3. 2012 SW DIV CHAMP S ANTONIO SPURS v. 14. 1995 NBA CHAMP HOUSTON ROCKETS
Spurs: 50-16, 1st SW Div, 1st Off/10th Def
d. Jazz West 1st Rnd 4-0
d. Clips West Semis 4-1
Lost OKC West Finals 4-2
#48 overall seed
Coach: Gregg Popovich, Asst Mike Budenholzer
Starters
C Tiago Splitter 27 9.3 PPG 20.5 PER 4.6 WS
F Tim Duncan 35-Wake 15.4 22.5 5.9
F Kawhi Leonard 20-S Diego St 7.9 16.6 5.5
G Tony Parker 29 18.3 22 7.1
G Manu Ginobli 34 12.9 24.1 4.2
Rotation Reserves
C Matt Bonner 31-Florida 6.6 13.2 4
F DeJuan Blair 22-Pitt 9.5 17.6 4
F Richard Jefferson 31-Arizona 9.2 10.9 2.4
G Gary Neal 27-Towson 9.9 14.2 2.5
G Danny Green 24-UNC 9.1 15.5 4.5
Leaders: Splitter 3rd TS%
Duncan 3rd Def Reb%
Bonner 1st TO%
The top offense in 2012 belonged to the Spurs; Duncan's 35, Ginobli 34, Parker 29 and they're all over 20 PER, so is Tiago Splitter, he's 27.
Rockets: 47-35, 3rd MW Div, 7th Off/12th Def
d. Jazz West 1st Rnd 3-2
d. Suns West Semis 4-3
d. Spurs West Finals 4-2
d. Magic NBA Finals 4-0
#209 overall seed
Coach: Rudy Tomjanovich,
Starters
C Hakeem Olajuwon 32-Houston 27.8 PPG 26 PER 10.7 WS
F Robert Horry 24-Alabama 10.2 13.5 4.2
F Mario Elie 31-AIC 8.8 13.7 4.8
G Kenny Smith 29-UNC 10.4 16.2 6.1
G Clyde Drexler 32-Houston 21.4 22.1 5.2
Rotation Reserves
C Carl Herrera 28-Houston 6.8 11.7 2.1
F Pete Chilcutt 26-UNC 5.3 11 2.1
F Otis Thorpe 32-Prov 13.3 14.7 2.3
G Sam Cassell 25-Florida St 9.5 15.9 4.7
G Chucky Brown 26-NC St 6.1 12.4 2.1
Leaders Olaujwon 2nd PPG, 5th Def Reb, 4th Blocks, 2nd Blocks/Gm, 3rd PER, 5th Def WS, 5th Def +/- 5th Def Rtng, 5th Block %, 5th Trip Doub
Thorpe 4th FG%
Smith 4th TS%
Drexler 4th +/- 5th VORP, 5th Trip Doub
The 14th seed in the region - the World Champion Rockets; Olajuwon and Drexler are both 32, over 20 PER and Hakeem's got double digit WS.
4 spots remain in the Field of 128. 13 Spurs teams are already in the field; will it be 14?
Matchup
C Olajuwon (Rockets)
F Duncan (Spurs)
F Kawhi (Spurs)
G Parker (Spurs)
G Drexler (Rockets)
Bench: Spurs
Game
1 Qtr
9 Spurs 13 Rockets 10
Spurs Duncan, Splitter(3) Kawhi(3) Duncan
Rockets Olajuwon, Horry, Olajuwon, Elie, Drexler
6 Spurs 24 Rockets 14
Spurs Parker, Parker, Kawhi, Ginobli(3) Ginobli
Rockets Smith, Drexler
Spurs wildly hot to start this one.
3 Spurs 28 Rockets 19
Spurs Parker, Parker
Rockets Smith, Chilcutt(3)
1 q Score Spurs 33 Rockets 25
Spurs Blair, Green(3)
Rockets Olajuwon, Olajuwon, Cassell
Rockets close within 3, Spurs score 5 in the last 43 seconds.
2 Qtr
9 Spurs 39 Rockets 29
Spurs Blair, Blair, Neal
Rockets Breaux, Thorpe, Smith
6 Spurs 47 Rockets 37
Spurs Jackson, Ginobli, Blair, Splitter
Rockets Cassell, Cassell, Horry
DeJaun Blair with a half dozen to open the 2nd.
3 Spurs 57 Rockets 41
Spurs Green(3) Ginobli(3) Duncan, Green
Rockets Olajuwon, Olajuwon, Olajuwon
Half Score Spurs 62 Rockets 50
Spurs Parker, Kawhi(3)
Rockets Olajuwon, Drexler(3) Olajuwon, Smith
Olajuwon scores 10 to close the half, but the Spurs are up double digits.
3 Qtr
9 Spurs 70 Rockets 56
Spurs Kawhi, Bonner, Parker, Kawhi
Rockets Drexler, Olajuwon, Horry
6 Spurs 75 Rockets 63
Spurs Kawhi(3) Kawhi
Rockets Drexler, Horry(3) Drexler
9 for Kawhi Leonard to open the half.
3 Spurs 87 Rockets 67
Spurs Green(3) Splitter, Splitter, Green, Green(3)
Rockets Smith(3) Olajuwon(1)
3 q Score Spurs 94 Rockets 71
Spurs Duncan, Parker, Ginobli(3)
Rockets Thorpe, Brown
Danny Green with 8 in that 3 minute stretch ends game one.
4 Qtr
9 Spurs 102 Rockets 79
Spurs Parker, Neal(1) Blair, Blair, Duncan(1)
Rockets Drexler(3) Horry(3) Thorpe
6 Spurs 107 Rockets 88
Spurs Duncan(3) Jackson
Rockets Olajuwon, Horry, Cassell, Drexler(3)
3 Spurs 114 Rockets 99
Spurs Jackson(3) Kawhi, Splitter
Rockets Drexler(3) Drexler, Brooks(3) Brooks(3)
Fin Score Spurs 124 Rockets 110
Spurs Diaw(1) Anderson, Ford(1) Ford, Diaw, Ford
Rockets Brooks(3) Breaux, Breaux(3) Maxwell(3)
Spurs in cruise control in the second half.
Kawhi: 22 pts/10 boards
Parker: 16 pts/7 assists
Duncan: 12 pts/9 boards
Ginobli: 13 pts/11 assists
Splitter: 11 pts
Green: 16 pts/7 boards
Blair: 12 pts
Olajuwon: 21 pts/15 boards
Drexler: 24 pts
Smith: 11 pts/7 assists
Horry: 14 pts
Game 2
1 Qtr
9 Rockets 7 Spurs 0
Spurs
Rockets Drexler, Drexler, Olajuwon(3)
6 Rockets 12 Spurs 8
Spurs Parker, Bonner, Duncan, Kawhi
Rockets Smith(3) Drexler
Half Dozen for Drexler, Rockets trying to stay alive.
3 Rockets 17 Spurs 12
Spurs Ginobli, Parker
Rockets Smith, Drexler, Elie(1)
1 q Score Rockets 24 Spurs 12
Spurs Neal
Rockets Drexler, Drexler(3)
All Rockets here in game 2 - Drexler with 13 in the first.
2 Qtr
9 Rockets 30 Spurs 20
Spurs Jackson(3) Blair(3)
Rockets Elie, Olajuwon, Cassell, Brown
6 Rockets 36 Spurs 26
Spurs Parker, Green, Parker
Rockets Brown, Drexler, Smith
Double digit Houston lead.
3 Rockets 38 Spurs 30
Spurs Splitter, Duncan
Rockets Olajuwon
Half Score Rockets 50 Spurs 40
Spurs Duncan, Green, Ginobli, Ginobli, Duncan
Rockets Olajuwon, Horry, Elie(3) Elie(3) Olajuwon
Gotta love the defensive effort from the Rockets in game 2.
3 Qtr
9 Rockets 56 Spurs 45
Spurs Bonner(3) Kawhi
Rockets Drexler(1) Smith(3) Drexler
6 Rockets 60 Spurs 49
Spurs Parker, Green
Rockets Thorpe, Cassell
Houston defense the story in game 2 - Spurs went over 120 in game one, that will not happen today.
3 Rockets 67 Spurs 53
Spurs Blair, Parker
Rockets Olajuwon, Olajuwon, Horry, Cassell(1)
3 q Score Rockets 73 Spurs 66
Spurs Splitter, Duncan, Kawhi, Bonner(3) Green, Parker
Rockets Olajuwon, Olajuwon, Smith
8 more for Hakeem, Spurs have closed to 7.
4 Qtr
9 Rockets 82 Spurs 68
Spurs Parker
Rockes Smith(3) Horry(3) Horry(3)
6 Rockets 86 Spurs 78
Spurs Duncan, Parker, Duncan, Ginobli, Duncan
Rockets Drexler, Olajuwon
Those triples to open the 4th keep Houston up 8 now.
3 Rockets 87 Spurs 87
Spurs Splitter, Neal(3) Splitter, Parker
Rockets Olajuwon(1)
7 straight for San Antonio - a Tony Parker floater ties it.
2:56: HOU: Kenny Smithy drives and scores.
2:42: SA: Isolation play for young Kawhi Leonard, he creates his own shot, elevates, fires, scores.
2:00: SA: Houston misses and Ginobli hits a triple from the wing - the Spurs go up 3.
1:34: SA: Houston misses and Parker hits one from the foul line. 5 point game.
:57: HOU: Second chance bucket for Hakeem
:50: SA: Splitter dunk.
:42: HOU: Smith layup. 96-93 Spurs
:12: SA: Houston is able to force a missed shot - but the Spurs get the board - Parker is quickly fouled, hits 1, that makes it a 2 possession game.
:06: HOU: The Jet hits the super clutch stepback triple off the inbounds. Rockets down 1.
:04: SA: Parker fouled. Hits both. 3 point game. Houston has a last shot to force OT.
Mario Elie gets it in the corner - heaves it up....
Nope.
Fin Score
14 San Antonio Spurs teams are in the Round of 128, second only to Lakers, 24/11 for Olajuwon in the loss.
Parker: 25 pts/10 assists-Player of the Game
Duncan: 16 pts/17 boards
Ginobli: 11 pts/5 assists
Kawhi: 8 pts/13 boards
Splitter: 10 pts/5 boards
6. 2006 WEST CHAMP DALLAS MAVERICKS v. 11. 1969 NEW YORK KNICKS
Mavs: 60-22, 2nd SW Div, 1st Off/11th Def
d. Grizzlies 4-0 West 1st Rnd
d. Spurs West Semis 4-3
d. Suns West Finals 4-2
Lost Heat NBA Finals 4-2
#81 overall seed
Coach: Avery Johnson, Asst: Rolando Blackman, Del Harris
Starters
C Erick Dampier 30-Miss St 5.7 PPG 13.9 PER 4.8 WS
F Dirk Nowitzki 27 26.6 28.1 17.7
F Josh Howard 25-Wake 15.6 19.3 6.7
G Jason Terry 28-Arizona 17.1 18.4 9.6
G Marquis Daniels 25-Auburn 10.2 14.9 4.2
Rotation Reserves
C DeSagana Diop 24 2.3 11.5 4.1
F Keith Van Horn 30-Utah 8.9 13.8 2.3
F Jerry Stackhouse 31-UNC 13 14.5 2.4
G Devin Harris 22-Wisconsin 9.9 17.4 3.7
G Adrian Griffin 31- S Hall 4.6 11.6 2.9
Leaders Dampier 3rd Off Reb, 4th Reb%
Dirk 4th FT%, 1st PER, 1st WS, 1st WS/48, 2nd +/-, 3rd VORP, 2nd Off Rtng
Diop 2nd Block %
The Knicks and Mavs each have 3 teams in the Round of 128 - one of those franchises will have 4. Dirk's 27 - number one in PER, Win Shares, Win Shares/48 in 2006.
Knicks: 54-28, 3rd East Div, 3rd Off/4th Def
d. Bullets 4-0 East Semis
Lost Celtics 4-2 East Finals
#176 overall seed
Coach: Red Holtzman
Starters
C Walt Bellamy 29-Indiana 15.2 PPG 17.9 PER 4.3 WS
F Willis Reed 26-Grambling 21.1 21.4 14.7
F Cazzie Russell 24-Michigan 18.3 15.2 4.1
G Walt Frazier 23-S Illinois 17.5 20.2 12.7
G Dick Barnett 32-Tenn St 17.6 14.3 7.8
Rotation Reserves
C Phil Jackson 23-N Dakota 7.1 10.6 1.7
F Bill Hosket 22-Ohio St 2.6 9.9 .5
F Dave DeBusschere 28-Det Mercy 16.4 14.3 3.8
G Howard Komives 27-B Green 9 10.4 4.3
G Bill Bradley 25-Princeton 12.4 13.1 4.7
Leaders: Frazier 3rd Assts, 3rd Assts/Gm, 5th TS%, 4th WS, 4th WS/48, 4th Asst%, 1st Trip Doub
Reed 3rd FG%, 3rd Eff FG, 4th TS%, 4th PER, 1st WS, 1st WS/48
Bellamy 5th FT%, 5th Eff FG%
One more Knicks team in round one; top 4 in both offense and defense; 21 year old Willis Reed, 23 year old Walt Frazer with 20+ PER and double digit WS.
Matchup
C Bellamy (Knicks)
F Dirk (Mavs)
F Howard (Mavs)
G Frazier (Knicks)
G Daniels (Mavs)
Bench: Push
Game
1 Qtr
9 Mavs 6 Knicks 2
Mavs Terry, Howard, Dirk
Knicks Reed
6 Mavs 10 Knicks 9
Mavs Dirk, Dirk
Knicks Frazier, Reed, Barnett(3)
3 spots left in the Round of 128; Mavs/Knicks each trying to claim one more.
3 Mavs 17 Knicks 14
Mavs Daniels(1) Dirk, Harris, Dirk
Knicks Bellamy, Reed, Reed
1 q Score Mavs 24 Knicks 16
Mavs Dirk(3) Stackhouse, Stackhouse
Knicks Reed
Dirk with 13 to open the game; the Knicks have never seen anything like Nowitzki.
2 Qtr
9 Mavs 30 Knicks 21
Mavs Harris(3) Terry(3)
Knicks DeBusschere, Reed, Frazier(1)
6 Kicks 36 Mavs 34
Mavs Stackhouse, Dirk
Knicks Reed, Reed, Bradley, Frazier, Bellamy, Russell(3) Barnett
Big Knick run, Willis Reed with a half dozen to open the quarter.
3 Mavs 45 Knicks 40
Mavs Dirk, Dirk(3) Daniels, Terry, Van Horn
Knicks Barnett(1) Barnett(3)
Half Score Mavs 55 Knicks 51
Mavs Van Horn(3) Dirk(3) Dirk, Dirk
Knicks DeBusschere(1) Bradley, Bradley, Bellamy(1) Reed(3) Reed
Another dozen for Nowitzki; he scores 27 in the first half, which might be a record, but the Knicks are hanging on.
3 Qtr
9 Mavs 66 Knicks 57
Mavs Daniels, Howard, Harris, Terry(3) Terry
Knicks Phil, Reed, Frazier
6 Mavs 79 Knicks 59
Mavs Griffin(1) Dirk(3) Terry, Dirk, Howard, Dirk(3)
Knicks Bellamy
Dallas opens it up; Nowitzki has 35 and it's a 20 point lead.
3 Mavs 88 Knicks 63
Mavs Dirk, Dirk, Terry(3) Terry
Knicks Bradley, Russell
3 q Score Mavs 99 Knicks 74
Mavs Dirk, Stackhouse, Daniels, Van Horn(3), Van Horn
Knicks Russell, Russell, DeBusschere, Frazier, Reed(3)
41 for Nowitzki, I think 48 is the tournament high.
4 Qtr
9 Mavs 107 Knicks 80
Mavs Stackhouse(3) Howard, Dampier(3)
Knicks Frazier, Barnett, Reed
6 Mavs 109 Knicks 82
Mavs Griffin
Knicks Bellamy
3 Mavs 113 Knicks 84
Mavs Howard, Mbenga
Knicks DeBusschere
Fin Score Mavs 122 Knicks 93
Mavs Mbenga(3) Armstrong(3) Powell(3)
Knicks Hosket, May(3) Komives, Hosket(3)
The 21st century Mavs just way too much offensively.
Dirk: 41 pts/10 boards-Player of the Game
Terry: 19 pts/4 steals
Howard: 10 pts/5 boards/5 assists
Dampier: 3 pts/17 boards
Stackhouse: 11 pts
Van Horn: 10 pts
Reed: 27 pts/19 boards
Frazier: 11 pts/11 assists/7 boards
Barnett: 11 pts
Game 2
1 Qtr
9 Mavs 9 Knicks 9
Mavs Terry(3) Dirk, Dampier, Dampier
Knicks Reed, Barnett, Bellamy, Barnett(3)
6 Knicks 15 Mavs 12
Mavs Daniels, Dampier(1)
Knicks Russell, Russell, Reed
Game 2 underway; Knicks looking to hold on.
3 Knicks 22 Mavs 18
Mavs Dampier, Terry, Harris
Knicks Bellamy, Frazier(3) Frazier
1 q Score Knicks 28 Mavs 26
Mavs Harris(3) Griffin, Stackhouse(3)
Knicks Russell, Reed, DeBusschere
Tight. Dallas can close out. Winner meets the Spurs.
2 Qtr
9 Mavs 33 Knicks 32
Mavs Dirk, Stackhouse(1) Dirk, Dirk
Knicks DeBusschere, Bellamy
6 Knicks 40 Mavs 33
Mavs
Knicks Komives, DeBusschere, Russell, Reed
Good stretch for the Knicks and its their biggest series lead.
3 Knicks 51 Mavs 41
Mavs Diop, Dampier, Dirk, Dirk
Knicks Barnett, Reed, Reed(3) Barnett, Frazier
Half Score Knicks 57 Mavs 51
Mavs Griffin, Howard, Dampier, Howard, Stackhouse
Knicks Reed(3) Russell(3)
Reed closes the half with 8.
3 Qtr
9 Knicks 62 Mavs 55
Mavs Dirk, Daniels
Knicks Barnett, Bellamy(1) Reed
6 Knicks 73 Mavs 67
Mavs Van Horn (3) Van Horn, Daniels(3) Daniels, Howard
Knicks Reed, Reed, DeBusschere, Reed(3) Barnett
9 more for Reed, Knicks maintaining this lead.
3 Knicks 81 Mavs 72
Mavs Stackhouse, Howard(1) Dirk
Knicks Bradley, Russell, Russell, Frazier
3 q Score Knicks 90 Mavs 82
Mavs Harris, Howard, Terry, Terry, Griffin
Knicks DeBusschere, Barnett(3) Reed, Bradley
The Knicks have had a solid advantage all game long and are now 12 minutes from forcing the decisive game 3.
4 Qtr
9 Knicks 94 Mavs 85
Mavs Terry(3)
Knicks Russell, Bellamy
6 Knicks 101 Mavs 88
Mavs Diop(1) Terry
Knicks Frazier, Frazier(3) Reed
It's the Knicks - we will have the showdown game.
3 Knicks 111 Mavs 99
Mavs Dirk, Dampier, Harris, Dirk(3) Howard
Knicks Phil, Frazier, Bradley, Russell, Bradley
Fin Score Knicks 126 Mavs 117
Mavs Howard, Howard(3) Terry(3) Dirk(3) Terry, Howard, Terry(3)
Knicks Bradley, Russell(3) Russell(3) Bellamy(3) Reed, Bellamy
The Knicks battle back, a solid win here forces game 3.
Reed: 31 pts/15 boards/5 assists - Player of the Game
Russell: 25 pts/5 boards/5 assists
Frazier: 16 pts/7 assists
Bellamy: 14 pts/15 boards
Barnett: 16 pts/5 assists
DeBusschere: 10 pts/7 boards
Bradley: 10 pts
Dirk: 24 pts/6 boards
Terry: 22 pts/5 assists
Howard: 18 pts/9 boards
Dampier: 13 pts/9 boards/4 blocks
Game 3
1 Qtr
9 Mavs 10 Knicks 6
Mavs Daniels, Terry, Dirk, Dampier, Dirk
Knicks Reed, Barnett, Bellamy
6 Mavs 19 Knicks 14
Mavs Daniels, Daniels, Terry(1) Dirk, Howard
Knicks DeBusschere, Barnett, Russell, Frazier
Mavs off to the hot start.
3 Mavs 23 Knicks 22
Mavs Dirk, Dampier
Knicks Frazier, Barnett, Bowman, Frazier
1 q Score Mavs 32 Knicks 31
Mavs Dirk, Dirk, Dampier(1) Stackhouse, Dampier
Knicks DeBusschere, Hosket(1) Bradley(3) Bradley(3)
Great offensive quarter; Bill Bradley pumping home a couple of late triples.
2 Qtr
9 Mavs 41 Knicks 35
Mavs Harris(1) Dirk, Dirk, Dirk, Harris
Knicks Bradley, Reed
6 Mavs 48 Knicks 41
Mavs Harris(1) Terry(3) Harris(3)
Knicks Frazier, Bradley, Bradley
Devin Harris with 7 to start the half, Mavs up 7.
3 Mavs 53 Knicks 49
Mavs Daniels, Van Horn(3)
Knicks Phil, Bradley, Frazier(1) Russell(3)
Half Score Mavs 57 Knicks 54
Mavs Van Horn, Van Horn
Knicks Bellamy(1) Bellamy, Bradley
7 for Keith Van Horn to close the half. We got a good one.
3 Qtr
9 Mavs 64 Knicks 58
Mavs Dirk(3) Harris, Dirk
Knicks Barnett, Bellamy
6 Mavs 68 Knicks 63
Mavs Howard, Dirk
Knicks DeBusschere, Reed, Frazier(1)
7 more for Dirk - he might be too much down the stretch.
3 Mavs 79 Knicks 74
Mavs Terry(3) Terry, Howard, Dirk, Daniels
Knicks Russell(3) Frazier, Bellamy, Reed, Bellamy
3 q Score Mavs 84 Knicks 74
Mavs Van Horn(3) Dampier
Knicks
That 3 minute stretch might have ended it.
4 Qtr
9 Mavs 93 Knicks 80
Mavs Dirk, Dirk, Stackhouse(3) Diop
Knicks Reed, Bradley, Russell
6 Mavs 99 Knicks 85
Mavs Howard(1) Terry, Howard(1) Stackhouse
Knicks Frazier, Barnett(3)
It's Dallas.
3 Mavs 103 Knicks 92
Mavs Stackhouse, Harris
Knicks Russell, Reed, Russell(3)
Fin Score Mavs 110 Knicks 98
Mavs Howard, Dirk, Dirk, Christie(1)
Knicks May(3) Riordan(3)
Dallas moves their 4th team into the Round of 128. 12 and 15 for Reed in the loss.
Dirk: 35 pts/11 boards - Player of the Game
Daniels: 10 pts/10 boards/5 assists
Howard: 10 pts/6 boards
Terry: 13 pts
Harris: 11 pts
Van Horn; 10 pts
All Region Team:
C Howard ('11 Magic)
F Dirk ('06 Mavs-2 PotG)
F Kanter ('19 Blazers-2 Player of the Game)
G Kobe ('10 Lakers -1 Player of the Game)
G Moncrief ('86 Bucks-1 Player of the Game)
