3. 2013 WEST CHAMP SAN ANTONIO SPURS v. 14. 2006 PAC DIV CHAMP PHOENIX SUNS
Spurs: 58-24, 1st SW Div, 7th Off/3rd Def
d. Lakers West 1st Rnd 4-0
d. Warriors West Semis 4-2
d. Grizzlies West Finals 4-0
Lost Heat NBA Finals 4-3
#46 overall seed
Coach: Gregg Popovich, Asst Mike Budenholzer
Starters
C Tim Duncan 36-Wake 17.8 PPG 24.4 PER 8.3 WS
F Tiago Splitter 28 10.3 18.7 8.2
F Kawhi Leonard 21-San Diego St 11.9 16.4 6.2
G Tony Parker 30 20.3 23 9.3
G Manu Ginobli 35 11.8 19 4.5
Rotation Reserves
C Matt Bonner 32-Florida 4.2 11.8 2.5
F Boris Diaw 30 5.8 11.9 4.4
F DeJuan Blair 23-Pitt 5.4 14.6 2.2
G Patty Mills 24-St Marys 5.1 14.1 1.5
G Danny Green 25-UNC 10.5 14.1 5.9
Leaders Duncan 5th Blocks, 3rd Blocks/Gm, 4th Def WS, 2nd Def +/-, 1st Def Rtng, 3rd Def Reb%, 4th Block%
Parker 5th WS/48, 4th Asst%
3rd seed in the Region is the Spurs team that lost to Miami in the Finals; it's a defense first group; 36 year old Duncan and 30 year old Parker each pass 20 PER.
Suns: 54-28, 1st Pac Div, 2nd Off/16th Def
d. Lakers West 1st Rnd 4-3
d. Clips West Semis 4-3
Lost Mavs West Finals 4-2
#211 overall seed
Coach: Mike D'Antoni,
Starters
C Boris Diaw 23 13.3 PPG 17.3 PER 8.9 WS
F Shawn Marion 27-UNLV 21.8 23.6 14.6
F James Jones 25-Miami 9.3 13.2 4
G Steve Nash 31-S Clara 18.8 23.3 12.4
G Raja Bell 29-FIU 14.7 12.9 6.8
Rotation Reserves
C Amar'e Stoudemire 23 8.7 17.8 .1
F Kurt Thomas 33-TCU 8.6 13.1 3.3
F Tim Thomas 28-Nova 11 12.4 .9
G Eddie House 27-Ariz St 9.8 15.2 1.6
G Leandra Barbosa 23 13.1 15.1 3.8
Leaders Marion 3rd Reb, 3rd Reb/Gm, 3rd Steals, 5th Stls/Gm, 5th Eff FG%, 3rd Def WS
Nash 1st Assts, 1st Assts/Gm. 1st FT% 2nd Eff FG%, 1st TS%, 4th Off Rtng, 1st Asst%
Barbosa 3rd 3Pt%
Bell 5th 3 Pt% 3rd Eff FG%
Jones 1st TO%
Diaw 3rd Trip Doub
14th seed in the Region, the Suns are the heavy dog; all offense, middling defense; we've got a Boris Diaw battle here; the 23 year old Diaw is starting for Phoenix, the 30 year old is coming off the Spurs bench. 27 year old Shawn Marion, 31 year old Steve Nash are both over 20 PER with double digit WS.
Matchup:
C Duncan (Spurs)
F Marion (Suns)
F Kawhi (Spurs)
G Nash (Suns)
G Ginobli (Spurs)
Bench: Spurs
Game 1
1 Qtr
9 Suns 7 Spurs 5
Spurs Splitter(3) Splitter
Suns Nash, Marion(3) Nash
6 Spurs 15 Suns 10
Spurs Kawhi(3) Ginobli(1) Kawhi, Parker, Splitter
Suns Marion(3)
This one is underway; Tiago Splitter's got 7.
3 Spurs 29 Suns 16
Spurs Duncan, Parker(3) Duncan, Duncan, Ginobli, Ginobli(3)
Suns Jones, Amare, Marion
1 q Score Spurs 34 Suns 21
Spurs Duncan, Mills(3)
Suns Bell(3) Nash
8 in the last 6 for Duncan; Suns already in the hole.
2 Qtr
9 Spurs 44 Suns 29
Spurs Green(3) Mills(3) Blair, Green
Suns TThomas(3) TThomas(3) Burke
6 Spurs 50 Suns 33
Spurs Diaw, Duncan, Mills
Suns Diaw, Barbosa
The Suns can't stop the Spurs.
3 Spurs 58 Suns 39
Spurs Bonner, Parker, Parker, Parker
Suns Jones, Marion, Marion
Half Score Spurs 66 Suns 45
Spurs Splitter, Kawhi, Duncan, Splitter
Suns Bell, House, KThomas
The Suns didn't have a good defense agains the rest of the league; against these Spurs, it's just unfortunate.
3 Qtr
9 Spurs 71 Suns 51
Spurs Splitter, Green(3)
Suns Marion, Barbosa, Barbosa
6 Spurs 76 Suns 57
Spurs Duncan, Duncan, Ginobli(1)
Suns KThomas, Bell, KThomas
Spurs rolling along.
3 Spurs 86 Suns 61
Spurs Ginobli, Kawhi, Splitter, Duncan, Green
Suns Marion, Marion
3 q Score Spurs 94 Suns 65
Spurs Duncan, Green(3) Ginobli(3)
Suns Barbosa, Marion
Spurs are the 46th overall seed and playing like that's too low.
4 Qtr
9 Spurs 98 Suns 72
Spurs Splitter, Splitter
Suns Diaw, Diaw(3) House
6 Spurs 105 Suns 78
Spurs Parker, Bonner(3) Splitter
Suns Marion, Marion, Marion
3 Spurs 108 Suns 82
Spurs Ginobli(3)
Suns Marion, Burke
Final Score Spurs 110 Suns 88
Spurs Baynes
Suns Thompson(3) Tsitishvilli(3)
Easy pickings for the Spurs.
Splitter: 21 pts/11 boards - Player of the Game
Duncan: 20 pts/8 boards/4 blocks
Parker: 13 pts/13 assists
Ginobli: 15 pts/8 assists
Green: 13 pts
Marion: 28 pts/11 boards
Nash: 6 pts/ 10 assists
Game 2
1 Qtr
9 Suns 6 Spurs 5
Spurs Parker(3) Duncan
Suns Diaw, Jones(3) Jones(1)
6 Suns 15 Spurs 13
Spurs Splitter, Ginobli, Splitter, Splitter
Suns Nash, Marion(3) Diaw, Nash
The Suns got buried in game one, they come out much tougher in game two.
3 Spurs 21 Suns 19
Spurs Kawhi, Parker, Kawhi, Splitter
Suns Nash, KThomas
1 q Score Spurs 27 Suns 26
Spurs Duncan, Parker, Blair
Suns Bell, KThomas, Amare
Tiago Splitter's got 8.
2 Qtr
9 Suns 34 Spurs 29
Spurs Mills
Suns KThomas, Nash(3) Marion(3)
6 Suns 44 Spurs 40
Spurs Blair, Parker, Green(3) Splitter, Parker
Suns Barbosa, Marion, Nash, Jones, Diaw
5 for Nash to open the quarter, Phoenix remains in the lead.
3 Suns 54 Spurs 48
Spurs Splitter, Duncan, Duncan, Ginobli
Suns Nash, Diaw, Nash, Marion, Diaw(1)
Half Score Suns 60 Spurs 55
Spurs Duncan, Parker, Green(3)
Suns Nash, Marion, Jones
The Suns just keep scoring here in game 2 - one nice thing about the tournament is you rarely see a sweep thats two blowouts, the Spurs are heavily favored and showed why in game one - but Phoenix can score and they're doing it here.
3 Qtr
9 Suns 65 Spurs 62
Spurs Parker, Mills, Green(3)
Suns Bell, Jones(3)
6 Spurs 71 Suns 68
Spurs Diaw(3) Blair, Bonner, Kawhi
Suns Barbosa, KThomas
A triple from Old Boris Diaw aids the Spurs in taking the lead.
3 Spurs 75 Suns 73
Spurs Parker, Splitter
Suns Bell(3) Marion
3 q Score Suns 80 Spurs 79
Spurs Parker, Kawhi
Suns KThomas, Barbosa, Marion(3)
The Matrix hits from half court at the buzzer and Phoenix leads by a point.
4 Qtr
11:43: PHO: Raja Bell stops and pops.
11:26: SA: Duncan from the lane.
11:18: PHO: Raja Bell again, triple from the wing.
10:49: PHO: Spurs miss and Marion scores from 8 feet. 6 pt lead.
10:35: SA: Duncan. You get the sense that the next 10 minutes might be Duncan.
9:48: SA: After a Phoenix miss -- Duncan.
9:25: PHO: Bell from the foul line. Suns by 4
8:42: SA: Duncan - he's scored all 8 of the Spurs 4th qtr points.
8:18: SA: Marion misses and again - it's Duncan, swooping in for a beautiful goal.
7:58: PHO: Nash in traffic.
7:43: SA: Duncan passes out of the double team to Ginobli who finds a wide open Splitter for a short J. 91-91
6:44 SA: Suns miss - and it's Tony Parker who buries the J.
5:44: SA: A minute goes by and Kawhi bombs home a dunk.
5:15: SA: This is the stretch where the Spurs wrapped this; another miss - and it's Duncan banking home from 15.
4:39: SA: It's done - Suns miss - Kawhi does not miss with a triple. 100-91.
Final Spurs 107 Suns 97
Spurs Kawhi, Parker, Ginobli(3)
Suns Diaw, Diaw, Marion
The Suns were up two with just under 8 minutes to play -the Spurs ripped off 10 straight over the next 3 and a half minutes and now it's over. 20 pts/13 assists for Nash in the loss
Duncan: 22 pts/10 boards/5 assists-Player of the Game
Parker: 23 pts
Kawhi: 15 pts/10 boards
Splitter: 16 pts/10 boards
Ginobli: 7 pts/13 assists
All Region Team
C Duncan ('10 Spurs-1 PotG)
F Bird ('84 Celtics-1 PotG)
F McHale ('84 Celtics)
G Kobe ('09 Lakers-2 PotG)
G Wade ('05 Heat-1 PotG)
6. 1974 WEST CHAMP MIL BUCKS v. 11. 1975 ATL DIV CHAMP BOSTON CELTICS
Bucks: 59-23, 1st MW Div, 1st Off/2nd Def
d. Lakers West Semis 4-1
d. Bulls West Finals 4-0
Lost Celtics NBA Finals 4-3
#83 overall seed
Coach Larry Costello, Asst Hubie Brown
Starters
C Kareem Abdul Jabbar 26- UCLA 27 PPG 24.4 PER 18.4 WS
F Curtis Perry 25- Missouri St 9 13.2 5.3
F Bobby Dandridge 26-Norfolk St 18.9 17 8.4
G Oscar Robertson 35-Cincinnati 12.7 14.2 5.9
G Lucius Allen 26-UCLA 17.6 18.8 8.2
Rotation Reserves
C Cornell Warner 25-Jackson St 6.3 12.1 3.5
F Terry Driscoll 26-B College 3.2 11.9 1.5
F Mickey Davis 23-Duquesne 5.9 15.5 3.4
G Ron Williams 29-WVA 6.3 13.1 2.6
G Jon McGlocklin 30- Indiana 9.2 12 3.8
Leaders Kareem 3rd PPG, 3rd Reb, 4th Reb/Gm, 2nd Blocks, 2nd Blocks/Gm, 2nd FG%, 2nd Eff FG%, 2nd PER, 1st WS, 1st WS/48, 1st +/-, 1st VORP, 3rd Def Rtng, 3rd Block%, 2nd Trip Doub
Oscar 5th Trip Doub
The Bucks might be an underseed, top 2 in both offense and defense in the league in '74 but just the 6th seed in the region. Kareem's 26 and he is dominant, 1st in the NBA in VORP, WS and WS/48; 2nd in PER. But they lost the NBA Finals to the Celtics.
Celtics: 60-22, 1st Atl Div, 3rd Off/3rd Def
d. Rockets East Semis 4-1
Lost Bullets East Finals 4-2
#174 overall seed
Coach Tom Heinsohn, GM Red Auerbach
Starters
C Dave Cowens 26-Florida St 20.4 PPG 19.3 PER 9.5 WS
F Paul Silas 31-Creighton 10.6 14.6 7.2
F Don Nelson 34-Iowa 14 18.1 8.7
G Jo Jo White 28-Kansas 18.3 14.9 8
G John Havlicek 34-Ohio St 19.2 16.7 9.7
Rotation Reserves
C Jim Ard 26- Cincinnati 3.8 9.5 .4
F Ben Clyde 23-Florida St 2.8 11.3 .2
F Don Chaney 28-Houston 9.5 12.9 5.1
G Paul Westphal 24-USC 9.8 17.3 5.1
G Kevin Stacom 23-Providence 2.8 12 .9
Leaders Silas 4th Reb, 3rd Reb%
Cowens 2nd Reb/Gm, 5th Def Reb, 5th Def WS, 4th Def Rtng, 2nd Def Reb%
Nelson 1st FG%, 1st Eff FG%, 1st TS%, 4th WS/48
Top 3 in both offense and defense in '75, seeded 11th in the region; sneaky tough series here for the Bucks, who lost the NBA Finals to the Celtics back in '74. No one hits 20 PER or double digit WS.
Matchup
C Kareem (Bucks)
F Silas (Celtics)
F Push
G White (Celtics)
G Push
Bench: Bucks
1 Qtr
9 Celtics 11 Bucks 11
Bucks Allen, Allen(3) Allen, Dandridge, Allen
Celtics Havlicek, Nelson, White(3) White Cowens
6 Celtics 22 Bucks 17
Bucks Allen, Kareem, Dandridge
Celtics Havlicek, Nelson(3) Stacom(3) White(3)
Lucius Allen scores 11 in the first 6 minutes - but it's Boston up 5.
3 Celtics 26 Bucks 22
Bucks Dandridge(3) Williams
Celtics Cowens, White
1 q Score Celtics 31 Bucks 30
Bucks Dandridge(1) Kareem(3) McGlocklin, Dandridge
Celtics McDonald, Ard, Westphal(1)
10 for Dandridge in the quarter; ton of points to open up the series.
2 Qtr
9 Celtics 38 Bucks 34
Bucks McGlocklin, Davis
Celtics Nelson, Chaney(3) Havlicek
6 Celtics 45 Bucks 40
Bucks Driscoll, Kareem, Kareem
Celtics Havlicek, White(3) Cowens
C's have kept this two bucket lead all day.
3 Celtics 49 Bucks 46
Bucks Kareem, Kareem, Oscar
Celtics Havlicek, Havlicek
Half Score Celtics 57 Bucks 52
Bucks Oscar, Perry, Williams
Celtics Cowens, Cowens, Chaney, Chaney
This looked competitive on paper and that's how its playing out.
3 Qtr
9 Celtics 63 Bucks 60
Bucks Kareem, Kareem, Dandridge, Dandridge
Celtics Silas, Nelson, Nelson
6 Celtics 73 Bucks 64
Bucks Dandridge, Oscar
Celtics Nelson, Westphal, Westphal, Havlicek, Chaney
Nelson scores 6 to open the half; Boston extends the lead.
3 Celtics 81 Bucks 69
Bucks Dandridge(3) Perry
Celtics Silas, Havlicek, White, Silas
3 q Score Celtics 84 Bucks 78
Bucks McGlocklin, Kareem, Abdul, Davis(3)
Celtics Havlicek(3)
Milwaukee clamps down defensively down the stretch and the deficit is down to 6.
4 Qtr
9 Celtics 92 Bucks 86
Bucks Kareem, Kareem, Kareem, Dandridge
Celtics Cowens, White, Westphal, Westphal
6 Celtics 95 Bucks 92
Bucks McGlocklin, Warner, Driscoll
Celtics Havlicek(3)
Driscoll scores from 6 feet and Milwaukee has cut the Celtics lead to 3.
5:22: MIL: Cowens misses and Allen scores a tough one in traffic to bring the Bucks w/n 1.
5:09: BOS: Cowens in the paint.
4:30: MIL: McGlocklin gets two attempts and the second goes.
3:32: MIL: A minute later it's Allen from the wing to give the Bucks their first lead.
3:21: BOS: Jo Jo White with the corner 3 and Boston's up.
3:05: MIL: Curtis Perry comes back with a 3 from the wing.
2:48: BOS: Cowens dunk, 102-101 Boston.
2:31: MIL: Oscar with the triple from the top. Bucks by 2.
2:09: MIL: After Hondo misses, Bobby Dandridge scores from the wing.
1:55: BOS: White from the foul line.
1:47: MIL: Dandridge from 18.
1:20: MIL: That might do it, Cowens misses, Allen hits a floater from the baseline and the Bucks are up 6.
:49: BOS: Kareem fouls Silas, he hits 1.
That's it - Kareem and Allen each hit a FT, Cowens hits a triple. Bucks win by 4.
Final Score: Bucks 112 Celtics 108
Kareem: 26 pts/13 boards - Player of the Game
Allen: 20 pts/7 assists
Dandridge: 25 pts
McGlocklin: 10 pts
Driscoll: 4 pts/10 boards
Cowens: 20 pts/14 boards
Havlicek: 22 pts/10 boards
White: 22 pts/5 assists
Nelson: 13 pts/6 boards
Silas: 7 pts/12 boards
Game 2
1 Qtr
9 Bucks 8 Celtics 2
Bucks Perry, Oscar(3) Dandridge(3)
Celtics Havlicek
6 Bucks 16 Celtics 10
Bucks Allen, Allen, Kareem, Perry
Celtics Cowens(3) Silas(3) Westphal
Bucks looking to close this out.
3 Bucks 20 Celtics 12
Bucks Allen, Kareem
Celtics White
1 q Score Bucks 26 Celtics 16
Bucks Driscoll, Williams, McGlocklin
Celtics Westphal Ard
Bucks defense taking over in game one.
2 Qtr
9 Bucks 32 Celtics 24
Bucks Williams, Allen, McGlocklin
Celtics McDonald(1) Chaney, Westphal, Westphal(3)
6 Bucks 45 Celtics 33
Bucks Williams(3) McGlocklin, Dandridge, Perry, Kareem, Kareem
Celtics Cowens, Silas, Silas, White(3)
Bucks up double digits; they might be on their way to the next round.
3 Bucks 49 Celtics 41
Bucks Kareem, Kareem
Celtics White, Cowens, Cowens, Chaney
Half Score Bucks 54 Celtics 46
Bucks Oscar (3) McGlocklin
Celtics Silas, Cowens(1) Nelson
Celtics cut the deficit to 8 - the Bucks came back from a double digit hole in game one; can Boston do it here?
3 Qtr
9 Bucks 64 Celtics 52
Bucks Dandridge, Dandridge, Warner, Kareem
Celtics Havlicek(3) Cowens(3)
6 Bucks 74 Celtics 66
Bucks Dandirdge, Davis(3) Oscar(3) Allen
Celtics Cowens, Silas, Havlicek (3) White, Silas, Cowens(1) Nelson
Still an 8 point Bucks lead.
3 Bucks 82 Celtics 73
Bucks Driscoll, McGlocklin, Kareem, Kareem
Celtics Silas(1) Havlicek, Nelson, Havlicek
3 q Score Bucks 89 Celtics 81
Bucks Davis(3) Davis, Davis
Celtics Westphal, Havlicek, White, McDonald
4 Qtr
9 Bucks 98 Celtics 88
Bucks Kareem, Driscoll, Kareem, Oscar(3)
Celtics Cowens(1) Havlicek, Nelson, Nelson
6 Bucks 106 Celtics 98
Bucks Allen, Dandridge(3) Dandridge
Celtics Chaney, Westphal, Cowens, Cowens, Havlicek
Cowens is gone, fouled out - that might be the end of the story.
3 Bucks 110 Celtics 106
Bucks Driscoll, Dandridge
Celtics Ard, Nelson, Nelson, Silas
Spoke too soon, the Celtics trail by just 4. 3 to go.
2:20: MIL: Allen misses, but Dandridge gets the board - Oscar scores from 9 and it's 6 points.
1:37: BOS: Nearly a minute later Silas hits a FT.
1:04: MIL: Another big offensive board for the Bucks, Allen scores from the wing.
:49: BOS: Havlicek from the foul line.
:32: MIL: Dandridge 2 FT.
:12: BOS: White hits a 3 - but it's a 4 point game.
:11: MIL: Driscoll 2 FT
:06: BOS: Nellie hits a 3. 3 point game.
Dandridge hits 2 FT to ice it.
Final: Bucks 120 Celtics 115
We get Kareem v. Duncan in round 2, the Bucks move on. 21 points/11 boards for Cowens in the loss.
Kareem: 22 pts/12 boards/4 blocks-Player of the Game
Dandridge: 22 pts/6 boards
Allen: 15 pts/8 assists/5 boards
Oscar: 14 pts/5 assists
McGlocklin: 10 pts
Driscoll: 10 pts/7 boards
Davis: 10 pts/5 boards
All Region Team
C Kareem ('75 Bucks-2 PotG)
F Bird ('84 Celtics-1 PotG)
F McHale ('84 Celtics)
G Kobe ('09 Lakers-2 PotG)
G Wade ('05 Heat-1 PotG)
