1. 2015 NBA CHAMPION GOLDEN ST WARRIORS V. 16. 2001 UTAH JAZZ
2 Regions down, 14 to go. Here's the third overall seed, the 2015 Warriors.
Warriors: 67-15, 1st Pac Div, 2nd Off, 1st Def
d. Pelicans West 1st Round 4-0
d. Grizzlies West Semis 4-2
d. Rockets West Finals 4-1
d. Cavs NBA Finals 4-2
#3 overall seed
Coach: Steve Kerr
Starters
C Andrew Bogut (30, Utah) 6.3 PPG 15.8 PER 5.2 Win Shares
F Draymond Green (24, Michigan St) 11.7 16.4 8.5
F Harrison Barnes (22, North Carolina) 10.1 13.4 6.7
G Stephen Curry (26, Davidson) 23.8 28 15.7
G Klay Thompson (24, Washington) 21.7 20.8 8.8
Rotation Reserves
C Marresse Speights (27, Florida) 10.4 19.5 4
F David Lee (31, Florida) 7.9 17.8 3.2
F Andre Iguodala (31, Arizona) 7.8 12.3 5.1
G Shaun Livingston (29) 5.9 12.9 3.3
G Leandro Barbosa (32) 7.1 15.3 2.8
Leaders: Curry (1st in 3s, 4th in Assists, 1st in Steals, 2nd in Pts, 1st FT %, 4th Steals/Gm, 3rd PER, 4th True Shooting, 2nd Eff FG%, 4th Steal % 3rd Win Shares, 1st Win Shares/48, 1st +/1, 2nd VORP)
Thompson (2nd in 3s
Bogut (2nd Def Rating, 1st Def+/-)
Green (4th Def Rating, 5th Def +/-)
Steph's team; PER nearly 30, 15+ Win Shares; Klay has a PER over 20 as well.
Jazz: 53-29, 2nd MW Div, 3rd Off, 12th Def
Lost Mavs West First 3-2
#254 overall seed
d. 1954 Lakers
Coach: Jerry Sloan
Starters
C Greg Ostertag (27, Kansas) 4.5 PPG 13.3 PER 3.8 Win Shares
F Karl Malone (37, La Tech) 23.2 24.7 13.1
F Donyell Marshall (27, UConn) 13.6 19.9 8.5
G John Stockton (38, Gonzaga) 11.5 22.3 10.8
G Bryon Russell (30, Cal St Long Beach) 12 14.1 6.8
Rotation Reserves
C Olden Polynice (36, Virginia) 5.3 9.9 2
F Danny Manning (34, Kansas) 7.4 14.3 2.6
F David Benoit (32, Alabama) 3.6 11.1 .7
G Jacque Vaughn (25, Kansas) 6.1 12.8 3
G John Starks (35, Oklahoma St) 9.3 9.3 2.1
Leaders: Stockton (2nd Assists, 2nd Assists/Gm, Stockton 1st True Shooting, 3rd Eff FG%, 1st Asst%, 1st Off Rtg, 4th +/-
Malone (4th PER, 5th Win Shares, 5th Win Shares/48, 5th +/- 5th VORP)
Polynice (5th Off Reb%
Stockton and Malone are pushing 40 and can still go - both over 20 PER, both double digit Win Shares.
Lineup Matchup:
C Bogut (Warriors)
F Malone (Jazz)
F Marshall (Jazz)
G Curry (Warriors)
G Thompson (Warriors)
Bench: Warriors
GAME ONE
1ST
9 MIN WARRIORS 6 JAZZ 6
WARRIORS Barnes, Curry(3) Green (1)
JAZZ Malone(3) Ostertag(1) Ostertag
6 MIN WARRIORS 13 JAZZ 11
WARRIORS Bogut, Bogut, Curry(3)
JAZZ Malone, Ostertag(1) Ostertag
Steph's got 6 in the first 6 and the Warriors lead by a bucket.
3 MIN JAZZ 24 WARRIORS 22
WARRIORS Speights, Speights, Thompson(1) Curry, Thompson
JAZZ Russell(3) Stockton, Stockton, Polynice, Marshall, Russell(1)
1ST QTR SCORE JAZZ 34 WARRIORS 30
WARRIORS Curry, Barbosa, Iguodala, Speights
JAZZ Marshall(3) Polynice, Stockton(3) Stockton(buzzer)
Utah's a massive underdog - but they are up 4 through 1. 9 for Stockton, 10 for Curry.
2ND
9 MIN JAZZ 42 WARRIORS 38
WARRIORS Speights, Barbosa, Livingston, Iguodala
JAZZ Manning, Benoit, Manning, Benoit
6 MIN JAZZ 48 WARRIORS 42
WARRIORS Speights, Barbosa
JAZZ Marshall, Malone, Marshall
The Jazz do have a real size advantage; that's a given, but the Warriors are still giant favorites here and now Utah leads by 6.
3 MIN JAZZ 54 WARRIORS 53
WARRIORS Curry (3) Thompson(3) Curry (3) Green
JAZZ Marshall, Stockton
HALFTIME SCORE WARRIORS 62 JAZZ 61
WARRIORS Barnes, Barbosa (3) Green, Lee (buzzer)
JAZZ Stockton(3) Stockton, Malone
The Warriors hit 4 threes in the last 6 minutes of the half to take the lead by a point. 16 for Steph; 16 for Stockton.
3RD
9 MIN WARRIORS 73 JAZZ 69
WARRIORS Thompson, Bogut, Speights, Barbosa(3) Curry
JAZZ Marshall, Marshall, Malone, Malone
6 MIN WARRIORS 80 JAZZ 75
WARRIORS Curry, Green(3) Barnes
JAZZ Polynice, Stockton, Polynice
Warriors tick their lead up; Steph now has 20 - 4 fouls on Malone.
3 MIN WARRIORS 86 JAZZ 79
WARRIORS Bogut, Barnes,
JAZZ Stockton, Stockton,
3RD QTR SCORE WARRIORS 93 JAZZ 85
WARRIORS Barbosa, Green(3) Curry, Curry
JAZZ Starks, Russell, Russell (buzzer)
Warriors find a little more daylight; Curry has 24, Stockton 22
4TH
9 MIN WARRIORS 99 JAZZ 87
WARRIORS Green, Speights, Lee
JAZZ Russell
6 MIN WARRIORS 109 JAZZ 97
WARRIORS Thompson, Thompson, Curry(3) Green(3)
JAZZ Stockton, Malone, Manning, Manning, Malone
Warriors lead is double digits with 6 to go.
3 MIN WARRIORS 115 JAZZ 100
WARRIORS Curry(3) Thompson(3)
JAZZ Vaughn, Ostertag
FINAL SCORE WARRIORS 128 JAZZ 117
WARRIORS Barnes, Thompson, Thompson(2) Thompson(1) Curry, Thompson, Thompson
JAZZ Russell, Stockton(3) Russell (3) Marshall, Malone, Stockton(3) Marshall
Warriors were the number one defense in the league in 2015 and the Jazz gives them all they could want - but at the end the Dubs have just too much firepower and they take game one. Steph Curry with the second triple double of the tournament.
Curry - 32 pts, 12 boards, 10 assists - Player of the Game
Thompson - 24 pts, 5 assists
Green - 16 pts, 6 boards
Barnes - 10 pts
Speights - 14 pts, 5 boards
Barbosa - 14 pts
Bogut - 8 pts, 13 boards
Stockton - 30 pts, 9 assists, 5 boards
Marshall - 22 pts, 15 boards, 7 assists
Malone - 19 pts, 6 assists, 5 boards
Russell - 15 pts
Polynice - 10 pts, 5 boards
GAME TWO
1ST
9 MIN WARRIORS 8 JAZZ 6
WARRIORS Curry(3) Thompson, Thompson(3)
JAZZ Ostertag, Marshall, Malone
6 MIN WARRIORS 16 JAZZ 9
WARRIORS Bogut, Green, Barbosa(3) Green(1)
JAZZ Marshall, Ostertag
Klay's got 5 and the Warriors sprint up by 7.
3 MIN WARRIORS 22 JAZZ 17
WARRIORS Green, Iguodala, Livingston
JAZZ Malone, Malone, Malone(1) Malone(3)
8 in the last 3 minutes for the Mailman.
1ST QTR SCORE WARRIORS 27 JAZZ 19
WARRIORS Speights, Lee(1) Barbosa
JAZZ Russell
Just 3 for Curry, but the Dubs lead by 9
2ND
9 MIN WARRIORS 35 JAZZ 29
WARRIORS Curry(3) Curry, Iguodala(3)
JAZZ Polynice, Polynice(1) Manning(3) Starks, Marshall
6 MIN JAZZ 38 WARRIORS 37
WARRIORS Barnes,
JAZZ Manning, Russell(3) Stockton, Stockton
Great stretch by the Jazz; they score 9 straight and take the lead.
3 MIN JAZZ 43 WARRIORS 42
WARRIORS Bogut, Speights, Lee(1)
JAZZ Manning(1) Vaughn, Vaughn
HALFTIME SCORE JAZZ 54 WARRIORS 46
WARRIORS Thompson, Barnes
JAZZ Polynice, Polynice, Stockton(3) Malone, Stockton(buzzer)
5 in the last 3 for Stockton; Utah is up 8 at the half - really holding that Warrior offense in check here in game two.
3RD
9 MIN JAZZ 58 WARRIORS 51
WARRIORS Lee, Barbosa(3)
JAZZ Marshall, Vaughn
6 MIN JAZZ 61 WARRIORS 58
WARRIORS Curry, Green, Thompson(3)
JAZZ Malone, Stockton(1)
Utah's lead got as high as a dozen, but the 3 ball is the great equalizer and the Warriors cut it to 3.
3 MIN WARRIORS 71 JAZZ 68
WARRIORS Thompson(3), Thompson, Thompson, Curry, Thompson, Thompson
JAZZ Russell(3) Manning, Russell
Klay Thompson scores 11 points in 3 minutes and the Warriors take the lead.
3RD QTR SCORE JAZZ 78 WARRIORS 74
WARRIORS Curry, Lee(1)
JAZZ Manning, Stockton, Stockton, Marshall, Vaughn
Utah's a veteran group and they don't roll over after the Warriors go on that run; Utah up 4 as we head to the final quarter.
4TH
11:51 UT: Donyell Marshall hits a corner 3 from the rip and Utah goes up 7.
10:55: GSW: Both sides miss, Barnes gets fouled and makes 1.
10:38: UT: Marshall again, from the lane.
10:11: UT: Malone a short J and it's a double digit Jazz lead.
9:55 GSW: Klay hits a corner 3.
9:34: GSW: Utah misses, Iguodala hits a midrange to cut the deficit to 5.
9:20: UT: Malone with the putback on a Russell miss.
8:55 UT: Warrior miss - and there's Stockton from the paint.
8:29: UT: Another Warrior miss, Marshall is fouled the other way, hits one and the lead is 10.
8:04: GSW: Barnes misses, but Draymond has the putback. 90-82
7:55: GSW: Steph intercepts a pass and Draymond drills a pull up 3 from the wing. 90-85
7:19: GSW: Barbosa steals a pass, hits Draymond - he's fouled and hits 1.
6:38: GSW: Utah misses and David Lee drives home for a lyup the other way. 90-88
6:31: UT: Malone hits an 8 footer.
6:02: UT: Steph misses a 3 and former Warrior John Starks responds with a dunk on the other end.
5:15: GSW: Both sides miss, David Lee winds up fouled and hitting 1.
3:54: UT: A couple unproductive trips both ways leads to Bryon Russell hitting a corner 3.
3:36: UT: Stockton picks Curry clean and feeds Malone for the huge dunk and it's double digits and Jazz are 3 minutes from forcing game 3.
2:48: GSW: Both sides miss - Harrison Barnes hits a corner 3.
1:51: GSW: Both sides miss, Utah misses again and Bogut hits one from the paint. 99-94
1:24: GSW: Utah misses again and again it's Bogut, hitting a 12 foot fadeaway. 99-96
Marshall, a former Warrior, misses. Barnes with the rebound with 64 seconds left.
Barnes misses from 11. 56 seconds left. Malone rebound.
:44: UT: Ostertag misses, but Russell is there with the putback and Utah leads by 5.
Barnes misses. Stockton rebound and that might be that.
:31: UT: Marshall hits 2 FT.
Klay misses the 3. Russell rebound. It's over.
:19: UT: Malone 2 FT
FINAL: JAZZ 105 WARRIORS 96
Utah survives, really strong effort here in game 2 and they force a decisive game 3.
Malone - 24 pts, 18 boards, 8 assists, 4 steals - Player of the Game
Stockton - 16 pts, 10 boards, 5 assists, 5 steals
Marshall - 18 pts, 9 boards
Russell - 15 pts
Manning - 10 pts
Thompson - 24 pts, 5 rebounds
Green - 13 pts, 13 rebounds
Curry - 14 pts, 7 assists
GAME THREE
1ST
9 MIN JAZZ 6 WARRIORS 5
WARRIORS Curry(3) Curry
JAZZ Ostertag, Malone, Malone
6 MIN JAZZ 10 WARRIORS 10
WARRIORS Curry, Curry
JAZZ Marshall, Stockton
Curry has all 10 Warriors points in this decisive game 3 and we're tied.
3 MIN JAZZ 18 WARRIORS 15
WARRIORS Barnes, Curry(3)
JAZZ Marshall, Russell, Marshall, Ostertag
1ST QTR SCORE JAZZ 19 WARRIORS 18
WARRIORS Lee(1) Speights
JAZZ Ostertag(1)
Steph fires out with 13 in the first quarter, but that's virtually the entire Golden St offense, they continue to have trouble with the Utah size - that "how do 3 ball teams lose" thing is being answered by a big Jazz club in this series.
2ND
9 MIN JAZZ 23 WARRIORS 21
WARRIORS Speights, Thompson(1)
JAZZ Marshall, Starks
6 MIN JAZZ 29 WARRIORS 26
WARRIORS Thompson, Green(1) Curry
JAZZ Malone, Malone, Russell
Utah continues to really hold down the Warrior offense, just owning the glass.
3 MIN JAZZ 34 WARRIORS 34
WARRIORS Bogut, Iguodala, Thompson, Thompson
JAZZ Stockton(3) Ostertag
HALFTIME SCORE WARRIORS 40 JAZZ 39
WARRIORS Iguodala(1) Bogut, Barnes(3-buzzer)
JAZZ Malone, Russell(3)
Harrison Barnes hits from halfcourt at the buzzer to give the Warriors their first lead of the game. One half to go - who advances?
3RD
9 MIN WARRIORS 55 JAZZ 46
WARRIORS Curry(3) Curry(3) Bogut, Green, Lee, Iguodala(3)
JAZZ Marshall, Starks, Russell(3)
Big, big start to the quarter; the Warriors with 15 in 3 minutes.
6 MIN WARRIORS 57 JAZZ 51
WARRIORS Speights
JAZZ Russell, Ostertag(1) Stockton
Each time the Warriors go on one of their big runs, the Jazz just hang in there and refuse to fade away.
3 MIN WARRIORS 66 JAZZ 60
WARRIORS Curry(3) Thompson, Thompson, Iguodala
JAZZ Russell, Malone(3) Malone, Polynice
3RD QTR SCORE WARRIORS 71 JAZZ 68
WARRIORS Speights(3) Speights
JAZZ Malone, Russell, Marshall, Manning
Utah keeps coming - they keep coming - and with 12 minutes left they trail by only 3.
4TH
11:44 UT: Steph misses the quick 3, Malone turns it into a layup at the other end.
11:34: GSW: Draymond gets a pass on the block from Bogut and hits a turnaround
11:00: UT: Marshall misses, but Malone gets the rebound and Vaughn will score from the paint. 73-72 Warriors by 1.
10:20: UT: After a Warriors miss, Starks hits from 9 to put the Jazz in front.
9:45: UT: Another Warriors miss leads to a Stockton foul line J.
9:23: UT: Danny Manning steals the ball and cruises in for a layup. 78-73
9:07: GSW: Klay stops the bleeding with a 3 from the right wing. 78-76
8:51: GSW: Utah misses and the Warriors tie the game on a ripping Barnes dunk. 78-78
7:55: UT: Unsuccessful trips for both teams leads to a Starks triple from the wing. 81-78
6:32: UT: After missed shots both ways, Stockton steals the ball and gets fouled, making 1. 82-78
6:17: UT: Steph is called for an offensive foul; the Warrior fans howl - and then Draymond is called for a foul on a Malone three and the Warriors can barely be contained. Mailman hits them all and the Warriors are fully in trouble. 85-78
5:49 UT: Steph misses, Malone doesn't. Look out. 87-78
4:47: UT: The Warriors haven't scored in 4 minutes - Donyell Marshall hits a monster dunk and this game is getting out of hand.
4:21: GSW: Draymond hits a 3 from the top. Warriors down by 8.
3:52: GSW: After a turnover, Bogut hits from the lane. 89-83
3:39: UT: Manning's fouled, hits 1.
2:06: GSW: Empty trips for both teams, Bogut puts back a missed bucket. 90-85
1:41: UT: Stockton dunk. Its almost over.
1:18: UT: Stockton 2 FT
1:11: GSW: Bogut.
:55 UT: Stockton the 3 -- that's the dagger and the monumental upset has happened.
:45: GSW Curry 3.
:42: UT: Malone 2 FT
:12 GSW: Curry 3
:08 UT Malone 2 FT
:00: UT Marshall 1 FT
FINAL: JAZZ 102 WARRIORS 93
We've put to bed concerns about a lack of upsets; put to bed concerns about the dominance of the 3 ball shooting team. The number 3 overall seeded Warriors are bounced in round one.
Malone-28 points 10 rebounds, 5 assists-Player of the Game
Stockton - 17 points 16 assists
Marshall - 15 points 11rebounds
Russell - 16 points 8 rebounds
Ostertag, 8 pts, 13 rebounds
8. 1997 PAC DIV CHAMP SEA SUPERSONICS V. 9. 1993 WEST CONF CHAMP PHO SUNS
Sonics: 57-25, 1st Pac Div, 3rd Off, 6th Def
d. Suns West First Rnd 3-2
Lost Rockets West Semis 4-3
#131 overall seed
Coach: George Karl
Starters
C Sam Perkins (35, North Carolina) 11 PPG 17 PER 7.1 Win Shares
F Shawn Kemp (27, Trinity Valley) 18.7 20.7 10
F Detlef Schrempf (34, Washington) 16.8 18.3 8
G Gary Payton (28, Oregon St) 21.8 21.8 12.9
G Hersey Hawkins (30, Bradley) 13.9 17.6 10.9
Rotation Reserves
C Jim McIlvaine (24, Marquette) 3.8 11.1 3
F Terry Cummings (35, Depaul) 8.2 15.2 2.1
F Larry Stewart (28, Coppin St) 4.3 10.8 1.6
G Eric Snow (23, Michigan St) 3 12.5 1.9
G David Wingate (33, Georgetown) 3.6 9.3 1.7
Leaders: Kemp (4th Off Reb)
Payton (3rd Steals, 5th Triple Doubles, 3rd Steals/Gm)
Hawkins (4th Off Rating)
Payton and Kemp are in their primes, PER over 20, double digit Win Shares. Hawkins also double digit win Shares. Schrempf, Perkins, Cummings all in their mid 30s.
Suns: 62-20, 1st Pac Div, 1st Off, 9th Def
d. Lakers West1st Round 3-2
d. Spurs West Semis 4-2
d. Sonics West Finals 4-3
Lost NBA Finals Bulls 4-2
Coach: Paul Westphal
Starters
C Mark West (32, Old Dominion) 5.3 PPG 11.4 PER 3.4 Win Shares
F Charles Barkley (29, Auburn) 25.6 25.9 14.4
F Cedric Ceballos (23, Cal St Fullerton) 12.8 21 6.2
G Kevin Johnson (26, Cal) 16.1 18.1 5.1
G Dan Majerle (27, Cen Michigan) 16.9 15.4 9.8
Rotation Reserves
C Oliver Miller (22, Arkansas) 5.6 12.7 1.6
F Tom Chambers (33, Utah) 12.2 14.7 4.5
F Richard Dumas (23, Oklahoma St) 15.8 18.6 3.9
G Frank Johnson (34, Wake Forest) 4.3 10.8 1.5
G Danny Ainge (33, BYU) 11.8 14.3 6.2
Leaders: Majerle (1st 3s)
Barkley (1st Triple Doubles, 5th PPG, 4th PER, 4th Win Shares, 2nd Win Shares/48, 2nd +/-, 4th VORP)
Ceballos (1st FG%, 2nd Eff FG%)
Ainge (5th Eff FG%)
It's 29 year old Barkley; 25 PER and 14 Win Shares. 23 year old Ceballos also has 20+ PER; Chambers and Ainge are 33 and coming off the bench.
Lineup Matchup:
C Perkins (Sonics)
F Barkley (Suns)
F Push
G Payton (Sonics)
G Hawkins (Sonics)
Bench: Suns
GAME ONE
1ST
9 MIN SONICS 4 SUNS 4
SONICS Kemp, Perkins
SUNS West, Majerle
6 MIN SUNS 12 SONICS 11
SONICS Payton, Perkins (3) Hawkins
SUNS West, KJ, Ceballos, KJ
You'd expect a tight series; the '97 Sonics beat the Suns in the playoffs; the '93 Suns beat the Sonics in the playoffs; that's true so far. Sam Perkins has 5.
3 MIN
SONICS SUNS 15 SONICS 11
SUNS Barkley(3)
1ST QTR SCORE: SUNS 27 SONICS 17
SONICS McIlvane, Scheffler, Wingate
SUNS KJ, Barkley(3) Dumas, Miller, Ainge(1) Frank Johnson(buzzer)
The Suns go up 10; Barkley scores 6 in the back half of the quarter.
2ND QTR
9 MIN SUNS 34 SONICS 25
SONICS Scheffler, Payton(3) Schrempf(1) Payton
SUNS Ceballos, Chambers(3) Ceballos
6 MIN SUNS 41 SONICS 35
SONICS Hawkins, Hawkins, Hawkins, Schrempf, Kemp
SUNS Ceballos, KJ, Barkley
Hawkins scores 6 in the last 3 minutes and the Sonics cut it to 6.
3 MIN SUNS 47 SONICS 41
SONICS Hawkins, Cummings, Payton
SUNS Majerle, West, Chambers
HALFTIME SCORE: SUNS 52 SONICS 51
SONICS Kemp, Schrempf, Payton, Perkins(3) Kemp(1)
SUNS West(1) Ceballos, Barkley
The Sonics have cut it to a point; gonna be a good one in the second half.
3RD QTR
9 MIN SUNS 60 SONICS 55
SONICS Payton, Kemp
SUNS KJ, Ceballos, Barkley, Miller
6 MIN SUNS 66 SONICS 61
SONICS Schrempf, Kemp(1) Kemp
SUNS Majerle, Dumas, Chambers
Kemp scores 5 in the first half of the quarter but the Suns are up 5.
3 MIN SUNS SUNS 72 SONICS 65
SONICS Payton, Hawkins
SUNS West, Ceballos, Miller
3RD QTR SCORE: SUNS 77 SONICS 71
SONICS Payton(3) Schrempf(3)
SUNS Ainge(3) Barkley
Seattle cuts it to 1 after back to back triples - but the Suns score the last 5 of the quarter and lead by 6.
4TH QTR
9 MIN SUNS 86 SONICS 77
SONICS Kemp, Payton, Stewart
SUNS Majerle, Chambers, KJ, KJ
6 MIN SUNS 96 SONICS 85
SONICS Kemp, Hawkins, Schrempf, Kemp
SUNS Miller, Ceballos, Barkley, KJ, Barkley
Seattle just can't make a run and trail by 11 with 6 to go.
3 MIN SUNS 105 SONICS 95
SONICS Hawkins, Kemp, Perkins (3) Schrempf, Hawkins
SUNS Majerle, Chambers, KJ, KJ, Kempton(1)
Shawn Kemp fouls out and the Suns are up 10.
FINAL SCORE:
SONICS Hawkins(3) Schrempf, Schrempf(3) Perkins(3)
SUNS KJ, KJ, Ceballos, Barkley, Barkley
FINAL: SUNS 115 SONICS 106
The Sonics can't get closer than 6 in the 4th and they drop game one. 4 Sonics score 20 each, first time that's happned in the tournament.
Barkley - 23 pts, 11 boards, 7 assists - Player of the Game
Johnson - 24 points, 8 assists
Ceballos - 18 pts, 9 rebounds
Chambers - 11 pts
Payton - 20 pts, 9 assists
Schrempf - 20 pts, 8 boards, 5 assists
Hawkins - 20 pts, 5 boards
Kemp -20 pts, 5 boards
GAME TWO
1ST
9 MIN SUNS 11 SONICS 7
SONICS Hawkins(3) Payton, Perkins
SUNS Majerle(3) West, Barkley, Majerle, Ceballos
6 MIN SONICS 18 SUNS 14
SONICS Payton(3) Perkins(3) Payton, Perkins, Kemp(1)
SUNS KJ(3)
Sonics biggest lead of the series; Payton and Perkins each score 7 in the first 6
3 MIN SONICS 24 SUNS 22
SONICS Wingate, Schrempf, Wingate
SUNS Barkley, Barkley, Barkley, KJ
1ST QTR SCORE: SONICS 35 SUNS 26
SONICS McIlvane(1) Payton, Kemp, Snow, Snow, McIlvane
SUNS Barkley, Barkley
Barkley scores 10 in the back half of the quarter but the Sonics lead by 9.
2ND QTR
9 MIN SONICS 43 SUNS 35
SONICS Perkins, Cummings(1) Snow, Stewart(3)
SUNS Chambers, Miller, Ainge(3) Ceballos
6 MIN SONICS 47 SUNS 41
SONICS Perkins, Schrempf
SUNS Ceballos, Ceballos, Miller
Ceballos scores 6 in the last 6 but the Sonics hold the 6 pt lead.
3 MIN SONICS 53 SUNS 48
SONICS Cummings(1) Cummings(1) Schrempf, Cummings,
SUNS Barkley, Majerle(3) Ceballos
HALFTIME SCORE: SONICS 63 SUNS 52
SONICS Cummings, Cummings, Cummings, Kemp, Cummings
SUNS Chambers, Barkley
The veteran Terry Cummings comes off the Sonics bench and scores 10 in the last 6 of the half and Seattle is up 11.
3RD QTR
9 MIN SONICS 69 SUNS 58
SONICS Schrempf(3) Schrempf(1) Payton
SUNS Barkley, KJ, KJ
6 MIN SONICS 81 SUNS 68
SONICS Hawkins(3) Cummings, Payton(3) Payton, Perkins
SUNS KJ, Dumas, Dumas, KJ, KJ
Sonics just pouring in buckets; 7 more for GP in the last 6.
3 MIN SONICS 87 SUNS 74
SONICS Hawkins, Payton (1) McIlvane (1) Kemp
SUNS Barkley, Chambers, Frank Johnson
3RD QTR SCORE: SONICS 94 SUNS 80
SONICS Kemp, Hawkins (3) Stewart
SUNS Ceballos, Ceballos, West
The Sonics are up 14 and it sure looks like we're headed to a decisive game 3.
4TH QTR
9 MIN SUNS 100 SONICS 86
SONICS Hawkins, Snow, Cummings
SUNS Chambers, Dumas, Ceballos
6 MIN SONICS 110 SUNS 90
SONICS Schrempf(3) Hawkins (3) Schrempf, Kemp
SUNS Barkley, Ceballos
3 MIN SONICS 118 SUNS 103
SONICS Schrempf, Perkins(1) Perkins (3), Spencer,
SUNS Ainge(3) Barkley(1) KJ(3) Mustaf, Stivrins(1) Mustaf(3)
FINAL SCORE: SONICS 112 SUNS 111
SONICS Scheffler, Scheffler
SUNS Mustaf, Stivrins, Mustaf, Stivrins(3)
Seattle wins an easy one and we will have a showdown game.
Payton - 17 pts, 11 assists, 8 boards - Player of the Game
Kemp - 11 pts, 12 boards, 5 assists
Schrempf - 17 pts, 8 boards
Perkins - 17 pts, 5 boards
Cummings - 17 points, 7 boards
Hawkins - 16 pts
Barkley - 23 pts, 11 boards, 5 assists
Ceballos - 18 pts, 9 boards
Johnson - 18 pts, 6 assists
GAME THREE
1ST
9 MIN SONICS 9 SUNS 4
SONICS Kemp, Perkins, Hawkins, Kemp(1) Perkins
SUNS KJ, KJ
6 MIN SONICS 11 SUNS 11
SONICS Kemp
SUNS Majerle, West, Majerle(3)
Majerle scores 5 in the last 3 and we are tied.
3 MIN SONICS 25 SUNS 11
SONICS Payton, Hawkins(3) Perkins, Payton, McIlvane, Hawkins (3)
SUNS
Huge Sonics run; 14 points to 0.
1ST QTR SCORE: SONICS 31 SUNS 13
SONICS Payton, Payton, Cummings
SUNS Barkley
Seattle just lays the lumber to the Suns in the last 6 minutes, a 20-2 run probably ends this series.
2ND QTR
9 MIN SONICS 35 SUNS 17
SONICS Stewart, Schrempf
SUNS Dumas, Chambers
6 MIN SONICS 42 SUNS 29
SONICS Schrempf, Cummings(1) Payton, Payton
SUNS Ainge, KJ, KJ, Dumas, Dumas, Chambers
Dumas has 6 in the quarter, the Suns still strail by 13
3 MIN SONICS 44 SUNS 33
SONICS Schrempf
SUNS Chambers, KJ
HALFTIME SCORE: SONICS 54 SUNS 41
SONICS Payton, Cummings, Perkins, Hawkins, Kemp
SUNS Majerle, Majerle(3) Ceballos(1) Ceballos
Majerle scored the first 5 points in the last 3 minutes and the Suns cut it to 6 -- but the lead is now 13 as we hit halftime.
3RD QTR
9 MIN SONICS 64 SUNS 43
SONICS Perkins(3) Kemp, Kemp, Hawkins(3)
SUNS Dumas
6 MIN SONICS 69 SUNS 48
SONICS Hawkins(1) Cummings, Schrempf
SUNS Barkley, Majerle(3)
Seattle's just been too much in games 2 and 3; they're rolling into the next round where they will face the Jazz team that knocked off the Warriors.
3 MIN SONICS 76 SUNS 53
SONICS Kemp, Hawkins, Payton(3)
SUNS Ceballos, West, West(1)
3RD QTR SCORE: SONICS 79 SUNS 60
SONICS Hawkins, Kemp(1)
SUNS Ainge(3) Majerle, Miller
Just a matter of finishing this up - Sonics by 19.
4TH QTR
9 MIN SONICS 85 SUNS 64
SONICS Kemp, Kemp, Hawkins
SUNS Barkley, Miller
6 MIN SONICS 95 SUNS 73
SONICS Cummings, Payton, Snow, Payton, Perkins
SUNS Ceballos, Ceballos, Ainge, Majerle(3)
3 MIN SONICS 104 SUNS 81
SONICS Schrempf(3) Hawkins(1) Kemp, Hawkins(3)
SUNS Miller, Barkley(3) Majerle(3)
FINAL SCORE: SONICS 111 SUNS 85
SONICS Scheffler, Spencer, Graham(1) Graham
SUNS Barkley, Barkley
Easy one for Seattle; they cruise on to a series victory today.
Payton-21 pts, 8 assists, 7 boards - Player of the Game
Kemp - 20 pts, 9 boards
Hawkins - 24 pts, 5 boards
Schrempf - 11 pts, 9 boards, 6 assists
Perkins - 13 pts, 5 boards
Region 3 All Tournament Team:
C Ostertag ('01 Jazz)
F Malone ('93 Jazz)
F Kemp ('97 Sonics)
G Payton ('97 Sonics)
G Stockton ('01 Jazz)
