4. 2012 NBA CHAMPION MIAMI HEAT v. 6. 2020 ATL DIV CHAMP TOR RAPTORS
Heat: 46-20 1st SE Div, 8th Off, 4th Def
d. Knicks East 1st, 4-1
d. Pacers East Semis 4-2
d. Celtics East Finals 4-3
d. Thunder NBA Finals 4-1
#59th overall seed
d. '11 Spurs (2-0, LeBron/Bosh PotG)
d. '14 Clips (2-1 LeBron 2)
d. '01 Lakers (2-0 Bosh/LeBron)
Coach: Erik Spoelstra, GM Pat Riley, Asst Bob McAdoo
Starters
C Joel Anthony 29-UNLV 3.4 PPG 10.3 PER 3.1 WS .5
F Chris Bosh 27-Georgia Tech 18 18.9 6.9 1.4
F LeBron James 27 27.1 30.7 14.5 7.6 VORP
G Mario Chalmers 25-Kansas 9.8 13 4.3 1.1
G Dwyane Wade 30-Marquette 22.1 26.3 7.7 4
Rotation Reserves
C Ronny Turiaf 29-Gonzaga 3.5 12.6 .7 .1
F Udonis Haslem 31-Florida 6 10.9 3.5 -.2
F Shane Battier 33-Duke 4.8 9.7 3.3 1.1
G James Jones 31-Miami 3.6 9.7 1.7 ,3
G Mike Miller 31-Florida 6.1 11.4 1.8 .4
Leaders: LeBron: 3rd PPG, 4th Steals, 3rd Steals/Gm, 1st PER, 1st WS, 1st WS/48, 1st +/1, 1st VORP, 1st Team All NBA
Miller: 4th 3pt %
Wade: 3rd PER, 5th WS/48, 3rd +/-, 4th VORP, 3rd Team All NBA
King James sweeps those Big 5 Categories and is the best player in the world in 2012. LeBron's 27, 30 year old Wade joins him crossing 20 PER. They both are named to the All Star team along with 27 year old Bosh. LeBron was NBA MVP, NBA Finals MVP, and 1st Team All Defense. The Heat look to be the third NBA Champion to advance.
Raptors: 53-19, 1st Atl Div, 14th Off, 2nd Def
d. Nets East 1st Rnd 4-0
Lost Celtics East Semis 4-3
#91 overall seed
d. '66 Celtics (2-0, Lowry/Ibaka PotG)
d. '96 Sonics (2-0 Siakam/Lowry)
d. '11 Mavs (2-1 Siakam 2)
Coach: Nick Nurse
Starters
C Serge Ibaka 30 15.4 PPG 17.3 PER 3.9 WS .8
F Pascal Siakam 25- N Mex St 22.9 17.9 5.4 2
F OG Anunoby 22- Indiana 10.6 13.2 5.7 1.7
G Kyle Lowry 33-Villanova 19.4 17.7 7.5 2.8 VORP
G Fred Van Vleet 25-Wichita St 17.6 16.3 5.8 2.3
Rotation Reserves
C Marc Gasol 35 7.5 11.8 3 1.1
F Chris Boucher 27-Oregon 6.6 20.7 3.8 .8
F Rondae Hollis Jefferson 25-Arizona 7 15.1 3.4 .6
G Norman Powell 26-UCLA 16 16.8 4.6 1.5
G Terence Davis 22-Ole Miss 7.5 13.8 3.1 .8
Leaders: Van Vleet: 4th Steals/Gm
Siakam 2nd Team All NBA
Very empty leader board; this Raptor team isn't about top end talent, the only PER over 20 is Boucher's in limited minutes on the bench. The Covid Raptors were second in defense, they're seeded 6th in the region. 25 year old Siakam made 2nd Team All NBA.
Matchup:
C Ibaka (Raptors)
F Push
F LeBron (Heat)
G Lowry (Raptors)
G Wade (Heat)
Bench: Raptors
Two defense first teams that have lost just once in the tournament; whomever wins will mark the 6th different organization out of six slots to reach the Sweet 16, that's going to remain true at least until Region 8. Were Toronto to win, it's conceivable that we might see our first Region MVP not to come from the champions.
Gm 1: Miami: American Airlines Arena. Announcers: Eric Reid/Tony Fiorentino
1 Qtr
9 Raptors 7 Heat 4
Heat Wade, Bosh
Raptors Anunoby, Siakam, Siakam(3)
6 Raptors 11 Heat 8
Heat Bosh, Wade
Raptors Lowry, ibaka
Region 6 Finals underway in Miami. Heat looking to be the third NBA Champ to make the sweet 16.
3 Heat 19 Raptors 13
Heat Wade, Wade, LeBron, Lebron, Wade(3)
Raptors Ibaka
1Score Heat 19 Raptors 19
Heat
Raptors Davis, H-Jeff, H-Jeff
A defense first series was expected and you see that so far. 11 for DWade.
2Qtr
9 Heat 24 Raptors 21
Heat LeBron, LeBron(3)
Raptors VVleet
6 Heat 33 Raptors 28
Heat Battier(3) Haslem, Jones, Bosh
Raptors H-Jeff, ibaka, Ibaka(3)
LeBron's got 9, each possession is contested.
3 Heat 43 Raptors 35
Heat Bosh(3) LeBron, leBron(3) Haslem
Raptors VVleet(3) Powell, Powell
HScore Heat 50 Raptors 47
Heat LeBron, leBron(3) Lebron
Raptors Siakam, Siakam, VVleet, Gasol(3) VVleet(3)
Toronto with two triples in the last 25 seconds to cut the deficit to 3; 19 first half points for King James.
3Qtr
9 Heat 56 Raptors 51
Heat LeBron, Turiaf, Bosh
Raptors Lowry, Ibaka
6 Heat 60 Raptors 58
Heat Bosh, Bosh
Raptors Anunoby, Anunoby, Lowry(3)
The Raptors cut the deficit to 2.
3 Heat 64 Raptors 58
Heat Wade, leBron
Raptors
3Score Heat 68 Raptors 65
Heat LeBron, Bosh
Raptors H-Jeff, Boucher(3) Ibaka
One quarter left in game 1. We got a tight one.
4Qtr
9 Heat 75 Raptors 67
Heat Lebron, Wade, Bosh(1) Chalmers
Raptors VVleet
6 Heat 83 Raptors 71
Heat Jones, Bosh, Bosh, LeBron
Raptors VVleet, Siakam
Double digits now - Miami's going to take game one at home.
3 Heat 86 Raptors 74
Heat Wade, Curry(1)
Raptors Anunoby, Siakam(1)
FScore Heat 93 Raptors 84
Heat Bosh, Curry(1) Wade, LeBron
Raptors Ibaka, Brissett(3) Hernandez, Lowry(3)
The Raptors shoot below 40% from 2 and 25% from 3 and drop game one.
LeBron: 33 pts/11 boards/7 assists-Player of the Game
Bosh: 24 pts/5 boards
Wade: 19 pts/6 boards/7 assists
Siakam: 12 pts/10 boards
Van Vleet: 14 pts/7 assists
Lowry: 10 pts/7 boards/6 assists
Ibaka: 15 pts/12 boards
Gm 2: Toronto: Scotiabank Arena: Matt Devlin/Sherman Hamilton
1 Qtr
9 Raptors 9 Heat 8
Raptors VVleet(3) Anunoby, Lowry, Siakam
Heat Anthony, Bosh, Bosh, Wade
6 Heat 13 Raptors 11
Raptors Siakam
Heat Wade, Bosh(1) LeBron
Game 2 in Toronto - Chris Bosh comes out with 5 back in the town that started his NBA career.
3 Heat 14 Raptors 13
Raptors Siakam
Heat Wade(1)
1Score Heat 25 Raptors 21
Raptors H-Jeff(3), Gasol(1) H-Jeff, Davis
Heat Bosh, Wade, Chalmers(3) Miller, Haslem
Just 2 for LeBron, you know he'll get off eventually.
2Qtr
9 Raptors 29 Heat 29
Raptors Powell(3) Boucher(3) H-Jeff
Heat Haslem, Bosh
6 Raptors 40 Heat 35
Raptors Siakam(3) VVleet, VVleet(3) VVleet(3)
Heat LeBron, Chalmers, Bosh
Fred VanVleet with the Raptors last 8 - its their biggest lead.
3 Raptors 44 Heat 40
Raptors Powell, Powell
Heat Wade, Anthony(3)
HScore Raptors 49 Heat 47
Raptors Lowry(3) Anunoby
Heat Anthony, Anthony, Miller(3)
Joel Anthony with 5 in 6 and we are close.
3Qtr
9 Raptors 57 Heat 54
Raptors VVleet(3) VVleet, VVleet(3)
Heat Lebron, Chalmers, Wade(3)
6 Raptors 65 Heat 56
Raptors Lowry, Anunoby, Anunoby, Ibaka
Heat Turiaf
8 more for VanVleet and the Raptors have their biggest lead - are we headed back to Miami?
3 Raptors 71 Heat 60
Raptors Siakam, Boucher(3) Siakam(1)
Heat LeBron(1) Bosh(1) Battier
3Score Raptors 83 Heat 66
Raptors VVleet, Ibaka, Siakam(3) Ibaka, Siakam
Heat Bosh, Chalmers, Miller
Toronto busts up the Heat and we get a showdown.
4Qtr
9 Raptors 88 Heat 70
Raptors Ibaka, Siakam(3)
Heat Wade, Wade
6 Raptors 100 Heat 78
Raptors Lowry, Lowry(3) Ibaka(3) Siakam, VVleet
Heat LeBron, Bosh(3) Chalmers(3)
3 Raptors 105 Heat 87
Raptors VVleet (3) VVleet
Heat LeBron, Wade(3) Wade, leBron
FScore Raptors 110 Heat 95
Raptors Hernandez, Ponds(3)
Heat LeBron(3) LeBron, Harris(3)
Toronto gets the easy game 2 win, they were over 40% from 3.
VanVleet: 28 pts/7 assists/6 boards-Player of the Game
Lowry: 12 pts/6 assists
Siakam: 22 pts/8 boards/5 assists
Ibaka: 12 pts
Bosh: 17 pts/18 boards
Wade: 21 pts/6 boards/6 assists
LeBron: 18 pts/9 boards/9 assists
Anthony: 9 pts/10 boards
Chalmers: 12 pts
Gm 3: Miami: American Airlines Arena: Eric Reid/Matt Devlin
1 Qtr
9 Heat 8 Raptors 2
Heat Wade, LeBron, Wade, Bosh
Raptors Anunoby
6 Heat 16 Raptors 5
Heat Wade(3) LeBron, Bosh(3)
Raptors Lowry
Miami's defense comes out ferociously.
3 Heat 24 Raptors 13
Heat Bosh, LeBron, Bosh, Wade
Raptors VVleet(3) Ibaka, VVleet(3)
1Score Heat 29 Raptors 23
Heat Jones(3) Wade
Raptors Siakam, Boucher, Boucher, Gasol(3)
Wade with 11 in the first.
2Qtr
9 Heat 31 Raptors 31
Heat Haslem
Raptors Gasol, Anunoby, Boucher(3) Siakam(1)
6 Heat 37 Raptors 37
Heat Wade, Battier(3) Miller(1)
Raptors Lowry, Ibaka, Boucher
Tied. Chris Boucher has 9 off the Raptor bench.
3 Heat 45 Raptors 41
Heat Wade, Bosh, Haslem, Miller
Raptors H-Jeff, Siakam
HScore Heat 47 Raptors 46
Heat Wade
Raptors Siakam, H-Jeff(3)
We might have a good one. Wade has 17.
3Qtr
9 Heat 54 Raptors 50
Heat Bosh, Wade, Chalmers(3)
Raptors Siakam, Siakam
6 Heat 63 Raptors 55
Heat LeBron, Wade, Wade, Haslem(3)
Raptors Ibaka, Lowry(3)
Another half dozen for Wade - this has been his game; he doesn't have a Player of the Game yet in the tournament but he's got 23 today
3 Heat 68 Raptors 64
Heat Chalmers(3) Bosh
Raptors Siakam, H-Jeff, Boucher(3) Lowry
3Score Raptors 77 Heat 72
Heat Bosh, Bosh
Raptors Anunoby, Lowry (3) Lowry, Lowry(3) Ibaka
13 in the third for Kyle Lowry and the Raptors take a 5 pt lead.
4Qtr
9 Raptors 84 Heat 81
Heat Anthony, LeBron, leBron(3) LeBron
Raptors VVleet(3) Lowry(3) VVleet
6 Heat 92 Raptors 87
Heat Miller(3) Bosh, LeBron, leBron, Bosh
Raptors H-Jeff
LeBron takes the game in his hands - 11 points in 6 minutes.
3 Heat 106 Raptors 97
Heat Jones, Jones(3) Bosh, Bosh, Wade, Chalmers(3)
Raptors VVleet, Lowry(3) Davis, Anunoby
FScore Heat 110 Raptors 100
Heat Chalmers, leBron
Raptors VVleet(3)
38 4th quarter points for Miami wins the Region - huge celebration on the American Airlines Arena home floor - the Miami Heat takes Region 6 and heads to the Sweet 16.
Bosh: 27 pts/12 boards/5 assists-Player of the Game
Wade: 25 pts/8 boards/7 assists/4 steals
LeBron: 21 pts/9 boards/9 assists
Chalmers: 11 pts/5 boards/5 assists
All Region Team
C Shaq ('01 Lakers-4 PotG)
F LeBron ('12 Heat-5 PotG)-MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
F Dirk (11 Mavs-5 PotG)
G Jordan ('97 Bulls-2 PotG)
G Lowry ('20 Raptors-2 PotG)
