256 Team All Time Basketball Tournament: Region 13 Round 1: Series 5 and 6

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3. 1960 NBA CHAMPION BOSTON CELTICS  v. 14. 2018 PHILADELPHIA 76ERS

Celtics: 59-16, 1st East Div, 5th Off/1st Def

              d. Warriors East Finals 4-2

              d. Hawks NBA Finals 4-3

              #45 overall seed

Coach: Red Auerbach

Starters:

C Bill Russell                  25-USF                  18.2 PPG      20.1 PER  13.8 WS

F Tom Heinsohn              25-Holy Cross       21.7              18.4           7.7

F Bill Sharman                33-USC                  19.3              18.5           7.9

G Bob Cousy                   31-Holy Cross       19.4              18.7           7.8

G Sam Jones                    26-NC Central      11.9               17.7           5.9

Rotation Reserves

C John Richter                 22-NC St                 4.3               8.1            .4

F Gene Conley                29-Wash St              6.7                10.1          2.1

F Gene Guarilla               22-G Wash               3                  7.7            .5

G KC Jones                     27-USF                    6.3                12.6          3.7

G Frank Ramsey              28-Kentucky           15.3              14.5          5.3

Leaders: Russell 2nd Reb, 2nd Reb/Gm, 4th FG%, 4th Eff FG%, 2nd WS, 3rd WS/48

                Cousy 1st Assts, 1st Assts/Gm, 3rd Def WS, 2nd Trip Doub

                Sharman 4th FT%

                Heinsohn 5th FT%

World Champion Celtics once again best defense in 1960; 25 year old Bill Russell crosses 20 PER with double digit Win Shares.  45th overall seed, but these old teams have really struggled so far.  

Sixers: 52-30, 3rd East Conf, 12th Off/4th Def

            d. Heat East 1st Rnd 4-1

            Lost Celtics East Semis 4-1

            #212 overall seed

Coach: Brett Brown

Starters:

C Joel Embiid                 23-Kansas            22.9 PPG   22.9 PER  6.2 WS

F Dario Saric                  23                         14.6            15.8          6.6

F Robert Covington        27-Tenn St           12.6            12.9          6.1

G Ben Simmons              21-LSU                15.8           20             9.2

G JJ Redick                     33-Duke               17.1           15.9          6.6

Rotation Reserves

C Richaun Holmes          24-BGSU             6.5             17.4         2.8

F Amir Johnson               30                         4.6             14.9        4.1

F Trevor Booker              30-Clemson          4.7             14.5       1.7

G TJ McConnell              25Arizona            6.3             12.5         3.8

G Marco Belinelli            31                         13.6           14.2        1.8

Leaders: Simmons 3rd Assts, 5th Assts/Gm, 5th Steals, 2nd Def WS, 2nd Def +/-, 3rd Trip Doub

                Embiid 4th Blocks/Gm, 3rd Def Rtng

                Belinelli 4th FT%

                Covington 5th WS

Like the Celtics, the Sixers are a defense first squad.  21 year old Ben Simmons and 23 year old Joel Embiid hit 20 PER. 

Matchup

C Russell (Celtics)

F Heinson (Celtics)

F Sharman (Celtics)

G Simmons (Sixers)

G Push

Bench: Sixers

Game  1

1 Qtr

9 Celtics 10 Sixers 8

Celtics Sharman, Sharman, Russell, Heinsohn, Cousy

Sixers Covington(3) Covington, Saric(3)

6 Celtics 16 Sixers 10

Celtics Heinsohn, SJones, Sharman

Sixers Saric

Underway. Boston's got almost 60 years to make up here.  

3 Celtics 21 Sixers 20

Celtics Heinsohn, Russell(3)

Sixers Simmons, Redick(3) Redick(3) Okafor

1st Score Celtics 32 Sixers 27

Celtics Richter, Conley(3) KC Jones, KC Jones, Sharman

Sixers Redick(3) Redick, Redick

JJ Redick goes off; 13 points in 6 minutes, but Boston leads.  

2nd Qtr

9 Celtics 38 Sixers 38

Celtics Ramsey, Conley, SJones

Sixers Saric, Booker(3) Embiid, Simmons, Embiid

6 Sixers 47 Celtics 43

Celtics  Sharman, Ramsey(3)

Sixers  Embiid, Johnson, Simmons, Redick(3)

Philly takes its first lead - if JJ Redick is going to bury Boston in 3s its a tough series for the Celts.

3 Sixers 55 Celtics 51

Celtics Cousy, Russell, Cousy, Ramsey

Sixers Belinelli, Simmons, Simmons, Covington

Half Score Sixers 66 Celtics 61

Celtics Heinsohn, Heinsohn, Sharman, Heinsohn, Heinsohn

Sixers Johnson(3) Embiid, Embiid, Redick, Covington

Offense in the first half; Simmons and Embiid both with 8 in the 2nd.

3rd Qtr

9 Sixers 76 Celtics 69

Celtics SJones, Russell, KC Jones, Cousy

Sixers Saric, Simmons(3) Simmons, Johnson(3)

6 Sixers 91 Celtics 80

Celtics Heinsohn, Ramsey, Ramsey, Cousy, Sharman

Sixers Covington(3) Belinelli, Belinelli, Embiid, Simmons, Redick, Embiid

That modern Philly offense starting to stretch this out on the 3rd seed in the regiobn; 7 more for Ben Simmons.

3 Sixers 99 Celtics 85

Celtics Cousy(1) Heinsohn, SJones

Sixers Booker, Redick, Belinelli, Redick

3rd Score Sixers 102 Celtics 91

Celtics Guarilla, Sharman, Sharman

Sixers Belinelli(1) Redick

Ton of points between two defense first teams, not the game you'd expect - but the Sixers just push the pace on the Celtics from 60 years ago.  6 more for JJ Redick, filling it up.

4th Qtr

9 Sixers 112 Celtics 106

Celtics Russell, Ramsey, Heinsohn, SJones(3) Heinsohn, Sharman, Heinsohn

Sixers Embiid(3) Redick, Embiid, Embiid

6 Sixers 120 Celtics 111

Celtics Russell, Sharman(3)

Sixers Embiid, Embiid, Embiid, Embiid

Boston got as close as 6 - but Joel Embiid takes over, just dominating with Russell starting the quarter trying to get a blow, 15 points to open the quarter.  

3 Sixers 124 Celtics 121

Celtics Sharman(3) Sharman, Cousy, Sharman, Sharman, Cousy

Sixers Embiid, Embiid

Boston goes on the big run, Bill Sharman goes for 9 in the last 3 minutes and it is a 3 point game.

Starters on the floor for both sides.  

2:02: PHI: Defense asserts itself, a minute passes before a Saric layup.

:26: PHI: This has been an offensive game for 45 minutes - but it's all defense in the last 3, Boston has to foul Embiid, he hits both and it's over.

Embiid picks up 4 more FT

Final Score Sixers 132 Celtics 121

Boston was down 3 with 3 left and didn't score again.

Embiid: 39 pts/14 boards-Player of the Game

Redick: 29 pts/5 boards

Simmons: 17 pts/13 assists/5 boards

Saric: 11 pts/8 boards

Covington: 12 pts/5 boards

Heinsohn: 24 pts/9 boards/4 steals

Sharman: 29 pts

Russell: 13 pts/22 boards

Cousy: 16 pts/8 assists/5 boards

SJones: 11 pts/10 boards/6 assists

Ramsey: 13 pts/5 boards

Game 2

1 Qtr

9 Boston 10 Philly 2

Celtics Russell(1) Heinsohn(1) Russell, Cousy, Sharman, Sharman

Sixers Embiid

6 Celtics 16 Sixers 12

Celtics Sharman, Heinsohn, Russell

Sixers Redick, Embiid, Embiid, Redick, Redick

Boston sprints out, Philly comes back.  Game 2 underway.

3 Celtics 24 Sixers 19

Celtics Heinsohn, Heinsohn(3) Cousy(1) Heinsohn

Sixers Saric, Embiid, Johnson(3)

1st Score Celtics 33 Sixers 21

Celtics Cousy, Conley(3) Ramsey, Ramsey

Sixers Redick

Boston's defense takes a huge step forward in game 2 and the lead is double digits.

2nd Qtr

9 Celtics 39 Sixers 33

Celtics Richter, Russell, Cousy

Sixers Belinelli, Anderson, Johnson(1) Embiid, Belinelli(3) Redick

6 Celtics 52 Sixers 42

Celtics Ramsey, Conley(1) Sharman(3) Conley, SJones(3) Sharman

Sixers Embiid(1) Embiid, Embiid, Simmons

The Philly offense revs up, doubling their first qtr pt total in the first half of the second.  

3 Celtics 58 Sixers 50

Celtics Heinsohn, Cousy, Russell

Sixers Simmons, Johnson, Belinelli, Simmons

Half Score Celtics 65 Sixers 59

Celtics SJones, Ramsey, Heinsohn, Cousy(1)

Sixers Covington, Covington, Booker, Redick(3)

Boston still holding onto the lead, trying to force game 3.

3rd Qtr

9 Celtics 69 Sixers 68

Celtics SJones, Heinsohn

Sixers Saric, Belinelli (3) Embiid, Embiid

6 Sixers 80 Celtics 74

Celtics Sharman, Sharman, Richter(1)

Sixers Covington, Redick(3) Redick, Holmes, Redick(3)

8 for Redick in the last 3 minutes and the Sixers have caught up and gone ahead.

3 Sixers 81 Celtics 78

Celtics Richter, Heinsohn

Sixers Johnson(1)

3rd Score Sixers 89 Celtics 88

Celtics Sharman(3) SJones, Cousy(3), SJones

Sixers Simmons, Booker, Booker, Simmons

It's the Celtics with some late 3s and we head to the 4th.

4th Qtr

11:05: BOS: A minute into the 4th Tommy Heinsohn drills a 10 footer to give Boston the lead.

10:47: PHI: Redick passes up a contested 3 to find an open Simmons under the basket.

10:41: BOS: Heinsohn again with the quick deuce.  

9:17: BOS: A minute and a half later it's Bill Sharman with the fadeaway from the left side.  

9:06: PHI: Covington in traffic.  

8:42: BOS: As the clock expires Heinsohn rainbows a long 2.  

8:28: PHI: Embiid down low.  Celtics 96-95.

7:33: PHI: A minute later Simmons hits a corner 3 and the Sixers go up 2.

6:50 PHI: Heinsohn misses a 3, Belinelli goes bank.  

6:41: PHI: Simmons swipes a Cousy pass and Embiid dunks one home and now it's a 6 point Sixer lead.  102-96

3 Sixers 111 Celtics 104

Celtics Russell(3) Ramsey(3) Russell

Sixers Simmons, Booker(3) Covington, Embiid

Boston in real trouble here.  

2:29: BOS: Heinsohn misses, but the big board from Sam Jones, kick out to Sharman for the 3 from the top.  

2:22: PHI: Embiid goes high off glass.

2:16: BOS: Sharman hits a quick 2.

2:00: PHI: Great pass by Simmons to Covington for the open 3.

1:51: BOS: Cousy in traffic.  

1:40: PHI: Embiid in the paint.

1:34: BOS: Sam Jones hits a long 2 - 118-113 Sixers.  

1:19: PHI: Cousy fouls Simmons, he hits 1.

1:04: BOS: Russell gets a putback on a Cousy missed 3.

:55: PHI: They put Embiid on the line and he hits both.  

:45: BOS: Cousy goes down the floor and scores in the paint.  121-117.

:21: BOS: This time Embiid misses both foul shots - Sharman scores from 10 feet and now it's 121-119.  

Embiid fouled again.  17 seconds left.  

He hits them both - big, as that makes it a 4 point game.

Boston can't score.  It's over.  

Final: Sixers 123 Celtics 119

Another 20 rebound game for Russell. but Boston goes home.

Embiid: 33 pts/14 boards/4 blocks - Player of the Game

Simmons: 18 pts/14 assists/10 boards

Redick: 21 pts/8 boards

Covington: 13 pts/6 boards

Saric: 4 pts/10 boards

Belinelli: 12 pts

All Region Team

C Embiid ('18 Sixers-2 PotG)

F LeBron ('20 Lakers-2 PotG)

F Durant ('14 Thunder-2 PotG)

G Simmons ('18 Sixers)

G Williams ('08 Jazz-1 PotG)

6. 2000 PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS v. 11. 2006 NBA CHAMPION MIAMI HEAT

Blazers: 59-23, 2nd Pac Div, 3rd Off/5th Def

               d. Wolves West 1st Rnd 3-1

               d. Jazz West Semis 4-1

               Lost Lakers West Finals 4-3

               #84 overall seed

Coach: Mike Dunleavy

Starters:

C Arvydas Sabonis                35                    11.8 PPG    20.3 PER  7.1 WS

F Rasheed Wallace                25-UNC          16.4            18.1           9.3

F Scottie Pippen                    34-Cen Ark     12.5            16.4           7.8

G Damon Stoudamire           26-Ariz            12.5            15.5           6.1

G Steve Smith                       30-Mich St      14.9             17.3          10.4

Rotation Reserves

C Jermaine O'Neal                21                     3.9              13.1           2.1

F Detlef Schrempf                37                      7.5              14.5          5.2

F Bonzi Wells                      23-Ball St           8.8              17.3          3.1

G Greg Anthony                   32-UNLV          6.3              13             4.1

G Stacey Augmon                31-UNLV          3.4               12.2         1.5

Leaders:  Smith 2nd Off Rtng

                 Sabonis 3rd Def Reb %

The 6th seed in Region 13 is a fun Blazers team; top 5 in both offense and defense.  Check out the all Running Rebel bench backcourt; 37 year old Detlef, 34 year old Scottie -- 35 year old Sabonis hits 20 PER and 30 year old Steve Smith double digit WS.

Heat: 52-30, 1st SE Div, 7th Off/9th Def

           d. Bulls East 1st Rnd 4-2

           d. Nets East Semis 4-1

           d. Pistons East finals 4-2

           d. Navs NBA Finals 4-2

Coach: Pat Riley, Asst Erik Spoelstra, Bob McAdoo

Starters:

C Shaquille O'Neal         33-LSU               20 PPG   24.4 PER  6.2 WS

F Alonzo Mourning        35-Georgetown   7.8          19.4           4.8

F Udonis Haslem            25-Florida           9.3          13.7           7

G Jason Williams            30-Florida          12.3         15              4.8

G Dwyane Wade            24-Marquette       27.2        27.6           14.4

Rotation Reserves

C Wayne Simien            22-Kansas            3.4          11.5            .8

F Antoine Walker          29-Kentucky         12.2        14.4           3.6

F James Posey               29-Xavier             7.2           9.8             4.2

G Gary Payton              37-Oregon St        7.7           10.7           4.1

G Jason Kapono           24-UCLA              4.1           9                1.2

Leaders: Wade 5th PPG, 4th PER, 4th WS/48, 4th +/-, 5th VORP, 4th Trip Doub

                Zo 3rd Blocks/Gm

                Shaq 1st FG%, 1st Eff FG%

Here's Pat Riley and the World Champion Heat - 24 year old DWade runs the show, well over 25 PER and double digit WS. Miami goes with the big front line - 33 year old Shaq playing next to 35 year old Zo. 

Matchup

C Shaq (Heat)

F Wallace (Blazers)

F Pippen (Blazers)

G Push

G Wade (Heat)

Bench: Blazers

Game 1

1 Qtr

9 Heat 8 Blazers 6

Blazers Smith, Stoudamire, Sabonis

Heat Zo(1) Wade, Williams, Shaq(3)

6 Blazers 16 Heat 14

Blazers Pippen, Wallace, Pippen, Wallace, Stoudamire

Heat Williams, Zo, Zo

The Sixers await the winners of this one. 

3 Blazers 22 Heat 17

Blazers Wallace, Sabonis, Pippen

Heat Haslem(3)

1st Score Blazers 30 Heat 27

Blazers Sabonis, Smith(3) Schrempf(3)

Heat Williams(3) Wade, Shaq, Payton(3)

The two sides exchanging buckets.  

2nd Qtr

9 Blazers 38 Heat 29

Blazers Wells, O'Neal, Anthony, Wells

Heat Payton

6 Blazers 44 Heat 36

Blazers Wallace, Sabonis, Wallace

Heat Posey(3) Kapono, Wade

Portland stretches it out here, strong Blazer defense to start the quarter.

3 Blazers 48 Heat 41

Blazers Sabonis, Schrempf

Heat Williams(3) Shaq

Half Score Blazers 56 Heat 49

Blazers Wallace, Detlef, O'Neal, Stoudamire

Heat Zo, Wade, Payton, Shaq

Portland was top 5 in both offense and defense and they lead the NBA Champion Heat.

3rd Qtr

9 Blazers 61 Heat 56

Blazers  Sabonis, Smith(3)

Heat Zo, Haslem(3) Williams

6 Blazers 63 Heat 60

Blazers Sabobis

Heat Kapono, Kapono

Miami, chip, chip, chipping away.

3 Blazers 76 Heat 64

Blazers Smith, O'Neal, Anthony(3) Wells, Wells, Anthony

Heat Simien, Wade

3rd Score Blazers 86 Heat 77

Blazers Smith(3) Smith, Pippen, Staoudamire(3)

Heat Shaq(1) Williams(3) Wade, Zo, Shaq

Big 9 point Portland lead.  

4th Qtr

9 Blazers 91 Heat 85

Blazers Wallace, Smith(3)

Heat Haslem, Williams, Zo, Shaq

6 Blazers 94 Heat 94

Blazers Wallace, Stoudamire(1)

Heat Wade(3) Shaq, Simien, Haslem

There's the run - Udonis hits a 17 footer to tie this game.  6 minutes left.

5:37: POR: Sweet post moves by Arvydas, he scores.  

5:26: MIA: Miami gets it to Shaq down low, he overpowers Sabonis, foul included - Heat up 1.

4:24: POR: A minute later, it's Sabonis again, off the Rasheed dish.

4:16: MIA: DWade is the best player on the floor - can he take over?  He drills the pull up.

2:55: POR: Over a minute passes, Damon Stoudamire scores from the wing and the Blazers go up.

2:17: POR: Arvydas stuffs Wade at the rim - huge block - and Smith scores in the lane.  

2:02: MIA: Antoine Walker - no conscience - he drains a 3 from the top to tie this at 102.

1:55: POR: Sheed is fouled.  Hits 1.  Starters now on the floor for both sides.

1:26: POR: Pippen swipes the ball from Wade - Rasheed scores down low - Blazers up 3.

1;12: POR: After a Mourning offensive foul, his fifth, Sabonis scores in the paint and it's 5.

1:03: MIA:  Shaq.  107-104

:49: POR: Scottie comes through - scores from the line.

:36: MIA:  Shaq.  109-106.

:24: MIA: Miami forces the turnover and DWade takes it hard to the goal.  109-108.

Big spot.  Wade puts Steve Smith on the line....and he misses both.  

Miami gets the board.  Timeout.  19 seconds left.  

What's Riley calling - is it Wade?  Is it a Wade isolation?  

Pippen denies Wade - JWill with the ball - Williams dumps to Shaq - he's immediately hammered.

Shaq goes to the foul line with 3 seconds left.  Down 1.  

Shaq hits the first FT.  Tied.  

Shaq hits the second.  110-109.

Blazers call time - Blazers looking for the last shot with just 3 seconds left - Rasheed gets the ball - not a good look - long turnaround --- its off the mark and the Heat have won game one.

Final Score Heat 110 Blazers 109

Shaq: 25 pts/10 boards/5 assists - Player of the Game

Wade: 19 pts/11 boards/11 assists

Williams: 20 pts/7 assists

Mourning: 13 pts/9 boards/6 blocks

Haslem: 10 pts/6 boards

Sabonis: 20 pts/14 rebounds/5 blocks

Wallace: 19 pts/10 boards

Smith: 20 pts

Pippen: 10 pts/7 boards/7 steals

Stoudamire: 12 pts/5 boards/5 assists

Game 2

1 Qtr

9 Blazers 7 Heat 2

Blazers Sabonis, Smith, Pippen(3)

Heat Zo

6 Blazers 11 Heat 11

Blazers Wallace, Pippen

Heat Williams(3) Haslem, Shaq, Wade

Miami took game one on the Shaq foul shots - can they close this out?

3 Heat 19 Blazers 13

Blazers Smith

Heat Williams, Wade, Shaq, Shaq

1st Score Heat 23 Blazers 23

Blazers Pippen, Wallace, Wallace, Augmon, Wells

Heat Wade, Simien

All tied through 1.

2nd Qtr

9 Blazers 33 Heat 31

Blazers Anthony, Augmon, Wells, Wells, O'Neal

Heat Posey(3) Walker, Walker(3)

6 Heat 38 Blazers 36

Blazers Anthony(1) Wallace

Heat Walker(3) Zo, Zo

Okay - super tight here in game 2, Antoine Walker had just 3 points in game 1, he's got 8 in the last 6 minutes.

3 Heat 50 Blazers 42

Blazers Wallace, Sabonis, Smith

Heat Kapono, Williams, Williams(3) Wade, Williams(3)

Half Score Heat 53 Blazers 44

Blazers Smith

Heat Zo(1) Shaq

Miami grabs their biggest series lead; 8 points in that 3 minute stretch for JWill.  

3rd Qtr

9 Heat 67 Blazers 46

Blazers Pippen

Heat Williams, Walker(3) Shaq, Payton, Haslem, Haslem

6 Heat 69 Blazers 53

Blazers Detlef, Smith, Damon(3)

Heat Williams

This series looks done; the Heat are up a ton.

3 Heat 76 Blazers 57

Blazers Stoudamire, O'Neal

Heat Shaq, Williams(3) Simien

3rd Score Heat 84 Blazers 59

Blazers Wallace

Heat Haslem, Wade(3) Shaq(1)

Miami just shuts Portland down; they'll move on.

4th Qtr

9 Heat 91 Blazers 68

Blazers Pippen(3) Wallace, Sabonis, Smith

Heat Shaq, Zo, Posey(3)

6 Heat 95 Blazers 78

Blazers O'Neal, O'Neal(3) O'Neal, Anthony(3)

Heat Posey, Wade

Too late for Portland.  

3 Heat 97 Blazers 86

Blazers Augmon(1) Pippen, Sabonis(3) Pippen

Heat Wade

Final Score Heat 112 Blazers 102

Blazers Stoudamire(3) Stoudamire(3) Stoudamire(3) Wallace(1) Stoudamire(3) Stoudamire(3)

Heat Zo, Wade, Shaq, Haslem, Wade, Wade, Wade

15 points in the last 3 minutes for Stoudamire is wild - but not nearly enough.

Wade: 25 pts/9 boards/9 assists - Player of the Game

Shaq: 18 pts/15 boards

Williams: 20 pts

Mourning: 11 pts/6 boards/6 blocks

Haslem: 10 pts/8 boards

Walker: 11 pts

All Region Team

C Embiid ('18 Sixers-2 PotG)

F LeBron ('20 Lakers-2 PotG)

F Durant ('14 Thunder-2 PotG)

G Wade ('06 Heat-1 PotG)

G Simmons ('18 Sixers)

256 Team All Time Basketball Tournament: Region 13 Round 1: Series 3 and 4

 1 and 2

5. 2008 NW DIV CHAMP UTAH JAZZ  v. 12. 2005 HOUSTON ROCKETS

Jazz: 54-28, 1st NW Div, 1st Off/12th Def

         d. Rockets West 1st Rnd 4-2

         Lost Lakers 4-2 West Semis

         #77 overall seed

Coach: Jerry Sloan

Starters: 

C Mehmet Okur            28                     14.5 PPG     15.2 PER  6.7 WS

F Carlos Boozer            26-Duke           21.1              21.9         10.2

F Andrei Kirilenko        26                     11                 17.2          7.1

G Deron Williams         23-Illinois        18.8               20.8         11.3

G Ronnie Brewer          22-Arkansas     12                 18.4          7.8

Rotation Reserves:

C Paul Millsap              22-LA Tech       8.1               16.1          5.2

F Matt Harpring            31-Geo Tech     8.2                14.1         2.8

F Kyle Korver               26-Creighton     9.8                14.2         3.2

G Ronnie Price              24-Utah Valley  3.7               12.3          1.1

G CJ Miles                    20                       5                  14.2          1.9

Leaders: Boozer: 3rd Def Reb, 

                Williams: 3rd Assts, 3rd Assts/Gm, 4th Asst%

                Brewer: 2nd Asst%

Utah got bounced in the first round of the playoffs but had the top offense in the league in '08 and that slots them the fifth seed in the region. 26 year old Carlos Boozer and 23 year old Deron Williams both go over 20 PER with double digit Win Shares.  

Rockets: 51-31, 3rd SW Div, 15th Off/4th Def

                Lost Mavs West 1st 4-3

                #180 overall seed

Coach: Jeff Van Gundy, Asst Patrick Ewing, Tom Thibodeau

Starters

C Yao Ming                       24                     18.3       23.2 PER  10.7 WS

F Juwann Howard             31-Michigan     9.6         13             13.2

F Tracy McGrady              25                     25.7       22.9          12

G Bobby Sura                   31-Florida St    10.3        14.4          4.8

G David Wesley                34-Baylor          10.9       11.6          4.4

Rotation Reserves:

C Dikembe Mutombo       38                     4             16.4          4.7

F Scott Padgett                  28-Kentucky    4.2          12.3          2.8

F Jimmy Jackson              34-Ohio St        13.3        10.5          1.5

G Mike James                   29-Duquense     12.4       17.4          2.2

G Jon Barry                      35-Geo Tech     7             14             3.7

Leaders: Yao 3rd FG%

                 TMac 5th Def WS, 4th VORP

Houston's defense is matching up against the Utah offense, 24 year old Yao Ming and 25 year old Tracy McGrady both have 20+ PER and double digit WS.

Matchup:

C Yao (Rockets)

F Boozer (Jazz)

F TMac (Rockets)

G Williams (Jazz)

G Brewer (Jazz)

Bench: Rockets

Game 1

1st Qtr

9 Jazz 10 Rockets 8

Jazz Boozer(3) Okur, Boozer, Okur(3)

Rockets Howard, Yao, Howard, Sura

6 Jazz 18 Rockets 14

Jazz Boozer, Williams, Boozer, Boozer

Rockets Yao, Yao, Yao

The 5/12 series is underway here in Region 13. Carlos Boozer blasts off with 11.  

3 Rockets 21 Jazz 20

Jazz Millsap

Rockets Yao(3) Sura, James

1 q Score Jazz 29 Rockets 27

Jazz Miles, Millsap(3) Miles, Mllsap

Rockets TMac(3) Barry(3)

Paul Millsap with 7 in the back half of the quarter.  

2nd Qtr

9 Rockets 33 Jazz 32

Jazz Millsap(3)

Rockets TMac, Yao, Yao

6 Rockets 39 Jazz 37

Jazz Williams(3) Harpring

Rockets Yao, Yao, Yao

21 points for Yao Ming.  

3 Rockets 44 Jazz 42

Jazz Williams, Williams(3)

Rockets Wesley(3) Sura

Half Score Jazz 52 Rockets 50

Jazz Brewer, Brewer, Williams, Williams, Millsap

Rockets Mutombo, James, Sura

9 for Deron Williams to close the half - we got a nice one to start this series.

3rd Qtr

9 Jazz 60 Rockets 55

Jazz Kirilenko(3) Harpring, Korver(3)

Rockets Wesley, TMac(3)

6 Jazz 70 Rockets 68

Jazz Korver(3) Millsap(1) Williams, Brewer, Brewer

Rockets Padgett, Wesley, TMac, TMac(3) Jackson, Sura

Buckets - both teams making buckets - 8 for McGrady to open the half.

3 Jazz 77 Rockets 71

Jazz Williams(3) Brewer, Harpring

Rockets James(3)

3 q Score Jazz 81 Rockets 75

Jazz Millsap, Williams

Rockets James, TMac

Yao misses most of the 3rd after picking up a 4th foul; he's back on the floor now; can Houston make a run?

4th Qtr

9 Jazz 86 Rockets 79

Jazz Okur, Kirilenko(3)

Rockets Howard, Yao

6 Jazz 95 Rockets 83

Jazz Williams, Okur(3) Okur, Brewer

Rockets Yao, Yao

Yao's got 5 fouls and the Jazz are pulling away.

3 Jazz 99 Rockets 89

Jazz Williams, Brewer

Rockets Yao, TMac, Yao

Final Score Jazz 106 Rockets 96

Jazz Okur, Brewer, Kirilenko(1) Brewer

Rockets TMac(3) Yao, Barrett

Utah holds Houston to 21 in the 4th and takes game 1.  

Williams: 25 pts/13 assists - Player of the Game

Okur: 14 pts/8 boards

Boozer: 11 pts/6 boards

Brewer: 18 pts

Millsap: 15 pts/6 boards

Yao: 33 pts/9 boards

McGrady: 20 pts/7 boards/5 assists

Sura: 10 pts/10 assists/7 boards

Game 2

1st Qtr

9 Rockets 4 Jazz 2

Jazz Brewer

Rockets TMac, Yao

6 Rockets 10 Jazz 8

Jazz Kirilenko, Brewer, Kirilenko

Rockets Howard, Howard, Sura

Points a little harder to come by here in game 2. 

3 Rockets 22 Jazz 10

Jazz Harpring

Rockets Yao, Wesley, Yao(3) TMac(3) James

1 q Score Rockets 34 Jazz 12

Jazz Millsap

Rockets Padgett(3) Barry, Taylor, Taylor Jackson(3)

Wow.  Houston goes on a 24-4 run and game 2 might already be over.  

2nd Qtr

9 Rockets 38 Jazz 16

Jazz Miles, Millsap

Rockets Barry, James

6 Rockets 45 Jazz 25

Jazz Collins, Millsap, Williams(1) Kirilenko, Boozer

Rockets TMac, Wesley, Sura(3)

Houston blowing out Utah; start readying for Game 3.

3 Rockets 49 Jazz 27

Jazz Kirilenko

Rockets TMac, TMac

Half Score Rockets 54 Jazz 33

Jazz Boozer(1) Kirilenko(3) Williams

Rockets Howard(1) Howard, Howard

Houston's cruising.

3rd Qtr

9 Rockets 61 Jazz 39

Jazz Boozer, Boozer, Millsap

Rockets Yao, Sura(1) Howard, TMac

6 Rockets 69 Jazz 44

Jazz Kirilenko, Brewer, Price(1)

Rockets Yao, Yao, Howard, McGrady

On our way to game 3.

3 Rockets 79 Jazz 44

Jazz

Rockets Wesley(3) TMac, Mutombo, TMac(3)

3 q Score Rockets 86 Jazz 48

Jazz Brewer, Boozer

Rockets Wesley(3) TMac, TMac

A total and complete shutdown of the Jazz in game 2.

4th Qtr

9 Rockets 92 Jazz 56

Jazz Brewer(3) Williams(3) Brewer

Rockets Sura, Yao, McGrady

6 Rockets 101 Jazz 59

Jazz Kirilenko(3)

Rockets McGrady, Sura, McGrady(3) Mutombo

Mercy rule.

3 Rockets 108 Jazz 67

Jazz Millsap(3) Williams, Miles(3)

Rockets Howard, Barry, Howard

Final Score Rockets 116 Jazz 81

Jazz Almond, Fesenko, Almond, Almond, Almond(3) Giricek(3)

Rockets Taylor, Baker, Taylor, Baker

Houston just rips Utah apart and forces game 3.

TMac: 31 pts/7 assists/5 boards - Player of the Game

Howard: 17 pts/9 boards

Yao: 15 pts/6 boards

Sura: 10 pts/7 assists/5 boards

Wesley: 10 pts

Mutombo: 4 pts/13 boards

Kirilenko: 16 pts/5 assists

Brewer: 13 pts

Millsap: 11 pts/8 boards

Game 3

1st Qtr

9 Jazz 9 Rockets 6

Jazz Brewer, Williams(3) Okur, Okur

Rockets Sura, Yao, Yao

6 Jazz 18 Rockets 7

Jazz Boozer, Williams, Korver(3) Boozer

Rockets TMac(1)

Utah shakes off that game 2 bloodbath and comes out with heavy defensive pressure.

3 Jazz 24 Rockets 18

Jazz Korver(3) Boozer(1) Brewer

Rockets McGrady, Wesley(3) Yao, Barry, James

1 q Score Jazz 34 Rockets 20

Jazz Korver, Boozer(3) Miles, Millsap, Harpring(1)

Rockets Howard

Houston's climbing uphill today; Utah way up.

2nd Qtr

9 Jazz 38 Rockets 24

Jazz Price, Giricek

Rockets Padgett, Mutombo

6 Jazz 43 Rockets 33

Jazz Brewer(3) Brewer

Rockets Wesley, Sura(3) Barry, TMac

Rockets a little closer.  

3 Jazz 50 Rockets 33

Jazz Okur(1) Williams, Boozer, Brewer

Rockets 

Half Score Jazz 59 Rockets 38

Jazz Williams, Williams, Williams(3) Williams

Rockets Yao, TMac(3)

11 Deron Williams points in the back half of the quarter; this series is over.

3rd Qtr

9 Jazz 68 Rockets 45

Jazz Boozer(1) Millsap, Kirilenko, Okur, Okur

Rockets Howard. TMac, Padgett(3)

6 Jazz 75 Rockets 50

Jazz Boozer, Boozer, Millsap(1) Boozer

Rockets Yao(1) Howard, Yao

Just the inverse of game 2; Utah comes back and blows Houston's doors off and moves into Rnd 2.

3 Jazz 83 Rockets 63

Jazz Brewer, Harpring(1) Kirilenko, Okur(3)

Rockets TMac(3) TMac, Yao, TMac, Yao, Yao

3 q Score Jazz 97 Rockets 72

Jazz Okur(3) Williams(3) Kirilenko, Millsap(1) Kirilenko(3) Millsap

Rockets TMac(3) Yao, TMac, Yao

Outside of a Juwann Howard bucket; each of the Rockets 27 points is the last 9 minutes was scored by Yao and TMac.  Houston can't stop Utah in this one.

4th Qtr

9 Jazz 104 Rockets 74

Jazz Williams, Brewer, Kirilenko(1) Okur

Rockets Yao

6 Jazz 113 Rockets 82

Jazz Millsap(3) Millsap, Boozer, Williams

Rockets TMac(3) James(3) Yao

The party is on in Salt Lake.

3 Jazz 117 Rockets 89

Jazz Brewer, Boozer

Rockets TMac(1) Howard, Yao, Howard

Final Score Jazz 125 Rockets 101

Jazz Brewer, Kirilenko, Collins(1) Fesenko(1) Almond

Rockets Wesley(3) Nachbar(3) Nachbar(3) Taylor(3)

Never a game; Utah cruises.  27/11 for Yao, 26 for TMac in the loss.

Boozer: 21 pts/13 boards/10 assists-Player of the Game

Williams: 23 pts/11 assists

Okur: 17 pts/7 boards

Brewer: 19 pts

Kirilenko: 12 pts/5 assists

Millsap: 13 pts/13 assists

All Region Team

C Kareem ('71 Bucks-2 PotG)

F Durant ('14 Thunder-2 PotG)

F McGrady ('05 Rockets-1 PotG)

G Williams ('08 Jazz-1 PotG)

G Westbrook ('14 Thunder)

4. 2020 NBA CHAMPION LA LAKERS v. 13. 1974 NBA CHAMPION BOSTON CELTICS

Lakers: 52-19, 1st Pac Div, 11th Off/3rd Def

              d. Blazers West 1st Rnd 4-1

              d. Rockets West Semis 4-1

              d. Nuggets West Finals 4-1

              d. Heat West Finals 4-2

              #52 overall seed

Coach: Frank Vogel, Asst Jason Kidd, Lionel Hollins

Starters:

C Dwight Howard                          34                         7.5 PPG     18.7 PER  5.4 WS

F Anthony Davis                             26-Kentucky       26.1            27.4          11.1

F LeBron James                              35                        25.3            25.5          9.8

G Alex Caruso                                 25-Texas A&M   5.5             10.8          2.3

G Kentavious Caldwell-Pope          26-Georgia          9.3             11             3.7

Rotation Reserves:

C Javale McGee                              32-Nevada           6.6             19.4          4.7

F Kyle Kuzma                                 24-Utah               12.8            12.2          2

F Danny Green                                32-UNC              8                 10.8         3.4

G Rajon Rondo                               33-Kentucky        7.1              12.4        1.4

G Avery Bradley                             29-Texas              8.6              8.9           1.5

Leaders: LeBron: 1st Assts, 1st Assts/Gm, 5th +/-, 3rd VORP, 1st Asst%, 2nd Trip Doub

                Davis: 3rd Blocks, 3rd Blocks/Gm, 4th PER, 4th WS, 3rd WS/48, 4th Def Rtng, 5th Block %

               Howard 5th Def Rtng, 3rd Off Reb %

The Covid Champs were just okay offensively, but had the third best defense in 2020; The King is 35, he and 26 year old Anthony Davis both cross 25 PER and 

Celtics: 56-26, 1st Atl Div, 5th Off/6th Def

              d. Braves 4-2 East Semis

              d. Knicks 4-2 East Finals

              d. Bucks NBA Finals 4-3

              #205 overall seed

Coach: Tom Heinsohn, GM Red Auerbach

Starters

C Dave Cowens                25-Florida St   19 PPG     16.6 PER  9.3 WS

F Paul Silas                       30-Creighton   11.5           14.5          7.7

F Don Nelson                    33-Iowa           11.5           16.1          5.9

G Jo Jo White                   27- Kansas       18.1           14             7.3

G John Havlicek                33-Ohio St      22.6           17.4          9.7

Rotation Reserves:

C Hank Finkel                   31-Dayton       2.5              11.6          .9

F Steve Kuberski               26-Bradley      5.1              10.9         1.7

F Paul Westphal                 23-USC           7.2              16.1         3.2

G Art Williams                   34-Cal Poly     2.6             14.7          1.2

G Don Chaney                   27-Houston     10.4            12.9          5.8

Leaders: Cowens 2nd Reb, 2nd Reb/Gm, 4th Def WS, 5th Def Rtng, 4th Reb %, 5th Trip Doub

                 Silas 3rd Off Reb, 1st Off Reb%

                 Havlicek 2nd Trip Doub

Battle of NBA Champs here in Rnd One; Boston doesn't have any players hitting the top end.  

                 

Matchup:

C Cowens (Celtics)

F Davis (Lakers)

F LeBron (Lakers)

G White (Celtics)

G Havlicek (Celtics)

Bench: Push

Game 1

1st Qtr

9 Lakers 9 Celtics 2

Lakers LeBron(3) KCP LeBron, AD

Celtics White

6 Lakers 16 Celtics 4

Lakers Caruso, AD, Caruso(3)

Celtics Havlicek

Battle of NBA Champs, but early on it's not a contest.

3 Lakers 26 Celtics 8

Lakers Howard, AD(1) AD, AD, Bradley(3)

Celtics Nelson(3)

1 q Score Lakers 39 Celtics 13

Lakers LeBron(3) Rondo(3) Rondo(3) Bradley, McGee

Celtics Chaney, Chaney(3)

Goodness.  The Lakers way too much for Boston.  

2nd Qtr

9 Lakers 47 Celtics 27

Lakers LeBron(3) AD, KCP

Celtics Hankinson, Havlicek, Havlicek, Cowens, Chaney, Nelson, Cowens

6 Lakers 52 Celtics 31

Lakers Green(3), McGee

Celtics Cowens, Cowens

Boston goes on a nice early 2nd quarter run and still trails by 21.

3 Lakers 56 Celtics 35

Lakers McGee(1) McGee(3)

Celtics Cowens, Nelson

Half Score Lakers 58 Celtics 37

Lakers Howard

Celtics White

Boston just can't score against this Laker defense.  

3rd Qtr

9 Lakers 67 Celtics 44

Lakers McGee, AD, Rondo, AD(3)

Celtics Kuberski(3) Nelson, Nelson

6 Lakers 71 Celtics 53

Lakers Caruso, LeBeon

Celtics Nelson, Westphal(3) White

Boston gets the deficit under 20.

3 Lakers 73 Celtics 58

Lakers Rondo

Celtics Cowens, Westphal(3)

3 q Score Lakers 84 Celtics 60

Lakers Bradley(3) Bradley, Davis(3) LeBron, Bradley(1)

Celtics Nelson

Boston got it to 15, but just can't put together any kind of sustained offense.

4th Qtr

9 Lakers 96 Celtics 68

Lakers LeBron, Davis(3) Rondo, LeBron, Kuzma

Celtics Silas, Havlicek(3) Westphal, White(1)

6 Lakers 102 Celtics 77

Lakers Davis, LeBron, LeBron

Celtics Cowens, Westphal, Havlicek, Havlicek(3)

The Celtics have no answers.

3 Lakers 108 Celtics 80

Lakers Davis, KCP, McGee

Celtics Westphal(1) Finkel

Final Score Lakers 117 Celtics 87

Lakers Waiters, Smith, Kostas, JR(3)

Celtics Hankinson, Williams(3) Westphal

This one wasn't close at any point.  

LeBron: 23 pts/12 boards/11 assists - Player of the Game

Davis: 27 pts/11 boards

McGee: 12 pts/9 boards

Rondo: 13 pts/8 assists

Bradley: 11 pts

Cowens: 14 pts/13 boards

Havlicek: 14 pts/7 boards

Nelson: 16 pts/6 boards

Westphal: 13 pts

Silas: 4 pts/10 boards

Game 2

1st Qtr

9 Lakers 4 Celtics 3

Lakers Howard, LeBron

Celtics Silas(1) Havlicek

6 Lakers 9 Celtics 5

Lakers LeBron(1) Howard, LeBron

Celtics Chaney

LeBron had a triple double in game one; the Lakers looking to advance to meet Utah.

3 Lakers 18 Celtics 9

Lakers Caruso, Caruso, Lebron, Kuzma, Howard(1)

Celtics Williams, Havlicek

1 q Score Lakers 24 Celtics 18

Lakers LeBron, Rondo, McGee

Celtics Cowens, Havlicek, Nelson(3) Chaney

Boston's in the game, but they havent shown any sort of offense yet in the series.

2nd Qtr

9 Lakers 30 Celtics 22

Lakers McGee, LeBron, Rondo

Celtics White, Havlicek

6 Lakers 44 Celtics 30

Lakers McGee, McGee(3) LeBron, LeBron(3) Bradley, LeBron

Celtics Havlicek, Havlicek, Cowens, Cowens

LA opens it up; both LeBron and Javale McGee with 7 to open the quarter.

3 Lakers 51 Celtics 34

Lakers Davis(3) Davis, Howard

Celtics Nelson, Westphal

Half Score Lakers 64 Celtics 42

Lakers McGee, Bradley(3) Green, Davis(3) Bradley(3)

Celtics Havlicek, White, Havlicek, Havlicek

This series is over; the nearly half century separating these two champions too much.

3rd Qtr

9 Lakers 73 Celtics 48

Lakers Kuzma, LeBron, LeBron, Rondo(3)

Celtics White(3) Cowens(3)

6 Lakers 77 Celtics 57

Lakers Davis, Davis

Celtics Cowens, Nelson, White, Cowens

LA will move on and meet the '08 Jazz.

3 Lakers 86 Celtics 61

Lakers Rondo(3) LeBron(3) Davis(3) 

Celtics Nelson, Silas

3 q Score Lakers 93 Celtics 69

Lakers KCP(3) Davis, LeBron

Celtics Silas, Nelson, Cowens, White

Both AD and the King chip in 9 in the 3rd.

4th Qtr

9 Lakers 103 Celtics 76

Lakers Rondo, Bradley, LeBron, Bradley, McGee

Celtics Cowens(3) Silas, Williams

6 Lakers 107 Celtics 80

Lakers LeBron, Davis

Celtics Finkel, Finkel

3 Lakers 119 Celtics 84

Lakers Green(3) Davis, KCP(3) LeBron, LeBron

Celtics Williams, Nelson

Final Score Lakers 126 Celtics 90

Lakers Davis, Smith, Cacok(3)

Celtics Silas(3) Hankinson(3)

This was just never a series; Boston not able to compete with LA; 20/15 for Cowens in the loss.  35 year old LeBron James dominating.

LeBron: 35 pts/11 boards/7 assists - Player of the Game

Davis: 23 pts/8 boards/5 assists/5 blocks

Howard: 7 pts/16 boards

McGee: 13 pts/5 boards

Rondo: 12 pts/6 assists/5 boards

Bradley: 12 pts

All Region Team

C Kareem ('71 Bucks-2 PotG)

F LeBron ('20 Lakers-2 PotG)

F Durant ('14 Thunder-2 PotG)

G Williams ('08 Jazz-1 PotG)

G Westbrook ('14 Thunder)

256 Team All Time Basketball Tournament: Region 13 Round 1: Series 1 and 2

 Region 12

1. 1971 NBA CHAMPION MILW BUCKS v. 16. 1987 MW DIV CHAMP DALLAS MAVS

Bucks: 66-16, 1st MW Div, 1st Off/1st Def

            d. Warriors 4-1 West Semis

            d. Lakers 4-1 West Finals

            d. Bullets 4-0 NBA Finals

            #13 overall seed

Coach Larry Costello

Starters

C Kareem Abdul Jabbar     23-UCLA            31.7 PPG   29 PER 22.3 WS

F Greg Smith                      24-W Kentucky  11.7           14.1       6.8

F Bobby Dandridge            23-Norfolk St     18.4            16.9      9.5

G Oscar Robertson             32-Cincinnati     19.4            19.6      12.4

G Jon McGlocklin              27-Indiana          15.8            14.2      8.9

Rotation Reserves

C Dick Cunningham           24-Murray St     2.6              11.7        1

F Bob Boozer                      33-Kansas St     9.1               13.1       3.7

F Gary Freeman                  22-Oregon St     3.7               15.4       1.1

G Lucius Allen                    23-UCLA          7.1                12.2      1.9

G McCoy McLemore          28-Drake           4.7                9.2        .3

Leaders Kareem 1st PPG, 3rd Reb, 4th Reb/Gm, 2nd FG%, 2nd Eff FG%, 2nd TS%, 1st PER, 1st WS, 1st WS/48, 5th Reb%

               Oscar: 2nd Assts, 3rd Assts/Gm, 2nd FT%, 4th Ast%, 5th Trip Doub

               McGlocklin 4th FG%, 4th Eff FG%

First in offense - first in defense - the 13th overall seed is the '71 NBA Champion Bucks. 23 year old Kareem is the best player in basketball, first in PER, Win Shares, Win Shares/48. 32 year old Oscar also has double digit WS.

Mavs: 55-27, 1st MW Div, 2nd Off/14th Def

            Lost Sonics West 1st Rnd 3-1

            #244 overall seed

            d. 1986 Rockets

Coach Dick Motta

Starters

C James Donaldson         29-Wash St       10.8 PPG   15.3 PER  10.4 WS

F Sam Perkins                  25-UNC           14.8           15.9           7.5

F Mark Aguirre                27-DePaul        25.7           22.1           8.9

G Derek Harper               25-Illinois         16              20              9.4

G Rolando Blackman      27-Kansas St    21              18.1            8

Rotation Reserves

C Bill Wennington           23-St Johns       2.7             7.9             .5

F Roy Tarpley                  22-Michigan     7.5              15.2          2.1

F Detlef Schrempf           24-Washington  9.3              13.7          4

G Brad Davis                   31-Maryland     7                 14.5           3.9

G Al Wood                       28-UNC            6.6              13.2           1

Leaders Donaldson 4th Reb, 4th Reb/Gm, 4th FG%, 4th Eff FG%, 2nd TS%, 1st Off Rtng

               Schrempf 2nd 3 Pt%

Dallas had the 2nd best offense in '87 and that bought them a spot in the play in round where they knocked off the '86 Rockets. 28 year old James Donaldson has double digit WS; 27 year old Mark Aguirre and 25 year old Derek Harper both get to 20 WS.

Matchup

C Kareem (Bucks)

F Perkins (Mavs)

F Push

G Oscar (Bucks)

G Blackman (Mavs)

Bench: Mavs

Game 1

1 Qtr

9 Bucks 8 Mavs 4

Bucks Dandridge, Kareem, McGlocklin, Smith

Mavs Blackman, Harper

6 Bucks 17 Mavs 10

Bucks Dandridge, Smith, Kareem, McGlocklin, Smith(1)

Mavs Blackman, Aguirre, Aguirre

Bucks off and running.  

3 Bucks 23 Mavs 16

Bucks Kareem, Smith, Kareem

Mavs Donaldson, Perkins, Perkins

1 q Score Bucks 30 Mavs 18

Bucks Kareem, McGlocklin, Cunningham, Freeman(1)

Mavs Donaldson

Dallas is swimming too far upstream; Kareem with 10.

2 Qtr

9 Bucks 37 Mavs 27

Bucks Allen, Freeman, Freeman(3)

Mavs Wood, Davis, Wood(3) Schrempf(3)

6 Bucks 39 Mavs 29

Bucks Smith

Mavs Perkins

Bucks cruising.

3 Bucks 52 Mavs 37

Bucks Boozer, Kareem, Allen, Allen(3) Oscar, Smith

Mavs Harper(3) Blackman(3) Davis

Half Score Bucks 58 Mavs 47

Bucks McGlocklin, Kareem

Mavs Blackman, Donaldson, Davis, Aguirre, Donaldson

Late Dallas flurry keeps the Mavs within shouting distance.  

3 Qtr

9 Bucks 66 Mavs 56

Bucks Kareem, Smith, McGlocklin, Kareem

Mavs Blackman, Blackman, Aguirre(3) Aguirre

6 Bucks 73 Mavs 60

Bucks Oscar(3) Oscar, Cunningham

Mavs Davis, Davis

Dallas got it as close as 6 when Mark Aguirre hit 5 straight, but now it's 13.

3 Bucks 75 Mavs 62

Bucks Smith(1) Smith(1)

Mavs Blackman

3 q Score Bucks 86 Mavs 62

Bucks Boozer, Kareem, Dandridge, Oscar, Boozer(3)

Mavs

And that wraps up game 1.

4 Qtr

9 Bucks 91 Mavs 66

Bucks McGlocklin, McGlocklin, Dandridge

Mavs Aguirre, Harper

6 Bucks 104 Mavs 77

Bucks Dandridge(3) Allen, Oscar, Dandridge, Kareem, McGlocklin

Mavs Aguirre (3) Perkins, Donaldson, Perkins, Harper

3 Bucks 106 Mavs 84

Bucks Smith

Mavs Aguirre, Donaldson(1) Blackman, Aguirre

Final Score Bucks 121 Mavs 84

Bucks Kareem, Allen, Oscar, Winkler, Winkler, Winkler, Winkler

Mavs

Marv Winkler scores the last 8 points of the game; easy breezy for the Bucks.  

Kareem: 24 pts/17 boards-Player of the Game

Smith: 17 pts/9 boards/5 assists

Oscar: 13 pts/6 assists

Dandridge: 12 pts/9 boards/5 assists

McGlocklin: 16 pts

Allen: 11 pts

Aguirre: 20 pts/11 boards

Donaldson: 11 pts/12 boards/4 blocks

Blackman: 17 pts/5 boards/5 assists

Perkins: 10 pts/9 assists

Davis: 10 pts

Game 2

1 Qtr

9 Bucks 14 Mavs 8

Bucks McGlocklin(3) Smith, Kareem, Kareem(3) McGlocklin, Dandridge

Mavs Aguirre, Wood, Harper, Aguirre

6 Bucks 18 Mavs 15

Bucks Kareem, Dandridge

Mavs Perkins, Detlef(3) Detlef

Kareem's got 7 in the first 6 minutes.

3 Bucks 24 Mavs 19

Bucks Dandridge, McGlocklin, Dandridge

Mavs Perkins, Detlef

1 q Score Bucks 30 Mavs 27

Bucks Dandridge, Freeman, Kareem

Mavs Tarpley, Wennington, Tarpley, Wood

Dallas nearly matching the Bucks shot for shot here in game 2.

2 Qtr

9 Bucks 39 Mavs 33

Bucks Freeman(3) Cunningham, Freeman, Boozer

Mavs Harper, Perkins, Donaldson

6 Bucks 52 Mavs 45

Bucks Dandridge(3) Allen, Kareem, Kareem, Dandridge

Mavs Perkins, Tarpley, Harper, Perkins(3) Harper(3)

Offense just doing work n game 2, 7 apiece for Harper and Perkins to open the 2nd.  

3 Bucks 62 Mavs 55

Bucks Oscar, Dandridge, Kareem, Kareem, Kareem

Mavs Blackman, Harper, Blackman(3) Tarpley, Blackman(1)

Half Score Bucks 71 Mavs 62

Bucks Smith, Kareem(3) Smith, Dandridge

Mavs Detlef(1) Blackman, Donaldson, Perkins

13 second qtr points for Abdul-Jabbar - look at all those points, it's only halftime.

3 Qtr

9 Bucks 77 Mavs 68

Bucks McGlocklin, McGlocklin, Oscar

Mavs Perkins, Blackman, Donaldson

6 Bucks 92 Mavs 75

Bucks Oscar, Dandridge, Allen, Allen, McGlocklin, Oscar, Kareem

Mavs Tarpley, Harper, Tarpley, Blackman

Oscar's got 5 fouls, but this series is over; the Bucks unstoppable.

3 Bucks 103 Mavs 83

Bucks McGlocklin, McGlocklin, Kareem, Allen(3) Freeman

Mavs Blackman, Blackman, Perkins, Blackman

3 q Score Bucks 109 Mavs 87

Bucks Allen, Smith, Kareem

Mavs Davis, Donaldson

The Bucks are marching to round 2.

4 Qtr

9 Bucks 118 Mavs 93

Bucks Cunningham, Oscar(3) Dandridge, Kareem

Mavs Detlef, Aguirre, Donaldson

6 Bucks 124 Mavs 99

Bucks Dandridge, Smith, Cunningham

Mavs Donaldson, Perkins, Perkins

3 Bucks 130 Mavs 99

Bucks McGlocklin, Dandridge, McLemore

Mavs

Final Score Bucks 142 Mavs 104

Bucks Webb, Winkler, Winkler(3) McLemore, Winkler(3)

Mavs Harper(1) Nutt, Nutt

I don't think we've seen a team hit 150; the Bucks gave it a run.  

Kareem: 30 pts/17 boards-Player of the Game

Dandridge: 27 pts/7 boards/5 assists

McGlocklin: 19 pts/5 boards/5 assists

Smith: 12 pts/5 boards

Oscar: 12 pts

Allen: 11 pts/5 assists

8. 2014 NW DIV CHAMP OKC THUNDER v. 9. 1989 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS

Thunder: 59-23, 1st NW Div, 6th Off/6th Def

                 d. Grizzlies 4-3 West 1st Rnd

                 d. Clips 4-2 West Semis

                 Lost Spurs West Finals 4-2

                 #116 overall seed

Coach Scott Brooks

Starters

C Nick Collison              33-Kansas          4.2 PPG    11.8  PER  3.6 WS

F Serge Ibaka                  24                      15.1           19.6            9.6

F Kevin Durant               25-Texas            32             29.8           19.2

G Russell Westbrook      25-UCLA           21.8          24.7            5.2

G Reggie Jackson           23-B College     13.1           15.4           4.9

Rotation Reserves

C Steven Adams             20-Pitt                 3.3            11.2           2.9

F Caron Butler                33-UConn          9.7             11.9           1.6

F Thabo Sefolosha          29                       6.3             10.4           3

G Derek Fisher               39-Little Rock    5.2             10.1           3.1

G Jeremy Lamb              21-UConn          8.5              13.4          3.3

Leaders Durant 1st PPG, 3rd TS%, 1st PER, 1st WS, 1st WS/48, 1st +/-, 1st VORP, 3rd Off Rtng, 4th Trip Doub

               Ibaka 1st blocks, 2nd Blocks/Gm

               Jackson 3rd FT%

OKC is a top 6 offense and defense in '14 and that makes them the 116th overall seed in the tournament and they are led by the best player in basketball 25 year old Kevin Durant, first in VORP, PER, WS, WS/48. 25 year old Russell Westbrook also has a monster PER.

Cavs: 57-25, 2nd Cen Div, 9th Off/2nd Def

           Lost Bulls 3-2 East 1st

           #141 overall seed

Coach Lenny Wilkens

Starters

C Brad Daugherty            23-UNC            18.9 PPG  18.5 PER   9.6 WS

F Hot Rod Williams         26-Tulane          11.6           17.6          7.7

F Larry Nance                  29-Clemson       17.2          19.9          10.3

G Mark Price                   24-Geo Tech       18.9          20.6          11.3

G Ron Harper                   25-Miami (Oh)  18.6          19.8           10.2

Rotation Reserves

C Tree Rollins                 33-Clemson         2.3            8.8            1

F Phil Hubbard                32-Michigan       2.4             11.7          .4

F Mike Sanders               28-UCLA            9.3            10.5           3.1

G Craig Ehlo                   27-Wash St         7.4             13.7          4.6

G Darnell Valentine         29-Kansas          4.8              11.5         1.7

Leaders Nance 5th Blocks/Gm, 5th Def Rtng

               Price 4th FT%, 3rd 3 Pt%, 3rd Eff FG%, 4th TS%

The 2nd best defense in 1989 is the Cavs; 24 year old Mark Price goes over 20 PER with double digit WS; 29 year old Larry Nance and 25 year old Ron Harper inches behind.  

               

Matchup

C Daughterty (Cavs)

F Ibaka (Thunder)

F Durant (Thunder)

G Push

G Harper (Cavs)

Bench: Push

Game

1 Qtr

9 Cavs 9 Thunder 2

Thunder Jackson

Cavs Harper(3) Williams, Williams, Daugherty

6 Thunder 14 Cavs 13

Thunder Collison, Durant, Ibaka, Durant, Ibaka

Cavs Williams Harper(3)

Winner will face the Bucks. Hod Rod Williams with 6.

3 Cavs 22 Thunder 21

Thunder Westbrook, Durant, Durant, Lamb

Cavs Nance, Price, Williams, Harper

1 q Score Cavs 29 Thunder 29

Thunder Westbrook, Durant, Westbrook, Westbrook

Cavs Hubbard, Eho(3) Valentine

Russell Westbrook comes on with 8 in the back half of the quarter and we are tied.  

2 Qtr

9 Cavs 35 Thunder 32

Thunder Butler(3)

Cavs Valentine, Harper

6 Cavs 47 Thunder 40

Thunder Fisher(3) Durant, Ibaka(1) Westbrook

Cavs Harper, Daugherty, Harper, Nance, Williams, Price

Ron Harper with 6 to open the 2nd.  Cavs up 7.

3 Cavs 51 Thunder 48

Thunder Jackson(1) Westbrook(3) Ibaka, Durant

Cavs Daugherty(1) Nance(1) Nance

Half Score Cavs 55 Thunder 55

Thunder Adams, Sefolosha(3) Westbrook

Cavs Nance, Daugherty

Like you'd expect from an 8/9 matchup; tight at the half.

3 Qtr

9 Cavs 58 Thunder 57

Thunder Durant

Cavs Daugherty(3)

6 Thunder 64 Cavs 63

Thunder Lamb, Sefolosha(3) Ibaka

Cavs Harper(3) Daugherty

5 more for Brad Daugherty.  Still tight.

3 Thunder 74 Cavs 74

Thunder Ibaka, Durant, Jackson, Durant, Lamb

Cavs Harper(3) Williams, Daugherty, Nance

3 q Score Thunder 85 Cavs 82

Thunder Jackson, Adams, Westbrook(3) Durant, Durant

Cavs Price(3) Harper(1) Nance, Harper

Durant closes the qtr with 8 and OKC is up 3.

4 Qtr

11:33: OKC: Westbrook opens with a dunk

10:33: CLE: A minute later Tree Rollins dunks.  

10:14: OKC: Ibaka with the turnaround in the lane.

9:41: OKC: Westbrook with the steal and Nick Collison scores a short range J.  

9:34: CLE: Harper hits a FT.

9:02: CLE: Durant misses a triple, Daugherty hits a 12 footer the other way.  91-87 OKC.

8:39: OKC: Durant drills a long 3.  

8:31: CLE: Harper layup.

8:03: CLE: Harper then takes it away from KD and Daughterty cuts the deficit to 3.

7:39: CLE: OKC can't find the basket, Daugherty is there from 6 feet and the deficit is 1.

7:25: OKC: Durant connects from the foul line to stop the slide.

6:58: OKC: Cleveland turnover leads to Reggie Jackson scoring from the wing.

6:51:CLE: Darnell Valentine drives and scores.  

6:44: OKC: Collison in the paint.  100-95

6:21: CLE: Daugherty dunk.  

6:10: OKC: Ibaka dunk.

5:52: CLE Daugherty nifty on the baseline.  

5:30: CLE: OKC misses and Eho hits a long 2 and the deficit is down to 1.

5:09: CLE: Westbrook misses and Darnell Valentine hits a huge, triple from the top - Cleveland goes up 2.

4:57: OKC: It's Durant, isolation, creating space and hitting the 2.

4:50: CLE: Daughterty again, from 16.

4:44: OKC: Reggie Jackson hits the open 2.  

4:32: CLE: Daughery one more time - scoring from the block.

4:02: OKC: Jeremy Lamb ties the score from the foul line.

3:50: CLE: Ron Harper drives baseline for the dunk.  110-108 Cavs

3:21: CLE: OKC misses and Harper is there to scoop and score.

3:11: OKC: You know who - it's Durant, just taking it himself.  

2:46: CLE: Mark Price is fouled, hits both.

2:11: CLE: OKC misses - Price is fouled again and hits both.  Cavs by 6.

1:37: OKC: Thunder get multiple chances and eventually Ibaka gets the dunk.

1:30: CLE: Hot Rod Williams  dunk.  118-112.

:54: CLE: Jackson misses and Daughterty scores from the paint and that might well be that.

OKC can't find the basket.  One Ron Harper FT is all that's left.

Final Score Cavs 121 Thunder 112

Tight the whole way - but Cleveland goes off for 39 4th quarter points and takes game one.

Daugherty: 30 pts/15 boards/5 assists - Player of the Game

Harper: 31 pts/5 assists

Price: 11 pts/11 assists

Williams: 14 pts/8 boards

Nance: 13 pts/8 boards

Durant: 34 pts/7 boards/6 assists

Westbrook: 20 pts/8 assists/7 boards

Ibaka: 17 pts/10 boards

Jackson: 11 pts

Game 2

1 Qtr

9 Thunder 5 Cavs 4

Thunder Westbrook, Collison

Cavs Daugherty, Nance

6 Thunder 17 Cavs 16

Thunder Westbrook, Durant, Durant, Durant, Ibaka, Westbrook

Cavs Williams, Williams, Price, Price(3) Williams(1) Nance

Game 2 underway with a bunch of early points.  Cavs looking to close out.

3 Thunder 2 Cavs 18

Thunder Jackson, Durant(3)

Cavs Price

1 q Score Thunder 30 Cavs 27

Thunder Ibaka, Butler(3) Sefolosha(3)

Cavs Daugherty(3) Valentine, Valentine, Nance

9 for KD in the first.

2 Qtr

9 Thunder 33 Cavs 31

Thunder Fisher(3)

Cavs Nance, Sanders

6 Cavs 43 Thunder 38

Thunder Ibaka, Sefolosha(3)

Cavs Harper, Williams(1) Williams, Daugherty(3) Daugherty, Williams

Cleveland spurts ahead.

3 Cavs 51 Thunder 45

Thunder Durant, Sefolosha, Lamb(3)

Cavs Williams, Price, Daugherty, Daughterty

Half Score Cavs 55 Thunder 52

Thunder Lamb(3) Durant, Collison

Cavs Nance, Rollins

Very much like game one, lot of back and forth shotmaking.  

3 Qtr

9 Thunder 63 Cavs 57

Thunder Westbrook, Westbrook, Ibaka(3) Ibaka, Ibaka

Cavs Daugherty

6 Thunder 70 Cavs 63

Thunder Durant(3) Durant, Butler

Cavs Nance, Daugherty, Daugherty

7 Ibaka points help OKC to its biggest lead.

3 Thunder 75 Cavs 70

Thunder Ibaka, Westbrook(3)

Cavs Nance(1) Daugherty, Harper, Harper

3 q Score Thunder 79 Cavs 77

Thunder Durant, Jackson

Cavs Williams, Daugherty, Harper(3)

Ron Harper gets 7 in the back half of the quarter and once again we are nip and tuck headed to the 4th.

4 Qtr

11:18: CLE: Harper again, hits an 8 footer to tie it.

11:12: OKC: Durant hits the long pull up 2.  

9:34: OKC: Nearly 2 minutes later KD hits a triple and OKC goes up 5.

9:17: CLE: Mike Sanders from the paint.

9:10: OKC: Nick Collison down low.

8:12: OKC: A minute later Steven Adams rainbows home a 3 - and it's an 8 point Thunder lead.

7:36: OKC After a Cav turnover Reggie Jackson floats one home.

7:14: CLE: Price backdoor.

6:56: OKC Ibaka with the hoop and the FT.  94-83.

6:42: CLE: Price 2 FT

6:05: CLE: Hubbard 2 FT  OKC 94 Cle 87

3 Thunder 98 Cavs 93

Thunder Westbrook, Adams

Cavs Price, Harper, Williams

The Cavs get as close as 3 points, cutting it from 11.  Down the stretch.

2:28: CLE: Harper missed, but got his own board and Williams scores from a few feet.

1:49: CLE: Westbrook misses a 3 - Daugherty dunks the other way and now the Thunder lead is down all the way to 1.

1:34: OKC: Reggie Jackson from the wing.  

1:07: OKC Price misses the game tying 3 and Collison scores from short range and the lead is again 5.

:23: OKC: That will do it - Cleveland can't score and Jackson does.

Durant adds some FT, that's the final:

Thunder 106 Cavs 97

Durant: 27 pts/9 boards/8 assists-Player of the Game

Ibaka: 18 pts/14 boards/5 blocks

Westbrook: 16 pts/8 boards/6 assists

Jackson: 10 pts/6 boards/5 assists

Daugherty: 26 pts/13 boards

Williams: 18 pts/8 boards

Harper: 13 pts/8 boards/8 assists

Nance: 13 pts/8 boards

Price: 15 pts/7 assists

Game 3

1 Qtr 

9 Cavs 9 Thunder 2

Thunder Jackson

Cavs Harper, Harper, Nance, Daugherty(1) Daugherty

9 Cavs 15 Thunder 13

Thunder Westbrook, Collison, Westbrook, Collison

Cavs Williams, Daugherty, Harper

One game for all the chips; winner moves on.

3 Cavs 21 Thunder 15

Thunder Durant

Cavs Harper(1) Sanders, Price(3)

1 q Score Thunder 30 Cavs 30

Thunder Westbrook(3) Westbrook(1) Adams, Durant(3) Fisher(3) Sefolosha(3)

Cavs Price, Nance(3) Ehlo, Valentine

OKC drops 4 triples in the last 3 minutes and we are tied.

2 Qtr

9 Thunder 39 Cavs 34

Thunder Butler, Lamb(3) Fisher(1) Durant(3)

Cavs Price, Harper

6 Cavs 51 Thunder 43

Thunder Adams, Lamb

Cavs Hubbard, Price(3) Price(3) Harper, Price(3) Daugherty, Daughterty

Marc Price goes off - 11 points to start the quarter and the Cavs go up 8.

3 Cavs 58 Thunder 49

Thunder Ibaka, Durant, Westbrook

Cavs Ehlo(3) Valentine, Valentine

Half Score Cavs 62 Thunder 58

Thunder Adams, Jackson, Westbrook(3) Ibaka

Cavs Valentine, Price

Of course it's tight.  One half of basketball to go.

3 Qtr

9 Cavs 67 Thunder 65

Thunder Jackson(3) Sefolosha, Ibaka

Cavs Daughterty, Hubbard(1) Williams

6 Cavs 73 Thnder 73

Thunder Fisher, Durant, Durant, Durant

Cavs Rollins, Daugherty, Harper

Flat footed tie - can the Cavs stop Durant when the money is on the table?

3 Thunder 85 Cavs 75

Thunder Durant, Jackson, Durant, Jackson, Durant, Durant

Cavs Nance

3 q Score Thunder 92 Cavs 79

Thunder Lamb(3) Westbrook, Westbrook

Cavs Nance, Price

Durant might have delivered the knockout blow, 14 points in the quarter and OKC is way up

4 Qtr

9 Thunder 98 Cavs 85

Thunder Durant, Westbrook, Westbrook

Cavs Rollins, Williams, Williams

6 Thunder 107 Cavs 93

Thunder Adams, Ibaka, Durant(3) Durant

Cavs Williams, Williams, Williams, Williams

Hot Rod Williams doing all he can, the last dozen Cavs points, but it's too late.

3 Thunder 114 Cavs 101

Thunder Durant(3) Jackson, Durant

Cavs Daugherty, Harper, Williams, Price

Final Score Thunder 125 Cavs 121

Thunder Collison(1) Ibaka(3) Westbrook(3) Westbrook, Durant

Cavs Price(3) Price, Harper, Nance, Price, Daugherty, Price, Daugherty, Price(3)

Furious rally by the Cavs - they get as close as 3 points, but OKC hits foul shots and sends Cleveland home. 34 for Price, 19/11 for Daugherty.

Durant: 38 pts/6 boards/5 assists - Player of the Game

Westbrook: 29 pts/8 boards/7 assists

Jackson: 13 pts

Ibaka: 11 pts/5 boards/5 blocks

All Region Team

C Kareem ('71 Bucks-2 PotG)

F Durant ('14 Thunder-2 PotG)

F Dandridge ('71 Bucks)

G Westbrook ('14 Thunder)

G Price ('89 Cavs)