256 Team All Time Basketball Tournament: Region 16 Round 1: Series 5 and 6

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3. 2012 SW DIV CHAMP S ANTONIO SPURS v. 14. 1995 NBA CHAMP HOUSTON ROCKETS

Spurs: 50-16, 1st SW Div, 1st Off/10th Def

            d. Jazz West 1st Rnd 4-0

            d. Clips West Semis 4-1

            Lost OKC West Finals 4-2

            #48 overall seed

Coach: Gregg Popovich, Asst Mike Budenholzer

Starters

C Tiago Splitter                 27                     9.3 PPG   20.5 PER  4.6 WS

F Tim Duncan                   35-Wake           15.4          22.5          5.9

F Kawhi Leonard              20-S Diego St   7.9           16.6          5.5

G Tony Parker                   29                     18.3          22             7.1

G Manu Ginobli                34                     12.9          24.1          4.2

Rotation Reserves

C Matt Bonner                   31-Florida        6.6            13.2         4

F DeJuan Blair                   22-Pitt              9.5            17.6         4

F Richard Jefferson           31-Arizona       9.2             10.9        2.4

G Gary Neal                      27-Towson        9.9            14.2        2.5

G Danny Green                  24-UNC           9.1            15.5        4.5

Leaders: Splitter 3rd TS% 

                 Duncan 3rd Def Reb%

                Bonner 1st TO%

The top offense in 2012 belonged to the Spurs; Duncan's 35, Ginobli 34, Parker 29 and they're all over 20 PER, so is Tiago Splitter, he's 27. 

Rockets: 47-35, 3rd MW Div, 7th Off/12th Def

                d. Jazz West 1st Rnd 3-2

                d. Suns West Semis 4-3

                d. Spurs West Finals 4-2

                d. Magic NBA Finals 4-0

                #209 overall seed

Coach: Rudy Tomjanovich, 

Starters

C Hakeem Olajuwon    32-Houston    27.8 PPG   26 PER  10.7 WS

F Robert Horry             24-Alabama   10.2            13.5        4.2

F Mario Elie                 31-AIC           8.8              13.7        4.8

G Kenny Smith            29-UNC          10.4            16.2        6.1

G Clyde Drexler          32-Houston     21.4            22.1        5.2

Rotation Reserves

C Carl Herrera             28-Houston     6.8              11.7        2.1

F Pete Chilcutt             26-UNC          5.3               11          2.1

F Otis Thorpe               32-Prov          13.3             14.7       2.3

G Sam Cassell             25-Florida St   9.5               15.9      4.7

G Chucky Brown         26-NC St         6.1              12.4       2.1

Leaders Olaujwon 2nd PPG, 5th Def Reb, 4th Blocks, 2nd Blocks/Gm, 3rd PER, 5th Def WS, 5th Def +/- 5th Def Rtng, 5th Block %, 5th Trip Doub

               Thorpe 4th FG%

               Smith 4th TS%

               Drexler 4th +/- 5th VORP, 5th Trip Doub

The 14th seed in the region - the World Champion Rockets; Olajuwon and Drexler are both 32, over 20 PER and Hakeem's got double digit WS.

4 spots remain in the Field of 128.  13 Spurs teams are already in the field; will it be 14?

Matchup

C Olajuwon (Rockets)

F Duncan (Spurs)

F Kawhi (Spurs)

G Parker (Spurs)

G Drexler (Rockets)

Bench: Spurs

Game

1 Qtr

9 Spurs 13 Rockets 10

Spurs Duncan, Splitter(3) Kawhi(3) Duncan

Rockets Olajuwon, Horry, Olajuwon, Elie, Drexler

6 Spurs 24 Rockets 14

Spurs Parker, Parker, Kawhi, Ginobli(3) Ginobli

Rockets Smith, Drexler

Spurs wildly hot to start this one.

3 Spurs 28 Rockets 19

Spurs Parker, Parker

Rockets Smith, Chilcutt(3)

1 q Score Spurs 33 Rockets 25

Spurs Blair, Green(3)

Rockets Olajuwon, Olajuwon, Cassell

Rockets close within 3, Spurs score 5 in the last 43 seconds.  

2 Qtr

9 Spurs 39 Rockets 29

Spurs Blair, Blair, Neal

Rockets Breaux, Thorpe, Smith

6 Spurs 47 Rockets 37

Spurs Jackson, Ginobli, Blair, Splitter

Rockets Cassell, Cassell, Horry

DeJaun Blair with a half dozen to open the 2nd.

3 Spurs 57 Rockets 41

Spurs Green(3) Ginobli(3) Duncan, Green

Rockets Olajuwon, Olajuwon, Olajuwon

Half  Score Spurs 62 Rockets 50

Spurs Parker, Kawhi(3)

Rockets Olajuwon, Drexler(3) Olajuwon, Smith

Olajuwon scores 10 to close the half, but the Spurs are up double digits.  

3 Qtr

9 Spurs 70 Rockets 56

Spurs Kawhi, Bonner, Parker, Kawhi

Rockets Drexler, Olajuwon, Horry

6 Spurs 75 Rockets 63

Spurs Kawhi(3) Kawhi

Rockets Drexler, Horry(3) Drexler

9 for Kawhi Leonard to open the half.  

3 Spurs 87 Rockets 67

Spurs Green(3) Splitter, Splitter, Green, Green(3)

Rockets Smith(3) Olajuwon(1)

3 q Score Spurs 94 Rockets 71

Spurs Duncan, Parker, Ginobli(3)

Rockets Thorpe, Brown

Danny Green with 8 in that 3 minute stretch ends game one.  

4 Qtr

9 Spurs 102 Rockets 79

Spurs Parker, Neal(1) Blair, Blair, Duncan(1)

Rockets Drexler(3) Horry(3) Thorpe

6 Spurs 107 Rockets 88

Spurs Duncan(3) Jackson

Rockets Olajuwon, Horry, Cassell, Drexler(3)

3 Spurs 114 Rockets 99

Spurs Jackson(3) Kawhi, Splitter

Rockets Drexler(3) Drexler, Brooks(3) Brooks(3)

Fin Score Spurs 124 Rockets 110

Spurs Diaw(1) Anderson, Ford(1) Ford, Diaw, Ford

Rockets Brooks(3) Breaux, Breaux(3) Maxwell(3)

Spurs in cruise control in the second half.  

Kawhi: 22 pts/10 boards

Parker: 16 pts/7 assists

Duncan: 12 pts/9 boards

Ginobli: 13 pts/11 assists

Splitter: 11 pts

Green: 16 pts/7 boards

Blair: 12 pts

Olajuwon: 21 pts/15 boards

Drexler: 24 pts

Smith: 11 pts/7 assists

Horry: 14 pts

Game 2

1 Qtr

9 Rockets 7 Spurs 0

Spurs

Rockets Drexler, Drexler, Olajuwon(3)

6 Rockets 12 Spurs 8

Spurs Parker, Bonner, Duncan, Kawhi

Rockets Smith(3) Drexler

Half Dozen for Drexler, Rockets trying to stay alive.

3 Rockets 17 Spurs 12

Spurs Ginobli, Parker

Rockets Smith, Drexler, Elie(1)

1 q Score Rockets 24 Spurs 12

Spurs Neal

Rockets Drexler, Drexler(3)

All Rockets here in game 2 - Drexler with 13 in the first.

2 Qtr

9 Rockets 30 Spurs 20

Spurs Jackson(3) Blair(3)

Rockets Elie, Olajuwon, Cassell, Brown

6 Rockets 36 Spurs 26

Spurs Parker, Green, Parker

Rockets Brown, Drexler, Smith

Double digit Houston lead.

3 Rockets 38 Spurs 30

Spurs Splitter, Duncan

Rockets Olajuwon

Half  Score Rockets 50 Spurs 40

Spurs Duncan, Green, Ginobli, Ginobli, Duncan

Rockets Olajuwon, Horry, Elie(3) Elie(3) Olajuwon

Gotta love the defensive effort from the Rockets in game 2.  

3 Qtr

9 Rockets 56 Spurs 45

Spurs Bonner(3) Kawhi

Rockets Drexler(1) Smith(3) Drexler

6 Rockets 60 Spurs 49

Spurs Parker, Green

Rockets Thorpe, Cassell

Houston defense the story in game 2 - Spurs went over 120 in game one, that will not happen today.

3 Rockets 67 Spurs 53

Spurs Blair, Parker

Rockets Olajuwon, Olajuwon, Horry, Cassell(1)

3 q Score Rockets 73 Spurs 66

Spurs Splitter, Duncan, Kawhi, Bonner(3) Green, Parker

Rockets Olajuwon, Olajuwon, Smith

8 more for Hakeem, Spurs have closed to 7.

4 Qtr

9 Rockets 82 Spurs 68

Spurs Parker

Rockes Smith(3) Horry(3) Horry(3)

6 Rockets 86 Spurs 78

Spurs Duncan, Parker, Duncan, Ginobli, Duncan

Rockets Drexler, Olajuwon

Those triples to open the 4th keep Houston up 8 now.

3 Rockets 87 Spurs 87

Spurs Splitter, Neal(3) Splitter, Parker

Rockets Olajuwon(1)

7 straight for San Antonio - a Tony Parker floater ties it.

2:56: HOU: Kenny Smithy drives and scores.

2:42: SA: Isolation play for young Kawhi Leonard, he creates his own shot, elevates, fires, scores.

2:00: SA: Houston misses and Ginobli hits a triple from the wing - the Spurs go up 3.

1:34: SA: Houston misses and Parker hits one from the foul line.  5 point game.

:57: HOU: Second chance bucket for Hakeem

:50: SA: Splitter dunk.  

:42: HOU: Smith layup.  96-93 Spurs

:12: SA: Houston is able to force a missed shot - but the Spurs get the board - Parker is quickly fouled, hits 1, that makes it a 2 possession game.

:06: HOU: The Jet hits the super clutch stepback triple off the inbounds.  Rockets down 1.

:04: SA: Parker fouled.  Hits both.  3 point game.  Houston has a last shot to force OT.

Mario Elie gets it in the corner - heaves it up....

Nope. 

Fin Score

14 San Antonio Spurs teams are in the Round of 128, second only to Lakers, 24/11 for Olajuwon in the loss.  

Parker: 25 pts/10 assists-Player of the Game

Duncan: 16 pts/17 boards

Ginobli: 11 pts/5 assists

Kawhi: 8 pts/13 boards

Splitter: 10 pts/5 boards

6. 2006 WEST CHAMP DALLAS MAVERICKS v. 11. 1969 NEW YORK KNICKS

Mavs: 60-22, 2nd SW Div, 1st Off/11th Def

            d. Grizzlies 4-0 West 1st Rnd

            d. Spurs West Semis 4-3

            d. Suns West Finals 4-2

            Lost Heat NBA Finals 4-2

            #81 overall seed

Coach: Avery Johnson, Asst: Rolando Blackman, Del Harris

Starters

C Erick Dampier               30-Miss St     5.7 PPG  13.9 PER  4.8 WS

F Dirk Nowitzki                27                  26.6         28.1          17.7

F Josh Howard                  25-Wake        15.6         19.3          6.7

G Jason Terry                    28-Arizona    17.1         18.4          9.6

G Marquis Daniels            25-Auburn     10.2         14.9         4.2

Rotation Reserves

C DeSagana Diop             24                   2.3           11.5          4.1

F Keith Van Horn              30-Utah         8.9           13.8          2.3

F Jerry Stackhouse           31-UNC        13             14.5           2.4

G Devin Harris                  22-Wisconsin  9.9         17.4          3.7

G Adrian Griffin               31- S Hall      4.6           11.6          2.9

Leaders Dampier 3rd Off Reb, 4th Reb%

               Dirk 4th FT%, 1st PER, 1st WS, 1st WS/48, 2nd +/-, 3rd VORP, 2nd Off Rtng

               Diop 2nd Block %

The Knicks and Mavs each have 3 teams in the Round of 128 - one of those franchises will have 4.  Dirk's 27 - number one in PER, Win Shares, Win Shares/48 in 2006. 

Knicks: 54-28, 3rd East Div, 3rd Off/4th Def

              d. Bullets 4-0 East Semis

              Lost Celtics 4-2 East Finals

              #176 overall seed

Coach: Red Holtzman

Starters

C Walt Bellamy              29-Indiana              15.2 PPG   17.9 PER  4.3 WS

F Willis Reed                 26-Grambling         21.1            21.4          14.7

F Cazzie Russell            24-Michigan           18.3            15.2          4.1

G Walt Frazier               23-S Illinois            17.5            20.2          12.7

G Dick Barnett              32-Tenn St              17.6            14.3           7.8

Rotation Reserves

C Phil Jackson               23-N Dakota           7.1               10.6          1.7

F Bill Hosket                 22-Ohio St              2.6                9.9            .5

F Dave DeBusschere     28-Det Mercy         16.4              14.3          3.8

G Howard Komives      27-B Green              9                   10.4         4.3

G Bill Bradley               25-Princeton           12.4               13.1         4.7

Leaders: Frazier 3rd Assts, 3rd Assts/Gm, 5th TS%, 4th WS, 4th WS/48, 4th Asst%, 1st Trip Doub

                Reed 3rd FG%, 3rd Eff FG, 4th TS%, 4th PER, 1st WS, 1st WS/48

                Bellamy 5th FT%, 5th Eff FG%

One more Knicks team in round one; top 4 in both offense and defense; 21 year old Willis Reed, 23 year old Walt Frazer with 20+ PER and double digit WS.

Matchup

C Bellamy (Knicks)

F Dirk (Mavs)

F Howard  (Mavs)

G Frazier (Knicks)

G Daniels (Mavs)

Bench: Push

Game

1 Qtr

9 Mavs 6 Knicks 2

Mavs Terry, Howard, Dirk

Knicks Reed

6 Mavs 10 Knicks 9

Mavs Dirk, Dirk

Knicks Frazier, Reed, Barnett(3)

3 spots left in the Round of 128; Mavs/Knicks each trying to claim one more.  

3 Mavs 17 Knicks 14

Mavs Daniels(1) Dirk, Harris, Dirk

Knicks Bellamy, Reed, Reed

1 q Score Mavs 24 Knicks 16

Mavs Dirk(3) Stackhouse, Stackhouse

Knicks Reed

Dirk with 13 to open the game; the Knicks have never seen anything like Nowitzki.

2 Qtr

9 Mavs 30 Knicks 21

Mavs Harris(3) Terry(3)

Knicks DeBusschere, Reed, Frazier(1)

6 Kicks 36 Mavs 34

Mavs Stackhouse, Dirk

Knicks Reed, Reed, Bradley, Frazier, Bellamy, Russell(3) Barnett

Big Knick run, Willis Reed with a half dozen to open the quarter.

3 Mavs 45 Knicks 40

Mavs Dirk, Dirk(3) Daniels, Terry, Van Horn

Knicks Barnett(1) Barnett(3)

Half  Score Mavs 55 Knicks 51

Mavs Van Horn(3) Dirk(3) Dirk, Dirk

Knicks DeBusschere(1) Bradley, Bradley, Bellamy(1) Reed(3) Reed

Another dozen for Nowitzki; he scores 27 in the first half, which might be a record, but the Knicks are hanging on.

3 Qtr

9 Mavs 66 Knicks 57

Mavs Daniels, Howard, Harris, Terry(3) Terry

Knicks Phil, Reed, Frazier

6 Mavs 79 Knicks 59

Mavs Griffin(1) Dirk(3) Terry, Dirk, Howard, Dirk(3)

Knicks Bellamy

Dallas opens it up; Nowitzki has 35 and it's a 20 point lead.

3 Mavs 88 Knicks 63

Mavs Dirk, Dirk, Terry(3) Terry

Knicks Bradley, Russell

3 q Score Mavs 99 Knicks 74

Mavs Dirk, Stackhouse, Daniels, Van Horn(3), Van Horn

Knicks Russell, Russell, DeBusschere, Frazier, Reed(3)

41 for Nowitzki, I think 48 is the tournament high.  

4 Qtr

9 Mavs 107 Knicks 80

Mavs Stackhouse(3) Howard, Dampier(3)

Knicks Frazier, Barnett, Reed

6 Mavs 109 Knicks 82

Mavs Griffin

Knicks Bellamy

3 Mavs 113 Knicks 84

Mavs Howard, Mbenga

Knicks DeBusschere

Fin Score Mavs 122 Knicks 93

Mavs Mbenga(3) Armstrong(3) Powell(3)

Knicks Hosket, May(3) Komives, Hosket(3)

The 21st century Mavs just way too much offensively.

Dirk: 41 pts/10 boards-Player of the Game

Terry: 19 pts/4 steals

Howard: 10 pts/5 boards/5 assists

Dampier: 3 pts/17 boards

Stackhouse: 11 pts

Van Horn: 10 pts

Reed: 27 pts/19 boards

Frazier: 11 pts/11 assists/7 boards

Barnett: 11 pts

Game 2

1 Qtr

9 Mavs 9 Knicks 9

Mavs Terry(3) Dirk, Dampier, Dampier

Knicks Reed, Barnett, Bellamy, Barnett(3)

6 Knicks 15 Mavs 12

Mavs Daniels, Dampier(1)

Knicks Russell, Russell, Reed

Game 2 underway; Knicks looking to hold on.

3 Knicks 22 Mavs 18

Mavs Dampier, Terry, Harris

Knicks Bellamy, Frazier(3) Frazier

1 q Score Knicks 28 Mavs 26

Mavs Harris(3) Griffin, Stackhouse(3)

Knicks Russell, Reed, DeBusschere

Tight.  Dallas can close out.  Winner meets the Spurs.

2 Qtr

9 Mavs 33 Knicks 32

Mavs Dirk, Stackhouse(1) Dirk, Dirk

Knicks DeBusschere, Bellamy

6 Knicks 40 Mavs 33

Mavs

Knicks Komives, DeBusschere, Russell, Reed

Good stretch for the Knicks and its their biggest series lead.

3 Knicks 51 Mavs 41

Mavs Diop, Dampier, Dirk, Dirk

Knicks Barnett, Reed, Reed(3) Barnett, Frazier

Half  Score Knicks 57 Mavs 51

Mavs Griffin, Howard, Dampier, Howard, Stackhouse

Knicks Reed(3) Russell(3)

Reed closes the half with 8.

3 Qtr

9 Knicks 62 Mavs 55

Mavs Dirk, Daniels

Knicks Barnett, Bellamy(1) Reed

6 Knicks 73 Mavs 67

Mavs Van Horn (3) Van Horn, Daniels(3) Daniels, Howard

Knicks Reed, Reed, DeBusschere, Reed(3) Barnett

9 more for Reed, Knicks maintaining this lead.

3 Knicks 81 Mavs 72

Mavs Stackhouse, Howard(1) Dirk

Knicks Bradley, Russell, Russell, Frazier

3 q Score Knicks 90 Mavs 82

Mavs Harris, Howard, Terry, Terry, Griffin

Knicks DeBusschere, Barnett(3) Reed, Bradley

The Knicks have had a solid advantage all game long and are now 12 minutes from forcing the decisive game 3.

4 Qtr

9 Knicks 94 Mavs 85

Mavs Terry(3)

Knicks Russell, Bellamy

6 Knicks 101 Mavs 88

Mavs Diop(1) Terry

Knicks  Frazier, Frazier(3) Reed

It's the Knicks - we will have the showdown game.

3 Knicks 111 Mavs 99

Mavs Dirk, Dampier, Harris, Dirk(3) Howard

Knicks Phil, Frazier, Bradley, Russell, Bradley

Fin Score Knicks 126 Mavs 117

Mavs Howard, Howard(3) Terry(3) Dirk(3) Terry, Howard, Terry(3)

Knicks Bradley, Russell(3) Russell(3) Bellamy(3) Reed, Bellamy

The Knicks battle back, a solid win here forces game 3.

Reed: 31 pts/15 boards/5 assists - Player of the Game

Russell: 25 pts/5 boards/5 assists

Frazier: 16 pts/7 assists

Bellamy: 14 pts/15 boards

Barnett: 16 pts/5 assists

DeBusschere: 10 pts/7 boards

Bradley: 10 pts

Dirk: 24 pts/6 boards

Terry: 22 pts/5 assists

Howard: 18 pts/9 boards

Dampier: 13 pts/9 boards/4 blocks

Game 3

1 Qtr

9 Mavs 10 Knicks 6

Mavs Daniels, Terry, Dirk, Dampier, Dirk

Knicks Reed, Barnett, Bellamy

6 Mavs 19 Knicks 14

Mavs Daniels, Daniels, Terry(1) Dirk, Howard

Knicks DeBusschere, Barnett, Russell, Frazier

Mavs off to the hot start.

3 Mavs 23 Knicks 22

Mavs Dirk, Dampier

Knicks Frazier, Barnett, Bowman, Frazier

1 q Score Mavs 32 Knicks 31

Mavs Dirk, Dirk, Dampier(1) Stackhouse, Dampier

Knicks DeBusschere, Hosket(1) Bradley(3) Bradley(3)

Great offensive quarter; Bill Bradley pumping home a couple of late triples.

2 Qtr

9 Mavs 41 Knicks 35

Mavs Harris(1) Dirk, Dirk, Dirk, Harris

Knicks Bradley, Reed

6 Mavs 48 Knicks 41

Mavs Harris(1) Terry(3) Harris(3)

Knicks Frazier, Bradley, Bradley

Devin Harris with 7 to start the half, Mavs up 7.

3 Mavs 53 Knicks 49

Mavs Daniels, Van Horn(3)

Knicks Phil, Bradley, Frazier(1) Russell(3)

Half  Score Mavs 57 Knicks 54

Mavs Van Horn, Van Horn

Knicks Bellamy(1) Bellamy, Bradley

7 for Keith Van Horn to close the half.  We got a good one. 

3 Qtr

9 Mavs 64 Knicks 58

Mavs Dirk(3) Harris, Dirk

Knicks Barnett, Bellamy

6 Mavs 68 Knicks 63

Mavs Howard, Dirk

Knicks DeBusschere, Reed, Frazier(1)

7 more for Dirk - he might be too much down the stretch.

3 Mavs 79 Knicks 74

Mavs Terry(3) Terry, Howard, Dirk, Daniels

Knicks Russell(3) Frazier, Bellamy, Reed, Bellamy

3 q Score Mavs 84 Knicks 74

Mavs Van Horn(3) Dampier

Knicks

That 3 minute stretch might have ended it.

4 Qtr

9 Mavs 93 Knicks 80

Mavs Dirk, Dirk, Stackhouse(3) Diop

Knicks Reed, Bradley, Russell

6 Mavs 99 Knicks 85

Mavs Howard(1) Terry, Howard(1) Stackhouse

Knicks Frazier, Barnett(3)

It's Dallas.

3 Mavs 103 Knicks 92

Mavs Stackhouse, Harris

Knicks Russell, Reed, Russell(3)

Fin Score Mavs 110 Knicks 98

Mavs Howard, Dirk, Dirk, Christie(1)

Knicks May(3) Riordan(3)

Dallas moves their 4th team into the Round of 128.  12 and 15 for Reed in the loss.

Dirk: 35 pts/11 boards - Player of the Game

Daniels: 10 pts/10 boards/5 assists

Howard: 10 pts/6 boards

Terry: 13 pts

Harris: 11 pts

Van Horn; 10 pts

All Region Team:

C Howard ('11 Magic)

F Dirk ('06 Mavs-2 PotG)

F Kanter ('19 Blazers-2 Player of the Game)

G Kobe ('10 Lakers -1 Player of the Game)

G Moncrief ('86 Bucks-1 Player of the Game)

256 Team All Time Basketball Tournament: Region 16 Round 1: Series 3 and 4

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5. 1986 CEN DIV CHAMP MILWAUKEE BUCKS v. 12. 1972 CHICAGO BULLS

Bucks: 57-25, 1st Cent Div, 4th Off/2nd Def

             d. Nets East 1st Rnd 3-0

             d. Sixers East Semis 4-3

             Lost Celtics East Finals 4-0

             #80 overall seed

Coach: Don Nelson

Starters

C Alton Lister                27-Ariz St                9.8 PPG   16.4 PER  5.5 WS

F Terry Cummings        24-DePaul                19.8          18.2         7.4

F Paul Pressey               27-Tulsa                   14.3          18.6          9.8

G Sidney Moncrief        28-Arkansas             20.2          20           11.7

G Ricky Pierce              26-Rice                     13.2          16.6         8.3

Rotation Reserves

C Randy Breuer             25-Minnesota           8.4            14.1          4.5

F Kenny Fields              23-UCLA                  6.4            13.3          2.8

F Charles Davis             27-Vandy                   8.4            13.9         2.1

G Craig Hodges             25-C St Long Beach  10.8         13.9         5.3

G Jerry Reynolds           23-LSU                      3.7           15.2          1

Leaders: Hodges 1st 3Pt%

                Moncrief: 4th WS, Moncrief 5th WS/48, 2nd Off Rtng

                Cummings 3rd Def WS

                Pressey 3rd +/-, 3rd VORP

                Pierce 3rd Off Rtng

                Lister 2nd Def Rtng

Nellie's Bucks are top 4 in both offense and defense in '86 and seeded 5th in Region 16. Moncrief's 28, 20+ PER w/ double digit WS.  Half dozen Bucks on the leader boards in '86. 

Bulls: 57-25, 2nd MW Div, 3rd Off/3rd Def

           Lost Lakers West Semis 4-0

           #177 overall seed

Coach: Dick Motta

Starters

C Clifford Ray                23-Oklahoma           7 PPG    17.3 PER  8.7 WS

F Bob Love                     29-Southern             25.8        16.8          7.5

F Chet Walker                 31-Bradley               22           21.8          14.5

G Norm Van Lier            24-St Francis           12.1         16.8          8.1

G Jerry Sloan                  29-Evansville           16.2        13.4          7.2

Rotation Reserves

C Tom Boerwinkle         26-Tennessee            7              15.9         7.4

F Jim Fox                        28-S Carolina           6              14.7         .3

F Howard Porter             23-Nova                   6               13.8        1.1

G Bob Weiss                   29-Penn St               11.3           12.4        5.6

G Jim King                     30-Tulsa                   5.7             11.7        2.5

Leaders: Walker 4th FT%, 3rd TS%, 5th PER, 4th WS, 2nd WS/48

                 Boerwinkle 4th Def WS, 2nd Reb%

                 Ray 4th WS/48, 1st Reb%

                 Van Lier 4th Asst %, 5th Trip Doub

The '72 Bulls were top 3 in both offense and defense, they got bounced in Rnd 1 of the playoffs and so they're the 12th seed here, but on paper this looks like a super even matchup.  31 year old Chet Walker is 20+ PER w/ double digit WS

Matchup

C Ray (Bulls)

F Push

F Walker (Bulls)

G Moncrief (Bucks)

G Pierce (Bucks)

Bench: Bulls

Gm 1

1 Qtr

9 Bucks 6 Bulls 0

Bucks Moncrief, Cummings, Pierce

Bulls

6 Bucks 12 Bulls 4

Bucks Pierce, Lister, Lister

Bulls Love, Walker

Bucks defense out strong to open this series.  Round one nearing a close.

3 Bucks 22 Bulls 10

Bucks Moncrief, Lister, Pressey, Moncrief, Pressey

Bulls Love, Walker, Love

1 q Score Bucks 26 Bulls 18

Bucks Breuer, Cummings

Bulls Porter(1) Bowerwinkle, Boerwinkle, Fox(3)

Strong start for the Bucks

2 Qtr

9 Bucks 34 Bulls 23

Bucks Cummings, Davis, Moncrief, Moncrief

Bulls Love, Walker(3)

6 Bucks 37 Bulls 28

Bucks Lister(1) Fields

Bulls Van Lier, Van Lier(3)

Couple of triples for the Bulls keeping them alive.

3 Bucks 45 Bulls 34

Bucks Breuer, Pressey, Cummings, Moncrief

Bulls Weiss, Love, Sloan

Half Score Bucks 57 Bulls 43

Bucks Cummings, Lister, Cummings, Pressey, Hodges, Moncrief

Bulls Weiss(3) Ray, Ray, Weiss

Cummings with 6 to close the half; Bucks with their biggest lead.

3 Qtr

9 Bucks 65 Bulls 55

Bucks Moncrief, Davis, Pierce, Lister

Bulls Love, Ray, King, Ray, Love, Ray

6 Bucks 67 Bulls 63

Bucks Lister

Bulls Walker, Walker, Walker, Van Lier

Nice run for Chicago and they have closed w/n 4.

3 Bulls 73 Bucks 71

Bucks  Pierce, Pierce

Bulls Van Lier, Van Lier, Weiss, Ray, Love

3 q Score Bucks 81 Bulls 81

Bucks Pierce, Pressey, Pierce, Pressey, Pierce

Bulls Weiss, Ray(3) Love

10 for Ricky Pierce in the last 6.  Bucks by a point.

4 Qtr

11:36: MIL: Ricky Pierce again.  On fire.  

11:16: MIL: Bulls miss, Lister scores from 4 feet.  

11:10: CHI: Walker putsback a missed Van Lier 3.

10:29: CHI: Bucks miss and Cummings' 5th foul leads to a Boerwinkle FT.

10:11: CHI: Another Bucks miss - Clifford Ray hits a triple from the wing and it gives the Bulls the lead.

9:53: MIL: Moncrief hits a 15 footer.  

9:46: CHI: The bank's open for Sloan.

9:33: MIL: Breuer hits a corner 3 and the Bucks go up 2.

9:04: MIL: Bulls miss - Hodges hits a corner 3 and it's a 5 point game.

8:52: CHI: Chet Walker in the paint.

8:10: MIL: Cummings dunk.  

7:55: CHI: Walker goes 1 on 5, full on hero ball, and sinks it.

7:02: CHI: Bucks miss, Pressey picks up his 5th and Clifford Ray hits 1.  95-93

5:35: MIL: A scoreless minute and a half later, Cummings sweeps across the lane and feathers one home.

5:26: CHI: Boerwinkle muscles up.

4:40: CHI: Bucks miss and Bob Love ties the game.  

4:29: MIL: Cummings again, fadeaway from the left side.  

3:46: MIL: Bulls miss and it's Cummings again, drives and scores.  

3:34: CHI: Love.  12 footer.  

3:23: MIL: Pressey dunk.  

3:15: CHI: Walker, long 2.  

3:06: MIL: Moncrief from the wing.  105-101

2:28: MIL: Chicago misses and Pierce scores to give the Bucks a 6 point bulge.

:59: MIL: The Bulls can't find the bucket - Lister in the lane probably ends the game.

Pierce and Moncrief each hit 2 FT and it's done.

Fin Score: Bucks 113 Bulls 101

Milwaukee outscores Chicago by 11 in the 4th and takes game one.

Cummings: 20 pts/12 boards/4 steals-Player of the Game

Moncrief: 22 pts/6 boards/5 assists

Pierce: 22 pts

Lister: 17 pts/10 boards

Pressey: 14 pts/7 assists/5 steals

Ray: 19 pts/15 boards/5 assists

Love: 22 pts/6 boards

Walker: 21 pts

Van Lier: 11 pts/5 boards

Weiss: 11 pts

Boerwinkle: 7 pts/10 boards

Gm 2

1 Qtr

9 Bucks 6 Bulls 6

Bucks Cummings,Lister, Cummings

Bulls Love, Van lier, Love

6 Bucks 14 Bulls 10

Bucks Pierce, Cummings, Cummings, Cummings

Bulls Walker, Van Lier

Terry Cummings went to DePaul; he looks to eliminate Chicago here.

3 Bulls 21 Bucks 18

Bucks Pierce, Moncrief

Bulls Van Lier, Love(1) Walker, Sloan, Sloan, Love

1 q Score Bulls 30 Bucks 25

Bucks Moncrief(3) Davis, Fields

Bulls Sloan, Love, Sloan, Porter

Jerry Sloan scores 8 to end the quarter and Chicago has the lead.

2 Qtr

9 Bucks 38 Bulls 34

Bucks Reynolds, Fields, Breuer, Breuer(3) Hodges, Pierce

Bulls King(3) Sloan(1)

6 Bucks 39 Bulls 38

Bucks Cummings(1)

Bulls Boerwinkle(1) Walker(3)

Tight halfway through the 2nd.  Bucks looking to advance as round one nears a close.

3 Bulls 49 Bucks 46

Bucks Pierce(3) Moncrief, Moncrief

Bulls Weiss, Sloan(1) Walker, Walker(3) Love(1) Ray

Half Score Bulls 55 Bucks 55

Bucks Pressey, Cummings, Pressey(1) Moncrief, Lister

Bulls  Sloan, Weiss, Van Lier

Sidney Moncrief scores a half dozen to close the half - dead tied.  

3 Qtr

9 Bucks 67 Bulls 60

Bucks Davis, Breuer, Fields, Hodges, Pressey, Cummings

Bulls Ray(1) Walker, Boerwinkle

6 Bucks 75 Bulls 69

Bucks Lister, Cummings, Lister, Moncrief

Bulls Love, Boerwinkle(3) Ray, Love

Bucks now up 6.

3 Bucks 81 Bulls 75

Bucks Pierce, Cummings, Lister

Bulls Love, Ray, Love

3 q Score Bucks 87 Bulls 84

Bucks Pierce, Pierce, Pressey

Bulls King(3) Walker, Van Lier, Walker

Hre we go  - Bucks up 3, 12 minutes left.

4 Qtr

9:59: CHI: 2 minutes pass, Clifford Ray hits a 16 footer.

9:31: MIL: Moncrief in the paint.

9:22: CHI: Van Lier from the wing.

9:05: MIL: Moncrief 15 footer.  91-88

8:39: MIL: Chicago misses and Moncrief doesnt.

8:21: CHI: Walker's fouled, hits 1.  

8:03: MIL: Cummings is fouled, hits 1.

7:30: MIL: Breuer bangs one home after a turnover and it's 96-89.

7:23: CHI: Ray dunk.

7:03: CHI: Ray blocks Pierce and Van Lier lays one home.  

6:53: MIL: Alton Lister monster dunk - and the foul.  99-93.

6:30: CHI: Love corner 3.  

6:21: MIL: Moncrief goes off glass.

5:55: CHI: Van Lier from the wing.

5:10: MIL: Kenny Fields from the wing.  

4:55: MIL: Chicago misses, Breuer hook shot makes it a 7 point game.

4:23: MIL: The Bulls miss - Moncrief pull up makes it a 9 point game.  107-98

Fin Score Bucks 123 Bulls 108

Bucks Lister, Pressey, Lister, Lister, Pierce(1) Pressey, Moncrief, Moncrief(3) Lister(1)

Bulls Porter, Sloan, Walker(3) Van Lier(3) Dinkins(3)

Impressive performance for the Bucks, 69 second half points, and they move on.  Clifford Ray with 21 boards in the loss.

Lister: 20 pts/12 boards-Player of the Game

Cummings: 20 pts/10 boards

Moncrief: 28 pts/6 assists/5 boards

Pierce: 16 pts/6 assists

Pressey: 11 pts/9 assists

All Region Team:

C Howard ('11 Magic)

F Gasol ('10 Lakers-1 Player of the Game)

F Garnett ('08 Celtics-1 Player of the Game)

G Kobe ('10 Lakers -1 Player of the Game)

G Moncrief ('86 Bucks-1 Player of the Game)

4. 2003 NBA CHAMPION SAN ANTONIO SPURS v. 13. 2019 PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS

Spurs: 60-22, 1st MW Div, 7th Off/3rd Def

            d. Suns West 1st Rnd 4-0

            d. Lakers West Semis 4-2

            d. Mavs West Finals 4-2

            d. Nets NBA Finals 4-2

            #49 overall seed

Coach: Gregg Popovich, Asst Mike Budenholzer, PJ Carlesimo

Starters

C David Robinson          37-Navy                  8.5  PPG   17.8 PER  6 WS

F Tim Duncan                 26-Wake                 23.3           26.9          16.5

F Malik Rose                   28-Drexel              10.4            16.1          5.2

G Tony Parker                 20                           15.5            16.5          7.7

G Manu Ginobli              25                           7.6              14.7          4.2

Rotation Reserves

C Kevin Wilis                 40-Mich St             4.2               12.5          1.6

F Stephen Jackson          24-Butler CC         11.8              14.5          4.8

F Steve Smith                 33-Mich St             6.8                12            2.5

G Steve Kerr                  37-Ariz                   4                   11.4          2.2

G Bruce Bowen              31-Cal St Fullerton  7.1              9.1            5.1

Leaders: Duncan 3rd Reb, 3rd Reb/Gm, 2nd Blocks, 3rd Blocks/Gm, 3rd PER, 1st WS, 4th WS/48,  3rd +/-, 4th VORP, 2nd Def Rtng, 3rd Def Reb%

                Bowen 1st 3 Pt%

                Robinson 3rd Def Rtng

4th seed in the region is the NBA Champion Spurs; Duncan's 26, top 5 in PER, WS, WS/48 and VORP. 

Blazers: 53-29, 3rd West Conf, 3rd Off/16th Def

              d. Thunder West 1st Rnd 4-1

              d. Nuggets West Semis 4-3

              Lost Warriors West Finals 4-0

              #208 overall seed

Coach: Terry Stotts

Starters

C Jusuf Nurkic               24                       15.6 PPG  23.4 PER  7.8 WS

F Enes Kanter                 26                        13.1         23.5          2.1

F Al-Farouq Aminu        28-Wake              9.4           13.2          5.8

G Damian Lillard           28-Weber            25.8          23.7          12.1

G CJ McCollum              27-Lehigh          21             17             5.6

Rotation Reserves

C Myers Leonard            26-Illinois           5.9           15.8          3

F Zach Collins                21-Gonzaga         6.6           13.5          2.9

F Maurice Harkless        25-St Johns         7.7            13.2          3.4

G Seth Curry                   28-Duke              7.9           11.4          2.4

G Jake Layman               24-Maryland        7.6           13.5         3.1

Leaders: Lillard 3rd FT%, 4th WS, 4th Off +/-

                Curry 3rd 3 Pt%

                Kanter 2nd Off Reb%

Our first look at a Damian Lillard team; he's 28, over 20 PER with double digit WS, joining him over 20 PER is Portland's own Twin Towers, 24 year old Nurkic and 26 year old Kanter.

Matchup

C Nurkic (Blazers)

F Duncan (Spurs)

F Rose (Spurs)

G Lillard (Blazers)

G McCollum (Blazers)

Bench: Spurs

Gm 

1 Qtr

9 Blazers 9 Spurs 6

Spurs Duncan,Duncan, Parker

Blazers Lillard, McCollum, Kanter, Nurkic(3)

6 Blazers 20 Spurs 12

Spurs Ginobli, Ginobli, Duncan

Blazers McCollum, Kanter, Kanter, Lillard(3) Kanter

Bucks await the winer - Enes Kanter off with 8.  

3 Blazers 24 Spurs 17

Spurs Ginobli(1) Rose, Parker

Blazers Lillard, McCollum

1 q Score Blazers 35 Spurs 24

Spurs Parker, Bowen, Parker(3)

Blazers Lillard, Harkless(3) Collins, Lillard, Harkless

Damian Lillard's first appearance in the tournament - he scores 11 in the 1st and the 12th seeded Blazers are up.

2 Qtr

9 Blazers 40 Spurs 26

Spurs Jackson

Blazers Kanter, Curry(3)

6 Blazers 45 Spurs 30

Spurs Jackson, Ginobli

Blazers Nurkic, McCollum(3)

Someone forgot to tell the Blazers they're seeded 13th in the region; this is a wipeout.

3 Blazers 45 Spurs 33

Spurs Duncan(3)

Blazers

Half Score Blazers 49 Spurs 41

Spurs Ginobli, Duncan, Duncan, Rose

Blazers Lillard, Nurkic

Spurs defense tightens and the deficit is 8.

3 Qtr

9 Blazers 52 Spurs 46

Spurs Rose(1) Duncan, Duncan

Blazers Leonard(1) Nurkic

6 Blazers 57 Spurs 51

Spurs Duncan, Robinson(3) Parker

Blazers Aminu(3) Kanter

6 for Duncan to open the third, Blazers still lead.

3 Blazers 62 Spurs 57

Spurs Robinson, Bowen, Duncan

Blazers  Lillard, Leonard(3)

3 q Score Blazers 73 Spurs 59

Spurs Duncan

Blazers McCollum, Kanter, Nurfic, McCollum(3) Nurkic

Blazers go on a run and are up 14.

4 Qtr

9 Blazers 77 Spurs 63

Spurs Rose, Robinson

Blazers McCollum, Nurkic

6 Blazers 81 Spurs 76

Spurs Duncan(3) Kerr, Smith(3) Willis, Kerr(3)

Blazers Kanter, Kanter

3 triples get the Spurs into the game

3 Blazers 89 Spurs 78

Spurs Duncan

Blazers Kanter, Nurkic, McCollum(1) Nurkic, Harkless

Fin Score Blazers 97 Spurs 84

Spurs Ferry(1) Bateer

Blazers McCollum, Baldwin, Labissiere, Swanigan

The 13th seeded Blazers defense locks down the 4th seeded Spurs.  Duncan breaks the blocks record.

Kanter: 20 Pts/16 boards- Player of the game

Nurkic: 19 pts/12 boards/4 blocks

McCollum: 19 pts

Lillard: 15 pts/6 assists

Duncan: 26 pts/19 boards/9 blocks

Parker: 11 pts/5 assists

Robinson: 7 pts/12 boards

Gm 2

1 Qtr

9 Spurs 10 Blazers 9

Spurs Ginobli, Ginobli(3) Parker, Ginobli(3)

Blazers Nurkic, Nurkic(3) Kanter, Aminu

6 Blazers 18 Spurs 16

Spurs Robinson, Robinson, Parker

Blazers McCollum, Aminu, McCollum, Collins

Ginobli scores 8 in 3 minutes; Spurs trying to stay alive.

3 Blazers 24 Spurs 22

Spurs Duncan, Rose, Duncan

Blazers Collins, Collins, Nurkic

1 q Score Blazers 30 Spurs 28

Spurs Parker, Willis, Jackson

Blazers Harkless(3) Leonard(3)

Nurkic/Collins/Leonard/Kanter - the Blazers running waves of bigs at the Spurs Hall of Famers.

2 Qtr

9 Blazers 39 Spurs 31

Spurs Bowen(3)

Blazers Collins, McCollum(3) Curry(3)

6 Blazers 47 Spurs 40

Spurs Smith(3) Smith, Duncan, Robinson

Blazers Kanter, Nurkic, Kanter, Lillard

Nerves now starting to show in San Antonio - are the Blazers about to eliminate the Spurs?

3 Blazers 51 Spurs 50 

Spurs Rose(1) Robinson, Bowen, Rose(3) Jackson

Blazers Lillard, Lillard

Half Score Spurs 57 Blazers 51

Spurs Robinson, Robinson, Parker(3)

Blazers

The Admiral with a half dozen as the half ends and the Spurs take the lead.

3 Qtr

9 Blazers 60 Spurs 59

Spurs Robinson

Blazers Aminu(3) Nurkic, Lillard, Kanter

6 Blazers 67 Spurs 66

Spurs Smith(3) Robinson, Duncan

Blazers Harkless, Kanter, Harkless(3)

5 for Mo Harkless in the last 3 - Portland retakes the lead.

3 Blazers 73 Spurs 73

Spurs Ginobli, Rose, Parker(1) Rose

Blazers Nurkic, McCollum, Kanter

3 q Score Spurs 79 Blazers 77

Spurs Parker (1) Rose, Parker, Duncan(1)

Blazers McCollum, Kanter, Turner(1)

Set up for a good game 2 finish.

4 Qtr

11:53: POR: Nurkic finger roll ties the game.

11:27: POR: Spurs turnover leads to a Harkless triple.

10:30: SA: Duncan, baseline.

9:56: SA: Blzers miss leads to a Tony Parker 3.  84-82 Spurs

9:35: POR: Kanter in the lane.

9:28: SA: Parker fouled.  Hits 1.

9:11: POR: McCollum 3.  Blazers by 2.

8:52: SA: Stephen Jackson 3.  Great shotmaking.  

8:38: POR: Kanter down low.

8:15: SA: Malik Rose from the FT line.

7:39: POR: Kanter dunk. Blazers by a point.

6:22: SA: A minute later it's Ginobli with the Eurostep.

6:15: POR: Nurkic in the post.

6:07: SA: Ginobli long 2.

5:58: POR: Evan Turner drives and scores.

5:39: POR: Kanter on both ends, the block of Duncan and then the dunk.  Kanter really doing it in the 4th after being PotG in game one.

5:10: POR: Spurs miss - and again - again it's Kanter down low.  Blazers by 5, Spurs timeout.

3 Blazers 103 Spurs 99

Spurs Ginobli(3) Duncan

Blazers Nurkic, Kanter

Starters on the floor for both sides.  

2:18: POR: Lillard pull up. 6 point game.

2:07: SA: Robinson goes down low.

1:25: POR: McCollum 17 footer.

1:13: SA: Tony Parker corner 3  107-104

:56: POR: Aminu might have ended this game - he hits a monster corner 3.  This series looks over.

Lillard hits a couple FT.  Parker hits a triple.  Lillard more FT.  Ginobli triple makes it a 4 point game with 13 seconds left.  McCollum 2FT,  Lillard 2 FT.  Parker another 3 but it's too late and we have the upset.

The 49th overall seed is gone.

Fin Score: Blazers 118 Spurs 113

41 in the 4th for Portland does it.  26 pts/7 assists for Parker in the loss

Kanter: 26 pts/9 boards - Player of the Game

Nurkic: 19 pts/8 boards/6 steals

McCollum: 17 pts/8 boards

Lillard: 16 pts/8 assists

Aminu: 11 pts/8 boards

Harkless: 11 pts

All Region Team:

C Howard ('11 Magic)

F Kanter ('19 Blazers-2 Player of the Game)

F Gasol ('10 Lakers-1 Player of the Game)

G Kobe ('10 Lakers -1 Player of the Game)

G Moncrief ('86 Bucks-1 Player of the Game)

256 Team All Time Basketball Tournament: Region 16 Round 1: Series 1 and 2

 Region 15

1. 2008 NBA CHAMPION BOSTON CELTICS v. 16. 2011 ORLANDO MAGIC

Celtics: 66-16, 1st Atl Div, 10th Off/1st Def

              d. Hawks East 1st Rnd 4-3

              d. Cavs East Semis 4-3

              d. Pistons East Finals 4-2

              d. Lakers NBA Finals 4-2

              #16 overall seed

Coach: Doc Rivers, Asst Tom Thibodeau, GM Danny Ainge

Starters

C Kendrick Perkins        23                      6.9 PPG  13.3 PER  6.2 WS

F Kevin Garnett              31                     18.8         25.3          12.9

F Paul Pierce                  30-Kansas         19.6        19.6           12.4

G Rajon Rondo               21-Kentucky    10.6         15.6          7.2

G Ray Allen                    32-UConn        17.4         16.4           9.7

Rotation Reserves

C Glen Davis                  22-LSU             4.5          11.3           2.5

F Leon Powe                  24-Cal               7.9           20.9          4.3

F James Posey                31-X                  7.4          12             6.2

G Eddie House               29-Ariz St          7.5          13             3.9

G Tony Allen                 26-Oklahoma St 6.6          10.7          2.7

Leaders: RAllen 4th FT%

                Garnett 4th PER, 2nd Def WS, 2nd WS/48, 4th +/-, 1st Def Rtng

                Pierce 5th Def WS

                Perkins 4th Def Rtng

                Posey 5th Def Rtng

One region left.  The last overall seed to compete is the NBA Champion Celtics, the top defensive team in the league in '08. 31 year old KG is over 20 PER with double digit WS. 30 year old Paul Pierce has double digit WS and Leon Powe comes off the bench with 20 PER. James Posey comes off the bench here and is an assistant coach with the Cavs team in the next series.

Magic: 52-30, 2nd SE Div, 14th Off/3rd Def

             Lost Hawks East 1st Rnd 4-2

             d. 2007 Pistons

             #241 overall seed

Coach: Stan Van Gundy, Asst Patrick Ewing

Starters

C Dwight Howard            25                   22.9 PPG         26.1 PER  14.4 WS

F Brandon Bass                25-LSU          11.2                  15.9          6.3

F Ryan Anderson              22-Cal            10.6                 19              6.4

G Jameer Nelson              28-St Joes       13.1                 15.4          6.6

G Jason Richardson         30-Mich St      13.9                   13.2          5

Rotation Reserves

C Marcin Gortat               26                    4                      13.7          1.3

F Rashard Lewis              31                    12.2                  11             1.5

F Vince Carter                  34-UNC          15.1                  16.2          2.1

G JJ Redick                      26-Duke          10.1                  12.8          4.5

G Hedo Turkoglu             31                    11.4                 13.6          5.6

Leaders: Howard 2nd Reb, 2nd Reb/Gm, 3rd Blocks, 4th Blocks/Gm, 2nd FG%, 2nd Eff FG%, 2nd PER, 3rd WS, 2nd WS/48, 5th Def +/-, 5th VORP, 1st Def Rtng, 4th Reb%

                Gortat 4th FG%

The 16th seed is the Magic; like Boston, a defense first squad; 25 year old Dwight Howard is a top 5 player in the league - 2nd in PER, 3rd in Win Shares, 2nd in WS/48, 5th in VORP. 

Matchup

C Howard (Magic)

F Garnett (Celtics)

F Pierce (Celtics)

G Push

G Allen (Celtics)

Bench: Celtics

Game 1

1 Qtr

9 Celtics 10 Magic 7

Celtics Pierce(3) Rondo(3) Pierce, Pierce 

Magic Bass, Howard, Richardson (3) 

6 Celtics 17 Magic 11

Celtics Allen, Allen(3), KG

Magic Nelson, Howard

The last #1 team to see the floor in the tournament.  

3 Celtics 20 Magic 17

Celtics Pierce, Davis(1)

Magic Howard(3) Anderson(3)

1 q Score Celtics 23 Magic 22

Celtics Posey(3)

Magic Redick, Lewis(3)

Expected to be a defensive series.

2 Qtr

9 Magic 32 Celtics 29

Celtics Allen, Pierce, Perkins

Magic Carter(3) Turkoglu, Gortat, Howard(3)

6 Celtics 37 Magic 36

Celtics KG, Powe, Powe, Rondo

Magic Nelson, Lewis

The 3 ball keeping Orlando in this one.

3 Celtics 45 Magic 45

Celtics KG(3) House(3) KG

Magic Bass, JRich, Howard, Anderson, Bass(1)

Half Score Celtics 55 Magic 52

Celtics KG, RAllen, Posey, KG, Rondo

Magic Redick(3) Bass, Nelson

9 for Garnett to close to half - Celtics by 3.

3 Qtr

9 Celtics 59 Magic 59

Celtics Pierce, RAllen

Magic Howard, Howard(3) Nelson

6 Magic 67 Celtics 63

Celtics Pierce, KG

Magic Howard, Anderson, Carter, Howard

9 more for Howard and the 16th seeded Magic go up.

3 Magic 73 Celtics 67

Celtics Pierce, Rondo

Magic Bass(3) Redick(3)

3 q Score Magic 75 Celtics 71

Celtics KG, Powe

Magic  Anderson

12 minutes left in game one and Orlando has a real chance to take this.  

4 Qtr

11:38 ORL: Turkoglu floats home a corner 3, beautfiul.  Magic up 7.

11:30: BOS: Posey stepback 3.  

11:13: ORL: VC in traffic.  

11:02: BOS: Tony Allen corner 3.  

10:51: ORL: Redick drives and scores.  82-77

10:20: ORL: Boston doesn't score and Howard does, nice touch.

9:26: ORL: A minute later Jameer Nelson hits a 3 from the top and it is a 10 point game.

9:15: BOS: Eddie House corner 3.  87-80

6 Magic 96 Celtics 86

Celtics KG, KG, RAllen

Magic Howard, Anderson, Howard, Nelson, Nelson

3 Magic 100 Celtics 93

Celtics Rondo(3) Rondo, Perkins

Magic Lewis, JRich

Final Score Magic 108 Celtics 103

Celtics Allen(3) Perkins, Allen(3) KG

Magic  Howard, Howard, JRich, Anderson

Boston cant get closer than 5 down the stretch and Orlando's a game from advancing.  

Howard: 30 pts/9 boards - Player of the Game

Nelson: 15 pts/7 assists

Anderson: 13 pts/9 boards

Bass: 10 pts/10 boards

Redick: 10 pts

KG: 23 pts/9 boards/6 assists

Pierce: 17 pts/5 boards/5 assists

RAllen: 17 pts

Game 2

1 Qtr

9 Celtics 7 Magic 6

Celtics RAllen, KG, Rondo, Pierce

Magic Howard, Bass, Anderson

6 Celtics 13 Magic 10

Celtics Rondo, Rondo, Rondo

Magic JRich, Bass

Rajon Rondo comes out shooting, 8 in this must win game.

3 Celtics 24 Magic 23

Celtics Pierce(3) RAllen, KG(3) RAllen(3)

Magic Bass, Anderson(3) Anderson, Howard, Lewis, Howard

1 q Score Celtics 33 Magic 29

Celtics TAllen, Davis, Posey(3) TAllen

Magic Lewis(3) VC(3)

The 3 ball is the story in game 2 - Boston hitting 4, the Magic 3 in the last 6.

2 Qtr

9 Celtics 37 Magic 36

Celtics RAllen, Rondo

Magic VC, Nelson(3) Howard

6 Celtics 39 Magic 37

Celtics Powe

Magic Howard(1)

Defense stiffens as the second is underway.  Celtics must win.

3 Celtics 47 Magic 43

Celtics Powe, KG, RAllen, RAllen

Magic VC, JRich, Bass

Half Score Celtics 57 Magic 50

Celtics RAllen(3) KG, RAllen(3) KG

Magic Bass, Lewis, JRich(3)

10 for Ray Allen closes the half and Boston goes up 7.

3 Qtr

9 Celtics 57 Magic 55

Celtics

Magic JRich, Anderson(3)

6 Celtics 62 Magic 60

Celtics Pierce, RAllen(3)

Magic Nelson, JRich(1) Bass

Orlando closes the gap.

3 Celtics 75 Magic 70

Celtics RAllen, KG, Perkins(3), House, Powe, Powe

Magic Howard, Turkoglu, VC(3) Nelson(3)

3 q Score Celtics 83 Magic 80

Celtics RAllen, KG, KG, KG

Magic Anderson(3) Anderson, Howard, Bass

8 for KG to close the quarter- Boston up 3.

4 Qtr

11:11 BOS: KG tunaround. 

10:38: BOS: Magic misses, Ray Allen's fouled the other way and hits 1.

10:29: ORL: Howard down in the post.

9:53: BOS: Pierce, foul line bank shot.

9:19: BOS: Magic misses, Perk will hit a FT to make it 89-82

6 Celtics 95 Magic 86

Celtics Rondo(1) RAllen, TAllen, Rondo(1)

Magic Bass JRich

3 Celtics 99 Magic 90

Celtics Davis, House

Magic Anderson, Carter

Final Score Celtics 109 Magic 99

Celtics Rondo(3) Pierce, Davis(3) Pierce

Magic Anderson(3) JRich(3) Nelson(1) Anderson

This time it's Boston who stretches it out late; let's go to the showdown.

RAllen: 28 pts/8 assists-Player of the Game

KG: 21 pts/13 boards

Pierce: 13 pts/9 assists/5 boards

Rondo: 15 pts/6 boards/6 assists

Anderson: 22 pts/7 boards

Howard: 15 pts/19 boards

Bass: 17 pts/5 boards

VC: 12 pts

Game 3

1 Qtr

9 Celtics 9 Magic 4

Celtics RAllen(3) Pierce, Rondo, KG

Magic Howard, Bass

6 Celtics 19 Magic 6

Celtics Perkins, Rondo, Rondo, Perkins, Perkins

Magic Howard

Boston is maybe finished with this one.  

3 Celtics 24 Magic 13

Celtics KG(3), House

Magic Howard, Lewis(3) Howard

1 q Score Celtics 26 Magic 18

Celtics KG

Magic Howard, Lewis(3)

Celtics defense the story in the first quarter; they clamped down on Orlando in the 4th in game 2 and continue it here.

2 Qtr

9 Celtics 45 Magic 25

Celtics Posey(3) House, Davis, Pierce, Powe, House(3)

Magic Gortat, Gortat, Gortat(1)  Nelson

6 Celtics 46 Magic 33

Celtics Pierce, Powe, Powe

Magic Nelson, Bass, VC, Howard

Big lead for Boston, they're steaming toward the next round.

3 Celtics 48 Magic 39

Celtics KG

Magic Howard, JRich, Nelson

Half Score Celtics 59 Magic 45

Celtics Rondo, Pierce, KG, Pierce(3) Rondo

Magic Howard, Bass, Howard

Game 3 is steadily Boston; the Magic can't really get much closer than ten.

3 Qtr

9 Celtics 68 Magic 51

Celtics KG, Pierce, Pierce(3) Davis

Magic Bass, Turkoglu, Redick

6 Celtics 74 Magic 55

Celtics Perk, RAllen, KG

Magic Bass, Howard

It's a blowout.  

3 Celtics 79 Magic 60

Celtics RAllen(3) Powe

Magic Howard, Gortat, Bass(1)

3 q Score Celtics 87 Magic 66

Celtics RAllen(3) KG(3) Davis

Magic Anderson, Howard(1) Turkoglu(3)

Orlando took game one, but that's that - Boston is moving on.

4 Qtr

9 Celtics 98 Magic 73

Celtics RAllen, Rondo, Pierce, Powe, TAllen(3)

Magic Howard, Redick(3) Nelson

6 Celtics 108 Magic 84

Celtics Powe(3) Posey(3) Rondo, KG

Magic Turkoglu, Howard, Anderson(3) Anderson(3) Howard(1)

3 Celtics 115 Magic 86

Celtics KG, Pierce, Pierce(3)

Magic Bass

Final Score Celtics 122 Magic 93

Celtics Cassell, Pollard, Cassell

Magic Anderson, Arenas(3) QRich

28/12 for Howard in the loss.  Boston just too much today.  

KG: 22 pts/10 assists/9 boards-Player of the Game

Pierce: 23 pts/6 boards

RAllen: 13 pts/11 assists

Rondo: 14 pts/10 assists/7 boards

Powe: 13 pts/8 boards

8. 2010 NBA CHAMPION LA LAKERS v. 9. 2015 EAST CHAMP CLEVELAND CAVALIERS

Lakers: 57-25, 1st Pac Div, 11th Off/4th Def

              d. Thunder 4-2 West 1st rnd

              d. Jazz 4-0 West Semis

              d. Suns West Finals 4-2

              d. Celtics NBA Finals 4-3

              #113 overall seed

Coach: Phil Jackson, Asst Brian Shaw, GM Mitch Kupchak

Starters

C Andrew Bynum          22                15 PPG    20.2 PER  7.8 WS

F Pau Gasol                   29                 18.3         22.9           11

F Metta World Peace      30-St Johns  11           12.1           5.3

G Jordan Farmar            23-UCLA     7.2           12.3           2.8

G Kobe Bryant              31                  27            21.9          9.4

Rotation Reserves

C DJ Mbenga                  29                2.1           11.6          .6

F Lamar Odom               30-R Island  10.8         15.9         7.7

F Sasha Vujacic              25                 2.8           11.4         1.4

G Derek Fisher               35-L Rock    7.8           9.3           3.9

G Shannon Brown          24-Mich St   8.1           12.4         3.4

Leaders: Kobe: 4th PPG, 

                Bynum 5th FG%

                Gasol: WS/48

                 Odom: 4th Off Rtng

The top seed in the region is the Celtics team that beat the Lakers - the 8th seed, the Lakers team that beat the Celtics.  Kobe's 31, 20+ PER, Bynum's 22, he also has 20+ PER, Gasol's 29 and he has 20+ PER and double digit WS.  

Cavs: 53-29, 1st Cent, 3rd Off/18th Def

           d. Celtics East 1st Rnd 4-0

           d. Bulls East Semis 4-2

           d. Hawks East Finals 4-0

           Lost Warriors NBA Finals 4-2

           #144 overall seed

Coach: David Blatt, Asst Tyronn Lue, James Posey

Starters

C Timofey Mozgov              28                   10.6 PPG     18.7 PER  3.9

F Kevin Love                       26-UCLA       16.4              18.8          8.7

F LeBron James                   30                   25.3              25.9          10.4

G Kyrie Irving                     22-Duke         21.7              21.5           10.4

G JR Smith                          29                   12.7               14.5          3.8

Rotation Reserves

C Anderson Varejao            32                     9.8               17.7          1.9

F Tristan Thompson            23-Texas          8.5               15.6          6.8

F Shawn Marion                 36-UNLV         4.8               11             1.7

G Matthew Dellavedova     24-St Marys    4.8                8.5            1.9

G Dion Waiters                   23-Syracuse     10.5             12.2           .5

Leaders: LeBron: 3rd PPG, 

                Thompson: 5th Off Reb, 4th OffReb%

                Love 4th Def Reb

                Mozgov 4th FG%

                Irving: 5th OffWS

31 year old Kobe vs. 30 year old LeBron in an 8/9 matchup; the King's over 25 PER, double digit WS; Kyrie's 22 and also crosses 20 PER with double digit WS. Lamar Odom v. Tristan Thompson in the Kardashian Battle.

Matchup

C Bynum (Lakers)

F Gasol (Lakers)

F LeBron (Cavs)

G Irving (Cavs)

G Kobe (Lakers)

Bench: Lakers

1 Qtr

9 Lakers 6 Cavs 3

Lakers Artest, Farmar, Artest

Cavs Love(3)

6 Lakers 14 Cavs 11

Lakers Kobe, Kobe, Farmar, Bynum

Cavs Love(3) Mozgov, Love(3)

Kevin Love has 9 quick ones here in LA.

3 Lakers 21 Cavs 16

Lakers Gasol, Kobe

Cavs Kyrie(3) Smith

1 q Score Lakers 26 Cavs 26

Lakers Kobe(3) Kobe

Cavs LeBron(3) LeBron, Kyrie(3) Thompson

You wanted Kobe v. LeBron, Kobe takes over the first qtr with 11.

2 Qtr

9 Cavs 35 Lakers 32

Lakers Bynum, Brown, Odom

Cavs Varejao, Marion, Varejao, Dellavedova(3)

6 Cavs 41 Lakers 34

Lakers Bynum

Cavs Varejao, Thompson, Marion

The Cavs go on a nice run; Varejao with 6 to open the qtr.  

3 Cavs 47 Lakers 42

Lakers Gasol, Farmar, Gasol, Fisher

Cavs Love(3) LeBron(3)

Half Score Cavs 54 Lakers 50

Lakers Odom, Kobe, Gasol, Gasol

Cavs Love, Varejao, Love, Kyrie(1)

16 Kevin Love points lead the way, Cavs up 4.

3 Qtr

9 Cavs 65 Lakers 59

Lakers Gasol, Fisher, Gasol, Artest(3)

Cavs Love(3) Love, LeBron, Irving, Irving

6 Cavs 75 Lakers 69

Lakers Odom, Bynum, Bynum, Fisher, Vujacic

Cavs Varejao, Love, Love(3) Smith(3)

Look at Kevin Love!  The UCLA Bruin comes back to LA and pumps home 10 more to start the second half.  

3 Cavs 80 Lakers 71

Lakers Odom

Cavs Smith, Dellavedova(3)

3 q Score Cavs 82 Lakers 73

Lakers Brown

Cavs Mozgov

Cavs with their biggest lead as we hit the 4th.

4 Qtr

9 Cavs 86 Lakers 80

Lakers Farmar(3) Gasol, Bynum

Cavs Varejao, Kyrie

6 Cavs 99 Lakers 91

Lakers Kobe, Kobe(3) Gasol, Fisher, Gasol

Cavs Irving (1) Varejao, Smith, Thompson(3) Smith(3) Thompson

LA gets as close as 4, but the lead is back up to 8.  6 left.

3 Cavs 105 Lakers 100

Lakers Bynum(3) Gasol, Artest. Kobe

Cavs LeBron(3) LeBron(3)

2:15: CLE: Kevin Love, turnaround in the paint.  

1:58:  LA:  Kobe goes 1 on 5.  

1:37: CLE: JR long 2.  

1:13: CLE: That will be that - LA misses and JR hits a triple from the wing.  10 point game.

Final: Cavs 112 Lakers 102

The Cavs score 30 in the 4th and pull away at the end.

Love: 28 pts/8 boards - Player of the Game

LeBron: 16 pts/14 assists/7 boards

Kyrie: 14 pts/5 assists/5 boards

Smith: 17 pts/5 boards

Varejao: 14 pts

Thompson: 9 pts/10 boards

Gasol: 22 pts/14 boards

Kobe: 22 pts/7 boards/6 assists

Bynum: 15 pts/6 boards

Artest: 13 pts/7 assists

Game 2

1 Qtr

9 Lakers 6 Cavs 6

Lakers Gasol, Bynum, Artest

Cavs Kyrie, Kyrie, LeBron

6 Cavs 16 Lakers 11

Lakers Artest, Kobe(3)

Cavs Irving(3) LeBron, Love, Irving(3)

It's Kyrie who comes out firing in game 2.  10 quick points.

3 Cavs 22 Lakers 19

Lakers Gasol, Kobe, Fisher(3)

Cavs Irving(3) Mozgov, Love(1)

1 q Score Cavs 29 Lakers 27

Lakers Kobe, Fisher, Kobe, Gasol

Cavs LeBron(3) Irving, Irving

Kyrie has 15 first quarter points.  

2 Qtr

9 Cavs 35 Lakers 32

Lakers Farmar, Artest, Farmar(1)

Cavs Varejao, LeBron, LeBron

6 Cavs 39 Lakers 37

Lakers Powell, Artest(3)

Cavs Irving, Love

Cavs looking to close LA out; winner plays Boston.

3 Lakers 49 Cavs 41

Lakers Fisher(3) Kobe, Artest, Odom, Farmar(3)

Cavs Irving

Half Score Lakers 52 Cavs 48

Lakers Farmar(3)

Cavs Smith(3), Mozgov(1) Smith(3)

3 LA triples and the Lakers take the lead.

3 Qtr

9 Cavs 59 Lakers 56

Lakers Gasol, Gasol

Cavs Smith, Love(3) LeBron, LeBron, Varejao

6 Cavs 66 Lakers 65

Lakers Brown(3) Bynum, Bynum, Kobe

Cavs LeBron(3) Smith, Marion

We got a good one here in game 2; LeBron with 7 to open the half.

3 Lakers 72 Cavs 70

Lakers  Bynum, Odom, Vujacic(3)

Cavs Irving, LeBron

3 q Score Lakers 80 Cavs 79

Lakers Kobe, Bynum, Gasol, Bynum

Cavs Waiters, LeBron, Love(3) LeBron

Hot game 2.  Can the Cavs close this out?

4 Qtr

11:45: LA: Odom floater from 3 feet. LA by 3.

10:39: LA: Cavs miss, Bynum hook shot.  84-79

9:57: LA: Cavs miss, Bynum dunk.  

9:50: CLE: Mozgov down low.

9:34: LA: Kobe the pull up J.

9:01: LA: Cavs turnover, Kobe dunk - it's a 9 point game.

6 Lakers 99 Cavs 89

Lakers Kobe, Gasol, Bynum, Fisher

Cavs Mozgov, Smith(3) Smith(3)

3 Lakers 103 Cavs 91

Lakers Bynum, Gasol

Cavs LeBron

Final Score Lakers 107 Cavs 102

Lakers  Kobe, Kobe

Cavs Smith, LeBron(3) Dellavedova(1) Love(3) LeBron

The Cavs got as close as 3 - but that's as far as it went.

Kobe: 27 pts/11 boards/7 assists-Player of the Game

Gasol: 16 pts/16 boards

Bynum: 20 pts

Artest: 11 pts/5 boards

Fisher: 10 pts/5 assists

LeBron: 31 pts/7 assists/6 boards

Love: 14 pts/14 boards

Kyrie: 23 pts/6 boards

Smith: 18 pts/5 assists

Gm 3

1 Qtr

9 Lakers 9 Cavs 2

Lakers Bynum, Bynum, Artest, Farmar(3)

Cavs LeBron

6 Lakers 12 Cavs 2

Lakers Farmar(3)

Cavs 

LA with undeniable defensive energy to open game 3.

3 Lakers 16 Cavs 12

Lakers Kobe, Fisher

Cavs Smith, Varejao, Love, LeBron, Waiters

1 q Score Lakers 19 Cavs 16

Lakers Odom(3)

Cavs Irving, Varejao

Terrific defense here in game 3.

2 Qtr

9 Lakers 28 Cavs 21

Lakers Kobe, Bynum, Fisher(3) Powell

Cavs Smith(3) LeBron

6 Lakers 32 Cavs 23

Lakers Bynum, Gasol

Cavs Varejao

Lakers extend the lead; LA defense the story of game 3.

3 Lakers 35 Cavs 26

Lakers Odom(3)

Cavs Love(3)

Half Score Lakers 45 Cavs 39

Lakers Odom, Gasol, Farmar, Farmar, Gasol

Cavs Irving, Irving(3) Mozgov, Thompson, Mozgov, Mozgov

Mozgov with a half dozen late in the half. 

3 Qtr

9 Lakers 47 Cavs 45

Lakers Gasol

Cavs Smith(3) Dellavedova, LeBron

6 Lakers 57 Cavs 49

Lakers Fisher, Farmar(1) Gasol, Odom, Kobe(3)

Cavs Mozgov, Waiters

Each possession contested here in game 3.

3 Lakers 68 Cavs 57

Lakers Gasol, Kobe(3) Gasol, Kobe, Fisher

Cavs Smith, Love(1) Smith(3) LeBron

3 q Score Lakers 78 Cavs 66

Lakers Kobe, Bynum, Fisher, Gasol, Gasol

Cavs  Varejao, Love, Varejao, Love(3)

Pau goes for 8 to end the third, 

4 Qtr

9 Lakers 85 Cavs 75

Lakers Brown(3) Mbenga, Kobe

Cavs Irving, Love(3) LeBron, Irving

6 Lakers 96 Cavs 87

Lakers Odom, Artest, Gasol, Kobe, Kobe, Artest(1)

Cavs  LeBron, Smith, LeBron(3) Love(3) Smith

Kobe with a half dozen - Cleveland just can't make a run.

3 Lakers 102 Cavs 94

Lakers Gasol, Farmar, Gasol

Cavs Thompson, Irving, Irving(3)

Final Score Lakers 113 Cavs 103

Lakers Fisher, Brown, Gasol, Gasol, Kobe(1) Kobe

Cavs LeBron(3) Smith, Love(3)

LA takes game 3 and we'll get that Celtics/Lakers rematch.  LeBron and Love each with 20.

Gasol: 28 pts/16 boards/6 assists-Player of the Game

Kobe: 23 pts/6 boards/5 assists/4 steals

Bynum: 10 pts/12 boards

Farmar: 13 pts

Odom: 12 pts/13 boards/5 assists

Fisher: 13 pts

All Region Team:

C Howard ('11 Magic)

F Gasol ('10 Lakers-1 Player of the Game)

F Garnett ('08 Celtics-1 Player of the Game)

G Kobe ('10 Lakers -1 Player of the Game)

G Allen ('08 Celtics-1 Player of the Game)