2013 NBA CHAMPION MIAMI HEAT v. 2020 CEN DIV CHAMP MIL BUCKS
Heat: 66-16, 1st SE Div, 2nd Off/9th Def
d. Bucks East 1st Rnd 4-0
d. Bulls East Semis 4-1
d. Pacers East Finals 4-3
d. Spurs NBA Finals 4-3
#23 overall seed
d. '83 Lakers (2-0 LeBron 2)
d. '93 Sonics (2-1 LeBron/Wade)
d. '04 Mavs (2-1 LeBron/Wade)
Regional Final d. '98 Lakers (2-1, LeBron/Wade)
Coach: Erik Spoelstra, GM Pat Riley, Asst Bob McAdoo
Starters
C Chris Andersen 34-Blinn 4.9 PPG 17.4 PER 2.7 WS .3
F Chris Bosh 28-Geo Tech 16.6 20 9 2.1
F LeBron James 28 26.8 31.6 19.3 9.9 VORP
G Mario Chalmers 26-Kansas 8.6 13.3 5.2 1.3
G Dwayne Wade 31-Marquette 21.2 24 9.6 3.8
Rotation Reserves
C Udonis Haslem 32-Florida 3.9 9.9 3.2 -.4
F Rashard Lewis 33 5.2 11.1 1.2 -.1
F Shane Battier 34-Duke 6.6 10.7 4.4 1.4
G Mike Miller 32-Florida 4.8 13.5 2.6 .8
G Ray Allen 37-UConn 10.9 14.7 5.4 1.2
Leaders LeBron 4th PPG, 5th FG%, 2nd Eff FG%, 3rd TS%, 1st PER, 1st WS, 1st WS/48, 1st +/-, 1st VORP, 3rd Off Rtng, 2nd Trip Doub, 1st team All NBA
Allen 5th FT%,
Wade 3rd Team All NBA
28 year old LeBron James is the best player in basketball in 2013. He sweeps the board - first in PER, Win Shares, VORP, WS/48. There is no debate, he's the top guy and won the MVP Award. 28 year old Bosh and 31 year old Wade also hit 20 PER. All 3 were All Stars and LeBron was the Finals MVP. LeBron was also first team all Defense.
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)
Regional Final d. '77 Blazers (2-0 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.
6 Sweet Sixteen Series Down, 2 to Go. The '12 Heat just got swept; the '13 squad looks to make up for that. Giannis is 3 PotG from passing KG and taking the top spot as Tournament MVP. Ray Allen's in with the Celtics and tries to add to that here; LeBron's Lakers have also advanced.
Matchup
C Lopez (Bucks)
F Giannis (Bucks)
F LeBron (Heat)
G Bledsoe (Bucks)
G Wade (Heat)
Bench: Heat
Gm 1 Miami: AAA Mike
Breen/Eric Reid
1Qtr
9 Bucks 10 Heat 7
Heat Wade, Wade, Chalmers(3)
Bucks Middleton, Bledsoe, BLopez, Giannis
6 Bucks 19 Heat 15
Heat Wade, LeBron, Wade(1) LeBron(3)
Bucks Middleton(1) BLopez, Middleton, Bledsoe, Middleton
2 slots left in the Elite 8 - last chance for Miami, Giannis also tries to earn a spot.
3 Heat 24 Bucks 23
Heat Bosh, Miller(3) LeBron, Wade
Bucks Giannis, Hill
1Score Heat 29 Bucks 27
Heat LeBron, Lewis
Bucks Giannis, RLopez
DWade with 9.
2Qtr
9 Heat 33 Bucks 29
Heat Lewis(1) Battier(3)
Bucks Bledsoe
6 Heat 37 Bucks 34
Heat Andersen, Bosh
Bucks RLopez(3) Ilyasova
Just 6 so far for Giannis, but you know he's going to go off
3 Bucks 45 Heat 43
Heat Bosh, Allen, Bosh
Bucks Hill, Hill(3) Hill, Bledsoe, BLopez
HScore Heat 52 Bucks 48
Heat LeBron(3) Bosh, LeBron, Andersen
Bucks Donte
Dozen for LeBron.
3Qtr
9 Heat 64 Bucks 57
Heat Andersen, Andersen, Bosh, Wade Wade, LeBron
Bucks Giannis, Korver(3) Connaughton, Ilyasova
6 Heat 68 Bucks 59
Heat LeBron, Wade
Bucks BLopez
Miami with the biggest lead for either team; Wade adds a half dozen.
3 Heat 79 Bucks 67
Heat Allen(3) Allen, LeBron, LeBron, leBron
Bucks Giannis, Giannis(3) BLopez(3)
3Score Heat 87 Bucks 72
Heat Allen, Bosh, Bosh, Wade
Bucks Connaughton, Giannis(3)
LeBron and Giannis each with 10 in the third - Miami got swept in the prior series, that seems unlikely here.
4Qtr
9 Heat 99 Bucks 77
Heat LeBron, Wade, Miller(3) Bosh(3) Wade
Bucks Hill(3) Middleton
6 Heat 108 Bucks 88
Heat Bosh, Andersen, Andersen(3) Haslem
Bucks Giannis, Bledsoe(3) Donte(3) Giannis(3)
Easy game one for Miami.
3 Heat 114 Bucks 93
Heat Bosh, LeBron, Cole
Bucks Mason(3) Wilson
FScore Heat 116 Bucks 101
Heat Howard
Bucks Williams, Williams(3) Brown(3)
The 2012 Heat got swept clean out of the tournament - but the 2013 Heat easily take game one.
LeBron: 28 pts/8 boards/6 assists-Player of the Game
Bosh: 23 pts/12 boards
Wade: 21 pts/6 boards/6 assists
Andersen: 13 pts
Giannis: 22 pts/9 boards/7 assists
Middleton: 9 pts/10 boards
BLopez: 12 pts/4 blocks
Bledsoe: 11 pts
Hill: 12 pts
Gm 2 Miami: AAA Mike Breen/Eric Reid
1Qtr
9 Heat 6 Bucks 6
Heat Wade, Bosh, Andersen
Bucks Giannis, BLopez, Bledsoe
6 Heat 13 Bucks 12
Heat Chalmers(3) LeBron, Bosh
Bucks Bledsoe, Middleton, BLopez
Miami looking to return the Sweet 16 to form and take games 1-2
3 Heat 24 Bucks 17
Heat Chalmers, Bosh, Miller(3) Battier, Wade
Bucks BLopez(3) Middleton
1Score Heat 30 Bucks 22
Heat Haslem, Lewis, Haslem
Bucks BLopez, Korver(3)
Miami picks right up where they left off.
2Qtr
9 Heat 35 Bucks 27
Heat Battier(3) Allen
Bucks RLopez, Hill(3)
6 Heat 38 Bucks 34
Heat Allen(3)
Bucks Hill, BLopez, Middleton
Just 2 for Giannis, another slow start.
3 Heat 44 Bucks 40
Heat Wade, Andersen, Bosh
Bucks Giannis, Giannis, Donte
HScore Heat 46 Bucks 41
Heat Wade
Bucks Connaughton(1)
Defense here in game 2.
3Qtr
9 Heat 54 Bucks 47
Heat LeBron, Bosh, Wade, LeBron
Bucks Ilyasova, BLopez, Connaughton
6 Heat 60 Bucks 56
Heat Miller(1) Bosh, LeBron(3)
Bucks Bledsoe, Bledsoe(3) BLopez, Middleton
5 more for LeBron
3 Heat 60 Bucks 60
Heat
Bucks Middleton(3) Wilson(1)
3Score Bucks 70 Heat 66
Heat LeBron, Andersen, Bosh
Bucks Bledsoe, Wilson, Donte, Middleton, Middleton
Giannis has 5 fouls, did not score in the third -- but Middleton gets 9 and Milwaukee has the lead.
4Qtr
9 Heat 73 Bucks 73
Heat Wade, Wade, Chalmers(3)
Bucks Ilyasova, Giannis(1)
6 Bucks 83 Heat 77
Heat Haslem, Wade
Bucks Middleton(3) BLopez, BLopez, Blopez, RLopez
Something's brewing here - very little from Giannis, but the Bucks have their biggest lead.
3 Bucks 88 Heat 81
Heat Bosh, Wade
Bucks RLopez(1)Ilyasova, Hill
FScore Bucks 97 Heat 92
Heat leBron, LeBron, Chalmers, Wade, Wade
Bucks BLopez, Middleton, Bledsoe, Middleton(1), Bledsoe
Milwaukee has been completely dependent on Giannis in the tournament, he's held to a shocking 7 points in this one -- and even more shocking - the Bucks win on the road.
Middleton: 22 pts/14 boards-Player of the Game
BLopez: 23 pts/5 boards/5 assists
Bledsoe: 15 pts
Bosh: 16 pts/11 boards
Wade: 22 pts/8 assists/5 steals
LeBron: 15 pts/5 boards/5 assists
Chalmers: 11 pts
Gm 3 Milwaukee: Fiserv: Jim Paschke/Bill Raftery
1Qtr
9 Heat 13 Bucks 6
Bucks Giannis, Bledsoe, Ilyasova
Heat Lebron, Lebron, Lebron(3) Bosh, LeBron, Chalmers
6 Heat 13 Bucks 10
Bucks Ilyasova, Middleton
Heat
it's the 7th of 8 Sweet 16 series and the first one to be tied at 1
3 Heat 21 Bucks 14
Bucks Middleton, Middleton
Heat Wade, Lewis, Miller, Lebron
1Score Heat 23 Bucks 19
Bucks Bledsoe, Bledsoe(3)
Heat LeBron
13 for LeBron - just 2 for Giannis, shockingly held to single digits in a game 2 win.
2Qtr
9 Heat 33 Bucks 25
Bucks Bledsoe, Williams, Ilyasova
Heat LeBron, Allen, Chalmers(3) Allen(3)
6 Heat 37 Bucks 29
Bucks Bledsoe, RLopez
Heat Chalmers, LeBron
Still just 2 for Giannis, he has vanished.
3 Heat 44 Bucks 36
Bucks RLopez, Ilyasova(3) Ilyasova, Ilyasova
Heat Lewis, LeBron(3) LeBron
HScore Heat 54 Bucks 47
Bucks Donte(3) Middleton, BLopez, Giannis, Giannis
Heat Wade, Wade, RAllen(3) Battier(3)
22 first half points for LeBron.
3Qtr
9 Heat 69 Bucks 52
Bucks Giannis(3) Giannis
Heat Andersen, Bosh(3) Miller(3) Andersen, LeBron(3) Bosh
6 Heat 77 Bucks 59
Bucks BLopez, Giannis, Hill(3)
Heat Bosh, Haslem, Wade, leBron
Giannis gets it going - but the Heat pull away.
3 Heat 79 Bucks 64
Bucks Connaughton(3) Giannis
Heat LeBron
Heat LeBron
3Score Heat 86 Bucks 70
Bucks Giannis, Giannis, Giannis
Heat Bosh(3) Wade, Wade
Giannis with 15 in the qtr but Miami will go up 2-1.
4Qtr
9 Heat 99 Bucks 74
Bucks Giannis, Giannis
Heat Wade, LeBron, Wade, Bosh, Wade(3) Wade
6 Heat 101 Bucks 88
Bucks Giannis, Giannis, Giannis, Middleton, Giannis(3) Middleton(3)
Heat Miller
13 points in 6 minutes for Giannis
3 Heat 111 Bucks 92
Bucks Giannis, Mason
Heat Andersen, RAllen(3) Lebron, Bosh(3)
FScore Heat 117 Bucks 107
Bucks Mason(3) Matthews(3) Williams(3) Mason(3) Bender(3)
Heat Cole, Howard, Harrellson
Giannis woke up and just poured home buckets - but this was never a game. Tremendous triple double for LeBron.
LeBron: 33 pts/13 boards/11 assists-Player of the Game
Wade: 21 pts/6 boards/5 assists/4 blocks
Bosh: 17 pts/9 boards
Allen: 11 pts
Giannis: 36 pts/9 boards
Middleton: 13 pts/9 boards
Bledsoe: 11 pts
Ilyasova: 13 pts
Gm 4 Milwaukee: Fiserv: Jim Paschke/Bill Raftery
1Qtr
9 Bucks 7 Heat 3
Bucks Bledsoe, Bledsoe(3) Donte
Heat Chalmers(3)
6 Heat 13 Bucks 11
Bucks Giannis, Bledsoe
Heat Bosh, LeBron, Andersen(3) Wade(3)
Game 4 - we have never had a game 5.
3 Heat 17 Bucks 15
Bucks Middleton, ILyasova
Heat Wade(1) LeBron(3)
1Score Bucks 22 Heat 19
Bucks Ilyasova, ILyasova, Connaughton(3)
Heat Allen
Bucks defense - you have to hope that maybe we go back to Miami and get a game 5.
2Qtr
9 Heat 27 Bucks 24
Bucks Williams(3) RLopez
Heat Miller(3) Lewis
6 Heat 32 Bucks 31
Bucks BLopez, Giannis
Heat Haslem, Haslem, Wade, Wade
8 for Wade.
3 Heat 40 Bucks 38
Bucks Bledsoe, BLopez, Giannis(3)
Heat RAllen, Haslem, Haslem, Andersen
HScore Heat 49 Bucks 47
Bucks Middleton(3) BLopez, BLopez, Connaughton
Heat LeBron, Lewis, LeBron, Lewis(1) LeBron
We've got a good one.
3Qtr
9 Bucks 59 Heat 53
Bucks Hill, BLopez, Hill(3) Bledsoe(3) Middleton
Heat Wade, LeBron
6 Bucks 60 Heat 55
Bucks BLopez(1)
Heat Bosh
Just 7 for Giannis - but the Bucks are up 5.
3 Bucks 67 Heat 64
Bucks Middleton, Giannis, Giannis(3)
Heat LeBron, LeBron(3) Bosh(1) Chalmers
3Score Bucks 79 Heat 68
Bucks Middleton, Korver(3) Bledsoe, RLopez, Giannis(3)
Heat Wade, Lewis
Look at this - Giannis with 8 in the last 6 and the Bucks have a double digit lead.
4Qtr
9 Bucks 85 Heat 72
Bucks Middleton, Hill, Bledsoe
Heat Lebron, Wade
6 Bucks 91 Heat 77
Bucks Donte, Donte, Middleton
Heat Lewis(3) LeBron
We are heading to Miami. Game 5 coming.
3 Bucks 93 Heat 80
Bucks Giannis
Heat Chalmers(3)
FScore Bucks 101 Heat 82
Bucks Giannis(1) Giannis(3) Bender, Mason
Heat Cole
Hey, we get one. Our first game 5 of the tournament. Winner moves on.
Giannis: 21 pts/18 boards/7 assists-Player of the Game
Middleton: 15 pts/5 boards
BLopez: 10 pts
Bledsoe: 16 pts
Wade: 14 pts/5 boards/5 assists/4 steals
LeBron: 22 pts/7 boards/5 steals
Lewis: 10 pts
Gm 5: Miami: AAA: Eric Reid/Jim Paschke
1Qtr
9 Heat 4 Bucks 4
Heat Andersen, Bosh
Bucks Giannis, Donte
6 Heat 13 Bucks 12
Heat Chalmers(3) Bosh, leBron, leBron
Bucks Bledsoe, Middleton, Middleton, BLopez
Game 5 - 25 year old Giannis against 28 year old Lebron. One moves on.
3 Bucks 18 Heat 17
Heat Andersen, Wade
Bucks Giannis, Hill, Giannis
1Score Bucks 27 Heat 26
Heat Wade, Lewis(3) haslem, haslem
Bucks Ilyasova(3) Connaughton(3) RLopez(3)
The Bucks hit 3 triples in the final 2 minutes of the qtr.
2Qtr
9 Bucks 35 Heat 32
Heat Chalmers(3) Lebron(3)
Bucks RLopez(3) Bledsoe(3) Bledsoe
6 Heat 41 Bucks 38
Heat LeBron, LeBron, Wade, RAllen(3)
Bucks Giannis(3)
Miami scores 7 in a minute and that Ray Allen triple gives them the lead.
3 Heat 52 Bucks 45
Heat Wade, LeBron, wade(3) Wade, Wade
Bucks Donte(3) Bledsoe, BLopez
HScore Heat 58 Bucks 50
Heat Haslem, Chalmers, Allen
Bucks Hill(3) Ilyasova
Wade with 11 in the 2nd - Miami's biggest lead.
3Qtr
9 Heat 67 Bucks 56
Heat Wade(3) Wade, Andersen, leBron
Bucks Middleton, Connaughton, BLopez
6 Heat 71 Bucks 65
Heat Andersen, Wade
Bucks Giannis, Middleton, BLopez, Donte(3)
Wade keeps going with 7 more.
3 Bucks 72 Heat 71
Heat
Bucks Giannis, Giannis, Middleton(3)
3Score Bucks 82 Heat 71
Heat Battier(3) Chalmers, Wade, Bosh,
Bucks Middleton, Giannis, Hill(1) Middleton, hill(3)
Middleton scores 11 in the third, we get a good one.
4Qtr
9 Bucks 89 Heat 87
Heat Wade, Lebron, Lebron(3)
Bucks Giannis, BLopez(3) Middleton
6 Bucks 96 Heat 91
Heat Lebron, Wade
Bucks Middleton, Hill(3) Ilyasova
5:19: MIL Brook Lopez hits a corner 3 - it is an 8 point game.
4:56: MIA: Bosh in the lane.
4:23: MIL: Giannis pounds home a dunk.
4:10: MIA: Birdman top of the key.
3:38: MIA: Wade drives the baseline and scores to cut it to 4.
3:22: MIL: George Hill in traffic.
1:34: MIA: Huge 2 minute stretch where no one scores - the Birdman again hitting a long 2. 103-99
:25: MIL: That's that - Miami has a chance to cut it to 2 - they can't and Giannis just goes iso to make it a 6 pt game
Giannis hits 3 FT, Bosh triples.
FScore: Bucks 108 Heat 102
It ends hard for Miami - the '12 team losing to OKC and the '13 team losing in the best series of the Sweet 16 to Giannis and the Bucks. Triple double for Wade, 30/13/10 and LeBron was an assist shy, 22/16/9. Giannis catches Garnett with 9 PotG and they are the current frontrunners for Tournament MVP
Giannis: 26 pts/14 boards/5 assists/4 blocks-Player of the Game/MVP
Middleton: 19 pts/10 boards/5 assists
BLopez: 14 pts
Hill: 14 pts
All Tournament Team 1st Team
C Shaq ('98 Lakers 7 PotG)
F Garnett ('08 Celtics 9 PotG)
F Giannis ('20 Bucks 9 PotG)
G Kobe ('09 Lakers 6 PotG)
G Harden ('15 Rockets 7 PotG)
All Tournament Team 2nd Team
C Duncan ('13 Spurs 6 PotG)
F Kawhi ('17 Spurs 7 PotG)
F LeBron ('20 Lakers 7 PotG)
G Steph ('15 Warriors 5 PotG)
G Westbrook ('11 Thunder 5 PotG)
