5. 1973 MW DIV CHAMP MILWAUKEE BUCKS V. 12. 1999 UTAH JAZZ
Bucks: 60-22, 1st MW Div, 5th Off, 2nd Def
Lost West Semis Warriors 4-2
#66 overall seed
Coach - Larry Costello, Hubie Brown is an assistant.
Starters
C Kareem Abdul Jabbar (25, UCLA) 30.2PPG 28.5 PER 21.5 Win Shares
F Curtis Perry (24, Missouri St) 9.1 12 4.8
F Bobby Dandridge (25, Norfolk St) 20.2 16.2 8.1
G Oscar Robertson (34, Cincinnati) 15.5 17.2 8.4
G Jon McGlocklin (29, Indiana) 9.6 13.5 5.2
Rotation Reserves
C Dick Cunningham (26, Murray St) 2.2 9.1 1
F Terry Driscoll (25, Boston College) 5.5 11.7 1.7
F Mickey Davis (22, Duquesne) 5.1 12.2 2.3
G Lucius Allen (25, UCLA) 15.5 16 7.6
G Russ Lee (23, Marshall) 2.8 13.6 .3
Leaders: Kareem (5th Rebounds, 2nd Pts, 5th Triple Doubles, 3rd FG%, 2nd PPG, 4th Reb/Gm, 1st PER, 3rd True Shooting, 3rd Eff FG%, 5th Reb %, 1st Win Shares, 1st Win Shares/48)
Robertson (4th Assists/gm)
Oscar's not Oscar anymore, he's 34, but Kareem is very much Kareem, 30 PPG, 28 PER, 21 Win Shares and he leads this squad.
Jazz: 37-13, 2nd MW Div, 3rd Off, 7th Def
d Kings West 1st Round 3-2
Lost West Semis Blazers 4-2
#191 Overall seed
Coach: Jerry Sloan
Starters
C Greg Ostertag (25, Kansas) 5.7 PPG 12.8 PER 3.8 Win Shares
F Karl Malone (35, LA Tech) 23.8 25.6 9.6
F Bryon Russell (28, Cal St Long Beach) 12.8 14.1 5.6
G John Stockton (36, Gonzaga) 11.1 21.9 6.4
G Jeff Hornacek (35, Iowa St) 12.2 17.8 5.3
Rotation Reserves
C Todd Fuller (24, NC St) 3.4 9.1 .6
F Thurl Bailey (37, NC St) 4.2 11.5 .9
F Adam Keefe (28, Stanford) 4 12.2 1.7
G Howard Eisley (26, Boston College) 7.4 11.7 1.3
G Shandon Anderson (25, Georgia) 8.5 12.8 2
Leaders: Ostertag (5th Blocks, 5th Blocks/Gm, 3rd Block %)
Malone (3rd Pts, 3rd Triple Doubles, 3rd PPG, 2nd PER, 1st Win Shares, 1st Win Shares/48, 2nd +/-, 1st VORP)
Stockton (1st Assist %, 4th Win Shares/48)
Stockton and Malone are old men but still deliver; both with PER over 20, the Win Share numbers are low because it's a short season.
Roster Matchup:
C Kareem (Bucks)
F Malone (Jazz)
F Dandridge (Bucks)
G Stockton (Jazz)
G Hornacek (Jazz)
Bench: Bucks
It's young Kareem against old Stockton and Malone.
GAME ONE
1ST QTR
9 MIN BUCKS 7 JAZZ 5
BUCKS Kareem(3) Kareem
JAZZ Malone(3) Malone, McGlocklin
6 MIN BUCKS 11 JAZZ 9
BUCKS Kareem, Kareem
JAZZ Stockton, Malone
Kareem's got 9, Malone 7 through a close 6 minutes.
3 MIN BUCKS 21 JAZZ 18
BUCKS McGlocklin, Lee, Dandridge, Allen, Kareem
JAZZ Malone, Hornacek(1) Malone, Stockton, Malone
1ST QTR SCORE BUCKS 30 JAZZ 20
BUCKS Allen, Kareem, Dandridge, Allen
JAZZ Anderson
The Bucks open it up in the last 3 minutes of the quarter; Kareem and Malone both have 13.
2ND QTR
9 MIN BUCKS 39 JAZZ 26
BUCKS Lee(3) Driscoll, Kareem, Lee
JAZZ Ostertag, Ostertag, Eisley
6 MIN BUCKS 43 JAZZ 31
BUCKS Robertson, Allen
JAZZ Bailey, Russell
Bucks up a dozen; Kareem has 15.
3 MIN BUCKS 51 JAZZ 40
BUCKS Allen, Lee, Driscoll, Dandridge
JAZZ Russell, Fuller, Eisley, Russell
HALFTIME SCORE BUCKS 51 JAZZ 42
BUCKS
JAZZ Stockton
Just 3 total points scored in the last 3 minutes, Bucks up 9.
3RD QTR
9 MIN BUCKS 60 JAZZ 42
BUCKS McGlocklin, Oscar, Dandridge, Davis
JAZZ
6 MIN BUCKS 66 JAZZ 46
BUCKS Dandridge, Perry, Dandridge
JAZZ Malone, Hornacek
The Bucks were 2nd in defense in '73 and that's really become clear; Utah has just 6 points in the last 9 minutes of play and the Bucks are up 20.
3 MIN BUCKS 72 JAZZ 58
BUCKS Kareem, Allen, Kareem
JAZZ Fuller, Hornacek, Russell, Ostertag(1) Malone, Hornacek(3)
3RD QTR SCORE BUCKS 78 JAZZ 62
BUCKS Allen, Perry, Allen
JAZZ Hornacek
Dandridge and Allen each playing nice complimentary games to Kareem; the Bucks head to the 4th up 16.
4TH QTR
9 MIN BUCKS 85 JAZZ 68
BUCKS Oscar, Kareem(3), Kareem
JAZZ Hornacek, Anderson, Malone
6 MIN BUCKS 89 JAZZ 75
BUCKS Allen, Kareem
JAZZ Eisley(3) Eisley, Hornacek
Kareem's got 7 in the quarter; the Bucks defense is a problem for this Jazz squad.
3 MIN BUCKS 89 JAZZ 80
BUCKS Kareem, Allen
JAZZ Keefe, Stockton
FINAL SCORE BUCKS 99 JAZZ 83
BUCKS Davis, Lee (3) Lee(1)
JAZZ Vaughn
The Bucks defense is too much for Utah here in game one.
Kareem - 28 pts, 11 boards - Player of the Game
Allen - 20 pts
Dandridge - 14 pts
Perry - 4 pts, 11 boards
Lee - 13 pts
Malone - 19 pts, 5 boards
Hornacek - 16 pts, 5 boards, 6 assists
Russell - 10 pts, 5 boards
Ostertag - 5 pts, 11 boards, 6 blocks
GAME TWO
1ST QTR
9 MIN JAZZ 9 LAKERS 2
BUCKS McGlocklin
JAZZ Hornacek, Stockton, Malone(3) Stockton
6 MIN JAZZ 15 LAKERS 10
BUCKS McGlocklin, Kareem, Oscar, McGlocklin
JAZZ Malone, Malone, Malone
Jazz come out swinging after their got clamped down in game one; Malone's got 9.
3 MIN JAZZ 21 BUCKS 20
BUCKS Kareem, Oscar, Allen, Allen, Dandridge
JAZZ Stockton, Malone, Malone
1ST QTR SCORE BUCKS 30 JAZZ 29
BUCKS Kareem, Allen, Dandridge, Allen, Cunningham
JAZZ Ostertag(1) Malone, Malone(1) Bailey, Eisley
Milwaukee closes hard; Malone's got 16.
2ND QTR
9 MIN BUCKS 38 JAZZ 33
BUCKS Allen, Davis, Lee, Oscar
JAZZ Keefe, Fuller
6 MIN BUCKS 45 JAZZ 37
BUCKS Allen, Lee, Kareem, Allen(1)
JAZZ Malone, Eisley
Bucks have a little bit of a lead now; Lucius Allen had 20 off the bench in game one and has 13 today.
3 MIN BUCKS 51 JAZZ 41
BUCKS Kareem, Kareem, Dandridge
JAZZ Hornacek, Anderson
HALFTIME SCORE BUCKS 51 JAZZ 46
BUCKS
JAZZ Hornacek, Ostertag, Eisley(1)
Utah cuts a ten point deficit in half and trails by 5 after a half. A dozen for Kareem.
3RD QTR
9 MIN BUCKS 61 JAZZ 46
BUCKS Kareem, McGlocklin, McGlocklin, Kareem, Kareem
JAZZ
6 MIN BUCKS 64 JAZZ 40
BUCKS Lee(1) Dandridge
JAZZ Anderson, Stockton
Milwaukee scores the first 10 of the half and that might be it; the Bucks just too much for Utah. 18 now for Kareem.
3 MIN BUCKS 74 JAZZ 53
BUCKS Kareem, Allen, Davis(3) Kareem(1) Dandridge
JAZZ Ostertag(1) Stockton
3RD QTR SCORE BUCKS 78 JAZZ 60
BUCKS Davis, Kareem
JAZZ Hornacek, Malone, Eisley(3- buzzer)
This turned out to be a replay of game one; Utah just unable to score against these Bucks; Milwaukee will move on.
4TH QTR
9 MIN BUCKS 87 JAZZ 72
BUCKS Allen, Kareem, Dandridge(3) Perry
JAZZ Anderson, Eisley, Malone, Hornacek, Anderson, Malone
6 MIN BUCKS 99 JAZZ 78
BUCKS Kareem(3) Dandridge, Kareem, Perry(3) Allen
JAZZ Anderson, Anderson, Anderson
Shandon Anderson has 10 in the first 6 minutes of the quarter for the Jazz, they are going to lose.
3 MIN BUCKS 101 JAZZ 84
BUCKS Kareem
JAZZ Anderson, Eisley, Malone
FINAL SCORE BUCKS 112 JAZZ 94
BUCKS Dandridge, Driscoll, Lee, Driscoll(3) Driscoll(1) Terry (1)
JAZZ Vaughn(1) Vaughn, Foster(1) Vaughn (3) Vaughn(3)
The 5th seed in Region 2, the '73 Bucks, don't have to sweat too hard in bouncing the '99 Jazz.
Kareem - 32 pts, 13 boards, 5 assists - Player of the Game
Dandridge - 17 pts, 7 boards
Allen - 19 points - 5 assists
McGlocklin - 10 pts, 6 assists
Robertson - 6 pts, 10 assists, 8 boards
4. 2001 MW DIV CHAMP SAN ANTONIO SPURS V. 2010 EAST CONF CHAMP BOSTON CELTICS
The Bucks advance - they'll face the winner of this one; the '01 Spurs against the '10 Celtics.
Spurs: 58-24, 1st MW Div, 6th in Off, 1st in Def
d. Wolves West First 3-1
d. Mavs West Semis 4-1
Lost Lakers West Finals 4-0
#63 overall seed
Coach: Gregg Popovich
Starters
C David Robinson (35, Navy) 14.4 PPG 23.7 PER 12.1 Win Shares
F Tim Duncan (24, Wake Forest) 22.2 23.8 13.2
F Sean Elliott (32, Arizona) 7.9 12.4 3
G Terry Porter (37, Wisc Stevens Pt) 7.2 15.5 5.4
G Derek Anderson (26, Kentucky) 15.5 17.1 9.9
Rotation Reserves
C Samaki Walker (24, Louisville) 5.3 12.2 1.9
F Malik Rose (26, Drexel) 7.7 14.8 3.3
F Danny Ferry (34, Duke) 5.6 10.1 4.1
G Antonio Daniels (25, Bowling Green) 9.4 15.5 6.6
G Steve Kerr (35, Arizona) 3.3 10.6 1.5
Leaders: Duncan (3rd Rebounds, 4th Win Shares)
Robinson (2nd Def Rating, 4th Def Win Shares)
Ferry (5th 3pt %)
It's 35 year old David Robinson; still with a 23 PER and 12 Win Shares; it's 24 year old Tim Duncan, 23 PER and 13 Win Shares, taking their twin tower action into this tournament. Derek Anderson has almost 10 Win Shares from the wing. Steve Kerr's already advanced as a player and coach and comes off the bench.
Celtics: 50-32, 1st Atl Div, 15th Off, 5th Def
d. Heat East 1st Round 4-1
d. Cavs East Semis 4-2
d. Magic East Finals 4-2
Lost NBA Finals Lakers 4-3
#194 Overall Seed
Coach: Doc Rivers, Rivers finished his career with the Spurs in '96.
Starters
C Kendrick Perkins (25) 10.1 PPG 15 PER 5.2 Win Shares
F Kevin Garnett (33) 14.3 19.4 7.3
F Paul Pierce (32, Kansas) 18.3 18.2 8.3
G Rajon Rondo (23, Kentucky) 13.7 19.1 9.6
G Ray Allen (34, UConn) 16.3 15.2 7.9
Rotation Reserves
C Rasheed Wallace (35, North Carolina) 9 13.1 3.6
F Shelden Williams (26, Duke) 3.7 14.1 2
F Marquis Daniels (29, Auburn) 5.6 9.6 1.3
G Eddie House (31, Arizona St) 7.2 11.9 1.4
G Tony Allen (28, Okla St) 6.1 14.2 1.9
Leaders: Rondo (3rd Assists, 1st Steals, 2nd Triple Doubles, 4th Assists/Gm, 1st Steals/Gm, 4th Asst%, 1st Steal %,
Perkins (2nd FG%, 2nd Eff FG%,
Allen (3rd FT%)
Wallace (5th Def Rating)
The Hall of Famers are aging, KG, Pierce, Allen; it's Rajon Rondo who leads the team in Win Shares. Another aging vet, Rasheed Wallace, comes off the bench.
Lineup Battle:
C Robinson (Spurs)
F Duncan (Spurs)
F Pierce (Celtics)
G Rondo (Celtics)
G Anderson (Spurs)
Bench: Celtics
GAME ONE
1ST QTR
9 MIN SPURS 6 CELTICS 6
SPURS Porter, Anderson, Duncan
CELTICS Perkins, Garnett(1), Pierce(3)
6 MIN SPURS 12 CELTICS 12
SPURS Duncan, Duncan, Anderson
CELTICS Pierce, Rondo, Perkins
Bunch of Hall of Famers here, the one on the front end of his career is Duncan and he's got 6.
3 MIN SPURS 19 CELTICS 19
SPURS Duncan, Walker, Anderson(3)
CELTICS Pierce(1) Pierce (3) Garnett Perkins (1)
1ST QTR SCORE CELTICS 25 SPURS 23
SPURS Ferry, Elliott
CELTICS Pierce(1) Tony Allen, Tony Allen(1) Williams
We've yet to see ties at each 3 minute mark of the quarter; a Shelden Williams dunk with 1 second left prevented that and the Celts take the lead. Paul Pierce has 10 for Boston.
2ND QTR
9 MIN SPURS 31 CELTICS 29
SPURS Walker, Rose, Robinson, Rose
CELTICS Wallace, Rondo
6 MIN SPURS 33 CELTICS 31
SPURS Rose
CELTICS Rondo
Something to watch; David Robinson now has 3 fouls (only 2 pts) so the Spurs are up a bucket but facing possible foul trouble.
3 MIN SPURS 41 CELTICS 35
SPURS Daniels, Anderson, Anderson(1) Porter(3)
CELTICS Rondo, Perkins
HALFTIME SCORE SPURS 45 CELTICS 41
SPURS Robinson, Duncan
CELTICS Perkins, Garnett, Garnett
Boston scores the last 6 to cut the deficit to 4. Duncan's got 10 for the Spurs.
3RD QTR
9 MIN SPURS 53 CELTICS 43
SPURS Elliott, Robinson, Duncan, Anderson
CELTICS Rondo
6 MIN SPURS 57 CELTICS 50
SPURS Duncan, Duncan
CELTICS Garnett, Garnett, Garnett, Pierce(1)
Robinson and Malik Rose both have four fouls; Duncan's got 16. 13 for KG
3 MIN SPURS 59 CELTICS 55
SPURS Porter
CELTICS Pierce, Garnett(1) Pierce
3RD QTR SCORE SPURS 66 CELTICS 61
SPURS Duncan, Anderson(3), Daniels
CELTICS Pierce, Tony Allen, Pierce (buzzer)
Defensive battle in game one; Spurs number one in defense, Celtics number 5. Paul Pierce now with 19.
4TH QTR
11:31 BOS: The Spurs miss to open the quarter and Ray Allen hits a long two to cut the Spurs lead to 3. 66-63
9:47: BOS: Missed shots back and forth when Shelden Williams hits one from the paint and now it's 66-65.
9:34: SA: Terry Porter finds Malik Rose for a short hook shot and he gets fouled. 69-65
8:06: BOS: Multiple misses for both teams and KG hits a bank from the line. 69-67
7:15: SA: Both sides miss, Duncan's fouled by Garnett and makes 1. 70-67
6:50 SA: Ray Allen misses a 3, Robinson scores from the paint the other way. 72-67
6:40: BOS: Allen hits a 12 footer, 72-69
6:24: BOS: Antonio Daniels misses, Paul Pierce scores the other way on a pull up and it's 72-71 Spurs
6:01: SA: Garnett fouls Sean Elliott on a drive to the bucket, he makes both. 74-71
5:49: BOS: Marquis Daniels dunk. 74-73
5:22: SA: Elliott misses, but Robinson is there with the putback. 76-73
5:07: BOS: KG takes the feed from Rondo and goes hard to the rack. 76-75
4:44: BOS: After a Spurs turnover Tony Allen hits from midrange and Boston takes the lead. 77-76.
4:29: SA: Pierce fouls Anderson, he makes 1 and it's tied. 77-77
4:21: BOS: Duncan fouls Perkins, he makes 1 78-77.
Duncan misses. Garnett gets the board. Boston turnover. Spurs turnover. Rondo misses.
3:26 SA: Duncan gets the board, Eliott finds Terry Porter who hits a short turnaround. 79-78 Spurs
3:09: BOS: Ray Allen hits a 3 from the wing. 81-79 Celtics.
Spurs turn it over. Allen misses a 3. Duncan gets fouled on the other end - but misses both. Huge missed free throws.
Boston turns it over. Both teams miss shots and we're under 2 min.
Both teams miss again.
1:02: SA: Robinson is fouled. Hits them both. Game is tied.
Pierce misses. Duncan misses the other way. Derek Anderson gets the offensive board with 27 seconds left.
:17: SA: Duncan hits a floater from the paint and the Spurs take the lead.
After a time out, Garnett has an 18 footer - but Duncan tips it away - Perkins comes up with it and puts one up from the lane.....misses.
FINAL: SPURS 83 CELTICS 81
Tough game; really strong defense especially down the stretch - Duncan hits the game winner with 17 seconds to go and the Spurs take game one.
Duncan - 21 pts, 18 boards, 4 blocks
Robinson - 12 pts, 11 boards, 4 blocks
Anderson - 16 pts, 6 boards, 6 assists
Pierce - 21 pts
Perkins - 10 pts, 12 boards
Garnett - 18 pts, 7 boards
Rondo - 10 pts, 5 boards, 7 assists
GAME TWO
1ST QTR
9 MIN SPURS 8 CELTICS 5
SPURS Robinson, Elliott, Robinson, Anderson
CELTICS Garnett, Perkins(3)
6 MIN SPURS 15 CELTICS 9
SPURS Duncan, Rose, Porter(3)
CELTICS Garnett, Rondo
The Spurs get out front here in game 2; we'll see if we get another defensive struggle
3 MIN SPURS 24 CELTICS 14
SPURS Robinson, Ferry(3) Daniels, Anderson
CELTICS Perkins, Allen, Pierce(1)
1ST QTR SCORE SPURS 26 CELTICS 18
SPURS Ferry
CELTICS Williams, Wallace
Just hard for the Celtics to find the basket; the veteran Danny Ferry picks up 5 points in the last 6 minutes.
2ND QTR
9 MIN SPURS 30 CELTICS 22
SPURS Ferry, Duncan
CELTICS Tony Allen, Rondo
6 MIN SPURS 34 CELTICS 28
SPURS Ferry, Anderson
CELTICS Perkins, Garnett, Pierce
In a series filled with veterans, how about 34 year old Danny Ferry with 9 points off the Spurs bench?
3 MIN SPURS 44 CELTICS 32
SPURS Anderson, Anderson(3) Robinson, Anderson(3)
CELTICS Pierce, Rondo
HALFTIME SCORE SPURS 48 CELTICS 36
SPURS Robinson, Anderson
CELTICS Garnett(1) Rondo(3)
Double digit Spur lead at the half; Derek Anderson has 16.
3RD QTR
9 MIN SPURS 54 CELTICS 40
SPURS Walker, Anderson, Daniels
CELTICS Williams, Allen
6 MIN SPURS 61 CELTICS 50
SPURS Elliott, Rose, Porter
CELTICS Ray Allen, Garnett, Allen(3) Pierce(3)
A couple if 3s narrow the gap from 16 to 11, but it sure looks like the Spurs are about to move on.
3 MIN SPURS 67 CELTICS 55
SPURS Duncan, Duncan, Porter
CELTICS Perkins, Garnett, Tony Allen(1)
3RD QTR SCORE SPURS 72 CELTICS 63
SPURS Anderson, Porter(1) Porter
CELTICS Ray Allen, Allen, Tony Allen, Perkins
Boston continues to narrow the gap, but KG has 5 fouls. Terry Porter scores 7 in the third. Derek Anderson has 20
4TH QTR
9 MIN SPURS 77 CELTICS 67
SPURS Anderson(3) Elliott
CELTICS Garnett, Rondo
6 MIN SPURS 79 CELTICS 75
SPURS Anderson
CELTICS Garnett, Rondo, Rondo, Allen
This veteran Celtics squad is hard to kill; they've cut the deficit to four with 6 minutes left; Rondo's got six in the quarter.
5:41: SA: David Robinson hits a contested midrange jumper, Daniels assist. 81-75
5:03: SA: The Celtics miss two threes and then Duncan scores on a putback and gets fouled. 84-75
Both sides miss. Then the Celtics miss again.
4:12: SA: Duncan hits a 6 footer and that might do it. Spurs 86-75
3:18: SA: Porter 2 FT
3:11 BOS: Garnett turnaround. 88-77
2:48: SA: Sean Elliott with the dagger, a 3 from the wing. 91-77
2:11: BOS: Allen 3.
2:00 SA: Porter 2 FT 93-80
1:31: BOS: House 3.
1:06: BOS: Allen 3. 93-86
:55: SA: Robinson 1 FT
:44 BOS: Garnett putback 94-88 Spurs
Duncan's fouled - but misses both.
:21: BOS: Pierce hits a 3 from the top. And the Celtics haved cut it to 3. 94-91
:17: SA: Duncan's fouled again, this time he converts. 96-91
:13: BOS: Rondo throws deep to Perkins for the layup. 96-93
:12: SA: Duncan's fouled again. That's 6 for KG. Duncan hits both. 98-93
Rondo misses a 3. Elliott gets the rebound and is fouled. He hits them both and it's over.
FINAL SPURS 100 CELTICS 93
The Spurs advance; they'll face the '73 Bucks in the next round.
Anderson - 25 pts, 4 assists - Player of the Game
Duncan - 17 pts, 9 boards, 5 assists
Robinson - 13 pts, 9 boards
Elliott - 12 pts, 6 boards
Porter 14 pts, 4 assists
Halfway through, here's the All Region 2 team.
C: Abdul-Jabbar ('73 Bucks)
F: Pippen ('96 Bulls)
F: Baylor ('62 Lakers)
G Harden ('19 Rockets)
G Jordan ('96 Bulls)
