7. 2011 CEN DIV CHAMP CHICAGO BULLS V. 10. 2004 WEST CONF CHAMP LA LAKERS
2 slots remain in Region 3; here's Phil Jackson against the Bulls.
Bulls: 62-20, 1st Cen Div, 11th Off, 1st Def
d. Pacers East 1st Rnd, 4-1
d. Hawks East Semis 4-2
Lost East Finals Heat 4-1
Coach: Tom Thibodeau
Starters
C Joakim Noah (25, Florida) 11.7 PPG 18.8 PER 6.7 Win Shares
F Carlos Boozer (29, Duke) 17.5 18.8 5.8
F Luol Deng (25, Duke) 17.4 15.5 9.9
G Derrick Rose (22, Memphis) 25 23.5 13.1
G Ronnie Brewer (25, Arkansas) 6.2 13.8 5.4
Rotation Reserves
C Omer Asik (24) 8.2 11.8 2.7
F Taj Gibson (25, USC) 7.1 14.3 5.2
F Kurt Thomas (38, TCU) 4.1 10 3.2
G CJ Watson (26, Tennessee) 4.9 12.8 2.1
G Kyle Korver (29, Creighton) 8.3 13 5.1
Leaders: Rose (4th Assists, 5th Win Shares, 3rd +/1, 2nd VORP)
Noah (3rd Off Reb %, 3rd Def Rating)
Brewer (4th Steal % 1st Def +/-)
Gibson (5th Def Rating)
Deng (4th Def WS)
Top defense in the NBA in 2011, Tom Thibideau's Bulls. Derrick Rose has a PER over 23 and double digit Win Shares.
Lakers: 56-26, 1st Pac Div, 6th Off, 8th Def
d. Rockets West 1st Rnd 4-1
d. Spurs West Semis 4-2
d. Wolves West Finals 4-2
Lost NBA Finals Pistons 4-1
Coach: Phil Jackson, Tex Winter's with him.
Starters
C Shaquille O'Neal (31, LSU) 21.5 PPG 24.4 PER 9.9 Win Shares
F Karl Malone (40, LA Tech) 13.2 17.8 4.3
F Bryon Russell (33, Cal St Long Beach) 4 11.6 2.2
G Gary Payton (35, Oregon St) 14.6 17.3 8.1
G Kobe Bryant (25) 24 23.7 10.7
Rotation Reserves
C Horace Grant (38 Clemson) 4.1 10.6 2
F Stanislav Medvenenko (24) 8.3 13.6 3
F Luke Walton (23 Arizona) 2.4 12.7 1.6
G Derek Fisher (29, Little Rock) 7.1 11.5 2.4
G Devean George (26 Augsburg) 7.4 11.5 3.4
Leaders: Shaq (1st FG%, 4th PER, Eff FG%)
Kobe (4th PPG, 5th PER, 4th WS/48. 5th +/-)
Here's Shaq and Kobe taking on Phil's old team. Both over 20 PER, Kobe's got double digit WS. Add Hall of Famers Malone and Payton and former Bull Grant.
Roster Matchup
C Shaq (Lakers)
F Boozer (Bulls)
F Deng (Bulls)
G Rose (Bulls)
G Kobe (Lakers)
Bench: Bulls
GAME ONE
1ST QTR
9 MIN BULLS 6 LAKERS 4
BULLS Brewer, Boozer, Noah
LAKERS Russell, Kobe
6 MIN LAKERS 18 BULLS 14
BULLS Brewer(1) Rose(3) Deng, Deng
LAKERS Malone, Russell, Kobe(3), Russell(3) Shaq, Kobe
The Bulls have the top defense in the league in 2011, but the 2004 Lakers open up with 18. 7 apiece for Kobe and Bryon Russell.
3 MIN LAKERS 25 BULLS 18
BULLS Rose, Rose
LAKERS Kobe, Walton(3) Payton
1ST QTR SCORE LAKERS 29 BULLS 26
BULLS Rose, Noah, Deng, Asik
LAKERS Shaq, Grant
Derrick Rose scores 9 in the first, but it's the Lakers who are up 3.
2ND QTR
9 MIN BULLS 35 LAKERS 29
BULLS Korver(3) Thomas, Brewer, Asik
LAKERS
6 MIN BULLS 41 LAKERS 31
BULLS Gibson, Asik, Brewer
LAKERS Bryant
Wooof. The Bulls go on a 13-0 run to start the quarter and are up double digits.
3 MIN BULLS 43 LAKERS 34
BULLS Asik
LAKERS Fisher(3)
HALFTIME SCORE BULLS 48 LAKERS 43
BULLS Deng, Boozer(3)
LAKERS Malone, George(3) Payton, Shaq
LA shaves half off that Chicago lead; right now, it's a defensive battle.
3RD QTR
9 MIN BULLS 57 LAKERS 49
BULLS Boozer, Rose(3) Rose, Noah
LAKERS Payton, Shaq, Shaq
6 MIN BULLS 69 LAKERS 55
BULLS Rose, Rose, Noah(3) Boozer(1) Boozer, Korver
LAKERS Payton, Malone, Kobe
Rose takes over to open the third, scoring 9 and the Bulls are up 14.
3 MIN BULLS 73 LAKERS 58
BULLS Gibson, Brewer
LAKERS Payton, Shaq(1)
3RD QTR SCORE BULLS 79 LAKERS 66
BULLS Boozer, Boozer, Boozer
LAKERS Kobe, Shaq, Kobe, Payton
6 in the last 3 minutes of the quarter for Carlos Boozer and the Bulls are up 13.
4TH QTR
9 MIN BULLS 83 LAKERS 72
BULLS Rose, Rose
LAKERS Malone, Kobe, Kobe
6 MIN BULLS 96 LAKERS 74
BULLS Boozer, Boozer, Rose(3) Brewer, Boozer, Korver
LAKERS Kobe
The Bulls just whipping the Lakers, Boozer and Rose really dominating.
3 MIN BULLS 105 LAKERS 80
BULLS Boozer, Boozer, Boozer, Korver(3)
LAKERS Malone, Malone, Payton
FINAL SCORE BULLS 111 LAKERS 83
BULLS Boozer, Deng, Asik
LAKERS Payton, Rush(1)
Eye opening game one here in Chicago as the Bulls really take it to Phil's Lakers. Huge games for Boozer and Rose
Boozer - 30 pts, 10 boards - Player of the Game
Rose - 25 pts, 16 assists, 4 blocks
Asik - 10 pts, 9 boards
Brewer - 11 pts
Korver - 10 pts
Noah - 9 pts, 18 boards
Bryant - 23 pts
Malone - 12 pts, 11 boards
Shaq - 13 pts 7 boards, 5 assists
Payton - 16 pts, 5 boards
GAME TWO
1ST QTR
9 MIN LAKERS 4 BULLS 2
BULLS Brewer
LAKERS Malone, Kobe
6 MIN BULLS 11 LAKERS 10
BULLS Rose, Boozer, Noah, Deng(3)
LAKERS Malone, Shaq, Shaq
Luol Deng hits a triple and the Bulls take their first lead.
3 MIN BULLS 17 LAKERS 12
BULLS Noah, Boozer, Rose
LAKERS Shaq
1ST QTR SCORE BULLS 22 LAKERS 16
BULLS Gibson, Thomas(1) Rose
LAKERS Medvedenko, Medvenenko
Thibideau's defense locking LA down. Just 2 for Kobe.
2ND QTR
9 MIN BULLS 30 LAKERS 23
BULLS Korver(3) Korver(3) Noah
LAKERS Russell, Fisher(3) Payton
6 MIN BULLS 34 LAKERS 30
BULLS Rose, Asik
LAKERS Shaq, Payton, Kobe
Chicago had a 12 point lead when Korver hit back to back 3s, but now it's 4.
3 MIN BULLS 43 LAKERS 33
BULLS Korver, Brewer, Watson(3) Noah
LAKERS George, Fisher(1)
HALFTIME SCORE BULLS 49 LAKERS 42
BULLS Deng, Noah, Boozer
LAKERS Malone, Kobe, Russell(3) Shaq(buzzer)
Shaq banks one it at the buzzer, but it's the Bulls up 7.
3RD QTR
9 MIN BULLS 54 LAKERS 48
BULLS Rose, Rose(1) Noah
LAKERS Russell, Shaq, Shaq
6 MIN BULLS 58 LAKERS 54
BULLS Brewer, Watson
LAKERS Malone, Kobe, Kobe
The Lakers tie it up after back to back buckets from Bryant, Chicago now up 4.
3 MIN BULLS 66 LAKERS 65
BULLS Boozer, Boozer, Rose, Korver
LAKERS Malone, Shaq, Malone, Kobe, Russell(3)
3RD QTR BULLS 71 LAKERS 69
BULLS Deng, Noah(1) Rose
LAKERS Medvedenko, Payton
The Lakers have closed to a bucket. One qtr left.
4TH QTR
11:43 LA: Devean George opens with a flip shot to tie the score.
10:42: LA: A couple empty trips and Shaq hits a 4 footer. Lakers 73-71
10:02: CHI: The Bulls miss a couple of times, but Ronnie Brewer converts a long 2.
9:53: LA: Kobe finds the Mailman underneath.
8:56: CHI: A couple trips later, Malone picks up his 5th foul on a Noah dunk, he misses the extra shot, so the game is tied.
8:19: CHI: Kobe misses twice, Brewer doesn't. 77-75 Bulls.
7:51: CHI: Laker turnover leads to Rose hitting a three from the top.
6:34: CHI: Empty trips, then a Boozer 6 footer. 82-75
6:05: LA: Malone missed, but his Utah teammate Russell was there with the board, he feeds Malone again for the score.
5:48: CHI: Malone fouls out. Noah hits 1.
4:37: CHI: Empty trips turn into a Korver corner 3 and that might be that.
3:40 LA: George
3:24: CHI: Korver
3:07: LA: Shaq
2:55: CHI Korver corner 3.
2:20: CHI Noah
1:40: LA Fox
1:12: CHI Rose, the lead is 11
:40 CHI: Rose
:34: LA Medvedenko(3)
FINAL: BULLS 97 LAKERS 87
The Bulls defense was as advertised - they take both.
Noah: 18 pts, 18 boards - Player of the Game
Rose - 22 pts, 6 assists
Korver - 18 pts
Boozer - 12 pts, 8 boards
Brewer - 10 pts, 8 boards
2. 1972 MW DIV CHAMP MILWAUKEE BUCKS V. 15. 1975 ABA WEST DIV CHAMP DENVER NUGGETS
One more spot in Region 3; an ABA team will fight Kareem and Oscar for it.
Bucks: 63-19, 1st MW Div, 2nd Off, 1st Def
d. Warriors West Semis 4-1
Lost West Finals Lakers 4-2
Coach: Lou Costello
Starters
C Kareem Abdul Jabbar (24, UCLA) 34.8 PPG 29.9 PER 25.4 Win Shares
F John Block (27, USC) 8.5 14.3 4.2
F Bobby Dandridge (24, Norfolk St) 18.4 16.1 9.1
G Oscar Robertson (33, Cincinnati) 17.4 18.9 8.3
G Lucius Allen (24, UCLA) 13.5 15.9 7.6
Rotation Reserves
C Curtis Perry (23, Missouri St) 7 8.1 1.4
F Tony Kimball (29, UConn) 3.5 10.7 2
F Greg Smith (25, Western Kentucky) 8.4 11.7 1.8
G Wali Jones (29, Villanova) 7.5 10.1 1.1
G Jon McGlocklin (28, Indiana) 10.7 12.7 5.8
Leaders: Kareem (2nd Rebounds, 1st Pts, 1st Triple Doubles, 2nd FG%, 1st PPG, 3rd Reb/Gm, 1st PER, 2nd Eff FG%, 1st Win Shares, 1st Win Shares/48)
This is Kareem's team. Nearly 30 PER, over 25 Win Shares; Oscar, Dandridge, Lucius Allen in support.
Nuggets: 65-19, 1st ABA West Div, 2nd Off, 3rd Def
d. Stars West Semis 4-2
Lost West Finals Pacers 4-3
Coach: Larry Brown, Doug Moe is an assistant
Starters
C Dave Robisch (25, Kansas) 13 PPG 19.4 PER 8.5 Win Shares
F Bobby Jones (23 North Carolina) 14.8 19.4 10.2
F Claude Terry (25 Stanford) 6.7 14.3 2.4
G Mack Calvin (27 USC) 19.5 19.2 9
G Ralph Simpson (25 Michigan St) 20.6 17.3 7.2
Rotation Reserves
C Mike Green (23 LA Tech) 17.4 18.8 8.7
F Byron Beck (30 Denver) 10.1 13.6 5.1
F Jan van Breda Kolff (23 Vandy) 5.8 11.9 3.8
G Fatty Taylor (28 LaSalle) 8.4 9.9 1.2
G Patrick McFarland (23 St Joes) 6.5 12.2 .7
Leaders: Calvin (2nd Assists, 1st FT% 1st Assists/Gm, 1st Asst% 5th Off WS, 5th WS/48
Taylor (4th Steals, 3rd Steals/Gm, 2nd Steal%
Jones (5th Steals, 5th Blocks, 1st FG% Jones 5th Blocks/Gm, 2nd True Shooting, 1st Eff FG%, Jones 5th Block%, 3rd Off Rating 5th WS, 4th WS/48, 3rd +/- 4th VORP
Green (3rd Blocks, 3rd Blocks/Gm, 5th Off Reb% 3rd Block%
Robisch (3rd FT%, 1st Off Rating, 3rd WS/48, 5th Off +/-
Its Larry Brown's Nuggets, Jones has 10 Win Shares, he Robisch/Calvin all pushing 20 PER.
Lineup Matchup:
C Kareem (Bucks)
F Jones (Nuggets)
F Dandridge (Bucks)
G Push
G Simpson (Nuggets)
Bench (Nuggets)
GAME ONE
1ST
9 MIN NUGGETS 11 BUCKS 8
BUCKS Kareem(3) Oscar, Block, Dandridge(1)
NUGGETS Simpson, Simpson, Terry, Terry, Terry(3)
6 MIN BUCKS 20 NUGGETS 18
BUCKS Block, Dandridge, Block, Kareem, Dandridge, Kareem
NUGGETS Simpson, Calvin, Van Breda Kolff(3)
Claude Terry scored 7 in the first 3 for Denver; he averaged 6.7 a game this year. Kareem's got 7 and the Bucks are up a bucket.
3 MIN BUCKS 27 NUGGETS 25
BUCKS Oscar(3) Kimball, Oscar
NUGGETS Green, Calvin, Simpson(1) Robisch
1ST QTR SCORE BUCKS 36 NUGGETS 31
BUCKS Kimball, Oscar(3) Oscar, Jones(buzzer)
NUGGETS Robisch, McFarland, Green
The veteran Oscar Robertson scores 10 in the back half of the first; Bucks up 5.
2ND
9 MIN BUCKS 45 NUGGETS 41
BUCKS Kimball, McGlocklin, McGlocklin, McGlocklin(3)
NUGGETS Robisch, Van Breda Kolff(1) Robisch(3) Green, Terry
6 MIN BUCKS 54 NUGGETS 50
BUCKS Kareem, Kareem, Kareem, Oscar
NUGGETS McFarland, Beck(1) Beck, Robisch, Terry
An explosion of points; still 6 minutes left in the half. Jon McGlocklin scores 7 to open the quarter.
3 MIN BUCKS 65 NUGGETS 52
BUCKS Kareem, Block, Dandridge (3) Allen, Perry
NUGGETS Simpson
HALFTIME SCORE BUCKS 69 NUGGETS 56
BUCKS Kareem, McGlocklin
NUGGETS Calvin, Green
Denver maybe got tired; they ran out of buckets and now trail Milwaukee by 13. 17 first half points for Abdul Jabbar.
3RD
9 MIN BUCKS 75 NUGGETS 65
BUCKS Kareem, Block, Kimball
NUGGETS Robisch, Terry(3) Green, Jones
6 MIN BUCKS 85 NUGGETS 71
BUCKS Dandridge, McGlocklin, Oscar, Kareem, Kimball
NUGGETS Simpson, Green, Simpson
Milwaukee's going to break 100 before we hit the 4th quarter.
3 MIN BUCKS 95 NUGGETS 80
BUCKS Allen, Oscar, Block, Oscar, Block
NUGGETS Calvin(3) Robisch, Jones, Green
3RD QTR SCORE BUCKS 107 NUGGETS 87
BUCKS Perry(1) McGlocklin, Block(3) Dandridge, Kareem, Kareem
NUGGETS Simpson, Robisch(3) Green
John Block hits for 7 in the back half of the third, easy win today for the Bucks.
4TH
9 MIN BUCKS 116 NUGGETS 91
BUCKS Dandridge(3) Kareem, Block(3) Perry(1)
NUGGETS Calvin, Calvin
6 MIN BUCKS 128 NUGGETS 99
BUCKS Perry(3) Kareem, Jones, Kimball, Jones(1) Kimball
NUGGETS Green, Taylor, Jones, Simpson
Bucks looking at both the single game high scoring mark and margin of victory mark so far in the tournament.
3 MIN BUCKS 141 NUGGETS 108
BUCKS Oscar, Kareem, Dandridge, Dandridge, Block, Allen(3)
NUGGETS Van Breda Kolff(3) Simpson, Terry, Calvin, Calvin
FINAL SCORE BUCKS 151 NUGGETS 121
BUCKS Nelson, McLemore(3) Jones(1) Nelson(1) McLemore(3)
NUGGETS Terry, Taylor, Taylor(3) Taylor, Beck
Easily the highest scoring game of the tournament; both teams just going up and down the floor but the Bucks demonstrably better today.
Abdul Jabbar - 31 pts, 13 boards, 8 assists - Player of the Game
Robertson - 23 pts, 7 rebounds
Block - 22 pts, 7 rebounds
Dandridge - 19 pts, 11 rebounds
Kimball - 14 pts, 5 rebounds
McGlockin - 13 pts
Robisch - 18 pts, 11 rebounds
Calvin - 17 pts, 8 assists
Simpson - 19 pts
Terry - 18 pts
Green - 18 pts, 5 rebounds
GAME TWO
1ST
9 MIN BUCKS 10 NUGGETS 7
BUCKS Kareem, Dandridge, Robertson, Robertson, Robertson
NUGGETS Calvin(3) Calvin, Simpson
6 MIN BUCKS 18 NUGGETS 11
BUCKS Block, Kareem, Allen, Kareem
NUGGETS Robisch, Robisch
Oscar and Kareem each come out with 6 and the Bucks keep it rolling from game one, up 7.
3 MIN BUCKS 23 NUGGETS 22
BUCKS Kareem, Kareem, Allen(1) Oscar
NUGGETS Simpson, Robisch, Calvin, Calvin(3) Simpson
1ST QTR SCORE BUCKS 31 NUGGETS 28
BUCKS Kimball, McGlocklin, Perry, McGlocklin
NUGGETS Robisch, Calvin, Calvin
Mack Calvin drops 14 in the first quarter, keeping Denver in this game.
2ND
9 MIN BUCKS 35 NUGGETS 30
BUCKS Block, Smith,
NUGGETS Beck,
6 MIN BUCKS 45 NUGGETS 34
BUCKS Oscar(3) McGlocklin, Dandridge, Dandridge(3)
NUGGETS Green, Robisch
Bucks stretch the lead in the first half of the second.
3 MIN BUCKS 48 NUGGETS 38
BUCKS Kareem(1) Dandridge
NUGGETS Jones, Jones
HALFTIME SCORE BUCKS 58 NUGGETS 48
BUCKS Dandridge, Block, Robertson, Kareem, Block
NUGGETS Jones, Simpson, Jones, Jones, Simpson (buzzer)
Bobby Jones scores 10 in the back half of the quarter, Nuggets still trail 10.
3RD
9 MIN BUCKS 62 NUGGETS 57
BUCKS Allen, Kimball
NUGGETS Green, Calvin, Simpson, Terry(1) Simpson
6 MIN BUCKS 68 NUGGETS 65
BUCKS Kareem, Dandridge, Block
NUGGETS Green, Green, Calvin, Van Breda Kolff
Denver just hanging around here; Mike Green with a half dozen to open the third.
3 MIN BUCKS 76 NUGGETS 71
BUCKS Kareem, Dandridge, Kareem, Kareem
NUGGETS Jones, McFarland, Terry
3RD QTR SCORE BUCKS 84 NUGGETS 77
BUCKS Kareem, Oscar, Kareem, Kareem
NUGGETS Taylor, Green, Robisch
A dozen for Abdul Jabbar to close the 3rd, Bucks up 7.
4th
9 MIN BUCKS 92 NUGGETS 86
BUCKS Kareem, Kareem, Oscar, Smith
NUGGETS Calvin, Simpson(1) Green, Calvin, Terry
8:46: DEN: Calvin scores from the foul line, cutting it to 4, as close as Denver's been.
8:39: MIL: Lucius Allen has 5 fouls, but he lays one in here.
8:21: DEN: Pat McFarland knocks one down from 10.
8:07: MIL: Allen again - this time hitting a dead red 3 ball.
8:00: DEN: Nifty McFarland floater. 97-92
7:01: MIL: Empty trips both ways leads to a short Dandridge J.
6:53: DEN: Robisch banks one.
6:32: DEN: After a miss, it's Robisch again and the lead is down to 3.
6:12: MIL: Jon McGlocklin in traffic.
5:48: MIL: Wali Jones is on for Oscar and he drills a 3 from straight away.
5:41: DEN: Bobby Jones hits a corner 3.
5:26: MIL: Bobby Dandridge hits a corner 3.
4:57: MIL: Starters on for the Bucks, Nuggets miss - Oscar finds Kareem for the 12 footer.
4:37: MIL: Denver misses, Lucius Allen doesn't and it's a dozen.
4:26: DEN. Terry
3:30: DEN: Simpson (1)
2:30: DEN: Terry hits from 15, cutting it to 7.
2:03: MIL: Kareem misses, but Dandridge gets the board and Allen scores from the paint.
1:47: DEN: Simpson(1)
1:44: MIL: Dandridge
1:37: MIL: Kareem. It's 12.
1:30: DEN: Terry
1:28: MIL: Oscar(1)
1:19: DEN: Terry hits a 3 to cut it to 8.
1:15: MIL: Block
:56: MIL: Robertson, it's 12 again and that is that.
FINAL: BUCKS 122 NUGGETS 110
You get what you'd expect to end Region 3, Kareem head and shoulders above the field.
Abdul Jabbar - 33 pts, 19 boards - Player of the Game
Dandridge - 22 pts, 12 boards
Robertson - 20 pts, 8 assists
Block - 12 pts, 6 boards
Allen - 14 pts
Region 3 All Tournament Team:
C Abdul Jabbar ('72 Bucks)
F Malone ('93 Jazz)
F Erving ('81 Sixers)
G Payton ('97 Sonics)
G Parker ('06 Spurs)
