1. 2016 SW DIV CHAMP SAN ANTONIO SPURS v. 16. 1999 ATL DIV CHAMP MIAMI HEAT
Spurs: 67-15, 1st SW Div, 4th Off/1st Def
d. Grizzlies West 1st Rnd 4-0
Lost Thunder West Semis 4-2
9th overall seed
Coach: Gregg Popovich
Starters
C Tim Duncan 39-Wake 8.6 PPG 16.9 PER 5.2 WS
F LaMarcus Aldridge 30-Texas 18 22.4 10.1
F Kawhi Leonard 24-S Diego St 21.2 26 13.7
G Tony Parker 33 11.9 16.2 5.8
G Manu Ginobli 38 9.6 17.8 3.8
Rotation Reserves
C Boban Marjanovic 27 5.5 27.7 3.4
F Boris Diaw 33 6.4 14 3.8
F David West 35-Xavier 7.1 17.6 5.4
G Patty Mills 27-St Marys 8.5 14.6 4.8
G Kyle Anderson 22-UCLA 4.5 12.9 3.5
Leaders: Kawhi: 3rd 3Pt%, 4th WS, 2nd WS/48, 3rd +/1, 3rd Def Rtng
Duncan: 1st Def +/-, 2nd Def Rtng
The 9th overall seed in the tournament is a Spurs team that didn't make the Finals; 1st in defense, 4th in offense in 2016. The 67 win Spurs. 24 year old Kawhi Leonard and 30 year old LaMarcus Aldridge are both 20+PER and double digit WS. Duncan's 39 and still valuable on defense - Boban played limited minutes but had a tremendous PER in them.
Heat: 33-17, 1st in Atl Div, 9th Off/8th Def
lost East First Round, Knicks 3-2
d. 1953 Knicks
#248 overall seed
Coach: Pat Riley, Asst Erik Spoelstra, Stan Van Gundy, Bob McAdoo
Starters
C Alonzo Mourning 28-Georgetown 20.1 PPG 24.6 PER 7.9 Win Shares
F PJ Brown 29- LA Tech 11.4 15.8 5.1
F Clarence Weatherspoon 28-S Miss 8.1 17 4
G Tim Hardaway 32- UTEP 17.4 18.8 5.4
G Dan Majerle 33-C Michigan 7 10.2 3.5
Reserve Rotation
C Mark Strickland 28-Temple 3.7 14.7 1
F Jamal Mashburn 26-Kentucky 14.8 15.1 1.8
F Blue Edwards 33-E Carolina 3.2 12.2 .4
G Terry Porter 35- Wisc Stevens Pt 10.5 16.9 5
G Voshon Lenard 25-Minn 6.8 12 .3
Leaders: Mourning: 1st Blocks, 1st Blocks/Gm, 4th FG%, 4th PER, 4th Def WS, 5th WS/48, 5th Def Rtng
Weatherspoon: 2nd TS%
Porter: 3rd TS%
The Heat won the play in game against the '53 Knicks and that earns them a date with the Spurs. 28 year old Mourning is over 20 PER.
Matchup:
C Mourning (Heat)
F Aldridge(Spurs)
F Leonard(Spurs)
G Hardaway (Heat)
G Ginobli(Spurs)
Bench: Spurs
Game One
1st Qtr
9 Heat 7 Spurs 4
Spurs Parker, Kawhi
Heat Hardaway(3) Weatherspoon, Brown
6 Heat 10 Spurs 6
Spurs Aldridge
Heat Weatherspoon, Hardaway(1)
This Heat team wasn't special on defense, but they come out contesting every possession for Pat Riley.
3 Heat 18 Spurs 16
Spurs Ginobli(3) Leonard, Leonard, Mills(3)
Heat Hardaway, Brown, Mashburn
1st Qtr Score Heat 28 Spurs 26
Spurs Aldridge, Leonard(3) Mills(1) Diaw, West
Heat Hardaway(3) Strickland(1) Lenard, Edwards, Strickland
9 each for Kawhi and Hardaway; Heat and Spurs matching each other possession for possession.
2nd Qtr
9 Spurs 32 Heat 28
Spurs Boban, Parker, Parker
Heat
6 Spurs 39 Heat 39
Spurs Aldridge, Ginobli(3) Kawhi
Heat Brown, Mourning, Mourning, Weatherspoon, Porter
Hardaway picks up his 3rd foul and hits the bench but Miami is still sticking right there, shot for shot with the Spurs, stop for stop.
3 Spurs 44 Heat 41
Spurs Kawhi(3) Aldridge
Heat Mourning
Halftime Score Spurs 52 Heat 49
Spurs Ginobli, Parker, Duncan, Ginobli
Heat Strickland, Hardaway, Hardaway, Weatherspoon
The Heat are able to withstand Hardaway's absence, he checks back in late in the half and scores two quick buckets and the 16th seeds trail the top seed in the 9th region by just 3.
3rd Qtr
9 Heat 56 Spurs 54
Spurs Ginobli
Heat Porter, Mashburn, Mourning, Mashburn(1)
6 Heat 60 Spurs 60
Spurs Parker(3) Parker(3)
Heat Mourning(3) Hardaway(1)
Tony Parker hits a couple of triples - we got a good one halfway through the third.
3 Spurs 67 Heat 62
Spurs Kawhi(3) Parker, West
Heat Mourning
3rd Qtr Score Heat 74 Spurs 73
Spurs Boban, Aldridge, Duncan
Heat Brown, Mashburn, Hardaway(3) Hardaway, Weatherspoon, Weatherspoon
Really good game; well played, super tight, good shotmaking, tough defense - this '99 Heat team giving the 9th overall seeded Spurs everything they could want here in game one.
4th Qtr
11:41: MIA: Voshon Lenard hits a triple from the wing. Heat by 4.
11:12: MIA: Manu misses, Mourning with a putback the other way off of a PJ Brown miss.
8:39: MIA: Nearly 3 minutes pass, Zo picks up his 4th foul, but it's Mourning who scores in traffic over Boban and Miami has the game's biggest lead.
7:51: SA: The Spurs get a couple shots at the basket, ending with a Ginobli J.
6:28: MIA: Hardaway finds Mourning for the dunk. 83-75
6:15: SA: Kawhi goes isolation and scores.
5:39: SA: Heat turnover leads to a David West dunk.
4:52: SA: Hardaway miss leads to Diaw scoring from the block.
4:29: MIA: Hardway comes back with the cold blooded triple right down the barrel.
4:10 SA: Patty Mills in traffic.
4:01: MIA: Blue Edwards from the foul line.
2:44: SA: Empty trips both ways leads to Boris Diaw hitting a corner 3 to cut the deficit to 2.
1:57: SA: Miami got 3 shots, couldn't convert, and Ginobli hits the layup to tie the score.
1:39: MIA: Zo down low, just powering to the goal.
1:08: MIA: Parker misses and PJ Brown does not.
:43: MIA: That could do it - Ginobli misses - Brown scores again, fouled by Duncan, htis the FT and Miami is up 7.
:30: SA: Parker from the paint.
:27: MIA: Zo hits both FT
:21: SA: Manu hits the contested 3. 97-93
:18: MIA: Zo again. 2 FT
:13: SA Manu.
:11: MIA. Zo 2 FT
That's it. Miami is a game from the huge upset.
Mourning with 8 in the last 99 seconds and the Heat take game one.
Mourning: 29 pts/14 boards/5 assists/7 blocks-Player of the Game
Hardaway: 22 pts/7 assists
Brown: 13 pts/7 boards
Weatherspoon: 12 pts/8 boards
Kawhi: 19 pts/6 boards
Ginobli: 21 pts
Parker: 18 pts
Aldridge: 10 pts/14 boards
Game Two
1st Qtr
9 Heat 6 Spurs 2
Spurs Kawhi
Heat Zo, Brown, Weatherspoon
6 Spurs 10 Heat 8
Spurs Kawhi(3) Ginobli, Ginobli(3)
Heat Zo
Underway here in game 2; the 9th overall seeded Spurs trying to stave off elimination.
3 Heat 19 Spurs 17
Spurs Ginobli, Diaw, Parker
Heat Weatherspoon, Hardaway, Lenard(3) Hardaway, Brown
1st Qtr Score Heat 29 Spurs 22
Spurs Kawhi, Diaw(3)
Heat Edwards, Zo, Hardaway, Porter, Porter
Hardaway scores a half dozen, Miami builds a double digit lead, it's now 7, but man oh man are there some anxious faces here in San Antonio - the 9th overall seed in the field staring at possible elimination.
2nd Qtr
9 Heat 29 Spurs 26
Spurs Duncan, Mills,
Heat
6 Spurs 34 Heat 33
Spurs Aldridge, Aldridge, Aldridge, MIlls
Heat Majerle, Zo
6 straight for Aldridge gives the Spurs the lead.
LaMarcus Aldridge takes over to start the 2nd, 9 points and the Spurs take the lead.
3 Spurs 42 Heat 40
Spurs Aldridge(3) Kawhi, Duncan(1) Kawhi
Heat Weatherspoon(3) Mashburn, Mashburn
Halftime Score Spurs 49 Heat 46
Spurs West, Kawhi, Aldridge(3)
Heat Hardaway, Brown, Zo
15 second quarter points for LaMarcus Aldridge. Spurs by 3.
3rd Qtr
9 Heat 56 Spurs 55
Spurs Duncan, Kawhi, Kawhi
Heat Hardaway(3) Zo, Hardaway(3) Hardaway
6 Spurs 65 Heat 60
Spurs Aldridge, Ginobli, Parker(3) Kawhi, Aldridge(1)
Heat Brown, Zo
6 for Kawhi Leonard puts the Spurs back on top.
3 Spurs 76 Heat 64
Spurs Boban. Aldridge, Boban, Boban, Mills(3)
Heat Strickland, Strickland
3rd Qtr Score Spurs 78 Heat 71
Spurs West
Heat Hardaway(3) Hardaway(3) Porter(1)
It takes 14 3rd quarter Tim Hardaway points to keep the Heat in shouting distance.
4th Qtr
9 Spurs 85 Heat 76
Spurs Aldridge, Ginobli, Aldridge
Heat Mashburn, Hardaway(3)
6 Spurs 91 Heat 79
Spurs Parker, West, Aldridge
Heat Mashburn, Weatherspoon(1)
6 for LaMarcus Aldridge looks to have given the Spurs a safe lead in game 2.
3
Spurs Diaw, Mills, Diaw, Anderson
Heat Mashburn, Lenard(3)
Final Score Spurs 113 Heat 87
Spurs Martin(3) Simmons(3) McCallum, Martin, Butler, Martin
Heat Walters(3)
The Spurs just open up on Miami late, pulling away to even up the series.
Aldridge: 23 pts/9 boards-Player of the Game
Leonard: 19 pts
Ginobli: 13 pts
Duncan: 5 pts/12 boards
Hardaway: 25 pts/9 assists
Mourning: 14 pts/9 boards/5 blocks
Mashburn: 10 pts
Game Three
1st Qtr
9 Spurs 8 Heat 6
Spurs Aldridge, Kawhi, Ginobli, Aldridge
Heat Weatherspoon, Majerle, Zo
6 Spurs 14 Heat 8
Spurs Kawhi, Kawhi, Kawhi
Heat Zo
Kawhi Leonard comes out in the decisive game 3 and takes over; 8 points in the first 6 minutes.
3 Spurs 20 Heat 10
Spurs Aldridge, Ginobli, Parker
Heat Mashburn
1st Qtr Score Spurs 26 Heat 18
Spurs Parker, Kawhi, Anderson
Heat Zo, Lenard, Lenard, Mashburn
Heat might finally be outclassed here; Spurs up 8.
2nd Qtr
9 Spurs 29 Heat 21
Spurs Mills(3)
Heat Zo, Strickland
6 Spurs 34 Heat 30
Spurs Leonard(3) Diaw
Heat Porter, Mashburn, Majerle(3) Zo
Heat halve the deficit; theyre within striking distance, Hardaway yet to score.
3 Spurs 34 Heat 34
Spurs Boban(1) Parker, Ginobli
Heat Zo(3) Porter Hardaway, Zo
Halftime Score Spurs 49 Heat 44
Spurs Kawhi, Aldridge, Anderson, Leonard, Duncan
Heat Weatherspoon, Zo(3)
Miami came all the way back to even this up - but Kawhi and Duncan score in the final minute and the Spurs are up 5, one half of basketball left in this series.
3rd Qtr
9 Spurs 55 Heat 53
Spurs Aldridge, Aldridge, Kawhi
Heat Hardaway, Weatherspoon, Edwards, Porter(3)
6 Spurs 61 Heat 60
Spurs Kawhi(1) Kawhi(3) Parker
Heat Brown, Hardaway(3) Weatherspoon
The Miami Heat are alive, no question - this 16 seed is still right here, shot for shot, with the top seeded Spurs. 5 for Hardaway to open the third.
3 Spurs 65 Heat 63
Spurs Kawhi, Parker
Heat Mashburn(3)
3rd Qtr Score Spurs 73 Heat 69
Spurs Aldridge, Parker, Kawhi, Duncan
Heat Zo, Zo, Zo
We are all set up for the last 12 minutes of this series; the 9th overall seed in the tournament clinging to a 4 point lead.
4th Qtr
10:09 SA: It takes nearly 2 minutes in this defensive struggle, but Tony Parker banks one home.
9:53: MIA: Mashburn scores in traffic.
9:29: MIA: After a Spur turnover Mourning comes through from the block and cuts it to 2.
9:13: SA: Tony Parker from the foul line.
8:40: MIA: Mashburn misses - but Zo is there to get the board and Hardaway hits a corner 3.
8:33: SA: Aldridge from 13. 79-76
7:55: MIA: Hardaway is blocked by Kawhi - but Mourning scrambles to maintain possession and he dunks one home.
7:33: SA: Tough possession, the Heat so tough on defense, but Aldridge muscles up and scores.
7:04: MIA: Lenard misses a 3 - but Weatherspoon gets the putback.
6:44: SA: Kawhi goes hard to the lane and scores in traffic. 83-80
5:56: MIA: Both sides miss - Strickland scores from the paint.
4:07: MIA: Defense for both squads - almost 2 minutes later West fouls Zo, he hits 1 and we are all tied up - 4 minutes left in the series. Time out.
Heat: Zo/Brown/Mash/Hardaway/Porter
Spurs: Duncan/Aldridge/Kawhi/Mills/Anderson
3:24: SA: Aldridge misses - Duncan gets the board and Aldridge hits a J. 85-83
3:08: SA: Heat turnover, Mashburn fouls Kawhi. 1 FT.
2:48: MIA: Hardaway misses - but there's Mourning again, he's now got 9 in the 4th.
Starters all checked in now.
2:38: SA. Manu drills one.
1:57: MIA: Hardaway misses, Brown rebound - Mourning dunk, he's got 11 in the quarter.
1:04: SA: Both sides miss - Ginobli fadeaway from 16 gives the Spurs the 3 pt lead.
:45 SA Huge Duncan stuff on Mourning - Aldridge scores the other way and that might be the key moment.
:32: MIA: Brown layup.
:15: MIA: Miami chooses not to foul, down 3 and Kawhi misses - Zo doesn't, hits from 18 and now the Spurs lead is down to a point.
:12: SA: Hardaway fouls Aldridge. He hits both. Big. 94-91. Time out.
:09: MIA: Miami takes the gimme layup, Mourning - but they still trail by a point.
:05: SA: Aldridge again. 2 FT. Time out.
Inbounds to Hardaway - contested 3 to tie the score ----
Misses. That's the series. 36 Alzonzo Mourning points...and the Heat fall.
Final Score: Spurs 96 Heat 93
Kawhi: 30 pts/8 boards - Player of the Game
Aldridge: 26 pts/8 boards
Ginobli: 10 pts/5 assists
Parker: 16 pts
Duncan: 4 pts/15 boards
8. 2012 WEST CHAMP OKC THUNDER v. 9. 1986 PAC DIV CHAMP LA LAKERS
Thunder: 47-19, 1st NW Div, 2nd Off/11th Def
d. Mavs West 1st Rnd 4-0
d. Lakers West Semis 4-1
d. Spurs West Finals 4-2
Lost Heat NBA Finals 4-1
#120 overall seed
Coach: Scott Brooks, Asst Mo Cheeks
Starters
C Serge Ibaka 22 9.1 PPG 19 PER 6.2 WS
F Nick Collison 31-Kansas 4.5 12.1 3.5
F Kevin Durant 23-Texas 28 26.2 12.2
G Russell Westbrook 23-UCLA 23.6 22.9 7.9
G James Harden 22-Arizona St 16.8 21.1 9.3
Rotation Reserves
C Kendrick Perkins 27 5.1 8.7 2
F Cole Aldrich 23-Kansas 2.2 17.7 .6
F Nazr Mohammed 34-Kentucky 2.7 11 1.3
G Daequan Cook 24-Ohio St 5.5 9.2 1.6
G Thabo Sefalosha 27 4.8 9.8 1.8
Leaders: Durant: 1st PPG, 4th PER, 3rd WS, 3rd WS/48, 4th +/-, 3rd VORP
Westbrook: 5th PPG, 5th Steals
Ibaka: 1st Blocks, 1st Blocks/Gm, 1st Block%, 2nd Trip-Doub
Harden: 2nd Eff FG%, 2nd TS%, 5th Off WS, 3rd Off Rtng
Durant and Westbrook are 23, Harden's 22 and they all have 20+ PER. Durant's got double digit WS in the short season.
Lakers: 62-20, 1st Pac Div, 1st Off/7th Def
d. Spurs West 1st Rnd 3-0
d. Mavs West Semis 4-2
Lost Rockets West Finals 4-1
#137 overall seed
Coach: Pat Riley, GM Jerry West
Starters
C Kareem Abdul Jabbar 38-UCLA 23.4 PPG 22.7 PER 10.8 WS
F Maurice Lucas 33-Marquette 10.2 13.8 4
F James Worthy 24-UNC 20 20.4 9.5
G Magic Johnson 26-Mich St 18.8 24 12.1
G Byron Scott 24-Ariz St 15.4 15 5.2
Rotation Reserves
C Mitch Kupchak 31-UNC 6 10.7 1.1
F Kurt Rambis 27-S Clara 5.5 12.7 4.3
F AC Green 22-Ore St 6.4 11.8 3.3
G Michael Cooper 29-N Mexico 9.2 13.5 5.8
G Mike McGee 26-Michigan 8.3 12.4 1.9
Leaders: Magic: 1st Assists, 1st Assts/Gm, 4th PER, 3rd WS, 2nd WS/48, 2nd +/-, 2nd VORP, 4th Off Rtng. 1st Asst%, 3rd Trip Doub
Worthy: 5th Eff FG%
Kareem: 4th +/-
Magic's 26, he's over 20 PER and has double digit WS; Worthy's 24 and he's also over 20 PER. Then there's the Captain - Kareem is 38 years old and still averages 22 PER and has double digit WS.
Matchup
C Kareem (Lakers)
F Lucas (Lakers)
F Durant (OKC)
G Magic (Lakers)
G Harden (OKC)
Bench: Lakers
Game
1st Qtr
9 Thunder 5 Lakers 4
Thunder Westbrook(3) Durant
Lakers Magic, Lucas
6 Thunder 11 Lakers 9
Thunder Collison, Ibaka, Westbrook
Lakers Scott(1) Lucas, Scott
The second best offense in 2012 against the top offense in '86, it's the defense that starts off this series with some tight possessions. UCLA's Russell Westbrook has 5 to open it up.
3 Thunder 21 Lakers 16
Thunder Westbrook, Harden, Harden, Ibaka, Durant
Lakers Scott, Kareem, Lucas, Rambis(1)
1st Qtr Score Thunder 27 Lakers 21
Thunder Durant, Harden, Aldrich
Lakers Kareem(3) Green
James Harden scores 6 in the back half of the quarter and the Thunder are up 6.
2nd Qtr
9 Thunder 32 Lakers 23
Thunder Durant(3) Mohammed
Lakers Kupchak
6 Thunder 36 Lakers 30
Thunder Durant, Westbrook
Lakers McGee(3) Worthy, Green
5 more for KD, Thunder up 6.
3 Thunder 43 Lakers 38
Thunder Westbrook, Sefolosha(3) Durant
Lakers Green, Worthy, Worthy, Kareem
Halftime Score Thunder 50 Lakers 40
Thunder Durant(3) Westbrook, Durant
Lakers Rambis
A dozen for Durant in the second quarter - that 21st century firepower might be too much for the Showtime Lakers.
3rd Qtr
9 Thunder 54 Lakers 48
Thunder Durant, Durant
Lakers Scott, Scott, Worthy, Magic
6 Thunder 60 Lakers 56
Thunder Durant, Westbrook, Ibaka
Lakers Kareem, Cooper, Rambis, Kupchak
Another 6 for Durant - the Lakers have no answer for KD
3 Thunder 67 Lakers 65
Thunder Durant, Westbrook, Ibaka(3)
Lakers Magic(3) Rambis, Lucas, Magic
3rd Qtr Score Thunder 75 Lakers 71
Thunder Harden(3) Durant, Harden(3)
Lakers Magic, Magic, Kareem
9 points in the last 6 for Magic, we've got a good finish coming.
4th Qtr
11:38: LA: Lucas gets the ball down low, fouled by Aldrich, hits 1. Kupchak gets the board on the miss and Magic hits a fadeaway cutting the deficit to a point.
10:52: LA: OKC can't convert on multiple attempts - Magic keeps it going, driving hard to give LA the lead.
10:45: OKC: Wetbrook from 13.
10:34: LA: Worthy baseline.
9:11: OKC: A minute later, Ibaka's hitting the turnaround.
8:23: LA: The Captain hits the sky hook - and the foul - Lakers 83-81
8:02: LA: Collison misses, Green rebound - Cooper finds Kareem in the lane.
7:45: LA: Westbrook misses - Worthy doesn't; he hits a triple from the wing - the Lakers are up 7.
7:07: OKC: Durant misses a triple, Ibaka gets the board - and Durant will drive and score.
6:16: LA: Misses from both sides ends with Cooper finding Byron Scott for the alley oop - a huge Laker dunk and they are up 7.
5:36: LA: Durant misses, Cooper finds Rambis the other way and it's the Lakers who are pulling away.
4:41: OKC: Misses both ways - Harden hits a triple to cut the deficit to 6.
4:34: LA: Quick foul on Lucas - OKC wanting him on the line, he hits 1.
4:14: OKC: Kareem picks up his third, Harden hits 1
3:02: LA: Empty trips both ways - OKC can't afford that - Kareem scores from the paint.
2:30: LA: Thunder turnover leads to Magic driving and scoring - the Lakers are up 10
2:20: OKC: Westbrook triple from the top.
2:00: LA: Magic finds Lucas down low.
1:53: OKC: Harden triple from the wing.
:58: OKC: Both sides turn it over - leading to a long Durant 3 ball; the deficit is down to 3 and Riley calls time as this OKC crowd is on its feet.
:26: LA: OKC doesn't foul - the defense works, Kareem is blocked by Ibaka - but Lucas comes up with the ball and Byron Scott hits the huge J. That's probably the dagger.
:21: OKC: Hold on - it's Westbrook just flinging up a corner 3. 101-99
:19: LA: Harden fouls Kareem. Hits both.
:12: OKC: Westbrook takes the 2. 103-101
:10: LA: Kareem. 2 FT
Harden misses the 3 - Lucas gets the board, fouled, hits both and that is that.
Final: Lakers 107 Thunder 101
Magic messes around, gets a triple double, and it's the Lakers who beat a team from 25 years in the future and are a game from advancing to face the Spurs.
Magic: 19 pts/10 boards/10 assists/5 blocks-Player of the Game
Kareem: 22 pts/9 boards
Worthy: 15 pts/9 boards
Lucas: 14 pts/6 boards
Scott: 14 pts
Rambis: 9 pts/14 boards
Durant: 33 pts/7 boards
Harden: 19 pts/11 boards/10 assists
Westbrook: 27 pts/6 assists/5 boards
Ibaka: 13 pts/13 boards/7 blocks
Game Two
1st Qtr
9 Thunder 7 Lakers 6
Thunder Harden(3) Durant, Harden
Lakers Lucas, Magic, Worthy
6 Thunder 12 Lakers 12
Thunder Ibaka, Westbrook(1) Durant
Lakers Kareem, Magic, Worthy
Game 2 underway; Thunder needs a win to stave off elimination.
3 Thunder 22 Lakers 20
Thunder Durant(1) Ibaka, Durant(3) Aldrich, Westbrook
Lakers Scott, Magic, Green, Magic
1st Qtr Score Thunder 30 Lakers 22
Thunder Westbrook, Aldrich, Ibaka, Durant
Lakers Rambis
10 first quarter points for KD - Thunder solidly off in this one.
2nd Qtr
9 Thunder 36 Lakers 28
Thunder Collison, Sefolosha, Perkins
Lakers Green, McGee, McGee
6 Thunder 41 Lakers 34
Thunder Harden, Westbrook(3)
Lakers Worthy, Kupchak, Worthy
Worthy now has 8, Lakers hanging around.
3 Thunder 48 Lakers 38
Thunder Durant, Durant(3) Collison
Lakers Lucas, Rambis
Halftime Score Thunder 55 Lakers 46
Thunder Sefolosha(3) Perkins, Durant
Lakers Rambis, Magic, Lucas, Kareem
17 first half points for KD - Thunder in control.
3rd Qtr
9 Thunder 65 Lakers 55
Thunder Ibaka, Harden, Westbrook, Perkins, Ibaka
Lakers Kareem, Scott(3) Worthy, Worthy
6 Thunder 72 Lakers 61
Thunder Durant(1) Westbrook, Westbrook, Durant
Lakers Magic, Magic, McGee
6 for Westbrook to open the half - the Thunder lead is double digits.
3 Thunder 78 Lakers 68
Thunder Ibaka, Sefolosha, Westbrook
Lakers Scott, Kareem, Magic(3)
3rd Qtr Score Thunder 82 Lakers 76
Thunder Harden, Collison
Lakers Magic, Scott, Green, Green
AC Green scores 4 in the last 46 seconds to draw the Lakers w/n 6.
4th Qtr
9 Thunder 84 Lakers 84
Thunder Mohammed
Lakers Kupchak, Scott, Magic, Magic
Lakers go on a quick run - and they have tied the score.
8:55: OKC: Harden hits a 3 from the top.
8:09: OKC: The Lakers miss a couple of times and Westbrook scores in traffic.
7:57: LA: Magic fadeaway.
7:34: OKC: Tough foul call on Kareem as the clock expires, Harden hits 1
7:21: LA: Lucas down low.
7:07: OKC: Durant from 17.
6:43: OKC: Cooper misses, Mohammed scores from the block and the Thunder lead is back to 6.
6:05: LA: Lakers get a couple of chances, finally converting on the Green 12 footer.
5:31: LA: OKC turnover - Worthy scores from the line.
5:22: OKC: Westbrook drives and scores.
5:15: LA Magic pull up.
4:59: LA: Kareem blocks Harden on one end - and then Magic feeds him for the dunk on the other end and we are all tied at 96.
3:48: OKC: A minute passes, Westbrook scores the long 2.
3:40: OKC: Durant strips Kareem - pulls up for the open 3.
2:27: LA: Empty trips - AC Green scores in the paint.
2:01: LA: Harden misses, Kareem rattles the rim with a dunk.
1:37: LA: Byron Scott intercepts a Westbrook pass - the Lakers settle in for an AC Green four footer - the Lakers have taken the lead with 97 seconds to go.
:52: LA: Durant misses, Lucas rebound - Magic takes control, scoring in the lane and it's a 3 point Laker lead.
:36: OKC: Durant from 15.
Lakers by 1.
:29: LA: Worthy - so clutch - scores from the paint.
:14: LA: That's the dagger - Durant misses, Lucas rebound - Kareem gets fouled and hits them both and the Lakers are up 5.
:6 OKC: Durant - man - hits the ridiculous 3. Two point game.
:2: LA: Scott is fouled.
Hits the first.
Hits the second.
It's done.
Final: Lakers 110 Thunder 106
The Lakers bounce the Thunder - Showtime advances to meet the Spurs in the next round. 30 in the loss for KD.
Magic: 29 pts/11 assists - Player of the Game
Kareem: 14 pts/12 assists/8 boards
Worthy: 16 pts/8 boards
Scott: 13 pts
Green: 14 pts/7 boards
Rambis: 6 pts/10 boards
All-Region Team
C Mourning ('99 Heat-1 PotG)
F Durant ('12 Thunder-1 PotG)
F Kawhi ('16 Spurs-1 PotG)
G Magic ('86 Lakers-2 PotG)
G Harden ('12 Thunder)
