By The Associated Press

All Times EDT

CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS

(Best-of-7)

Sunday, May 3

Denver 109, Dallas 95

Monday, May 4

Orlando 95, Boston 90, Orlando leads series 1-0

Houston 100, L.A. Lakers 92, Houston leads series 1-0

Tuesday, May 5

Cleveland 99, Atlanta 72, Cleveland leads series 1-0

Denver 117, Dallas 105, Denver leads series 2-0

Wednesday, May 6

Orlando at Boston, 8 p.m.

Houston at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

Thursday, May 7

Atlanta at Cleveland, 8 p.m.

Friday, May 8

Boston at Orlando, 7 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Houston, 9:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 9

Denver at Dallas, 5 p.m.

Cleveland at Atlanta, 8 p.m.

Sunday, May 10

L.A. Lakers at Houston, 3:30 p.m.

Boston at Orlando, 8 p.m.

Monday, May 11

Cleveland at Atlanta, 7 p.m.

Denver at Dallas, 9:30 p.m.

Tuesday, May 12

Orlando at Boston, TBA, if necessary

Houston at L.A. Lakers, TBA, if necessary

Wednesday, May 13

Atlanta at Cleveland, TBA, if necessary

Dallas at Denver, TBA, if necessary

SCOREBOARDWednesday, May 6Orlando at Boston (8 p.m. EDT). The Magic won the opener at Boston 95-90 to get a jump on the defending champions in the Eastern Conference semifinal series.STARSTuesday• LeBron James, Cavaliers, had 34 points and 10 rebounds to lead Cleveland to a 99-72 victory over Atlanta in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.• Mo Williams, Cavaliers, scored 21 points as Cleveland remained unbeaten in the postseason.• Carmelo Anthony, Nuggets, scored 15 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter to help Denver pull away for a 117-105 victory over Dallas.• Nene and J.R. Smith, Nuggets. Nene scored 25 and Smith added 21 as the Nuggets took a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series.DOUBLE-DIGIT DOMINANCEWith its 99-72 victory over Atlanta on Tuesday in Game 1 of the second round, Cleveland became the first team since the 2004 Detroit Pistons to win each of its first five playoff games by double figures. The Cavaliers swept the Pistons in the first round, averaging 93.5 points and allowing just 78 per game.HURTING HOWARDDallas forward Josh Howard was sidelined after just six scoreless minutes in Game 2 because of a sprained right ankle. Howard missed 30 games in the regular season because of an injured left ankle, then sprained his right one in the first half of the opener Sunday night at Denver.PREGAME PARTYLeBron James was presented his MVP award by NBA commissioner David Stern before the Cavaliers' 99-72 victory over Atlanta in Game 1 of their series. Stern's praise of James was nearly drowned out by more than 20,000 fans chanting "M-V-P!" for the first Cavaliers player to win the award and Cleveland's first professional athlete to be chosen best in his sport since Browns quarterback Brian Sipe was NFL MVP in 1980.NUGGETS' NUMBERSThe Denver Nuggets have won 15 straight games at the Pepsi Center, where they haven't lost since March 11. It's their longest home winning streak since a 19-gamer in 1989. ... The Nuggets' six postseason wins have come by an average of 24.8 points.ROCKET RECOVEREDYao Ming showed no ill effects from his knee-to-knee collision with Kobe Bryant on Monday, when he limped off the court before returning. Yao went through a full practice Tuesday, then sat with an ice pack around his right knee. He said the knee was a little sore but he was able to move around well.SPEAKING"It was unbelievable how sharp we were. We just picked up where we left off." — LeBron James after Cleveland beat Atlanta 99-72 after a long layoff, its fifth straight win this postseason by double digits.