256 Team All Time Basketball Tournament: Region 8 Round 2/3: Series 1 and 2

 Region 7

1. 1991 NBA CHAMPION CHICAGO BULLS v. 8. 1982 NBA CHAMPION LA LAKERS

Bulls: 61-21, 1st Cen Div, 1st Off, 7th Def

           d. Knicks East 1st Rnd 3-0

           d. Sixers East Semis 4-1

           d. Pistons East Finals 4-0

           d. Lakers NBA Finals 4-1

           #8 overall seed

           d. ('03 Nets Jordan 2 PotG)

           

Coach: Phil Jackson

Starters

C Bill Cartwright           33-USF                   9.6 PPG  11.5 PER  4.2 WS  -.4

F Horace Grant              25-Clemson            12.8         17.6         10.3   3

F Scottie Pippen            25-Cent Ark            17.8         20.6         11.2   5.9

G John Paxson              30-N Dame              8.7          14             5.7    1.1

G Michael Jordan          27-UNC                  31.5        31.6          20.3   10.8 VORP

Rotation Reserves

C Will Perdue               25-Vandy                4.1           13.7          2.3       -.1

F Stacey King               24-Oklahoma         5.5           10.2          1.5      -.5

F Cliff Levingston        30-Wichita St         4              11.5           2        -.2

G BJ Armstrong           23-Iowa                  8.8           14.8           4.1   .7

G Craig Hodges           30-CaSt Lng Beach 5             12.4           1.7    .1

Leaders: Jordan: 1st PPG, 3rd Steals, 3rd Steals/Gm, 1st PER, 1st WS, 1st WS/48, 1st +/-, 1st VORP, 4th Off Rtng, 4th Steal %, 1st Team All NBA

              Pippen: 5th Steals, 5th Steals/Gm, 4th Trip-Doub

              Paxson: 5th Eff FG%, 5th Off Rtng

              Grant: 3rd Off Rtng

The top seeded team remaining in the field...the '91 Bulls, looking to avoid the curse of the top seeds.  27 year old Jordan is maybe the best player in the tournament; 30 PER, 20 WS, 10 VORP, tops in the Big 5 Cats - there maybe couldn't be a better NBA player than 1991 Jordan.

Pippen's 25, also 20+ PER with double digit WS and Grant's 25 and he's got double digit WS.

Lakers: 57-25, 1st Pac Div, 2nd Off, 10th Def

              d. Suns West Semis 4-0

              d. Spurs West Finals 4-0

              d. Sixers NBA Finals 4-2

              #121 overall seed

              d. '04 Wolves (2-0, Magic/Kareem PotG)

Coach: Pat Riley, GM Bill Sharman

Starters

C Kareem Abdul-Jabbar  34-UCLA            23.9 PPG   23.4 PER  10.7 WS  4.7

F Mitch Kupchak           27-UNC               14.3             15.2           2.4        .2

F Jamaal Wilkes              28-UCLA            21.1            16.5           7.7        .9

G Magic Johnson            22-Michigan St   18.6            22.9           12.9     7 VORP

G Norm Nixon                26-Duquense       17.6            15.3          6.6       .9

Rotation Reserves

C Bob McAdoo              30-UNC               9.6               14.4          1.5       .1

F Kurt Rambis                 23-Santa Clara    4.6              12.8          2.3       .5

F Jim Brewer                 30-Minnesota       2.4                10.1         1.8       .3

G Eddie Jordan              27-Rutgers           3.8                12.2          .7        .1

G Michael Cooper         25-N Mexico       11.9               14.3         5       1.6

Leaders: Magic: 2nd Assists, 2nd Assts/Gm, 3rd Steals, 1st Steals/Gm, 4th WS, 5th WS/48, 2nd +/-, 1st VORP, 1st Trip-Doub, 2nd Team All NBA

               Nixon: 4th assists, 5th Assts/Gm

               Kareem: 4th blocks, 3rd Blocks/Gm, 4th FG%, 4th Eff FG%, 5th PER, 5th +/-

Man, what a second round matchup, right?  Magic's 22, Kareem's 34, both with 20+PER and double digit WS.  A main event anywhere in the world, here in the Rnd of 128.  There still is not a Jordan Bulls team in the Rnd of 32 - there still is not a top seed in the Rnd of 32.  

Matchup:

C Kareem (Lakers)

F Grant (Bulls)

F Pippen (Bulls)

G Magic (Lakers)

G Jordan (Bulls)

Bench: Lakers

Gm 1

1 Qtr 

9 Bulls 8 Lakers 6

Bulls  Jordan, Jordan, Jordan, Jordan

Lakers Kareem, Kupchak, Magic

6 Bulls 16 Lakers 11

Bulls Paxson, Pippen, Cartwright, Pippen

Lakers Kupchak(1) Kareem, Kareem

Region 8 is underway; the field of 32 will be halfway set once we conclude the region

3 Lakers 23 Bulls 20

Bulls Jordan, Jordan

Lakers Kareem, Nixon, Rambis, Kareem, Kareem, Magic

1 Score Lakers 27 Bulls 22

Bulls Armstrong

Lakers Jordan, Kareem

Kareem with 14 first qtr points.

2 Qtr

9 Bulls 32 Lakers 31

Bulls Armstrong, Armstrong, Perdue, Pippen, Grant

Lakers Nixon, Kareem

6 Lakers 41 Bulls 36

Bulls Grant, Jordan

Lakers Kareem, McAdoo(3) Cooper, Kupchak, Magic(1)

The Captain has 18 pts

3 Lakers 49 Bulls 40

Bulls Perdue, Armstrong

Lakers Kareem, Kareem, Kupchak, Kupchak

H Score Lakers 55 Bulls 40

Bulls

Lakers Wilkes, Rambis, McAdoo

LA defense locks the Bulls down in the last 9 minutes; 22 first half points for Kareem.

3 Qtr

9 Lakers 57 Bulls 48

Bulls Grant, Pippen, Grant, Jordan

Lakers Magic

6 Lakers 64 Bulls 56

Lakers Kupchak, Kareem(3) Kareem

Bulls paxson, Jordan, Pippen, Jordan

22 for Jordan, Bulls climbing back.  

3 Lakers 70 Bulls 59

Bulls Jordan(3)

Lakers Magic, Magic, McAdoo

3 Score Lakers 76 Bulls 67

Bulls Jordan, Armstrong, Perdue, Perdue

Lakers McAdoo, Wilkes, Cooper

12 minutes left in game one.

4 Qtr

9 Lakers 80 Bulls 79

Bulls Pippen, Jordan, Armstrong, Jordan, Paxson, Jordan

Lakers McAdoo, Kupchak

6 Lakers 88 Bulls 83

Bulls Cartwright, Jordan

Lakers Nixon, McAdoo, Cooper, Cooper

Jordan with 8 more. 

5:57: CHI: Jordan.  10 4th qtr pts.

5:48: LA: McAdoo corner 3.  

5:32: CHI: Paxson in the paint.

4:50: LA: McAdoo drains another 3 and it's a 7 point Laker lead.

4:37: CHI: Jordan.  Triple from the top.  13 4th qtr pts.  

3:34: LA: Norm Nixon in traffic.  

3:27: CHI: Jordan is undeniable - he hits a 35 footer, a Curry style triple.  96-93.

3:08: CHI: Laker turnover - Cartwright fadeaway.

2:58: LA: The Captain.  Sky hool.  98-95 Lakers

2:37: CHI: Michael Jordan another 3!  Michael Jordan has 19 4th Qtr Points!

1:38: CHI: A minute later Horace Grant dunk gives the Bulls the lead.

1:28: LA; Silk.  Tied.

1:05: CHI: Big Bill.  Dunk.  

:54: LA: It's Wilkes again, smoooooth.  102-102.

:36: LA: Jordan finally misses and Kupchak convers the other way.  

Bulls down 2 - time out.  They take the ball at halfcourt - Jordan, iso ball - Jordan in the lane - Jordan.  Tied.  25 seconds left.  

Laker timeout.  

Again it's Wilkes - long 2 --- he hits it.  16 seconds left.  

Jordan.  Clock ticks.  Jordan. 4 seconds left - steptback 3 for the win.....

Misses.

Wilkes gets fouled, hits both and that's the final.

F Score: Lakers 108 Bulls 104

A 46 point game for Jordan - but he misses the game winner and the Bulls lose game one.

Kareem: 31 pts/10 boards-Player of the Game(2)

Magic: 11 pts/16 boards/11 assists(1)

Wilkes: 12 pts

Kupchak: 13 pts/7 boards

McAdoo: 19 pts

Jordan: 46 pts/5 boards/5 assists

Pippen: 12 pts/10 boards/6 assists/4 steals

Grant: 10 pts/8 boards

Armstrong: 12 pts/6 assists

Gm 2

1 Qtr

9 Lakers 12 Bulls 7

Lakers Wilkes, Kareem, Nixon, Kupchak, Magic, Magic

Bulls Cartwright, Grant(3) Jordan

6 Lakers 17 Bulls 11

Lakers Wilkes, Kareem, Wilkes

Bulls Pippen, Cartwright

Lakers take game one and come out hot in game two

3 Lakers 28 Bulls 18

Lakers Wilkes, Magic, Magic, Wilkes(1) Cooper, Wilkes

Bulls King, Cartwright(1) Jordan, Armstrong

1 Score Lakers 34 Bulls 18

Lakers Wilkes, McAdoo, Cooper

Bulls

Another top seed.  Another top seed.  Jamaal Wilkes with 11 first qtr pts.  

2 Qtr

9 Lakers 38 Bulls 22

Lakers Kupchak, Kupchak

Bulls Hodges, Levingston

6 Lakers 48 Bulls 32

Lakers Wilkes, Nixon, Wilkes, kareem, Wilkes

Bulls Perdue, Perdue, Grant, Pippen, Jordan

Wilkes has 17.  

3 Lakers 60 Bulls 42

Lakers Wilkes, Magic, Magic, Cooper, Wilkes

Bulls Pippen(1) Cartwright, Grant, Paxson(3) Cartwright

H Score Lakers 64 Bulls 48

Lakers McAdoo, Kupchak

Bulls Hodges, Cartwright, Pippen

21 first half points for Jamaal Wilkes - Lakers are a half away from advancing.

3 Qtr

9 Lakers 68 Bulls 55

Lakers Wilkes, Wilkes

Bulls Grant(1) Armstrong, Jordan, Perdue

6 Lakers 75 Bulls 55

Lakers Kareem(1) Cooper, Kareem, Nixon

Bulls

it's done.  LA up 20 and this is over.

3 Lakers 85 Bulls 67

Lakers Cooper, Wilkes, Magic, Kareem, Kareem

Bulls Armstrong, Jordan, Pippen, Grant, Grant, Jordan

3 Score Lakers 95 Bulls 77

Lakers Kareem, Magic, Nixon, Kareem, Wilkes

Bulls Jordan, Pippen, Perdue, Jordan, Perdue

Kareem with 11 in the third - great game for LA.

4 Qtr

9 Lakers 106 Bulls 86

Lakers McAdoo, Nixon(3) Nixon, Kareem, Kareem

Bulls Paxson, Jordan, Pippen, Jordan

6 Lakers 112 Bulls 93

Lakers Cooper(1) Kareem(3) Magic

Bulls Jordan, Armstrong(1) Jordan, Perdue

3 Lakers 122 Bulls 101

Lakers Kareem, Magic, Wilkes, Wilkes, Kupchak

Bulls Paxson(3) Paxson, Armstrong, Jordan(1)

F Score Lakers 128 Bulls 116

Lakers Johnson, Johnson, McGee

Bulls Williams, Jordan, Hodges(3) Hodges(3) Hodges(3)

A 28 point game for Jordan but the Bulls just aren't competitive in this one.

Magic: 20 pts/15 boards/14 assists-Player of the Game(2)

Wilkes: 35 pts/5 boards

Kareem: 25 pts/14 boards

Nixon: 13 pts/7 assists

Kupchak: 10 pts/5 boards

Cooper: 11 pts

5. 2015 SAN ANTONIO SPURS v. 13. 1969 NBA CHAMPION BOSTON CELTICS

Spurs: 55-27, 3rd SW Div, 7th Off, 2nd Def

            Lost Clips West 1st Rnd 4-3

            #72 overall seed

            d. '08 Suns (2-0 Duncan 2 PotG)

Coach: Gregg Popovich

Starters

C Tiago Splitter        30                       8.2 PPG  18.9 PER  4 WS   1.1

F Tim Duncan          38-Wake            13.9          22.6          9.6     4

F Kawhi Leonard     23-San Diego St 16.5         22             8.6     4.1 VORP

G Tony Parker          32                     14.2           15.9          4.1     .3

G Danny Green        27-UNC            11.7           16.5         7.8      3.8

Rotation Reserves

C Aron Baynes         28- Wash St      6.6             15.9          3.9    .1

F Boris Diaw            32                     8.7             12.7          3.6    .8

F Marco Belinelli     28                     9.2             12.4          2.9   .4

G Cory Joseph         23-Texas            6.8            15.5          4.5    1.2

G Manu Ginobli       37                     10.5           16.2          3.7    1.5

Leaders: Kawhi: 5th Steals, 1st Steals/Gm, 2nd Def +/- Kawhi 1st Def Rtng, 2nd Steal %

               Duncan: 4th Def, 4th Def +/-, 3rd Def Rtng, 3rd Team All NBA

The Spurs got bounced in the first round of the playoffs in '15, but they're the 5th seed in Region 8 with home court advantage here.  Young Kawhi and Old Duncan both hit 20 PER

Celtics: 48-34, 4th East, 10th Off, 1st Def

              d. Sixers East Semis 4-1

              d. Knicks East Finals 4-2

              d. Lakers NBA Finals 4-3

              #200 overall seed (d. '03 Mavs Howell/Havlicek PotG)

Coach: Bill Russell, GM Red Auerbach

Starters

C Bill Russell           34-USF                    9.9 PPG   15.2 PER 10.9 WS

F Bailey Howell       32-Miss St               19.7         19.4          11.3

F Don Nelson           28-Iowa                   11.6         17.5          7.5

G Larry Siegfried     29-Ohio St               14.2         13.6          5.6

G John Havlicek      28-Ohio St               21.6         17             7.3

Rotation Reserves

C Jim Barnes            27-UTEP                 5.1           14             2.1

F Rich Johnson         22-Grambling         2.2           9               .1

F Satch Sanders        30- NYU                11.2          12.8          5.4

G Em Bryant            30-DePaul               5.7           8.8            1.9

G Sam Jones           35- NC Central         16.3         17.6          4.9

Leaders: Russell 3rd Reb, 3rd Reb/Gm, 1st Def WS

               Siegfried 1st FT%

               Havlicek 3rd Def WS, 2nd Team All NBA

               Howell 3rd WS/48

               Nelson 5th WS/48

The 60s Celtics don't have a spot yet in the Rnd of 32 - in fact, there isn't a Celtics squad to reach the Rnd of 32. Bailey Howell is 32, Player/Coach Bill Russell 34 and they both have double digit WS

Matchup:

C Russell (Celtics)

F Howell (Celtics)

F Kawhi (Spurs)

G Push

G Havlicek (Celtics)

Bench: Spurs

Gm

1 Qtr

9 Spurs 7 Celtics 5

Spurs Parker, Splitter, Green(3)

Celtics Nelson(3) Havlicek

6 Celtics 17 Spurs 16

Spurs Green, Green(3) Parker, Splitter

Celtics Havlicek, Howell(1) Howell, Havlicek, Nelson, Siegfried(3)

The Lakers await the winners of this series.  

3 Celtics 23 Spurs 20

Spurs Joseph, Baynes

Celtics Havlicek, Havlicek, Havlicek

1 Score Celtics 31 Spurs 24

Celtics Havlicek, Bryant, Jones, Jones

Spurs Diaw, Joseph

The tournament has not been kind to the 60s Celtics, just not enough offense to compete with modern teams - but this 13 seed is off to a good start in game one of rnd two.

2 Qtr

9 Celtics 38 Spurs 37

Spurs Ginobli, Ginobli(1) Diaw(3) Green(3) Diaw

Celtics Jones, Siegfried, Sanders(3)

6 Spurs 41 Celtics 40

Spurs Diaw, Green

Celtics Nelson

The 3 ball gets you eventually - the Spurs take the lead.

3 Celtics 48 Spurs 44

Spurs Duncan, Kawhi(1)

Celtics Sanders, Jones, Howell, Howell

H Score Celtics 54 Spurs 52

Spurs Splitter, Splitter, Splitter, Duncan

Celtics Howell, Sanders, Havlicek

14 first half points for Hondo.  

3 Qtr

9 Celtics 64 Spurs 62

Spurs Parker, Parker, Parker, Duncan, Kawhi

Celtics Howell, Havlicek(3) Havlicek(3) Sigfried

6 Celtics 69 Spurs 69

Spurs Kawhi, Ginobli, Duncan, Duncan

Celtics Jones, Russell(3)

How about Havlicek with the back to back 3s?

3 Celtics 80 Spurs 79

Spurs Joseph, Kawhi, Duncan, Duncan, Parker

Celtics Jones, Sanders, Russell, Nelson(3) Nelson

3 Score Celtics 90 Spurs 88

Spurs Splitter, Joseph, Duncan, Parker(3)

Celtics Jones, Russell, Havlicek, Howell, Nelson

Don Nelson with 7 in the last 6 - helluva game 1.  

4 Qtr

9 Celtics 95 Spurs 94

Spurs Kawhi, Parker, Duncan

Celtics Howell, Siegfried, Havlicek(1)

6 Spurs 100 Celtics 97

Spurs Splitter, Splitter, Kawhi

Celtics Havlicek

Good 3 minute stretch for the Spurs defense and they take the lead.

5:33: SA Splitter gets basket/foul and it's a 6 pt game.

5:15: SA: Boston misses and Green scores in traffic.

4:40: BOS: Havlicek.

4:26: SA: 4 footer for Baynes.

4:17: BOS: Sam Jones from the wing.  

4:06: SA: Corner triple for Diaw makes it a 9 point game

F Score Spurs 124 Celtics 108

Spurs Kawhi(1) Splitter, Splitter, Splitter, Parker, Kawhi(3) Kawhi

Celtics Howell, Siegfried, Graham(3)

Boston played really well for 3 and a half quarters and then just couldn't hang over the last 6 minutes.

Splitter: 25 pts/13 boards/5 blocks-Player of the Game(1)

Kawhi: 17 pts/7 boards

Duncan: 17 pts/13 boards/5 assists(2)

Parker: 19 pts

Diaw: 12 pts

Havlicek: 29 pts/7 boards

Howell: 17 pts/8 boards

Nelson: 14 pts/10 boards

Russell: 7 pts/10 boards

Siegfried: 11 pts/5 assists

Jones: 16 pts

Gm 2

1 Qtr

9 Spurs 4 Celtics 4

Celtics Siegfried, Siegfried

Spurs Green, Green

6 Celtics 8 Spurs 6

Celtics Nelson, Russell

Spurs Parker

Boston looking to slow game 2 down, fight for each possession.

3 Spurs 19 Celtics 15

Celtics Havlicek, Nelson(3) Havlicek

Spurs Kawhi, Duncan, Green(3) Kawhi, Ginobli, Duncan

1 Score Spurs 23 Celtics 23

Celtics Sanders, Nelson, Siegfried, Jones

Spurs Diaw, Belinelli

Tied at the Garden.  Spurs looking to advance.

2 Qtr

9 Spurs 36 Celtics 35

Celtics Barnes, Havlicek, Siegfried, Howell, Howell, Jones

Spurs Baynes, Kawhi(1) Diaw, Diaw, Kawhi, Belinelli, Parker

6 Spurs 44 Celtics 41

Celtics Nelson, Howell, Nelson

Spurs Splitter, Splitter, Duncan, Joseph

A half dozen for Bailey Howell to open the 2nd.  Scoreless the next 3

Half: Spurs 52 Celtics 47

Celtics Howell, Howell, Nelson

Spurs Duncan, Parker, Splitter, Kawhi

10 for Howell in the quarter - but we watch the Spurs grab the lead.

3 Qtr

9 Spurs 60 Celtics 53

Celtics Havlicek, Nelson, Jones

Spurs Green, Baynes, Duncan, Joseph

6 Spurs 74 Celtics 59

Celtics Howell, Nelson, Howell

Spurs Joseph, Joseph, Splitter(3) Ginobli, Ginobli(3) Duncan

Looks like the end for Boston - the Lakers start to pack up and head to San Antonio for the Regional Semi.

3 Spurs 77 Celtics 67

Celtics Havlicek, Havlicek, Howell, Sanders

Spurs Splitter, Parker(1)

3 Score Spurs 90 Celtics 77

Celtics Nelson, Jones, Bryant, Russell, Jones

Spurs Belinelli(3) Joseph, Kawhi(3) Diaw, Diaw(3)

Those triples keep the lead at double digits.  12 left.

4 Qtr

9 Spurs 102 Celtics 85

Celtics Nelson, Howell, Siegfried, Nelson

Spurs Baynes, Ginobli(3) Parker, Ginobli(3) Duncan

6 Spurs 107 Celtics 92

Celtics Barnes, Havlicek(3) Nelson

Spurs Green, Duncan(1) Baynes

3 Spurs 116 Celtics 92

Celtics

Spurs Duncan, Duncan, Duncan, Daye(3)

F Score Spurs 124 Celtics 98

Celtics Graham(3) Graham(3)

Spurs Williams, Ayres, Williams, Mills

25 for Don Nelson as the Celtics bow out.

Duncan: 21 pts/8 boards-Player of the Game(3)

Kawhi: 12 pts/8 boards/5 assists

Splitter: 11 pts/8 boards

Green: 11 pts/6 boards

Joseph: 10 pts

Ginobli: 13 pts

All Region:

C Kareem ('82 Lakers-2 PotG)

F Duncan ('15 Spurs-3 PotG)

G Magic ('82 Lakers-2 PotG)

G Jordan ('91 Bulls-2 PotG)

5. 2015 SAN ANTONIO SPURS  v. 8. 1982 NBA CHAMPION LA LAKERS

Matchup:

C Kareem (Lakers)

F Duncan (Spurs)

F Wilkes (Lakers)

G Magic (Lakers)

G Push

Bench: Spurs

Gm 1

1 Qtr

9 Spurs 4 Lakers 4

Spurs Green, Kawhi

Lakers Kareem, Kareem

6 Spurs 14 Lakers 10

Spurs Parker, Parker, Parker, Splitter, Green

Lakers Kareem, Kareem, Kupchak

The '80 Lakers and the '17 Spurs have moved on; one of these teams join them.

3 Spurs 23 Lakers 18

Spurs Green(3) Ginobli, Ginobli, Kawhi

Lakers Nixon, Nixon, Nixon, Wilkes

1 Score Lakers 30 Spurs 25

Spurs Ginobli

Lakers Kareem(3) Cooper, Cooper, Magic(3) Wilkes

The Captain with 11 first qtr pts.

2 Qtr

9 Lakers 36 Spurs 34

Spurs Belinelli(3) Ginobli, Diaw, Kawhi

Lakers Wilkes, McAdoo, Rambis

6 Lakers 44 Spurs 39

Spurs Splitter, Kawhi(3)

Lakers McAdoo, Kareem, Magic, Kareem

Kareem's got 15 and the Lakers keep this lead.

3 Spurs 48 Lakers 46

Spurs Baynes, Splitter, Ginobli(3) Green

Lakers magic

H Score Spurs 59 Lakers 51

Spurs Dunca, Parker, Belinelli(3) Baynes, Kawhi

Lakers magic(1) McAdoo, Kupchak

Biggest Spurs lead of the day - these modern teams always seem to threaten to blow by an older team, sometimes they don't - but the possibility of a run of threes that turn a 4 pt game into a 12 pt game is ever present.

3 Qtr

9 Spurs 68 Lakers 55

Spurs Ginobli, Joseph, Baynes(3) Parker

Lakers Magic, Rambis

6 Spurs 76 Lakers 61

Spurs Parker, Ginobli, Duncan, Kawhi

Lakers Wilkes, Magic, Nixon

And it looks done - the 30+ years between the two teams just too much to traverse in game one.

3 Spurs 91 Lakers 73

Spurs Ginobli(3) Kawhi, Ginobli(3) Joseph, Parker, Parker(3)

Lakers McAdoo, Kupchak, Kareem, Nixon, Magic, McAdoo

3 Score Spurs 97 Lakers 77

Spurs Splitter, Splitter, Kawhi

Lakers Kupchak, Magic

Those 3 threes in that 3 minute stretch extending the lead.

4 Qtr

9 Spurs 105 Lakers 82

Spurs Duncan, Duncan, Duncan, Kawhi

Lakers Nixon(3) Kareem

6 Spurs 122 Lakers 92

Spurs Baynes, Duncan(3) Green, Ginobli. Kawhi, Parker, Diaw, Belinelli

Lakers Kupchak, Magic, Magic, Kupchak, Magic

3 Spurs 125 Lakers 98

Spurs Green(3)

Lakers Kupchak(3) Kupchak

F Score Spurs 134 Lakers 100

Spurs Baynes, Williams, Mills(3) Daye

Lakers McKenna

No contest in game one of the first Region 8 Semi.  

Kawhi: 21 pts/12 boards/5 assists-Player of the Game

Duncan: 13 pts/11 boards

Splitter: 10 pts

Green: 14 pts

Parker: 19 pts

Baynes: 10 pts/5 boards

Ginobli: 23 pts/6 boards/5 assists

Magic: 22 pts/11 boards

Kareem: 19 pts/6 boards/6 assists/5 blocks

Nixon: 13 pts/5 assists

Kupchak: 18 pts

McAdoo: 10 pts

Gm 2

1 Qtr

9 Lakers 4 Spurs 4

Lakers Kareem, Kupchak

Spurs Splitter, Parker

6 Lakers 12 Spurs 10

Lakers Wilkes, Wilkes, Kareem, Wilkes

Spurs Splitter, Parker, Splitter

Lakers need to win or they go home.

3 Lakers 18 Spurs 16

Lakers Wilkes, Magic, Nixon

Spurs Duncan, Duncan, Duncan

1 Score Spurs 23 Lakers 22

Lakers Kupchak, Magic

Spurs Joseph, Joseph, Ginobli(3)

Spurs have the lead and look to advance their 3rd team into the rnd of 32.

2 Qtr

9 Lakers 32 Spurs 28

Lakers Magic, Cooper, Cooper, mcAdoo, McAdoo

Spurs Diaw(3) Kawhi

6 Lakers 41 Spurs 40

Lakers Nixon(3), Wilkes, Wilkes, Magic

Spurs Kawhi, Baynes, Duncan, Kawhi, Baynes, Green

Lakers surge back in front.

3 Spurs 47 Lakers 47

Lakers Wilkes, Magic, Kareem

Spurs Diaw(3) Ginobli, Belinelli

H Score Spurs 53 Lakers 51

Lakers Wilkes, Wilkes

Spurs Belinelli, Joseph, Splitter

Wilkes with 10 second qtr pts, but the Spurs retake the lead.

3 Qtr

9 Lakers 62 Spurs 57

Lakers magic, Nixon, Wilkes, Wilkes, Magic, Wilkes(1)

Spurs Parker, Kawhi

6 Lakers 70 Spurs 61

Lakers Wilkes, Magic, Magic, Cooper

Spurs Duncan, Kawhi

The Forum is rocking - another half dozen for Wilkes. 

3 Lakers 80 Spurs 61

Lakers Nixon, Kareem, Kareem(1) Kareem(3) Brewer

Spurs

3 Score Lakers 91 Spurs 66

Lakers Magic(1) Nixon, Kupchak, McAdoo, McAdoo, Magic

Spurs Belinelli(3) Kawhi

Wow - a total inversion; the Lakers completely at the Spurs mercy in game one ride the home cooking to even up the series.

4 Qtr

9 Lakers 101 Spurs 75

Lakers Wilkes, Wilkes, Cooper, Cooper, Nixon

Spurs Baynes, Parker, Green, Belinelli(3)

6 Lakers 107 Spurs 81

Lakers Kupchak, Wilkes, Wilkes

Spurs Green, Baynes, Kawhi

3 Lakers 116 Spurs 87

Lakers Kareem, Cooper, Kareem, Kareem(3)

Spurs Kawhi, Duncan, Ginobli

F Score Lakers 124 Spurs 97

Lakers Kareem, McKenna, Kareem, McGee

Spurs Ayers, Daye, Daye(3) Bonner(3)

LA thumps the Spurs to force the showdown.

Wilkes: 33 pts/8 boards-Player of the Game(1)

Kareem: 23 pts/10 boards/4 blocks

Magic: 21 pts/10 boards/8 assists

Nixon: 13 pts/11 assists

Kupchak: 8 pts/11 boards

Cooper; 12 pts

Duncan: 12 pts/9 boards/6 assists

Kawhi: 16 pts/5 boards

Belinelli: 10 pts

Gm 3

1 Qtr

9 Lakers 6 Spurs 5

Spurs Green(3) Splitter

Lakers Nixon, Kareem, Kupchak

6 Lakers 15 Spurs 11

Spurs Parker, Duncan, Green

Lakers Kupchak, Magic, Magic(3) Magic

Winner becomes the 15th team to advance to the round of 32.  

3 Lakers 19 Spurs 19

Spurs Splitter, Splitter, Splitter, Ginobli

Lakers Kupchak, Cooper

1 Score Spurs 28 Lakers 27

Spurs Baynes, Joseph, Baynes, Belinelli(3)

Lakers Rambis, Wilkes, Wilkes, McAdoo

Wooosh, fun start to the showdown. Splitter with 8

2 Qtr

9 Spurs 34 Lakers 34

Spurs Baynes, Kawhi, Kawhi

Lakers Wilkes(3) McAdoo, Kupchak

6 Spurs 44 Lakers 36

Spurs Kawhi, Ginobli(3) Joseph(3) Duncan

Lakers Kupchak

Triples for the Spurs and San Antonio is up 8

3 Spurs 52 Lakers 46

Spurs Duncan(3) Duncan, Parker(3)

Lakers  Magic, Kareem, McAdoo, Nixon, Kupchak

H Score Spurs 65 Lakers 53

Spurs Kawhi, Kawhi(3) Green(3) Belinelli, Belinelli(3)

Lakers Nixon, Wilkes(3) Cooper

11 for Kawhi in the second - and the Spurs are up double digits

3 Qtr

9 Spurs 74 Lakers 58

Spurs Duncan, Ginobli, Splitter, Parker

Lakers Kareem, Kareem(3)

6 Spurs 93 Lakers 62

Spurs Joseph, Belinelli(3) Baynes, Belinelli(3) Belinelli, Joseph(3) Duncan, Splitter

Lakers Cooper, Nixon

It's done - the Spurs have 3 of the 15 teams in the rnd of 32.

3 Spurs 100 Lakers 68

Spurs Green(3) Splitter, Duncan

Lakers Kareem, Wilkes, Wilkes

3 Score Spurs 109 Lakers 76

Spurs Dunca, Kawhi(3) Kawhi, Kawhi

Lakers Nixon, Kupchak, Kupchak, Wilkes

4 Qtr 

9Spurs 112 Lakers 84

Spurs Kawhi(1) Splitter

Lakers Kareem, Kareem, Magic, Magic

6 Spurs 118 Lakers 90

Spurs Kawhi, Baynes, Green

Lakers Rambis, Wilkes, Kupchak

3 Spurs 120 Lakers 94

Spurs Diaw

Lakers Magic, Wilkes

F Score Spurs 127 Lakers 101

Spurs Daye, Daye(3) Daye

Lakers Johnson, Brewer(3) McKenna

15 teams are in the Rnd of 32 - no Celtics, no MJ - but 3 Spurs teams are in.  20 for Wilkes in the loss.  

Duncan: 17 pts/12 boards/6 assists-Player of the Game(4)

Kawhi: 21 pts/9 boards

Splitter: 16 pts

Green: 13 pts/8 boards

Joseph: 10 pts

Baynes: 10 pts

Belinelli: 16 pts

All Region Team:

All Region:

C Kareem ('82 Lakers-2 PotG)

F Duncan ('15 Spurs-4 PotG)

F Kawhi ('15 Spurs-1 PotG)

G Magic ('82 Lakers-2 PotG)

G Jordan ('91 Bulls-2 PotG)

2021-22 NBA All-Stars (Quarter Pole)

 Quarter through the 2021-22 NBA Season.  Here are the All Stars.

East

C

Montrez Harrell Wash 

Clint Capela Atl

F

Giannis Antetokounmpo Mil 

Kevin Durant Brook 

Jimmy Butler Mia 

DeMar DeRozan Chi 

Domantas Sabonis Ind 

John Collins Atl 

G

Trae Young Atl

James Harden Brook 

Zach LaVine Chi 

LaMelo Ball Cha 

West

C 

Nikola Jokic Den  MVP

Rudy Gobert Utah 

Karl Anthony Towns Min 

Kristaps Porzingis Dal 

F

Anthony Davis LAL 

LeBron James LAL

G 

Steph Curry GSW 

Chris Paul Pho 

Luka Doncic Dall

Paul George LAC

Dejounte Murray SA

Ja Morant Mem 

256 Team All Time Basketball Tournament: Region 7 Round 2/3: Series 3 and 4

 Series 1/2

3. 1993 NBA CHAMP CHICAGO BULLS v. 6. 2020 CEN DIV CHAMP MILWAUKEE BUCKS

Bulls: 57-25, 1st Cen Div, 2nd Off, 7th Def

           d. Hawks East 1st Rnd 3-0

           d. Cavs East Semis 4-0

           d. Knicks East Finals 4-2

           d. Suns NBA Finals 4-2

           #39 overall seed

           d. '98 Sonics (2-0, Pippen/Jordan 2 PotG)

Coach: Phil Jackson

Starters

C Will Perdue             27-Vandy        4.7 PPG  14.8 PER 2.5 WS  .2

F Horace Grant           27-Clemson   13.2         17.5         9.1       2.6

F Scottie Pippen         27-Cen Ark    18.6         19.2         8.6       4.7

G BJ Armstrong         25-Iowa          12.3         14.7        7.5        1.4

G Michael Jordan      29-UNC          32.6         29.7        17.2     10.2 VORP

Rotation Reserves

C Bill Cartwright       35-USF           5.6           8.3          1.2           -.9

F Stacey King            26-Oklahoma  5.4           12.8        1.9          -.3

F Scott Williams        24-UNC          5.9           14.6         3.9        .1

G John Paxson           32-NDame      4.2           9.3          1.9         -.2

G Trent Tucker          33-Minnesota  5.2           14.1         2.8        .6

Leaders: Jordan: 1st PPG, 1st Steals, 1st Steals/Gm, 1st PER, 1st WS, 1st WS/48, 1st +/-, 1st VORP, 3rd Steal %, 5th TO%, 2nd Trip-Doub, 1st Team All NBA

               Armstrong: 1st 3pt %, 3rd Off Rtng

               Grant: 5th Off Reb %

               Pippen: 2nd Trip-Doub, 3rd team All NBA

The top remaining seed in the region is the Bulls and there is yet to be a 90s Bulls team to reach the Rnd of 32. 29 year old Jordan swept the big 5 Cats in '83, he's the best player in the world.  

Bucks: 56-17, 1st Cen Div, 8th Off, 1st Def

             d. Magic East 1st Rnd 4-1

             Lost Heat East Semis 4-1

             #90 overall seed

             d. '02 Mavs (2-0 Middleton/Giannis PotG)

Coach: Mike Budenholzer, Asst Vin Baker

Starters

C Brook Lopez                     31-Stanford       12 PPG  15 PER 5.5 WS    1.9

F Giannis Antetokounmpo   25                      29.5        31.9      11.1         6.6 VORP

F Khris Middleton                28-Texas A&M 20.9       21.1      7.9            2.9

G Eric Bledsoe                    30-Kentucky     14.9          17.6       5.4         1.6

G Donte DiVincenzo            23-Villanova     9.2         14.1       4.3           1.3

Rotation Reserves

C Robin Lopez                     31-Stanford       5.4          10.2       1.5          -.2

F Ersan Ilyasova                  32                      6.6           14.9       3.6         .6

F Kyle Korver                     38-Creighton     16.6          11.3      2.5         .5

G George Hill                       33-IUPUI          9.4         16.9        5.5         1.6

G Pat Connaughton             27-NDame        5.4           11.5        3.4         .8

Leaders: Giannis 5th PPG, 4th Reb, 2nd Reb/Gm, 1st PER, 3rd WS, 1st WS/48, 1st +/- 2nd VORP, 1st Def Rtng, 4th Reb %, 1st Team All NBA

               BLopez 2nd Blocks, 2nd Blocks/Gm, 4th Def WS, 5th Def +/- 2nd Def Rtng, 3rd Block %

               Middleton 3rd FT%

               DiVincenzo  3rd Def Rtng

               Hill 1st 3 Pt %, 3rd Off Rtng

25 year old Giannis is top 3 in the Big 5 Cats, he's got the best PER in this series, 28 year old Middleton's over 20 PER also.  

Matchup:

C Lopez (Bucks)

F Giannis (Bucks)

F Push

G Push

G Jordan (Bulls)

Bench: Bucks

Gm 1

1 Qtr

9 Bulls 4 Bucks 4

Bulls Grant, Jordan

Bucks Bledsoe, Bledsoe

6 Bulls 14 Bucks 6

Bulls Grant(1) Pippen(3) Armstrong, Armstrong, Pippen

Bucks Giannis

The '77 Blazers were the 9th seed in the Region - every team left in the bottom half is a better seed than that.  

3 Bulls 21 Bucks 14

Bulls Jordan, Jordan(3) Pippen

Bucks Bledsoe (3) RLopez, Middleton(3)

1 Score Bulls 24 Bucks 22

Bulls Tucker(3)

Bucks Giannis(3) Giannis, Korver(3)

Natural rivals Chicago and Milwaukee - winner to the Regional Semis.

2 Qtr

9 Bulls 33 Bucks 25

Bulls King, Tucker, Tucker(3) Williams

Bucks Ilyasova(3)

6 Bulls 44 Bucks 32

Bulls Pippen, Jordan, Pippen, Pippen(3) Jordan

Bucks Giannis(1) Middleton, Middleton, Giannis

Scottie with 7 in the last 3.  

3 Bulls 57 Bucks 34

Bulls Grant(1) Jordan(3) Jordan, Grant, Pippen(3) Grant

Bucks Hill

H Score Bulls 59 Bucks 38

Bulls Jordan

Bucks BLopez, Middleton

Game one is done, the Bulls pull away; Jordan with 11 in the quarter.

3 Qtr

9 Bulls 63 Bucks 44

Bulls Jordan, Grant

Bucks Lopez, Donte, Giannis

6 Bulls 70 Bucks 53

Bulls Paxson, Tucker(3) Armstrong

Bucks Korver, Giannis, RLopez, Korver(3)

3 Bulls 77 Bucks 64

Bulls Williams, Tucker(3) Pippen

Bucks RLopez, Giannis, Donte, Korver(3) Giannis

3 Score Bulls 81 Bucks 64

Bulls Grant, Perdue

Bucks 

9 3rd qtr pts for Giannis; Bulls still rolling

4 Qtr

9 Bulls 87 Bucks 74

Bulls Grant, Perdue, Jordan

Bucks Bledsoe(3) Bledsoe, Hill(3) Middleton

6 Bulls 93 Bucks 76

Bulls Grant, Grant, Jordan

Bucks Bledsoe

3 Bulls 95 Bucks 85

Bulls Nealy

Bucks Connaughton, Giannis(3) BLopez(1) BLopez(3)

F Score Bulls 103 Bucks 93

Bulls Pippen, Jordan, Jordan, Jordan

Bucks Bender, Donte(3) Donte(3)

Chicago cruises to an easy game one win.

Jordan: 30 pts/9 boards/6 assists-Player of the Game(2)

Grant: 18 pts/11 boards

Pippen: 21 pts/13 boards/5 assists(1)

Tucker: 14 pts

Giannis: 21 pts/19 boards/8 assists(1)

Middleton: 11 pts/8 boards/5 assists(1)

BLopez: 8 pts/6 boards/4 blocks

Bledsoe: 14 pts

Donte: 10 pts/7 boards

Korver: 11 pts

Gm 2

1 Qtr

9 Bucks 9 Bulls 6

Bucks Middleton, Giannis(1) Giannis(3) Bledsoe(3)

Bulls Armstrong, Pippen, Jordan

6 Bucks 18 Bulls 12

Bucks Donte, Donte(3) Giannis, BLopez

Bulls Cartwright, Grant, Armstrong

Great Bucks start in the must win game.

3  Bucks 23 Bulls 19

Bucks Giannis(3) Giannis

Bulls Grant, Jordan(3) Pippen

1 Score Bucks 34 Bulls 23

Bucks Middleton, Middleton, Connaughton, RLopez, Korver

Bulls Pippen, Paxson

Inverse of game one; Giannis has 11 and the Bucks are up double digits

2 Qtr

9 Bucks 44 Bulls 29

Bucks Connaughton(3) Connaughton, Hill(3) Bledsoe

Bulls Williams, Nealy, Nealy

6 Bucks 52 Bulls 42

Bucks Giannis, Giannis, Giannis, Giannis

Bulls Paxson, Paxson, Jordan, Jordan, Armstrong, Armstrong(3)

19 for Giannis.

3 Bucks 67 Bulls 48

Bucks RLopez, Bledsoe(3) Giannis, Ilyasova, Middleton(3) Ilyasova(3)

Bulls Pippen, Pippen, Jordan

H Score Bucks 71 Bulls 61

Bucks Giannis, Middleton

Bulls Pippen, Jordan, Grant, Pippen, Paxson, Armstrong(3)

Pippen with 8 in the last 6 - just a ton of points scored in the first half.

3 Qtr

9 Bucks 82 Bulls 65

Bucks Giannis, Giannis, Middleton, Middleton(3) Bledsoe

Bulls Jordan, Paxson

6 Bucks 86 Bulls 73

Bucks RLopez, Donte

Bulls Jordan(1) Perdue(3) Jordan, Armstrong

Bucks still controlling this game.

3 Bucks 93 Bulls 78

Bucks Bledsoe, Bledsoe, BLopez(3)

Bulls Perdue(3) Perdue

3 Score Bucks 99 Bulls 82

Bucks Giannis, Middleton, Bledsoe

Bulls Jordan, Jordan

We are headed back to Chicago for the showdown.

4 Qtr

9 Bucks 103 Bulls 90

Bucks BLopez, Bledsoe

Bulls Pippen, Williams, Perdue, Perdue

6 Bucks 106 Bulls 92

Bucks Hill(3)

Bulls Jordan

3 Bucks 114 Bulls 98

Bucks Giannis, Giannis(3) RLopez(3)

Bulls Grant, Grant, Jordan

F Score Bucks 125 Bulls 100

Bucks RLopez, Wilson(3) Mason(3) Mason(3)

Bulls Nealy

Milwaukee controls game 2 from the tip.  

Giannis: 34 pts/14 boards/8 assists-Player of the Game(2)

Middleton: 18 pts/7 assists

Bledsoe: 18 pts/9 assists/8 boards

RLopez: 11 pts

Jordan: 26 pts/7 boards/6 assists

Grant: 10 pts

Pippen: 16 pts/9 boards/7 assists

Armstrong: 14 pts

Perdue: 12 pts/8 boards

Paxson: 10 pts

Gm 3

1 Qtr

9 Bucks 10 Bulls 9

Bulls Pippen, Jordan, Perdue(1) Grant, Jordan

Bucks Bledsoe, Donte, Donte, Middleton, Giannis

6 Bucks 13 Bulls 12

Bulls Grant(3)

Bucks Middleton(3)

Jordan dominated game one, Giannis game 2 - winner moves on.

3 Bucks 24 Bulls 18

Bulls Jordan, Grant, Jordan

Bucks Giannis, BLopez(3) Connaughton, BLopez, Bledsoe

1 Score Bucks 32 Bulls 21

Bulls Pippen(1) Williams

Bucks Hill, Middleton, Ilyasova, Ilyasova

The curse of the number one seed strikes again?

2 Qtr

9 Bucks 45 Bulls 25

Bulls Pippen, Pippen

Bucks Bledsoe(3) Hill, Hill, Hill(3) Korver(3)

6 Bucks 51 Bulls 29

Bulls Jordan, Cartwright

Bucks Giannis, Middleton, BLopez

It's the Bucks - 3 triples open the second and we are watching another top seed go down.

3 Bucks 55 Bulls 33

Bulls Jordan, Pippen

Bucks Bledsoe, Bledsoe

H Score Bucks 62 Bulls 42

Bulls King, King, King, King(3)

Bucks Giannis(3) Giannis, Giannis

It would be stunning if it hadn't happened 6 other times, but the top seeds in region 7 are near death.

3 Qtr

9 Bucks 66 Bulls 49

Bulls Grant, Perdue(1) Grant, Paxson

Bucks Giannis, Middleton

6 Bucks 75 Bulls 55

Bulls Cartwright, Armstrong, Grant

Bucks Hill(3) Giannis, Korver, Middleton

3 Bucks 81 Bulls 67

Bulls Grant, Grant, Grant, Jordan, Pippen, Grant

Bucks Giannis, Connaughton(3) BLopez

3 Score Bucks 84 Bulls 76

Bulls Grant, Pippen(3) Paxson(3) Jordan(1)

Bucks Giannis(3) 

10 for Horace Grant in the last 6 minutes pulls the Bulls within shouting distance.

4 Qtr

9 Bucks 86 Bulls 82

Bulls Williams, Jordan, Grant

Bucks Lopez

6 Bucks 94 Bulls 86

Bulls Jordan, King

Bucks Giannis(1) Bledsoe, Bledsoe, Bledsoe(3)

Chicago slices a 24 pt deficit down to 4 - but 7 from Eric Bledsoe extends the lead back to 8.

3 Bucks 104 Bulls 96

Bulls King, Pippen(3) Grant, King(3)

Bucks BLopez(3) Bledsoe, Middleton, Bledsoe(3)

1 min: Bucks 105 Bulls 102

Bulls Perdue, Jordan, Jordan

Bucks Giannis(1)

Jordan with 4 in 40 seconds cuts the deficit to 3.  

Giannis scores with 28 seconds left.

Pippen comes right back with 24 seconds left.

2 Giannis FT

Jordan scores at 16 seconds.  109-106

Giannis hits 1 FT

Jordan looks for a quick 3, Bulls down 2 scores,

But he misses.

Giannis gets one more FT and thats the final.

Final: Bucks 111 Bulls 106

27/17 for Grant - but the Bulls go home. 

Giannis: 30 pts/17 boards/5 blocks-Player of the Game(3)

Middleton: 15 pts/7 boards/5 assists

BLopez: 14 pts/5 blocks

Bledsoe: 23 pts/9 boards/9 assists

Hill: 12 pts/5 boards

2. 1985 NBA CHAMPION LA LAKERS v. 7. 1987 CEN DIV CHAMP ATLANTA HAWKS

Lakers: 62-20, 1st Pac Div, 1st Off, 7th Def

              d. Suns West 1st Rnd 3-0

              d. Blazers West Semis 4-1

              d. Nuggets West Finals 4-1

              d. Celtics 4-2 NBA Finals

              #26 overall seed

              d. '64 Royals (2-0, Kareem 2 PotG)

Coach: Pat Riley, GM Jerry West

Starters

C Kareem Abdul Jabbar  37-UCLA         22 PPG   22.9 PER  11.2 WS  4.8 

F Bob McAdoo               33-UNC           10.5         15.4           2.9          0

F James Worthy              23-UNC            17.6        17              7.5        2.5

G Magic Johnson            25-Michigan St  18.3      23.2           12.7      6.1 VORP

G Byron Scott                23- Ariz St         16           16.8            6.9      1.7

Rotation Reserves

C Mitch Kupchak          30-UNC             5.3           12.5          1.4       -.4

F Kurt Rambis               26-Santa Clara   5.2           12.7          4.1        .8

F Jamaal Wilkes            31-UCLA           8.3            11            .9           -.3

G Michael Cooper        28-NMexico       8.6            12.9         4.6       1.9

G Mike McGee             25-Michigan       10.2         17.3          3          .1

Leaders: Magic: 2nd Assts, 2nd Assts/Gm, 4th TS%, 4th PER, 3rd WS, 2nd WS/48, 3rd +/- 4th VORP, 3rd Off Rtng, 2nd Asst %, 1st Trip-Doub, 1st Team All NBA

               Kareem: 4th FG%, 4th Eff FG%, 5th TS%, 5th PER, 4th WS/48, 5th +/1, 2nd Team All NBA

               Scott: 1st FT%

               Rambis: 5th Def Rtng

25 year old Magic is top 5 in all the Big 5 Cats - Kareem's 37 and still over 20 PER w/ double digit WS.

Hawks: 57-25, 1st Cen Div, 4th Off, 2nd Def

              d. Pacers East 1st Rnd 3-1

              Lost Pistons East Semis 4-1

             #103 overall seed

             d. '73 Colonels (2-0, Willis/Wilkins PotG)

Coach: Mike Fratello, Asst. Willis Reed

Starters

C Tree Rollins              31-Clemson       5.4 PPG  12 PER 4.9 WS  1.4

F Kevin Willis              24-Michigan St 16.1         17.4      8.6        1.5

F Dominique Wilkins   27-Georgia        29            23.5      12.2      5.6 VORP

G Doc Rivers                25-Marquette    12.8         19.9      10.3      5.3

G Randy Wittman        27-Indiana         12.7          13        4.2         .7

Rotation Reserves

C Jon Koncak              23-SMU             5.6           10.9      3.7         .3

F Antoine Carr             25-Wichita St    5.3            15.5     2.2          .4

F Cliff Levingston       26-Wichita St    8               14.3     6.1         1.1

G Spud Webb               23-NC St          6.8             16.5     1.2         .6

G Mike McGee           27-Mich            10.4            17.3     3           1.3

Leaders: Wilkins 2nd PPG, 5th WS, 5th VORP, 2nd Team All NBA

               Rivers 3rd Assts, 4th Assts/Gm, 5th +/-, 3rd Asst%

               Rollins 5th Def Rtng

               Willis: 4th Off Reb %

Yup, Mike McGee's coming off the bench for both sides. 'Nique's 27, 20+ PER w/double digit WS; 25 year old Doc Rivers is just a tick behind him.  

Matchup:

C Kareem (Lakers)

F Willis (Hawks)

F Nique (Hawks)

G Magic (Lakers)

G Scott (Lakers)

Bench: Hawks

Gm

1 Qtr

9 Hawks 12 Lakers 6

Lakers Scott(1) Worthy, Scott, Magic(1)

Hawks Willis, Wittman, Rivers, Rollins(3) Wittman(3)

6 Hawks 22 Lakers 15

Lakers Kareem(3) Kareem, McAdoo, Magic

Hawks Carr(3), Levingston(3) Nique, Nique

The Bucks moved into the Region 7 Semi; they'll face the winners here.

3 Hawks 30 Lakers 20

Lakers McAdoo, Magic(3)

Hawks Wittman, McGee, Nique, McGee

1 Score Hawks 37 Lakers 30

Lakers Worthy, McGee, Magic, Worthy, Worthy

Hawks McGee(3) McGee, Henderson

Yup, Mike McGee, guarding himself two years apart, scores for both sides on consecutive trips; he has 9 for Atlanta in the last 6 minutes.

2 Qtr

9 Lakers 41 Hawks 41

Lakers Cooper(3) McAdoo, Wilkes, Kareem, Wilkes

Hawks Webb, Carr

6 Hawks 46 Lakers 45

Lakers Scott, McGee

Hawks Levingston, Willis(3)

LA goes on the nice run to start the quarter.

3 Hawks 52 Lakers 52

Lakers Worthy, Rambis(3) Magic

Hawks Koncak, Rivers, Carr

H Score Hawks 62 Lakers 62

Lakers Rambis, Rambis, Rambis, Kareem, Magic

Hawks Willis, Nique, Wittman, Rivers, Willis

Kurt Rambis with 9 in the last 6 and we are deadlocked here in game one.

3 Qtr

9 Hawks 75 Lakers 72

Lakers Kupchak, Magic, McAdoo, McAdoo, McAdoo

Hawks Willis, Rivers, Wilkins, Rivers, Wilkins, Rollins

6 Hawks 82 Lakers 81

Lakers Kareem(3) Worthy, Cooper, Rambis

Hawks McGee, Rollins(3) Rivers

Buckets, these teams making buckets.  

3 Lakers 91 Hawks 85

Lakers Magic, Worthy, Worthy, Kareem, Kareem

Hawks Wilkins(3)

3 Score Lakers 98 Hawks 91

Lakers Magic, Cooper, Kareem

Hawks Willis, Webb, Wittman

9 for Kareem in the third - good stretch for LA

4 Qtr

9 Lakers 104 Hawks 100

Lakers Kareem, Scott, Worthy

Hawks Carr, Carr, Willis(1) Wilkins, Willis

6 Lakers 109 Hawks 107

Lakers Scott(3) Magic

Hawks McGee, Koncak, Nique(3)

5:38: LA: Kareem, fadeaway.  

5:31: ATL: Willis 14 footer.

5:18: LA: The younger Mike McGee in traffic.

5:05: LA: Magic steals the ball and dunks one home, 115-109.

4:47: LA: Hawks miss - McAdoo from the foul line.  

4:30: ATL; Willis, paint.

3:50: LA: Byron Scott drives the baseline - dunk.  119-111

1:00 Hawks 121 Lakers 120

Lakers Magic(1)

Hawks Nique, Willis, Rivers, Wittman, Nique

The Hawks score 10 straight points and when Nique hits a 15 footer Atlanta takes the lead.

Scott misses - Wittman doesn't and Hawks by 3 with 31 left.

Kareem sky hook.  24 seconds left.

McAdoo fouls Wilkins.  He hits both.  

Scott misses the game tying 3 - Kareem gets the board -- but he misses.

Nique fouled.  Hits 1.  That's all he needed.

He will hit one more.  Ballgame.

Final: Hawks 127 Lakers 122

Atlanta outscores LA by a dozen in the 4th and are now a game from the Regional Semi.

Nique: 29 pts/5 boards-Player of the Game(2)

Rivers: 14 pts/14 assists/4 steals

Willis: 22 pts/9 boards

Wittman: 15 pts

McGee: 13 pts

Carr: 11 pts

Magic: 23 pts/13 assists

Worthy: 18 pts/ 5 boards

Kareem: 24 pts/8 boards/7 blocks

Scott: 12 pts

McAdoo: 14 pts/16 boards

Rambis: 11 pts

Gm 2

1 Qtr

9 Hawks 6 Lakers 6

Hawks Willis, Rollins, Rollins

Lakers Magic, Magic, Scott

6 Lakers 16 Hawks 14

Hawks Willis, Rivers, Wittman, Wittman

Lakers McAdoo, McAdoo, Kareem, Magic, McAdoo

Lakers need to win on the road to stay alive. 

3 Lakers 28 Hawks 20

Hawks Rivers, Wilkins, Wilkins

Lakers Worthy, Worthy, Magic, Magic, Worthy, Scott

1 Score Lakers 33 Hawks 26

Hawks Wilkins, McGee, Willis

Lakers Magic, Kupchak(3)

A dozen first quarter pts for Magic

2 Qtr

9 Lakers 38 Hawks 32

Hawks Levingston, Koncak, Wilkins

Lakers Wilkes, Scott, Wilkes(1)

6 Lakers 50 Hawks 42

Hawks Koncak, Wilkins, Willis, Rivers, Wilkins

Lakers Kareem, Kareem, Kareem, Worthy, Kareem, Worthy

The Captain with 8 in the last 3.

3 Lakers 59 Hawks 48

Hawks Levingston, Willis, Willis

Lakers Magic(3) Worthy, Kareem, Kareem

H Score Lakers 65 Hawks 57

Hawks Wittman, Wilkins, Carr(3) Wilkins

Lakers Kupchak, Worthy, McAdoo

'Nique with 10 2nd qtr pts - Hawks still trail.

3 Qtr

9 Lakers 76 Hawks 61

Hawks Wilkins, Wilkins

Lakers Worthy(3) Scott, Worthy, McAdoo, Scott

6 Lakers 77 Hawks 65

Hawks Wilkins, Rivers

Lakers Cooper(1)

6 more for Nique but the Lakers have some daylight.

3 Lakers 81 Hawks 67

Hawks Carr

Lakers Wilkes, Kareem

3 Score Lakers 86 Hawks 74

Hawks McGee(3) Willis, Wilkins,

Lakers Kareem, Kareem(3)

7 more for Kareem - Lakers 12 minutes from forcing the showdown.

4 Qtr

9 Lakers 94 Hawks 82

Hawks Wittman, Rollins, Wilkins, Willis

Lakers Worthy, McAdoo, Scott, Wilkes

6 Lakers 100 Hawks 89

Hawks Webb, Webb(3) Willis

Lakers Rambis, Magic, Worthy

Looks like there won't be a Hawks 4th qtr run in game 2.

3 Lakers 104 Hawks 91

Hawks Henderson

Lakers Rambis, Spriggs

F Score Lakers 110 Hawks 92

Hawks Hastings(1)

Lakers Jones, Lester, Nevitt

LA needed to win and did.  We head to the Forum for the Showdown.  Magic with the triple double.

Magic: 17 pts/13 boards/13 assists

Kareem: 21 pts/7 boards

Worthy: 23 pts/9 boards

Scott: 12 pts/assists

McAdoo: 12 pts/9 boards

Wilkins: 26 pts/5 boards

Willis: 18 pts/10 boards

Gm 3

1 Qtr

9 Lakers 8 Hawks 8

Lakers Kareem, Kareem, Worthy, Worthy

Hawks Wilkins, Rivers, Wittman, Wilkins

6 Lakers 20 Hawks 11

Lakers Scott(3) McAdoo, Magic, Scott(3) Worthy

Hawks Willis, Wittman(2)

Winner moves on - Lakers come out with both barrels

3 Lakers 30 Hawks 16

Lakers Worthy, Rambis, Kareem, Kareem, Worthy

Hawks Willis, Willis

1 Score Lakers 39 Hawks 22

Lakers Scott(3) Worthy, Kupchak, McGee

Hawks McGee, Webb, Carr

Except for the 4th qtr of game one, LA has really pushed the Hawks around and looks strong so far today.

2 Qtr

9 Lakers 42 Hawks 29

Lakers McGee, Wilkes(1)

Hawks Wilkins, McGee(3) McGee

6 Lakers 53 Hawks 35

Lakers Cooper, Kupchak, McGee, Kareem, Kareem

Hawks Wilkins, McGee, Webb

Mike McGee with 7 for the Hawks and 4 for the Lakers to open the 2nd.

3 Lakers 61 Hawks 43

Lakers McAdoo, Magic, Scott, Kareem

Hawks Levingston, Willis, Wilkins, Willis

H Score Lakers 66 Hawks 55

Lakers Worthy(3) Kareem

Hawks Willis, Carr, Carr, Willis, Wilkins, Wittman

Kevin Willis with 8 in the last 6, Lakers still up 11

3 Qtr

9 Lakers 78 Hawks 64

Lakers Scott, Rambis, Scott, Kupchak, Worthy, Magic

Hawks Wilkins, Webb, Willis, Wittman(3)

6 Lakers 86 Hawks 70

Lakers Kareem, Magic, Scott, Magic

Hawks Willis, Rivers, Wilkins

LA extends the lead - Giannis awaits the winner.

3 Lakers 96 Hawks 81

Lakers Wilkes, Wilkes, Worthy, Magic, Scott

Hawks Levingston, Willis, Willis(3) Wilkins, Wilkins

3 Score Lakers 102 Hawks 83

Lakers Magic, Worthy, Worthy

Hawks Carr

It's done, LA will move on to the Regional Semi to take on the '20 Bucks.

4 Qtr

9 Lakers 111 Hawks 89

Lakers McAdoo, McGee(3) Rambis, McAdoo

Hawks Levingston, Levingston, Wilkins

6 Lakers 117 Hawks 98

Lakers Worthy, Rambis, Magic

Hawks Wilkins, Wilkins, Willis, McGee(3)

3 Lakers 130 Hawks 106

Lakers Scott, Wilkes, Cooper, Kareem, Cooper, McAdoo(3)

Hawks Willis, Carr, Willis, Wittman

F Score Lakers 139 Hawks 106

Lakers McAdoo(3) Nevitt, McGee, McGee

Hawks

Showtime runs all over the Hawks and moves on.

Kevin Willis with 30/15 in a great losing performance.

Worthy: 25 pts/7 boards/5 assists-Player of the Game(1)

Kareem: 20 pts/8 boards/5 assists(2)

Magic: 16 pts/10 assists(1)

Scott: 21 pts/5 boards

McAdoo: 14 pts/7 boards

McGee: 14 pts

All Region:

C Walton ('77 Blazers-2 PotG)

F Giannis ('20 Bucks-3 PotG)

F Gross ('77 Blazers-2 PotG)

G Jordan ('93 Bulls-2 PotG)

G Steele ('77 Blazers-1 PotG)

2. 1985 NBA CHAMP LA LAKERS v. 6. 2020 CEN DIV CHAMP MILW BUCKS

Gm 1

1 Qtr

9 Bucks 11 Lakers 6

Lakers Kareem, McAdoo, Scott

Bucks Bledsoe(3) Giannis, Bledsoe(3) BLopez

6 Bucks 19 Lakers 14

Lakers McAdoo, Kareem, Worthy, Scott

Bucks Giannis, Donte, Donte, Middleton

The 14th team to reach the Rnd of 32 is either the Bucks or Lakers.

3 Bucks 28 Lakers 20

Lakers Scott, Magic, Kupchak

Bucks Giannis(3) BLopez, BLopez, Middleton

1 Score Bucks 36 Lakers 24

Lakers Kupchak, Worthy, Scott

Bucks Giannis(3) Middleton(3) Bledsoe

10 for Giannis - the Bucks knocked off Jordan's Bulls and set aim on Showtime.

2 Qtr

9 Bucks 42 Lakers 32

Lakers Wilkes, McAdoo, Kareem, Kareem

Bucks Connaughton, Ilyasova, Ilyasova

6 Bucks 53 Lakers 42

Lakers Rambis, McAdoo, Scott, Scott, McAdoo

Bucks Giannis(1) Giannis, Middleton(3) Middleton, Middleton(3)

Middleton with 8 in the last 3.  

3 Bucks 55 Lakers 44

Lakers Worthy

Bucks Bledsoe

H Score Bucks 65 Lakers 50

Lakers Worthy, Wilkes, Kareem

Bucks BLopez(3) Giannis, Giannis, Korver(3)

17 in the first half for Giannis; he's been the best player in the Region.  

3 Qtr

9 Bucks 74 Lakers 61

Lakers Kupchak, Worthy, Worthy, Magic(3) Rambis

Bucks Giannis, Donte, Donte, Hill, Bledsoe(3)

6 Bucks 88 Lakers 71

Lakers McAdoo, Kareem, Magic, McAdoo, Kareem

Bucks Bledsoe(3) Bledsoe, Bledsoe, Giannis, Giannis, Donte

10 for Bledsoe to open the third, Bucks threatening to hit 100 right now.  

3 Bucks 95 Lakers 79

Lakers McAdoo, Rambis, Wilkes, Wilkes

Bucks Bledsoe, Ilyasova, Donte(3)

3 Score Bucks 103 Lakers 83

Lakers Magic(1) Worthy(3)

Bucks Giannis, BLopez(1) Bledsoe (3) Giannis

27 for Giannis, it's an easy win for the Bucks

4 Qtr Bucks 115 Lakers 87

9

Lakers Worthy, Kareem

Bucks BLopez, BLopez, Hill(3)

6 Bucks 121 Lakers 94

Lakers Kareem, Scott, Worthy(1) Kareem

Bucks Middleton(1) Hill, Hill(3)

3 Bucks 128 Lakers 107

Lakers Rambis(3) Rambis(1) Magic, Scott, Scott, Scott(3)

Bucks Donte, Bledsoe, Middleton

F Score Bucks 140 Lakers 111

Lakers Scott, Lester

Bucks Wilson, Wilson, Brown, Bender, Wilson, Wilson

An ass kicking here in game one.  

Giannis: 28 pts/16 boards/10 assists-Player of the Game(4)

Middleton: 18 pts/8 boards (1)

Bledsoe: 27 pts/6 assists

BLopez: 18 pts/5 boards/4 blocks

Donte: 14 pts/6 boards

Hill: 12 pts/9 boards

Magic: 10 pts/10 bds/14 assists

Worthy: 18 pts/6 boards

Scott: 23 pts

Kareem: 20 pts

McAdoo: 16 pts/10 boards/5 assists

Rambis: 10 pts/8 boards

Gm 2

1 Qtr

9 Bucks 7 Lakers 4

Bucks Giannis, Donte, Bledsoe(3)

Lakers McAdoo(1) Kareem(1) McAdoo

6 Lakers 16 Bucks 12

Bucks BLopez, Middleton(3)

Lakers Worthy, Scott, Kareem, Kareem, Scott, Kareem

Kareem with 7 to open the must win.

3 Bucks 21 Lakers 21

Bucks Connaughton, Middleton(3) Giannis, Giannis

Lakers Kareem(1) Scott, Kareem

1 Score Lakers 31 Bucks 31

Bucks Giannis, Giannis, Hill, Donte, RLopez, 

Lakers Scott, McAdoo, Kareem(3) Kareem(1) Rambis

Kareem with 14; Giannis 10.

2 Qtr

9 Bucks 38 Lakers 34

Bucks Hill, Giannis(3) Hill

Lakers McGee, Worthy(1) 

6 Bucks 45 Lakers 40

Bucks Middleton, Ilyasova, BLopez(3)

Lakers Worthy, Scott, Kupchak

Milwaukee might have withstood the Lakers punch tonight.

3 Bucks 48 Lakers 46

Bucks BLopez(3)

Lakers Worthy, Worthy, Worthy

H Score Bucks 60 Lakers 52

Bucks BLopez(3) Bledsoe(3) Giannis(3) Middleton(3)

Lakers McAdoo, Magic, Worthy

Look at all the 3s - Bucks winning from distance.

3 Qtr

9 Bucks 65 Lakers 63

Bucks Bledsoe(3) Giannis

Lakers McAdoo,Kareem, Worthy, Scott, Scott(3)

6 Bucks 71 Lakers 69

Bucks Middleton, BLopez, BLopez

Lakers Magic, Worthy, Kareem

Lakers working so hard trying to keep up with the modern Bucks

3 Bucks 82 Lakers 75

Bucks BLopez(3) Giannis, Hill, Giannis, Middleton

Lakers Cooper, Kareem, Magic

3 Score Bucks 88 Lakers 85

Bucks Giannis, Giannis, Giannis

Lakers McAdoo, McAdoo, Scott, Scott, Kareem

10 more for Giannis and the Bucks are 12 minutes away from the Region 7 final.  

4 Qtr

9 Lakers 91 Bucks 91

Bucks Giannis

Lakers Magic, Kareem, Rambis

6 Bucks 98 Lakers 95

Bucks RLopez, Middleton, Middleton(3)

Lakers Cooper, Worthy

5:39: LA: Kareem misses, but Worthy is there for a putback dunk.

5:03 MIL: Brook Lopez triples from the wing - Hard to stop these Bucks when the center just casually triples.

4:55: LA: Kareem.

4:39: LA: Worthy streaks home for a dunk after a turnover and it's 101-101

4:14: LA: Giannis misses, McAdoo, banks one the other way.

4:04: MIL: Giannis.  There are no answers.  

3:52: LA: Magic finds the big fella underneath for a dunk.

3:00: MIL: Bledsoe in traffic.

2:46: LA: McAdoo strokes one.

2:13: MIL: Nifty hook from Brook Lopez.  107-107

2:06: LA: Magic stepback 3.  Bang.  

1:46: LA: Kareem blocks Lopez - Scott scores the other way. 5 point game.

1:35: MIL: Donte in traffic.  

1:27: LA: Oh - it's Magic again with a 3 - Magic saying, nah - not today, nah.  

1:07: LA: A turnover leads to a McAdoo layin - Lakers by 8 and we are going back to LA.

:56 MIL: Bledsoe in traffic.

:44: LA: Magic 2 FT

:22: MIL: Giannis.

:18: LA Scott 2 FT

 

Kareem adds 2. Magic 2 more.  Final.

F Score: Lakers 125 Bucks 113

40 4th Qtr Laker points and we head to LA where the stars will all come out for the showdown. Magic goes back to back triple doubles.

Magic: 18 pts/15 assists/11 boards-Player of the Game(2)

Kareem: 30 pts/14 boards

Scott: 23 pts/5 boards

Worthy: 23 pts/10 boards

McAdoo: 19 pts/16 boards

Giannis: 35 pts/16 boards/6 assists

Middleton: 20 pts/6 assists

Bledsoe: 13 pts/9 assists/6 boards

BLopez: 23 pts/5 boards/5 blocks

Gm 3

1 Qtr

9 Bucks 7 Lakers 2

Lakers Magic

Bucks Bledsoe, Donte(3) Giannis

6 Bucks 18 Lakers 4

Lakers McAdoo

Bucks Bledsoe, BLopez, Bledsoe(3) Bledsoe, Donte

Wow - the Bucks just brutalizing LA to open this one.

3 Bucks 24 Lakers 14

Lakers Kareem, Kareem, Worthy, Worthy, Worthy

Bucks Donte, Middleton(4)

1 Score Bucks 26 Lakers 24

Lakers Scott, Magic, Scott, Magic, Kareem

Bucks Korver

Middleton hits the 3rd 4 pt play of the tournament, Lakers make a closing run and it's a game.

2 Qtr

9 Bucks 33Lakers 29

Lakers Wilkes(3) McGee

Bucks Ilyasova(3) Ilyasova, Giannis

6 Bucks 40 Lakers 39

Lakers Rambis, Rambis, McGee, Scott, Scott

Bucks Giannis, Hill, Hill(3)

Region 7 semis end here with a dandy.  

3 Bucks 46 Lakers 44

Lakers Magic, Magic(3)

Bucks Hill, Giannis(1) Middleton

H Score Bucks 52 Lakers 48

Lakers McAdoo, Worthy

Bucks Hill, Giannis, Bledsoe

The Bucks have led since the tip - who will become the 14th team to advance?

3 Qtr

9 Bucks 58 Lakers 57

Lakers Worthy, Worthy, Magic, Cooper, Worthy(1)

Bucks Middleton(3) Middleton(3)

6 Bucks 66 Lakers 65

Lakers Scott, Scott, Kareem, Magic

Bucks Middleton(3) Bledsoe, Bledsoe(3)

The Bucks just keep that lead - just a terrific game 3. Middleton with 3 triples to open the third.

3 Bucks 79 Lakers 77

Lakers McAdoo, McAdoo, McAdoo, Magic, Magic, Magic

Bucks Hill, Middleton, Middleton, BLopez, Donte(3) Giannis

3 Score Bucks 89 Lakers 83

Lakers Cooper, Worthy, McAdoo

Bucks Giannis, Giannis, Middleton, Giannis, Donte

Middleton with 15 3rd qtr points.  12 to go.

4 Qtr

9 Bucks 93 Lakers 89

Lakers Kareem, Magic, Rambis

Bucks Giannis, Bledsoe

6 Bucks 100 Lakers 93

Lakers Kareem, Magic

Bucks Middleton, Hill(3) Ilyasova

Milwaukee extends - 6 minutes left.

3 Bucks 104 Lakers 96

Lakers Kareem(1) McAdoo

Bucks Giannis, Donte

F Score Bucks 111 Lakers 102

Lakers Scott, Scott, Scott

Bucks Giannis, Bledsoe, Bledsoe, Brown(1)

Milwaukee leads the whole way and advances.  Magic finishes 2 rebounds short of another triple double in the loss.

Giannis: 23 pts/17 boards/6 assists/5 blocks-Player of the Game(5)

Middleton: 23 pts/9 assists/6 blocks

Bledsoe: 22 pts/8 assists/6 blocks

Donte: 14 pts/7 boards

Hill: 15 pts

All Region:

C Walton ('77 Blazers-2 PotG)

F Giannis ('20 Bucks-5 PotG)

F Gross ('77 Blazers-2 PotG)

G Jordan ('93 Bulls-2 PotG)

G Magic ('85 Lakers-2 PotG)