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256 Team All Time Basketball Tournament: Region 7 Round 1: Series 5 and 6

Monday, May 24, 2021

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3. 1993 NBA CHAMPION CHICAGO BULLS v 14. 1998 PAC DIV CHAMP SEATTLE SONICS

Bulls: 57-25, 1st Cen Div, 2nd Off, 7th Def
           d. Hawks East 1st Rnd 3-0
           d. Cavs East Semis 4-0
           d. Knicks East Finals 4-2
           d. Suns NBA Finals 4-2
           #39 overall seed

Coach: Phil Jackson

Starters
C Will Perdue             27-Vandy        4.7 PPG  14.8 PER 2.5 WS
F Horace Grant           27-Clemson   13.2         17.5         9.1
F Scottie Pippen         27-Cen Ark    18.6         19.2         8.6
G BJ Armstrong         25-Iowa          12.3         14.7        7.5
G Michael Jordan      29-UNC          32.6         29.7        17.2

Rotation Reserves
C Bill Cartwright       35-USF           5.6           8.3          1.2
F Stacey King            26-Oklahoma  5.4           12.8        1.9
F Scott Williams        24-UNC          5.9           14.6         3.9
G John Paxson           32-NDame      4.2           9.3          1.9
G Trent Tucker          33-Minnesota  5.2           14.1         2.8

Leaders: Jordan: 1st PPG, 1st Steals, 1st Steals/Gm, 1st PER, 1st WS, 1st WS/48, 1st +/-, 1st VORP, 3rd Steal %, 5th TO%, 2nd Trip-Doub
               Armstrong: 1st 3pt %, 3rd Off Rtng
               Grant: 5th Off Reb %
               Pippen: 2nd Trip-Doub

It's Jordan and the World Champion Bulls - he's first in PER, Win Shares, VORP.  Everyone else is support.  


Sonics: 61-21, 1st Pac Div, 3rd Off, 10th Def
             d. Wolves West 1st 3-2
             Lost Lakers West Semis 4-1
             #218 overall seed

Coach: George Karl

Starters
C Vin Baker              26-Hartford           19.2 PPG    20.4 PER 10.4 WS
F Sam Perkins          36-UNC                 7.2              13.6          4.5
F Detlef Schrempf    35-Washington      15.8            18.7          10.4
G Gary Payton          29-Ore St               19.2            21.6         12.5
G Hersey Hawkins   31-Bradley             10.5            15.4         8.6

Rotation Reserves    
C Jim McIlvane       25- Marquette         3.2              9.5           1.9
F Aaron Williams     26-Xavier               4.6              13.4         1.7
F Jerome Kersey      35-Longwood         6.3              12.6         1.2
G Greg Anthony      30-UNLV                5.2              16.8         2.7
G Dale Ellis             37-Tennessee         11.8             16.6         6

Leaders: Baker: 3rd Off Reb, 5th FG%
               Payton: 5th Assists, 3rd Steals, 4th Steals/Gm, 5th WS, 4th VORP
               Ellis: 1st 3Pt %, 1st Eff FG%, 3rd TS%

Baker and Payton, the only starters still in their 20s, lead the way, 20+ PER and double digit WS. 35 year old Detlef Schrempf and 37 year old Dale Ellis provide some shot making

Matchup:
C Baker (Sonics)
F Grant (Bulls)
F Push
G Payton (Sonics)
G Jordan (Bulls)
Bench: Sonics


Game One

1st Qtr 

9 Sonics 11 Bulls 2
Bulls Pippen
Sonics Hawkins(3) Baker, Hawkins(3) Baker(3)

6 Sonics 19 Bulls 13
Bulls Armstrong(3) Pippen, Williams, Perdue
Sonics Perkins(3) Perkins, Payton(3)

Seattle comes out bombing ; 5 triples in 6 minutes.  

3 Sonics 25 Bulls 21
Bulls Williams, Jordan(3) Pippen, Pippen(1)
Sonics Ellis, Williams, McIlvane

Score Sonics 32 Bulls 30
Bulls Pippen, Paxson(3) Pippen(1) Jordan(3)
Sonics Payton, Williams(3) McIlvane

6 apiece for Jordan and Pippen in the back half of the quarter, Sonics still up a bucket.

2nd Qtr

9 Sonics 39 Bulls 39
Bulls Pippen, Pippen(1) Armstrong, Jordan, Jordan
Sonics Schrempf, Ellis(3) Hawkins

6 Sonics 45 Bulls 45
Bulls Paxson, Grant, Grant
Sonics Hawkins, Ellis, Schrempf

Seattle's never trailed, but Baker has 3 fouls.  

3 Sonics 52 Bulls 47
Bulls Grant
Sonics Perkins(3) Perkins, Payton

Halftime Score Sonics 58 Bulls 56
Bulls Williams, Armstrong, Jordan, Pippen(1) Pippen
Sonics Baker, Baker, Ellis

Seattle's led from the tip - 24 minutes left in game one.  

3rd Qtr

9 Sonics 62 Bulls 62
Bulls Pippen, Pippen, Williams
Sonics Anthony, Kersey

6 Bulls 68 Sonics 66
Bulls Williams, Williams, Pippen
Sonics Baker, Kersey

Gary Payton's got 4 fouls and a Pippen layup at 6:22 gives Chicago its first lead.  

3 Bulls 74 Sonics 74
Bulls Williams, Jordan, Jordan
Sonics Perkins(3) Baker, Schrempf(3)

Score Bulls 78 Sonics 75
Bulls Jordan, Armstrong
Sonics Payton(1)

Jordan goes for 6 to close the 3rd, 12 minutes left.

4th Qtr

11:48: SEA: GP from the paint.

11:39: CHI: MJ pull up.

11:26: SEA: Baker off glass.

11:17: CHI: King floater

11:02: SEA: Nope, no one has missed yet in the quarter - GP from 8 feet.  82-81 Bulls.

10:46: CHI: Pippen finger roll.  

10:39: SEA: Detlef midrange.

10:24: CHI: Paxson misses a 3, first missed shot of the quarter, but Perdue is there for the putback.

7:03: SEA: The baskets then close down completely, no one scores for 3+ minutes until Baker's runner in the lane.

6:51: CHI: Pippen from the foul line.
6:23: CHI: Pippen steals the ball, BJ Armstrong scores from the wing.  90-85.
5:55: CHI: Jordan steals the ball - eschews the dunk, instead, makes a modern decision and drills a pull up 3.  Bulls by 8.

4:42: SEA: Seattle misses 4 times - but dominates the glass and GP scores from the wing.
4:08: SEA: Paxson misses and GP hits a corner 3.  Seattle cuts it to 3.

3:58: CHI: Jordan just takes it himself, layup.

3:39: SEA: Baker hits the 8 foot turnaround.

3:25: CHI: Pippen off glass.

2:34: SEA: Baker off glass.

1:48: CHI: Pippen hits the 11 footer.
:53: CHI: That might do it - the Sonics are empty and Perdue scores from the paint.  101-94

:45: SEA: GP triple

:28: CHI: Jordan 2 FT

:23: SEA: Baker from the block

:21: CHI: Jordan 1 FT

:15: SEA: Detlef cuts it to 3.

:12: CHI: Jordan 2 FT after a Payton miss
:04: CHI: Jordan 2 FT

Final: Bulls 108 Sonics 101

You can't play much better than Seattle did, really taking it to Chicago, but Jordan hits 7 foul shots in the last 28 seconds and the Bulls get game one.

Pippen: 32 pts/11 boards/10 assists - Player of the Game
Jordan: 32 pts/7 boards/9 assists/4 steals
Armstrong: 11 pts
Williams: 14 pts/8 boards

Baker: 23 pts/14 boards
Payton: 20 pts/6 boards/8 assists
Schrempf: 11 pts/6 boards/7 assists
Perkins: 13 pts
Hawkins: 10 pts/5 boards

Game 2

2nd Qtr

9 Bulls 4 Sonics 4
Bulls Pippen, Jordan
Sonics Baker, Payton

6 Bulls 11 Sonics 8
Bulls Grant, Pippen, Pippen, Pippen(1)
Sonics Perkins, Payton

Sonics hung so tough in game one; can they do the same today?

3 Sonics 16 Bulls 13
Bulls Grant
Sonics Baker, Hawkins, Baker, Payton

Score Sonics 23 Bulls 19
Bulls Jordan, Paxson, Pippen
Sonics McIlvane, Hawkins, Hawkins(3)

The answer is yes.  Bulls held under 20 points and Seattle is up 4.

2nd Qtr

9 Sonics 25 Bulls 24
Bulls King, King(1) King
Sonics Anthony

6 Sonics 32 Bulls 28
Bulls Pippen, Williams
Sonics Schrempf, Payton, Ellis(3)

Great defensive effort for the Sonics; Jordan has just 4 points.  

3 Sonics 38 Bulls 32
Bulls Pippen, Pippen
Sonics Payton, Baker, Schrempf

Score Sonics 41 Bulls 39
Bulls Grant, Jordan, Perdue
Sonics Kersey(1) Kersey

Terrific defense by Seattle; the Bulls held up 40 first half points.  Can Seattle hold tough?

3rd Qtr

9 Sonics 47 Bulls 46
Bulls Jordan, Jordan(3) King
Sonics Baker, Payton, Hawkins

6 Sonics 51 Bulls 51
Bulls Jordan(3) Armstrong
Sonics Hawkins, Hawkins

Jordan comes out firing, 8 in the first 6 of the 3rd to tie this score.

3 Bulls 58 Sonics 56
Bulls Grant, Williams(1) Williams, Jordan
Sonics Hawkins(3) Schrempf

3rd Qtr Score Bulls 64 Sonics 57
Bulls Jordan, Cartwright, Grant
Sonics Baker(1)

Its maybe slipping away from Seattle; they have just 57 points and trail by 7.

4th Qtr

9 Bulls 72 Sonics 67
Bulls Jordan, Williams(1) Williams, Pippen(3)
Sonics Schrempf(3) Anthony, Baker, Schrempf(1) Baker

6 Bulls 84 Sonics 74
Bulls King, Grant, Jordan, King, Armstrong, Williams
Sonics Schrempf, Baker, Payton(3)

Chicago's just got too much for Seattle; Scott Williams hits 5 to open the 4th and now the lead is double digits.

3 Bulls 94 Sonics 76
Bulls Paxson, Pippen, Grant, Cartwright, Nealy
Sonics Ellis

Score Bulls 96 Sonics 83
Bulls Corey Williams
Sonics Cotton(3) Cotton, Cotton

Chicago's just too much for a game Sonics club.  They move on.

Jordan: 22 pts/5 boards/10 assists-Player of the Game
Pippen: 20 pts/8 boards/5 assists/4 steals
Grant: 14 pts/12 boards
Williams: 10 pts/6 boards
King: 11 pts/5 boards





6. 2020 CEN DIV CHAMP MILWAUKEE BUCKS v 11. 2002 DALLAS MAVERICKS

Bucks: 56-17, 1st Cen Div, 8th Off, 1st Def
             d. Magic East 1st Rnd 4-1
             Lost Heat East Semis 4-1
             #90 overall seed

Coach: Mike Budenholzer, Asst Vin Baker

Starters
C Brook Lopez                     31-Stanford       12 PPG  15 PER 5.5 WS
F Giannis Antetokounmpo   25                      29.5        31.9      11.1
F Khris Middleton                28-Texas A&M 20.9       21.1      7.9
G Eric Bledsoe                    30-Kentucky     14.9          17.6       5.4
G Donte DiVincenzo            23-Villanova     9.2         14.1       4.3

Rotation Reserves
C Robin Lopez                     31-Stanford       5.4          10.2       1.5
F Ersan Ilyasova                  32                      6.6           14.9       3.6
F Wesley Matthews             33-Marquette    7.4            8.1         3.2
G George Hill                       33-IUPUI          9.4         16.9        5.5
G Pat Connaughton             27-NDame        5.4           11.5        3.4

Leaders: Giannis 5th PPG, 4th Reb, 2nd Reb/Gm, 1st PER, 3rd WS, 1st WS/48, 1st +/- 2nd VORP, 1st Def Rtng, 4th Reb %
               BLopez 2nd Blocks, 2nd Blocks/Gm, 4th Def WS, 5th Def +/- 2nd Def Rtng, 3rd Block %
               Middleton 3rd FT%
               DiVincenzo  3rd Def Rtng
               Hill 1st 3 Pt %, 3rd Off Rtng

It's Giannis and the Covid Bucks; he's got a PER over 30. Middleton goes over 20; the Lopez twins are on this club.  Vin Baker was in the previous series with the Sonics and two decades later he's on the Bucks bench.

Mavs: 57-25, 2nd MW Div, 1st Off, 25th Def
           d. Wolves West 1st Rnd 3-0
           Lost Kings West Semis 4-1
          #167 overall seed

Coach: Don Nelson, Asst: Sidney Moncrief

Starters
C Juwon Howard       28-Michigan     12.9 PPG  15.1 PER  3.4 WS
F Dirk Nowitzki        23                      23.4           24.1          13.4
F Michael Finley       28-Wisconsin    20.6           17.6          6.3
G Steve Nash             27-Santa Clara  17.9          20.7           9.9
G Adrian Griffin        27-Seton Hall   7.2             14.2           3.5

Rotation Reserves
C Shawn Bradley       29-BYU           4.1             14.6           2.3
F Raef LaFrentz         25-Kansas        10.8           15.8           1.9
F Eduardo Najera       25-Oklahoma   6.5             14.8           4
G Tim Hardaway       35-UTEP          9.6              13.4          1.6
G Nick Van Exel        30-Cincinnati  3.2               16.3          1.5

Leaders: Dirk: 4th Def Reb, 5th PER, 3rd WS, 3rd WS/48, 4th Off +/-, 5th Def Reb %
               LaFrentz: 2nd Blocks, 2nd Blocks/Gm, 3rd Block %
               Nash: 5th FT%, 5th 3Pt %, 5th Eff FG%, 5th TS%
               Finley: 5th TO%

Fun team that can't play defense - 23 year old Dirk leads the way; he and Nash both go over 20 PER; look at Hardaway and Van Exel coming off the bench. Sidney Moncrief returns to Milwaukee as a Dallas assistant for Nellie.

Matchup
C Push
F Giannis(Bucks)
F Middleton(Bucks)
G Nash(Mavs)
G Push
Bench: Bucks

Game One

1st Qtr

9 Bucks 5 Mavs 2
Bucks Bledsoe(3) DiVencenzo
Mavs Finley

6 Bucks 12 Mavs 8
Bucks Middleton(3) Giannis, BLopez
Mavs Nash, Howard, Griffin

Mavs don't have a lot of defense and Milwaukee can score points, factor in the three ball and maybe this isn't as close as it looks on paper.

3 Bucks 22 Mavs 14
Bucks DiVincenzo(3) Giannis, Hill, Middleton(3)
Mavs Van Exel(1) Nash(3) Bradley

1st Qtr Score Bucks 33 Mavs 18
Bucks Middleton, RLopez, Connaughton, Ilyasova, Connaughton(3)
Mavs Van Exel, Griffin

Blowout alert.  Winners to meet the '93 Bulls.

2nd Qtr

9 Bucks 42 Mavs 22
Bucks Connaughton, Ilyasova(3) Ilyasova, Giannis
Mavs Finley, Dirk

6 Bucks 46 Mavs 28
Bucks Giannis, Matthews
Mavs Finley(1) Dirk, Finley(1) LaFrentz

If Ilyasova comes off the bench to score more than Dirk, this is going to be a quick 2-0 series.

3 Bucks 56 Mavs 40
Bucks Giannis, Middleton, Middleton, DiVincenzo, Giannis
Mavs Dirk, Van Exel(3) Dirk, Finley, Finley(3)

Halftime Score Bucks 63 Mavs 45
Bucks Matthews(1) Bledsoe(3) RLopez(3)
Mavs Nash(3) Finley

Game one is done; you can change the channel.  

3rd Qtr

9 Bucks 68 Mavs 57
Bucks DiVincenzo, Middleton(3)
Mavs Finley, Finley, Dirk(3) Nash(3) Hardaway

6 Bucks 81 Mavs 59
Bucks Middleton(3) Middleton(3) Middleton(3) DiVincenzo, Giannis
Mavs Dirk

Khris Middleton nails 4 straight triples for the Bucks and the whipping continues.

3 Bucks 89 Mavs 62
Bucks Middleton(3) Giannis, BLopez(3)
Mavs Nash(3)

3rd Qtr Score Bucks 100 Mavs 64
Bucks Middleton, Ilyasova(3) Middleton(3) Bledsoe(3)
Mavs LaFrentz

100 points and still a quarter to play.  Khris Middleton scores 18 in the third.  

4th Qtr

Bucks 100 Mavs 73
Bucks 
Mavs Finley, Howard, Finley, Nash(3)

6 Bucks 106 Mavs 78
Bucks Giannis, Donte, Giannis
Mavs Nash(3) Nash

3 Bucks 123 Mavs 87
Bucks Giannism Connaughton, Hill(3) Giannis(3) RLopez, Middleton(3) TAntetokounmpo(3)
Mavs Finley, Nash, Finley, Najera, Johnson(1)

Final Score Bucks 135 Mavs 91
Bucks Mason(1) Thanasis, Thanasis, Mason, Mason(3) Brown
Mavs ZhiZhi(3) ZhiZhi(1)

The Bucks just blast Dallas - just a terryfing offensive performance.  

Middleton: 35 pts/7 boards - Player of the Game
Giannis: 25 pts/12 boards/11 assists
DiVincenzo 13 pts/7 boards
Iyasova: 10 pts

Nash: 24 pts/6 boards/9 assists
Finey: 25 pts/5 boards
Nowitzki: 13 pts/12 boards

Game Two

1st Qtr

9 Bucks 10 Mavs 7
Bucks DiVincenzo(3) Giannis, Giannis, Giannis(3)
Mavs Howard, Nash, Nash, Howard(1)

6 Bucks 19 Mavs 9
Bucks DiVincenzo(3) DiVincenzo, Giannis, Giannis
Mavs Dirk

Giannis opens up with 11 - the Bucks might end this early.

3 Bucks 27 Mavs 13
Bucks Giannis, Hill, Giannis(3) RLopez(1)
Mavs Nash, Bradley

1st Qtr Score Bucks 33 Mavs 15
Bucks Giannis(3) Giannis(1) Bledsoe
Mavs LaFrentz

It's done, the Bucks are moving on.  

2nd Qtr

9 Bucks 36 Mavs 19
Bucks Connaughton(3)
Mavs Najera, Nash

6 Bucks 47 Mavs 22
Bucks Ilyasova, Middleton, Ilyasova, DiVincenzo(3) RLopez
Mavs Najera, Bradley

Ready for Giannis/Middleton against Jordan/Pippen in Rnd 2?

3 Bucks 49 Mavs 30
Bucks RLopez
Mavs Dirk, Nash, Griffin, Dirk

Halftime Score Bucks 58 Mavs 32
Bucks Hill(3) Giannis, BLopez, Giannis
Mavs Finley

3rd Qtr

9 Bucks 64 Mavs 38
Bucks Giannis, Middleton, DiVincenzo
Mavs Bradley, Van Exel, Finley

6 Bucks 73 Mavs 45
Bucks Ilyasova, Giannis, Giannis, Middleton(3) 
Mavs Bradley, Van Exel(3) Dirk

Bucks sure look better than the 90th overall seed.  6 more for Giannis.

3 Bucks 82 Mavs 51
Bucks Bledsoe, Bledsoe, Ilyasova(3) Bledsoe
Mavs Najera, Najera, Dirk

3rd Qtr Score Bucks 94 Mavs 59
Bucks BLopez, BLopez(3) Hill(3) Hill Middleton
Mavs LaFrentz, Nash, Nash, Hardaway

4th Qtr

9 Bucks 100 Mavs 68
Bucks DiVincenzo(3) Middleton, Giannis(1)
Mavs Howard, LaFrenz(3) Finley, Bradley

6 Bucks 112 Mavs 78
Bucks Giannis, Giannis, Giannis(1) RLopez, RLopez(3)
Mavs Finley, Najera, Dirk(3) Nash(3)

Another Giannis half dozen.

3 Bucks 120 Mavs 80
Bucks Matthews(3) DiVincenzo(3) BLopez
Mavs Finley

Final Score Bucks 127 Mavs 82
Bucks DiVincenzo, DiVincenzo, Wilson(3)
Mavs LaFrentz

Giannis: 36 pts/13 boards - Player of the Game
DiVincenzo: 23 pts/9 boards/5 assists
Middleton: 11 pts/8 boards/11 assists
Hill: 10 pts/5 boards
RLopez: 12 pts

All Region Team
C Walton ('77 Blazers)
F Giannis ('20 Bucks)
F Pippen ('93 Bulls)
G Jordan ('93 Bulls)
G Curry ('16 Warriors)




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