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256 Team All Time Basketball Tournament: Region 11 Round 1: Series 5 and 6

Friday, July 9, 2021

 Region 3 and 4




3. 1991 PAC DIV CHAMP PORT TR BLAZERS v. 14. 2011 ATL DIV CHAMP BOS CELTICS

Blazers: 63-19, 1st Pac Div, 2nd Off/3rd Def
               d. Sonics West 1st Rnd 3-2
               d. Jazz West Semis 4-1
               Lost Lakers West Finals 4-2
               #43 overall seed

Coach: Rick Adelman

Starters
C Kevin Duckworth        26-E.Illinois            15.8 PPG  12.7 PER 4.3 WS
F Buck Williams             30-Maryland            11.7           14.3         8.5
F Jerome Kersey             28-Longwood          14.8           15.6         6.7
G Terry Porter                 27-Wisc-Stevens Pt 17              21.7        13
G Clyde Drexler             28-Houston              21.5           22.1         12.4

Rotation Reserves
C Wayne Cooper             34-N Orleans           2.2             8.3          1.4
F Clifford Robinson        24-UConn               11.7            14.1        4.2
F Mark Bryant                25-S Hall                 5.1              11.2        2.1
G Walter Davis               36-UNC                   6.1              11.7        .6
G Danny Ainge               31-BYU                  11.1             17          6.2

Leaders Williams 1st FG%, 1st Eff FG%, 2nd TS%
               Porter 4th 3Pt % 5th TS%, 5th WS/48, 2nd Off Rtg
               Drexler 2nd Trip Doub

The '91 Blazers are top 3 in both offense and defense, the backcourt, 27 year old Porter and 28 year old Drexler is over 20 PER and double digit WS. Note that Danny Ainge is a prominent bench player.

Celtics: 56-26, 1st Atl Div, 18th Off/2nd Def
              d. Knicks 4-0 East 1st Rnd
              Lost Heat East Semis 4-1
              #214 overall seed

Coach: Doc Rivers, GM Danny Ainge

Starters
C Shaquille O'Neal         38-LSU              9.2 PPG   17.4 PER  2.7 WS
F Kevin Garnett              34                      14.9          20.6           9
F Paul Pierce                  33-Kansas          18.9          19.7          11.6
G Rajon Rondo              24-Kentucky      10.6          17.1           6.6
G Ray Allen                   35-UConn          16.5          16.4         10

Rotation Reserves
C Nenad Krstic              27                       9.1             14.3         2
F Big Baby Davis          25-LSU              11.7            12.8        4.9
F Jeff Green                   24-Georgetown  9.8             12.9         1.5
G Nate Robinson           26-Washington   7.1             10.2         1.1
G Marquis Daniels         30-Auburn         5.5             11.7          2

Leaders Rondo: 3rd Assts, 2nd Assts/Gm, 4th Steals, 2nd Steals/Gm, 2nd Asst% 3rd Steal% 2nd Trip Doub
               Allen: 3 Pt%, 5th Eff FG%, 
               Pierce 4th TS%
               Garnett 2nd Def WS, 2nd DEf +/-, 2nd Def Rtng, 5th Def Reb%

Danny Ainge put this group together as the Celtics GM and he'll be on the floor for the Blazers against them. If Krstic and Green seem familiar they came off the bench for the OKC team in this same season that took out the '81 Celtics.  34 year old KG goes over 20 PER, 33 year old Pierce and 35 year old Rondo have double digit WS. Boston's a defensive club, 2nd in the league, without much offense.

Matchup
C Push
F Garnett (Celtics)
F Pierce (Celtics)
G Porter (Blazers)
G Drexler (Blazers)
Bench: Blazers

Game 1

1 Qtr

9 Celtics 6 Blazers 3
Blazers Porter(3)
Celtics  Shaq, Rondo, Rondo

6 Celtics 14 Blazers 5
Blazers Drexler
Celtics KG, Rondo, KG, Rondo

The veteran Celtics are off and running - Rajon Rondo with 8 quick ones.

3 Celtics 17 Blazers 17
Blazers Kersey, Kersey(3) Kersey, Drexler(3) Robinson
Celtics Krstic(3)

1 q Score Blazers 28 Celtics 25
Blazers Drexler, Ainge, Davis, Robinson, Robinson(3)
Celtics Pierce, Robinson, Robinson(1) Robinson(3)

The last 10 points of the qtr are scored by Robinsons; 5 for Cliff and 6 for Nate.

2 Qtr

9 Celtics 28 Blazers 28
Blazers
Celtics Davis, KG

6 Blazers 36 Celtics 31
Blazers Drexler, Drexler, Kersey, Porter
Celtics Krstic

Boston scores just a bucket to start the quarter and Portland has its biggest lead.

3 Blazers 42 Celtics 40
Blazers Williams, Kersey, Williams
Celtics KG, Pierce, Allen(3) Allen

Half Score Celtics 46 Blazers 44
Blazers Duckworth
Celtics KG, Pierce, Shaq

Back and forth we go - the 14th seeded Celtics hanging with the 3rd seeded Blazers.

3 Qtr

9 Blazers 52 Celtics 51
Blazers Davis, Duckworth, Davis, Duckworth
Celtics Shaq(3) Shaq

6 Celtics 57 Blazers 54
Blazers Drexler
Celtics Pierce, Pierce, Allen

Back and forth, forth and back, Boston on top right now.

3 Blazers 64 Celtics 59
Blazers Porter, Duckworth, Duckworth, Ainge, Drexler
Celtics Davis

3rd q Score Blazers 70 Celtics 61
Blazers Kersey, Robinson, Robinson
Celtics Green

Portland gets its first daylight as we hit the 4th.

4 Qtr

9 Blazers 76 Celtics 70
Blazers Porter, Porter, Williams
Celtics Davis, Rondo(3) KG, KG

6 Blazers 85 Celtics 72
Blazers Porter, Drexler, Duckworth, Drexler(3)
Celtics Davis

Blazers pull away.

3 Blazers 87 Celtics 82
Blazers Drexler
Celtics Allen, Rondo, Robinson, Shaq, KG

Final Score Blazers 102 Celtics 89
Blazers Williams(3) Kersey, Porter(3) Drexler(3) Kersey, Drexler
Celtics KG, Shaq, Allen(3)

Boston got it as close as 5 - but that's as far as it went.  

Drexler: 27 pts/13 boards/9 assists-Player of the Game
Kersey: 17 pts/10 boards
Porter: 16 pts/8 assists/4 steals
Duckworth: 12 pts/8 boards
Robinson: 11 pts

Rondo: 13 pts/10 assists/9 boards
Shaq: 13 pts/8 boards
Garnett: 18 pts/7 boards/5 assists
Pierce: 10 pts/9 boards/5 blocks
Allen: 12 pts

Game

1 Qtr

9 Celtics 5 Blazers 5
Blazers Kersey, Williams(1) Duckworth
Celtics Shaq(3) Pierce(1) Shaq(1)

6 Blazers 17 Celtics 13
Blazers Duckworth, Drexler(3) Drexler, Duckworth(1) Drexler, Williams
Celtics Rondo, KG, Allen, Shaq

7 for Clyde in the last 3 minutes, Blazers trying to close out.

3 Blazers 26 Celtics 23
Blazers Duckworth(1) Drexler(3) Duckworth(3) Petrovic
Celtics Rondo, Allen, Allen, Pierce, Green

1 q Score Blazers 32 Celtics 29
Blazers Porter, Drexler, Robinson
Celtics Green, Krstic, Green

Points here in the first quarter. Clyde's got a dozen.

2 Qtr

9 Blazers 36 Celtics 34
Blazers Robinson, Robinson
Celtics KG, Pierce(3)

6 Celtics 41 Blazers 38
Blazers Drexler
Celtics Robinson(3) Robinson, Daniels

5 for Little Nate to open the quarter and Boston has a lead.

3 Celtics 49 Blazers 42
Blazers Davis, Duckworth, Ainge(3)
Celtics Shaq, Davis, Pierce, KG

Half Score Celtics 59 Blazers 51
Blazers Ainge, Duckworth, Drexler
Celtics Pierce, Green, Rondo, Shaq, KG

Great half for Boston as they look to stay alive.  

3 Qtr

9 Celtics 65 Blazers 56
Blazers Kersey(1) Kersey, Kersey
Celtics Green, Shaq, KG

6 Celtics 69 Blazers 62
Blazers Robinson, Kersey, Porter
Celtics Rondo, Rondo

7 for Jerome Kersey to open the quarter, Blazers within striking distance.

3 Celtics 79 Blazers 69
Blazers Porter, Drexler, Kersey(1) Duckworth
Celtics Shaq, Robinson(3) Shaq, Allen(3)

3rd q Score Celtics 86 Blazers 76
Blazers Kersey, Porter, Ainge(3)
Celtics KG, Allen, Pierce(3)

Boston closing in on tying this up.

4 Qtr

9 Celtics 88 Blazers 80
Blazers Davis(1) Robinson(3)
Celtics Davis

6 Celtics 96 Blazers 84
Celtics KG, Allen, Shaq, Krstic
Blazers Porter, Kersey

It's Boston - solid lead all day and we will see you in game 3.

3 Celtics 100 Blazers 91
Celtics Rondo, Davis,
Blazers Drexler, Drexler, Drexler(3)

Final Score Celtics 113 Blazers 94
Celtics Green(3) Allen, Erden, Erden, West, West
Blazers Young(3)

Boston really put it to the Blazers in a must win game.  38 year old Shaq is their high scorer.  

Garnett: 14 pts/16 boards/5 assists-Player of the Game
Pierce: 13 pts/9 boards/5 assists
Shaq: 18 pts/6 boards
Rondo: 12 pts/8 assists/7 boards
Allen: 15 pts
Green: 13 pts

Drexler: 25 pts/5 boards
Duckworth: 15 pts/6 boards
Porter: 10 pts/9 assists/6 boards/5 steals
Kersey: 14 pts/5 boards
Robinson: 11 pts

Game 3

1 Qtr

9 Celtics 8 Blazers 6
Blazers Porter, Drexler, Duckworth
Celtics KG, Allen, Shaq, KG

6 Celtics 15 Blazers 13
Blazers Williams, Duckworth(1) Kersey, Drexler
Celtics KG, Pierce, Rondo(3)

Game 3 - winner advances, loser goes home.  6 to start for Garnett.

3 Celtics 20 Blazers 17
Blazers Porter, Ainge
Celtics Shaq, Allen(3)

1 q Score Celtics 30 Blazers 20
Blazers Duckworth, Bryant(1)
Celtics KG, Pierce, KG, Davis, Robinson

Boston scored throughout game 2 and they keep it up - Garnett's got 10.

2 Qtr

9 Celtics 32 Blazers 24
Blazers Williams, Williams
Celtics Shaq

6 Celtics 37 Blazers 28
Blazers Drexler, Drexler
Celtics Allen(3) Davis

Portland crowd a little anxious.

3 Celtics 41 Blazers 33
Blazers Porter, Ainge, Robinson(1)
Celtics Pierce, KG

Half Score Celtics 46 Blazers 42
Blazers Robinson, Bryant(1) Duckworth, Drexler, Bryant
Celtics KG, Allen(3)

Portland makes a late run and slices the deficit to 4.  We might have a good one.

3 Qtr

9 Blazers 53 Celtics 52
Blazers Williams, Drexler, Duckworth, Kersey, Kersey, Robinson(1)
Celtics Pierce, Pierce, Green

6 Blazers 59 Celtics 55
Blazers Drexler, Ainge, Ainge
Celtics Pierce(3)

Portland battles back, Ainge hits a couple of big 2s and the Blazers are up 4.

3 Blazers 64 Celtics 61
Blazers Duckworth, Porter, Robinson(1)
Celtics Shaq, Shaq, KG

3rd q Score Blazers 73 Celtics 70
Blazers Porter, Robinson, Porter, Drexler
Celtics Krstic, Krstic, Pierce, Robinson(3)

12 minutes to go.  One team moves on.  Fun.

4 Qtr

11:16: POR Duckworth misses but gets his own board - and when he converts he's fouled, hits the shot and it's a 6 point lead.

10:48: BOS: Boston gets a couple cracks, KG is fouled, that's 5 on Kersey and he hits 1.

10:30: POR: Ainge J
10:14: POR: Porter steals the ball - theres a dunk from Buck Williams and it's 80-71.

9:56: BOS: Shaq hits a 3 footer.

9:40: POR: Williams 3 footer.
9:18: POR Pierce misses and Drexler scores in traffic, it's an 11 point Blazer lead 

9:11: BOS: Pierce from the foul line. 84-75

6 Blazers 93 Celtics 84
Blazers  Drexler, Kersey, Kersey(3) Duckworth
Celtics Allen(3) Shaq, Rondo, Allen

3  Blazers 99 Celtics 92
Blazers Drexler, Kersey, Drexler
Celtics Pierce, KG, KG, Green

Final Score Blazers 112 Celtics 103
Blazers Porter, Williams, Drexler, Drexler, Drexler, Kersey
Celtics Green, Green, Rondo, KG, Pierce(3)

Boston just can't go on any kind of 4th quarter run and they go home.

Drexler: 30 pts/9 assists/7 boards-Player of the Game
Porter: 16 pts/10 assists
Kersey: 15 pts/7 boards
Williams: 14 pts/7 boards
Duckworth: 16 pts/6 boards
Ainge: 10 pts

All Region Team
C Parish ('81 Celtics-2 PotG)
F Durant ('11 Thunder-1 PotG
F Johnson ('80 Bucks-1 PotG)
G Drexler ('91 Blazers-2 PotG)
G Westbrook ('11 Thunder)



               






6. 2004 NBA CHAMP DETROIT PISTONS v. 11. 2018 ATL DIV CHAMP TOR RAPTORS

Pistons: 54-28, 2nd Cen Div, 18th Off/2nd Def
              d. Bucks East 1st Rnd 4-1
              d. Nets East Semis 4-3
              d. Pacers East Finals 4-2
              d. Lakers NBA Finals 4-1
              #86 overall seed

Coach: Larry Brown, GM Joe Dumars

Starters
C Mehmet Okur             24                     9.6 PPG   18.3 PER  5.9 WS
F Ben Wallace                29-Virg Union  9.5           17.3          10.2
F Tayshaun Prince          23-Kentucky    10.3         13.3           7.5
G Chauncey Billups       27-Colorado     16.9         18.6          11.3
G Rip Hamilton              25-UConn        17.6         16.8           8.1

Rotation Reserves
C Elden Campbell         35-Clemson       5.6           13.8          2.1
F Rasheed Wallace        29-UNC             13.7         18.8          2.4
F Corliss Williamson     30-Arkansas      9.5           14.4          4.1
G Mike James                28-Duquense     6.3           14.3          1.4
G Bobby Sura                30-Florida St     3.8           13             2

Leaders: BWallace 3rd Reb/Gm, 2nd Reb, 2nd Blocks, 2nd Blocks/Gm, 1st Def WS, 3rd Def +/-, 1st Def Rtng, 3rd Reb %, 4th Block%
                Sura: 3rd Trip Doub

The 6th seed in the region is the NBA Champ Pistons led by Larry Brown and Joe Dumars, defensive minded, much like the Celtics team from the prior series. 29 year old Ben Wallace and 27 year old Chauncey Billups have double digit WS.

Raptors: 59-23, 1st Atl Div, 2nd Off/5th Def
                d. Wizards East 1st Rnd 4-2
                Lost Cavs East Semis 4-0
                #171 overall seed

Coach: Dwane Casey

Starters
C Jonas Valanciunas       25                     12.7 PPG   22.5 PER  7.6 WS
F Serge Ibaka                 28                     12.6            14.7          5.1
F Pascal Siakam             23-N Mex St    7.3              14.5          4.7
G Kyle Lowry                31-Nova           16.2            19.5          10.2
G DeMar DeRozan        28-USC            23               21             9.6

Rotation Reserves
C Jakob Poetl                 22-Utah            6.9              17.5          5.6
F Lucas Nogueira           25                     2.9              17.3          1.6
F OG Anunoby               20-Indiana        5.9              10            3
G Delon Wright              25-Utah            8                 16.5          4.5
G Fred Van Vleet            23-Wichita St   8.6              15.9         4.7

Leaders Lowry 5th Assts

The Raptors are top 5 offense and defense, but dont have the top end performers as that's an empty leader board.  28 year old DeRozan and 25 year old Jonas go over 20 PER.  31 year old Lowry has double digit WS.

Matchup
C Jonas (Raptors)
F Wallace (Pistons)
F Push
G Push
G DeRozan (Raptors)
Bench: Raptors

Game 1

1 Qtr

9 Raptors 6 Pistons 5
Pistons Okur, Campbell(1) Hamilton
Raptors Lowry(3) DeRozan, Jonas(1)

6 Raptors 13 Pistons 12
Pistons Hamilton(1) Darko, Hamilton, Prince
Raptors Jonas(3) Siakam, Jonas

6 for Valanciunas and we're underway.

3 Raptors 19 Pistons 18
Pistons Hamilton, RWallace, Billups
Raptors Siakam, DeRozan, DeRozan

1 q Score Pistons 25 Raptors 23
Pistons Billups, James(1) Prince, Williamson
Raptors Noguiera, Van Vleet

6th seeded Pistons take the lead.

2 Qtr

9 Pistons 30 Raptors 23
Pistons Williamson(1) Hamilton, Wallace
Raptors

6 Pistons 32 Raptors 30
Pistons Okur
Raptors Poetl, Jonas(3) Jonas

Tight, Detroit's favored, but they don't have the kind of offense the Raptors have and everything else is pretty close - there's upset potential here.

3 Pistons 39 Raptors 38
Pistons Prince, Billups, Hamilton(1) RWallace
Raptors Lowry, Van Vleet, DeRozan, Lowry

Half Score Pistons 52 Raptors 50
Pistons Prince, RWallace, Okur(3) Okur, RWallace
Raptors DeRozan, Lowry(3) DeRozan, Ibaka(3) DeRozan, Jonas

DeMar DeRozan goes for 8 to close the half - we got a tight game one.

3 Qtr

9 Raptors 63 Pistons 52
Pistons Billups
Raptors DeRozan(3) Jonas(3) DeRozan(3) DeRozan

6 Raptors 70 Pistons 52
Pistons
Raptors Jonas(3) Siakam, Lowry

The Raptors are blowing out Detroit - that difference betweeen the two offenses really showing up now.

3 Raptors 78 Pistons 56
Pistons Hamilton, RWallace
Raptors Jonas, Van Vleet, Poetl, Ibaka

3rd q Score Raptors 83 Pistons 62
Pistons Hamilton, Okur, Williamson
Raptors Anunoby, Ibaka

Detroit can't keep up - this seeding should be reversed.

4 Qtr

9 Raptors 93 Pistons 68
Pistons Billups, RWallace, Hamilton
Raptors Jonas, DeRozan, Lowry(3) DeRozan(3)

6 Raptors 93 Pistons 72
Pistons RWallace, RWallace
Raptors

3 Raptors 95 Pistons 78
Pistons Hamilton, Billups, Ham
Raptors DeRozan

Final Score Raptors 100 Pistons 81
Pistons Billups(3)
Raptors Wright, Powell(3)

World Champion Pistons going to need to figure some stuff out before game 2; just 6 minutes from Ben Wallace, injured early

Valanciunas 23 pts/13 boards-Player of the Game
DeRozan: 29 pts/5 assists
Lowry: 15 pts/7 boards/7 assists
Ibaka: 7 pts/14 boards

RWallace: 18 pts/13 boards
Okur: 11 pts/8 boards
Hamilton: 18 pts
Billups: 15 pts

Game 2

1 Qtr

9 Raptors 9 Pistons 4
Pistons Okur, Hamilton
Raptors Ibaka, Lowry, Jonas, DeRozan(3)

6 Raptors 17 Pistons 12
Pistons Campbell, Hamilton, Wallace, Prince
Raptors Lowry, Lowry, Ibaka, Ibaka

The Raptors keep it going.  Ibaka and Lowry with 6.

3 Raptors 25 Pistons 20
Pistons Campbell, Prince, Hamilton, RWallace
Raptors DeRozan, DeRozan, Ibaka, Poetl

1 q Score Raptors 32 Pistons 23
Pistons Billups(3)
Raptors Poetl, DeRozan, Van Vleet(3)

Toronto is just rolling now; they followed up a blowout win with a 32 pt first quarter.

2 Qtr

9 Raptors 36 Pistons 23
Pistons 
Raptors DeRozan(1) Van Vleet(3)

6 Raptors 46 Pistons 25
Pistons Hamilton
Raptors  Jonas(3) Poetl, Jonas, Lowry(3)

Toronto's easily mowing through Detroit, they'll move on to face the Blazers.

3 Raptors 55 Pistons 35
Pistons Prince, RWallace, BWallace, BWallace, Billups
Raptors Van Vleet(3) DeRozan(3) DeRozan(3)

Half Score Raptors 61 Pistons 43
Pistons RWallace, Hamilton, Okur, Billups
Raptors DeRozan, Jonas, Jonas

8 for DeRozan to close the half - Raps rolling.

3 Qtr

9 Raptors 72 Pistons 47
Pistons BWallace, BWallace
Raptors Ibaka, Jonas, DeRozan, Lowry(3) Siakam

6 Raptors 76 Pistons 54
Pistons Okur(1) Hamilton, Williamson, Hamilton
Raptors Siakam, Noguiera

Just a matter of time.

3 Raptors 81 Pistons 58
Pistons Billups, Billups
Raptors DeRozan(3) DeRozan

3rd q Score Raptors 88 Pistons 62
Pistons BWallace, Okur
Raptors VanVleet(3) Poetl, Siakam

12 minutes left in the series.

4 Qtr

9 Raptors 92 Pistons 70
Pistons RWallace, Okur, Okur, Hamilton
Raptors Lowry, Ibaka

6 Raptors 99 Pistons 75
Pistons BWallace(3) Hamilton
Raptors DeRozan, DeRozan, Jonas(3)

3 Raptors 99 Pistons 81
Pistons Hamilton, Hamilton, Okur, 
Raptors Hayes(1) Hayes(3)

Final Score Raptors 103 Pistons 84
Pistons James(3)
Raptors Hayes(1) Hayes(3)

Easy, easy win for the Raptors.  

DeRozan: 29 pts/6 boards/6 assists-Player of the Game
Valanciunas: 16 pts/10 boards
Ibaka: 12 pts/6 boards
Lowry: 14 pts
Siakam: 6 pts/14 boards
Van Vleet: 12 pts/5 assists

All Region Team
C Parish ('81 Celtics-2 PotG)
F Durant ('11 Thunder-1 PotG
F Johnson ('80 Bucks-1 PotG)
G Drexler ('91 Blazers-2 PotG)
G Westbrook ('11 Thunder)


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