National Basketball Association

National Basketball Association
Daily Playoffs
FIRST ROUND
(Best-of-7)
Saturday, April 22
Cleveland 97, Washington 86
San Antonio 122, Sacramento 88
Miami 111, Chicago 106
Los Angeles Clippers 89, Denver 87
Sunday, April 23
Indiana 90, New Jersey 88
Phoenix 107, Los Angeles Lakers 102
Detroit 92, Milwaukee 74
Dallas 103, Memphis 93
Monday, April 24
Miami 115, Chicago 108
Los Angeles Clippers 98, Denver 87
Tuesday, April 25
Washington 89, Cleveland 84
New Jersey 90, Indiana 75
San Antonio 128, Sacramento 119, OT
Wednesday, April 26
Detroit 109, Milwaukee 98
Dallas 94, Memphis 79
Los Angeles Lakers 99, Phoenix 93
Thursday, April 27
Indiana 107, New Jersey 95
Chicago 109, Miami 90
Denver 94, Los Angeles Clippers 87
Friday, April 28
Cleveland 97, Washington 96
Sacramento 94, San Antonio 93
Los Angeles Lakers 99, Phoenix 92
Saturday, April 29
New Jersey 97, Indiana 88
Dallas 94, Memphis 89, OT
Milwaukee 124, Detroit 104
Los Angeles Clippers 100, Denver 86
Sunday, April 30
Chicago 93, Miami 87
Los Angeles Lakers 99, Phoenix 98, OT
Washington 106, Cleveland 96, series tied 2-2
Sacramento 102, San Antonio 84
Monday, May 1
Dallas 102, Memphis 76, Dallas wins series 4-0
Detroit 109, Milwaukee 99, Detroit leads series 3-1
Los Angeles Clippers 101, Denver 83, Los Angeles wins series 4-1
Tuesday, May 2
New Jersey 92, Indiana 86, New Jersey leads series 3-2
Miami 92, Chicago 78, Miami leads series 3-2
San Antonio 109, Sacramento 98, San Antonio leads series 3-2
Phoenix 114, Los Angeles Lakers 97, Los Angeles leads series 3-2
Wednesday, May 3
Detroit 122, Milwaukee 93, Detroit wins 4-1
Washington at Cleveland, late
Today, May 4
New Jersey at Indiana, 7 p.m.
Miami at Chicago, 8 p.m.
Phoenix at Los Angeles Lakers, 10:30 p.m.
Friday, May 5
Cleveland at Washington, 8 p.m.
San Antonio at Sacramento, 10:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 6
Indiana at New Jersey, 5:30 or 8 p.m., if necessary
Chicago at Miami, 8 p.m., if necessary
Los Angeles Lakers at Phoenix, 8:30 or 10:30 p.m., if necessary
Sunday, May 7
Washington at Cleveland, TBA, if necessary
Sacramento at San Antonio, TBA, if necessary
WEDNESDAY'S NBA SUMMARIES
Pistons 122, Bucks 93
MILWAUKEE (93)--Simmons 2-7 0-0 4, Bogut 5-9 0-0 10, Magloire 3-9 2-2 8, Redd 6-13 11-13 23, Ford 5-8 0-0 10, Kukoc 3-6 0-0 7, Smith 1-5 0-0 2, Williams 2-8 0-0 4, Bell 3-8 2-2 8, Gadzuric 6-7 1-2 13, Welsch 0-2 2-2 2, E.Johnson 0-0 2-2 2. Totals 36-82 20-23 93.
DETROIT (122)--Prince 3-8 5-6 12, R.Wallace 8-11 2-4 22, B.Wallace 1-3 0-2 2, Hamilton 15-23 8-9 40, Billups 3-5 8-8 17, McDyess 5-8 1-2 11, Hunter 0-2 0-0 0, Evans 1-2 4-4 6, Delk 3-7 2-2 8, Davis 0-1 0-0 0, Delfino 0-2 2-2 2, Cato 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 40-74 32-39 122.
Milwaukee23261727--93
Detroit39233525--122
3-Point Goals--Milwaukee 1-10 (Kukoc 1-3, Redd 0-1, Simmons 0-1, Williams 0-5), Detroit 10-17 (R.Wallace 4-5, Billups 3-3, Hamilton 2-2, Prince 1-2, Delfino 0-1, Hunter 0-1, Delk 0-3). Rebounds--Milwaukee 33 (Redd 9), Detroit 57 (B.Wallace 14). Assists--Milwaukee 18 (Ford 6), Detroit 30 (Billups 8). Total Fouls--Milwaukee 27, Detroit 21. A--22,076.
TUESDAY'S LATE SUMMARIES
Spurs 109, Kings 98
SACRAMENTO (98)--Artest 8-21 4-4 24, Thomas 1-3 0-0 2, Miller 4-9 2-3 10, Wells 13-20 9-12 38, Bibby 3-12 0-0 8, Martin 3-7 4-4 11, Abdur-Rahim 2-3 1-2 5, Garcia 0-0 0-0 0, Hart 0-2 0-0 0, Potapenko 0-0 0-0 0, Price 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 34-77 20-25 98.
SAN ANTONIO (109)--Bowen 7-9 0-0 16, Duncan 9-12 6-7 24, Horry 1-3 0-0 2, Parker 8-14 4-6 21, Ginobili 9-14 8-8 27, Finley 3-9 2-2 10, Barry 2-4 2-2 7, Nesterovic 0-1 0-0 0, Van Exel 0-2 2-2 2, Udrih 0-0 0-0 0, Oberto 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 39-68 24-27 109.
Sacramento19272230--98
San Antonio21223729--109
3-Point Goals--Sacramento 10-22 (Artest 4-8, Wells 3-3, Bibby 2-5, Martin 1-3, Miller 0-3), San Antonio 7-16 (Bowen 2-4, Finley 2-5, Barry 1-2, Ginobili 1-2, Parker 1-2, Horry 0-1). Rebounds--Sacramento 35 (Wells 12), San Antonio 45 (Duncan, Ginobili 9). Assists--Sacramento 17 (Artest, Bibby, Miller 4), San Antonio 27 (Duncan 5). Total Fouls--Sacramento 27, San Antonio 23. A--18,797.
Suns 114, Lakers 97
L.A. LAKERS (97)--Odom 7-14 4-5 18, Walton 4-11 0-0 9, Brown 6-6 2-4 14, Bryant 10-17 6-9 29, Parker 1-7 2-2 5, Vujacic 0-1 0-0 0, Cook 4-5 0-0 9, George 2-6 0-0 5, Turiaf 2-2 4-4 8, J.Jackson 0-1 0-0 0, McKie 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 36-70 18-24 97.
PHOENIX (114)--Jones 4-10 0-0 9, Marion 9-22 1-1 21, Diaw 7-12 11-11 25, Bell 4-9 1-1 11, Nash 8-13 5-6 22, T.Thomas 5-8 2-4 13, Barbosa 4-9 2-2 11, House 0-1 0-0 0, Burke 1-1 0-1 2, Tskitishvili 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 42-86 22-26 114.
L.A. Lakers25222129--97
Phoenix27292830--114
3-Point Goals--L.A. Lakers 7-21 (Bryant 3-8, Cook 1-1, Walton 1-2, George 1-3, Parker 1-3, J.Jackson 0-1, Vujacic 0-1, Odom 0-2), Phoenix 8-23 (Bell 2-5, Marion 2-5, Nash 1-2, Jones 1-3, T.Thomas 1-3, Barbosa 1-4, Tskitishvili 0-1). Rebounds--L.A. Lakers 47 (Odom 15), Phoenix 41 (Diaw 10). Assists--L.A. Lakers 16 (Odom 6), Phoenix 18 (Diaw 9). Total Fouls--L.A. Lakers 24, Phoenix 19. Technicals--L.A. Lakers Delay Of Game, Bryant 2, Turiaf, Phoenix Defensive Three Second, Bell. Flagrant foul--Bell. Ejected--Bryant, Bell. A--18,422.
NBA Draft Early Entries
(As released by the NBA, May 3, 2006)
U.S. Colleges and Institutions
Akbar Abdul-Ahad, junior, g, Idaho State
Arron Afflalo, sophomore, g, UCLA
LaMarcus Aldridge, sophomore, c, Texas
Morris Almond, junior, g, Rice
Renaldo Balkman, junior, f, South Carolina
Larry Blair, junior, g, Liberty
Will Blalock, junior, g, Iowa State
Jahsha Bluntt, junior, g, Delaware State
Josh Boone, junior, f-c, Connecticut
Ronnie Brewer, junior, g-f, Arkansas
Bobby Brown, junior, f, Cal State Fullerton
Shannon Brown, junior, g, Michigan State
Derek Burditt, sophomore, c, Blinn College, Texas
LeRoy Dawson, junior, g-f, Emporia State
Travis DeGroot, junior, f, Delta State
Guillermo Diaz, junior, g, Miami
Cem Dinc, freshman, c, Indiana
Quincy Douby, junior, g, Rutgers
Mike Efevberha, junior, g, Cal State Northridge
Carl Elliott, junior, g, George Washington
Jordan Farmar, sophomore, g, UCLA
Nick Fazekas, junior, f, Nevada
Thomas Gardner, junior, g, Missouri
Rudy Gay, sophomore, f, Connecticut
Reggie George, junior, c, Robert Morris-Chicago
Daniel Gibson, sophomore, g, Texas
Aaron Gray, junior, c, Pittsburgh
LeShawn Hammett, junior, g, St. Francis, Pa.
Brandon Heath, junior, g-f, San Diego State
Tedric Hill, sophomore, c, Gulf Coast CC
Clarence Holloway, HS-post graduate, c, IMG Academy, Fla.
Ekene Ibekwe, junior, f, Maryland
Donald Jeffes, sophomore, f-c, Roxbury CC, Mass.
Alexander Johnson, junior, f, Florida State
David Johnson, sophomore, f, Clinton JC, S.C.
Trey Johnson, junior, g, Jackson State
Coby Karl, junior, g, Boise State
Mark Konecny, junior, c, Lambuth
Kyle Lowry, sophomore, g, Villanova
Aleks Maric, sophomore, c, Nebraska
Japhet McNeil, junior, g, East Carolina
Paul Millsap, junior, f, Louisiana Tech
Matt Mitchell, junior, g, Southern, N.O.
Adam Morrison, junior, f, Gonzaga
Patrick O'Bryant, sophomore, c, Bradley
Evan Patterson, junior, f, Texas Wesleyan
Danilo Pinnock, junior, g, George Washington
Leon Powe, sophomore, f, California
Richard Roby, sophomore, f, Colorado
Rajon Rondo, sophomore, g, Kentucky
Blake Schilb, junior, f, Loyola-Chicago
Mustafa Shakur, junior, g, Arizona
Cedric Simmons, sophomore, c, North Carolina State
Marcus Slaughter, junior, f, San Diego State
Curtis Stinson, junior, g, Iowa State
Tyrus Thomas, freshman, f, LSU
P.J. Tucker, junior, f, Texas
Jontae Vinson, junior, g, Cal State-Los Angeles
Ian Vouyoukas, junior, c, St. Louis
Darius Washington Jr., sophomore, g, Memphis
Albert Weber, sophomore, g, Connors State
Marcus Williams, junior, g, Connecticut
Shawne Williams, freshman, f, Memphis
International Players
Andriy Agafonov, Khimik (Ukraine), 6-8, year of birth 1986
Nemanja Aleksandrov, FMP Zeleznik (Serbia-Montenegro), 7-0, 1987
Pape-Philippe Amagou, Le Mans (France), 6-0, 1985
Andrea Bargnani, Benetton Treviso (Italy), 6-10, 1985
Yannick Bokolo, Le Mans (France), 6-2, 1985
Carlos Cedeno, Guaiqueries (Venezuela), 6-5, 1985
Tadija Dragicevic, Crvena Zvezda (Serbia-Montenegro), 6-8, 1986
Lior Eliyahu, Hapoel Galil Elyon (Israel), 6-9, 1985
Rudy Fernandez, DKV Joventut (Spain), 6-5, 1985
Kyrylo Fesenko, Mariupol (Ukraine), 6-11, 1986
Rafael Hettsheimeier, Akasvayu Vic (Spain), 6-10, 1986
Marko Lekic, Atlas (Serbia-Montenegro), 6-10, 1985
Damir Markota, Cibona (Croatia), 6-10, 1985
Mickael Mokongo, Chalon (France), 5-11, 1986
Brad Newley, Townsville (Australia), 6-7, 1985
Oleksiy Pecherov, Paris Basket Racing (France), 7-0, 1985
Hrvoje Peric, Split (Croatia), 6-8, 1985
Kosta Perovic, Partizan (Serbia & amp; Mont.), 7-2, 1985
Giorgos Printezis, Olympiacos (Greece), 6-9, 1985
Milovan Rakovic, Atlas (Serbia-Montenegro), 6-10, 1985
Aleksandar Rindin, Gala Baku (Azerbaijan), 7-5, 1985
Sergio Rodriguez, Adecco Estudiantes (Spain), 6-3, 1986
Dusan Sakota, Panathinaikos (Greece), 6-10, 1986
Renaldas Seibutis, Olympiacos (Greece), 6-5, 1985
Saer Sene, Verviers-Pepinster (Belgium), 7-0, 1986
Sidiki Sidibe, Levallois (France), 7-0, 1985
Sun Yue, Beijing Aoshen Olympians (ABA), 6-9, 1985
Tiago Splitter, Tau Ceramica (Spain), 6-11, 1985
Ali Traore, Roanne (France), 6-9, 1985
Ejike Ugboaja, Union Bank Lagos (Nigeria), 6-9, 1985
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