1. 1986 NBA CHAMPION BOSTON CELTICS V. 16. 1994 CEN DIV CHAMP ATLANTA HAWKS
Celtics: 67-15, 1st Atl Div, 3rd Off, 1st Def
d. Bulls East 1st Rnd 3-0
d. Hawks East Semis 4-1
d. Bucks East Finals 4-0
d. Rockets NBA Finals 4-2
#5 overall seed
Coach: KC Jones
Starters
C Robert Parish (32, Centenary) 16.1 18.8 PER 9.2 Win Shares
F Kevin McHale (28 Minnesota) 21.3 21.6 11
F Larry Bird (29 Indiana St) 25.8 25.6 15.8
G Dennis Johnson (31 Pepperdine) 15.6 14.7 6.7
G Danny Ainge (26 BYU) 10.7 13.6 6.8
Rotation Reserves
C Bill Walton (33 UCLA) 7.6 17 5
F David Thirdkill (25 Bradley) 3.3 12.1 1
F Scott Wedman (33 Colorado) 8 12.5 2.7
G Jerry Sichting (29 Purdue) 6.5 11.9 4.2
G Rick Carlisle (26 Virginia) 2.6 7.9 .9
Leaders: Bird: 4th Pts, 1st Triple Doubles, 4th 3Pt %, 1st FT%, 4th PPG, 1st PER, 4th Def Rating, 1st WS, 1st WS/48, 1st +/- 1st VORP
McHale: 5th FG%, 5th WS, 4th WS/48
Walton: 4th Reb %, 1st Def Rating, 5th Def +/-
Parish: 5th Def WS
Here's Bird and the Celtics - Larry's 1st in PER, Win Shares and VORP, the best player in the league. McHale joins him with a 20+ PER and double digit WS.
Hawks: 57-25, 1st in Central Division, 12th Off, 4th Def
d Heat East First Round, 3-2
Lost Pacers East Semis, 4-2
d. 1990 Spurs
#252 overall
Coach: Lenny Wilkens
Starters
C Kevin Willis (31 Michigan St) 19.1 PPG 19.4 PER 10.2 Win Shares
F Dominique Wilkins (34 Georgia) 24.4 21.1 5.8
F Stacey Augmon (25 UNLV) 14.8 17.9 9.7
G Mookie Blaylock (26 Oklahoma) 13.8 19.6 10.2
G Craig Ehlo (32 Wash St) 10 15 5.9
Reserve Rotation
G Duane Ferrell (28 Georgia Tech) 7.1 14.5 3.2
G Ennis Whatley (31 Alabama) 3.6 12.8 2.2
C Jon Koncak (30 SMU) 4.2 9.9 3.8
F Adam Keefe (23 Stanford) 4.3 12 1.4
F Danny Manning (27 Kansas) 15.7 13.8 1.3
Leaders: Willis: 5th Reb, 3rd Reb/Gm
Blaylock: 2nd Assists, 2nd Steals, 4th Triple Doubles, 3rd Assists/Gm, Steals/Gm, 4th Assist%
Wilkins: 4th PPG
In limited action, just 34 year old Dominique who goes over 20 PER, both Blaylock and Willis are over 10 WS.
Lineup Matchup:
C Push
F McHale (Celtics)
F Bird (Celtics)
G Blaylock (Hawks)
G Push
GAME ONE
1ST
9 MIN HAWKS 9 CELTICS 4
CELTICS Parish, Johnson
HAWKS Augmon, Augmon, Ehlo, Blaylock(3)
6 MIN HAWKS 15 CELTICS 11
CELTICS Parish (1), Parish, Bird, Bird
HAWKS Willis, Willis, Blaylock
We've seen a number one seed fall already; no one would expect the '86 Celtics to suffer a similar fate. Blaylock has 5.
3 MIN HAWKS 19 CELTICS 15
CELTICS Ainge, Ainge
HAWKS Wilkins, Ehlo
1ST QTR SCORE: HAWKS 27 CELTICS 23
CELTICS McHale, Parish, Bird, Walton
HAWKS Augmon, Wilkins, Augmon, Wilkins
Augmon's got 8 - the Hawks still up 4.
2ND
9 MIN HAWKS 33 CELTICS 24
CELTICS Thirdkill(1)
HAWKS Keefe, Keefe, Ferrell
6 MIN HAKWS 42 CELTICS 32
CELTICS Bird, Walton, Sichting, McHale
HAWKS Keefe, Manning, Blaylock, Keefe(1) Willis
Probably a few nervous moments now here in Boston Garden - Hawks by 10. 5 points for Adam Keefe in the first half of the 2nd.
3 MIN HAWKS 42 CELTICS 36
CELTICS Bird, Bird
HAWKS
HALFTIME SCORE: HAWKS 48 CELTICS 43
CELTICS McHale, Johnson, McHale (3-buzzer)
HAWKS Blaylock(1) Augmon, Augmon(1) Blaylock
Kevin McHale hits a 3/4 shot at the buzzer and the game looks closer than it's been - Atlanta really has had the advantage throughout.
3RD
9 MIN HAWKS 60 CELTICS 50
CELTICS Johnson, Wedman, Ainge(3)
HAWKS Willis, Wilkins, Ehlo, Augmon, Manning, Ferrell
6 MIN HAWKS 70 CELTICS 60
CELTICS Bird, Walton, McHale, Bird, Bird
HAWKS Augmon, Augmon, Ferrell, Blaylock, Wilkins
6 more for Augmon to open the half - the Atlanta Hawks are up double digits on the mighty '86 Celtics.
3 MIN HAKWS 76 CELTICS 70
CELTICS McHale, Parish, Johnson, Parish, Parish
HAWKS Wilkins, Wilkins, Augmon
3RD QTR SCORE: HAWKS 78 CELTICS 77
CELTICS Johnson(1) Wedman, Carlisle, McHale
HAWKS Willis
The leprechauns are alive; Boston trailed by as much as 11 - we head to the 4th, and it's a point.
4TH
11:47: BOS: Bird passes out of a double team to Sichting, open jumper and the Celtics have their first lead of the day.
11:11 ATL: The Hawks miss, but Augmon gets the board and Blaylock drills a triple.
10:53: BOS: Sichting misses this time - but McHale is there with the putback. 81-81
9:56: ATL: Couple of failed trips - but it's Dominique with a long 3 from the wing.
9:35: BOS: McHale gets the ball from DJ on the block and hits a turnaround.
8:47: BOS: Atlanta misses a couple of times - then McHale misses, but gets his own rebound and feeds the Chief for the dunk that gives Boston the lead.
8:22: ATL: Nique misses, but Adam Keefe pulls down the board - misses the putback - but gets a second chance at the Hawks go up again.
7:39: BOS: Empty both ways, McHale finds DJ underneath, lays it up and in.
7:05: ATL: McHale gets a nifty block on Keefe, but Atlanta corrals it and Willis ends up with a stuff.
6:29: ATL: Bird misses - Mookie doesn't. Hawks by 3.
5:36: BOS: Empty both ways - Bird hits a floater in the paint.
5:12: BOS: Willis misses a short one - Ainge comes through in traffic to give the Celtics the lead.
5:03: ATL: Nique from 18. Hawks up
Hawks starters on the floor - Celtics have the backcourt backups on.
4:34: ATL: Sichting misses the triple - Blaylock drives and scores. Hawks by 3.
Manning checks in for Nique, Celtics starting 5 is on.
4:16: ATL: Blaylock strips Parish and Ehlo hits a J from the wing and Atlanta's up 5.
4:04: BOS: Boston goes to McHale, post moves, turnaround.
3:14: ATL: Empty both ways including Bird missing the game tying three - Willis gets a FT.
Starters on.
2:59: BOS: McHale gets it again, but this time reads the double team and finds Parish for the easy layup.
2:09: ATL: Both sides miss, Ainge missing the go ahead 3 - and then Ehlo rips down a corner 3 to put the Hawks up 5. 5!
1:51: BOS: Danny Ainge in the paint.
1:24: BOS: Dominique misses the floater, Bird rebound - finds Ainge for the open 2. Boston is down a point.
1:10: ATL: Blaylock finds Willis for the short bank.
1:03: BOS: The Chief down low. 102-101 Hawks.
:14: BOS: Willis misses this time - Boston sets it up for Bird - who misses - but he gets the board, the Celtics reset -- and Larry comes through with the 12 footer in traffic to give Boston the lead with 14 seconds left and the Hawks call time as the Garden explodes.
Dominique gets the ball - isolation - Dominique drives - pulls up - fires ---
And draws iron.
FINAL: CELTICS 103 HAWKS 102
Outstanding game one - Hawks led most of the way and up 5 late - but Bird hits the huge shot with 14 seconds left and Boston takes game one.
Bird: 22 pts/17 rebounds/7 assists - Player of the Game
McHale: 21 pts/13 rebounds
Johnson: 11 pts/13 assists/7 rebounds
Parish: 19 pts/7 rebounds
Ainge: 13 pts/7 assists
Blaylock: 19 pts/11 rebounds/7 assists
Willis: 15 pts/16 rebounds
Augmon: 19 pts/9 rebounds
Wilkins: 19 pts/6 rebounds
Ehlo: 11 pts/7 rebounds
GAME ONE
1ST
9 MIN CELTICS 7 HAWKS 6
CELTICS McHale, Bird(1) Johnson, Parish
HAWKS Ehlo, Augmon, Blaylock
6 MIN CELTICS 16 HAWKS 10
CELTICS Bird, Parish(1) Ainge, Parish, Bird
HAWKS Blaylock, Wilkins
Bird won game one and comes out with 5 here.
3 MIN CELTICS 23 HAWKS 18
CELTICS Parish, Bird, Parish(1) McHale
HAWKS Willis, Willis, Willis, Willis
1ST QTR SCORE: HAWKS 28 CELTICS 25
CELTICS Thirdkill
HAWKS Augmon, Wilkins(3) Wilkins(3) Koncak(buzzer)
Strong run by the Hawks, Willis scores 8 in 3 minutes and 'Nique hits back to back 3s. Hawks by 3.
2ND
9 MIN HAKWS 32 CELTICS 29
CELTICS McHale, Johnson
HAWKS Willis, Blaylock
6 MIN CELTICS 36 HAWKS 36
CELTICS Thirdkill, Bird(3), McHale
HAWKS Manning, Wilkins
Dead even game, dead even series - the '94 Hawks really giving the '86 Celtics everything they could want.
3 MIN
CELTICS Bird, Bird, Parish, Bird
HAWKS Augmon(3) Ehlo, Augmon
HALFTIME SCORE: CELTICS 52 HAWKS 49
CELTICS Johnson, Bird, Johnson, McHale
HAWKS Wilkins, Wilkins, Willis
8 for Larry in the back 6 of the quarter; but he does have 3 fouls.
3RD
9 MIN CELTICS 61 HAWKS 53
CELTICS McHale, Parish, Johnson, Johnson(3)
HAWKS Wilkins, Ehlo
6 MIN CELTICS 71 HAWKS 63
CELTICS Bird, Walton, Bird, Johnson, Bird
HAWKS Wilkins(1) Ehlo, Wilkins(3) Wilkins, Ferrell
34 year old 'Nique gives all he has with 7 pts, but the Celtics have a little daylight.
3 MIN CELTICS 73 HAWKS 65
CELTICS McHale
HAWKS Manning
3RD QTR SCORE: CELTICS 79 HAWKS 70
CELTICS Parish, Parish, McHale
HAWKS Augmon, Ehlo(3)
Does look like Boston's got this one.
4TH
9 MIN CELTICS 88 HAWKS 77
CELTICS McHale, McHale, Walton, McHale, Johnson(1)
HAWKS Willis(3) Whatley, Keefe
6 MIN CELTICS 95 HAWKS 85
CELTICS Ainge, Sichting(3) Bird
HAWKS Augmon, Augmon, Wilkins, Willis
Bird picks up his 5th and misses most of the first part of the quarter, but Boston maintains the lead.
3 MIN CELTICS 101 HAWKS 95
CELTICS Johnson, Bird, McHale
HAWKS Willis, Blaylock, Willis(1) Ehlo, Whatley
McHale picks up his 5th and the Hawks actually cut this to 2 after Whatley's driving layup - but Bird and McHale go back to back and Boston's up 6 with 3 left. Starters on for both sides, Keefe in for Augmon.
2:59 ATL: Keefe's fouled, Ainge's 4th. Makes both.
1:44: BOS: Empty both ways, Parish hits an 8 footer. Starters on.
1:35: ATL: Wilkins drills the 17 foot pull up.
At 1:17 - Bird is called for the offensive foul and he's gone. The Garden is not happy - really tough call there; Hawks have the ball, down four.
:12: BOS: The Hawks just can't score - they get three chances on the next trip but can't find the bucket - on the other end Wedman, on for Bird, gets fouled and hits both and it's done.
:01: BOS: Parish 2 FT
FINAL: CELTICS 107 HAWKS 99
Really good effort from Atlanta - but they couldn't get the bucket they needed late in game two and couldn't stop Boston from his bucket late in game one
Bird: 28 pts/15 rebounds/7assists-Player of the Game
Parish: 20 pts/13 rebounds
McHale: 24 pts/9rebounds/5 blocks
Johnson: 18 pts/5 assists
Ainge: 4 pts/10 assists
Walton: 4 pts/10 rebounds
8. 1953 NBA CHAMP MINNEAPOLIS LAKERS 9. 2012 CEN DIV CHAMP CHICAGO BULLS
Lakers: 48-22, 1st West Div, 4th Off, 1st Def
d. Olympians West Semis 2-0
d. Pistons West Finals 3-2
d. Knicks NBA Finals 4-1
#124 overall seed
Coach: John Kundla
Starters
C George Mikan (28 DePaul) 20.6 PPG 28.4 PER 14.6 Win Shares
F Vern Mikkelsen (24 Hamline) 15 21.6 12
F Jim Pollard (30 Stanford) 13 15.9 4.6
G Slater Martin (27 Texas) 10.6 13.5 8.2
G Pep Saul (28 Seton Hall) 7.4 11 4.2
Rotation Reserves
C Howie Schultz (30 Hamline) 2.3 7.6 .6
F Lew Hitch (23 Kansas St) 3.7 13.5 2.2
F Jim Holstein (22 Cincinnati) 4 11.5 1.8
G Bob Harrison (25 Michigan) 7.1 10.5 2.9
G Whitey Skoog (26 Minnesota) 3.7 10.3 1.9
Leaders: Mikan: 1st Reb, 2nd PPG, 1st Reb/Gm, 1st PER, 2nd WS, 1st WS/48
Mikkelson: 5th FG%, 5th True Shooting, 5th Eff FG% 5th WS, 4th WS/48
Two man team for the NBA Champion Lakers - Mikan's pushing 30 PER and 15 WS and Mikkelseon is over 20/10 in those cats.
Bulls: 50-16, 1st Cen Div, 5th Off, 2nd Def
lost Sixers East 1st Rnd 4-2
#133 overall seed
Coach: Tom Thibodeau
Starters
C Joakim Noah (26 Florida) 10.2 PPG 19.6 PER 9 Win Shares
F Carlos Boozer (30 Duke) 15 19.7 7.6
F Luol Deng (26 Duke) 15.3 14.1 5.8
G Derrick Rose (23 Memphis) 21.8 23 6
G Kyle Korver (30 Creighton) 8.1 13.6 5.3
Rotation Reserves
C Omar Asik (25) 3.1 13.4 2.6
F Taj Gibson (26 USC) 7.7 16.9 4.5
F Jimmy Butler (22 Marquette) 2.6 12.5 1.1
G John Lucas (29 Oklahoma St) 7.5 16.3 2.2
G Rip Hamilton (33 UConn) 11.6 13.2 1.3
Leaders: Noah: 2nd Off Reb, 1st Triple Doubles, 4th Off Reb, 5th Off Rtng, 4th Def Rtng
Boozer: 2nd Def Rtng, 5th Def WS,
Rose: 5th +/-
It's the top end of the Lakers against the Bulls depth; no one with double digit WS although Rose has a 20+ PER in under 40 regular season games.
Lineup Matchup
C Mikan (Lakers)
F Mikkelsen (Lakers)
F Push
G Rose (Bulls)
G Korver (Bulls)
GAME ONE
1ST
9 MIN LAKERS 9 BULLS 9
LAKERS Saul, Martin, Mikkesen(1) Pollard, Mikan
BULLS Boozer, Deng(1) Boozer, Boozer, Noah
6 MIN LAKERS 17 BULLS 17
LAKERS Pollard, Mikan, Martin, Mikkelsen
BULLS Rose, Noah, Deng, Boozer
We're underway; 60 years separating these two squads; we'll see how long the Lakers can compete.
3 MIN LAKERS 25 BULLS 19
LAKERS Mikan, Hitch, Mikan, Saul
BULLS Rose,
1ST QTR SCORE LAKERS 29 BULLS 27
LAKERS Holstein, Holstein
BULLS Rose(3) Asik(3) Gibson
8 for Mikan; 7 for Rose - 2 point game as we head to the second.
2ND
9 MIN BULLS 36 LAKERS 33
LAKERS Pollard, Harrison
BULLS Gibson, Asik, Deng(3), Asik
6 MIN BULLS 44 LAKERS 37
LAKERS Holstein, Saul
BULLS Rose, Rose, Rose, Boozer
6 more for D Rose - the Bulls maybe just going to be too much for the Lakers team from the early 50s.
3 MIN BULLS 49 LAKERS 42
LAKERS Martin, Mikan(3)
BULLS Hamilton, Lucas (3)
HALFTIME SCORE BULLS 53 LAKERS 42
LAKERS
BULLS Deng, Gibson
Just too deep, too much length - the generational span really looks to great to traverse.
3RD
9 MIN BULLS 58 LAKERS 45
LAKERS Martin
BULLS Rose(3) Deng
6 MIN BULLS 67 LAKERS 51
LAKERS Mikkelsen, Saul, Mikan
BULLS Rose, Lucas(3) Boozer, Lucas
5 more for Rose - Bulls too much.
3 MIN BULLS 75 LAKERS 54
LAKERS Mikkelsen, Martin(1)
BULLS Noah, Noah(1) Deng, Rose(3)
3RD QTR SCORE BULLS 86 LAKERS 60
LAKERS Martin, Martin, Mikkelsen
BULLS Boozer(1), Boozer, Rose(1) Noah, Rose, Korver(3)
Mikan's got 4 fouls (Boozer 5, but that won't matter) and Chicago will win game one.
4TH
9 MIN BULLS 91 LAKERS 66
LAKERS Mikan(1) Saul(3) Mikan
BULLS Gibson, Korver(3)
6 MIN BULLS 96 LAKERS 75
LAKERS Pollard, Holstein, Pollard, Mikan(3)
BULLS Asik(1) Rose, Hamilton
Boozer fouls out, but the Bulls are cruising home.
3 MIN BULLS 101 LAKERS 83
LAKERS Pollard, Pollard, Pollard, Skoog
BULLS Hamilton, Rose, Asik(1)
FINAL SCORE BULLS 105 LAKERS 93
LAKERS Skoog(3), Skoog (3) Saul, Holstein
BULLS Butler, Scalabrine
Hard to see what adjustments the Lakers can make to compete - just too many generations removed from the modern game.
Rose - 28 pts - Player of the Game
Boozer: 15 pts/5 boards/5 assists
Deng: 12 pts/8 boards
Mikan: 19 pts/12 rebounds
Pollard: 16 pts/8 boards
Saul: 13 pts/5 boards
Martin: 14 pts
Mikkelsen: 9 pts/10 boards
Holstein: 10 pts/8 boards
GAME TWO
1ST
9 MIN LAKERS 10 BULLS 6
LAKERS Saul, Mikan, Mikkelsen, Martin, Mikkelsen
BULLS Noah, Noah, Boozer
6 MIN BULLS 14 LAKERS 10
LAKERS
BULLS Boozer, Boozer, Boozer, Deng
Boozer rips off 8 straight. Bulls looking to close.
3 MIN BULLS 20 LAKERS 14
LAKERS Saul, Saul
BULLS Deng, Hamilton, Deng
1ST QTR SCORE BULLS 30 LAKERS 18
LAKERS Hitch, Holstein
BULLS Asik, Gibson, Deng, Asik, Butler
Game two looks like an extension of game one; Rose hasn't scored a point and the Bulls are still up double digits.
2ND
9 MIN BULLS 34 LAKERS 27
LAKERS Harrison, Mikan, Harrison,
BULLS Hamilton, Hamilton,
6 MIN BULLS 39 LAKERS 28
LAKERS Mikan, Mikan(1)
BULLS Lucas, Rose
5 more for Mikan.
3 MIN BULLS 41 LAKERS 32
LAKERS Saul, Pollard
BULLS Rose(1) Rose(1)
HALFTIME SCORE BULLS 41 LAKERS 39
LAKERS Pollard, Pollard(3) Mikan
BULLS
Stalwart defensive stretch for the Lakers, they hold the Bulls to two points in the last 6 and cut it to a bucket.
3RD
9 MIN BULLS 49 LAKERS 43
LAKERS Mikkelsen, Mikan
BULLS Rose, Noah, Gibson, Deng
6 MIN BULLS 55 LAKERS 54
LAKERS Slater(3) Pollard, Mikan, Saul, Mikan
BULLS Boozer, Rose, Noah
The Lakers keep fighting - 6 more for Mikan and they trail by just a point.
3 MIN BULLS 64 LAKERS 58
LAKERS Harrison, Martin
BULLS Korver(3) Boozer, Noah, Lucas, Butler
3RD QTR SCORE BULLS 70 LAKERS 65
LAKERS Mikan, Pollard(3) Mikkelsen
BULLS Butler, Boozer
Much closer than game one - Lakers have a chance here.
4TH
9 MIN BULLS 77 LAKERS 67
LAKERS Harrison
BULLS Deng(3) Deng, Boozer
6 MIN BULLS 83 LAKERS 72
LAKERS Saul(1) Mikkelsen, Mikan
BULLS Rose, Noah, Rose
Lakers just can't get closer - Bulls up 11.
3 MIN BULLS 87 LAKERS 76
LAKERS Mikan, Mikkelsen
BULLS Boozer, Deng
FINAL SCORE BULLS 96 LAKERS 89
LAKERS Martin(3) Schultz, Hitch, Skoog(3) Pollard(3)
BULLS Deng, Rose(3) Boozer, James
The Bulls close it out and advance.
Rose: 15 pts/10 assists - Player of the Game
Boozer: 20 pts
Deng: 19 pts/6 boards/5 assists
Noah: 12 pts/10 boards
Asik: 4 pts/10 boards
ALL REGION TEAM:
C Parish ('86 Celtics)
F Bird ('86 Celtics)
F McHale ('86 Celtics)
G Rose ('12 Bulls)
G Johnson ('86 Celtics)
