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256 Team All Time Basketball Tournament: Region 13 Round 1: Series 3 and 4

Tuesday, August 10, 2021

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5. 2008 NW DIV CHAMP UTAH JAZZ  v. 12. 2005 HOUSTON ROCKETS

Jazz: 54-28, 1st NW Div, 1st Off/12th Def
         d. Rockets West 1st Rnd 4-2
         Lost Lakers 4-2 West Semis
         #77 overall seed

Coach: Jerry Sloan

Starters: 
C Mehmet Okur            28                     14.5 PPG     15.2 PER  6.7 WS
F Carlos Boozer            26-Duke           21.1              21.9         10.2
F Andrei Kirilenko        26                     11                 17.2          7.1
G Deron Williams         23-Illinois        18.8               20.8         11.3
G Ronnie Brewer          22-Arkansas     12                 18.4          7.8

Rotation Reserves:
C Paul Millsap              22-LA Tech       8.1               16.1          5.2
F Matt Harpring            31-Geo Tech     8.2                14.1         2.8
F Kyle Korver               26-Creighton     9.8                14.2         3.2
G Ronnie Price              24-Utah Valley  3.7               12.3          1.1
G CJ Miles                    20                       5                  14.2          1.9

Leaders: Boozer: 3rd Def Reb, 
                Williams: 3rd Assts, 3rd Assts/Gm, 4th Asst%
                Brewer: 2nd Asst%

Utah got bounced in the first round of the playoffs but had the top offense in the league in '08 and that slots them the fifth seed in the region. 26 year old Carlos Boozer and 23 year old Deron Williams both go over 20 PER with double digit Win Shares.  


Rockets: 51-31, 3rd SW Div, 15th Off/4th Def
                Lost Mavs West 1st 4-3
                #180 overall seed

Coach: Jeff Van Gundy, Asst Patrick Ewing, Tom Thibodeau

Starters
C Yao Ming                       24                     18.3       23.2 PER  10.7 WS
F Juwann Howard             31-Michigan     9.6         13             13.2
F Tracy McGrady              25                     25.7       22.9          12
G Bobby Sura                   31-Florida St    10.3        14.4          4.8
G David Wesley                34-Baylor          10.9       11.6          4.4

Rotation Reserves:
C Dikembe Mutombo       38                     4             16.4          4.7
F Scott Padgett                  28-Kentucky    4.2          12.3          2.8
F Jimmy Jackson              34-Ohio St        13.3        10.5          1.5
G Mike James                   29-Duquense     12.4       17.4          2.2
G Jon Barry                      35-Geo Tech     7             14             3.7

Leaders: Yao 3rd FG%
                 TMac 5th Def WS, 4th VORP

Houston's defense is matching up against the Utah offense, 24 year old Yao Ming and 25 year old Tracy McGrady both have 20+ PER and double digit WS.

Matchup:
C Yao (Rockets)
F Boozer (Jazz)
F TMac (Rockets)
G Williams (Jazz)
G Brewer (Jazz)
Bench: Rockets

Game 1

1st Qtr

9 Jazz 10 Rockets 8
Jazz Boozer(3) Okur, Boozer, Okur(3)
Rockets Howard, Yao, Howard, Sura

6 Jazz 18 Rockets 14
Jazz Boozer, Williams, Boozer, Boozer
Rockets Yao, Yao, Yao

The 5/12 series is underway here in Region 13. Carlos Boozer blasts off with 11.  

3 Rockets 21 Jazz 20
Jazz Millsap
Rockets Yao(3) Sura, James

1 q Score Jazz 29 Rockets 27
Jazz Miles, Millsap(3) Miles, Mllsap
Rockets TMac(3) Barry(3)

Paul Millsap with 7 in the back half of the quarter.  

2nd Qtr

9 Rockets 33 Jazz 32
Jazz Millsap(3)
Rockets TMac, Yao, Yao

6 Rockets 39 Jazz 37
Jazz Williams(3) Harpring
Rockets Yao, Yao, Yao

21 points for Yao Ming.  

3 Rockets 44 Jazz 42
Jazz Williams, Williams(3)
Rockets Wesley(3) Sura

Half Score Jazz 52 Rockets 50
Jazz Brewer, Brewer, Williams, Williams, Millsap
Rockets Mutombo, James, Sura

9 for Deron Williams to close the half - we got a nice one to start this series.

3rd Qtr

9 Jazz 60 Rockets 55
Jazz Kirilenko(3) Harpring, Korver(3)
Rockets Wesley, TMac(3)

6 Jazz 70 Rockets 68
Jazz Korver(3) Millsap(1) Williams, Brewer, Brewer
Rockets Padgett, Wesley, TMac, TMac(3) Jackson, Sura

Buckets - both teams making buckets - 8 for McGrady to open the half.

3 Jazz 77 Rockets 71
Jazz Williams(3) Brewer, Harpring
Rockets James(3)

3 q Score Jazz 81 Rockets 75
Jazz Millsap, Williams
Rockets James, TMac

Yao misses most of the 3rd after picking up a 4th foul; he's back on the floor now; can Houston make a run?

4th Qtr

9 Jazz 86 Rockets 79
Jazz Okur, Kirilenko(3)
Rockets Howard, Yao

6 Jazz 95 Rockets 83
Jazz Williams, Okur(3) Okur, Brewer
Rockets Yao, Yao

Yao's got 5 fouls and the Jazz are pulling away.

3 Jazz 99 Rockets 89
Jazz Williams, Brewer
Rockets Yao, TMac, Yao

Final Score Jazz 106 Rockets 96
Jazz Okur, Brewer, Kirilenko(1) Brewer
Rockets TMac(3) Yao, Barrett

Utah holds Houston to 21 in the 4th and takes game 1.  

Williams: 25 pts/13 assists - Player of the Game
Okur: 14 pts/8 boards
Boozer: 11 pts/6 boards
Brewer: 18 pts
Millsap: 15 pts/6 boards

Yao: 33 pts/9 boards
McGrady: 20 pts/7 boards/5 assists
Sura: 10 pts/10 assists/7 boards

Game 2

1st Qtr

9 Rockets 4 Jazz 2
Jazz Brewer
Rockets TMac, Yao

6 Rockets 10 Jazz 8
Jazz Kirilenko, Brewer, Kirilenko
Rockets Howard, Howard, Sura

Points a little harder to come by here in game 2. 

3 Rockets 22 Jazz 10
Jazz Harpring
Rockets Yao, Wesley, Yao(3) TMac(3) James

1 q Score Rockets 34 Jazz 12
Jazz Millsap
Rockets Padgett(3) Barry, Taylor, Taylor Jackson(3)

Wow.  Houston goes on a 24-4 run and game 2 might already be over.  

2nd Qtr

9 Rockets 38 Jazz 16
Jazz Miles, Millsap
Rockets Barry, James

6 Rockets 45 Jazz 25
Jazz Collins, Millsap, Williams(1) Kirilenko, Boozer
Rockets TMac, Wesley, Sura(3)

Houston blowing out Utah; start readying for Game 3.

3 Rockets 49 Jazz 27
Jazz Kirilenko
Rockets TMac, TMac

Half Score Rockets 54 Jazz 33
Jazz Boozer(1) Kirilenko(3) Williams
Rockets Howard(1) Howard, Howard

Houston's cruising.

3rd Qtr

9 Rockets 61 Jazz 39
Jazz Boozer, Boozer, Millsap
Rockets Yao, Sura(1) Howard, TMac

6 Rockets 69 Jazz 44
Jazz Kirilenko, Brewer, Price(1)
Rockets Yao, Yao, Howard, McGrady

On our way to game 3.

3 Rockets 79 Jazz 44
Jazz
Rockets Wesley(3) TMac, Mutombo, TMac(3)

3 q Score Rockets 86 Jazz 48
Jazz Brewer, Boozer
Rockets Wesley(3) TMac, TMac

A total and complete shutdown of the Jazz in game 2.

4th Qtr

9 Rockets 92 Jazz 56
Jazz Brewer(3) Williams(3) Brewer
Rockets Sura, Yao, McGrady

6 Rockets 101 Jazz 59
Jazz Kirilenko(3)
Rockets McGrady, Sura, McGrady(3) Mutombo

Mercy rule.

3 Rockets 108 Jazz 67
Jazz Millsap(3) Williams, Miles(3)
Rockets Howard, Barry, Howard

Final Score Rockets 116 Jazz 81
Jazz Almond, Fesenko, Almond, Almond, Almond(3) Giricek(3)
Rockets Taylor, Baker, Taylor, Baker

Houston just rips Utah apart and forces game 3.

TMac: 31 pts/7 assists/5 boards - Player of the Game
Howard: 17 pts/9 boards
Yao: 15 pts/6 boards
Sura: 10 pts/7 assists/5 boards
Wesley: 10 pts
Mutombo: 4 pts/13 boards

Kirilenko: 16 pts/5 assists
Brewer: 13 pts
Millsap: 11 pts/8 boards

Game 3

1st Qtr

9 Jazz 9 Rockets 6
Jazz Brewer, Williams(3) Okur, Okur
Rockets Sura, Yao, Yao

6 Jazz 18 Rockets 7
Jazz Boozer, Williams, Korver(3) Boozer
Rockets TMac(1)

Utah shakes off that game 2 bloodbath and comes out with heavy defensive pressure.

3 Jazz 24 Rockets 18
Jazz Korver(3) Boozer(1) Brewer
Rockets McGrady, Wesley(3) Yao, Barry, James

1 q Score Jazz 34 Rockets 20
Jazz Korver, Boozer(3) Miles, Millsap, Harpring(1)
Rockets Howard

Houston's climbing uphill today; Utah way up.

2nd Qtr

9 Jazz 38 Rockets 24
Jazz Price, Giricek
Rockets Padgett, Mutombo

6 Jazz 43 Rockets 33
Jazz Brewer(3) Brewer
Rockets Wesley, Sura(3) Barry, TMac

Rockets a little closer.  

3 Jazz 50 Rockets 33
Jazz Okur(1) Williams, Boozer, Brewer
Rockets 

Half Score Jazz 59 Rockets 38
Jazz Williams, Williams, Williams(3) Williams
Rockets Yao, TMac(3)

11 Deron Williams points in the back half of the quarter; this series is over.

3rd Qtr

9 Jazz 68 Rockets 45
Jazz Boozer(1) Millsap, Kirilenko, Okur, Okur
Rockets Howard. TMac, Padgett(3)

6 Jazz 75 Rockets 50
Jazz Boozer, Boozer, Millsap(1) Boozer
Rockets Yao(1) Howard, Yao

Just the inverse of game 2; Utah comes back and blows Houston's doors off and moves into Rnd 2.

3 Jazz 83 Rockets 63
Jazz Brewer, Harpring(1) Kirilenko, Okur(3)
Rockets TMac(3) TMac, Yao, TMac, Yao, Yao

3 q Score Jazz 97 Rockets 72
Jazz Okur(3) Williams(3) Kirilenko, Millsap(1) Kirilenko(3) Millsap
Rockets TMac(3) Yao, TMac, Yao

Outside of a Juwann Howard bucket; each of the Rockets 27 points is the last 9 minutes was scored by Yao and TMac.  Houston can't stop Utah in this one.

4th Qtr

9 Jazz 104 Rockets 74
Jazz Williams, Brewer, Kirilenko(1) Okur
Rockets Yao

6 Jazz 113 Rockets 82
Jazz Millsap(3) Millsap, Boozer, Williams
Rockets TMac(3) James(3) Yao

The party is on in Salt Lake.

3 Jazz 117 Rockets 89
Jazz Brewer, Boozer
Rockets TMac(1) Howard, Yao, Howard

Final Score Jazz 125 Rockets 101
Jazz Brewer, Kirilenko, Collins(1) Fesenko(1) Almond
Rockets Wesley(3) Nachbar(3) Nachbar(3) Taylor(3)

Never a game; Utah cruises.  27/11 for Yao, 26 for TMac in the loss.

Boozer: 21 pts/13 boards/10 assists-Player of the Game
Williams: 23 pts/11 assists
Okur: 17 pts/7 boards
Brewer: 19 pts
Kirilenko: 12 pts/5 assists
Millsap: 13 pts/13 assists

All Region Team
C Kareem ('71 Bucks-2 PotG)
F Durant ('14 Thunder-2 PotG)
F McGrady ('05 Rockets-1 PotG)
G Williams ('08 Jazz-1 PotG)
G Westbrook ('14 Thunder)





4. 2020 NBA CHAMPION LA LAKERS v. 13. 1974 NBA CHAMPION BOSTON CELTICS

Lakers: 52-19, 1st Pac Div, 11th Off/3rd Def
              d. Blazers West 1st Rnd 4-1
              d. Rockets West Semis 4-1
              d. Nuggets West Finals 4-1
              d. Heat West Finals 4-2
              #52 overall seed

Coach: Frank Vogel, Asst Jason Kidd, Lionel Hollins

Starters:
C Dwight Howard                          34                         7.5 PPG     18.7 PER  5.4 WS
F Anthony Davis                             26-Kentucky       26.1            27.4          11.1
F LeBron James                              35                        25.3            25.5          9.8
G Alex Caruso                                 25-Texas A&M   5.5             10.8          2.3
G Kentavious Caldwell-Pope          26-Georgia          9.3             11             3.7

Rotation Reserves:
C Javale McGee                              32-Nevada           6.6             19.4          4.7
F Kyle Kuzma                                 24-Utah               12.8            12.2          2
F Danny Green                                32-UNC              8                 10.8         3.4
G Rajon Rondo                               33-Kentucky        7.1              12.4        1.4
G Avery Bradley                             29-Texas              8.6              8.9           1.5

Leaders: LeBron: 1st Assts, 1st Assts/Gm, 5th +/-, 3rd VORP, 1st Asst%, 2nd Trip Doub
                Davis: 3rd Blocks, 3rd Blocks/Gm, 4th PER, 4th WS, 3rd WS/48, 4th Def Rtng, 5th Block %
               Howard 5th Def Rtng, 3rd Off Reb %

The Covid Champs were just okay offensively, but had the third best defense in 2020; The King is 35, he and 26 year old Anthony Davis both cross 25 PER and 

Celtics: 56-26, 1st Atl Div, 5th Off/6th Def
              d. Braves 4-2 East Semis
              d. Knicks 4-2 East Finals
              d. Bucks NBA Finals 4-3
              #205 overall seed


Coach: Tom Heinsohn, GM Red Auerbach

Starters
C Dave Cowens                25-Florida St   19 PPG     16.6 PER  9.3 WS
F Paul Silas                       30-Creighton   11.5           14.5          7.7
F Don Nelson                    33-Iowa           11.5           16.1          5.9
G Jo Jo White                   27- Kansas       18.1           14             7.3
G John Havlicek                33-Ohio St      22.6           17.4          9.7

Rotation Reserves:
C Hank Finkel                   31-Dayton       2.5              11.6          .9
F Steve Kuberski               26-Bradley      5.1              10.9         1.7
F Paul Westphal                 23-USC           7.2              16.1         3.2
G Art Williams                   34-Cal Poly     2.6             14.7          1.2
G Don Chaney                   27-Houston     10.4            12.9          5.8

Leaders: Cowens 2nd Reb, 2nd Reb/Gm, 4th Def WS, 5th Def Rtng, 4th Reb %, 5th Trip Doub
                 Silas 3rd Off Reb, 1st Off Reb%
                 Havlicek 2nd Trip Doub

Battle of NBA Champs here in Rnd One; Boston doesn't have any players hitting the top end.  
                 

Matchup:
C Cowens (Celtics)
F Davis (Lakers)
F LeBron (Lakers)
G White (Celtics)
G Havlicek (Celtics)
Bench: Push

Game 1

1st Qtr

9 Lakers 9 Celtics 2
Lakers LeBron(3) KCP LeBron, AD
Celtics White

6 Lakers 16 Celtics 4
Lakers Caruso, AD, Caruso(3)
Celtics Havlicek

Battle of NBA Champs, but early on it's not a contest.

3 Lakers 26 Celtics 8
Lakers Howard, AD(1) AD, AD, Bradley(3)
Celtics Nelson(3)

1 q Score Lakers 39 Celtics 13
Lakers LeBron(3) Rondo(3) Rondo(3) Bradley, McGee
Celtics Chaney, Chaney(3)

Goodness.  The Lakers way too much for Boston.  

2nd Qtr

9 Lakers 47 Celtics 27
Lakers LeBron(3) AD, KCP
Celtics Hankinson, Havlicek, Havlicek, Cowens, Chaney, Nelson, Cowens

6 Lakers 52 Celtics 31
Lakers Green(3), McGee
Celtics Cowens, Cowens

Boston goes on a nice early 2nd quarter run and still trails by 21.

3 Lakers 56 Celtics 35
Lakers McGee(1) McGee(3)
Celtics Cowens, Nelson

Half Score Lakers 58 Celtics 37
Lakers Howard
Celtics White

Boston just can't score against this Laker defense.  

3rd Qtr

9 Lakers 67 Celtics 44
Lakers McGee, AD, Rondo, AD(3)
Celtics Kuberski(3) Nelson, Nelson

6 Lakers 71 Celtics 53
Lakers Caruso, LeBeon
Celtics Nelson, Westphal(3) White

Boston gets the deficit under 20.

3 Lakers 73 Celtics 58
Lakers Rondo
Celtics Cowens, Westphal(3)

3 q Score Lakers 84 Celtics 60
Lakers Bradley(3) Bradley, Davis(3) LeBron, Bradley(1)
Celtics Nelson

Boston got it to 15, but just can't put together any kind of sustained offense.

4th Qtr

9 Lakers 96 Celtics 68
Lakers LeBron, Davis(3) Rondo, LeBron, Kuzma
Celtics Silas, Havlicek(3) Westphal, White(1)

6 Lakers 102 Celtics 77
Lakers Davis, LeBron, LeBron
Celtics Cowens, Westphal, Havlicek, Havlicek(3)

The Celtics have no answers.

3 Lakers 108 Celtics 80
Lakers Davis, KCP, McGee
Celtics Westphal(1) Finkel

Final Score Lakers 117 Celtics 87
Lakers Waiters, Smith, Kostas, JR(3)
Celtics Hankinson, Williams(3) Westphal

This one wasn't close at any point.  

LeBron: 23 pts/12 boards/11 assists - Player of the Game
Davis: 27 pts/11 boards
McGee: 12 pts/9 boards
Rondo: 13 pts/8 assists
Bradley: 11 pts

Cowens: 14 pts/13 boards
Havlicek: 14 pts/7 boards
Nelson: 16 pts/6 boards
Westphal: 13 pts
Silas: 4 pts/10 boards

Game 2

1st Qtr

9 Lakers 4 Celtics 3
Lakers Howard, LeBron
Celtics Silas(1) Havlicek

6 Lakers 9 Celtics 5
Lakers LeBron(1) Howard, LeBron
Celtics Chaney

LeBron had a triple double in game one; the Lakers looking to advance to meet Utah.

3 Lakers 18 Celtics 9
Lakers Caruso, Caruso, Lebron, Kuzma, Howard(1)
Celtics Williams, Havlicek

1 q Score Lakers 24 Celtics 18
Lakers LeBron, Rondo, McGee
Celtics Cowens, Havlicek, Nelson(3) Chaney

Boston's in the game, but they havent shown any sort of offense yet in the series.

2nd Qtr

9 Lakers 30 Celtics 22
Lakers McGee, LeBron, Rondo
Celtics White, Havlicek


6 Lakers 44 Celtics 30
Lakers McGee, McGee(3) LeBron, LeBron(3) Bradley, LeBron
Celtics Havlicek, Havlicek, Cowens, Cowens

LA opens it up; both LeBron and Javale McGee with 7 to open the quarter.

3 Lakers 51 Celtics 34
Lakers Davis(3) Davis, Howard
Celtics Nelson, Westphal

Half Score Lakers 64 Celtics 42
Lakers McGee, Bradley(3) Green, Davis(3) Bradley(3)
Celtics Havlicek, White, Havlicek, Havlicek

This series is over; the nearly half century separating these two champions too much.

3rd Qtr

9 Lakers 73 Celtics 48
Lakers Kuzma, LeBron, LeBron, Rondo(3)
Celtics White(3) Cowens(3)

6 Lakers 77 Celtics 57
Lakers Davis, Davis
Celtics Cowens, Nelson, White, Cowens

LA will move on and meet the '08 Jazz.

3 Lakers 86 Celtics 61
Lakers Rondo(3) LeBron(3) Davis(3) 
Celtics Nelson, Silas

3 q Score Lakers 93 Celtics 69
Lakers KCP(3) Davis, LeBron
Celtics Silas, Nelson, Cowens, White

Both AD and the King chip in 9 in the 3rd.

4th Qtr

9 Lakers 103 Celtics 76
Lakers Rondo, Bradley, LeBron, Bradley, McGee
Celtics Cowens(3) Silas, Williams

6 Lakers 107 Celtics 80
Lakers LeBron, Davis
Celtics Finkel, Finkel

3 Lakers 119 Celtics 84
Lakers Green(3) Davis, KCP(3) LeBron, LeBron
Celtics Williams, Nelson

Final Score Lakers 126 Celtics 90
Lakers Davis, Smith, Cacok(3)
Celtics Silas(3) Hankinson(3)

This was just never a series; Boston not able to compete with LA; 20/15 for Cowens in the loss.  35 year old LeBron James dominating.

LeBron: 35 pts/11 boards/7 assists - Player of the Game
Davis: 23 pts/8 boards/5 assists/5 blocks
Howard: 7 pts/16 boards
McGee: 13 pts/5 boards
Rondo: 12 pts/6 assists/5 boards
Bradley: 12 pts

All Region Team
C Kareem ('71 Bucks-2 PotG)
F LeBron ('20 Lakers-2 PotG)
F Durant ('14 Thunder-2 PotG)
G Williams ('08 Jazz-1 PotG)
G Westbrook ('14 Thunder)


256 Team All Time Basketball Tournament: Region 13 Round 1: Series 1 and 2

Saturday, August 7, 2021

 Region 12




1. 1971 NBA CHAMPION MILW BUCKS v. 16. 1987 MW DIV CHAMP DALLAS MAVS

Bucks: 66-16, 1st MW Div, 1st Off/1st Def
            d. Warriors 4-1 West Semis
            d. Lakers 4-1 West Finals
            d. Bullets 4-0 NBA Finals
            #13 overall seed

Coach Larry Costello

Starters
C Kareem Abdul Jabbar     23-UCLA            31.7 PPG   29 PER 22.3 WS
F Greg Smith                      24-W Kentucky  11.7           14.1       6.8
F Bobby Dandridge            23-Norfolk St     18.4            16.9      9.5
G Oscar Robertson             32-Cincinnati     19.4            19.6      12.4
G Jon McGlocklin              27-Indiana          15.8            14.2      8.9

Rotation Reserves
C Dick Cunningham           24-Murray St     2.6              11.7        1
F Bob Boozer                      33-Kansas St     9.1               13.1       3.7
F Gary Freeman                  22-Oregon St     3.7               15.4       1.1
G Lucius Allen                    23-UCLA          7.1                12.2      1.9
G McCoy McLemore          28-Drake           4.7                9.2        .3

Leaders Kareem 1st PPG, 3rd Reb, 4th Reb/Gm, 2nd FG%, 2nd Eff FG%, 2nd TS%, 1st PER, 1st WS, 1st WS/48, 5th Reb%
               Oscar: 2nd Assts, 3rd Assts/Gm, 2nd FT%, 4th Ast%, 5th Trip Doub
               McGlocklin 4th FG%, 4th Eff FG%

First in offense - first in defense - the 13th overall seed is the '71 NBA Champion Bucks. 23 year old Kareem is the best player in basketball, first in PER, Win Shares, Win Shares/48. 32 year old Oscar also has double digit WS.

Mavs: 55-27, 1st MW Div, 2nd Off/14th Def
            Lost Sonics West 1st Rnd 3-1
            #244 overall seed
            d. 1986 Rockets

Coach Dick Motta

Starters
C James Donaldson         29-Wash St       10.8 PPG   15.3 PER  10.4 WS
F Sam Perkins                  25-UNC           14.8           15.9           7.5
F Mark Aguirre                27-DePaul        25.7           22.1           8.9
G Derek Harper               25-Illinois         16              20              9.4
G Rolando Blackman      27-Kansas St    21              18.1            8

Rotation Reserves
C Bill Wennington           23-St Johns       2.7             7.9             .5
F Roy Tarpley                  22-Michigan     7.5              15.2          2.1
F Detlef Schrempf           24-Washington  9.3              13.7          4
G Brad Davis                   31-Maryland     7                 14.5           3.9
G Al Wood                       28-UNC            6.6              13.2           1

Leaders Donaldson 4th Reb, 4th Reb/Gm, 4th FG%, 4th Eff FG%, 2nd TS%, 1st Off Rtng
               Schrempf 2nd 3 Pt%

Dallas had the 2nd best offense in '87 and that bought them a spot in the play in round where they knocked off the '86 Rockets. 28 year old James Donaldson has double digit WS; 27 year old Mark Aguirre and 25 year old Derek Harper both get to 20 WS.

Matchup
C Kareem (Bucks)
F Perkins (Mavs)
F Push
G Oscar (Bucks)
G Blackman (Mavs)
Bench: Mavs

Game 1

1 Qtr

9 Bucks 8 Mavs 4
Bucks Dandridge, Kareem, McGlocklin, Smith
Mavs Blackman, Harper

6 Bucks 17 Mavs 10
Bucks Dandridge, Smith, Kareem, McGlocklin, Smith(1)
Mavs Blackman, Aguirre, Aguirre

Bucks off and running.  

3 Bucks 23 Mavs 16
Bucks Kareem, Smith, Kareem
Mavs Donaldson, Perkins, Perkins

1 q Score Bucks 30 Mavs 18
Bucks Kareem, McGlocklin, Cunningham, Freeman(1)
Mavs Donaldson

Dallas is swimming too far upstream; Kareem with 10.

2 Qtr

9 Bucks 37 Mavs 27
Bucks Allen, Freeman, Freeman(3)
Mavs Wood, Davis, Wood(3) Schrempf(3)

6 Bucks 39 Mavs 29
Bucks Smith
Mavs Perkins

Bucks cruising.

3 Bucks 52 Mavs 37
Bucks Boozer, Kareem, Allen, Allen(3) Oscar, Smith
Mavs Harper(3) Blackman(3) Davis

Half Score Bucks 58 Mavs 47
Bucks McGlocklin, Kareem
Mavs Blackman, Donaldson, Davis, Aguirre, Donaldson

Late Dallas flurry keeps the Mavs within shouting distance.  


3 Qtr

9 Bucks 66 Mavs 56
Bucks Kareem, Smith, McGlocklin, Kareem
Mavs Blackman, Blackman, Aguirre(3) Aguirre

6 Bucks 73 Mavs 60
Bucks Oscar(3) Oscar, Cunningham
Mavs Davis, Davis

Dallas got it as close as 6 when Mark Aguirre hit 5 straight, but now it's 13.

3 Bucks 75 Mavs 62
Bucks Smith(1) Smith(1)
Mavs Blackman

3 q Score Bucks 86 Mavs 62
Bucks Boozer, Kareem, Dandridge, Oscar, Boozer(3)
Mavs

And that wraps up game 1.

4 Qtr

9 Bucks 91 Mavs 66
Bucks McGlocklin, McGlocklin, Dandridge
Mavs Aguirre, Harper

6 Bucks 104 Mavs 77
Bucks Dandridge(3) Allen, Oscar, Dandridge, Kareem, McGlocklin
Mavs Aguirre (3) Perkins, Donaldson, Perkins, Harper

3 Bucks 106 Mavs 84
Bucks Smith
Mavs Aguirre, Donaldson(1) Blackman, Aguirre

Final Score Bucks 121 Mavs 84
Bucks Kareem, Allen, Oscar, Winkler, Winkler, Winkler, Winkler
Mavs

Marv Winkler scores the last 8 points of the game; easy breezy for the Bucks.  

Kareem: 24 pts/17 boards-Player of the Game
Smith: 17 pts/9 boards/5 assists
Oscar: 13 pts/6 assists
Dandridge: 12 pts/9 boards/5 assists
McGlocklin: 16 pts
Allen: 11 pts

Aguirre: 20 pts/11 boards
Donaldson: 11 pts/12 boards/4 blocks
Blackman: 17 pts/5 boards/5 assists
Perkins: 10 pts/9 assists
Davis: 10 pts

Game 2

1 Qtr

9 Bucks 14 Mavs 8
Bucks McGlocklin(3) Smith, Kareem, Kareem(3) McGlocklin, Dandridge
Mavs Aguirre, Wood, Harper, Aguirre

6 Bucks 18 Mavs 15
Bucks Kareem, Dandridge
Mavs Perkins, Detlef(3) Detlef

Kareem's got 7 in the first 6 minutes.

3 Bucks 24 Mavs 19
Bucks Dandridge, McGlocklin, Dandridge
Mavs Perkins, Detlef

1 q Score Bucks 30 Mavs 27
Bucks Dandridge, Freeman, Kareem
Mavs Tarpley, Wennington, Tarpley, Wood

Dallas nearly matching the Bucks shot for shot here in game 2.

2 Qtr

9 Bucks 39 Mavs 33
Bucks Freeman(3) Cunningham, Freeman, Boozer
Mavs Harper, Perkins, Donaldson

6 Bucks 52 Mavs 45
Bucks Dandridge(3) Allen, Kareem, Kareem, Dandridge
Mavs Perkins, Tarpley, Harper, Perkins(3) Harper(3)

Offense just doing work n game 2, 7 apiece for Harper and Perkins to open the 2nd.  

3 Bucks 62 Mavs 55
Bucks Oscar, Dandridge, Kareem, Kareem, Kareem
Mavs Blackman, Harper, Blackman(3) Tarpley, Blackman(1)

Half Score Bucks 71 Mavs 62
Bucks Smith, Kareem(3) Smith, Dandridge
Mavs Detlef(1) Blackman, Donaldson, Perkins

13 second qtr points for Abdul-Jabbar - look at all those points, it's only halftime.

3 Qtr

9 Bucks 77 Mavs 68
Bucks McGlocklin, McGlocklin, Oscar
Mavs Perkins, Blackman, Donaldson


6 Bucks 92 Mavs 75
Bucks Oscar, Dandridge, Allen, Allen, McGlocklin, Oscar, Kareem
Mavs Tarpley, Harper, Tarpley, Blackman

Oscar's got 5 fouls, but this series is over; the Bucks unstoppable.

3 Bucks 103 Mavs 83
Bucks McGlocklin, McGlocklin, Kareem, Allen(3) Freeman
Mavs Blackman, Blackman, Perkins, Blackman

3 q Score Bucks 109 Mavs 87
Bucks Allen, Smith, Kareem
Mavs Davis, Donaldson

The Bucks are marching to round 2.

4 Qtr

9 Bucks 118 Mavs 93
Bucks Cunningham, Oscar(3) Dandridge, Kareem
Mavs Detlef, Aguirre, Donaldson

6 Bucks 124 Mavs 99
Bucks Dandridge, Smith, Cunningham
Mavs Donaldson, Perkins, Perkins

3 Bucks 130 Mavs 99
Bucks McGlocklin, Dandridge, McLemore
Mavs

Final Score Bucks 142 Mavs 104
Bucks Webb, Winkler, Winkler(3) McLemore, Winkler(3)
Mavs Harper(1) Nutt, Nutt

I don't think we've seen a team hit 150; the Bucks gave it a run.  

Kareem: 30 pts/17 boards-Player of the Game
Dandridge: 27 pts/7 boards/5 assists
McGlocklin: 19 pts/5 boards/5 assists
Smith: 12 pts/5 boards
Oscar: 12 pts
Allen: 11 pts/5 assists






8. 2014 NW DIV CHAMP OKC THUNDER v. 9. 1989 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS

Thunder: 59-23, 1st NW Div, 6th Off/6th Def
                 d. Grizzlies 4-3 West 1st Rnd
                 d. Clips 4-2 West Semis
                 Lost Spurs West Finals 4-2
                 #116 overall seed

Coach Scott Brooks

Starters
C Nick Collison              33-Kansas          4.2 PPG    11.8  PER  3.6 WS
F Serge Ibaka                  24                      15.1           19.6            9.6
F Kevin Durant               25-Texas            32             29.8           19.2
G Russell Westbrook      25-UCLA           21.8          24.7            5.2
G Reggie Jackson           23-B College     13.1           15.4           4.9

Rotation Reserves
C Steven Adams             20-Pitt                 3.3            11.2           2.9
F Caron Butler                33-UConn          9.7             11.9           1.6
F Thabo Sefolosha          29                       6.3             10.4           3
G Derek Fisher               39-Little Rock    5.2             10.1           3.1
G Jeremy Lamb              21-UConn          8.5              13.4          3.3

Leaders Durant 1st PPG, 3rd TS%, 1st PER, 1st WS, 1st WS/48, 1st +/-, 1st VORP, 3rd Off Rtng, 4th Trip Doub
               Ibaka 1st blocks, 2nd Blocks/Gm
               Jackson 3rd FT%

OKC is a top 6 offense and defense in '14 and that makes them the 116th overall seed in the tournament and they are led by the best player in basketball 25 year old Kevin Durant, first in VORP, PER, WS, WS/48. 25 year old Russell Westbrook also has a monster PER.

Cavs: 57-25, 2nd Cen Div, 9th Off/2nd Def
           Lost Bulls 3-2 East 1st
           #141 overall seed

Coach Lenny Wilkens

Starters
C Brad Daugherty            23-UNC            18.9 PPG  18.5 PER   9.6 WS
F Hot Rod Williams         26-Tulane          11.6           17.6          7.7
F Larry Nance                  29-Clemson       17.2          19.9          10.3
G Mark Price                   24-Geo Tech       18.9          20.6          11.3
G Ron Harper                   25-Miami (Oh)  18.6          19.8           10.2

Rotation Reserves
C Tree Rollins                 33-Clemson         2.3            8.8            1
F Phil Hubbard                32-Michigan       2.4             11.7          .4
F Mike Sanders               28-UCLA            9.3            10.5           3.1
G Craig Ehlo                   27-Wash St         7.4             13.7          4.6
G Darnell Valentine         29-Kansas          4.8              11.5         1.7

Leaders Nance 5th Blocks/Gm, 5th Def Rtng
               Price 4th FT%, 3rd 3 Pt%, 3rd Eff FG%, 4th TS%

The 2nd best defense in 1989 is the Cavs; 24 year old Mark Price goes over 20 PER with double digit WS; 29 year old Larry Nance and 25 year old Ron Harper inches behind.  
               

Matchup
C Daughterty (Cavs)
F Ibaka (Thunder)
F Durant (Thunder)
G Push
G Harper (Cavs)
Bench: Push

Game

1 Qtr

9 Cavs 9 Thunder 2
Thunder Jackson
Cavs Harper(3) Williams, Williams, Daugherty

6 Thunder 14 Cavs 13
Thunder Collison, Durant, Ibaka, Durant, Ibaka
Cavs Williams Harper(3)

Winner will face the Bucks. Hod Rod Williams with 6.

3 Cavs 22 Thunder 21
Thunder Westbrook, Durant, Durant, Lamb
Cavs Nance, Price, Williams, Harper

1 q Score Cavs 29 Thunder 29
Thunder Westbrook, Durant, Westbrook, Westbrook
Cavs Hubbard, Eho(3) Valentine

Russell Westbrook comes on with 8 in the back half of the quarter and we are tied.  

2 Qtr

9 Cavs 35 Thunder 32
Thunder Butler(3)
Cavs Valentine, Harper

6 Cavs 47 Thunder 40
Thunder Fisher(3) Durant, Ibaka(1) Westbrook
Cavs Harper, Daugherty, Harper, Nance, Williams, Price

Ron Harper with 6 to open the 2nd.  Cavs up 7.

3 Cavs 51 Thunder 48
Thunder Jackson(1) Westbrook(3) Ibaka, Durant
Cavs Daugherty(1) Nance(1) Nance

Half Score Cavs 55 Thunder 55
Thunder Adams, Sefolosha(3) Westbrook
Cavs Nance, Daugherty

Like you'd expect from an 8/9 matchup; tight at the half.

3 Qtr

9 Cavs 58 Thunder 57
Thunder Durant
Cavs Daugherty(3)

6 Thunder 64 Cavs 63
Thunder Lamb, Sefolosha(3) Ibaka
Cavs Harper(3) Daugherty

5 more for Brad Daugherty.  Still tight.

3 Thunder 74 Cavs 74
Thunder Ibaka, Durant, Jackson, Durant, Lamb
Cavs Harper(3) Williams, Daugherty, Nance

3 q Score Thunder 85 Cavs 82
Thunder Jackson, Adams, Westbrook(3) Durant, Durant
Cavs Price(3) Harper(1) Nance, Harper

Durant closes the qtr with 8 and OKC is up 3.

4 Qtr

11:33: OKC: Westbrook opens with a dunk

10:33: CLE: A minute later Tree Rollins dunks.  

10:14: OKC: Ibaka with the turnaround in the lane.
9:41: OKC: Westbrook with the steal and Nick Collison scores a short range J.  

9:34: CLE: Harper hits a FT.
9:02: CLE: Durant misses a triple, Daugherty hits a 12 footer the other way.  91-87 OKC.

8:39: OKC: Durant drills a long 3.  

8:31: CLE: Harper layup.
8:03: CLE: Harper then takes it away from KD and Daughterty cuts the deficit to 3.
7:39: CLE: OKC can't find the basket, Daugherty is there from 6 feet and the deficit is 1.

7:25: OKC: Durant connects from the foul line to stop the slide.
6:58: OKC: Cleveland turnover leads to Reggie Jackson scoring from the wing.

6:51:CLE: Darnell Valentine drives and scores.  

6:44: OKC: Collison in the paint.  100-95

6:21: CLE: Daugherty dunk.  

6:10: OKC: Ibaka dunk.

5:52: CLE Daugherty nifty on the baseline.  
5:30: CLE: OKC misses and Eho hits a long 2 and the deficit is down to 1.
5:09: CLE: Westbrook misses and Darnell Valentine hits a huge, triple from the top - Cleveland goes up 2.

4:57: OKC: It's Durant, isolation, creating space and hitting the 2.

4:50: CLE: Daughterty again, from 16.

4:44: OKC: Reggie Jackson hits the open 2.  

4:32: CLE: Daughery one more time - scoring from the block.

4:02: OKC: Jeremy Lamb ties the score from the foul line.

3:50: CLE: Ron Harper drives baseline for the dunk.  110-108 Cavs
3:21: CLE: OKC misses and Harper is there to scoop and score.

3:11: OKC: You know who - it's Durant, just taking it himself.  

2:46: CLE: Mark Price is fouled, hits both.
2:11: CLE: OKC misses - Price is fouled again and hits both.  Cavs by 6.

1:37: OKC: Thunder get multiple chances and eventually Ibaka gets the dunk.

1:30: CLE: Hot Rod Williams  dunk.  118-112.
:54: CLE: Jackson misses and Daughterty scores from the paint and that might well be that.

OKC can't find the basket.  One Ron Harper FT is all that's left.

Final Score Cavs 121 Thunder 112

Tight the whole way - but Cleveland goes off for 39 4th quarter points and takes game one.

Daugherty: 30 pts/15 boards/5 assists - Player of the Game
Harper: 31 pts/5 assists
Price: 11 pts/11 assists
Williams: 14 pts/8 boards
Nance: 13 pts/8 boards

Durant: 34 pts/7 boards/6 assists
Westbrook: 20 pts/8 assists/7 boards
Ibaka: 17 pts/10 boards
Jackson: 11 pts

Game 2

1 Qtr

9 Thunder 5 Cavs 4
Thunder Westbrook, Collison
Cavs Daugherty, Nance

6 Thunder 17 Cavs 16
Thunder Westbrook, Durant, Durant, Durant, Ibaka, Westbrook
Cavs Williams, Williams, Price, Price(3) Williams(1) Nance

Game 2 underway with a bunch of early points.  Cavs looking to close out.

3 Thunder 2 Cavs 18
Thunder Jackson, Durant(3)
Cavs Price

1 q Score Thunder 30 Cavs 27
Thunder Ibaka, Butler(3) Sefolosha(3)
Cavs Daugherty(3) Valentine, Valentine, Nance

9 for KD in the first.

2 Qtr

9 Thunder 33 Cavs 31
Thunder Fisher(3)
Cavs Nance, Sanders

6 Cavs 43 Thunder 38
Thunder Ibaka, Sefolosha(3)
Cavs Harper, Williams(1) Williams, Daugherty(3) Daugherty, Williams

Cleveland spurts ahead.

3 Cavs 51 Thunder 45
Thunder Durant, Sefolosha, Lamb(3)
Cavs Williams, Price, Daugherty, Daughterty

Half Score Cavs 55 Thunder 52
Thunder Lamb(3) Durant, Collison
Cavs Nance, Rollins

Very much like game one, lot of back and forth shotmaking.  


3 Qtr

9 Thunder 63 Cavs 57
Thunder Westbrook, Westbrook, Ibaka(3) Ibaka, Ibaka
Cavs Daugherty

6 Thunder 70 Cavs 63
Thunder Durant(3) Durant, Butler
Cavs Nance, Daugherty, Daugherty

7 Ibaka points help OKC to its biggest lead.

3 Thunder 75 Cavs 70
Thunder Ibaka, Westbrook(3)
Cavs Nance(1) Daugherty, Harper, Harper

3 q Score Thunder 79 Cavs 77
Thunder Durant, Jackson
Cavs Williams, Daugherty, Harper(3)

Ron Harper gets 7 in the back half of the quarter and once again we are nip and tuck headed to the 4th.

4 Qtr

11:18: CLE: Harper again, hits an 8 footer to tie it.

11:12: OKC: Durant hits the long pull up 2.  
9:34: OKC: Nearly 2 minutes later KD hits a triple and OKC goes up 5.

9:17: CLE: Mike Sanders from the paint.

9:10: OKC: Nick Collison down low.
8:12: OKC: A minute later Steven Adams rainbows home a 3 - and it's an 8 point Thunder lead.
7:36: OKC After a Cav turnover Reggie Jackson floats one home.

7:14: CLE: Price backdoor.

6:56: OKC Ibaka with the hoop and the FT.  94-83.

6:42: CLE: Price 2 FT
6:05: CLE: Hubbard 2 FT  OKC 94 Cle 87

3 Thunder 98 Cavs 93
Thunder Westbrook, Adams
Cavs Price, Harper, Williams

The Cavs get as close as 3 points, cutting it from 11.  Down the stretch.

2:28: CLE: Harper missed, but got his own board and Williams scores from a few feet.
1:49: CLE: Westbrook misses a 3 - Daugherty dunks the other way and now the Thunder lead is down all the way to 1.

1:34: OKC: Reggie Jackson from the wing.  
1:07: OKC Price misses the game tying 3 and Collison scores from short range and the lead is again 5.
:23: OKC: That will do it - Cleveland can't score and Jackson does.

Durant adds some FT, that's the final:

Thunder 106 Cavs 97

Durant: 27 pts/9 boards/8 assists-Player of the Game
Ibaka: 18 pts/14 boards/5 blocks
Westbrook: 16 pts/8 boards/6 assists
Jackson: 10 pts/6 boards/5 assists

Daugherty: 26 pts/13 boards
Williams: 18 pts/8 boards
Harper: 13 pts/8 boards/8 assists
Nance: 13 pts/8 boards
Price: 15 pts/7 assists

Game 3

1 Qtr 

9 Cavs 9 Thunder 2
Thunder Jackson
Cavs Harper, Harper, Nance, Daugherty(1) Daugherty

9 Cavs 15 Thunder 13
Thunder Westbrook, Collison, Westbrook, Collison
Cavs Williams, Daugherty, Harper

One game for all the chips; winner moves on.

3 Cavs 21 Thunder 15
Thunder Durant
Cavs Harper(1) Sanders, Price(3)

1 q Score Thunder 30 Cavs 30
Thunder Westbrook(3) Westbrook(1) Adams, Durant(3) Fisher(3) Sefolosha(3)
Cavs Price, Nance(3) Ehlo, Valentine

OKC drops 4 triples in the last 3 minutes and we are tied.

2 Qtr

9 Thunder 39 Cavs 34
Thunder Butler, Lamb(3) Fisher(1) Durant(3)
Cavs Price, Harper

6 Cavs 51 Thunder 43
Thunder Adams, Lamb
Cavs Hubbard, Price(3) Price(3) Harper, Price(3) Daugherty, Daughterty

Marc Price goes off - 11 points to start the quarter and the Cavs go up 8.

3 Cavs 58 Thunder 49
Thunder Ibaka, Durant, Westbrook
Cavs Ehlo(3) Valentine, Valentine

Half Score Cavs 62 Thunder 58
Thunder Adams, Jackson, Westbrook(3) Ibaka
Cavs Valentine, Price

Of course it's tight.  One half of basketball to go.

3 Qtr

9 Cavs 67 Thunder 65
Thunder Jackson(3) Sefolosha, Ibaka
Cavs Daughterty, Hubbard(1) Williams

6 Cavs 73 Thnder 73
Thunder Fisher, Durant, Durant, Durant
Cavs Rollins, Daugherty, Harper

Flat footed tie - can the Cavs stop Durant when the money is on the table?

3 Thunder 85 Cavs 75
Thunder Durant, Jackson, Durant, Jackson, Durant, Durant
Cavs Nance

3 q Score Thunder 92 Cavs 79
Thunder Lamb(3) Westbrook, Westbrook
Cavs Nance, Price

Durant might have delivered the knockout blow, 14 points in the quarter and OKC is way up

4 Qtr

9 Thunder 98 Cavs 85
Thunder Durant, Westbrook, Westbrook
Cavs Rollins, Williams, Williams

6 Thunder 107 Cavs 93
Thunder Adams, Ibaka, Durant(3) Durant
Cavs Williams, Williams, Williams, Williams

Hot Rod Williams doing all he can, the last dozen Cavs points, but it's too late.

3 Thunder 114 Cavs 101
Thunder Durant(3) Jackson, Durant
Cavs Daugherty, Harper, Williams, Price

Final Score Thunder 125 Cavs 121
Thunder Collison(1) Ibaka(3) Westbrook(3) Westbrook, Durant
Cavs Price(3) Price, Harper, Nance, Price, Daugherty, Price, Daugherty, Price(3)

Furious rally by the Cavs - they get as close as 3 points, but OKC hits foul shots and sends Cleveland home. 34 for Price, 19/11 for Daugherty.

Durant: 38 pts/6 boards/5 assists - Player of the Game
Westbrook: 29 pts/8 boards/7 assists
Jackson: 13 pts
Ibaka: 11 pts/5 boards/5 blocks

All Region Team
C Kareem ('71 Bucks-2 PotG)
F Durant ('14 Thunder-2 PotG)
F Dandridge ('71 Bucks)
G Westbrook ('14 Thunder)
G Price ('89 Cavs)


Top 150 NFL Players, 2021

Wednesday, August 4, 2021


My list.  Pre-season prognostication.   NFL Network ranks in parentheses first, ESPN second.  


1. Patrick Mahomes QB K City (1/1)
2. Aaron Donald LDT/LDE LA Rams (2/2)
3. Aaron Rodgers QB GBay (3/3)
4. Tom Brady QB T Bay (7/20)
5. Devonte Adams WR GBay (6/8)
6. Travis Kelce TE K City (5/10)
7. Russell Wilson QB Seattle (12/4)
8. Khalil Mack Edge/LOLB Chicago (23/40)
9. TJ Watt LOLB/Edge (9/6)
10. George Kittle TE San Francisco (50/19)
11. Tyreek Hill WR K City (15/5)
12. Joey Bosa RDE/Edge (32/16)
13. Myles Garrett RDE/Edge (16/11)
14. David Bakhtiari LT GBay (36/33)
15. Trent Williams LT San Francisco (42/13)
16. Jalen Ramsey CB LA Rams (13/7)
17. Jaire Alexander CB GBay (41/34)
18. Josh Allen QB Buffalo (10/9)
19. Derick Henry RB Tennessee (4/29)
20. Bobby Wagner MLB Seattle (25/28)
21. Fred Warner MLB San Francisco (21/30)
22.   Quenton Nelson G Indianapolis (33/27)
23. Dalvin Cook RB Minn (20/52)
24. Xavien Howard CB Miami (17/14)
25. Marlon Humphrey CB Baltimore (38/49)
26. Christian McCaffrey RB Carol (44/39)
27. Stefon Diggs WR Buffalo (11/18)
28. AJ Brown WR Tennessee (62/69)
29. Terron Armstead LT N Orleans (79/89)
30. Tristan Wirfs RT TBay (89/96)
31. Lamar Jackson QB Baltimore (24/22)
32. Chris Jones DT K City (34/41)
33. DeForest Buckner DT Indianapolis (27/51)
34. Justin Simmons SS Denver (45/)
35. Derwin James SS LA Chargers (/81
36. Nick Bosa Edge/DE San Francisco (/15
37. Chase Young Edge/RDE/ROLB Wash (61/31)
38. DeAndre Hopkins WR Ariz (8/17)
39. Darren Waller TE L Vegas (35/45)
40. Alvin Kamara RB N Orleans (14/42)
41. Nick Chubb RB Cleveland (26/54)
42. Julio Jones WR Tennessee (29/35)
43. Zack Martin RG Dallas (85/50)
44. Lavonte David RILB T Bay (43/87)
45. Eric Kendricks LB Minn (70/)
46. Vita Vea NT TBay (/66
47. Jessie Bates S Cincinnati (90/83)
48. Dak Prescott QB Dallas (/12
49. Matt Ryan QB Atlanta (/58
50. Allen Robinson WR Chicago (87/68)
51. Cameron Jordan Edge/LDE N Orleans (46/94)
52. Shaq Barrett Edge/LOLB/LDE T Bay (88/44)
53. Ronnie Stanley LT Baltimore (/37
54. Ryan Ramczyk RT N Orleans (/90
55. Garrett Bolles LT Denver (82/)
56. James Bradberry CB NY Giants (74/67)
57. Tre’davious White CB Buffalo (95/23)
58. Demarcus Lawrence Edge/LDE Dallas 
59. Rodney Hudson C Arizona
60. Harrison Smith SS Minn 
61. Marcus Williams FS N Orleans 
62. Denzel Ward CB Cleveland (/56
63. Marcus Peters CB Baltimore (/57
64. Justin Jefferson WR Minn (53/36)
65. Adam Thielen WR Minn (80/)
66. Minkah Fitzpatrick FS Pittsburgh (52/32)
67. Grady Jarrett RDT Atlanta (54/55)
68. Cameron Haywood RDE/NT Pittsburgh (57/)
69. Demario Davis LB N Orleans (64/)
70. Corey Linsley C LA Chargers (60/64)
71. Brandon Scherff RG Wash (98/70)
72. Frank Ragnow C Detroit (/74
73. Joe Bitonio LG Cleveland (/93
74. Joe Thuney LG K City (/97
75. Jason Kelce C Philly (92/)
76. John Johnson FS Cleveland 
77. Kyle Pitts TE Atl 
78. Dallas Goedert TE Philly 
79. JC Tretter C Cleveland 
80. Mike Evans WR TBay (48/43)
81. Calvin Ridley WR Atl (65/46)
82. Chris Godwin WR TBay (81/77)
83. Laremy Tunsil LT Houston (75/63)
84. Darius Leonard MLB Indianapolis (37/88)
85. Mark Andrews TE Baltimore (/98
86. Aaron Jones RB GBay (30/84)
87. Josh Jacobs RB L Vegas (68/)
88. Saquon Barkley RB NY Giants 
89. Chris Carson RB Seattle 
90. Fletcher Cox LDT Philly (63/)
91. Kenny Clark NT/RDT/RDE G Bay 
92. Deion Jones MLB Atlanta 
93. Roquan Smith LILB Chicago 
94. Taylor Moton RT Carol 
95. Jamal Adams SS Seattle (31/85) 
96. Marcus Maye SS NY Jets 
97. Adrian Amos SS G Bay 
98. Ali Marpet LG T Bay 
99. Wyatt Teller RG Cleveland 
100. Brandon Linder C Jacksonville 

101. Kyler Murray QB Arizona (39/21)
102.  Justin Herbert QB LA Chargers (56/38)
103. Baker Mayfield QB Cleveland (71/86)
104. Stephon Gilmore CB N England (47/26)
105. DK Metcalf WR Seattle (22/47)
106. Matthew Stafford QB LA Rams (/24
107. Danielle Hunter Edge LDE Minn (/76
108. JJ Watt LDE/Edge Arizona (66/95)
109. Marshon Lattimore CB N Orleans (86/53)
110.  Devin White LB TB (28/75)
111. William Jackson CB Wash 
112. Brandon Brooks RG Philly 
113. Ben Jones C Tennessee 
114. Za’darius Smith Edge/ROLB/LDT (51/61)
115. Leonard Williams DL NY Giants (84/)
116. Shaq Mason G N England 
117. Don’t’a Hightower LB N England 
118. Brandon Graham Edge/LDE (99/)
119. Chandler Jones Edge/LOLB Arizona (/62
120. Tyrann Mathieu S K City (58/25)
121. Budda Baker SS Arizona (19/72)
122. Von Miller LOLB/Edge Denver 
123. Duane Brown LT Seattle
124. Lane Johnson RT Philly 
125. Keenan Allen WR LA Chargers (65/65)
126. Amari Cooper WR Dallas (/71
127. Terry McLaurin WR Wash (/73
128. Tyler Lockett WR Seattle (76/78)
129. Odell Beckham WR Cleveland 
130. Kenny Golladay WR NY Giants 
131. Carlton Davis CB TBay 
132. Jeffrey Simmons LDE Tennessee (78/59)
133. Brian Burns Edge/LDE Carolina (/80
134. Bradley Chubb Edge Denver (40/)
135. Jerry Hughes DE/Edge Buffalo
136. Montez Sweat Edge/LDE/LOLB Wash 
137. Andrew Whitworth LT LA Rams 
138. Ryan Tannehill QB Titans (83/48)
139. Jonathan Taylor RB Indianapolis 
140. Melvin Gordon RB Denver 
141. Quinnen Williams RDE NY Jets (/60
142. Stephon Tuitt LDE Pittsburgh 
143. Jonathan Allen DL Wash 
144. Akeem Hicks LDE Chi 
145. Elgton Jenkins LG G Bay (/82
146. Michael Onwenu G N England 
147. JC Jackson DB N England (49/)
148. Jake Matthews LT Atl
149. Taylor Decker LT Det  
150. Calais Campbell LDT/LDE Balt


Highest ranked by NFL Net, not on my list - JPP (58) (actually Deshaun Watson, but circumstances subsequent to that poll complicated matters)



2021 NBA Draft Big Board (Top 80)

Tuesday, July 27, 2021

 Here's my top 80 for the 2021 NBA Draft.

1. Cade Cunningham G OK St 
2. Evan Mobley C USC
3. Jalen Green G    G League Ignite
4. Jalen Suggs G Gonzaga
5. Alperen Sengun C Besiktas
6. Jonathan Kuminga F   G League Ignite
7. Scottie Barnes F Florida St
8. Josh Giddey G Adelaide
9. Franz Wagner F Michigan
10. Usman Garuba F Real Madrid
11. Moses Moody G Arkansas
12. Jalen Johnson F Duke
13. Corey Kispert F Gonzaga
14. Trey Murphy G UVA
15. James Bouknight G UConn
16. Keon Johnson G Tenn
17. Jared Butler G Baylor
18. Chris Duarte G Oregon
19. Jaden Springer G Tenn
20. Davion Mitchell G Baylor
21. Isaiah Jackson F Kentucky
22. Bones Hyland G VCU
23. Joshua Primo G Alabama
24. JT Thor F Auburn
25. Ziaire Williams G Stanford
26. Kai Jones F Texas
27. Miles McBride G WVA
28. Cam Thomas G LSU
29. Sharife Cooper G Auburn
30. Day'Ron Sharpe C UNC
31. Joe Wieskamp F Iowa
32. Santi Aldama F Loyola MD
33. Tre Mann G Florida
34. Kessler Edwards F Pepperdine
35. Josh Christopher G Ariz St
36. BJ Boston G Kentucky
37. Charles Bassey C W Kentucky
38. Justin Champagnie F Pitt
39. Joel Ayayi G Gonzaga
40. Ayo Dosunmu G Illinois
41. Filip Petrusev F KK Mega Bemax
42. Quentin Grimes C Clemson
43. Daishen Nix G  G League Ignite
44. Isaiah Livers F Michigan
45. Jeremiah Robinson Earl F Villanova
46. Rokas Jokubaitis G Zalgirls
47. Neemias Queta C Utah St
48. Jason Preston G Ohio U
49. David Johnson G Louisville
50. Greg Brown F Texas
51. Matthew Hurt F Duke
52. Luke Garza C Iowa
53. Aaron Henry G Mich St
54. Isaiah Todd F      G League Ignite
55. Herbert Jones F Alabama
56. Aaron Wiggins G Maryland
57. DJ Steward G Duke
58. Austin Reaves G Oklahoma
59. Sam Hauser F UVA
60. AJ Lawson G S Carolina
61. Mitch Ballock G Creighton
62. RaiQuan Gray F Florida St
63. McKinley Wright G Colorado
64. Jordan Schakel F San Diego St
65. Sandro Mamukelashvili  C Seton Hall
66. John Petty G Alabama
67. Aamir Simms F Clemson
68. Scottie Lewis G Florida
69. Juhann Begarin G Paris Basketball
70. Dalano Banton G Nebraska
71. Arnas Velicka G Châlons-Reims
72. Jericho Sims F Texas
73. Trendon Watford F LSU
74. Isaiah Miller G UNC-G
75. Marcus Zegarowski G Creighton
76. Yves Pons F Tennessee
77. Moses Wright F Georgia Tech
78. Duane Washington G Ohio St
79. Romeo Weems F DePaul
80. Vrenz Blejenbergh F Antwerp








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