1. 1992 CHICAGO BULLS V. 16. 1958 BOSTON CELTICS
Bulls: 67-15, 1st Cen Div, 1st Off, 4th Def
d. Heat East 1st Round, 3-0
d. Knicks Est Semis 4-3
d. Cavs East Finals 4-2
d. Blazers NBA Finals 4-2
#4 overall seed
Coach: Phil Jackson
Starters
C Will Perdue (26, Vandy) 4.5 PPG 14.2 PER 2.5 Win Shares
F Horace Grant (26, Clemson) 14.2 20.6 14.1
F Scottie Pippen (26, Cen Arkansas) 21 21.5 12.7
G BJ Armstrong (24, Iowa) 9.9 14.1 4.6
G Michael Jordan (28, North Carolina) 30.1 27.7 17.7
Rotation Reserves
C Bill Cartwright (34, San Francisco) 8 10.9 2.5
F Stacey King (25 Oklahoma) 7 13.4 3.1
F Cliff Levingston (31, Wichita St) 3.9 13.1 2.9
G John Paxson (31, Notre Dame) 7 10.9 4.7
G Craig Hodges (31, Cal St Long Beach) 4.3 10.4 .8
Leaders: Jordan (4th Steals, 1st Pts, 1st Triple Doubles, 1st PER, 5th Def Rating, 1st Win Shares, 1st WS/48, 1st +/1, 1st VORP)
Pippen (1st Triple Doubles, 5th VORP)
Grant (3rd FG%, 5th True Shooting, 3rd Eff FG%, 1st Off Rating, 3rd Win Shares, 3rd WS/48)
Jordan's the top dog, Grant/Pippen really 2 A/2B and everyone else is filler.
Celtics: 49-23, 1st East Div, 7th Off, 1st Def
d. Warriors East Finals 4-1
Lost Hawks NBA Finals 4-2
#253 overall seed
d. 1971 Pacers
Coach: Red Auerbach
Starters
C Bill Russell (23 San Francisco) 16.6 PPG 22.8 PER 11.3 Win Shares
F Tom Heinsohn (23 Holy Cross) 17.8 16.9 6
F Frank Ramsey (26 Kentucky) 16.5 19.5 10
G Bob Cousy (29 Holy Cross) 18 17.9 5.4
G Bill Sharman (31 USC) 22.3 18.8 8.7
Rotation Reserves
C Arnie Risen (33 Ohio St) 6.1 9.9 1.8
F Jack Nichols (31 Washington) 5.8 9.3 1
F Lou Tsioropoulos (27 Kentucky) 7.7 7.9 1.4
G Andy Phillip (35 Illinois) 3.4 6.9 1.5
G Sam Jones (24 NC Central) 4.6 16.3 2.1
Leaders: Russell (Rebounds, 1st, 3rd FG%, 1st Reb/Gm, 4th PER, 3rd Eff FG%, 3rd WS)
Cousy (Assists 1st, 4th Triple Doubles, 1st Assts/Gm, 34d Def WS)
Sharman (5th PPG)
Ramsey (4th True Shooting, 1st WS/48)
Heinsohn (4th Def WS)
Ramsey and Russell the best players here; both win double digit Win Shares and basically 20 PER. Cousy/Sharman/Heinsohn solid support.
Lineup Matchup
C Russell (Celtics)
F Grant (Bulls)
F Pippen (Bulls)
G Cousy (Celtics)
G Jordan (Bulls)
Bench: Bulls
GAME ONE
1ST
9 MIN CELTICS 6 BULLS 2
CELTICS Ramsey, Heinsohn, Russell
BULLS Pippen
6 MIN CELTICS 11 BULLS 10
CELTICS Heinsohn (1) Heinsohn, Heinsohn
BULLS Pippen, Pippen, Pippen, Armstrong
Pippen's got 8, Heinsohn 7, Jordan's yet to score and the Celtics are up a point.
3 MIN BULLS 18 CELTICS 17
CELTICS Heinsohn, Sharman, Russell
BULLS Jordan, Pippen, Grant, Pippen
1ST QTR SCORE BULLS 18 CELTICS 18
CELTICS Nichols(1)
BULLS
Scrappy defensive effort early on by the Celtics; Pippen's got 10, but just two for Jordan and just 18 in the quarter for the Bulls.
2ND
9 MIN CELTICS 24 BULLS 22
CELTICS Cousy, Nichols, Sharman
BULLS Hodges, King
6 MIN BULLS 31 CELTICS 28
CELTICS Sharman, Ramsey
BULLS Hodges, Hodges (3) Paxson, Pippen
Craig Hodges hits 7 to open the 2nd, Bulls up 3
3 MIN BULLS 42 CELTICS 37
CELTICS Russell, Ramsey, Ramsey, Phillip(3)
BULLS Jordan(3) Pippen, Pippen, Perdue, Armstrong
HALFTIME SCORE BULLS 48 CELTICS 43
CELTICS Russell, Cousy, Russell (buzzer)
BULLS Perdue, King, Jordan
Jordan hasn't really gotten going, but he hits for 5 in the back half of the second and that's the Bulls margin.
3RD
9 MIN BULLS 57 CELTICS 47
CELTICS Sharman, Ramsey
BULLS Grant(3) Grant, Pippen, King
6 MIN BULLS 69 CELTICS 56
CELTICS Russell, Cousy, Heinsohn, Cousy(1)
BULLS Jordan, Pippen, Jordan, Jordan, Pippen, Pippen
Chicago's pulling away; 13 up now, 8 more for Pippen.
3 MIN BULLS 77 CELTICS 62
CELTICS Sharman, Jones, Tsiropoulos, Jones
BULLS Jordan, Jordan, Jordan, Armstrong
3RD QTR SCORE BULLS 87 CELTICS 67
CELTICS Jones(1) Risen(1) Russell(1) Cousy
BULLS Jordan, Grant, Jordan, Perdue, Perdue
10 for MJ in the back half of the third; the Bulls are the top team in the region and are overwhelming the Celtics.
4TH
9 MIN BULLS 94 CELTICS 73
CELTICS Cousy, Cousy, Cousy
BULLS Grant, Jordan(1) King, Pippen
6 MIN BULLS 96 CELTICS 80
CELTICS Sharman, Russell, Heinsohn (3)
BULLS Armstrong
Just a matter of what the final margin will be.
3 MIN BULLS 106 CELTICS 84
CELTICS Heinsohn, Cousy
BULLS Pippen, Jordan(3) Levingston(1) Levingston, Williams
FINAL SCORE BULLS 112 CELTICS 87
CELTICS Tsioropoulos, Loscutoff
BULLS Randall, Sparrow, Hopson
Bulls just too much for a team from 30+ years prior (it's been almost that long since that Bulls team, not for nothing)
Pippen - 30 pts, 8 boards, 8 assists - Player of the Game
Jordan - 27 pts, 12 boards, 8 assists
Grant - 11 pts, 5 boards
Russell - 15 pts, 16 boards, 5 blocks
Cousy - 17 pts, 10 assists
Heinsohn - 16 pts, 11 boards
Ramsey - 10 pts, 7 boards
Sharman - 12 points, 5 boards
GAME TWO
1ST
9 MIN BULLS 10 CELTICS 8
CELTICS Ramsey, Russell, Heinsohn, Ramsey,
BULLS Grant, Perdue, Armstrong, Grant, Armstrong
6 MIN BULLS 18 CELTICS 14
CELTICS Sharman, Russell, Cousy
BULLS Grant, Pippen, Grant, Pippen
As was the case in game one; quiet start for Jordan; Horace Grant leads the way with 8.
3 MIN BULLS 24 CELTICS 18
CELTICS Cousy, Heinsohn
BULLS Grant, Pippen, Jordan
1ST QTR SCORE BULLS 30 CELTICS 27
CELTICS Russell, Ramsey(3) Cousy, Jones
BULLS Paxson, Perdue, King
Bunch of points here in the firrst quarter of game 2, just 2 for Jordan.
2ND
9 MIN BULLS 35 CELTICS 35
CELTICS Ramsey(3) Nichols(1) Russell, Heinsohn
BULLS Levingston, Hodges(3)
6 MIN BULLS 42 CELTICS 39
CELTICS Cousy, Sharman
BULLS King(3) King, King
Stacey King scores 7 in the last 3 minutes; Bulls up 3.
3 MIN BULLS 54 CELTICS 45
CELTICS Sharman, Heinsohn, Ramsey
BULLS Jordan, Pippen, Perdue, Perdue, Paxson, Grant
HALFTIME SCORE BULLS 62 CELTICS 54
CELTICS Ramsey(3) Cousy, Russell, Sharman
BULLS Jordan, Jordan, Pippen, Jordan
Jordan scores 8 in the back half of the second, the Bulls are up 8.
3RD
9 MIN BULLS 70 CELTICS 62
CELTICS Russell, Russell, Jones, Ramsey
BULLS Pippen, Perdue, Perdue, Jordan
6 MIN BULLS 78 CELTICS 66
CELTICS Sharman, Sharman
BULLS Cartwright, Grant, Paxson, Jordan
Bulls tick up the lead.
3 MIN BULLS 84 CELTICS 70
CELTICS Heinsohn, Cousy
BULLS Hodges(3) Armstrong, Perdue(1)
3RD QTR SCORE BULLS 88 CELTICS 70
CELTICS
BULLS Levingston, King
The Bulls are just better and they're going to advance here.
4TH
9 MIN BULLS 98 CELTICS 74
CELTICS Heinsohn, Russell
BULLS King, Grant, Pippen, Armstrong, Grant
6 MIN BULLS 105 CELTICS 81
CELTICS Jones, Sharman, Ramsey
BULLS King(1) Pippen, Pippen, King
Bulls cruising home.
3 MIN BULLS 114 CELTICS 87
CELTICS Heinsohn, Ramsey, Russell
BULLS Pippen(3) Armstrong, Jordan, Grant
FINAL SCORE BULLS 118 CELTICS 105
CELTICS Loscutoff, Phillip(3) Tsiropoulous, Risen, Loscutoff(3) Tsioropoulos(1) Tsioropoulos(3)
BULLS Grant, Nevitt
Ton of garbage time Celtics points, but they get swept here.
Grant - 22 pts, 16 boards, 5 assists, 5 blocks - Player of the Game
Pippen - 21 pts, 10 boards, 6 assists
Jordan - 16 pts, 10 boards, 6 assists, 4 blocks
Perdue - 13 pts, 10 boards
Armstrong - 10 pts. 7 assists
King - 16 pts, 5 boards
8. 1995 MW CHAMP SAN ANTONIO SPURS V. 9. 1988 NBA CHAMPION LA LAKERS
Spurs: 62-20, 1st MW Div, 5th Off, 5th Def
d. Nuggets West 1st Rnd 3-0
d. Lakers West Semis 4-2
Lost Rockets 4-2 West Finals 4-2
#125 overall seed
Coach: Bob Hill, Gregg Popovich is the GM, Dave Cowens is an assistant.
Starters
C David Robinson (29, Navy) 27.6 PPG 29.1 PER 17.5 Win Shares
F Dennis Rodman (33, SE Oklahoma St) 7.1 16.6 5.8
F Sean Elliott (26, Arizona) 18.1 16 8.7
G Avery Johnson (29 Southern) 13.4 15.7 8
G Vinny Del Negro (28, NC St) 12.5 13.8 6.8
Rotation Reserves
C Moses Malone (39) 2.9 12.1 .3
F JR Reid (26, North Carolina) 7 12.7 3.5
F Terry Cummings (33, Depaul) 6.8 13.3 2
G Doc Rivers (33, Marquette) 5 12 1.8
G Chuck Person (30, Auburn) 10.8 11.5 3.6
Leaders: Robinson (4th Rebounds, 3rd Blocks, 2nd Pts, 3rd PPG, 4th Blocks/Gm, 1st PER, 4th Block%, 3rd Def Rating, 1st WS, 1st WS/48, 1st +/-, 1st VORP)
Johnson (4th Assists)
Rodman (1st Reb/Gm, 1st Reb% 4th Def Rating)
Del Negro (1st TO%)
It's the Admiral - 1st in the league in PER, Win Shares and VORP; Rodman/Elliott/Johnson are solid support; 39 year old Moses will come off the bench.
Lakers: 62-20, 1st Pac Div, 2nd Off, 9th Def
d. Spurs West 1st Rd 3-0
d. Jazz West Semis 4-3
d. Mavs West Finals 4-3
d. Pistons NBA Finals 4-3
#132 overall seed
Coach: Pat Riley, GM Jerry West
Starters
C Kareem Abdul Jabbar (40 UCLA) 14.6 PPG 15.8 PER 5.3 Win Shares
F AC Green (24 Oregon St) 11.4 14.5 7.9
F James Worthy (26 North Carolina) 19.7 18.2 7.9
G Magic Johnson (28 Michigan St) 19.6 23.1 10.9
G Byron Scott (26 Arizona St) 21.7 19.2 10.2
Rotation Reserves
C Mychal Thompson (33 Minnesota) 11.6 14.6 4.6
F Kurt Rambis (29 Santa Clara) 4 15 2.6
F Milt Wagner (24 Louisville) 3.8 10.4 .4
G Wes Matthews (28 Wisconsin) 5.7 12.4 .8
G Michael Cooper (31 New Mexico) 8.7 11.6 3.1
Leaders: Magic (3rd Assists, 1st Triple Doubles, 2nd Assts/Gm, 2nd Asst %)
It's the World Champion Lakers; Magic's PER is 20+, Scott is a tick below, both have double digit Win Shares. Green/Worthy and a 40 year old Kareem in support.
Lineup Matchup:
C Robinson (Spurs)
F Push
F Push
G Magic (Lakers)
G Scott (Lakers)
Bench: Push
GAME ONE
1ST
9 MIN LAKERS 6 SPURS 4
SPURS Johnson, Del Negro
LAKERS Kareem, Scott, Worthy
6 MIN LAKERS 13 SPURS 13
SPURS Robinson(3) Rodman, Robinson, Del Negro
LAKERS Magic, Cooper(3) Thompson
You liked this matchup; Robinson/Rodman on one side, Kareem and Magic on the other; add Elliott/Worthy, even Moses off the Spurs bench. Tied early on.
3 MIN SPURS 23 LAKERS 18
SPURS Del Negro, Rodman, Del Negro, Robinson, Robinson
LAKERS Worthy, Worthy, Campbell(1)
1ST QTR SCORE SPURS 32 LAKERS 23
SPURS Person, Rivers(3) Cummings, Moses
LAKERS Campbell, Campbell(1) Matthews
The Spurs open it up; Robinson was going to be a lot to handle; Kareem's 40 years old and the Admiral is dead in his prime, he's got 11.
2ND
9 MIN SPURS 37 LAKERS 25
SPURS Cummings, Rodman(3)
LAKERS Magic
6 MIN SPURS 43 LAKERS 29
SPURS Robinson(1) Person, Person(3)
LAKERS Green, Cooper
5 in the last 3 for the Rifleman and the Spurs are taking it to LA.
3 MIN SPURS 54 LAKERS 37
SPURS Del Negro, Rodman, Del Negro(3) Reid, Del Negro
LAKERS Green, Kareem, Campbell, Kareem
HALFTIME SCORE SPURS 63 LAKERS 49
SPURS Elliott, Elliott, Robinson, Del Negro(3-buzzer)
LAKERS Worthy, Thompson, Scott, Magic, Thompson, Worthy
14 point San Antonio lead, Vinny Del Negro pops for 8 in the back half of the quarter.
3RD
9 MIN SPURS 69 LAKERS 51
SPURS Elliott, Del Negro(3) Cummings(1)
LAKERS Thompson
6 MIN SPURS 80 LAKERS 53
SPURS Rodman, Robinson, Robinson, Person, Elliott(3)
LAKERS Worthy
Wooo, the Lakers are getting taken to school today.
3 MIN SPURS 86 LAKERS 56
SPURS Robinson, Robinson, Rodman
LAKERS Thompson(1) Magic
3RD QTR SCORE SPURS 94 LAKERS 64
SPURS Reid, Rivers, Robinson, Johnson
LAKERS Kareem, Scott, Scott, Kareem
Another half dozen for the Admiral; the Spurs will easily take game one.
4TH
9 MIN SPURS 96 LAKERS 73
SPURS Robinson
LAKERS Kareem, Magic, Green(3) Scott
6 MIN SPURS 104 LAKERS 77
SPURS Robinson, Reid, Cummings, Robinson
LAKERS Scott, Kareem
6 minutes left in this blowout.
3 MIN SPURS 109 LAKERS 79
SPURS Reid, Rodman, Moses(1)
LAKERS Scott
FINAL SCORE SPURS 112 LAKERS 81
SPURS Anderson, Haley(1)
LAKERS Campbell
This one wasn't a contest; Robinson and the Spurs too much for LA.
Robinson - 28 pts, 11 boards, 6 assists - Player of the Game
Rodman - 15 pts, 17 boards
Del Negro - 21 pts
Magic - 10 pts, 17 assists, 6 boards
Worthy - 12 pts, 10 boards
Scott - 14 pts, 5 boards
Kareem - 14 pts
GAME TWO
1ST
9 MIN SPURS 4 LAKERS 4
SPURS Johnson, Rodman
LAKERS Scott, Magic
6 MIN LAKERS 14 SPURS 12
SPURS Rodman, Robinson, Elliott, Robinson
LAKERS Scott, Worthy, Scott, Magic, Scott
Lakers looking to regroup after the blowout loss; Byron Scott has 8
3 MIN SPURS 21 LAKERS 21
SPURS Del Negro, Elliott, Elliott(3) Robinson
LAKERS Scott, Worthy, Magic(3)
1ST QTR SCORE SPURS 30 LAKERS 24
SPURS Cummings, Cummings, Robinson, Cummings(1) Cummings
LAKERS Worthy, Thompson(1)
The veteran Terry Cummings comes off the bench and hits for 7 in the last 3 minutes of the quarter to give the Spurs the lead.
2ND
9 MIN SPURS 32 LAKERS 28
SPURS Rivers
LAKERS Thompson, Thompson
6 MIN SPURS 41 LAKERS 32
SPURS Del Negro, Del Negro, Robinson, Person(1) Elliott
LAKERS Thompson, Magic
San Antonio might be pulling away; winner of this series to meet the Bulls.
3 MIN SPURS 47 LAKERS 40
SPURS Robinson(3) Robinson, Del Negro(1)
LAKERS Magic, Worthy, Worthy(3) Worthy(1)
HALFTIME SCORE SPURS 55 LAKERS 44
SPURS Elliott, Del Negro, Robinson, Robinson
LAKERS Scott, Green
The Admiral scores 9 in the back half of the second; he's just too much for Kareem at this point in his career and this series looks to be over.
3RD
9 MIN SPURS 64 LAKERS 46
SPURS Robinson, Person, Cummings, Rodman
LAKERS Kareem
6 MIN SPURS 69 LAKERS 53
SPURS Person(3) Rodman
LAKERS Green, Scott, Thompson(3)
The Spurs are better.
3 MIN SPURS 74 LAKERS 59
SPURS Del Negro, Robinson, Elliott(1)
LAKERS Kareem, Worthy, Scott
3RD QTR SCORE SPURS 80 LAKERS 66
SPURS Robinson, Robinson, Cummings
LAKERS Scott, Magic, Worthy(3)
One quarter remains in this series.
4TH
9 MIN SPURS 90 LAKERS 70
SPURS Elliott(3) Del Negro(1) Del Negro, Rodman, Robinson
LAKERS Worthy, Thompson
6 MIN SPURS 96 LAKERS 74
SPURS Johnson, Robinson, Reid
LAKERS Worthy, Scott
We've reached the end.
3 MIN SPURS 104 LAKERS 80
SPURS Person(3) Del Negro (3) Robinson
LAKERS Kareem, Scott, Worthy
FINAL SCORE SPURS 112 LAKERS 90
SPURS Haley, Haley, Eisley
LAKERS Campbell(3) Lamp(3) Lamp, Lamp
Robinson - 33 pts. 7 boards, 4 blocks - Player of the Game
Rodman - 10 pts, 16 boards
Del Negro - 17 pts
Elliott - 15 pts
Cummings - 11 pts, 9 boards
Person - 10 pts
All Region Team
C Robinson ('95 Spurs)
F Pippen ('92 Bulls)
F Rodman ('95 Spurs)
G Jordan ('92 Bulls)
G Del Negro ('95 Spurs)
