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)
