Sporting Digest: Basketball

NBA: Third-round play-off: Eastern Conference finals: Chicago Bulls 96 New York Knicks 88 (Chicago win best-of-seven series 4-2). Western Conference finals: Phoenix Suns 123 Seattle SuperSonics 110 (Phoenix win series 4-3).

EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS Qualification tournament (Wroclaw, Pol) Semi-finals: Group E: Latvia 93 Belarus 79; Croatia 107 Ukraine 78. Standings: 1 Croatia 6pts (323-229); 2 Latvia 5; 3 Ukraine 4; 4 Belarus 3. Group F: Bosnia-Herzegovina 94 Estonia 87; Slovenia 111 Poland 101. Standings: 1 Slovenia 6pts; 2 Bosnia-Herzegovina 5; 3 Estonia 4; 4 Poland 3.