3. 2018 NBA CHAMPION GOLDEN ST WARRIORS v. 14. 1987 DETROIT PISTONS
Warriors: 58-24, 1st Pac Div, 3rd Off, 11th Def
d. Spurs West 1st Rnd 4-1
d. Pelicans West Semis 4-1
d. Rockets West Finals 4-3
d. Cavs NBA Finals 4-0
#37 overal seed
Coach: Steve Kerr
Starters
C JaVale McGee (30 Nevada) 4.8 PPG 22.3 PER 2.7 Win Shares
F Draymond Green (27 Michigan St) 11 16.1 6
F Kevin Durant (29 Texas) 26.4 26 10.4
G Steph Curry (29 Davidson) 26.4 28.2 9.1
G Klay Thompson (27 Washington St) 20 16 4
Rotation Reserves
C Zaza Pachulia (33) 5.4 17 3.3
F David West (37 Xavier) 6.8 20.9 3.5
F Jordan Bell (23 Oregon) 4.6 18 2.9
G Shawn Livingston (32) 5.5 11.6 1.8
G Andre Iguodala (34 Arizona) 6 11.2 3.2
Leaders: Curry: 1st FT%, 4th PER, 1st True Shooting, 5th Eff FG%, 2nd WS/48, 3rd +/-
Durant 5th Blocks/Gm
Steph and Durant - both 29, both averaged 26.4 PPG. Steph's got a little more PER, Durant edges him in WS. Both West and JaVale are over 20 PER in more limited minutes.
Pistons: 52-30, 2nd Cen Div
d. Bullets East 1st Rnd 3-0
d. Hawks East Semis 4-1
Lost Celtics East Finals 4-3
#220 overall seed
Coach: Chuck Daly
Starters
C Bill Laimbeer (29 Notre Dame) 15.4 PPG 17.4 PER 10.5 Win Shares
F John Salley (22 Georgia Tech) 5.3 11.9 3.8
F Adrian Dantley (31 Notre Dame) 21.5 18.6 10.3
G Isiah Thomas (25 Indiana) 20.6 18.8 7.6
G Vinnie Johnson (30 Baylor) 15.7 17 4.8
Rotation Reserves
C Chuck Nevitt (27 NC St) 1.9 10.3 .5
F Rick Mahorn (28 Hampton) 6.1 10.2 2.5
F Sidney Green (26 UNLV) 7.9 13 3.4
G Joe Dumars (23 McNeese St) 11.8 11.9 4.2
G Dennis Rodman (25 SE Ok St) 6.5 15.5 2.9
Leaders: Laimbeer: 5th Reb, 3rd FT%, 5th Reb/Gm, 5th Def WS
Isiah 4th Assts, 3rd Asst/Gm, 4th Asst %
Green 4th Reb%
Dantley and Laimbeer have double digit WS; no one hits 20 PER, really just 3 guards in the rotation and a mess of power forwards.
Lineup Matchup:
C Laimbeer (Pistons)
F Green (Warriors)
F Durant (Warriors)
G Curry (Warriors)
G Push
Bench: Push
GAME ONE
1ST
9 MIN WARRIORS 7 PISTONS 4
WARRIORS Dray, Klay(3), KD
PISTONS Dantley, Dantley
6 MIN WARRIORS 13 PISTONS 7
WARRIORS McGee, Klay, McGee
PISTONS Johnson, Salley(1)
KD takes a hard foul from Laimbeer and is on the bench, Dubs by 6
3 MIN WARRIORS 26 PISTONS 17
WARRIORS Looney(3), McGee, Dray, Klay, McGee, Zaza
PISTONS Dantley, Johnson, Nevitt, Isiah, Isiah
1ST QTR SCORE WARRIORS 35 PISTONS 23
WARRIORS Klay(3) Steph, Steph, Iguodala
PISTONS Green, Salley, Rodman
Durant on the bench for all but the first two minutes, just 4 for Steph, but the Warriors up a dozen.
2ND
9 MIN WARRIORS 43 PISTONS 23
WARRIORS West, Looney, Dray, Bell
PISTONS Green
6 MIN WARRIORS 49 PISTONS 29
WARRIORS Livingston(1) West(1) Durant, Steph
PISTONS Isiah, Green, Green
Detroit will need some adjustments before game 2 to handle this modern Warriors attack.
3 MIN WARRIORS 59 PISTONS 35
WARRIORS McGee, Steph(3) Bell(3) McGee
PISTONS Mahorn, Johnson, Rodman
HALFTIME SCORE WARRIORS 63 PISTONS 35
WARRIORS Klay, Durant
PISTONS
Game One's a wrap - Durant's back on the floor, Detroit can't stay with these Warriors.
3RD
9 MIN WARRIORS 69 PISTONS 39
WARRIORS Dray, Steph, West
PISTONS Salley, Isiah
6 MIN WARRIORS 74 PISTONS 43
WARRIORS Iguodala(3) McGee
PISTONS Rodman, Dumars
The Warriors were heavily favored and game one is playing out that way.
3 MIN WARRIORS 86 PISTONS 53
WARRIORS Steph, Steph, Durant, Klay(3) Dray
PISTONS Dantley, Isiah, Salley, Laimbeer, Johnson
3RD QTR SCORE WARRIORS 94 PISTONS 62
WARRIORS Klay(3) Klay, Dray(3)
PISTONS Laimbeer, Green(3) Dantley, Laimbeer
Klay hits for 8 in the last half dozen minutes and the Warriors are rollin'.
4TH
9 MIN WARRIORS 103 PISTONS 68
WARRIORS Steph(3) Steph, Durant, Durant
PISTONS Laimbeer, Mahorn, Dantley
6 MIN WARRIORS 105 PISTONS 77
WARRIORS Klay
PISTONS Dantley, Laimbeer(3) Laimbeer, Laimbeer
9 for Laimbeer to open the 4th.
3 MIN WARRIORS 115 PISTONS 83
WARRIORS Durant, Steph, Steph, Klay, Klay
PISTONS Dantley, Johnson, Isiah
FINAL SCORE WARRIORS 122 PISTONS 86
WARRIORS Jones, Young, Jones(3)
PISTONS Campbell, Campbell(1)
Just never a game, Warriors could have named the score here.
Curry: 25 pts/10 assists/5 boards - Player of the Game
Thompson: 26 pts/6 boards
Green: 13 pts/7 boards/5 assists
Durant: 14 pts/7 boards
McGee: 14 pts
Laimbeer: 15 pts/10 boards
Thomas: 12 pts/8 assists
Dantley: 16 pts
Johnson: 10 pts/7 assists
GAME TWO
1ST
9 MIN WARRIORS 10 PISTONS 4
WARRIORS McGee, Durant, Klay, Dray, Durant
PISTONS Dantley, Dantley
6 MIN WARRIORS 16 PISTONS 9
WARRIORS Dray, McGee, Durant
PISTONS Isiah, Laimbeer, Dantley(1)
Durant opens up game 2 with 6 and the Warriors pick up where they left off.
3 MIN WARRIORS 26 PISTONS 20
WARRIORS Dray, McGee, McGee, Klay, Klay
PISTONS Isiah, Isiah, Dantley, Johnson, Dantley(1) Laimbeer
1ST QTR SCORE WARRIORS 32 PISTONS 24
WARRIORS Klay, Bell, Zaza
PISTONS Nevitt, Salley
Golden St hasn't trailed for a single second during the series.
2ND
9 MIN WARRIORS 39 PISTONS 32
WARRIORS Durant(3) Durant, Iguodala
PISTONS Dumars, Mahorn, Rodman, Rodman
6 MIN WARRIORS 42 PISTONS 34
WARRIORS West(3)
PISTONS Dantley
Warriors defense an undeappreciated part of the series so far.
3 MIN WARRIORS 49 PISTONS 38
WARRIORS West, Klay(1) Durant, Steph
PISTONS Dantley, Laimbeer
HALFTIME SCORE WARRIORS 55 PISTONS 47
WARRIORS Durant, Dray(1) Iguodala, Dray(1)
PISTONS Dumars, Mahorn, Isiah, Dumars(1) Salley
One game and one half later - the Warriors have yet to trail.
3RD
9 MIN WARRIORS 61 PISTONS 52
WARRIORS Zaza(1) West(1) West, McGee
PISTONS Johnson, Laimbeer(3)
6 MIN WARRIORS 68 PISTONS 61
WARRIORS Klay(3), Dray, Durant
PISTONS Rodman, Laimbeer, Isiah(3) Isiah
Hats off to Chuck Daly and the Pistons, they have really dug in here to keep game 2 manageable, but have yet to have a lead in this series.
3 MIN WARRIORS 76 PISTONS 68
WARRIORS Klay, Klay, McGee
PISTONS Rodman, Isiah(3) Dumars
3RD QTR SCORE WARRIORS 82 PISTONS 74
WARRIORS Livingston, Iguodala, Steph, Durant
PISTONS Dantley, Johnson, Green
Detroit hanging around, hanging around - but there's just nothing to indicate they're able to make a run.
4TH
9 MIN WARRIORS 94 PISTONS 80
WARRIORS Steph(3) Dray, Durant, Zaza(3) Zaza
PISTONS Isiah, Rodman, Salley
6 MIN WARRIORS 105 PISTONS 86
WARRIORS Iguodala, Bell, Steph, Steph, Steph(3)
PISTONS Mahorn, Isiah, Johnson
Warriors pulling away.
3 MIN WARRIORS 114 PISTONS 92
WARRIORS Dray, Steph, Klay, Steph
PISTONS Johnson, Isiah, Isiah
FINAL SCORE
WARRIORS McGee, McGee, Casspi, Young(3)
PISTONS Isiah(3) Nimphius, McQueen, McQueen
The third seed in the region - these Warriors, the 2nd seed, the Rockets from the same season who lost to the Warriors. We may be headed to that showdown.
Durant: 21 pts/9 rebounds - Player of the Game
Curry: 19 pts/8 assists/5 rebounds
Green: 14 pts/8 rebounds/6 assists
Thompson: 18 pts
McGee: 16 pts
6. 1991 WEST CHAMP LA LAKERS V. 11. 1996 ATL DIV CHAMP ORLANDO MAGIC
Lakers: 58-24, 2nd Pac Div, 5th Off, 5th Def
d. Rockets West 1st Rnd 3-0
d. Warriors West Semis 4-1
d. Blazers West Finals 4-2
Lost Bulls NBA Finals 4-1
Coach: Mike Dunleavy, GM Jerry West
Starters
C Vlade Divac (22) 11.2 PPG 17.7 PER 8.3 Win Shares
F Sam Perkins (29 North Carolina) 13.5 14.8 8
F James Worthy (29 North Carolina) 21.4 18.1 9
G Magic Johnson (31 Michigan St) 19.4 25.1 15.4
G Byron Scott (29 Arizona St) 14.5 14.2 6.6
Rotation Reserves
C Mychal Thompson (36 Minnesota) 4 9.6 2.1
F AC Green (27 Ore St) 9.1 13.8 6.1
F Elden Campbell (22 Clemson) 2.8 14.5 1.1
G Larry Drew (32 Missouri) 2.9 10.3 .5
G Tony Teagle (30 Baylor) 9.9 12.8 2.1
Leaders: Magic: 2nd Asst, 1st Triple Doub, 5th FT%, 2nd Asst/Gm, 4th PER, 2nd Asst%, 4th WS, 4th WS/48, 3rd +/-, 4th VORP
Divac: 5th FG%, 3rd Def Rtng
Scott: 1st TO%
Worthy: 2nd TO%
d. Pistons East 1st Rnd 3-0
d. Hawks East Semis 4-1
Lost Bulls East Finals 4-0
Coach: Brian Hill
Starters
C Shaquille O'Neal (23 LSU) 26.6 PPG 26.4 PER 6.9 Win Shares
F Horace Grant (30 Clemson) 13.4 17.9 8
F Dennis Scott (27 Georgia Tech) 17.5 16.1 8.8
G Penny Hardaway (24 Memphis St) 21.7 24.6 14.4
G Nick Anderson (28 Illinois) 14.7 16.5 7.4
Rotation Reserves
C Jon Koncak (32 SMU) 3 7.1 2
F Joe Wolf (31 North Carolina) 4.6 9 1.5
F Donald Royal (29 N Dame) 5.3 12.7 2.3
G Brian Shaw (29 UCSB) 6.6 10.2 .6
G Anthony Bowie (32 Oklahoma) 4.2 10.4 1.6
Leaders: Scott: 1st 3's
Penny: 5th Steals, 4th WS, 4th +/-, 4th VORP
Shaq: 3rd FG%, 3rd PPG, 3rd PER, 4th Eff FG%,
Grant: TO%
Penny's right there with Magic; very similar PER/WS for the season. Shaq played just 54 games in the regular season, depressing his WS, but you see the monster PER.
Lineup Matchup:
C Shaq (Magic)
F Push
F Worthy (Lakers)
G Push
G Anderson (Magic)
Bench: Lakers
GAME ONE
1ST QTR
9 MIN LAKERS 6 MAGIC 5
LAKERS Divac, Scott, Perkins
MAGIC Penny(3) Shaq
6 MIN LAKERS 18 MAGIC 16
LAKERS Magic, Scott, Perkins (3) Magic(3) Divac
MAGIC Shaq, Scott, Grant, Penny, Anderson(3)
Both sides really blistered in that 3 minute stretch; this would be fun if we get a game like this.
3 MIN MAGIC 23 LAKERS 22
LAKERS Worthy, Perkins
MAGIC Shaq, Penny(3) Shaq
1ST QTR SCORE: MAGIC 31 LAKERS 29
LAKERS Scott, Magic(1) Magic, Magic
MAGIC Shaq, Shaq, Wolf, Bowie
Shaq's got a real matchup advantage over Vlade and the Lakers don't have big men they can really send in from the bench to wear him down.
2ND QTR
9 MIN MAGIC 41 LAKERS 36
LAKERS Campbell, Divac, Green(3)
MAGIC Koncak, Bowie(3) Bowie(3) Royal
6 MIN MAGIC 49 LAKERS 41
LAKERS Scott, Green(3)
MAGIC Penny, Anderson, Shaq, Shaq
A little daylight here, Orlando up 8.
3 MIN MAGIC 53 LAKERS 45
LAKERS Green, Green
MAGIC Grant, Shaq
HALFTIME SCORE: MAGIC 65 LAKERS 52
LAKERS Magic, Worthy, Perkins(3)
MAGIC Penny, Shaq, Anderson (3) Scott(3) Shaq
LA is favored here but this might just be a styles makes fights matchup - Shaq scores six more and Orlando is way up.
3RD QTR
9 MIN MAGIC 69 LAKERS 59
LAKERS Worthy, Worthy(3) Campbell
MAGIC Penny, Koncak
6 MIN MAGIC 82 LAKERS 63
LAKERS Campbell, Worthy
MAGIC Shaq, Shaq(3) Shaq, Penny, Penny, Wolf
Vlade picks up his 4th, Shaq scores 7 more - Orlando cruising.
3 MIN MAGTIC 89 LAKERS 68
LAKERS Worthy(3) Scott
MAGIC Wolf, Grant, Scott
3RD QTR SCORE: MAGIC 102 LAKERS 76
LAKERS Teagle, Worthy, Teagle, Teagle
MAGIC Penny, Penny(3), Bowie, Royal, Shaw, Shaq
4TH QTR
9 MIN MAGIC 104 LAKERS 83
LAKERS Vlade(3) Magic, Worthy
MAGIC Penny
6 MIN MAGIC 108 LAKERS 91
LAKERS Divac, Teagle, Magic, Perkins
MAGIC Shaq, Grant
Not sure what LAs answer might be in game 2. More Mychal Thompson?
3 MIN MAGIC 116 LAKERS 97
LAKERS Perkins, Worthy, Perkins
MAGIC Penny, Perkins, Shaq, Shaq, Bonner,
FINAL SCORE: MAGIC 125 LAKERS 102
LAKERS Thomas, Brown(3)
MAGIC Turner, Turner(3) Thompson
Shaq just could not be handled here - Shaq's a problem.
O'Neal: 37 pts/12 boards - Player of the Game
Hardaway: 27 pts/12 assists
Grant: 8 pts/14 boards
Bowie: 10 pts
Magic: 16 pts/18 assists
Worthy: 20 pts/5 boards
Perkins: 16 pts
Green: 10 pts/9 boards
Divac: 11 pts/6 boards
Scott: 10 pts
GAME TWO
1ST QTR
9 MIN MAGIC 7 LAKERS 4
LAKERS Divac, Scott
MAGIC Penny, Penny, Shaq, Shaq(1)
6 MIN MAGIC 14 LAKERS 12
LAKERS Scott, Perkins, Vlade, Magic
MAGIC Shaq, Shaq, Grant (3)
7 to open game 2 for Shaq - Magic took a really bad spill and checks out right at the end of the first half of the quarter.
3 MIN MAGIC 22 LAKERS 14
LAKERS Scott
MAGIC Shaq(1) Penny, Grant, Anderson (3)
1ST QTR SCORE: MAGIC 30 LAKERS 16
LAKERS Drew
MAGIC Grant, Penny(1) Shaw(1) Royal, Shaq
Magic sits the entire last half of the quarter and the Lakers just get run out of the gym scoring just 4 points and now trail 14.
2ND QTR
9 MIN MAGIC 33 LAKERS 25
LAKERS Green, Thompson(1), Teagle Campbell, Teagle
MAGIC Bowie, Grant(1)
6 MIN MAGIC 44 LAKERS 31
LAKERS Green, Scott, Scott
MAGIC Grant, Hardaway (3) Hardaway, Bowie, Wolf
Magic has missed the last 12 minutes, but checks back in now with LA down 13. Can they make a push?
3 MIN MAGIC 49 LAKERS 39
LAKERS Vlade, Worthy, Magic, Worthy
MAGIC Royal, Scott(3)
HALFTIME SCORE: MAGIC 57 LAKERS 46
LAKERS Perkins, Magic(3) Worthy
MAGIC Penny, Scott, Royal, Shaq
Orlando up double digits - 24 minutes from ending this series.
3RD QTR
9 MIN MAGIC 66 LAKERS 53
LAKERS Divac(3) Worthy, Teagle
MAGIC Shaq, Grant, Anderson(3) Royal
6 MIN MAGIC 70 LAKERS 55
LAKERS Magic
MAGIC Anderson, Anderson
Orlando rolling all over the Lakers in this one.
3 MIN MAGIC 76 LAKERS 60
LAKERS Vlade(3) Shaq
MAGIC Anderson, Bowie, Worthy
3RD QTR SCORE: MAGIC 79 LAKERS 72
LAKERS Magic(3) Scott, Perkins, Green, Worthy(3-buzzer)
MAGIC Scott(3)
Orlando was up 14 with under 90 seconds left - but the Lakers score the last 7 including a half court heave from Worthy at the buzzer and they are within shouting distance.
4TH QTR
9 MIN MAGIC 81 LAKERS 76
LAKERS Teagle, Perkins
MAGIC Royal
8:33: ORL: Biggest moment of the series - Worthy had a breakaway, but was chased down by Penny, who blocked his dunk attempt - Orlango comes down, Grant hits the jumper and it's a four point swing.
8:04: ORL: Worthy missed, Anthony Bowie comes down and hits a J.
7:56: LA: Perkins hits a FT. 85-77
7:30: LA: Penny misses, Worthy doesn't.
7:22: ORL: Penny pull up J.
7:14: LA: Worthy contested from the wing.
7:01: ORL: Dennis Scott open J.
6:06: LA: Byron Scott open J.
5:40: ORL: Shaq gets fouled and misses both - but gets his own putback.
4:59: LA: Vlade hits 1 FT
4:43: ORL: Shaq muscles up and gets the bucket. Starters on for both sides.
4:35: LA: Worthy hits 1 FT 93-85
4:23: ORL: Shaq goes high off glass.
4:08: LA: Worthy hits the long 2.
3:25: LA: Grant misses - on the other end Magic zips a pass to Green for the dunk that cuts it to 6.
2:34: LA: Both sides miss - Perkins hits the midrange J to cut it to 4.
:50: ORL; The Lakers had a couple chances - but come up empty and Horace Grant scores in the lane.
:35: ORL: Magic misses - Dennis Scott doesn't and that will be that.
:18: ORL: Shaq hits 2 FT
FINAL: MAGIC 101 LAKERS 91
Orlando just too much, they send the Lakers home.
Shaq: 24 pts/10 boards - Player of the Game
Grant: 16 pts/16 boards
Penny: 19 pts/9 boards/7 assists
Anderson: 12 pts/9 boards
Royal: 10 pts
ALL REGION TEAM:
C Shaq ('96 Magic)
F Bird ('86 Celtics)
F Favors ('19 Jazz)
G Curry ('18 Warriors)
G Hardaway ('96 Magic)
