18 points on 5-16 FG and 8-10 FT.
Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 32 points including 9-10 FT, 19 rebounds, and 6
assists.
Jason Terry (Dal) had 22 points and 6 assists.
Chris Paul (NO) had 16 points including 4-18 FG and 10 assists.
Jannero Pargo (NO) had 30 points including 12-20 FG and 4-7 3-pointers.
Dal shot 28-38 FT and NO shot 13-13 FT.
NO leads the series 2-1.

SA 115, Pho 99 at Pho
Tim Duncan (SA) had 23 points including 9-15 FG and 10 rebounds.
Tony Parker (SA) had 41 points including 17-26 FG, 5 rebounds, and 12
assists.
Manu Ginobili (SA) had 20 points including 7-11 FG and 4-7 3-pointers and
5 rebounds.
Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 28 points and 11 rebounds.
Shaquille O'Neal (Pho) had 19 points including 9-17 FG and 6 rebounds.
Leandro Barbosa (Pho) had 20 points.
SA leads the series 3-0.

Phi 95, Det 75 at Phi
Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 10 points including 2-9 FG, 6 assists, 4 steals,
and 6 turnovers.
Samuel Dalembert (Phi) had 22 points and 16 rebounds including 5
offensive.
Andre Miller (Phi) had 21 points including 9-14 FG and 6 rebounds.
Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 18 points including 8-9 FG.
Richard Hamilton (Det) had 23 points and 6 rebounds.
Phi leads the series 2-1.


Playoff Standings
1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Finals
(Best of 7) (Best of 7) (Best of 7) (Best of 7)
1 LA Lakers (2) _ __
8 Denver (0) |_ __
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4 Utah (2) ______| |_ __
5 Houston (1) _ |
| |
2 New Orleans (2) __ | |
7 Dallas (1) |_ __| |
_ |
3 San Antonio (3) __| |
6 Phoenix (0) |_
_
|
1 Boston (2) ______ |
8 Atlanta (0) |_ __ |
_ | |
4 Cleveland (2) ___| | |
5 Washington (1) |_ __|
_
2 Detroit (1) _ |
7 Philadelphia (2) |_ __|
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3 Orlando (2) ______|
6 Toronto (1)


First Round (Central times) *if necessary
Saturday, April 26
Game 4: Orlando at Toronto 2:00 pm TNT
Game 3: LA Lakers at Denver 4:30 pm TNT
Game 3: Boston at Atlanta 7:00 pm ESPN
Game 4: Houston at Utah 9:30 pm ESPN

Sunday, April 27
Game 4: Cleveland at Washington 12:00 pm ABC
Game 4: San Antonio at Phoenix 2:30 pm ABC
Game 4: Detroit at Philadelphia 6:00 pm TNT
Game 4: New Orleans at Dallas 8:30 pm TNT

Monday, April 28
Game 5: Toronto at Orlando 6:30 pm NBATV
Game 4: Boston at Atlanta 7:00 pm TNT
Game 4: LA Lakers at Denver 9:30 pm TNT

Tuesday, April 29
Game 5: Dallas at New Orleans TBA
*Game 5: Phoenix at San Antonio TBA
Game 5: Utah at Houston TBA
Game 5: Philadelphia at Detroit TBA

Wednesday, April 30
*Game 5: Denver at LA Lakers TBA
*Game 5: Atlanta at Boston TBA
Game 5: Washington at Cleveland TBA

Thursday, May 1
*Game 6: New Orleans at Dallas TBA
*Game 6: San Antonio at Phoenix TBA
*Game 6: Detroit at Philadelphia TBA
*Game 6: Orlando at Toronto TBA

Friday, May 2
*Game 6: LA Lakers at Denver TBA
*Game 6: Houston at Utah TBA
*Game 6: Boston at Atlanta TBA
*Game 6: Cleveland at Washington TBA

Saturday, May 3
*Game 7: Dallas at New Orleans TBA
*Game 7: Phoenix at San Antonio TBA
*Game 7: Philadelphia at Detroit TBA
*Game 7: Toronto at Orlando TBA

Sunday, May 4
*Game 7: Denver at LA Lakers TBA
*Game 7: Utah at Houston TBA
*Game 7: Atlanta at Boston TBA
*Game 7: Washington at Cleveland TBA


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