NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION


NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

PLAYOFFS

QUARTERFINALS

(Best-of-7)

Saturday, May 12

New Jersey 96, Cleveland 85

San Antonio 108, Phoenix 101

Sunday, May 13

Chicago 102, Detroit 87

Utah 115, Golden State 101, Utah leads series 3-1

Monday, May 14

Cleveland 87, New Jersey 85

Phoenix 104, San Antonio 98

Tuesday, May 15

Chicago 108, Detroit 92

Utah 100, Golden State 87, Utah wins series 4-1

Wednesday

New Jersey 83, Cleveland 72

San Antonio 88, Phoenix 85, San Antonio leads series 3-2

Thursday

Detroit 95, Chicago 85, Detroit wins series 4-2

Friday

Cleveland 88, New Jersey 72, Cleveland wins series 4-2

Phoenix at San Antonio, late

Sunday

San Antonio at Phoenix, 3:30 p.m., if necessary

SEMIFINALS

(Best-of-7)

Sunday, May 20

Utah at San Antonio, 3:30 p.m., if San Antonio wins on May 18

Monday, May 21

Cleveland at Detroit, 8 p.m.

FRIDAY’S SUMMARY

CAVALIERS 88, NETS 72

CLEVELAND (88) — James 8-20 6-9 23, Gooden 8-11 0-0 16, Ilgauskas 2-5 2-2 6, Pavlovic 1-8 0-0 3, Hughes 1-6 2-4 5, Varejao 3-3 0-1 6, Marshall 6-11 0-0 18, Snow 1-3 1-2 3, Gibson 3-8 0-0 8, Da.Jones 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 33-76 11-18 88.

NEW JERSEY (72) — Jefferson 7-16 2-2 16, Moore 4-8 6-7 14, Collins 1-3 0-2 2, Carter 4-11 3-5 11, Kidd 7-20 4-7 19, Nachbar 1-2 0-0 3, Boone 0-1 0-0 0, House 0-2 0-0 0, Wright 2-4 2-2 7, Williams 0-1 0-0 0, Adams 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 26-69 17-25 72.

Cleveland 32 21 8 27 — 88

New Jersey 15 23 22 12 — 72

3-Point Goals—Cleveland 11-27 (Marshall 6-10, Gibson 2-6, Hughes 1-2, Pavlovic 1-3, James 1-5, Da.Jones 0-1), New Jersey 3-16 (Wright 1-1, Nachbar 1-2, Kidd 1-7, Carter 0-2, Jefferson 0-2, House 0-2). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Cleveland 50 (James 8), New Jersey 51 (Kidd 12). Assists—Cleveland 18 (James 8), New Jersey 17 (Kidd 8). Total Fouls—Cleveland 24, New Jersey 16. Technicals—New Jersey Defensive Three Second, Moore. A—20,032.

WNBA

Today’s Games

Sacramento at Detroit, 3:30 p.m.

Connecticut at Washington, 6 p.m.

Minnesota at Indiana, 7 p.m.

Houston at Seattle, 10 p.m.

San Antonio at Phoenix, 10 p.m.

Sunday’s Games

Chicago at New York, 4 p.m.

Sacramento at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Monday’s Games

No games scheduled

Tuesday’s Games

Minnesota at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Sacramento at Washington, 7:30 p.m.

Los Angeles at Chicago, 8 p.m.