Tuesday, April 23, 2013 | TechNews sports@technewsiit.com CIARAN KOHLI—LYNCH 7 NBA play-offs begin, Miami Heat leading Nathan McMahon STAFF w RITE R The 2013 NBA playoffs began this Saturday The Miami Heat is the team to beat in the East while teams like the Spurs and Knicks look to prove they are real contenders The New York Knicks are taking on the Boston Celtics in their first round series and the New Yorkers took game 1 with a score of85778 and a game high 36 points from Carmelo Anthony Carmelo Anthony was named the NBA scoring champion The other East game 1 available at press time was the first round series between the Brooklyn Nets and Chicago Bulls The Bulls remained without superstar Derrick Rose and struggled offensively as the Nets beat them 106789 behind a cool 22 points from Deron Williams In the West the Denver Nuggets took on the Golden State Warriors and beat them in the first game of the series 9795 with a game, winning layup by Andre Miller with 1 second remaining to take a 10 lead in the series The other series to start in the West is between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Memphis Grizzlies The Clippers took game 1 easily 112791 behind a strong rebounding effort by the Clippers One of the East series yet to start is between the top seeded Miami Heat and the Milwaukee Bucks where Brandon Jennings has predicted the Bucks winning the series The other East series is betweenthe Indiana Pacers and Atlanta Hawks and it should be an easy win for the Pacers In the West, the top seeded Oklahoma City Thunder is taking on the Houston Rockets who are looking for an upset behind James Hardenl The Los Angeles Lakers will be without Kobe Bryant after his torn Achilles injury as they take on the San Antonio Spurs Basebau Ciaran Kohli-Lynch SPORTS EDITOR The Illinois Tech Baseball team currently sits in 5th place in the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletics Conference North Division, with a streak of 67151 With 9 games remaining of the regular season, the team will look to improve their record as they look IIIIIIIWIIS IIPIIA'I'E —- Photo courtesy afnba.si.cam reaches 5th in conference, Women's soccer hosts tryouts towards the CCAC Tournament in Whiting, IN which runs from April 30th to May 4th Also on the Hawks’ schedule is an exciting game against Maranatha Baptist Bible College on US Cellular Field, the home of the Chicago White Sox, on Tuesday May 7th This will be an excellent opportunity for students to escape the stresses of finals week for a couple of hours, or alternatively celebrate the end of exams Be sure to get downto the Sox stadium and support the team Also in action this semester are the Men and Women’s Track and Field team They were competing in the CCAC Championships over the weekend and will now be looking towards competitions at North Central College on May 910th and 16717th before the NAIA National Outdoor Championships starting May 23rd In other onecampus sports news, the Women’s Soccer team will be hosting varsity tryouts on April 25th If anyone is interested in competing at a vars itylevel for IIT, and believe that they have what it takes, contact Coach Kose at akose@iit,edu to fill out an insurance waiver and receive more details about the tryout Interested women must be fulltime undergraduate students at IIT Wednesday, April 24 Baseball @ Purdue University—North Central 1 pm. (game 1, game 2 tofollow) Thursday, April 25 Baseball @ Robert Morris College 5 pm. (game 1, game 2 tofollow) Friday, April 26 Baseball Cardinal Stritch University @ Ed Clancy Baseball Field 3 pm. Saturday, April 27 Baseball @ Cardinal Stritch University 12 pm. (game 1, game 2 tofollow) Men 8 Women's Track 8 Field TBD