1. 2008 NBA CHAMPION BOSTON CELTICS v. 8. 2010 NBA CHAMPION LA LAKERS
Celtics: 66-16, 1st Atl Div, 10th Off/1st Def
d. Hawks East 1st Rnd 4-3
d. Cavs East Semis 4-3
d. Pistons East Finals 4-2
d. Lakers NBA Finals 4-2
#16 overall seed
d. '11 Magic (2-1 Allen/KG)
Coach: Doc Rivers, Asst Tom Thibodeau, Clifford Ray GM Danny Ainge
Starters
C Leon Powe 24-Cal 7.9 20.9 4.3 .5
F Kevin Garnett 31 18.8 25.3 12.9 6 VORP
F Paul Pierce 30-Kansas 19.6 19.6 12.4 5
G Rajon Rondo 21-Kentucky 10.6 15.6 7.2 2.4
G Ray Allen 32-UConn 17.4 16.4 9.7 3.3
Rotation Reserves
C Kendrick Perkins 23 6.9 PPG 13.3 PER 6.2 WS 1.2
F Glen Davis 22-LSU 4.5 11.3 2.5 -.2
F James Posey 31-X 7.4 12 6.2 2.1
G Eddie House 29-Ariz St 7.5 13 3.9 1.4
G Tony Allen 26-Oklahoma St 6.6 10.7 2.7 .1
Leaders: RAllen 4th FT%
Garnett 4th PER, 2nd Def WS, 2nd WS/48, 4th +/-, 1st Def Rtng, 1st Team All NBA
Pierce 5th Def WS, 3rd Team All NBA
Perkins 4th Def Rtng
Posey 5th Def Rtng
One region left. The last overall seed to compete is the NBA Champion Celtics, the top defensive team in the league in '08. 31 year old KG is over 20 PER with double digit WS. 30 year old Paul Pierce has double digit WS and 24 year old Leon Powe has 20 PER. Just one Celtics team has made it forward - can this club be the second?
Lakers: 57-25, 1st Pac Div, 11th Off/4th Def
d. Thunder 4-2 West 1st rnd
d. Jazz 4-0 West Semis
d. Suns West Finals 4-2
d. Celtics NBA Finals 4-3
#113 overall seed
d. '15 Cavs (2-1 Kobe/Gasol)
Coach: Phil Jackson, Asst Brian Shaw, GM Mitch Kupchak
Starters
C Andrew Bynum 22 15 PPG 20.2 PER 7.8 WS 1.8
F Pau Gasol 29 18.3 22.9 11 4.2
F Metta World Peace 30-St Johns 11 12.1 5.3 1.6
G Jordan Farmar 23-UCLA 7.2 12.3 2.8 .6
G Kobe Bryant 31 27 21.9 9.4 4.4
Rotation Reserves
C DJ Mbenga 29 2.1 11.6 .6 -.2
F Lamar Odom 30-R Island 10.8 15.9 7.7 2.9
F Sasha Vujacic 25 2.8 11.4 1.4 .2
G Derek Fisher 35-L Rock 7.8 9.3 3.9 .2
G Shannon Brown 24-Mich St 8.1 12.4 3.4 .7
Leaders: Kobe: 4th PPG, 1st Team All NBA
Bynum 5th FG%
Gasol: WS/48, 3rd Team All NBA
Odom: 4th Off Rtng
The top seed in the region is the Celtics team that beat the Lakers - the 8th seed, the Lakers team that beat the Celtics. Kobe's 31, 20+ PER, Bynum's 22, he also has 20+ PER, Gasol's 29 and he has 20+ PER and double digit WS. We get a great matchup; the Celtics team that beat the Lakers against the Lakers team that beat the Celtics.
Matchup:
C Bynum (Lakers)
F KG (Celtics)
F Pierce (Celtics)
G Rondo (Celtics)
G Kobe (Lakers)
Bench: Celtics
Gm
1Qtr
9 Lakers 9 Celtics 4
Celtics KG, Pierce
Lakers Kobe, Bynum(3) Kobe, Gasol
6 Lakers 16 Celtics 12
Celtics Powe(3) Allen, Pierce(3)
Lakers Kobe, Mbenga, Farmar(3)
Region 16 is underway. Can you believe it?
3 Lakers 21 Celtics 16
Celtics KG, KG
Lakers Artest(3) Brown
1Score Lakers 28 Celtics 19
Celtics Allen(3)
Lakers Vujacic(3) Gasol, Powell
Good defensive start for LA - we're gonna get a definitive winner of the feud between these two versions of Celtics/Lakers
2Qtr
9 Lakers 30 Celtics 23
Celtics Powe, Powe
Lakers Brown
6 Lakers 34 Celtics 29
Celtics House, Powe, TAllen
Lakers Gasol, Artest
Leon Powe is a real offensive strength for this Celtics team, sneaky high PER.
3 Lakers 44 Celtics 38
Celtics KG, Perkins, Perkins, RAllen(3)
Lakers Vujacic, Odom, Farmar(3) Farmar(3)
HScore Lakers 50 Celtics 44
Celtics Perkins, Pierce, KG
Lakers Bynum, Kobe, Kobe
10 first half points for Kobe
3Qtr
9 Lakers 56 Celtics 47
Celtics Powe, Allen(1)
Lakers Brown, Fisher, Kobe
6 Lakers 60 Celtics 51
Celtics TAllen, Powe
Lakers Gasol(1) Gasol(3)
Lakers have come to Boston and held this solid lead most of the way.
3 Lakers 65 Lakers 54
Celtics Pierce(3)
Lakers Kobe, Gasol, Bynum(1)
3Score Lakers 72 Celtics 62
Celtics KG, Powe, Pierce, KG
Lakers Kobe, Bynum, Fisher(3)
Kobe's got 16 and the Lakers are a quarter from taking game one.
4Qtr
9 Lakers 74 Celtics 73
Celtics RAllen(3) Allen, House, TAllen(3)
Lakers Odom
6 Celtics 81 Lakers 78
Celtics TAllen, Perkins, Rondo, Rondo
Lakers Bynum, Odom
Both Allens with 5 in the last 6 and Boston surges ahead.
5:34: LA; Lamar Odom dunk.
5:17: BOS: Paul Pierce lays it up and in.
4:51: BOS: Powe is fouled, hits 1. 84-80
3:25: LA: Kobe triples from the wing and it's a 1 pt game.
2:01: BOS: Bynum picks up his 5th - Pierce hits 1.
1:50: LA: Artest ties it in the paint.
1:31: BOS: Powe rams one down.
:42: BOS: The Lakers can't find the bucket - KG drills a huge 12 footer and it's a 4 pt game.
The Lakers don't score again - Powe hits 2 Ft, Pierce 1. Final.
FScore: Celtics 92 Lakers 85
Boston holds the Lakers to 13 4th qtr points, that might be a tournament low for a 4th qtr.
Celtics: KG: 16 pts/19 boards-Player of the Game
Pierce: 16 pts
RAllen: 13 pts/5 boards
Powe: 20 pts/5 boards
TAllen: 10 pts
Gasol: 12 pts/9 boards
Bynum: 10 pts/11 boards
Kobe: 19 pts/8 boards
Gm 2
1Qtr
9 Celtics 10 Lakers 4
Lakers Gasol, Artest
Celtics Powe, KG, Rondo, KG, KG
6 Celtics 17 Lakers 12
Lakers Kobe, Farmar(3) Kobe(3)
Celtics Rondo(3) Powe(1) KG
Garnett with 8 in the first 6 minutes - Boston looking to advance.
3 Celtics 25 Lakers 16
Lakers Mbenga, Mbenga
Celtics Powe, Pierce, KG, Pierce
1Score Celtics 32 Lakers 21
Lakers Odom, Fisher(3)
Celtics Powe, Powe, TAllen, Posey(1)
9 for Leon Powe - Boston's up double digits.
2Qtr
9 Celtics 37 Lakers 29
Lakers Bynum(3) Bynum(3) Kobe
Celtics RAllen, Davis
6 Celtics 43 Lakers 33
Lakers Powell, Kobe
Celtics RAllen(1) Powe, TAllen, Perkins
Andrew Bynum was scoreless in the first, gets his first 6 here, Boston still up double digits.
3 Celtics 48 Lakers 40
Lakers Farmar, Brown(3) Bynum
Celtics Posey(3) RAllen
HScore Celtics 56 Lakers 46
Lakers Artest, Artest, Gasol
Celtics Pierce, KG, Perkins, Powe
13 for Powe - Boston sure looks like they are going to the first region 16 semi.
3Qtr
9 Celtics 64 Lakers 53
Lakers Gasol(3) Artest, Gasol
Celtics Powe, RAllen, Rondo, Rondo
6 Celtics 68 Lakers 62
Lakers Gasol, Artest(3) Bynum, Fisher
Celtics Perkins, RAllen
7 for Pau to open the half; can LA make a run?
3 Celtics 79 Lakers 64
Lakers Gasol
Celtics Rondo, KG, Perkins, Pierce(3) Pierce
3Score Celtics 85 Lakers 68
Lakers Gasol, Gasol
Celtics KG, Pierce, House
This is done - Paul Pierce with 7 in the last 6 - Boston will move on.
4Qtr
9 Celtics 94 Lakers 75
Lakers Artest, Kobe, Fisher(3)
Celtics Davis, Powe, Pierce(3) KG
6 Celtics 98 Lakers 86
Lakers Gasol, Artest(3) Kobe, Kobe, Bynum
Celtics Pierce, Pierce
Another 7 for Pierce - Boston's 6 minutes away.
3 Celtics 102 Lakers 91
Lakers Kobe, Farmar(3)
Celtics Powe, Scalabrine
FScore Celtics 110 Lakers 103
Lakers Kobe, Artest(3) Kobe, Bynum, Artest
Celtics Brown, Pierce, Pierce, KG(1) Rondo(1)
LA never gets close than 5 points and goes home.
KG: 19 pts/18 boards/6 assists-Player of the Game
RAllen: 10 pts/5 boards
Pierce: 24 pts/6 boards
Powe: 18 pts/11 boards
Rondo: 13 pts/5 assists
5. 1986 CEN DIV CHAMP MIL BUCKS v. 13. 2019 PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
Bucks: 57-25, 1st Cent Div, 4th Off/2nd Def
d. Nets East 1st Rnd 3-0
d. Sixers East Semis 4-3
Lost Celtics East Finals 4-0
#80 overall seed
d. '72 Bulls (2-0 Cummings/Lister)
Coach: Don Nelson
Starters
C Alton Lister 27-Ariz St 9.8 PPG 16.4 PER 5.5 WS 1.4
F Terry Cummings 24-DePaul 19.8 18.2 7.4 2
F Paul Pressey 27-Tulsa 14.3 18.6 9.8 5.3
G Sidney Moncrief 28-Arkansas 20.2 20 11.7 4.5
G Ricky Pierce 26-Rice 13.2 16.6 8.3 2.1
Rotation Reserves
C Randy Breuer 25-Minnesota 8.4 14.1 4.5 1.2
F Kenny Fields 23-UCLA 6.4 13.3 2.8 .5
F Jeff Lamp 26-UVA 6.3 12.2 1.8 .3
G Craig Hodges 25-C St Long Beach 10.8 13.9 5.3 1.7
G Jerry Reynolds 23-LSU 3.7 15.2 1 .7
Leaders: Hodges 1st 3Pt%
Moncrief: 4th WS, Moncrief 5th WS/48, 2nd Off Rtng, 2nd Team All NBA
Cummings 3rd Def WS
Pressey 3rd +/-, 3rd VORP
Pierce 3rd Off Rtng
Lister 2nd Def Rtng
Nellie's Bucks are top 4 in both offense and defense in '86 and seeded 5th in Region 16. Moncrief's 28, 20+ PER w/ double digit WS. Half dozen Bucks on the leader boards in '86. Bucks and Blazers both looking for their second team to advance to the Rnd of 32.
Blazers: 53-29, 3rd West Conf, 3rd Off/16th Def
d. Thunder West 1st Rnd 4-1
d. Nuggets West Semis 4-3
Lost Warriors West Finals 4-0
#208 overall seed
d. '03 Spurs (2-0 Kanter)
Coach: Terry Stotts
Starters
C Jusuf Nurkic 24 15.6 PPG 23.4 PER 7.8 WS 2.8
F Enes Kanter 26 13.1 23.5 2.1 .4
F Al-Farouq Aminu 28-Wake 9.4 13.2 5.8 1.5
G Damian Lillard 28-Weber 25.8 23.7 12.1 6
G CJ McCollum 27-Lehigh 21 17 5.6 1.8
Rotation Reserves
C Myers Leonard 26-Illinois 5.9 15.8 3 .8
F Zach Collins 21-Gonzaga 6.6 13.5 2.9 .3
F Maurice Harkless 25-St Johns 7.7 13.2 3.4 1
G Evan Turner 30-Ohio St 6.8 11.6 2 .3
G Seth Curry 28-Duke 7.9 11.4 2.4 .3
Leaders: Lillard 3rd FT%, 4th WS, 4th Off +/- 2nd Team All NBA
Curry 3rd 3 Pt%
Kanter 2nd Off Reb%
Damian Lillard's 28, over 20 PER with double digit WS, joining him over 20 PER is Portland's own Twin Towers, 24 year old Nurkic and 26 year old Kanter.
Matchup
C Nurkic (Blazers)
F Cummings (Bucks)
F Pressey (Bucks)
G Lillard (Blazers)
G Kobe (Lakers)
Bench: Bucks
Gm 1
1Qtr
9 Blazers 7 Bucks 6
Bucks Pierce, Pressey, Moncrief
Blazers McCollum, Kanter, Lillard(3)
6 Blazers 16 Bucks 11
Bucks Moncrief, Cummings(1) Pierce
Blazers Lillard, McCollum, Lillard(3) Kanter
Winner of this series heads to Boston for the first Region 16 Semi.
3 Blazers 23 Bucks 22
Bucks Pierce, Lister, Pierce(3) Cummings, Pierce
Blazers Kanter, Lillard, Lillard(3)
1Score Blazers 27 Bucks 26
Bucks Breuer, Breuer
Blazers Nurkic, Nurkic
Damian Lillard with 13 - can this 80s Bucks team hang with the ultramodern 3 shooting Blazers?
2Qtr
9 Blazers 37 Bucks 32
Bucks Hodges, Reynolds, Hodges
Blazers Curry(3) Turner, Collins, Curry(3)
6 Blazers 48 Bucks 38
Bucks Moncrief, Pierce, Lister
Blazers Collins(3) Nurkic, Kanter, Kanter, Nurkic
Seth Curry hits a couple triples - that 3 ball disparity starting to evidence.
3 Blazers 53 Bucks 52
Bucks Cummings, Moncrief, Lamp, Lister, Cummings, Cummings, Pressey
Blazers Kanter, Harkless, Nurkic(1)
HScore Blazers 60 Bucks 59
Bucks Cummings, Cummings(1) Pressey, Lister
Blazers Nurkic, Nurkic, Leonard(3)
Terry Cummings with 9 in the last 6 and its a 1 pt game.
3Qtr
9 Bucks 67 Blazers 66
Bucks Lister, Pierce, Pierce, Pierce
Blazers Aminu(3) Aminu(3)
6 Bucks 73 Blazers 73
Bucks Fields, Lister, Pressey
Blazers Aminu(3) McCollum, Aminu
Al Farouq Aminu just firing away - 11 points to open the half.
3 Blazers 84 Bucks 80
Bucks Pierce, Breuer, Reynolds(3)
Blazers McCollum(3) McCollum, Nurkic, Kanter, Nurkic
3Score Blazers 92 Bucks 85
Bucks Cummings(3) Moncrief
Blazers McCollum, Turner, Nurkic, kanter
Nurkic with a half dozen and Portland's solidly up.
4Qtr
9 Blazers 104 Bucks 89
Bucks Moncrief, Cummings
Blazers Curry, Lillard, Kanter, Aminu, Aminu, Nurkic
6 Blazers 114 Bucks 98
Bucks Cummings(1) Pressey, Lamp, Cummings, Pierce
Blazers Kanter, Leonard, Curry(3) Lillard(3)
it's done - Portland will head home with a chance to wrap it up
3 Blazers 116 Bucks 100
Bucks Warrick
Blazers Simons
FScore Blazers 118 Bucks 104
Bucks Davis, Warrick
Blazers Hood
Portland wins 3 qtrs and ties the other - ultramodern basketball. The best player so far in Region 16? Enes Kanter
Kanter: 20 pts/16 boards-Player of the Game
Lillard: 18 pts/9 assists
McCollum: 13 pts
Nurkic: 21 pts/9 boards
Aminu: 15 pts/7 boards
Curry: 11 pts
Moncrief: 12 pts/8 boards/7 assists
Pressey: 10 pts/6 assists
Cummings: 20 pts/10 boards
Pierce: 23 pts
Lister: 12 pts/10 boards
Gm 2
1Qtr
9 Bucks 9 Blazers 5
Blazers Kanter, Lillard(3)
Bucks Cummings, Pressey(3) Moncrief, Pressey
6 Bucks 17 Blazers 11
Blazers McCollum, Aminu, McCollum
Bucks Pierce, Pierce, Cummings, Lister
Bucks need a road win to force the showdown.
3 Blazers 24 Bucks 23
Blazers Lillard, Leonard, McCollum (3) Kanter, Kanter, Kanter
Bucks Moncrief, Cummings, Reynolds
1Score Bucks 33 Blazers 20
Blazers Kanter, Collins, Kanter
Bucks Breuer, Pierce, Breuer, Lamp, Pierce
Enes Kanter continues his dominant play, 10 in the last 6.
2Qtr
9 Bucks 38 Blazers 32
Blazers kanter
Bucks Hodges, Fields, Hodges(1)
6 Bucks 42 Blazers 37
Blazers Kanter, Nurkic(3)
Bucks Pierce, Breuer
Ricky Pierce with 10.
3 Bucks 50 Blazers 46
Blazers Collins, Harkless, Nurkic, Nurkic
Bucks Pressey, Pressey, Pressey, Moncrief
HScore Bucks 63 Blazers 56
Blazers Curry, McCollum(3) Turner, Lillard(3)
Bucks Hodges, Pressey, Lamp, Lamp(3) Pierce, Lister
Paul Pressey with 8 in the last 6 and the Bucks are up solidly.
3Qtr
9 Bucks 72 Blazers 62
Blazers Kanter, Leonard, Aminu
Bucks Fields, Moncrief, Fields(3) Breuer
6 Bucks 78 Blazers 68
Blazers Nurkic, Kanter, Curry
Bucks Breuer, Moncrief, Hodges
Moncrief's got 10 - Milwaukee keeps rolling on the road.
3 Bucks 82 Blazers 72
Blazers McCollum, Lillard, McCollum
Bucks Pierce, Pierce
3Score Bucks 91 Blazers 83
Blazers McCollum, McCollum(3) McCollum, Collins, Collins
Bucks Hodges(3) Lamp, Moncrief, Breuer
CJ McCollum with 11 in the last 6 - if the Bucks hold on we go back to Milwaukee.
4Qtr
9 Bucks 95 Blazers 94
Blazers Kanter, Nurkick, Nurkick, Lillard, Harkless(3)
Bucks Cummings, Cummings
6 Bucks 111 Blazers 108
Blazers Turner(3) Lillard(3) Nurkic(3) Lillard(3) Nurkic
Bucks Pressey, Moncrief, Lister(3) Cummings(1) Moncrief, Reynolds, Cummings, Moncrief
Whew. Look at the buckets - 5 Blazer triples to open the 4th and it's a 3 point game.
5:51: MIL: Alston Lister turnaround from the block.
5:27: MIL: Lister baseline J. 7 pt game.
5:14: POR: Nurkic dunk
5:06: MIL: Cummings hits a 12 footer
4:45: MIL: Randy Breuer from the foul line and it's a 9 point game.
4:35: POR: Nurkic in the lane
4:23: MIL: Ricky Pierce hits a long 2.
4:00: Bucks 121 Blazers 112
FScore: Bucks 136 Blazers 129
Blazers Turner(1) Baldwin(3) Layman(3) Labissiere, Kanter, McCollum(3) Aminu(3)
Bucks Pierce, Moncrief, Moncrief, Mokeski, Lister, Moncrief, cummings(1) Cummings
Portland got as close as 3 - but the Bucks hit foul shots and ended it.
91 combined 4th qtr points.
Moncrief: 24 pts/8 boards-Player of the Game
Pressey: 15 pts/9 assists
Cummings: 18 pts/8 boards
Pierce: 20 pts/5 boards
Lister: 13 pts/8 boards
Breuer: 14 pts/7 boards
Hodges: 10 pts
Lillard: 18 pts/9 assists
McCollum: 22 pts
Kanter: 24 pts/10 boards
Nurkic: 26 pts/6 boards/6 assists
Aminu: 7 pts/11 boards
Gm 3
1Qtr
9 Blazers 10 Bucks 5
Bucks Pierce, Breuer(3)
Blazers Nurkic, Kanter, Kanter, McCollum, Lillard
6 Blazers 18 Bucks 11
Bucks Cummings, Cummings, Moncrief
Blazers Kanter, Kanter, Nurkic, Lillard
Road teams win games 1-2; Blazers up here.
3 Blazers 27 Bucks 18
Bucks Jones, Moncrief, Pressey(3)
Blazers McCollum, Aminu, Aminu(3) Collins
1Score Blazers 34 Bucks 27
Bucks Jones(3) Reynolds, Reynolds, Fields
Blazers Collins, Collins, Curry(3)
8 for Kanter - winner will go to Boston for the first Region 16 Semi.
2Qtr
9 Blazers 38 Bucks 33
Bucks Mokeski, Lamp, Pierce
Blazers Turner, Collins
6 Blazers 44 Bucks 39
Bucks Moncrief, Lister, Fields
Blazers Nurkic, Aminu, Lillard
Bucks close w/n 5.
3 Blazers 53 Bucks 45
Bucks Lister, Cummings, Hodges
Blazers Kanter, Kanter, Harkless(3) McCollum
HScore Blazers 66 Bucks 49
Bucks Pressey, Pierce
Blazers Nurkic(1) Aminu, Aminu, Leonard, Lillard(3) Lillard
That might be that - the road teams continue to dominate this series.
3Qtr
9 Blazers 72 Bucks 55
Bucks Pierce, lister, Pierce
Blazers Leonard, Harkless, Lillard
6 Blazers 76 Bucks 63
Bucks Pierce, Moncrief, Lister, Pierce
Blazers Nurkic(1) Nurkic(3)
8 for Ricky Pierce - Bucks big deficit.
3 Blazers 83 Bucks 69
Bucks Lister, Cummings, Moncrief
Blazers Kanter, Lillard, Aminu(3)
3Score Blazers 90 Bucks 76
Bucks Moncrief(3) Lister, Reynolds
Blazers Nurkic, Curry(3) Lillard
17 for Damian Lillard - Blazers are 12 away from advancing.
4Qtr
9 Blazers 93 Bucks 83
Bucks Cummings(3) Pressey, Moncrief
Blazers Nurkic(1) Lillard
6 Blazers 98 Bucks 90
Bucks Pressey, Pressey, Hodges(3)
Blazers Leonard(3) Kanter
3 Blazers 109 Bucks 94
Bucks Lister, Cummings
Blazers Kanter, Lillard, Kanter, McCollum, McCollum(3)
FScore Blazers 116 Bucks 104
Bucks Davis, Warrick(3) Davis(3) Warrick
Blazers Layman(3) Baldwin(1) Layman(3)
1. 2008 NBA CHAMPION BOSTON CELTICS v. 13. 2019 PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
Matchup
C Nurkic(Blazers)
F KG (Celtics)
F Pierce (Celtics)
G Lillard (Blazers)
G Allen (Celtics)
Bench: Celtics
Gm 1
1Qtr
9 Blazers 9 Celtics 8
Celtics KG, Powe, KG, Powe
Blazers Kanter, Lillard(3) Nurkic McCollum
6 Blazers 21 Celtics 14
Celtics KG, Rondo, Rondo
Blazers Nurkic, McCollum, Lillard, Lillard(3) Lillard(3)
13th seeded Blazers in Boston against the top seeded Celtics.
3 Blazers 30 Celtics 16
Celtics Pierce
Blazers Lillard, Kanter, Aminu, Kanter(3)
1Score Blazers 32 Celtics 20
Celtics KG, TAllen
Blazers Nurkic
Is the 13th seeded Blazers going to snatch the 31st spot in the Rnd of 32?
2Qtr
9 Blazers 35 Celtics 25
Celtics Pierce(3) Pruitt
Blazers Curry(3)
6 Blazers 40 Celtics 29
Celtics KG, Powe
Blazers Lillard(3) Aminu
Double digit Blazer lead.
3 Blazers 53 Celtics 36
Celtics RAllen(3) RAllen, KG
Blazers Lillard(3) Nurkic, Nurkic, Lillard(3) Nurkic(3)
HScore Blazers 57 Celtics 40
Celtics Powe, Powe
Blazers Nurkic(1) Lillard(3)
Damian Lillard with a dozen in the qtr - Portland is all over Boston.
3Qtr
9 Blazers 62 Celtics 48
Celtics Allen(3) Perkins(3) TAllen
Blazers Lillard, Nurkic(3)
6 Blazers 64 Celtics 58
Celtics Rondo, Davis, Pierce, Davis, KG
Blazers Kanter
Good Celtics run; they hit the 3s top open the half.
3 Blazers 68 Celtics 62
Celtics Rondo, Powe
Blazers Nurkic, Nurkic
3Score Celtics 71 Blazers 68
Celtics Pierce, Pierce(3) RAllen, Powe
Blazers
Boston outscores the Blazers by 20 in the third quarter
4Qtr
9 Blazers 72 Celtics 71
Celtics
Blazers Aminu, Kanter
6 Blazers 78 Celtics 75
Celtics KG, Davis
Blazers Turner, Kanter, Kanter
Boston with just 4 pts in the first half of the 4th qtr.
5:55 BOS: Leon Powe nifty post move.
5:44: POR; Lillard drives and scores.
5:12: BOS: KG hits a 14 foot line drive.
4:06: POR: Aminu misses a triple but Kanter gets the putback.
3:29: BOS: Paul Pierce fadeaway, 82-81 Blazers Game one headed to the wire.
1:58: BOS: Pierce with the corner 3 - Boston goes up by 2.
1:40: POR: Damain Lillard hits a 30 footer! Portland by 1.
1:24: BOS: There's Powe - 5 footer. Celtics lead.
:58: POR: KG hammers Nurkic - he hits 1. 86-86.
Pierce misses...
...but KG is there with the huge putback at 45 seconds left - and then Pierce swipes the ball from Kanter -- Boston up with the ball - Pierce is fouled Goes to the line and sinks 2 big FT. 4 point lead. 12 seconds to go.
KG hits 1 more and that's the final.
FScore: Celtics 91 Blazers 86
Boston holds the Blazers to 29 4th qtr points.
KG: 21 pts/15 boards-Player of the Game
RAllen: 10 pts/6 assists
Pierce: 19 pts
Powe: 18 pts/16 boards
Lillard: 32 pts/7 assists
Nurkic: 22 pts/12 boards
Kanter: 17 pts/11 boards
Gm 2
1Qtr
9 Blazers 2 Celtics 0
Blazers Nurkic
Celtics
6 Celtics 12 Blazers 8
Blazers Kanter, Nurkic, Collins
Celtics RAllen(1) Powe, Pierce, KG, Powe, Pierce(3)
If Boston wins today - they become the 31st team to reach the round of 32.
3 Celtics 22 Blazers 10
Blazers Lillard
Celtics KG, RAllen(3) Powe, Pierce(3)
1Score Celtics 31 Blazers 21
Blazers McCollum, Lillard(3) Harkless(3) Aminu(3)
Celtics Pierce, KG, Pierce, Pierce
Portland hits 3 big triples to end the qtr. 10 for Paul Pierce
2Qtr
9 Celtics 41 Blazers 27
Blazers Leonard(3) Curry(3)
Celtics Posey(3) Davis, Powe, TAllen, Powe
6 Celtics 41 Blazers 31
Blazers Lillard, McCollum
Celtics
Portland fighting here, 3 and D - crawling w/n 10.
3 Celtics 46 Blazers 38
Blazers Nurkic, Leonard(3) Kanter
Celtics RAllen, Perkins(3) Powe
HScore Celtics 57 Blazers 43
Blazers Kanter(3) Lillard
Celtics Pierce, Powe, Powe, Rondo
Boston's just gonna be too much here; 14 for Powe - the second Celtics team to reach the Regional Finals is 24 min away.
3Qtr
9 Celtics 69 Blazers 59
Blazers McCollum, McCollum(3) McCollum, Nurkic, McCollum, harkless, Curry(3)
Celtics Powe, Powe, Rondo, Rondo, KG, Powe
6 Celtics 81 Blazers 64
Blazers Lillard(3) Nurkic
Celtics House, RAllen(3) Pierce, RAllen, KG(3)
McCollum with 9 in the first 3 - but Boston is now really putting it on the Blazers.
3 Celtics 93 Blazers 73
Blazers Kanter, Kanter, mcCollum(3) Leonard
Celtics KG, Perkins, TAllen(3) KG, Pierce
3Score Celtics 95 Blazers 80
Blazers Lillard, Amini, Lillard(3)
Celtics Posey
Garnett with 9 in the qtr - Boston is 12 from advancing.
4Qtr
9 Celtics 106 Blazers 84
Blazers Aminu, Turner
Celtics KG, KG, Perkins, Perkins, Pierce(3)
6 Celtics 115 Blazers 92
Blazers harkless, Nurkic, McCollum(3) Lillard
Celtics Pierce(1) KG, KG, Pierce, RAllen
3 Celtics 128 Blazers 104
Blazers Kanter, Mccollum(3) Nurkic, Aminu, kanter(3)
Celtics Powe(1) KG, KG, KG, Powe, Powe, Cassell
FScore Celtics 135 Blazers 109
Blazers labissiere(3) Hood,
Celtics Cassell(3)Cassell, Pruitt
Boston just romps here in game 2 - one spot, I said, I said, one spot remains.
KG: 29 pts/17 boards/9 assists-Player of the Game
Pierce: 28 pts/5 assists
Powe: 27 pts/8 boards
RAllen: 13 pts
All Region:
C Nurkic ('19 Blazers 1)
F Kanter ('19 Blazers 3)
F Garnett ('08 Celtics 5)
G RAllen ('08 Celtics 1)
