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256 Team All Time Basketball Tournament: Region 7 Finals

Friday, January 21, 2022

 Region 6



6. 2020 CEN DIV CHAMP MIL BUCKS v. 9. 1977 NBA CHAMP PORT TR BLAZERS

Bucks: 56-17, 1st Cen Div, 8th Off, 1st Def
             d. Magic East 1st Rnd 4-1
             Lost Heat East Semis 4-1
             #90 overall seed
             d. '02 Mavs (2-0 Middleton/Giannis PotG)
             d. '93 Bulls (2-1 Giannis)
             d. '85 Lakers (2-1 Giannis)

Coach: Mike Budenholzer, Asst Vin Baker

Starters
C Brook Lopez                     31-Stanford       12 PPG  15 PER 5.5 WS    1.9
F Giannis Antetokounmpo   25                      29.5        31.9      11.1         6.6 VORP
F Khris Middleton                28-Texas A&M 20.9       21.1      7.9            2.9
G Eric Bledsoe                    30-Kentucky     14.9          17.6       5.4         1.6
G Donte DiVincenzo            23-Villanova     9.2         14.1       4.3           1.3

Rotation Reserves
C Robin Lopez                     31-Stanford       5.4          10.2       1.5          -.2
F Ersan Ilyasova                  32                      6.6           14.9       3.6         .6
F Kyle Korver                     38-Creighton     16.6          11.3      2.5         .5
G George Hill                       33-IUPUI          9.4         16.9        5.5         1.6
G Pat Connaughton             27-NDame        5.4           11.5        3.4         .8

Leaders: Giannis 5th PPG, 4th Reb, 2nd Reb/Gm, 1st PER, 3rd WS, 1st WS/48, 1st +/- 2nd VORP, 1st Def Rtng, 4th Reb %, 1st Team All NBA
               BLopez 2nd Blocks, 2nd Blocks/Gm, 4th Def WS, 5th Def +/- 2nd Def Rtng, 3rd Block %
               Middleton 3rd FT%
               DiVincenzo  3rd Def Rtng
               Hill 1st 3 Pt %, 3rd Off Rtng

25 year old Giannis is top 3 in the Big 5 Cats, he's got the best PER in this series, 28 year old Middleton's over 20 PER also.  It's the Covid Bucks, they knocked off the '93 Bulls and '85 Lakers. Really shows the power of ultramodern basketball. Milwaukee's the best defensive team in 2020. Both Giannis and Middleton were named to the All Star team. Giannis won the MVP and the Defensive Player of the Year Award, 31 year old Brook Lopez/30 year old Eric Bledsoe both second team all defense.

Blazers: 49-33, 2nd Pac Div, 2nd Off, 5th Def
               d. Bulls West 1st 2-1
               d. Nuggets West Semis 4-2
               d. Lakers West Finals 4-0
               d. Sixers NBA Finals 4-2
               #135 overall seed
               d. '68 Sixers (2-1, Walton/Lucas PotG)
               d. '16 Warriors (2-0 Gross)
               d. '13 Grizzlies (2-0 Steele/Walton)

Coach: Dr Jack Ramsey, Asst Jack McKinney

Starters
C Bill Walton           24-UCLA                    18.6 PPG  22.9 PER 10.2  5 VORP
F Maurice Lucas      24-Marquette               20.2          18.3         8.7    2.1
F Bob Gross             23-Cal St Long Beach 11.4          16.2         7.4    2.8
G Dave Twardzik    26-Old Dominion         10.3           16.3        7.5    2.5
G Larry Steele         27-Kentucky                10.3           16.3         5.2   1.5

Rotation Reserves
C Robin Jones         22-St Louis                   5.5            13.1         2.2     .6
F Lloyd Neal           26-Tenn St                    6.8             13.1        1.8      0
F Herm Gilliam       30-Purdue                     9.3            12.7         2.5     .1
G Lionel Hollins      23-Ariz St                    14.7          15.6         4        1.2
G Johnny Davis       21-Dayton                    8               12.8         2.5     .1

Leaders: Walton: 5th Reb, 1st Reb/Gm, 3rd Blocks, 1st Blocks/Gm, 3rd PER, 3rd WS/48, 3rd +/- 3rd VORP, 2nd Def Rtng, 3rd Reb%, 2nd Block %, 2nd Team All NBA
               Twardzik: 1st TS%,

The World Champion Blazers are here; Walton's 24, 20+ PER w/ double digit WS. Top 5 in both offense and defense in '77; it's the only pre-80s team to make the Regional Finals; they knocked off the 73 win Warriors. Walton was NBA Finals MVP; he and 24 year old Maurice Lucas were both named to the All Star game. Walton was First team All Defense.  Just one loss so far in the tournament for the Blazers. 

Matchup
C Walton (Blazers)
F Giannis (Bucks)
F Middleton (Bucks)
G Push
G Steele (Blazers)
Bench: Bucks

Gm 1: Milwaukee: Fiserv Forum: Announcers: Jim Paschke/Marques Johnson

1Qtr

9 Bucks 12 Blazers 8
Bucks Middleton, Bledsoe(3), DiVincenzo, DiVincenzo, BLopez(3)
Blazers Walton, Steele, Twardzik, Gross

6 Bucks 16 Blazers 14
Bucks BLopez, Middleton
Blazers Lucas, Walton, Twardzik

Region 7 - the Bucks have already knocked off two NBA Champs and are looking for a third.  Ultramodern basketball against a team almost 50 years behind them.

3 Blazers 22 Bucks 17
Bucks Giannis(1)
Blazers Twardzik(3) Gross, Walton(3)

1Score Blazers 27 Bucks 24
Bucks Hill(3) Ilyasova, Korver
Blazers Davis(3) Gilliam

Just 1 for Giannis; that won't last for long; in a region with prime Magic, Michael, Steph, he's been the best player.

2Qtr

9 Blazers 31 Bucks 28
Bucks Korver(3) BLopez(1)
Blazers Neal, Walton

6 Blazers 43 Bucks 34
Bucks Giannis, Middleton, Bledsoe
Blazers Twardzik, Gilliam(3) Gilliam(3) Lucas, Lucas

Half century difference?  How about Herm Gilliam with back to back triples.

3 Blazers 50 Bucks 34
Bucks
Blazers Gross(3) Hollins, Walton

HScore Blazers 55 Bucks 42
Bucks Giannis, Giannis, RLopez, Bledsoe
Blazers Gross(3) Walton

The Blazers out triple the Bucks in the second and have a double digit road lead.

3Qtr

9 Blazers 65 Bucks 50
Bucks Connaughton, Middleton, Giannis, Giannis
Blazers Davis, Davis, Hollins, Hollins, Lucas

6 Blazers 66 Bucks 58
Bucks Giannis, Donte, Ilyasova, Giannis
Blazers Jones(1)

8-1 run for Milwaukee gets them within shouting distance

3 Blazers 69  Bucks 63
Bucks Ilyasova(3) Bledsoe
Blazers Twardzik(1) Gilliam

3Score Blazers 79 Bucks 70
Bucks Middleton, Donte, Giannis(3)
Blazers Lucas, Walton, Twardzik, Steele, Steele

Giannis with 11 in the third, Blazers up 9

4Qtr

9 Bucks 83 Blazers 83
Bucks Bledsoe, Donte, BLopez(3) Giannis, BLopez, Donte
Blazers Walton, Lucas

6 Bucks 96 Blazers 92
Bucks Bledsoe, Giannis, Hill, Giannis, RLopez, Giannis(3)
Blazers Walton, Steele(1) Lucas, Lucas, Walton

26 Milwaukee points in 6 minutes, just an overwhelming stretch of basketball.

3 Bucks 105 Blazers 98
Bucks Giannis, RLopez, Connaughton, BLopez(3)
Blazers Davis, Gross, Walton

FScore Bucks 118 Blazers 109
Bucks BLopez(3) Donte(3) Middleton, Giannis, Giannis(3)
Blazers Steele(3) Neal, Neal, Walton

48 4th quarter points for the Bucks, they outscore the Blazers by 18 and come in steaming for a game one win.  Giannis continues a legendary run in Region 7.

Giannis: 34 pts/14 boards/5 assists-Player of the Game
Middleton: 12 pts/9 assists/5 boards
BLopez: 17 pts/6 boards
Bledsoe: 13 pts/7 boards/5 assists
Donte: 15 pts

Walton: 25 pts/21 boards
Gross: 12 pts/8 boards/5 assists/4 steals
Lucas: 16 pts/5 boards
Steele: 10 pts
Twardzik: 14 pts
Gilliam: 10 pts

Gm 2: Portland: Memorial Coliseum: Announcer: Bill Schonely

1Qtr

9 Blazers 8 Bucks 5
Blazers Lucas, Steele, Walton, Lucas
Bucks Bledsoe(3) Giannis

6 Blazers 14 Bucks 14
Blazers Walton, Twardzik, Hollins
Bucks Bledsoe(3) BLopez, Bledsoe, Middleton

Blazers led through 3 quarters on the road in game 1 - and then gave up almost 50 in the 4th.

3 Bucks 20 Blazers 19
Blazers Hollins, Hollins(3)
Bucks Giannis, Giannis, Giannis

1Score Bucks 27 Blazers 21
Blazers Hollins
Bucks Korver, BLopez, Connaughton

Lionel Hollins with Portland's last 9.  

2Qtr

9 Bucks 31 Blazers 29
Blazers Gilliam, Walton, Gilliam, Davis
Bucks Ilyasova, Donte(3)

6 Bucks 39 Blazers 37
Blazers Walton, Steele, Gross, Gross
Bucks Giannis, Ilyasova, Donte, Bledsoe

10 for Giannis - he will be Region 7 MVP if the Bucks win this series.

3 Bucks 50 Blazers 45
Blazers Hollins, Hollins, Hollins, Lucas
Bucks Hill(3) Giannis, Connaughton, BLopez, Middleton

HScore Bucks 59 Blazers 51
Blazers Lucas, Walton, Neal
Bucks Middleton, Giannis(3) Giannis, Hill

Giannis has 15 - Bucks largest lead; they could be closing this out today.

3Qtr

9 Bucks 59 Blazers 51
Blazers Steele, Walton
Bucks 

6 Bucks 69 Blazers 57
Blazers Davis
Bucks Hill, Donte(3) BLopez, Bledsoe(3)

It's nearing an end - Bucks now up doule digits.

3 Bucks 78 Blazers 65
Blazers Jones, Jones, Gross, Walton
Bucks Middleton, Giannis, Middleton(3) Donte

3Score Bucks 88 Blazers 69
Blazers Steele, Twardzik
Bucks Giannis, Hill(3)

Ultramodern basketball wins this region - the Covid Bucks are about to knock off their third NBA Champ.  

4Qtr

9 Bucks 92 Blazers 73
Blazers Lucas, Steele
Bucks Giannis, Giannis

6 Bucks 99 Blazers 77
Blazers Gross, Lucas
Bucks Bledsoe, Donte(3) Giannis

3 Bucks 103 Blazers 83
Bucks Lucas, Lucas, Lucas
Blazers Bledsoe, Mason

FScore Bucks 103 Blazers 91
Bucks Mayes(3) Davis, Mayes(3)
Blazers Brown(3) Mason, Mason(3) Brown

7 PotG for Giannis and the Bucks win Region 7.

Giannis: 27 pts/9 boards/6 assists-Player of the Game
Middleton: 11 pts/6 assists/5 boards
Donte: 13 pts/6 boards
Bledsoe: 17 pts
Hill: 10 pts/5 boards


All Region:
C Walton ('77 Blazers-2 PotG)
F Giannis ('20 Bucks-7PotG)
F Gross ('77 Blazers-2 PotG)
G Jordan ('93 Bulls-2 PotG)
G Magic ('85 Lakers-2 PotG)


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