1. 2009 NBA CHAMPION LA LAKERS v. 9. 2005 SE CHAMP MIAMI HEAT
Lakers: 65-17, 1st Pac Div, 3rd Off/6th Def
d. Jazz West 1st Rnd 4-1
d. Rockets West Semis 4-3
d. Nuggets West Finals 4-2
d. Magic NBA Finals 4-1
#14 overall seed
d. '98 Suns (2-0, Kobe 2 PotG)
Coach: Phil Jackson, GM Mitch Kupchak, Asst Kurt Rambis, Brian Shaw
Starters
C Andrew Bynum 21 14.3 20 5.5 1.1
F Pau Gasol 28 18.9 PPG 22.6 PER 13.9 WS 5
F Trevor Ariza 23-UCLA 8.9 15.5 6.1 2.3
G Derek Fisher 34-L Rock 9.9 12.1 6.3 1.3
G Kobe Bryant 30 26.8 24.4 12.7 5.9VORP
Rotation Reserves
C Lamar Odom 29-R Island 11.3 16.6 6.9 2.4
F Vladmir Radmanovic 28 5.9 11.6 1.6 .5
F Luke Walton 28-Arizona 5 11.3 2 .3
G Shannon Brown 23-Mich St 3.2 15 .4 .1
G Sasha Vujavic 24 5.8 12.6 3.7 .9
Leaders Kobe 3rd PPG, 5th +/-, 5th VORP, 4th Trip Doub, 1st Team All NBA
Gasol 5th FG%, 4th WS, 5th WS/48, 1st Off Rtng, 3rd Team All NBA
Ariza 2nd Stl %
The World Champion Lakers are top 6 in both offense and defense and the top seeds in Region 14; Gasol is 28, Kobe's 30 and they both cross 20 PER and double digit WS; 21 year old Andrew Bynum also hits 20 PER. Are you here for Kobe v Shaq? You get it right now. The Lakers, along with the Spurs are dominating the tournament, heavy representation in the Rnd of 32.
Heat: 59-23, 1st SE Div, 5th Off/6th Def
d. Nets East 1st Rnd 4-0
d. Wizards East Semis 4-0
Lost Pistons East Finals 4-3
#142 overall seed
d. '88 Pistons (2-0, Shaq/Wade PotG)
Coach Stan Van Gundy, Asst Erik Spoelstra, Bob McAdoo
Starters
C Shaquille O'Neal 32-LSU 22.9 PPG 27 PER 11 WS 4.6
F Udonis Haslem 24-Florida 10.9 15.5 9.2 1.6
F Eddie Jones 33-Temple 12.7 13.6 8 2.3
G Damon Jones 28-Houston 11.6 15.5 8.7 3.2
G Dwyane Wade 23-Marquette 24.1 23.1 11 4.9VORP
Rotation Reserves
C Alonzo Mourning 34-Georgetown 5 18.9 .9 .3
F Christian Laettner 35-Duke 5.3 16.3 2.7 .7
F Shandon Anderson 31-UGA 3.9 9.2 2.2 .2
G Keyon Dooling 24-Missouri 5.2 10.1 1.5 -.2
G Rasual Butler 25-La Salle 6.5 10.3 1.7 .1
Leaders Shaq 4th Blocks, 1st FG%, 2nd Eff FG%, 3rd PER, 2nd Team All NBA
DJones 5th 3pt%, 1st Eff FG%, 1st TS%, 2nd Off Rtng
Wade: 3rd Team All NBA
The Heat and Pistons are both top 6 in offense and defense, the even match makes sense for an 8/9 matchup. Shaq's 32, DWade is 23, both are well over 20 PER with double digit WS. Miami solidly represented in the Rnd of 32, this is the last team that can join them.
Matchup
C Shaq (Heat)
F Gasol (Lakers)
F Push
G Jones (Heat)
G Kobe (Lakers)
Bench: Lakers
Game 1
1Qtr
9 Lakers 16 Heat 5
Lakers Kobe, Kobe(3) Ariza(3) Ariza, Bynum, Bynum, Ariza
Heat Jones(3) Wade
6 Lakers 22 Heat 15
Lakers Fisher(3) Kobe(3)
Heat Shaq, Haslem, Shaq, Jones, Wade
Kobe v Shaq here in the Rnd of 128 - Kobe gets off first.
3 Lakers 33 Heat 23
Lakers Bynum, Kobe, Kobe(3) Walton Bynum
Heat Jones(3) Shaq(1) Wade, Haslem
1Score Lakers 35 Heat 31
Lakers Fisher
Heat Shaq, Shaq, Dooling, Butler
Kobe has 13, Shaq has 9 - Region 14 kicks off.
2Qtr
9 Heat 39 Lakers 37
Lakers Gasol
Heat Zo, Haslem, Shaq, Wade
6 Lakers 50 Heat 45
Lakers Odom, Gasol, Gasol, Odom, Kobe, Kobe(3)
Heat Wade, Zo, Haslem
Kobe now with 18 points.
3 Lakers 56 Heat 47
Lakers Bynum, Bynum, Odom
Heat Zo
HScore Lakers 64 Heat 53
Lakers Gasol, Gasol, Fisher, Bynum
Heat Shaq, Laettner, Shaq
Andrew Bynum with a half dozen as the Lakers build their biggest lead.
3Qtr
9 Lakers 73 Heat 61
Lakers Bynum, Kobe, Fisher, Kobe
Heat Wade, Wade, Zo, Wade
6 Lakers 78 Heat 69
Lakers Brown(3) Vujacic
Heat DJones, Wade(1) Shaq, EJones(3)
Wade with 7 as the Heat try to shoot their way back into it.
3 Lakers 87 Heat 72
Lakers Fisher(3) Bynum, Kobe, Bynum
Heat DJones(3)
3Score Lakers 96 Heat 81
Lakers Kobe, Ariza, Bynum, Bynum, Gasol(1)
Heat Shaq, Wade(3) Shaq, Wade
LA with just too much firepower; Miami can't stop them today.
4Qtr
9 Lakers 101 Heat 85
Lakers Bynum, Kobe(1) Kobe
Heat Shaq, Haslem
6 Lakers 106 Heat 91
Lakers Kobe(3) Fisher
Heat Wade, Wade, Zo
Miami will need to win at home to say alive.
3 Lakers 113 Heat 96
Lakers Ariza, Brown, Odom(1) Kobe
Heat Butler(1) Wade, Shaq
FScore Lakers 126 Heat 116
Lakers Morrison, Morrison(1) MBenga, Fisher, Mihm, Kobe, Kobe
Heat Smith, Smith (3) Oerson(3) EJones, Wade, EJones, EJones(3) DJones(3)
Lot of garbage time Miami points, but they got handled in this one.
Kobe: 38 pts/9 boards-Player of the Game
Gasol: 11 pts/9 boards/5 assists
Bynum: 26 pts/14 boards
Ariza: 11 pts
Fisher: 17 pts
Wade: 30 pts/10 assists/5 boards
Shaq: 25 pts
EJones: 15 pts
DJones: 11 pts
Haslem: 10 pts/6 boards
Zo: 10 pts/4 blocks
Game 2
1Qtr
9 Heat 8 Lakers 8
Heat Shaq, Wade, Haslem, Wade
Lakers Bynum, Ariza, Kobe, Fisher
6 Heat 13 Lakers 10
Heat Wade(1) Haslem, Shaq
Lakers Gasol
Rnd 1 went to Kobe - he looks to take Shaq out with this one.
3 Heat 17 Lakers 17
Heat Haslem, Shaq
Lakers Ariza, Kobe(3) Ariza
1Score Lakers 24 Heat 23
Heat EJones(3) Wade (1) Laettner
Lakers Bynum, Walton, Vujavic(3)
Wade and Shaq each with a half dozen.
2Qtr
9 Lakers 34 Heat 28
Heat Butler(3) Butler
Lakers Kobe(3) Odom, Kobe, Ariza(3)
6 Lakers 39 Heat 31
Heat Zo(3)
Lakers Fisher(3) Odom
3 LA triples - Lakers biggest lead.
3 Lakers 44 Heat 43
Heat Wade, Shaq, Laettner, DJones(3) EJones(3)
Lakers Odom(3) Bynum
HScore Lakers 50 Heat 50
Heat EJones(3) Shaq, Shaq
Lakers Odom, Bynum, Gasol
Miami with 3 triples of its own; 2 from another former Laker, Eddie Jones, and we are tied.
3Qtr
9 Heat 63 Lakers 62
Heat Wade, Wade, EJones(3) Haslem, EJones, Wade
Lakers Odom, Odom, Gasol(1) Walton, Walton(3) Gasol
6 Heat 70 Lakers 67
Heat Anderson(3) Anderson, Shaq
Lakers Vujacic, Odom(3)
Wade with a half dozen to open the half - Miami has the lead.
3 Heat 80 Lakers 76
Heat Shaq, Shaq, Haslem, Zo, Zo
Lakers Bynum, Gasol, Gasol, Vujacic(3)
3Score Heat 81 Lakers 76
Heat Laettner, Laettner, DJones
Lakers Odom(3) Vujacic
Kobe doesn't score in the third - allowing Miami a little bit of a lead.
4Qtr
9 Heat 89 Lakers 87
Heat Wade(1) Shaq
Lakers Gasol(1) Vujacic(3) Bynum
6 Heat 102 Lakers 92
Heat EJones, EJones, Haslem, DJones(3) Shaq, Laettner
Lakers Odom, Ariza(3)
Miami grows the lead - Kobe has dominated region 14, but not today.
3 Heat 109 Lakers 96
Heat Shaq, Zo(3) Shaq
Lakers Gasol, Vujacic
FScore Heat 114 Lakers 104
Heat Allen, Wang(1) Wang
Lakers Morrison(3) Farmar, Morrison(3)
Kobe's held to 10 points; Rnd 2 goes to the Diesel and we will go back to LA.
Shaq: 26 pts/12 boards/5 assists-Player of the Game
EJones: 18 pts
Wade: 15 pts/12 assists/8 boards/4 blocks
Haslem: 12 pts/5 boards
Laettner: 10 pts
Zo: 10 pts/6 boards
Gasol: 14 pts/9 boards
Kobe: 10 pts/9 assists/5 boards
Bynum: 12 pts/9 boards
Ariza: 12 pts/8 boards
Vujacic: 15 pts
Odom: 21 pts
Game 3
1Qtr
9 Heat 9 Lakers 6
Lakers Gasol, Bynum, Ariza
Heat Wade, haslem, Haslem(3) Haslem
6 Heat 13 Lakers 10
Lakers Ariza, Kobe
Heat Shaq, Shaq
Kobe was PotG in gm 1, Shaq in gm 2 - winner here moves on.
3 Heat 17 Lakers 14
Lakers Kobe, Brown
Heat Shaq, Shaq
1Score Heat 21 Lakers 20
Lakers Bynum Kobe, odom
Heat Shaq, Zo
Shaq's got 10; lets see if we get a great game 3.
2Qtr
9 Lakers 31 Heat 26
Lakers Gasol, Odom(3) Vujacic, Fisher, Powell
Heat Zo, Shaq, Dooling(1)
6 Heat 33 Lakers 31
Lakers
Heat Wade(3) EJones, Wade
Miami defense in that last 3 minutes allows them to regain the lead.
3 Heat 42 Lakers 38
Lakers Kobe(3) Odom, Mbenga
Heat Wade, Shaq, Laettner, DJones
HScore Heat 50 Lakers 47
Lakers Ariza(1) Odom, Odom, Fisher, Odom
Heat Zo, Shaq, EJones, DJones
Lamar Odom with 8 in the last 6 - we are ready for a great finish.
3Qtr
9 Lakers 56 Heat 55
Lakers Kobe, odom, Ariza(3)
Heat EJones(3) Haslem
6 Lakers 61 Heat 59
Lakers Ariza, Radmanonivic(3)
Heat Haslem, Haslem
Back and forth - the Lakers take the lead.
3 Lakers 70 Heat 63
Lakers Gasol, Walton, Kobe, Kobe(3)
Heat Laettner, Zo
3Score Lakers 76 Heat 73
Lakers Kobe, Bynum, Odom
Heat Shaq, Shaq, Shaq, Wade, Shaq
Kobe scores 7 straight for LA - then Shaq closes hard, 8 in 3 -- great finish to the series.
4Qtr
9 Lakers 87 Heat 77
Lakers Bynum, Kobe, Kobe(3) Brown, Bynum
Heat Shaq, Wade
6 Lakers 94 Heat 86
Lakers Ariza, Bynum, Fisher(3)
Heat Wade(1) Haslem, Laettner, haslem, Wade
Bynum scores a half dozen and LA is up 8 with 6 to go.
3 Lakers 102 Heat 92
Lakers Gasol, Gasol, Kobe, Vujacic
Heat Wade, EJones, Wade
2 Lakers 102 Heat 99
Lakers
Heat Laettner, laettner, Wade(3)
Miami scores 6 in the last minute, Bynum fouls out - who gets it?
A minute later - Shaq dunk - 66 seconds left. 1 pt game.
Gasol in the paint. 3 pt game. 48 seconds.
LA intentionally fouls Shaq.
And he misses both.
LA up 3 - Miami decides not to foul - they get a stop -
Miami ball. 11 seconds left. They need a 3 to tie.
Eddie Jones takes it.
Misses - Wade is there with the putback. 104-103. 6 seconds left.
Gasol is fouled. Hits 1.
Lakers 105 Heat 103. 3 seconds left in the game. Timeout.
The ball goes into Shaq in the paint. He turns. Fires.
No good. Lakers win.
Final: Lakers 105 Heat 103
The top seeded Lakers were taken to the very limit; Shaq went 28/10 in game 3 - but couldn't sink the tying bucket at the buzzer and LA advances.
Kobe: 25 pts/5 boards/5 assists-Player of the Game
Gasol: 13 pts/12 boards/7 assists
Ariza: 14 pts
Bynum: 12 pts
Odom: 17 pts/12 boards
4. 1984 NBA CHAMPION BOSTON CELTICS v. 5. 1973 NBA CHAMP NEW YORK KNICKS
Celtics: 62-20, 1st Atl Div, 6th Off/3rd Def
d. Bullets East 1st Rnd 3-1
d. Knicks East Semis 4-3
d. Bucks East Finals 4-1
d. Lakers NBA Finals 4-3
#51 overall seed
d. '10 Spurs (2-1, Bird/DJ)
Coach KC Jones, GM Red Auerbach
Starters
C Robert Parish 30-Centenary 19 PPG 19.2 PER 10.5 WS 2.8
F Kevin McHale 26-Minnesota 18.4 20 10.5 2.8
F Larry Bird 27-Indiana St 24.2 24.2 13.6 7.3 VORP
G Dennis Johnson 29-Pepperdine 13.2 12.8 5.7 1.4
G Gerald Henderson 28-VCU 11.6 14.7 5.3 1.6
Rotation Reserves
C Cedric Maxwell 28-UNCC 11.9 13.5 6.4 1.5
F ML Carr 33-Guliford 3.1 7.8 .4 -.2
F Scott Wedman 31-Colorado 4.8 9.9 1.2 -.1
G Quinn Buckner 29-Indiana 4.1 9.4 1.3 .1
G Danny Ainge 24-BYU 5.1 10.4 1.8 0
Leaders Bird 1st FT%, 2nd PER, 2nd WS, 3rd WS/48, 1st +/-, 1st VORP, 2nd Def Rtng, 2nd Trip Doub, 1st Team All NBA
Parish 3rd Def WS
McHale 5th WS/48
4th seed in the region is the NBA Champion Celtics; Bird is 27, he's top 2 in the league in PER, WS and VORP. McHale's 26 and he also hits 20 PER with double digit WS. Just 1 Celtics team is in the Rnd of 32; they get 3 more shots.
Knicks: 57-25, 2nd Atl Div, 3rd Off/4th Def
d. Bullets East Semis 4-1
d. Celtics East Finals 4-3
d. Lakers NBA Finals 4-1
#78 overall seed
d. '82 Bucks (2-1, Monroe/Bradley)
Coach Red Holzman
Starters
C Willis Reed 30-Grambling 11 PPG 15.4 PER 5.8 WS
F Jerry Lucas 32-Ohio St 9.9 17.3 7.8
F Bill Bradley 29- Princeton 16.1 13.8 7
G Walt Frazier 27- So Illinois 21.1 19.7 13
G Earl Monroe 28-Winston Salem 15.5 16.1 7.8
Rotation Reserves
C John Gianelli 22-Pacific 3.5 12.1 1.2
F Phil Jackson 27-North Dakota 8.1 14.8 4.2
F Dave DeBusschere 32-Detroit Mercy 16.3 16 6.6
G Henry Bibby 23-UCLA 4.2 15.1 1
G Dean Meminger 24-Marquette 5.7 12.4 4.4
Leaders Bradley 5th FT%
Frazier 4th WS, 2nd Team All NBA
Lucas 1st Trip Doub
NBA Champion Knicks are the 5th seeds in Region 14, top 4 in both offense and defense, they don't have anyone either break 20 PER but 27 year old Clyde Frazier has double digit WS. It's the Knicks last stand - if they're making the rnd of 32; it's this team that needs to do it. Such a great quadrant.
Matchup:
C Parish (Celtics)
F McHale (Celtics)
F Bird (Celtics)
G Frazier (Knicks)
G Monroe (Knicks)
Bench: Knicks
Game
1Qtr
9 Knicks 10 Celtics 2
Celtics Parish
Knicks Bradley, Reed, Reed, Lucas, Monroe
6 Knicks 12 Celtics 4
Celtics Bird
Knicks Frazier
Winners of this series head to LA to face Kobe and the top seeded Lakers.
3 Knicks 21 Celtics 9
Celtics Parish(3) Kite
Knicks Frazier, Frazier, Lucas, DeBusschere(3)
1Score Knicks 26 Celtics 19
Celtics Buckner, Kite, Bird, Maxwell, Wedman
Knicks Bibby(3) Jackson
Real east coast old school stuff here - Knicks/Celtics at a swelting Boston Garden.
2Qtr
9 Knicks 32 Celtics 24
Celtics Bird(3) Parish
Knicks DeBusschere, Jackson, Meminger
6 Knicks 41 Celtics 30
Celtics Ainge, Parish, Kite
Knicks Jackson, bibby, Lucas, Lucas(3)
Jerry Lucas scores the last 5 points and the Knicks are up double digits.
3 Knicks 43 Celtics 36
Celtics McHale, Henderson, McHale
Knicks Monroe
HScore Knicks 47 Celtics 44
Celtics Parish, Parish, McHale, Bird
Knicks Bradley, Reed
The Chief scores 8 in the second; Knicks have led the whole way.
3Qtr
9 Celtics 56 Knicks 53
Celtics Parish(3) McHale, Bird(3) DJ, Bird
Knicks Bradley, Monroe, Reed
6 Celtics 62 Knicks 59
Celtics McHale, Bird, McHale
Knicks DeBussschere, Monroe, Lucas
McHale with a half dozen to open the half - Celtics take their first lead.
3 Celtics 67 Knicks 61
Celtics DJ(1) DJ, DJ
Knicks Lucas
3Score Celtics 73 Knicks 67
Celtics McHale, Parish, Parish
Knicks Bradley, Frazier, Monroe
DJ scored those 5 straight - Boston up 6.
4Qtr
9 Celtics 80 Knicks 76
Celtics DJ, Bird(3) McHale
Knicks Reed(3) DeBusschere, Frazier, Monroe
6 Celtics 86 Knicks 83
Celtics Maxwell, Maxwell, Maxwell
Knicks Monroe, Reed, Monroe, DeBusschere(3)
5:43: BOS: The Chief hits a 4 footer to make it a 5 pt game.
4:52: NY: A minute later, Clyde triples from the top. 88-86.
4:38: BOS: Parish again, high off glass.
3:26: NY: Bill Bradley 8 footer.
3:11: BOS: Again, it's Parish, dunking it home.
2:52: NY: Clyde from the FT line.
2:42: BOS: DJ drives, flips it up and in. 94-90
2:30: NY: The Pearl in traffic.
2:15: BOS: Bird with the line drive.
1:43: BOS: The Knicks miss and DJ hits a corjner 3 - now it's a 7 point game.
1:28: NY: Frazier - deep from the wing. 99-95.
1:13: BOS: Henderson baseline J.
:43: BOS: That'll do it - DJ steals the ball from Frazier, Bird comes down and bombs a 3 and its 104-95.
Bird will hit some FT and it's all over.
FScore: Celtics 106 Knicks 95
Boston outscores NY by 14 in the second half and wins going away.
Bird: 26 pts/14 boards/8 assists-Player of the Game
Parish: 26 pts/12 boards
McHale: 16 pts/9 boards
DJ: 14 pts
Frazier: 18 pts/7 assists/5 boards
Lucas: 13 pts/11 boards/5 assists/4 blocks
Reed: 13 pts/8 boards
Monroe: 16 pts/5 boards
Bradley: 10 pts
DeBusschere: 12 pts/13 boards
Game 2
1Qtr
9 Knicks 6 Celtics 6
Knicks Bradley, Frazier, Reed
Celtics Henderson, McHale, Bird
6 Knicks 16 Celtics 8
Knicks Lucas, Reed, Lucas, Reed, Frazier
Celtics Bird
Madison Square Garden - it could be the last tournament game here and it is pulsating.
3 Knicks 18 Celtics 17
Knicks Lucas
Celtics Parish(3) Parish, Parish, McHale
1Score Knicks 25 Celtics 23
Knicks Reed(3) Reed, DeBusschere
Celtics DJ, McHale, McHale
Willis Reed with 9, Kevin McHale with 8.
2Qtr
9 Knicks 32 Celtics 29
Knicks Barnett, Lucas, DeBusschere(3)
Celtics Wedman, Carr, Bird
6 Knicks 33 Celtics 33
Knicks DeBusschere(1)
Celtics Buckner, Buckner
Deadlocked.
3 Celtics 46 Knicks 44
Knicks DeBusschere, Reed, Lucas(3) Frazier, Bradley
Celtics McHale, Maxwell, DJ(3) Wedman, Parish, McHale
HScore Celtics 52 Knicks 52
Knicks Bradley, Frazier, DeBusschere, Monroe
Celtics McHale, Parish, Henderson
Kevin McHale has 14. Deadlocked.
3Qtr
9 Knicks 59 Celtics 56
Knicks Reed(3) Reed, Meminger
Celtics Ainge, Bird
6 Knicks 64 Celtics 62
Knicks Lucas(3) Monroe
Celtics Bird, Parish, henderson
Willis Reed has 16.
3 Celtics 73 Knicks 71
Knicks Reed, Jackson(1) Monroe, Jackson
Celtics Maxwell(1) Henderson, McHale(3) Bird, Bird(3)
3Score Celtics 81 Knicks 73
Knicks Lucas
Celtics henderson(3) McHale, Parish
Bird scores 9 in the third - Boston maybe about to end this.
4Qtr
9 Celtics 85 Knicks 79
Knicks Monroe, Lucas, Reed
Celtics McHale, DJ
6 Celtics 91 Knicks 85
Knicks Monroe, Monroe, Bradley
Celtics Bird, McHale, Maxwell
Earl Monroe opens the 4th with 6 - Knicks need a rally.
3 Celtics 92 Knicks 91
Knicks Reed, DeBusschere, Frazier
Celtics Parish(1)
2:51: BOS: The bank's open for DJ.
2:05: BOS: Maxwell from the block. 96-91
1:01: NY: Bill Bradley hits an 8 footer to cut it to 3.
40: BOS: That's probably that - Knicks needed a stop, but Gerald Henderson scores from the top of the key.
:24: NY: Frazier putsback a missed Monroe 3. 3 pt game. Bird goes to the line, hits both.
Frazier layup at 13 seconds. Celtics still up 3.
McHale goes to the line, hits 1. The Knicks don't score again, McHale hits 2 more FT
FScore: Celtics 103 Knicks 97
Boston just a little bit better than the Knicks - and so we get our Lakers/Celtics matchup, winner to the Regional Semi. 24/18 for Reed in the defeat.
McHale: 26 pts/9 boards/4 blocks-Player of the Game
Bird: 19 pts/9 assists/5 boards/4 steals
Parish: 17 pts/11 boards
Henderson: 13 pts/5 boards
1. 2009 NBA CHAMPION LA LAKERS v. 5. 1984 NBA CHAMPION BOSTON CELTICS
Matchup
C Parish(Celtics)
F Gasol (Lakers)
F Bird (Celtics)
G DJ (Celtics)
G Kobe (lakers)
Bench: Lakers
Game 1
1Qtr
9 Lakers 7 Celtics 7
Lakers Gasol, Ariza, Fisher(3)
Celtics Henderson, henderson(3) Parish
6 Celtics 15 Lakers 10
Lakers Kobe, Gasol(1)
Celtics Bird, Henderson, Henderson, henderson
Gerald Henderson opens up this huge series with 11 points.
3 Lakers 23 Celtics 23
Lakers Odom, Gasol(3) Gasol(1) Gasol, Kobe, Kobe, Odom(1)
Celtics DJ, Carr, Carr, Bird
1Score Lakers 35 Celtics 28
Lakers Kobe(1) Mbenga, Vujacic(3) Gasol(1) Radmanovic, Vujacic
Celtics Bird, Bird, Henderson(1)
Gasol with 8, Kobe with 7, Lakers strong, strong start.
2Qtr
9 Lakers 37 Celtics 32
Lakers Gasol
Celtics Ainge, Maxwell
6 Lakers 46 Celtics 40
Lakers Vujacic(3) Bynum, Kobe, Bynum
Celtics Bird, Wedman, Maxwell, Parish
10 for Bird; Lakers still up 6
3 Celtics 48 Lakers 47
Lakers Odom(1)
Celtics Bird, Parish, DJ, Wedman
HScore Lakers 55 Celtics 52
Lakers Ariza, Bynum, Fisher, Gasol
Celtics McHale, Wedman
Gasol has a dozen; we got a good one.
3Qtr
9 Lakers 64 Celtics 56
Lakers Kobe(3) Radmanonovic(3) Bynum(3)
Celtics Maxwell, Bird
6 Lakers 70 Celtics 62
Lakers Kobe(3) Fisher(3)
Celtics Bird, DJ, McHale
All 5 Lakers buckets are 3s - Lakers solid lead.
3 Lakers 76 Celtics 66
Lakers Bynum, Kobe, Vujacic
Celtics Parish, Henderson
3Score Lakers 81 Celtics 79
Lakers Kobe, Ariza(1) Gasol
Celtics Ainge, McHale, Bird, Parish(1) DJ, Parish, Parish
The Chief with 7 in the last 6 - we are set up for a good game one finish
4Qtr
9 Celtics 86 Lakers 85
Lakers Gasol, Gasol
Celtics Buckner, Bird(3) McHale
6 Celtics 97 Lakers 91
Lakers Kobe, Bynum, Bynum
Celtics Henderson(3) Ainge, Buckner, McHale, McHale
A half dozen for McHale and Boston's up 6 with 6 left.
3 Celtics 103 Lakers 95
Lakers Vujacic, Bynum
Celtics Maxwell, McHale, Maxwell
FScore Celtics 115 Lakers 106
Lakers Kobe(3) Gasol, Ariza, Ariza(3)
Celtics Bird, McHale, DJ, DJ, Parish, Bird
Boston outscores LA by 11 in the 4th and they take game one on the road.
Bird: 25 pts/10 boards/5 assists-Player of the Game
Parish: 15 pts/12 boards
McHale: 16 pts/10 boards
DJ: 12 pts/8 assists
Henderson: 17 pts
Maxwell: 10 pts/8 boards
Kobe: 24 pts/5 assists
Gasol: 22 pts/12 boards/5 assists
Bynum: 17 pts/7 boards
Ariza: 11 pts
Vujacic: 12 pts
Game 2
1Qtr
9 Lakers 10 Celtics 7
Celtics McHale(1) henderson, Bird, DJ
Lakers Gasol, Bynum, Bynum(3) Kobe
6 Lakers 15 Celtics 14
Celtics McHale, Parish, DJ, Maxwell(1)
Lakers Kobe, Ariza(3)
Lakers, top seed in Region 14, need to win to stay alive; Celtics looking to reach the Region 14 semis.
3 Lakers 19 Celtics 18
Celtics Bird, McHale
Lakers Gasol, Kobe
1Score Lakers 27 Celtics 20
Celtics Bird
Lakers Kobe(3) Odom(3) Odom
9 for Kobe - strong Laker D in the first.
2Qtr
9 Lakers 36 Celtics 29
Celtics Wedman, Carr, McHale, McHale, Maxwell(1)
Lakers Fisher, Radmanonovic(3) Bynum, Gasol
6 Lakers 47 Celtics 35
Celtics DJ, McHale, Parish
Lakers Brown, Bynum, Brown, Brown, Fisher
LA has come into the Boston Garden and is giving it to the Cektics; 9 for Bynum
3 Lakers 57 Celtics 43
Celtics Ainge, Maxwell, Ainge, Parish
Lakers Bynum, Kobe(3) Kobe, Kobe, Bynum
HScore Lakers 62 Celtics 51
Celtics DJ, McHale, McHale, Parish
Lakers Fisher(3) Vujacic
Kobe has 16 - Lakers solid lead.
3Qtr
9 Lakers 76 Celtics 67
Celtics Maxwell, Maxwell, McHale, Henderson, Maxwell, Bird, McHale, Buckner
Lakers Kobe, Gasol, Kobe, Fisher, Kobe, Bynum, Kobe
6 Lakers 85 Celtics 77
Celtics Henderson, Maxwell(3) Ainge, McHale, Parish(1)
Lakers Bynum, Ariza, Ariza(3) Odom
Cornbread with 9 to open the half; Celtics slice away.
3 Lakers 91 Celtics 86
Celtics DJ(3) McHale, Bird, Bird
Lakers Walton, Ariza, Radmanovic
3Score Lakers 102 Celtics 92
Celtics DJ, Parish, DJ
Lakers Gasol, Gasol, Kobe, Odom(3) Kobe
Just a ton of Laker offense today; they are 12 away from forcing a showdown back home.
4Qtr
9 Lakers 104 Celtics 96
Celtics McHale, DJ
Lakers Gasol
6 Lakers 112 Celtics 102
Celtics Parish, McHale(1) Bird(3)
Lakers Gasol, Kobe, Kobe, Kobe
Another Kobe half dozen - Lakers rolling.
3 Lakers 118 Celtics 104
Celtics Clark
Lakers Kobe, Bynum, Mbenga
FScore Lakers 128 Celtics 107
Celtics Carr(3)
Lakers Mbenga, Morrison, Powell, Mihm, Mbenga
81 combined 3rd qtr points is probably the high - LA easy today and we get a showdown.
Kobe: 36 pts/7 boards/6 assists-Player of the Game
Gasol: 17 pts/8 boards/6 assists
Bynum: 18 pts/13 boards/4 blocks
Ariza: 10 pts/6 boards/5 assists
Odom: 10 pts
Bird: 15 pts/9 boards/7 assists
Mchale: 26 pts/3 boards
DJ: 17 pts
Parish: 13 pts/7 boards
Maxwell: 13 pts/8 boards
Game 3
1Qtr
9 Celtics 6 Lakers 4
Lakers Kobe, Bynum,
Celtics Henderson(1) Parish, Parish(3)
6 Celtics 16 Lakers 14
Lakers Kobe, Gasol, Gasol, Ariza, Kobe
Celtics Parish, Parish, Henderson(3) McHale(3)
One game for all of it - winner to the Region 14 Semi.
3 Celtics 22 Lakers 15
Lakers Gasol(1)
Celtics DJ, Bird, bird
1Score Celtics 27 Lakers 17
Lakers Vujacic
Celtics Buckner(3) Wedman
It's been all road teams so far.
2Qtr
9 Celtics 35 Lakers 28
Lakers Gasol, Odom, Kobe, Kobe(3) Odom
Celtics Maxwell, Henderson, Ainge, Parish
6 Celtics 41 Lakers 38
Lakers Kobe, Bynum, Odom, Bynum, Fisher
Celtics McHale, Mchale, DJ
Kobe with 7 to open the qtr as the game tightens.
3 Lakers 47 Celtics 45
Lakers Fisher(3) Vujacic(3) Walton, Gasol(1)
Celtics Ainge, Parish
HScore Lakers 53 Celtics 51
Lakers Gasol, Kobe, Ariza
Celtics DJ, DJ, Buckner
Bird didn't score in the second - which Hall of Famer steps up to win this series?
3Qtr
9 Lakers 61 Celtics 57
Lakers Fisher, Gasol, Ariza, Gasol
Celtics Bird, McHale, DJ
6 Lakers 70 Celtics 68
Lakers Kobe, Kobe, Vujacic(3) Fisher
Celtics Henderson, Maxwell, McHale, DJ, Bird, DJ(1)
Tight at the Forum. Winner moves on.
3 Lakers 74 Celtics 74
Lakers Radmanovic, Radmanovic
Celtics Parish, McHale, McHale
3Score Lakers 76 Celtics 76
Lakers Bynum
Celtics Wedman
Couldnt be better. Lakers/Celtics, dead tied. McHale with 8 in the third.
4Qtr
9 Lakers 84 Celtics 84
Lakers Gasol, Ariza(3) Ariza(3)
Celtics Parish, Henderson, Mchale, Parish
6 Celtics 88 Lakers 86
Lakers Kobe
Celtics Parish, Bird
5:34: BOS: Bird FT makes it a 3 pt game
5:27: LA; Gasol from 15.
5:05: LA: A Bynum dunk gives the Lakers the lead.
4:38: LA: A Gasol drive and hard dunk and LA is up 3.
4:26: BOS: Bird. The Legend. Triple from the wing 92-92.
3:26: BOS: The Chief gets a dunk on a no look pass from Bird.
2:50: LA: A Derek Fisher corner 3 gives LA the lead.
2:34 BOS: DJ drives and scores. 96-95 Boston
1:55 BOS: Parish drives the baseline for the dunk.
:57: LA: Bynum with a short bank shot. Celtics up 1.
:41: BOS: It's Bird, in traffic. 100-97.
:34: LA: Oh - there's Kobe - he triples dead from the top. 100-100.
:27: BOS: Gerald Henderson - so gutsy - hits a 15 footer and Boston takes the lead.
:12: LA: Kobe - he's not giving it up - Kobe from the paint - he ties the game at 102.
Boston. Timeout. Here we go.
It's Bird - Bird is in the lane - Bird - Bird at the buzzer - rises. Fires.......
It clanks out. Overtime.
Celtics 102 Lakers 102
OT
4:44: BOS: The Chief, 6 footer.
3:58: BOS: Mchale from the FT line.
3:51: LA: Ariza hits a corner 3. Celtics by 1.
3:38: BOS: McHale dunk.
3:31: LA: Gasol 12 footer. 108-107 Celtics
3:13: LA: DJ picks up his 5th foul and Ariza hits both. LA lead.
3:06: BOS: McHale low post, sweet moves - and the foul. 111-109
2:32: LA: DJ fouls out. Bynum hits 1. Boston by 1.
1:57: LA: Gasol again, baseline J. Lakers by 1.
1:11: LA: Ariza with a long 2 - Lakers now up 3.
:17: LA: It's done. Boston can't score - they put Kobe on the line, it's now 116-111.
Parish scores. Kobe FT. Bird triples but thats it.
Final: Lakers 118 Celtics 116
No top seeded curse in Region 14 - the Lakers earned it, beating the Heat and the Celtics and they are Team 27 to advance. A monster game for Parish, 29 pts/24 rebounds.
Kobe: 30 pts/8 boards/4 steals-Player of the Game
Gasol: 24 pts/13 boards/6 assists
Bynum: 13 pts/10 boards/5 blocks
Fisher: 12 pts/4 steals
Ariza: 19 pts/8 boards
Odom: 6 pts/14 boards/6 assists
All Region
C Shaq ('05 Heat 2)
F Bird ('84 Celtics 3)
G Kobe ('09 Lakers 6)
