2017 SW DIV CHAMP SA SPURS v. 1992 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS
Spurs: 61-21, SW Div Champs, 9th in Off, 1st in Def
d. Grizzlies West First Round, 4-2
d. Rockets West Semis 4-0
Lost Warriors West Finals 4-0
#98 overall seed
d. '13 Nuggets (2-0, Kawhi 2 PotG)
d. '91 Suns (2-1, Aldridge/Kawhi)
d. '16 Thunder (2-0 Kawhi/Gasol)
Regional Final: d. '19 Rockets (2-1 Kawhi 2, MVP)
Coach: Gregg Popovich
Starters
C Pau Gasol (36) 12.4 PPG 20.2 PER 6.4 Win Shares 2.5 VORP
F LaMarcus Aldridge (31, Texas) 17.3 18.6 7.2 1.7
F Kawhi Leonard (25, S Diego St) 25.5 27.6 13.6 7.1
G Patty Mills (28, St Marys) 9.5 15.2 5.1 1.6
G Manu Ginobli (39) 7.5 13.9 3 1.1
Rotation Reserves
C Dewayne Dedmon (27, USC) 5.1 16 5.2 .9
F David Lee (33, Florida) 7.3 18.5 5.7 1.4
G Kyle Anderson (23, UCLA) 3.4 12.5 2.7 1
G Tony Parker (34) 10.1 13 3 -.2
G Danny Green 29-UNC 7.3 10.1 3.4 1.3
Leaders: Leonard (3rd PER, 4th Win Shares, 3rd Win Shares/48, 2nd +/1, 3rd VORP, 1st Team All NBA
It's 25 year old Kawhi's Spurs; he's a top 5 player in the league, 36 year old Gasol also is 20+ PER, Kawhi finished 3rd in the MVP voting. We just saw the '04 Spurs lose the Region 1 Final; 13 years later here's the '17 club, the only holdovers are Parker and Ginobli. Kawhi was All Defense first team, Danny Green made the second team. Kawhi was an All Star. Kawhi needs 1 PotG in this series to supplant '04 Duncan on the All Tournament 1st team.
Cavs: 57-25, 2nd Cen Div, 2nd Off/11th Def
d. Nets East 1st Rnd 3-1
d. Celtics East Semis 4-3
Lost Bulls East Finals 4-2
#146 overall seed
d. '94 Knicks (2-1 Daughterty 2 PotG)
d. '17 Rockets (2-1 Daugherty/Nance)
d. '08 Lakers (2-1 Daugherty/Nance)
Regional Final: d. '20 Clips (2-1, Daugherty-MVP/Price)
Coach Lenny Wilkens, Asst Brian Winters
Starters
C Brad Daugherty 26-UNC 21.5 23 PER 11.7 WS 4.5
F Hot Rod Williams 29-Tulane 11.9 18.6 9.2 3.4
F Larry Nance 32-Clemson 17 21.4 12.2 5.2
G Mark Price 27-G Tech 17.3 22.7 9.1 4.2
G Craig Ehlo 30-Wash St 12.3 13.8 3.8 1.2
Rotation Reserves
C Danny Ferry 25-Duke 5.1 11.2 1.3 -.4
F Mike Sanders 31-UCLA 9.2 14.1 1.7 .3
F John Battle 29-Rutgers 10.3 12.6 2 -.8
G Terrell Brandon 21-Oregon 7.4 12.8 .9 -.1
G Steve Kerr 26-Arizona 6.6 15.3 2.4 .8
Leaders: Nance 4th Blocks, 3rd Blocks/Gm, 5th Off Rtng, 2nd TO%, 5th Trip Doub
Daugherty 4th FG%, 4th Eff FG%, 2nd TS%, 5th Trip Doub, 3rd Team All NBA
Price FT%, 3rd Off +/-, 4th Asst%, 3rd Team All NBA
90s battle here; the Cavs had the second best offense in '92 taking on that Knicks defense. 26 year old Daugherty, 27 year old Price, 32 year old Nance all over 20 PER, Daugherty and Nance with double digit WS. Last chance for the Cavs and the last chance for the 1990s, who have just 1 Regional Title. Nance was 2nd team all defense. Daugherty and Price were both All Stars. The Cavs knocked off 2020 Kawhi in the Regional Final and look to take out the '17 version here.
Matchup
C Daugherty (Cavs)
F Push
F Kawhi (Spurs)
G Price (Cavs)
G Push
Bench: Spurs
The 2008 Spurs knocked off the final 80s team in the first Sweet 16 matchup - that means this Cavs team is the oldest remaining in the field.
Gm 1: San Antonio: AT&T Center: Bill Schoening/Hubie Brown
1Qtr
9 Spurs 8 Cavs 6
Spurs Kawhi(3) Kawhi, Mills(3)
Cavs Price, Daugherty, Williams
6 Spurs 13 Cavs 8
Spurs Mills(3) Ginobli
Cavs Daugherty
3 Spurs triples and that might tell the tale - 25 years between these two clubs.
3 Cavs 18 Spurs 17
Spurs Aldridge, Mills
Cavs Nance, Nance, Nance
1Score Spurs 25 Cavs 22
Spurs Kawhi(3) Dedmon, Kawhi(1) Dedmon
Cavs Nance, Brandon
9 for Kawhi as the second Sweet 16 Matchup is underway.
2Qtr
9 Spurs 36 Cavs 28
Spurs Lee, Green(3) Parker, lee, Parker
Cavs Brandon, Brandon, Battle
6 Spurs 47 Cavs 34
Spurs Aldridge, Kawhi, Ginobli, Gasol, Ginobli(3)
Cavs Daugherty, Daugherty, Price
Modern basketball - Spurs have a half dozen triples to zero from Cleveland
3 Spurs 53 Cavs 36
Spurs Mills(3) Ginobli(3)
Cavs Kerr
HScore Spurs 58 Cavs 39
Spurs Aldridge(3) Aldridge
Cavs Kerr(3)
This might already be done.
3Qtr
9 Spurs 63 Cavs 45
Spurs Mills, Kawhi(3)
Cavs Williams, Price, Daugherty
6 Spurs 73 Cavs 54
Spurs Kawhi, Ginobli(3) Lee, Lee(3)
Cavs Daugherty, Ferry(3) Brandon, Ferry, Battle
16 for Kawhi. Easy game.
3 Spurs 74 Cavs 58
Spurs Parker(1)
Cavs Ehlo, Price
3Score Spurs 83 Cavs 66
Spurs Aldridge, Ginobli(3) Aldridge, Dedmon
Cavs Williams, Williams, Nance, Nance
Manu has 15.
4Qtr
9 Spurs 83 Cavs 75
Spurs
Cavs Sanders, Williams, Ehlo, Price(3)
6 Spurs 89 Cavs 81
Spurs Kawhi, kawhi, Mills
Cavs Nance(3) Kerr(1) Brandon
Cavs slice the deficit in half.
3 Spurs 97 Cavs 85
Spurs Kawhi(3) Aldridge, Ginobli(3)
Cavs Williams, Ehlo
F Score Spurs 107 Cavs 92
Spurs Gasol, Mills, Kawhi, Simmons, Simmons
Cavs Ehlo, Price, James(3)
Never really a game; the Spurs sink 10 more triples than the Cavs - modern basketball easily takes game one. Kawhi with his 7th PotG in the battle for Tournament MVP.
Kawhi: 25 pts/14 boards-Player of the Game
Gasol: 4 pts/12 boards/4 blocks
Aldridge: 15 pts/9 boards
Ginobli: 19 pts/7 boards/5 assists
Mills: 17 pts/5 assists
Daugherty: 12 pts/7 boards/6 assists/4 blocks
Nance: 19 pts/13 boards/5 assists
Williams: 12 pts/10 boards
Price: 13 pts/7 assists
Brandon: 10 pts
Gm 2 San Antonio: AT&T Center: Bill Schoening/Hubie Brown
1Qtr
9 Cavs 6 Spurs 3
Spurs Kawhi(3)
Cavs Ehlo, Daugherty, Price
6 Cavs 12 Spurs 5
Spurs Aldridge
Cavs Daugherty, Price, Daugherty
Game 2 - Cavs come out with some real defense.
3 Cavs 19 Spurs 11
Spurs Kawhi, Gasol(1) Aldridge(1) Dedmon
Cavs Nance, Kerr, Kerr(3)
1Score Cavs 27 Spurs 16
Spurs Green(3) lee
Cavs Price, Sanders, Nance, Nance
Great defensive start for the Cavs in game 2.
2Qtr
9 Cavs 32 Spurs 26
Spurs Parker, Kawhi(3) Parker(3) Lee
Cavs Sanders(3) Battle
6 Cavs 40 Spurs 32
Spurs Aldridge, Mills, Dedmon
Cavs Sanders, Nance, Daugherty, Ferry
Couple of triples help get the Spurs closer.
3 Cavs 46 Spurs 40
Spurs Ginobli(1) Kawhi, Kawhi(3) Lee
Cavs Daugherty, nance. Williams
HScore Cavs 48 Spurs 46
Spurs Aldridge, kawhi, Gasol
Cavs Nance
Cavs have led all day - but San Antonio cuts it to 2 -- 10 second qtr pts for Kawhi
3Qtr
9 Spurs 63 Cavs 61
Spurs Gasol, Mills (3) Aldridge, Gasol, Gasol(3) Kawhi, Green(3)
Cavs Nance, Williams, Nance, Price, Ehlo(3), Daugherty
6 Cavs 67 Spurs 65
Spurs Green
Cavs Nance, Brandon, Ehlo
Spurs again with all the triples - and now it's a game.
3 Cavs 74 Spurs 73
Spurs Gasol, Gasol, Aldridge, Aldridge
Cavs Brandon(3) Nance, Brandon
3Score Cavs 82 Spurs 78
Spurs Ginobli(3) Gasol
Cavs Daugherty, Kerr, Williams, Williams
Pau Gasol had 4 game one pts - he had 13 just in the third qtr today.
4Qtr
9 Cavs 87 Spurs 80
Spurs Kawhi
Cavs Nance, Price(3)
6 Cavs 92 Spurs 89
Spurs Kawhi(3) Lee, Mills, Gasol
Cavs Price, Battle, Williams(1)
5:27: SA: Danny Green ties the game with a corner 3
5:06: CLE: Daugherty floats a 6 footer.
4:44 SA: Gasol from the FT line. 94 all.
4:21: CLE: Price layup.
4:13: SA: Gasol dunk.
3:54: SA: Kyle Anderson from the wing. Spurs go up.
3:33: CLE: Price comes right back at them with a deep triple.
3:22: SA: Mills matches - 3 from the top.
2:46: SA: Gasol banks one home and it's a 4 pt game
2:14: SA: Mills drives and scores. 105-99
1:59: CLE: Daugherty down low.
1:27: SA: Gasol in the lane.
:51: SA: That's it - Mills scores again. It's done.
F Score: Spurs 109 Cavs 101
Cavs had this game most of the way - but get outscored by a dozen in the 4th, scoring just 2 points after that Price 3 that gave them the lead at 3:33.
Gasol: 26 pts/11 boards-PotG
Kawhi: 22 pts/10 boards/7 assists
Aldridge: 13 pts/11 boards
Mills: 14 pts
Green: 11 pts
Daugherty: 18 pts/11 boards
Nance: 22 pts/11 boards/6 assists
Price: 18 pts/6 boards
Gm 3 Cleveland: Richfield Coliseum: Joe Tait/Kevin Loughery
1Qtr
9 Cavs 8 Spurs 5
Cavs Daugherty, Price, Williams, price
Spurs Mills (3) Kawhi
6 Cavs 13 Spurs 10
Cavs Price, Price(3)
Spurs Kawhi(3) Aldridge
Cavs with the need to win 3 straight; that proved too much for the '80 Lakers in the prior series.
3 Cavs 22 Spurs 14
Cavs Williams, Price, Kerr, Williams(3)
Spurs Gasol, Lee
1Score Cavs 26 Spurs 17
Cavs Daugherty(1) Ferry(3)
Spurs Anderson(3)
As in game 2 - the Cavs come out with a strong defensive effort.
2Qtr
9 Cavs 30 Spurs 19
Cavs Ferry, Williams
Spurs Kawhi
6 Cavs 34 Spurs 24
Cavs Williams, Nance
Spurs Mills, Gasol(3)
Price had 11 in the first, double digit lead.
3 Cavs 44 Spurs 34
Cavs Price, Nance, Daugherty, Williams, Daugherty
Spurs Lee, Ginobli, Anderson, Gasol, Anderson
HScore Cavs 48 Spurs 40
Cavs Williams, Nance
Spurs Gasol(1) Gasol(3) Kawhi
15 for Hot Rod Williams. Cavs try to take a game.
3Qtr
9 Cavs 56 Spurs 43
Cavs Kerr, Price, Daugherty, Daugherty
Spurs Mills(3)
6 Cavs 59 Spurs 50
Cavs Ehlo(3)
Spurs Kawhi, Kawhi, Ginobli(3)
13 for Kawhi - Cavs have been up all day.
3 Cavs 69 Spurs 55
Cavs Brandon, Brandon, Price, Nance, Williams
Spurs Kawhi(3) Kawhi
3Score Cavs 79 Spurs 58
Cavs Williams, Ehlo, nance, Price, Nance
Spurs Aldridge, Ginobli(1)
No comeback today - Cavs are throttling the Spurs
4Qtr
9 Cavs 83 Spurs 64
Cavs Williams, Kerr
Spurs Aldridge, kawhi, Gasol
6 Cavs 89 Spurs 69
Cavs Nance, Daugherty, Nance
Spurs Aldridge, Ginobli
3 Cavs 95 Spurs 74
Cavs Daugherty, Nance, Daugherty
Spurs kawhi(3) Kawhi
F Score Cavs 103 Spurs 87
Cavs Daugherty, Daugherty, Phills, Brown
Spurs Mills, Mills(3) Murray, Forbes(3) Bertans(3)
Never a game - the Cavs come up big and now need one more at home to force the showdown.
Williams: 21 pts/13 boards/5 blocks-Player of the Game
Daugherty: 21 pts/9 boards/7 assists
Price: 19 pts/5 boards/5 assists
Nance: 18 pts/9 boards
Kawhi: 25 pts
Gasol: 13 pts/5 boards
Mills: 13 pts
Aldridge: 8 pts/11 boards
Dedmon: 0 pts/12 boards
Gm 4: Cleveland: Richfield Coliseum: Joe Tait/Kevin Loughery
1Qtr
9 Cavs 5 Spurs 4
Cavs Price(3) Nance
Spurs Gasol, Kawhi
6 Cavs 13 Spurs 10
Cavs Daugherty, Brandon, Daugherty, Ehlo
Spurs Aldridge, Aldridge, Mills
Cleveland crowd rabid - they're looking to send this thing back to Texas.
3 Spurs 24 Cavs 19
Cavs Daugherty, Williams, Daugherty
Spurs Mills, Aldridge, Aldridge, Gasol, Kawhi, Ginobli(3)
1Score Spurs 28 Cavs 23
Cavs Phills, Daugherty
Spurs Gasol, Parker
Aldridge with 8 Spurs try to close this out.
2Qtr
9 Spurs 32 Cavs 27
Cavs Battle, Kerr
Spurs Lee, Dedmon
6 Spurs 37 Cavs 33
Cavs Brandon, Nance, Daugherty
Spurs Kawhi, Green(3)
Just 6 so far for Kawhi, Spurs still up.
3 Spurs 46 Cavs 39
Cavs Nance, Nance, Nance
Spurs Gasol, Aldridge, Aldridge(3) Gasol
HScore Spurs 52 Cavs 46
Cavs Daugherty, Price(3) Price
Spurs Ginobli, Kawhi, Aldridge
Nance with 8 in the qtr - can the Cavs come back to force the showdown?
3Qtr
9 Spurs 56 Cavs 50
Cavs Williams, Nance
Spurs Lee, Parker,
6 Spurs 66 Cavs 58
Cavs Kerr, Nance, Ferry, Sanders
Spurs Lee, Kawhi, Green(3) Green(3)
Those 3s just break your back.
3 Spurs 68 Cavs 64
Cavs Williams, Daugherty, Ehlo
Spurs Gasol
3Score Spurs 71 Cavs 71
Cavs Williams, Daugherty, Williams(3)
Spurs Aldridge, Kawhi(1)
Hot Rod Williams was PotG in game 3 and look at this, 7 pts in the last 6 to tie this game.
4Qtr
9 Spurs 76 Cavs 75
Cavs Daugherty, Nance
Spurs Aldridge(1) Aldridge, lee
6 Spurs 87 Cavs 77
Cavs Daugherty
Spurs Kawhi(3) Green(3) Parker(3) Gasol
Biggest 3 minutes of the series, 11-2 Spurs and that might be it.
3 Spurs 92 Cavs 78
Cavs James(1)
Spurs Kawhi, Kawhi, Bertans(3) Simmons(1)
F Score Spurs 103 Cavs 83
Cavs Phills, Oliver(3)
Spurs Nicolas(3) Anthony(1) Anthony, Bertans
Cleveland scores just 12 4th qtr points and heads home.
Aldridge: 20 pts/7 boards-Player of the Game
Kawhi: 18 pts/5 assists - MVP
Gasol: 14 pts/7 boards
Green: 12 pts
All Tournament Team 1st Team
C Kareem ('80 Lakers, 6 PotG)
F Garnett ('08 Celtics 9 PotG)
F Kawhi ('17 Spurs 7 PotG)
G Magic ('80 Lakers 3 PotG)
G Harden ('19 Rockets 5 PotG)
All Tournament Team 2nd Team
C Daugherty ('92 Cavs 4 PotG)
F Duncan ('04 Spurs 7 PotG)
F LeBron ('09 Cavs 5 PotG)
G Steph ('17 Warriors 3 PotG)
G Allen ('08 Celtics 2 PotG)
