San Antonio 101, Oklahoma City 98 NBA PLAYOFFS ADVERTISING CONFERENCE FINALS (Best of 7 series) (x- if necessary) Sunday, May 27 San Antonio 101, Oklahoma City 98 Monday, May 28 Miami 93, Boston 79 Tuesday, May 29 San Antonio 120,
NBA PLAYOFFS
CONFERENCE FINALS
(Best of 7 series)
(x- if necessary)
Sunday, May 27
San Antonio 101, Oklahoma City 98
Monday, May 28
Miami 93, Boston 79
Tuesday, May 29
San Antonio 120, Oklahoma City 111, San Antonio leads series 2-0
Wednesday, May 30
Miami 115, Boston 111, OT, Miami leads the series 2-0
Thursday, May 31
San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 3 p.m.
Friday, June 1
Miami at Boston, 2:30 p.m.
Saturday, June 2
San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 2:30 p.m.
Sunday, June 3
Miami at Boston, 2:30 p.m.
Monday: June 4
x-Oklahoma City at San Antonio, 3 p.m.
Tuesday, June 5
x-Boston at Miami, 2:30 p.m.
Wednesday, June 6
x-San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 3 p.m.
Thursday, June 7
x-Miami at Boston, 2:30 p.m.
Friday, June 8
x-Oklahoma City at San Antonio, 3 p.m.
Saturday, June 9
x-Boston at Miami, 2:30 p.m.
Celtics-Heat, Box
BOSTON (111)
Pierce 8-19 5-6 21, Bass 2-4 4-4 8, Garnett 6-18 6-6 18, Rondo 16-24 10-12 44, Allen 5-11 1-1 13, Stiemsma 1-1 0-0 2, Pietrus 1-3 0-0 3, Dooling 1-1 0-0 2, Hollins 0-0 0-0 0, Daniels 0-0 0-0 0, Pavlovic 0-0 0-0 0, Moore 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 40-81 26-29 111.
MIAMI (115)
Battier 3-9 0-0 9, James 7-20 18-24 34, Turiaf 1-1 0-0 2, Chalmers 8-16 3-7 22, Wade 8-15 7-11 23, Anthony 0-1 2-2 2, Miller 3-7 0-0 7, Jones 1-2 0-0 3, Cole 0-0 0-0 0, Haslem 6-12 1-3 13. Totals 37-83 31-47 115.
Boston 24 29 22 24 12 — 111
Miami 18 28 35 18 16 — 115
3-Point Goals—Boston 5-16 (Rondo 2-2, Allen 2-5, Pietrus 1-3, Garnett 0-1, Pierce 0-5), Miami 10-26 (Chalmers 3-6, Battier 3-8, James 2-6, Jones 1-2, Miller 1-4). Fouled Out—Pierce, Pietrus, Dooling. Rebounds—Boston 48 (Bass 10), Miami 58 (Haslem 11). Assists—Boston 15 (Rondo 10), Miami 24 (James 7). Total Fouls—Boston 33, Miami 18. Technicals—Garnett, Chalmers. A—19,973 (19,600).
2012 NBA Draft Order
Wednesday
At ABC Times Square Studio
New York
First Round
1. New Orleans
2. Charlotte
3. Washington
4. Cleveland
5. Sacramento
6. Portland (from Brooklyn)
7. Golden State
8. Toronto
9. Detroit
10. New Orleans (from Minnesota via LA Clippers)
11. Portland
12. Milwaukee
13. Phoenix
14. Houston
15. Philadelphia
16. Houston (from New York)
17. Dallas
18. Minnesota (from Utah)
19. Orlando
20. Denver
21. Boston
22. Boston (from LA Clippers via Oklahoma City)
23. Atlanta
24. Cleveland (from LA Lakers)
25. Memphis
26. Indiana
27. Miami
28. Oklahoma City
29. Chicago
30. Golden State (from San Antonio)
National Hockey League
STANLEY CUP FINALS
(Best of 7 series)
(x- if necessary)
Wednesday, May 30
Los Angeles 2, New Jersey 1, Los Angeles leads series 1-0
Saturday, June 2
Los Angeles at New Jersey, 2 p.m.
Monday, June 4
New Jersey at Los Angeles, 2 p.m.
Wednesday, June 6
New Jersey at Los Angeles, 2 p.m.
Saturday, June 9
x-Los Angeles at New Jersey, 2 p.m.
Monday, June 11
x-New Jersey at Los Angeles, 2 p.m.
Wednesday, June 13
x-Los Angeles at New Jersey, 2 p.m.
Wednesday’s Sports
Transactions
BASEBALL
American League
CLEVELAND INDIANS — Placed DH Travis Hafner on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 24. Recalled LHP Scott Barnes from Columbus (IL).
National League
NEW YORK METS — Recalled INF Jordany Valdespin from Buffalo (IL). Placed INF Ronny Cedeno on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 27.
International League
DURHAM BULLS — Reasssigned C Mayo Acosta to Montgomery (SL).
Frontier League
GATEWAY GRIZZLIES — Released LHP Zach Robertson.
RIVER CITY RASCALS — Signed RHP Doug Shields.
WASHINGTON WILD THINGS — Signed RHP Eric Blackwell.
WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS — Released RHP Ricky Szeligo.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
ARIZONA CARDINALS — Signed WR Gino Crump. Released CB Korey Lindsey.
BUFFALO BILLS — Signed WR Derek Session. Released OL Paul Madsen.
GREEN BAY PACKERS — Signed TE Brandon Bostick.
MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Announced the retirement of CB Asher Allen.
TAMPA BUCCANEERS — Named Eric Stokes director of college scouting.
Canadian Football League
WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Signed OL Tyson Pencer.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
MONTREAL CANADIENS — Signed D Nathan Beaulieu to a three-year contract.
NEW YORK RANGERS — Agreed to terms with F Jesper Fast and F Marek Hrivik.
VANCOUVER CANUCKS — Signed C Alex Friesen to a three-year, entry-level contract.
WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Re-signed G Dany Sabourin to a one-year contract extension.
American Hockey League
MILWAUKEE ADMIRALS — Announced the resignation of coach Ian Herbers so he can become coach of the University of Alberta.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
SPORTING KANSAS CITY — Signed M Kyle Miller.
COLLEGE
METRO ATLANTIC ATHLETIC CONFERENCE — Named Saint Peter’s president Dr. Eugene Cornacchia president and Canisius president John J. Hurley vice president of the Council of Presidents. Signed commissioner Richard J. Ensor to a contract extension through the 2017-18 academic year.
MID-EASTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE — Named Norfolk State faculty athletic representative Dr. Carray Banks president of the Delegate Assembly, Morgan State director of athletics Floyd Kerr and South Carolina State senior womean administrator Mary Hill vice presidents.
BOSTON COLLEGE — Announced junior men’s basketball G Alex Dragicevich is transferring from Notre Dame.
CONCORDIA, TEXAS — Named Myranda Sanders women’s soccer coach.
DUKE — Announced the resignation of baseball coach Sean McNally. Named Edwin Thompson interim baseball coach.
GEORGE MASON — Named Tiffany Gwynn women’s assistant basketball coach.
ILLINOIS STATE — Named Torrey Ward men’s assistant basketball coach.
KENNESAW STATE — Named Kristina Llanes women’s lacrosse coach.
MARQUETTE — Named Isaac Chew men’s assistant basketball coach.
VIRGINIA-LYNCHBURG — Named Dwayne Ellis strength and conditioning coach.
WENTWORTH TECH — Named Helena Iaquinta women’s lacrosse coach.
TENNIS
French Open Results
Wednesday
At Stade Roland Garros
Paris
Purse: $23.47 million (Grand Slam)
Surface: Clay-Outdoor
Singles
Men
Second Round
Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Blaz Kavcic, Slovenia, 6-0, 6-4, 6-4.
Juan Martin del Potro (9), Argentina, def. Edouard Roger-Vasselin, France, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (3), 6-4, 6-4.
Roger Federer (3), Switzerland, def. Adrian Ungur, Romania, 6-3, 6-2, 6-7 (6), 6-3.
Nicolas Devilder, France, def. Michael Berrer, Germany, 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-2.
Andreas Seppi (22), Italy, def. Mikhail Kukushkin, Kazakhstan, 6-7 (5), 6-2, 2-6, 6-1, 6-2.
Marin Cilic (21), Croatia, def. Juan Carlos Ferrero, Spain, 7-6 (4), 6-2, 6-3.
Tomas Berdych (7), Czech Republic, def. Michael Llodra, France, 6-2, 6-3, 6-3.
Kevin Anderson (31), South Africa, def. Horacio Zeballos, Argentina, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-0.
Gilles Simon (11), France, def. Brian Baker, United States, 6-4, 6-1, 6-7 (4), 1-6, 6-0.
Fernando Verdasco (14), Spain, def. Gilles Muller, Luxembourg, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-2, 6-2.
Stanislas Wawrinka (18), Switzerland, def. Pablo Andujar, Spain, 7-6 (3), 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-1.
Lukasz Kubot, Poland, def. Florent Serra, France, 7-6 (0), 6-2, 7-6 (4).
Nicolas Mahut, France, def. Martin Klizan, Slovakia, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-3.
Women
Second Round
Victoria Azarenka (1), Belarus, def. Dinah Pfizenmaier, Germany, 6-1, 6-1.
Dominika Cibulkova (15), Slovakia, def. Vania King, United States, 6-0, 6-2.
Sam Stosur (6), Australia, def. Irina Falconi, United States, 6-1, 6-4.
Aleksandra Wozniak, Canada, def. Zheng Jie (31), China, 6-2, 6-4.
Sara Errani (21), Italy, def. Melanie Oudin, United States, 6-2, 6-3.
Mathilde Johansson, France, def. Petra Cetkovska (24), Czech Republic, 7-6 (1), 6-2.
Anabel Medina Garrigues (29), Spain, def. Irena Pavlovic, France, 6-3, 6-2.
Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez, Spain, def. Lucie Safarova (20), Czech Republic, 6-4, 7-5.
Nadia Petrova (27), Russia, def. Chanelle Scheepers, South Africa, 6-3, 6-3.
Ana Ivanovic (13), Serbia, def. Shahar Peer, Israel, 6-2, 6-2.
Svetlana Kuznetsova (26), Russia, def. Chan Yung-jan, Taiwan, 6-4, 7-6 (4).
Sloane Stephens, United States, def. Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States, 6-1, 6-1.
Petra Martic, Croatia, def. Marion Bartoli (8), France, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3.
Flavia Pennetta (18), Italy, def. Alexa Glatch, United States, 6-3, 6-1.
Agnieszka Radwanska (3), Poland, def. Venus Williams, United States, 6-2, 6-3.
