Lakers: 63-19, 1st Pac Div, 1st Off/8th Def
d. Rockets West 1st Rnd 3-1
Lost Suns West Semis 3-1
#117 overall seed
d. '10 Cavs (2-1 Magic/Worthy PotG)
d. '98 Bulls (2-1 Magic/Worthy)
d. '00 Suns (2-1 Worthy/Magic)
Coach: Pat Riley, GM Jerry West
Starters
C Vlade Divac 21 8.5 PPG 17.5 PER 5WS 1
F AC Green 26-Oreg St 12.9 14.7 7.7 1
F James Worthy 28-UNC 21.1 19.8 10.6 4.3
G Magic Johnson 30-Michigan St 22.3 26.6 16.5 8.9 VORP
G Byron Scott 28-Ariz St 15.5 14.3 6 1.7
Rotation Reserves
C Mychal Thompson 35-Minnesota 10.1 13.4 4.7 0
F Orlando Woolridge 30-N Dame 12.7 17.6 4.8 1.3
F Jay Vincent 30-Mich St 3.8 10.2 .1 -.2
G Larry Drew 31-Missouri 5.2 10.2 1.4 .1
G Michael Cooper 33- N Mex 6.4 9.6 2.7 .6
Leaders Magic 2nd Assts, 2nd Assts/Gm, 4th PER, 3rd WS, 2nd WS/48, 2nd +/-, 2nd VORP, 2nd Off Rtng, 2nd Asst%, 1st Trip Doub, 1st Team All NBA
Scott: 5th 3 Pt%
Divac: 5th Def rtng
Worthy 3rd Team All NBA
30 year old Magic leads the best offense in the NBA in 1990, the Lakers; top 5 in PER, Win Shares, Win Shares/48 and VORP. He won the MVP. 20 year old Worthy also has double digit WS. Vlade's 21 and was on the All Rookie Team. Magic, 26 year old Green, 28 year old Worthy were all All Stars. Magic was All Star MVP. It's Pat Riley's final Laker campaign and he won the Coach of the Year Award. They've gone to the showdown in every series.
Rockets: 56-26, 1st SW Div, 12th Off/8th Def
d. Mavs West 1st Rnd 4-1
d. Clips West Semis 4-3
Lost Warriors West Finals 4-1
#213 overall seed
d. '94 Sonics (2-1 Harden 2 PotG)
d. '11 Lakers (2-0 Harden)
d. '20 Celtics (2-0 Harden)
Coach Kevin McHale
Starters
C Dwight Howard 29 15.8 PPG 19.2 PER 3.6 WS .5
F Terrence Jones 23-Kentucky 11.7 18.3 3 .5
F Trevor Ariza 29- UCLA 12.8 12.7 6.6 2.2
G Jason Terry 37-Arizona 7 11.4 3.6 1
G James Harden 25-Arizona St 27.4 26.7 16.4 8.1 VORP
Rotation Reserves
C Donatas Motlejunas 24 12 14.4 4.7 .8
F Josh Smith 29 12 15.2 2.1 .8
F Corey Brewer 28- Florida 11.9 14 2.7 .3
G Patrick Beverley 26-Arkansas 10.1 11.3 3.5 .9
G Pablo Priglioni 37 3 11.4 1.1 .2
Leaders Harden 2nd PPG, 3rd Steals, 4th PER, 1st WS, 4th WS/48, 3rd +/-, 1st VORP, 2nd Trip Doub, 1st Team All NBA
Ariza 4th Stls
Houston's the 14th seed in the region, 25 year old James Harden leads the way - 1st in both Win Shares and VORP, 4th in PER, he made the All Star team; of course we just saw his 4 year younger self win region 11 with the Thunder. McHale's Celtics did not win a Regional title, but he has a chance to keep the Lakers from their third.
Matchup:
C Push
F Green (Lakers)
F Worthy (Lakers)
G Magic (Lakers)
G Harden (Rockets)
Bench: Rockets
Gm 1: LA: Forum: Announcers: Chick Hearn/Stu Lantz
1Qtr
9 Rockets 10 Lakers 6
Lakers Worthy, Scott, Magic
Rockets Howard, Howard(3) Terry(3) Terry
6 Rockets 20 Lakers 12
Lakers Green, Worthy, Worthy
Rockets Howard, Jones(3) Howard, Harden(3)
Region 12 is underway. 14th seeded Rockets looking to join the 13th seeded Thunder as Regional Champs.
3 Rockets 22 Lakers 16
Lakers Green, Woolridge
Rockets Howard
1Score Rockets 27 Lakers 20
Lakers Drew, Woolridge
Rockets Beverley(3) Beverley
11 for Dwight Howard and the Rockets are up.
2Qtr
9 Rockets 37 Lakers 25
Lakers Worthy(1) Woolridge, Scott
Rockets Beverley, Prigioni(3) Harden(3) Harden
6 Rockets 42 Lakers 32
Lakers Divac, Scott, Woolridge(3)
Rockets Harden(3) Jones
James Harden has won all 6 PotG in Rocket wins and scores 8 in the last 6.
3 Rockets 44 Lakers 38
Lakers Worthy, Worthy, Magic
Rockets Jones
HScore Rockets 52 Lakers 49
Lakers Woolridge(1) Worthy, Magic, Magic(3) Green(3)
Rockets Harden, Smith, Beverley(4)
Weird quirk, Patrick Beverley has 3 4 pt plays in the tournament; I don't know if it's only this version of Pat Bev, but throughout all of his apperances, 3 four pt plays.
3Qtr
9 Rockets 63 Lakers 55
Lakers Worthy, Scott, Green
Rockets Jones, Harden, Howard, Harden, Ariza(3)
6 Lakers 66 Rockets 65
Lakers Magic, Worthy, Woolridge, Vincent, Magic, Thompson(1)
Rockets Donatas
The Lakers have a 25 year gap to make up and maybe we've seen that in this game, LA takes its first lead.
3 Lakers 72 Rockets 70
Lakers Magic, Scott, Worthy
Rockets Brewer, Howard(1) Jones
3Score Lakers 81 Rockets 74
Lakers Green(3) Worthy, Worthy, Green
Rockets Donatas(1) Ariza(3)
10 third qtr pts for Worthy - Lakers biggest lead.
4Qtr
9 Lakers 88 Rockets 80
Lakers Woolridge, Divac, Woolridge(3)
Rockets Jones, Jones, Harden
6 Lakers 93 Rockets 84
Lakers Green(3) Magic,
Rockets Howard, Harden
9 pt game - LA looks good with 6 to go.
3 Lakers 104 Rockets 95
Lakers Magic, Scott, Worthy, Scott, Worthy(3)
Rockets Beverley(3) Prigioni(3) Ariza(3) Jones
FScore Lakers 109 Rockets 103
Lakers Worthy, Worthy(3)
Rockets Terry(3) Jones, Ariza(3)
Houton can't get closer than 6 down the stretch and LA takes game one.
Worthy: 33 pts/7 boards
Magic: 19 pts/11 assists/6 boards
Scott: 14 pts
Green: 17 pts/13 boards
Woolridge: 17 pts/5 boards
Harden: 21 pts/12 boards
Howard: 16 pts/18 boards
Jones: 19 pts/7 boards/5 blocks
Ariza: 12 pts
Beverley: 14 pts
Gm 2: Houston: Toyota Center: Announcer: Bill Worrell
Okay - so, there's no PxP for games 2-3; what had happened was, somehow it didn't save, I decided not to go back and do it again, as what I do have are the stats.
Final: Rockets 120 Lakers 114
Houston had a 26 pt lead after 3 and withstood a furious Laker rally. Magic was PotG in the loss.
Harden: 22 pts/9 assists/6 boards
Howard: 18 pts/13 boards/5 blocks
Jones: 16 pts/6 boards
Ariza: 12 pts
Terry: 10 pts
Donatas: 14 pts/6 boards
Magic: 30 pts/11 assists-Player of the Game
Worthy: 19 pts/5 boards
Scott: 21 pts
Vlade: 13 pts/10 boards
Cooper: 11 pts
Gm 3: LA Forum: Chick Hearn/Bill Worrell
Final: Rockets 107 Lakers 99
The Rockets led most of the way - LA cut it to 3 with a minute left, but Harden hit a dagger 3 at 36 seconds to seal it. He wins MVP and Houston wins Region 12 as a 14th seed. Triple-double for Magic in the loss.
Harden: 31 pts/10 boards/9 assists/4 steals-Player of the Game
Jones: 13 pts/6 boards
Terry: 19 pts
Ariza: 16 pts/7 boards
Brewer: 14 pts/4 steals
All Region:
C Howard ('08 Magic-3)
F Rogers ('00 Suns-2)
F Worthy ('90 Lakers-4)
G Magic ('90 Lakers-4)
G Harden ('15 Rockets-7)-Most Valuable Player
