3. 2002 PAC DIV CHAMP SACRAMENTO KINGS v. 6. 1989 WEST CHAMP LA LAKERS
Kings: 61-21, 1st Pac Div, 3rd Off/6th Def
d. Jazz West 1st Rnd 3-1
d. Mavs West Semis 4-1
Lost Lakers West Finals 4-3
#41 overall seed
d. '07 Bulls (2-0, Webber 2 PotG)
Coach: Rick Adelman
Starters
C Vlade Divac 33 11.1 PPG 17 PER 7.3 2.9
F Chris Webber 28 Michigan 24.5 24.4 8.6 3.9 VORP
F Peja Stojakovic 24 21.2 19.3 9.9 3.3
G Mike Bibby 23 Arizona 13.7 14.9 6.3 1.6
G Doug Christie 31 Pepperdine 12 15.2 8.6 3.1
Rotation Reserves
C Scot Pollard 26 Kansas 6.4 15 6.8 1.3
F Lawrence Funderburke 31 Ohio St 4.7 13.8 1.6 0
F Hedo Turkoglu 22 10.1 14.2 5.2 1.4
G Bobby Jackson 28 Minnesota 11.1 17.3 5.4 1.8
G Gerald Wallace 19 Alabama 3.2 13.3 .6 0
Leaders Christie 4th steals, 5th Steals/Gm,
Webber: 4th PER, 2nd Team All NBA
The Kings controversially lost to the Lakers in the West Finals in '02 and get a chance for revenge here. 28 year old CWebb is nearly 25 PER.
Lakers: 57-25, 1st Pac Div, 1st Off/7th Def
d. Blazers West 1st Rnd 3-0
d. Sonics West Semis 4-0
d. Suns West Finals 4-0
Lost Pistons NBA Finals 4-0
#88 overall seed
d. '06 Pistons (2-0, Magic 2 PotG)
Coach: Pat Riley, GM Jerry West
Starters
C Mychal Thompson 34-Minnesota 9.2 PPG 13.3 PER 5.2 WS .5
F AC Green 25-Ore St 13.3 17.8 9.4 2.3
F James Worthy 27-UNC 20.5 19 9.7 3.7 VORP
G Magic Johnson 29-Mich St 22.5 26.9 16.1 8.3
G Byron Scott 27-San Diego St 19.6 16.6 6.8 1.9
Rotation Reserves
C Kareem Abdul Jabbar 41-UCLA 10.1 12.9 2.9 0
F Mark McNamara 29-Cal 2.9 11.2 .7 -.2
F Orlando Woolridge 29-N Dame 9.7 14 3.3 .1
G Michael Cooper 32-N Mexico 7.3 11.9 4.4 1.5
G Tony Campbell 26-Ohio St 6.2 12.5 1.1 -.3
Leaders: Magic 3rd Assts, 2nd Assts/Gm, 1st FT%, 2nd TS%, 3rd PER, 3rd WS, 2nd WS/48, 2nd +/-, 3rd VORP, 2nd Off Rtng, 2nd Asst %, 1st Trip-Doub, 1st Team All NBA
Worthy: 5th FG%
29 year old Magic is Top 3 in the Big 5 Cats; he carries these Lakers.
Matchup:
C Vlade (Kings)
F Webber (Kings)
F Push
G Magic (Lakers)
G Push
Bench: Kings
Gm 1
1 Qtr
9 Lakers 8 Kings 6
Kings Christie, Peja, Webber
Lakers Green, Worthy, Worthy, Magic
6 Lakers 16 Kings 10
Kings Bibby, Divac
Lakers Green, Thompson, Scott, Worthy
This is the Kings last team in the field - last chance to make the Rnd of 32.
3 Lakers 22 Kings 22
Kings Christie(3) Pollard, Peja(3) Funderbruke, Wallace
Lakers Green, Magic, Scott
1 Score Kings 30 Lakers 28
Kings Wallace, Funderburke, Christie, Divac
Lakers Worthy, Woolrdige, Campbell
High scoring first quarter in Sac - rabid crowd; there's no one the Kings want to beat more than the Lakers.
2 Qtr
9 Kings 34 Lakers 32
Kings Divac, Divac
Lakers Cooper, Green
6 Kings 42 Lakers 37
Kings Divac, Webber, jackson, Jackson
Lakers Kareem, Scott, Worthy(1)
13 years separate these two teams - included in that span is Vlade's Lakers career; he scores 6 to open the second.
3 Kings 48 Lakers 44
Kings Webber, Bibby(1) Turkoglu(3)
Lakers Scott, Thompson(1) Woolridge, Worthy
H Score Lakers 55 Kings 53
Kings Christie, Jackson
Lakers Kareem, Worthy, Scott(3) Kareem, Magic
Kareem is coming off the bench for this team, he picks up a couple buckets and LA takes the lead.
3 Qtr
9 Lakers 63 Kings 53
Kings
Lakers Woolrdige, Thompson, Thompson, Magic
6 Lakers 69 Kings 65
Kings Webber, Bibby, Peja(3) Webber, Pollard(3)
Lakers Worthy, Cooper, Worthy
Anxious times in Sacramento; you can forgive this crowd for not believing they can beat the Lakers until they do.
3 Lakers 77 Kings 69
Kings Peja, Bibby
Lakers Magic, Magic, Magic, Worthy, Worthy
3 Score Lakers 83 Kings 71
Kings Peja
Lakers Green, Green, Green
Double digit Laker lead.
4 Qtr
9 Lakers 87 Kings 80
Kings Webber, Jackson, Jackson(3) Peja
Lakers Green, Woolridge
6 Lakers 98 Kings 88
Kings Divac, Christie, Peja, Webber
Lakers Scott, Scott, Magic, Green(3) Campbell
Lakers by 10, just 6 to play - is LA about to swipe game one?
3 Lakers 110 Kings 96
Kings Webber, Divac, Peja, Peja
Lakers Campbell, Worthy, Woolridge, Magic, Thompson, Thompson
F Score Lakers 117 Kings 101
Kings Peja(3) Smith
Lakers Green, Magic, Lamp(1) McNamara
Ouch. The Kings entire life as a franchise, at least since the move west, all built around this game and they got whipped.
Magic: 18 pts/15 assists/9 boards-Player of the Game
Green: 21 pts/15 boards
Worthy: 23 pts/8 boards/8 assists
Scott: 15 pts/5 boards
Thompson: 11 pts/6 boards
Woolridge: 10 pts
Vlade: 14 pts/5 boards/5 assists
Webber: 16 pts/11 boards
Peja: 23 pts
Christie: 11 pts/5 boards
Jackson: 12 pts
Gm 2
Qtr
9 Kings 11 Lakers 9
Lakers Worthy, Worthy, Magic(3) Green
Kings Bibby, Peja, Peja, Bibby, Christie(3)
6 Kings 13 Lakers 13
Lakers Green, Worthy
Kings Divac
Lakers looking to close.
3 Lakers 24 Kings 18
Lakers Magic, Worthy, Kareem, Worthy(1), Scott, Scott
Kings Bibby, Webber, Wallace(1)
1 Score Lakers 26 Kings 21
Lakers McNamara
Kings Turkoglu(1) Christie
Worthy opens up with 9.
2 Qtr
9 Lakers 28 Kings 25
Lakers Kareem
Kings Jackson, Webber
6 Lakers 36 Kings 29
Lakers Woolridge, Lamp, Lamp, Kareem
Kings Jackson, Turkoglu
Laker defense stepping up in game 2 - LA looking to knock the Kings out of the tournament.
3 Lakers 44 Kings 40
Lakers Thompson, Thompson, Thompson. Scott
Kings Jackson (3) Funderburke(3) Peja(3) Divac
H Score Lakers 52 Kings 48
Lakers Thompson, Green, Scott, Magic
Kings Webber, Bibby, Webber, Webber
Triples get the Kings closer. 8 points to close the half for Klay's pops.
3 Qtr
9 Kings 57 Lakers 55
Lakers Scott(3)
Kings Divac, Peja, Webber(3) Vlade
6 Lakers 64 Kings 63
Lakers Magic, Kareem, Woolridge(3) Woolrdige
Kings Jackson, Pollard, Peja
The Kings have come all the way back.
3 Lakers 73 Kings 63
Lakers Scott(3) Scott, Worthy, Green
Kings
Score Lakers 77 Kings 70
Lakers Kareem, Green
Kings Webber, Jackson(3) Jackson
That 3 minute stretch where the Kings don't score - is that going to end their tournament?
4 Qtr
9 Lakers 83 Kings 72
Lakers Green, Thompson, Thompson
Kings Wallace
6 Lakers 93 Kings 79
Lakers Green, Kareem, Thompson, Scott, Green
Kings Webber, Vlade(3) Webber
Magic's got 5 fouls - but another half dozen for Thompson and the Lakers are pulling away.
3 Lakers 101 Kings 85
Lakers Scott, Green, Green, Green
Kings bibby, Jackson, Pollard
F Score Lakers 111 Kings 95
Lakers Lamp, Campbell, Kareem, Campbell, Campbell
Kings Cleaves(3) Price(3) Cleaves, Wallace
The Kings came in favored -- and got swept by the Lakers. Bitter disappointment for Sacramento.
Green: 22 pts/12 boards-Player of the Game
Worthy: 11 pts/13 bds
Scott: 20 pts
Magic: 9 pts/13 boards/13 assists
Thompson: 14 pts
Kareem: 14 pts/7 boards
2. 1983 NBA CHAMP PHILADELPHIA 76ERS v. 10. 2010 PHOENIX SUNS
Sixers: 65-17, 1st Atl Div, 5th Off/5th Def
d. Knicks East Semis 4-0
d. Bucks East Finals 4-1
d. Lakers NBA Finals 4-0
#24th overall seed
d. '11 Nuggets (2-0, Erving/Moses PotG)
Coach: Billy Cunningham
Starters
C Moses Malone 27 24.5 PPG 25.1 PER 15.1 WS 4.2
F Bobby Jones 31-UNC 9 16.4 6.4 2.7
F Julius Erving 32-UMass 21.4 23.1 10.9 5.2 VORP
G Mo Cheeks 26-W Tex A&M 12.5 18.6 9.4 4.2
G Andrew Toney 25-Louisiana 19.7 17.9 7.3 1.7
Rotation Reserves
C Clem Johnson 26-Florida A&M 6.8 12.8 1.8 .3
F Mark Iavaroni 26-UVA 5.1 7.3 1.5 -.4
F Russ Schoene 22-Chatt 5.1 9.8 1.3 -.2
G Franklin Edwards 23-Cleve St 6.7 14.2 2.7 .7
G Clint Richardson 26-Seattle 7.6 11.4 3.3 .7
Leaders Moses 5th PPG, 1st Reb, 1st Reb/Gm, 1st PER, 1st WS 1st WS/48, 3rd Def Rtng, 1st Reb %, 1st Team All NBA,
Cheeks: 5th Steals, 5th +/-, 5th Steal %
Erving: 5th PER, 4th WS/48, 3rd +/- 3rd VORP, 1st Team All NBA
Jones: 3rd Def +/-
The number 2 team in Region 9 is the Sixers - the Doctor is 32, Moses 27, both are first Team All NBA, 20+ PER, double digit WS.
Suns: 54-28, 2nd Pac Div, 1st Off/23rd Def
d. Blazers West 1st Rnd 4-2
d. Spurs West Semis 4-0
Lost Lakers West Finals 4-2
#152 overall seed
d. '59 Celtics (2-1, Nash/Amare PotG)
Coach: Alvin Gentry, Asst Bill Cartwright, Dan Majerle, GM Steve Kerr
Starters
C Channing Frye 26-Arizona 11.2 PPG 15 PER 6.4 WS 2.6
F Amare Stoudemire 27 23.1 22.6 10.7 2.2
F Grant Hill 37-Duke 11.3 14 5.5 1.6
G Steve Nash 35-S Clara 16.5 21.6 9.9 4.2 VORP
G Jason Richardson 29-Mich St 15.7 16.6 6.6 2.3
Rotation Reserves
C Robin Lopez 21-Stanford 8.4 17.6 3.2 .3
F Lou Amundson 27-UNLV 4.7 14.4 2.9 .3
F Jared Dudley 24-B College 8.2 13.6 5.3 2.1
G Goran Dragic 23- 7.9 14.8 2.8 .8
G Leandro Barbosa 27 9.5 14 1.1 0
Leaders: Nash 1st Assts, 1st Assts/Gm, 1st FT%, 4th TS%, 3rd Off WS, 4th Off +/-, 1st Asst %, 2nd Team All NBA
Frye: 5th Eff FG%
Stoudemire 5th TS%, 2nd Team All NBA
Dudley 2nd Off Rtng
Best offense in the league and an actively bad defense, can the Suns just outscore the Sixers? 27 year old Amare is 20+ PER and double digit WS, just behind is 35 year old Nash.
Matchup:
C Moses (Sixers)
F Amare (Suns)
F Erving (Sixers)
G Nash (Suns)
G Toney (Sixers)
Bench: Suns
Gm 1
1 Qtr
9 Sixers 8 Suns 6
Sixers Toney, Erving, Moses, Erving
Suns Richardson(3) Richardson(3)
6 Suns 16 Sixers 13
Sixers Toney, Cheeks, Erving(1)
Suns Amare, Frye, Hill, Richardson, Amare
The '89 Lakers are in the Regional Semi and will face the winners here.
3 Sixers 19 Suns 18
Sixers Toney, Toney, Cheeks
Suns Frye
1 Score Suns 29 Sixers 25
Sixers Erving, Cheeks, Schoene
Suns Nash(3) Lopez, Dudley(3) Barbosa(3)
5 Suns triples to 0 from the Sixers - that's the story.
2 Qtr
9 Suns 37 Sixers 27
Sixers Johnson
Suns Frye(3), Dragic, Barbosa(3)
6 Suns 44 Sixers 34
Sixers Iavaroni(1) Moses, Erving, Cheeks
Suns Amare, Amare, Dudley(3)
The Suns all over Philly from distance - 8 triples to 0.
3 Suns 51 Sixers 36
Sixers Jones
Suns Amare, Richardson, Frye
Score Suns 56 Sixers 40
Sixers Jones, Richardson
Suns Hill, Frye(3)
Triples. Triples. Triples.
3 Qtr
9 Suns 65 Sixers 44
Sixers Erving, Toney
Suns Hill, Amare, Amare, Amare(3)
6 Suns 70 Sixers 52
Sixers Jones, Toney, Cheeks
Suns Barbosa(3) Richardson
Modern teams haven't always won - but if they hit the 3 ball like this, it's a tough beat.
3 Suns 72 Sixers 61
Sixers Erving, Moses, Erving, Iavaroni(3)
Suns Hill
Score Suns 75 Sixers 67
Sixers Cheeks, Moses, Toney
Suns Lopez, Amare(1)
The 21 pt Suns lead is down to 8.
4 Qtr
9 Suns 84 Sixers 74
Sixers Edwards, Cheeks, Moses(3)
Suns Hill, Lopez(1) Barbosa, Amare, Lopez
6 Suns 93 Sixers 80
Sixers Erving, Moses, Toney
Suns Dudley, Amare, Richardson, Frye(3)
The Sixers got as close as 6 - but they are about to drop game one at home.
3 Suns 99 Sixers 83
Sixers Moses, Edwards(1)
Suns Dragic, Dragic, Clark
Score Suns 102 Sixers 85
Sixers Clark(1) Griffin
Suns Anderson
The Suns make 11 more 3s than the Sixers and take game one.
Amare: 22 pts/15 boards - Player of the Game(2)
Nash: 3 pts/14 assists/6 boards
Frye: 15 pts/6 boards
Hill: 10 pts/5 boards/5 assists
Richardson 15 pts
Barbosa: 11 pts
Moses: 15 pts/21 boards
Erving: 17 pts/7 boards/5 assists/5 blocks
Toney: 16 pts/5 assists
Cheeks: 14 pts/9 assists
Gm 2
1 Qtr
9 Suns 6 Sixers 6
Suns Richardson, Amare, Richardson
Sixers Moses, Erving, Toney
6 Suns 19 Sixers 13
Suns Amare, Richardson(3) Hill, Nash, Richardson, Nash
Sixers Cheeks, Toney, Moses, Toney(3)
The Suns are a game away from advancing to the Regional Semi.
3 Suns 28 Sixers 22
Suns Amare, Amare, Amare
Sixers Jones, Schoene, Moses, Toney(3)
1 Score Suns 30 Sixers 28
Suns Dudley
Sixers Jones, Toney, Johnson
The '83 Sixers are the #2 seed in the region - but they got hammered in game one and are down here.
Qtr
9 Suns 35 Sixers 32
Suns Lopez, Dragic(3)
Sixers Schoene, Johnson
6 Suns 40 Sixers 38
Suns Dudley(1) Richardson, Richardson
Sixers Cheeks, Moses, Richardson
Richardsons on both sides in the last 3 minutes.
3 Suns 52 Spurs 47
Suns Amare, Amare, Nash(3) Amare, Barbosa(3)
Sixers Jones, Erving(3) Erving, Moses
H Score Suns 60 Sixers 53
Suns Nash, Richardson, Amare, Amare
Sixers Erving, Cheeks, Moses
Philly shows no ability to slow this Phoenix attack. 10 for Amare in the last 6.
3 Qtr
9 Suns 69 Sixers 59
Suns Amare, Frye(3) Batbosa, Lopez
Sixers Erving, Moses, Iavaroni
6 Suns 69 Sixers 63
Suns
Sixers Jones, Erving
6 is as close as this game has been in awhile.
3 Suns 75 Sixers 72
Suns Richardson, Nash, Amundson
Sixers Erving, Toney, Toney, Toney(3)
3 qScore Sixers 82 Suns 80
Suns Dudley, Nash(3)
Sixers Erving, Johnson, Erving, Cheeks, Toney
The Boston Strangler with 9 in the last 6 and Philly is alive in game 2.
4 Qtr
9 Suns 93 Sixers 88
Suns Nash(3) Amare, Hill, Richardson, Amundson, Amundson
Sixers Erving, Edwards, Iavaroni
6 Suns 100 Sixers 94
Suns Hill(3) Hill, Barbosa
Sixers Moses, Erving, Jones
Phoenix just 6 minutes from facing the Lakers in the regional semi.
3 Suns 113 Sixers 104
Suns Barbosa, Amare, Nash(3) Barbosa, Hill, Richardson
Sixers Cheeks, Moses, Moses, Toney, Toney
2 Suns 113 Sixers 110
Suns
Sixers Moses, Moses, Moses
Moses with 3 buckets in a minute to slice the deficit to 3.
1:34: PHO: Amare dunk.
1:25: PHI: Bobby Jones with a 15 footer.
:57: PHI: Moses is fouled after a turnover, htis 1. 115-113
And that's it. Phoenix turns it over again.
Toney misses 3 times in the next 50 seconds - 3 shots to tie the score and none fall. JRich winds up with the ball, fouled, hit both and that's the final.
25/15 for Moses in the loss - the Sixers head home.
Nash: 23 pts/14 boards - Player of the Game(2)
Amare: 28 pts/13 boards
Hill: 11 pts/5 boards
Richardson: 23 pts
Barbosa: 11 pts
6. 1989 WEST CHAMP LA LAKERS v. 10. 2010 PHOENIX SUNS
Matchup:
C Frye (Suns)
F Amare (Suns)
F Worthy (Lakers)
G Magic (Lakers)
G Push
Bench: Suns
Gm 1
1 Qtr
9 Lakers 7 Suns 5
Lakers Scott, Green, Green(3)
Suns Richardson, Frye(3)
6 Lakers 13 Suns 9
Lakers Magic(3) Worthy(1) Green
Suns Nash, Lopez
Last spot in Region 9 up for grabs - winner becomes the 18th team to make the Rnd of 32.
3 Lakers 19 Suns 18
Lakers Magic, Worthy, Thompson
Suns Hill, Lopez, Richardson(3) Hill
1 Score Lakers 31 Suns 28
Lakers Worthy, Scott, Magic(3) Campbell(3) Woolridge
Suns Richardson, Amundson, Dragic(3) Amundson(3)
The Lakers match the Suns 4 triples in the quarter and hold the lead.
2 Qtr
9 Lakers 34 Suns 32
Lakers Kareem(3)
Suns Dragic, Lopez
6 Lakers 46 Suns 38
Lakers Woolridge(1) Magic(3) Scott, Worthy, Scott, Magic
Suns Barbosa, Nash, Amare
Magic's got 13 and LA has its biggest lead.
3 Lakers 50 Suns 46
Lakers Worthy, Green
Suns Amare, Amare, Richardson, Frye
HScore Lakers 61 Suns 53
Lakers Cooper, Scott(3) Green, Kareem, Kareem
Suns Barbosa, Amare, Frye(3)
8 for Amare in the quarter, but it's the Lakers holding the edge.
3Qtr
9 Lakers 67 Suns 57
Lakers Worthy, Thompson, McNamara
Suns Nash, Amare
6 Lakers 73 Suns 66
Lakers McNamara, Woolridge, Kareem
Suns Dragic(3) Nash(3) Frye(3)
Triples keeping the Suns in the game - this Suns offense just a lot for the 80s to withstand.
3 Lakers 81 Suns 71
Lakers Green, Scott, Green, Woolridge
Suns Barbosa, Amundson(1) Frye
3 Score Lakers 91 Suns 81
Lakers Worthy, Green, Green, Worthy, Worthy
Suns Richardson, Nash(3) Nash(3) Amare
Nash has 9 in the quarter - but it's the Lakers, steadily leading throughout.
4Qtr
9 Lakers 105 Suns 91
Lakers Scott, Green, Scott, Kareem, Magic(3) Green
Suns Nash(3) Amare, Lopez, Nash(3)
6 Lakers 113 Suns 102
Lakers Worthy, Thompson, Worthy, Woolridge
Suns Hill, Amare, Amare(3) Nash, Dudley
It's the Lakers - 6 minutes from game one.
3 Lakers 122 Suns 110
Lakers Kareem, Scott(1) Worthy, Thompson, Worthy
Suns Amare, Richardson(3) Amare(3)
FScore Lakers 131 Suns 125
Lakers Thompson, Worthy(1) Scott, Magic, Magic
Suns Richardson(3) Amare, Amare, Nash(3) Frye(3) Amare
Phoenix gets to 4 with late 3s, but Magic hits FT and its done. 44 Suns 4th qtr pts is probably the tournament high.
Magic: 20 pts/15 boards/15 assists-Player of the Game(4)
Worthy: 26 pts/6 boards
Scott: 20 pts/5 assists
Green: 24 pts/9 boards
Thompson: 10 pts
Kareem: 13 pts
Amare: 30 pts/12 boards
Nash: 23 pts/14 assists
Richardson: 17 pts/6 boards
Frye: 16 pts/6 boards
Game 2
1 Qtr
9 Lakers 4 Suns 4
Suns Richardson, Richardson
Lakers Worthy, magic
6 Suns 14 Lakers 12
Suns Hill, Richardson(3) Richardson(3) Nash
Lakers Worthy, Green, Scott, Magic
Lakers looking to move on and become team 18 to hit the Regional Finals.
3 Suns 24 Lakers 23
Suns Richardson(3) Dragic(3) Nash, Amare
Lakers Green, Scott, Scott, Worthy, Worthy(3)
1 Score Lakers 32 Suns 31
Suns Lopez, dragic(3) Amundson
Lakers Green, Scott(3) Cooper(3) McNamara(1)
The Suns have 5 threes - the Lakers three of their own, lots of offense here in game 2.
2 Qtr
9 Lakers 39 Suns 35
Suns Richardson, Amare
Lakers Woolridge, Woolridge, Kareem(1) Magic
6 Lakers 46 Suns 41
Suns Amare, Barbosa, Barbosa
Lakers Worthy(3) Cooper, Green
Worthy's got a dozen.
3 Suns 50 Lakers 49
Suns Barbosa(3) Frye(3) Barbosa(3)
Lakers Scott(1) magic
HScore Suns 57 Lakers 53
Suns Barbosa, Frye, Amare(3)
Lakers Scott, Green
Phoenix rips 4 triples in the last 6 and takes the lead.
3Qtr
9 Suns 60 Lakers 57
Suns Dragic(3)
Lakers Magic, Scott
6 Suns 70 Lakers 65
Suns Lopez, Amare, Lopez, Amare, Amare
Lakers Kareem, Woolridge, Kareem, Campbell
Amare with a half dozen in the last 3.
3 Suns 80 Lakers 71
Suns Richardson(3) Nash(3) Amare, Richardson
Lakers Magic, Scott, McNamara
3 Score Suns 86 Lakers 86
Suns Lopez, Richardson, Nash
Lakers Worthy, scott, Scott, Magic(3) Magic Green, Worthy(3)
LA ties the score - 12 left.
4Qtr
9 Lakers 96 Suns 94
Suns Hill(3) Frye(3) Richardson
Lakers Magic, Worthy, Magic, Scott, Magic
6 Lakers 103 Suns 101
Suns Richardson, Frye, Nash(3)
Lakers Scott, Magic, Kareem(3)
5:58 LA Nash picks up his 5th - Worthy hits both. 105-101
5:47: PHI: Amare dunk.
5:01 LA: Worthy 8 footer.
4:45: PHO: Barbosa in traffic. Lakers by 2
4:06: LA: Mychal Thompson with a hard, hard dunk.
3:48: PHO: Grant Hill from 15.
3:37: LA: Nash fouls out - Thompson hits both.
3:23: PHO: Hill again, fadeaway. 111-109
3:12: LA: Byron Scott up and in.
3:04: PHO: Dragic hits a three from the top and the Suns are within 1.
2:34: LA: Worthy. Smooth.
1:30: PHO: Amare. Jam.
1:21: LA: Thompson from 4 feet. Lakers by 3.
:52: PHO: Amare in the paint. 1 point game.
:23: LA: Both sides miss - Worthy's fouled, htis both. Suns down 3 with the ball.
It goes to Frye - corner 3 ---
Misses.
Scott's fouled - hits 1 and that should do it.
Scott and Magic will each hit 2 FT, Dragic hits a 3. Final
FScore: Lakers 124 Suns 119
Phoenix took out the Sixers but fell short in both games against LA. 26 for JRich in the loss
Magic: 25 pts/11 boards/11 assists/4 steals-Player of the Game
Worthy: 27 pts/9 boards/6 assists
Green: 12 pts/14 boards
Scott: 30 pts/5 boards
All Region Team
C Howard ('14 Rockets-3 PotG)
F Kawhi ('16 Spurs 4 PotG)
F Aldridge ('16 Spurs 2 PotG)
G Magic ('86 Lakers 3 PotG)
G Magic ('89 Lakers 5 PotG)
