1. 2016 SW DIV CHAMP SA SPURS v. 6. 1989 WEST CHAMP LA LAKERS
Spurs: 67-15, 1st SW Div, 4th Off/1st Def
d. Grizzlies West 1st Rnd 4-0
Lost Thunder West Semis 4-2
9th overall seed
d. '99 Heat (2-1, Aldridge/Kawhi PotG)
d. '86 Lakers (2-1, Kawhi/Aldridge)
d. '14 Rockets (2-1, Kawhi)
Coach: Gregg Popovich
Starters
C Tim Duncan 39-Wake 8.6 PPG 16.9 PER 5.2 WS 2
F LaMarcus Aldridge 30-Texas 18 22.4 10.1 2.5
F Kawhi Leonard 24-S Diego St 21.2 26 13.7 6.7 VORP
G Tony Parker 33 11.9 16.2 5.8 1.2
G Manu Ginobli 38 9.6 17.8 3.8 1.6
Rotation Reserves
C Boban Marjanovic 27 5.5 27.7 3.4 .8
F Boris Diaw 33 6.4 14 3.8 1
F David West 35-Xavier 7.1 17.6 5.4 1.7
G Patty Mills 27-St Marys 8.5 14.6 4.8 1.5
G Danny Green 28-UNC 7.2 10.5 4.2 1.6
Leaders: Kawhi: 3rd 3Pt%, 4th WS, 2nd WS/48, 3rd +/1, 3rd Def Rtng, 1st Team All NBA
Duncan: 1st Def +/-, 2nd Def Rtng
Aldridge: 3rd Team All NBA
The top remaining seed in this tournament - the Spurs; do they fall victim to the Curse? 24 year old Kawhi and 30 year old Aldridge lead the way, over 20 PER and double digit WS, both made the All Star team. 27 year old Boban with a ton of PER off the bench. It's Duncan's last season, he's 39. The '15 and '17 Spurs have already won Regional Titles and this team already knocked off the '86 Lakers. Kawhi is Defensive Player of the Year - this is the top remaining overall seed in the tournament.
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)
d. '02 Kings (2-0, Magic/Green)
d. '10 Suns (2-0 Magic)
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 was NBA MVP, he carries these Lakers; 41 year old Kareem comes off the bench in his final season. 25 year old AC Green as second Team All Defense. Magic, Kareem and 27 year old Worthy were all named to the All Star team. These Lakers are undefeated; 6-0 so far, the first team we've seen in the regional finals still undefeated.
Matchup:
C Duncan (Spurs)
F Aldridge (Spurs)
F Kawhi (Spurs)
G Magic (Lakers)
G Scott (Lakers)
Bench: Spurs
Gm1: San Antonio: AT&T Center: Announcers: Bill Schoening/Bill Land
1Qtr
9 Spurs 9 Lakers 6
Spurs Duncan(3) Duncan, Duncan, Aldridge
Lakers Green, Thompson, Worthy
6 Spurs 15 Lakers 15
Spurs Parker, Kawhi, Ginobli
Lakers Green(3) Worthy, Thompson, Worthy
Duncan scored the first 7; we are tied now; Region 9 Finals - can the Spurs win their 3rd Regional Title?
3 Spurs 19 Lakers 17
Spurs Aldridge, Aldridge
Lakers Worthy
1Score Lakers 25 Spurs 21
Spurs Kawhi
Lakers Scott, Magic, Kareem, Magic
Best offense in '89 v. best defense in '16. Winner wins region 9.
2Qtr
9 Lakers 31 Spurs 28
Spurs Green(3) Diaw, West
Lakers McNamara, McNamara, Campbell
6 Lakers 37 Spurs 34
Spurs Boban, Parker, Ginobli
Lakers Scott, Green, Woolridge
Spurs have two decades on LA, Lakers fighting uphill
3 Lakers 49 Spurs 42
Spurs Aldridge, Kawhi, West, West
Lakers Kareem, Kareem, Scott, Magic, Scott, Thompson
HScore Lakers 57 Spurs 49
Spurs Kawhi(3) Kawhi(3) Boban(1)
Lakers Magic, Scott, Kareem, Kareem
The Captain comes off the bench and scores 8 in the last 6.
3Qtr
9 Lakers 65 Spurs 53
Spurs Aldridge, Kawhi
Lakers Magic, Kareem, Worthy, Kareem
6 Lakers 69 Spurs 57
Spurs West, Duncan
Lakers Green, Worthy
The Spurs are the top remaining overall seed - but here are the Lakers, the '80 team won Region 1 and this '89 team up double digits.
3 Lakers 77 Spurs 59
Spurs Aldridge
Lakers Woolridge, Worthy, Scott, Scott
3Score Lakers 78 Spurs 66
Spurs Mills(3) Boban, Ginobli
Lakers Woolridge(1)
12 minutes left - can the Spurs shoot their way back into it?
4Qtr
9 Lakers 84 Spurs 72
Spurs Parker(3) Ginobli(3)
Lakers Green, Green, Woolridge
6 Lakers 90 Spurs 79
Spurs Duncan, Ginobli, Ginobli(3)
Lakers Thompson, Magic, Scott
Spurs banging triples but still down double digits.
3 Lakers 94 Spurs 88
Spurs Diaw, Parker(3) Kawhi, Parker
Lakers Thompson, Magic
FScore Lakers 102 Spurs 94
Spurs Aldridge(3) Aldridge(3)
Lakers Scott(3) Worthy, Worthy, Scott(1)
LA just controls the game; the Spurs never get closer than 6 and now we head to the Forum where the Lakers can win Region 9.
Magic: 14 pts/18 assists/9 boards-Player of the Game
Scott: 20 pts/8 boards/6 assists
Worthy: 18 pts/10 boards/5 assists
Green: 13 pts/12 boards
Thompson: 10 pts
Kareem: 14 pts/7 boards
Kawhi: 16 pts/6 boards/4 blocks
Aldridge: 18 pts/14 boards
Duncan: 11 pts/10 boards/4 blocks
Ginobli: 14 pts/5 assists
Parker: 12 pts/6 assists
Gm 2: Los Angeles: Forum: Announcers: Chick Hearn/Stu Lantz
1Qtr
9 Spurs 7 Lakers 5
Lakers Magic, Scott(3)
Spurs Parker(3) Kawhi, Parker
6 Lakers 14 Spurs 11
Lakers Scott, Thompson, Scott(3) Worthy
Spurs Ginobli, Ginobli
Jack, Dyan Cannon, the whole Showtime crew is here as the Lakers try to close.
3 Lakers 20 Spurs 18
Lakers Green, Magic, Worthy
Spurs Aldridge(3) Parker, Ginobli
1Score Lakers 27 Spurs 20
Lakers Worthy, Worthy(3) Campbell
Spurs Boban
9 for Worthy in the first - the LA Lakers are looking to bounce the top remaining overall seed in this tournament.
2Qtr
9 Lakers 35 Spurs 27
Lakers Kareem, Scott, Green, Cooper
Spurs Mills, Green(3) Aldridge
6 Lakers 39 Spurs 30
Lakers Worthy, Magic
Spurs Diaw(1) Aldridge
Game 2 - lot like game 1 - Lakers just solidly better so far in the series.
3 Lakers 41 Spurs 32
Lakers Magic
Spurs West
HScore Lakers 50 Spurs 38
Lakers Woolridge, Woolridge, Scott(3) Green
Spurs Aldridge, Kawhi, Duncan
It's a double digit Laker lead - LA is rolling here, a win and they match the Spurs with 2 regional titles each.
3Qtr
9 Lakers 57 Spurs 48
Lakers Green, Magic(3) Kareem
Spurs Ginobli(3) Kawhi, Ginobli, Parker(1) West
6 Lakers 64 Sputs 60
Lakers Kareem, Cooper(3) Scott
Spurs Aldridge(3) Ginobli(3) Ginobli, Aldridge, Kawhi
The modern teams always are just a few deep balls away from a big run; that's happened here, Manu with 10 in 6 minutes.
3 Lakers 73 Spurs 72
Lakers Green, Magic(3) Magic, Thompson
Spurs Kawhi, Duncan, Ginobli, Aldridge, Parker
3Score Spurs 81 Lakers 77
Lakers Scott, Green
Spurs Aldridge(3) Parker, Boban, Ginobli
The Spurs have been on the back foot almost the entire series - but now, on the road, a 4 pt lead.
4Qtr
9 Spurs 87 Lakers 80
Lakers Worthy(1) Kareem
Spurs Kawhi(3) Kawhi(3)
6 Spurs 97 Lakers 90
Lakers Kareem(1) Magic, Scott, Worthy(3) Worthy
Spurs Dunca, Parker, Parker, Ginobli, Parker
Half dozen in 3 minutes for Tony Parker - Kawhi does have 5 fouls.
3 Spurs 105 Lakers 94
Lakers Magic, Scott
Spurs Ginobli, Mills, Parker, Aldridge
FScore Spurs 120 Lakers 105
Lakers Woolridge, Cooper(3) Lamp(3) Cooper(3)
Spurs Parker(3) Alridge, Simmons(1) McCallum, Butler, Simmons(3) Simmons
It sure looked like the Lakers were about to go through Region 9 with a perfect record - but the Spurs caught fire here with 82 second half pts and now we go back to San Antonio for the showdown.
Aldridge: 23 pts/16 pts-Player of the Game
Kawhi: 16 pts/5 boards/4 steals
Parker: 23 pts/6 assists
Ginobli: 24 pts
Scott: 21 pts
Worthy: 17 pts/6 boards
Magic: 20 pts/12 assists/8 boards
Green: 12 pts/15 boards
Cooper: 11 pts
Gm 3: San Antonio: AT&T Center: Announcers: Bill Schoening/Chick Hearn
1Qtr
9 Lakers 8 Spurs 7
Spurs Aldridge, Ginobli(3) Aldridge
Lakers Green, Magic, Worthy, Green
6 Lakers 20 Spurs 13
Spurs Parker, Duncan, Aldridge
Lakers Worthy, Scott, Scott, Green, Kareem, Magic
Showtime off to the super hot start here in game 3. Lakers switched their starters, Kareem in for Thompson.
3 Lakers 26 Spurs 20
Spurs Kawhi, Ginobli, Kawhi(3)
Lakers Green, Worthy, Kareem
1Score Lakers 37 Spurs 29
Spurs Parker, Aldridge(3) Aldridge, Boban
Lakers Green, Thompson, Thompson, Thompson, Thompson(3)
Off the bench for the first time in the tournament - Mychal Thompson scores the last 9 LA pts in the qtr
2Qtr
9 Lakers 41 Spurs 35
Spurs West, Mills, Kawhi
Lakers Thompson, Thompson
6 Lakers 48 Spurs 43
Spurs Kawhi, West, Aldridge, Kawhi
Lakers Kareem(3) Magic, Green
Mychal Thompson scored 13 straight LA pts - they've led the whole way.
3 Lakers 56 Spurs 49
Spurs West, Aldridge, West
Lakers Scott, Scott, magic, Green
HScore Lakers 59 Spurs 53
Spurs Green, Duncan
Lakers Magic(3)
11 first half pts for Magic; he may be Regional MVP regardless of the outcome.
3Qtr
9 Spurs 62 Lakers 61
Spurs Ginobli(3) Kawhi(3) Ginobli(3)
Lakers Green
6 Spurs 73 Lakers 69
Spurs West, West, Kawhi(3) West, Duncan
Lakers Green, Worthy, Worthy, Magic
The 3 ball is just too much - Magic has four fouls and the Spurs might be taking charge
3 Lakers 78 Spurs 75
Spurs Kawhi
Lakers Scott, Green, Cooper, Green(3)
3Score Lakers 83 Spurs 80
Spurs Aldridge, Ginobli, Duncan(1)
Lakers Green(3) Kareem
8 for AC Green in the back half of the third and we have a finish coming up in Region 9
4Qtr
9 Lakers 90 Spurs 86
Spurs Parker, West, Kawhi
Lakers Magic(3) Worthy, Woolridge
6 Lakers 100 Spurs 92
Spurs Duncan, West, Parker
Lakers Campbell, Campbell, Magic, Scott, Kareem
The Lakers with their largest lead - just 6 to go in this series.
3 Lakers 112 Spurs 104
Spurs Kawhi(3) Duncan, Kawhi(3) Boban, Aldridge
Lakers Magic, Scott, Worthy, Scott, Kareem, Worthy
FScore
Spurs Aldridge, Parker, Kawhi
Lakers Kareem, Magic, Magic(3)
It's the Lakers, they lead the whole way in game 3 - a really impressive performance by the '89 Lakers in Region 9. 29 for Kawhi in the loss. An impossibly huge game for Magic. Look a that ridiculous triple double.
Magic: 25 pts/19 assists/10 boards-Player of the Game
Green: 26 pts/9 boards
Worthy: 16 pts
Scott: 16 pts/6 assists
Kareem: 15 pts/9 boards
Thompson: 13 pts/5 boards
All Region Team
C Howard ('14 Rockets-3 PotG)
F Kawhi ('16 Spurs 4 PotG)
F Aldridge ('16 Spurs 3 PotG)
G Magic ('86 Lakers 3 PotG)
G Magic ('89 Lakers 7 PotG)-MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
