256 Team All Time Basketball Tournament: SWEET SIXTEEN: 2012 HEAT v. 2011 THUNDER

 Warriors v. Rockets

2012 NBA CHAMPION MIAMI HEAT v. 2011 NW DIV CHAMP OKC THUNDER

Heat:  46-20 1st SE Div, 8th Off, 4th Def

            d. Knicks East 1st, 4-1

            d. Pacers East Semis 4-2

            d. Celtics East Finals 4-3

            d. Thunder NBA Finals 4-1

            #59th overall seed 

            d. '11 Spurs (2-0, LeBron/Bosh PotG)

            d. '14 Clips (2-1 LeBron 2)

            d. '01 Lakers (2-0 Bosh/LeBron)

            Regional Final: d. '20 Raptors (2-1, LeBron/Bosh)

Coach: Erik Spoelstra, GM Pat Riley, Asst Bob McAdoo

Starters

C Joel Anthony 29-UNLV                3.4 PPG  10.3 PER 3.1 WS      .5

F Chris Bosh     27-Georgia Tech     18            18.9        6.9             1.4

F LeBron James 27                               27.1         30.7       14.5       7.6 VORP

G Mario Chalmers 25-Kansas          9.8           13          4.3             1.1

G Dwyane Wade    30-Marquette     22.1         26.3       7.7              4

Rotation Reserves  

C Ronny Turiaf      29-Gonzaga       3.5            12.6       .7                .1

F Udonis Haslem   31-Florida          6              10.9        3.5              -.2

F Shane Battier      33-Duke             4.8           9.7          3.3              1.1

G James Jones       31-Miami           3.6           9.7          1.7               ,3

G Mike Miller       31-Florida          6.1           11.4         1.8              .4

Leaders: LeBron: 3rd PPG, 4th Steals, 3rd Steals/Gm, 1st PER, 1st WS, 1st WS/48, 1st +/1, 1st VORP, 1st Team All NBA

               Miller: 4th 3pt %

               Wade: 3rd PER, 5th WS/48, 3rd +/-, 4th VORP, 3rd Team All NBA

King James sweeps those Big 5 Categories and is the best player in the world in 2012.  LeBron's 27, 30 year old Wade joins him crossing 20 PER. They both are named to the All Star team along with 27 year old Bosh. LeBron was NBA MVP, NBA Finals MVP, and 1st Team All Defense.  They're familiar with OKC - they beat them in the NBA Finals.

Thunder: 55-27, 1st NW Div, 5th Off/15th Def

                  d. Nuggets West 1st Rnd 4-1

                  d. Grizzlies West Semis 4-3

                  Lost Mavs West Finals 4-1

                  #203 overall seed

                  d. '81 Celtics (2-1 Durant 1 PotG)

                  d. '11 '98 Jazz (2-1 Westbrook/Ibaka)

                  d. '80 Bucks (2-0 Westbrook)

                  Regional Final: d. '99 Spurs (2-1, Westbrook/Ibaka)

Coach Scott Brooks, Asst. Mo Cheeks

Starters

C Serge Ibaka                     21                     9.9             17.7           7.6    1.4

F Jeff Green                       24-Georgetown 15.2         12.9            3.3     .3

F Kevin Durant                  22-Texas          27.7           23.6          12       5.3 VORP

G Russell Westbrook         22-UCLA         21.9          23.6            9.4     4.4

G James Harden                21-Ariz St        12.2          16.4            7.1      2.2

Rotation Reserves

C Nazr Mohammed           33-Kentucky    6.9            16               1.2     0

F Nenad Krstic                  27                     7.6            12.5            2          -.2

F Thabo Sefolosha            26                      5.1           10.4            4.1     1.3

G Eric Maynor                  23-VCU            4.2           11.7            1.5      .1

G Daequan Cook               23-Ohio St        5.6           12.8            1.6      .5

Leaders Durant 1st PPG, 5th Off WS, 1st Team All NBA

               Westbrook 4th Assts, 3rd Steals, 4th Steals/Gm, 2nd Trip Doub, 2nd Team All NBA

               Ibaka 3rd Blocks/Gm, 2nd Block %

 Durant and Westbrook are both 22, with 20+ PER and Durant's got double digit WS. They both made the All Star team.

Matchup:

C Ibaka (OKC)

F Bosh (Heat)

F LeBron (Heat)

G Westbrook (OKC)

G Wade (Heat)

Bench: Push

LeBron's in with the Lakers; Durant with the Warriors - who will join Kawhi/Parker/Ginobli/McGee (Danny Green has 3) with a 2nd entrant in the Elite 8

Gm 1: Miami: AAA: Eric Reid/Jeff Van Gundy

1Qtr

9 Thunder 5 Heat 0

Heat  

Thunder Westbrook, Green(3)

6 Thunder 10 Heat 4

Heat LeGron, Bosh

Thunder KD, Green(3)

Mediocre OKC defense, can they slow the Heat?

3 Thunder 17 Heat 10

Heat Bosh(1) Jones(3) LeBron

Thunder KD, Kristic(1) Westbrook, Harden

1Score Thunder 26 Heat 17

Heat LeBron, LeBron, Chalmers(3)

Thunder Maynor(3) KD, Maynor, Nazr

Game 1 - Can the Thunder break the home winning streak?

2Qtr

9 Thunder 31 Heat 26

Heat Miller(3) LeBron, Wade, LeBron

Thunder Nazr(3) Westbrook

6 Thunder 39 Heat 32

Heat LeBron, Turiaf, Turiaf

Thunder KD, Green, Westbrook, Harden

A dozen for LeBron - OKC still up.

3 Thunder 45 Heat 38

Heat Battier, LeBron, Wade

Thunder Nazr, Krstic, Ibaka

HScore Thunder 51 Heat 44

Heat  Bosh, Haslem, LeBron

Thunder Green, KD, KD

The favorite by seed hasn't lost even a game at home in the round - but OKC has had the better of this one throughout.

3Qtr

9 Thunder 52 Heat 51

Heat Chalmers, LeBron, Chalmers(3)

Thunder Westbrook(1)

6 Thunder 59 Heat 55

Heat LeBron, LeBron

Thunder Westbrook, Krstic, Ibaka(3)

Miami closes; a half dozen for the King.  

3 Thunder 72 Heat 61

Heat Bosh, Bosh, Wade

Thunder Harden, Harden(3) Harden(3) Westbrook, Green

3Score Thunder 76 Heat 68

Heat Anthony, LeBron(3) Wade

Thunder Green, harden

James Harden with 10 in the last 6 - OKC up 8, looking to be the first road team to win game one in the Sweet 16.

4Qtr

9 Thunder 80 Heat 74

Heat LeBron(3) Miller(3)

Thunder Nazr, Nazr

6 Thunder 90 Heat 81

Heat LeBron, Bosh, LeBron(3)

Thunder Westbrook, Green, Green, Westbrook, KD

OKC is doing it - they've led the whole way.

3 Thunder 95 Heat 93

Heat LeBron, Wade(3) LeBron(3) Wade, Bosh

Thunder Harden(3) KD

2:36 OKC: Jeff Green buries a corner 3 and the Thunder is up 5.

2:24: MIA: LeBron drives and scores and has 15 4th qtr pts.

2:12: OKC: Green again - triple from the wing.  Huge.

1:59: MIA: LeBron again - drills a 14 footer.

:39: OKC: That's it - Miami doesn't score and Durant does, baseline J and it's a 6 pt game

Westbrook 2 FT, LeBron another 3.  Westbrook 2 more FT.

FScore: Thunder 107 Heat 100

OKC takes game 1 in Miami, breaking the 5 series streak - overcomes LeBron, who earned PotG in the loss.

Durant: 18 pts/6 assists/5 boards

Ibaka: 5 pts/19 boards

Westbrook: 21 pts/8 assists/7 boards

Harden: 18 pts/5 assists

Green: 24 pts/6 boards

Mohammed: 11 pts/7 boards

LeBron: 47 pts/9 boards/7 assists/4 blocks-Player of the Game

Bosh: 13 pts/14 boards

Wade: 13 pts/4 blocks

Gm 2 Miami: AAA: Eric Reid/Jeff Van Gundy

1Qtr

9 Heat 13 Thunder 8

Heat Wade, Chalmers(3) Bosh, Wade, LeBron, Wade

Thunder Westbrook, Ibaka, Green, KD

6 Heat 17 Thunder 13

Heat Wade, leBron

Thunder Westbrook(1) Ibaka, Green

Miami's back up against it after dropping gme one at home.

3 Heat 25 Thunder 24

Heat Wade, Bosh, LeBron, LeBron

Thunder Harden(3) Westbrook(3) Westbrook(3) Ibaka

1Score Thunder 36 Heat 31

Heat LeBron, LeBron, Turiaf

Thunder Harden, Harden(3) Westbrook, KD(3) KD

Harden scores 8 in 6 - the Thunder take game one and come out here and score 36 in the first.

2Qtr

9 Thunder 39 Heat 36 

Heat Jones, Haslem(3)

Thunder Krstic(1) Nazr

6 Thunder 46 Heat 40

Heat LeBron, Anthony

Thunder Green(3) Green, KD

Is it happening again?  OKC again leading in Miami

3 Thunder 48 Heat 44

Heat Anthony, LeBron

Thunder Westbrook

HScore Thunder 48 Heat 48

Heat LeBron, Wade

Thunder 

Miami holds OKC to 2 in the last 6 and we are tied.

3Qtr

9 Thunder 57 Heat 55

Heat Chalmers, Chalmers, Chalmers(3)

Thunder Harden, Westbrook, Harden, Harden(3)

6 Thunder 63 Heat 62

Heat Wade, Haslem, Miller(3)

Thunder KD, Westbrook, KD

We get a good one in game 2.

3 Thunder 70 Heat 66

Heat Wade, Bosh

Thunder Cook(3) Nazr, Nazr

3Score Thunder 77 Heat 75

Heat LeBron(3) Jones(3) Wade(3)

Thunder Westbrook, Ibaka, KD(3)

12 minutes left - you have to think Miami has to win today to have any chance.

4Qtr

9 Thunder 82 Heat 75

Heat

Thunder Harden, Green(3)

6 Thunder 88 Heat 84

Heat LeBron, Wade, LeBron, Chalmers(3)

Thunder KD, Green, Green

5:21: OKC: Harden rips a 20 footer. 

5:00 MIA: LeBron just outside the paint.

4:19 MIA: Wade from the top of the key it's 90-88

4:12: OKC: The banks open for Ibaka.

3:46: MIA: Joel Anthony dunk.  2 pt Thunder lead.

3:22: MIA; Battier corner 3 gives Miami a lead.

3:08: OKC: Westbrook in traffic.  

2:54: MIA: Chalmers top of the key

2:42: OKC: Westbrook misses a 3 -- but Ibaka putback.  

2:28: MIA: Chalmers again, long 2

1:38: OKC: Ibaka triples from the wing and the Thunder go up 2.

1:13 OKC: Green dunk.  4 pt game

:45: OKC: Thats probably that - Miami misses and Harden doesn't.  

:34: MIA: LeBron drives and scores.

Westbrook hits a FT.  5 pt game.  30 seconds.

Miami can't find the bucket -- 2 more Westbrook FT and then 2 more. Harden 2 FT for the final

FScore: Thunder 110 Heat 99

-It's a stunner, OKC takes both games 1 and 2 in Miami and the Heat are in real, real trouble.

Westbrook: 26 pts/14 assts/7 boards-Player of the Game

Durant: 18 pts/11 boards/7 assists

Harden: 23 pts/6 boards

Ibaka: 15 pts/14 boards

Green: 18 pts/5 boards

LeBron: 29 pts/10 boards/8 assists

Wade: 23 pts/8 boards/8 assists

Bosh: 6 pts/10 boards

Chalmers: 17 pts

Turiaf: 2 pts/10 boards

Gm 3: OKC: Chesapeake Energy: Kevin Harlan/Brian Davis

1Qtr

9 Thunder 6 Heat 2

Thunder KD, Green, Ibaka

Heat Wade

6 Thunder 12 Heat 12

Thunder Ibaka, Harden, KD

Heat Wade, Anthony, Chalmers(3) Chalmers(3)

Rabid, rabid OKC crowd - Thunder looking to close.

3 Thunder 18 Heat 16

Thunder Westbrook, KD, Westbrook

Heat Miller, LeBron

1Score Thunder 23 Heat 22

Thunder Krstic, Harden(3)

Heat LeBron, leBron, Anthony

They are smelling sweep.  Sweeeeeeep.

2Qtr

9 Thunder 34 Heat 22

Thunder Green(3) Nazr, Nazr, Sefolosha, Green

Heat 

6 Thunder 42 Heat 24

Thunder Cook, Krstic, KD, KD

Heat LeBron

Wow!  The 203rd overall seeded OKC Thunder are about to sweep their way into the Elite 8.

3 Thunder 47 Heat 30

Thunder Harden(3) Green

Heat Wade, LeBron, Haslem

HScore Thunder 52 Heat 34

Thunder Maynor, Maynor(3)

Heat Wade, LeBron

The Miami Heat score just 34 first half points in an elimination game.

3Qtr

9 Thunder 56 Heat 45

Thunder Nazr, Westbrook

Heat Wade, Wade(3) Bosh, Bosh, leBron

6 Thunder 61 Heat 48

Thunder Harden(3) KD

Heat Miller(1) Wade

Long way still to go for Miami

3 Thunder 68 Heat 54

Thunder Green(3) Sefolosha

Heat Wade, Chalmers, leBron

3Score Thunder 75 Heat 56

Thunder Cook(3) Maynor, harden

Heat Lebron

We are aboutt our first sweep and our first upset of the round; the early 2010s Thunder had 3 future Hall of Famers and they are headed to the Elite 8.

4Qtr

9 Thunder 87 Heat 68

Thunder Westbrook, KD, Westbrook, KD(3) Harden(3)

Heat Wade(3) Anthony, Anthony(3) Wade, lebron

6 Thunder 95 Heat 78

Thunder Harden, KD, KD, Westbrook

Heat Wade, Chalmers, Wade, Wade, Bosh

3 Thunder 104 Heat 88

Thunder Green, KD, Harden(3) Ibaka

Heat Bosh, Bosh, Wade, Bosh, Turiaf

FScore Thunder 106 Heat 92

Thunder Ivey

Heat Harris, Cole

An absolute wipeout - the underdog Thunder sweep Miami clean out of the tournament.  30 for Wade in the loss.

KD: 25 pts/7 boards/7 assists-Player of the Game

Westbrook: 12 pts/9 boards/6 assists/4 steals- Series MVP

Ibaka: 6 pts/13 boards

Harden: 21 pts/5 boards

Green: 14 pts

All Tournament Team 1st Team

C Duncan ('13 Spurs 6 PotG)

F Garnett ('08 Celtics 9 PotG)

F Kawhi ('17 Spurs 7 PotG)

G Kobe ('09 Lakers 6 PotG)

G Harden ('15 Rockets 7 PotG)

All Tournament Team 2nd Team

C Kareem ('80 Lakers, 6 PotG)

F Duncan ('04 Spurs 7 PotG)

F LeBron ('20 Lakers 7 PotG)

G Steph ('15 Warriors 5 PotG)

G Westbrook ('11 Thunder 5 PotG)

256 Team All Time Basketball Tournament: SWEET SIXTEEN: 2018 WARRIORS v. 2015 ROCKETS

 Lakers v Sonics

2018 NBA CHAMP GST WARRIORS v. 2015 SW DIV CHAMP HOU ROCKETS

Warriors: 58-24, 1st Pac Div, 3rd Off, 11th Def

                  d. Spurs West 1st Rnd 4-1

                  d. Pelicans West Semis 4-1

                  d. Rockets West Finals 4-3

                  d. Cavs NBA Finals 4-0

                  #37 overal seed

                  d. '87 Pistons (2-0, Curry/Durant PotG)

                  d. '96 Magic (2-1 Steph 1 PotG)

                  d. '07 Spurs (2-1 Steph/KD)

                  Regional Final: d. '12 Bulls (2-0 KD)

Coach: Steve Kerr

Starters

C JaVale McGee (30 Nevada)              4.8 PPG  22.3 PER  2.7 Win Shares  .5

F Draymond Green (27 Michigan St)  11            16.1           6               2.8

F Kevin Durant (29 Texas)                   26.4        26              10.4          5.5 VORP

G Steph Curry (29 Davidson)              26.4         28.2           9.1           4

G Klay Thompson (27 Washington St) 20          16              4              1

Rotation Reserves

C Zaza Pachulia (33)                            5.4          17              3.3             .5

F David West (37 Xavier)                    6.8          20.9           3.5              1.3

F Jordan Bell (23 Oregon)                   4.6          18              2.9               1

G Shawn Livingston (32)                     5.5          11.6           1.8              -.3

G Andre Iguodala (34 Arizona)           6              11.2           3.2              .7

Leaders: Curry: 1st FT%, 4th PER, 1st True Shooting, 5th Eff FG%, 2nd WS/48, 3rd +/- 3rd team All NBA

               Durant 5th Blocks/Gm, 1st Team All NBA

If the Warriors are going to make the Sweet 16, they need this team to do it; KD and Steph are both 29, both 20+ PER (along with McGee and West) Durant's got double digit WS.  These are the back to back GSW Champs, the last title in tha run (as of early 2022); top 3 offense in 2018. Four All Stars - KD/Steph, 27 year old Draymond and Klay.  The Warriors broke the record for largest NBA Finals point differential. Durant was the MVP of the NBA Finals. Draymond was 2nd Team All Defense.

Rockets: 56-26, 1st SW Div, 12th Off/8th Def

                d. Mavs West 1st Rnd 4-1

                d. Clips West Semis 4-3

                Lost Warriors West Finals 4-1

                #213 overall seed

                d. '94 Sonics (2-1 Harden 2 PotG)

                d. '11 Lakers (2-0 Harden)

                d. '20 Celtics (2-0 Harden)

                Regional Final d. '90 Lakers (2-1 Harden 1 PotG)

Coach Kevin McHale

Starters

C Dwight Howard                  29                  15.8 PPG   19.2 PER  3.6 WS    .5

F Terrence Jones                     23-Kentucky 11.7           18.3           3              .5

F Trevor Ariza                       29- UCLA      12.8           12.7          6.6     2.2

G Jason Terry                         37-Arizona    7                11.4           3.6    1

G James Harden                    25-Arizona St 27.4           26.7          16.4   8.1 VORP

Rotation Reserves

C Donatas Motlejunas          24                    12              14.4          4.7       .8

F Josh Smith                         29                    12              15.2          2.1       .8

F Corey Brewer                   28- Florida       11.9            14            2.7        .3

G Patrick Beverley               26-Arkansas    10.1            11.3         3.5      .9

G Pablo Priglioni                 37                     3                 11.4         1.1       .2

Leaders Harden 2nd PPG, 3rd Steals, 4th PER, 1st WS, 4th WS/48, 3rd +/-, 1st VORP, 2nd Trip Doub, 1st Team All NBA

               Ariza 4th Stls 

Houston's the 14th seed in the region, 25 year old James Harden leads the way - 1st in both Win Shares and VORP, 4th in PER, he made the All Star team.  Howard and McGee were the 2020 Lakers centers - they oppose each other here. 

The '18 Warriors beat the Rockets in the West Finals.

The '15 Rockets lost to the Warriors in the West Finals.

Matchup

C Howard (Rockets)

F Dray (Warriors)

F KD (Warriors)

G Steph (Warriors)

G Harden (Rockets)

Bench: Rockets

Gm 1: Oakland: Oracle: Dick Stockton/Jim Barnett

1Qtr

9 Rockets 12 Warriors 9

Warriors Klay(3) Durant(3) McGee(3)

Rockets Terry(3) Terry(3) Harden(3) Terry(3)

6 Rockets 18 Warrior 16

Warriors Durant, Klay(3) Dray

Rockets Terry, Howard, Harden

Yeah, that's 7 combined 3s in the first 3 minutes.  

3 Rockets 22 Warriors 22

Warriors Klay, Klay, Dray

Rockets Howard, Brewer

1Score Warriors 20 Rockets 27

Warriors KD, KD, Dray, Iguodala

Rockets Harden, Smith, Donatas(1)

Teams who know each other well; Steph has yet to score.  

2Qtr

9 Warriors 35 Rockets 31

Warriors West, Livingston(3)

Rockets Brewer, Brewer

6 Warriors 45 Rockets 40

Warriors Iguodala, West, Iguodala, Curry, West

Rockets Donatas, Brewer, Prigioni, Howard

Couple of mediocre defenses, you expect some buckets in this series. 

3 Warriors 55 Rockets 47

Warriors Steph, Klay(3) KD, Steph(3)

Rockets harden, Jones, harden(3)

HScore Warriors 64 Rockets 53

Warriors McGee, steph, KD, Steph(3)

Rockets Howard, Jones, Brewer

10 for Steph in the 2nd. 

3Qtr

9 Warriors 73 Rockets 53

Warriors KD(3) Steph, Klay, Klay

Rockets 

6 Warriors 82 Rockets 61

Warriors Steph, West, KD(3) McGee

Rockets Howard, Beverley, Howard, Harden

Game 1 is over - Dubs rolling.  19 for Durant.

3 Warriors 86 Rockets 67

Warriors West, Steph

Rockets  Howard, Harden, Jones

3Score Warriors 91 Rockets 75

Warriors West(3) Klay

Rockets Ariza(3) Harden, Harden(3)

Harden's got 21 - Rockets way down.

4Qtr

9 Warriors 100 Rockets 84

Warriors Steph, Klay(3) KD, Dray

Rockets Howard, Beverley, Harden(3) Smith

6 Warriors 109 Rockets 86

Warriors Iguodala, Bell, Klay, Steph(3)

Rockets Donatas

3 Warriors 126 Rockets 92

Warriors Steph(3) KD, KD, mcGee(3) Steph, Steph, Klay(3)

Rockets Brewer, harden, Howard

FScore Warriors 132 Rockets 101

Warriors Casspi(3) Looney(3)

Rockets Jones, Terry(3) Terry(3) ariza(1)

Just like real life.  Warriors beat the Rockets.  Warriors win all 4 qtrs here.

Steph: 30 pts/12 boards-Player of the Game

Durant: 25 pts/7 assists/5 boards

Klay: 27 pts/7 boards

McGee: 10 pts/5 boards

West: 13 pts/5 boards/5 assists

Harden: 26 pts/6 assists/6 boards

Howard: 18 pts/14 boards

Jones: 8 pts/12 boards

Terry: 17 pts

Brewer: 12 pts/5 boards

Gm 2 Oakland: Oracle: Dick Stockton/Jim Barnett

1Qtr

9 Warriors 6 Rockets 4

Warriors Dray, KD, Klay

Rockets  Jones, Howard

6 Warriors 16 Rockets 16

Warriors Steph(3) McGee, Steph(3) McGee

Rockets Howard(1) Ariza(3) Harden, Howard, Harden(4)

4 pt play for James Harden ties the score.  

3 Rockets 27 Warriors 23

Warriors Dray, Klay, Dray, West(1)

Rockets Brewer, Brewer, Jones, harden, Harden(3)

1Score Rockets 33 Warriors 31

Warriors KD, Bell, Bell, Livingston

Rockets Ariza(3) Donatas(3)

Buckets.  11 for Harden. 

2Qtr

9 Rockets 40 Warriors 33

Warriors KD

Rockets Smith(3) Ariza, harden

6 Rockets 44 Warriors 35

Warriors Dray

Rockets Jones, Howard

Just 4 for the Dubs in 6 minutes and now the Rockets have a nice lead.

3 Rockets 46 Warriors 42

Warriors McGee, Steph(3) McGee

Rockets Harden

HScore Warriors 54 Rockets 52

Warriors KD(3) KD Iguodala(3) Iguodala, Zaza

Rockets Jones, Donatas, Smith

Durant has 11 and the Warriors are back on top.

3Qtr

9 Warriors 64 Rockets 59

Warriors KD, Steph(3) Steph(3) Zaza

Rockets Jones(3) Smith, Smith

6 Warriors 73 Rockets 66

Warriors Zaza(1) Iguodala, West, Steph, Klay

Rockets Harden, Jones(3) Howard

Steph didn't score in the first qtr in game 1 and still wound up PotG - he's got 17 here.

3 Warriors 75 Rockets 69

Warriors West

Rockets Harden(3)

3Score Warriors 84 Rockets 76

Warriors Steph(3) Klay, Bell, Steph

Rockets Jones, Jones, Donatas(3)

22 for Steph - Dubs looking to keep the streak of home teams winning games 1-2 alive.

4Qtr

9 Warriors 86 Rockets 79

Warriors Iguodala

Rockets Harden(1) Howard

6 Warriors 95 Rockets 86

Warriors Klay, Green(1) Steph(3) Iguodala, KD(1)

Rockets Howard, Smith, harden(3)

3 Warriors 104 Rockets 87

Warriors Dray, McGee, Young(3) Casspi

Rockets Jones(1)

FScore Warriors 109 Rockets 93

Warriors Young(3) Jones

Rockets Kostas(3) Canaan(3)

5 Sweet 16 Series - in all 5 the home teams won games 1 and 2 --- and 3, so we'll see if Houston takes the next game.

Steph: 25 pts/7 boards/6 assists-PotG

KD: 14 pts/8 boards/5 assists

Klay: 10 pts

Dray: 11 pts/7 boards

McGee: 10 pts/10 boards

Iguodala: 11 pts

Harden: 24 pts/8 assists/9 boards

Howard: 13 pts/12 boards

Jones: 19 pts/6 boards

Smith: 11 pts

Gm 3 Houston: Toyota Center Bill Worrell/Mike Fratello

1Qtr

9 Warriors 4 Rockets 3

Rockets Harden(3)

Warriors Steph, McGee

6 Warriors 10 Rockets 7

Rockets Ariza, Harden

Warriors McGee, KD, Klay

Golden St looking for the first sweep in the Sweet 16 and to be the 5th team to advance to the Elite 8.

3 Warriors 17 Rockets 15

Rockets Howard, Howard, Jones, Howard

Warriors Steph(3) KD, West

1Score Warriors 21 Rockets 17

Rockets Brewer, 

Warriors McGee, Iguodala

Defense first here in game 3 - do we see a sweep?

2Qtr

9 Rockets 27 Warriors 27

Rockets Beverley(3) Donatas(3) Brewer, Brewer

Warriors Bell, Zaza, West

6 Warriors 36 Rockets 35

Rockets Prigioni(3) Beverley(3) Beverely

Warriors Klay, KD(3) Steph, West

Triples keeping Houston in this

3 Warriors 42 Rockets 37

Rockets Harden

Warriors Bell, Steph, KD

HScore Rockets 46 Warriors 45

Rockets Harden, Howard, Harden, Harden(3)

Warriors KD(3)

9 for Harden in the last 6 - Rockets try to force game 4.

3Qtr

9 Rockets 55 Warriors 52

Rockets Jones, Brewer(3) Jones, Ariza

Warriors McGee(3) McGee, Bell, Bell

6 Rockets 64 Warriors 60

Rockets Jones(1) Brewer, Howard, Howard, Brewer

Warriors Steph(3) Steph(3) Iguodala

A dozen for Dwight Howard.

3 Rockets 75 Warriors 65

Rockets Howard(1) Smith(3) Donatas, Donatas(3) Harden

Warriors Steph(3) Dray

3Score Rockets 84 Warriors 73

Rockets Howard, Harden, Smith(1) Ariza, Howard

Warriors Klay(3) McGee, Steph(3)

It's happening again - home teams have won each game 3 and Houston's up double digits.

4Qtr

9 Rockets 89 Warriors 78

Rockets Brwer, Smith(1) Howard

Warriors Bell, Steph(3)

6 Rockets 103 Warriors 88

Rockets Terry(3) Jones(1) Smith(3) Ariza, Ariza(3) Beverley

Warriors Bell, McGee(1) Steph, Dray(3) KD

Done - we will, once again, see game 4, where, once again, the road team looks to close.

3 Rockets 111 Warriors 94

Rockets Beverley (1) Ariza(3) Howard, Smith

Warriors McGee, KD, Looney

FScore Rockets 120 Warriors 100

Rockets Kostas, Dorsey, Dorsey, Kostas(3)

Warriors Cook(3) Young(3)

You already know the deal - each series has been the same, if form holds, the Warriors win game 4

Howard: 21 pts/13 boards-Player of the Game

Harden: 18 pts/11 assists

Ariza: 14 pts/5 boards

Beverley: 11 pts

Brewer: 15 pts

Smith: 10 pts/5 boards

KD: 16 pts/5 assists

Steph: 26 pts

McGee: 14 pts/6 boards

Bell: 12 pts/7 boards

Gm 4 Houston: Toyota Center Bill Worrell/Mike Fratello

1Qtr

9 Rockets 8 Warriors 8

Rockets Howard, Terry(3) Harden(3)

Warriors Klay, Klay(3) McGee(3)

6 Rockets 18 Warriors 17

Rockets Terry(3) Howard, Howard, Harden(3)

Warriors Dray, Klay, Klay(3) KD

Can Houston break the streak and force the first game 5 in the tournament?

3 Warriors 26 Rockets 24

Rockets Jones, Harden, Harden

Warriors Dray, Klay, KD(3) Dray

1Score Rockets 30 Warriors 28

Rockets Howard, Jones, Donatas

Warriors Klay

17 Klay Thompson points - his best qtr of the tournament.

2Qtr

9 Rockets 35 Warriors 34

Rockets Brewer, Brewer, Donatas(1)

Warriors Bell, Zaza(1) KD(3)

6 Warriors 40 Rockets 35

Rockets

Warriors Steph, KD, West

Dubs defense in the last 3 minutes; Steph has yet to score.

3 Warriors 50 Rockets 42

Rockets Smith, Harden, Brewer(3)

Warriors Iguodala(3) KD(3) West, West

HScore Warriors 53 Rockets 46

Rockets Harden, Prigioni

Warriors KD(3)

Zero points for Steph Curry - Warriors look to close.

3Qtr

9 Warriors 60 Rockets 50

Rockets Howard, Smith

Warriors Steph, Zaza(3) Dray

6 Warriors 66 Rockets 56

Rockets Howard, Howard, Harden

Warriors Steph, West, Steph

Steph opens up with his first 6 points and now there's some daylight as the Warriors look to match each of the prior 4 series winners.

3 Warriors 69 Rockets 60

Rockets Howard(1) Harden(3)

Warriors Livingston(1) McGee

3Score Warriors 77 Rockets 63

Rockets Brewer(3)

Warriors McGee(1) Klay, Steph(3) West

We are clearly seeing the separation here in the Sweet 16 - the better seeded team has taken games 1,2, and if the Warriors hold here, 4 - to win each series.

4Qtr

9 Warriors 85 Rockets 72

Rockets Beverley(3) Smith, Howard, Smith

Warriors Steph(3) Steph(3) McGee

6 Warriors 94 Rockets 78

Rockets Brewer(3) Brewer, Jones(1)

Warriors McGee, Klay, KD, Dray(3)

3 Warriors 105 Rockets 81

Rockets Smith(3)

Warriors Dray, McGee, KD(3) KD, Livingston

FScore Warriors 111 Rockets 81

Rockets 

Warriors Livingston, Zaza, KD

Games 1-2-3 Home winners.

Game 4 - Road winner and it ends the series.  5 straight series.  Wild.

KD: 25 pts/8 boards/8 assists-Player of the Game

Steph: 17 pts/7 assists- Series MVP

Klay: 18 pts

Dray: 13 pts/13 boards/7 assists

McGee: 12 pts/13 boards/5 assists

West: 10 pts/6 boards

All Tournament Team 1st Team

C Duncan ('13 Spurs 6 PotG)

F Garnett ('08 Celtics 9 PotG)

F Kawhi ('17 Spurs 7 PotG)

G Kobe ('09 Lakers 6 PotG)

G Harden ('15 Rockets 7 PotG)

All Tournament Team 2nd Team

C Kareem ('80 Lakers, 6 PotG)

F Duncan ('04 Spurs 7 PotG)

F LeBron ('20 Lakers 7 PotG)

G Steph ('15 Warriors 5 PotG)

G Magic ('90 Lakers 5 PotG)

256 Team All Time Basketball Tournament: SWEET SIXTEEN: 2020 LAKERS v. 1995 SONICS

 Spurs v. Bulls

 2020 NBA CHAMP LA LAKERS v. 1995 SEATTLE SUPERSONICS

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

              d. '74 Celtics (2-0, LeBron 2 PotG)

              d. '08 Jazz (2-0 Davis/LeBron)

              d. '71 Bucks (2-0 Davis/LeBron)

              Regional Final: '02 Spurs (2-0 LeBron/Davis)

Coach: Frank Vogel, Asst Jason Kidd, Lionel Hollins

Starters:

C Dwight Howard                          34                         7.5 PPG     18.7 PER  5.4 WS  .7

F Anthony Davis                             26-Kentucky       26.1            27.4          11.1  5.4

F LeBron James                              35                        25.3            25.5          9.8    6.1 VORP

G Rajon Rondo                               33-Kentucky        7.1              12.4        1.4      .2

G Kentavious Caldwell-Pope          26-Georgia          9.3             11             3.7      .5

Rotation Reserves:

C Javale McGee                              32-Nevada           6.6             19.4          4.7     1

F Kyle Kuzma                                 24-Utah               12.8            12.2          2       -.2

F Danny Green                                32-UNC              8                 10.8         3.4     1.1

G Alex Caruso                                 25-Texas A&M   5.5             10.8          2.3       .5

G Avery Bradley                             29-Texas              8.6              8.9           1.5       -.2

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

                Davis: 3rd Blocks, 3rd Blocks/Gm, 4th PER, 4th WS, 3rd WS/48, 4th Def Rtng, 5th Block %, 1st Team All NBA

               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. Both were All Stars and Davis was All Defense first team; LeBron won the NBA Finals MVP.  The Lakers are undefeated.  There's Danny Green - he's already advanced twice with the Spurs, if the Lakers win this series, Green will be on 3 of the 4 teams to have advanced to the Elite 8.

Sonics: 57-25, 2nd Pac Div, 2nd Off, 10th Def

             Lost Lakers West 1st

             #61 overall seed

             d. '95 Magic (2-0, Kemp/Gill PotG)

             d. '19 Warriors (2-1, GP/Detlef)

             d. '92 Bulls (2-1, Kemp/GP)

             Regional Final: d. '89 Pistons (2-0 Kemp)

             

Coach: George Karl

Starters

C Sam Perkins (33 North Carolina)    12.7 PPG  16.2 PER  8.5 Win Shares  2.9

F Shawn Kemp (25 Trinity Valley)     18.7             21.7         10.6                  2.5

F Detlef Schrempf (32 Washington)   19.2           20.3         12.9           4.7

G Gary Payton (26 Oregon St)           20.6           21.3          11.7           5.2 VORP

G Kendall Gill (26 Illinois)                13.7           15.2          4.6             1.4

Rotation Reserves

C Bill Cartwright (37 San Francisco)  2.4            4              .2                -.5

F Byron Houston (25 Oklahoma St)    3.4           13.8          .5               -.2

F Vincent Askew (28 Memphis)         9.9            13.6          4.6             .8

G Nate McMillan (30 NC St)            5.2             13.1          5.1             2.9

G Sarunas Marciulionis (30)             9.3             14.2          2.3              .3

Leaders: Kemp (3rd Rebounds, 4th Reb%, 2nd Team All NBA

               Payton (2nd Steals, 3rd Steals/Gm, 2nd Team All NBA

               Schrempf (3rd 3PT %, 2nd True Shooting, 1st Off Rating, 4th Off WS, 5th WS, 4th WS/48, 3rd Team All NBA

               McMillan (5th Steals/Gm, 2nd Steal% 1st Def +/0)

               Perkins (2nd TO%, 3rd Off Rating)

Here's the '95 team; 3 starters have 20+ PER and double digit WS, Detlef is 32, Payton's 26, Kemp's 25 - they were all named to the All Star Team. Payton was first team all defense; 30 year old McMillan second team. We just saw the '97 Sonics fall in the Region 3 Final, they get one more shot here.  This club had a truly stunning Rounds 2/3, knocking off the Curry/Durant Warriors and Jordan's Bulls.  The Sonics are the last 90s team standing and they face an unbeaten LA squad a quarter century ahead of them. 

Matchup:

C Perkins (Sonics)

F AD (Lakers)

F Push

G GP (Sonics)

G Gill (Sonics)

Bench: Lakers

Gm 1 : LA: Staples Bill MacDonald/Bill Walton

1Qtr

9 Lakers 14 Sonics 10

Lakers AD, Rondo, AD, Howard, Howard, LeBron, KCP

Sonics Detlef, Detlef(3) Kemp, GP(3)

6 Lakers 17 Sonics 15

Lakers Howard(3)

Sonics Gill, Perkins(3)

LA is a defense first club, but we are looking at some points so far.

3 Lakers 23 Sonics 21

Lakers AD(1) Rondo, McGee

Sonics Kemp, Perk, McMillan

1Score Lakers 35 Sonics 27

Lakers LeBron(3) Davis, Green(3) Bradley, Caruso

Sonics Sarunas, Detlef, Askew

The Covid Lakers are undefeated and LeBron/Davis might be too much for a mid 90s Sonics team.

2Qtr

9 Lakers 41 Sonics 35

Lakers Caruso, Caruso, McGee

Sonics Houston, Perk, Houston, McMillan

6 Lakers 51 Sonics 42

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

Sonics Detlef(1) Kemp, Kemp, Kemp

LeBron's got 10.

3 Lakers 62 Sonics 45

Lakers LeBron(3) AD, LeBron, LeBron, Howard

Sonics Detlef(1) Gill

HScore Lakers 73 Sonics 52

Lakers Howard, McGee, LeBron(3) AD, AD

Sonics GP(3) Perk(3) Houston(1)

LA is too much; 18 for LeBron; 15 for Davis.  

3Qtr

9 Lakers 77 Sonics 55

Lakers McGee, Kuzma

Sonics Detlef(1) Cartwright

6 Lakers 82 Sonics 57

Lakers Howard, Bradley(3)

Sonics Detlef

Yikes.  Seattle will try again in game 2.

3 Lakers 94 Sonics 61

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

Sonics Perk, Gill

3Score Lakers 99 Sonics 65

Lakers LeBron(3) Caruso

Sonics GP, Gill

Lakers will cruise home.

4Qtr

9 Lakers 105 Sonics 73

Lakers Howard, Green, KCP

Sonics GP, Gill, Gill, Detlef

6 Lakers 113 Sonics 80

Lakers AD, LeBron(3) LeBron(1) Caruso

Sonics GP, Kemp(3) Detlef

3 Lakers 117 Sonics 86

Lakers LeBron, LeBron

Sonics Kemp, Sarunas(1) Detlef(3)

FScore Lakers 129 Sonics 104

Lakers AD, AD, AD, Cacok, Waiters, Cacok

Sonics Kemp, Houston(3) Sarunas(3) Wingfield(3) Houston, Sarunas, Houston(3)

Never a game - the Covid Lakers just blast their way through game 1

LeBron: 33 pts/8 boards/9 assists-Player of the Game

AD: 25 pts/15 boards

Howard: 16 pts/16 boards/5 blocks

Bradley: 10 pts

Caruso: 12 pts

Detlef: 19 pts/10 boards

Kemp: 17 pts/14 boards

Perkins: 12 pts/9 boards/5 assists

GP: 12 pts/7 assists

Gill: 12 pts/5 boards

Houston: 13 pts

Gm 2 LA: Staples Bill MacDonald/Bill Walton

1Qtr

9 Sonics 6 Lakers 4

Lakers LeBron, AD

Sonics Kemp, Detlef, Gill

6 Sonics 14 Lakers 8

Lakers LeBron, Rondo

Sonics Gill, GP, Kemp, GP

The favorite in each series has won all their home games.  LA is undefeated, that's a lot of trends in their favor.

3 Sonics 26 Lakers 15

Lakers McGee, LeBron(3) AD

Sonics Kemp, GP, Detlef(3) GP Gill(3)

1Score Sonics 32 Lakers 22

Lakers Caruso(3) LeBron, KCP

Sonics Detlef, Houston, Gill

Great start for a Sonics team that was noncompetitive in game one.  

2Qtr

9 Sonics 33 Lakers 29

Lakers AD, Green(3) Howard

Sonics Askew(1)

6 Sonics 42 Lakers 35

Lakers Green, Howard, KCP

Sonics Perk, Detlef, GP, Perk(3)

10 for Gary Payton

3 Sonics 47 Lakers 46

Lakers Green(3) LeBron, Howard, AD, Kuzma

Sonics Perk, Perk(3)

HScore Lakers 55 Sonics 47

Lakers KCP, Caruso, Howard, LeBron(3)

Sonics 

Killer end to the half - LA outscores the Sonics by 15 in the last 6.

3Qtr

9 Lakers 69 Sonics 54

Lakers Rondo(3) Howard,McGee, Bradley(3) Rondo, Kuzma

Sonics Perk, Detlef, Perk(3)

6 Lakers 74 Sonics 58

Lakers Rondo, Caruso(3)

Sonics Detlef, GP

Its done - ultramodern basketball too much for the 90s.

3 Lakers 76 Sonics 61

Lakers Caruso

Sonics Houston(1) Askew

3Score Lakers 84 Sonics 70

Lakers Green(3) McGee, AD(3)

Sonics McMillan(3) GP, GP, Kemp

16 for Payton, double digit deficit.

4Qtr

9 Lakers 92 Sonics 79

Lakers AD, LeBron, Lebron, AD

Sonics Kemp, Perk(3) Kemp, Gill

6 Lakers 99 Sonics 84

Lakers AD(1) Lebron, KCP, AD

Sonics Detlef, Gill(3)

Kemp fouls out - LA will win game 2.

3 Lakers 111 Sonics 97

Lakers Howard, LeBron, AD, LeBron, Rondo, THT

Sonics Gill, Detlef, Gill, Detlef(3) GP, Wingfield

FScore Lakers 125 Sonics 110

Lakers Morris, Waiters, Waiters, Waiters, Waiters, Cacok, Cacok

Sonics Askew(1) Sarunas, Askew, Wingfield, Askew(3) Sarunas(3)

Just not a contest.  Lakers rolling.

LeBron: 24 pts/11 assists-Player of the Game

AD: 20 pts/7 boards

Rondo: 11 pts/5 boards

Howard: 12 pts/6 boards

Caruso: 10 pts

Green: 11 pts

Perkins: 18 pts

GP: 18 pts/8 assists/5 steals

Detlef: 20 pts/7 boards/7 assists

Gill: 18 pts

Kemp: 12 pts/10 boards

Gm 3: Seattle: Tacoma Dome Kevin Calabro/Clyde Frazier

1Qtr

9 Lakers 7 Sonics 4

Sonics Gill, Perk

Lakers Howard(1) Howard(3) Rondo(3)

6 Lakers 15  Sonics 6

Sonics Perk

Lakers LeBron, Rondo, Rondo, Howard

This might be the final NBA game ever played in Seattle.

3 Sonics 20 Lakers 17

Sonics Kemp, Kemp, Perk(3) Perk(3) Kemp, Kemp

Lakers LeBron

1Score Sonics 27 Lakers 20

Sonics GP, detlef, Cartwright(1) Houston

Lakers Davis(3)

Seattle's defense really stiffens, giving up 5 pts in 6 min

2Qtr 

9 Sonics 34 Lakers 28

Sonics Askew, GP, Houston(3)

Lakers Green(3) LeBron(3) Davis

6 Sonics 38 Lakers 38

Sonics Detlef, Kemp

Lakers Lebron, McGee, KCP, Kuzma, Howard

LeBron's got 11 - LA trying to sweep.

3 Lakers 46 Sonics 40

Sonics Sarunas

Lakers LeBron, leBron, Lebron, AD

HScore Lakers 49 Sonics 42

Sonics Detlef

Lakers McGee, LeBron(1)

The Lakers trying to maintain that undefeated record and sweep their way into the Elite 8.  17 for the King.

3Qtr

9 Lakers 58 Sonics 54

Sonics Houston, GP, Gill, GP, GP(3)

Lakers Rondo(3) Bradley, Howard, Rondo

6 Sonics 67 Lakers 62

Sonics Kemp, Detlef, GP(3) Sarunas, Kemp, Gill

Lakers LeBron, Caruso

10 for Gary Payton opens the half and Seattle comes back to take the lead.

3 Sonics 73 Lakers 68

Sonics GP, Perk, Detlef

Lakers KCP(3) AD, Bradley(1)

3Score Sonics 79 Lakers 75

Sonics GP, Kemp, Kemp

Lakers AD, Rondo(3) LeBron

Kemp with 8 in the third - Seattle trying to match the game 3 result in the prior 3 series.

4Qtr

9 Sonics 90 Lakers 83

Sonics Detlef, GP, Perk(3) Detlef, Detlef

Lakers LeBron(1) Howard, Howard, KCP(3)

6 Sonics 96 Lakers 87

Sonics Detlef, Sarunas, Kemp

Lakers LeBron, AD

Is this about to happen again?  The underdog team loses game 1-2 on the road, comes back and wins game 3 at home - and then the series ends.  

3 Sonics 102 Lakers 90

Sonics Detlef, Gill, Gill

Lakers McGee(3)

FScore Sonics 108 Lakers 99

Sonics Kemp, Detlef, Perk

Lakers Lakers(3) Waiters(3) LeBron(3)

The unbeaten Lakers are no more - Seattle takes game 3 and we are in the same spot as the prior 3 series.

Kemp: 22 pts/15 boards-Player of the Game

Perkins: 17 pts/10 boards

Payton: 21 pts/13 assists

Detlef: 22 pts/8 boards

Gill: 10 pts/6 boards

LeBron: 29 pts/11 boards/7 assists

AD: 14 pts/11 boards

Howard: 14 pts/15 boards

Rondo: 15 pts

McGee: 7 pts/12 boards

Gm 4 Seattle: Tacoma Dome Kevin Calabro/Clyde Frazier

1Qtr

9 Lakers 10 Sonics 7

Sonics Gill(3) Kemp, Detlef

Lakers Howard, LeBron, AD, KCP, AD

6 Sonics 17 Lakers 16

Sonics Kemp, Gill, Perk, Gill, GP

Lakers AD, Howard, Howard

Everyone knows the stakes - this is the 4th Sweet 16 series and they have been the same - home teams win games 1-3, the road team ends it in game 4.  

3 Sonics 26 Lakers 26

Sonics Perk(3) Detlef, Gill, Kemp

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

1Score Sonics 30 Lakers 30

Sonics Gill(3) Kemp(1)

Lakers AD, McGee

Buckets.  1995 Sonics keeping up with the 2020 Lakers.  Buckets.

2Qtr

9 Sonics 39 Lakers 37

Sonics Perk, Perk, Askew, Gill(3)

Lakers Lebron, Lebron, AD(3)

6 Sonics 47 Lakers 47

Sonics Cartwright, Kemp, GP, GP

Lakers Kuzma, KCP(3) Kuzma, Rondo(3)

Great showing by Seattle at home - it would be something if they could force the showdown.

3 Sonics 54 Lakers 53

Sonics Gill, Perk(3) Perk

Lakers Caruso, Caruso, Rondo

HScore Seattle 65 Lakers 60

Sonics Detlef, Gill(3) Kemp(1) Gill, Detlef(3)

Lakers Green(3) AD, KCP

10 2nd qtr pts for Kendall Gill - the Seattle SuperSonics are a half away from sending this series back to 2020. 

3Qtr

9 Sonics 74 Lakers 68

Sonics Detlef, Kemp, Perk(3) Kemp

Lakers Howard, Bradley, LeBron, McGee

6 Sonics 85 Lakers 75

Sonics Detlef(1) Kemp, Perk, Gill, Perk, Detlef

Lakers AD, Howard, LeBron(3)

The 2nd best offense in 1995 is really taking it to the Lakers in Seattle.  

3 Sonics 91 Lakers 81

Sonics Gill, Askew, GP

Lakers McGee, KCP, Rondo

3Score Sonics 94 Lakers 85

Sonics GP(3)

Lakers AD, Howard

We are set up for it - 12 more minutes of basketball in Seattle.

4Qtr

9 Sonics 99 Lakers 90

Sonics Houston(3) GP

Lakers Caruso(3) Howard

6 Sonics 101 Lakers 98

Sonics Kemp

Lakers Green, Howard, McGee, Howard

5:54: SEA: Byron Houston battles for a second chance on a Perkins missed 3 and the lead is again 5

5:44: LA: Rondo drives and scores.

5:19: LA: AD drills a 17 footer and the Lakers are w/n 1.

4:08: SEA: Byron Houston baseline J.

3:01: SEA: Perkins 6 footer and it's 5 again.

2:24: LA: KCP top of the key.

1:20 LA: There it is -- KCP triples from the corner and it's 107-107

Payton misses a 3.

KCP misses a triple --- but Dwight Howard is there for the putback and the Lakers are up 2 with under a minute.

Rondo steals the ball -- Anthony Davis banks one home at 17 seconds left.  It's a 4 point Laker lead.

LeBron hits a FT, Perkins hits a FT.  Ballgame  Series.

FScore: Lakers 112 Sonics 108

Seattle had this game most of the way...but just couldn't find the basket at game end, 14 4th qtr points. 

Howard: 20 pts/15 boards/4 blocks-Player of the Game

LeBron: 19 pts/13 assists/9 boards-MVP

AD: 21 pts/8 boards/5 assists

KCP: 14 pts

All Tournament Team 1st Team

C Duncan ('13 Spurs 6 PotG)

F Garnett ('08 Celtics 9 PotG)

F Kawhi ('17 Spurs 7 PotG)

G Kobe ('09 Lakers 6 PotG)

G Harden ('19 Rockets 5 PotG)

All Tournament Team 2nd Team

C Kareem ('80 Lakers, 6 PotG)

F Duncan ('04 Spurs 7 PotG)

F LeBron ('20 Lakers 7 PotG)

G Rose ('11 Bulls 3 PotG)

G Magic ('80 Lakers 3 PotG)

Top 9 49ers QB

 Safe to assume Jimmy Garoppolo's 49ers career is over; here's the top 10 QB in franchise history.

1. Joe Montana

2. Steve Young

-This is close; Young's got more approximate value in fewer games; Joe's superior postseason record is what puts him over the top; but if you were separating into tiers, these two are together and alone.  The 49ers did not win a title in the pre-Super Bowl era and haven't won a title in the post-Young era; this is it since 1946, it's just these two guys.  

3. John Brodie

-No one in 49er history has quarterbacked more games than Brodie. He's got 50 more AV than any other QB in franchise history who isn't Young and Montana.  

4. YA Tittle

5. Frankie Albert

-Essentially, the Niners had 3 starting quarterbacks in the first quarter century of their existence, Brodie and before Brodie, Tittle and and before Tittle, Albert.  This is the pre-approximate value era; Albert was a career 49er, never playing anywhere else, the bulk of that career in the AAFC before the franchise joined the NFL in '50.  Between '46 and '69 the Niners made the postseason twice - once was Albert, losing the AAFC title game in '49 and the other Tittle, winning a division title in '57 and losing in the divisional round of the playoffs.  

6. Jeff Garcia

-Garcia's numbers are just really good - he's got more AV/game than any Niner QB save Young.  

7. Colin Kaepernick

8. Jimmy Garoppolo

9. Alex Smith

-The two quarterbacks who took the Niners to the SB and lost are here; Smith quarterbacked that SB losing team prior to injury and previously took the team to a conference championship; Kaepernick has the AV advantage in this tier, Garoppolo the advantage in AV/gm. 

There's not a good choice for 10th if you wanted to round this out; Spurrier's next in AV, Plunkett in AV/gm. The hope (need) is that Lance, at end of career, will be no worst than in that last tier; I think it's fair to say that anything short of Kaepernick is a significant disappointment.

256 Team All Time Basketball Tournament: SWEET SIXTEEN: 2013 SPURS v. 2011 BULLS

 Spurs v. Cavs

2013 WEST CHAMP SA SPURS v. 2011 CEN DIV CHAMP CHI BULLS 

Spurs: 58-24, 1st SW Div, 7th Off/3rd Def

            d. Lakers West 1st Rnd 4-0

            d. Warriors West Semis 4-2

            d. Grizzlies West Finals 4-0

            Lost Heat NBA Finals 4-3

            #46 overall seed

            d. '06 Suns (2-0, Splitter/Duncan)

            d. '74 Bucks (2-0, Duncan 1)

            d. '96 Lakers (2-0 Splitter/Duncan)

            Regional Final d. '09 Lakers (2-0 Duncan/Splitter)

Coach: Gregg Popovich, Asst Mike Budenholzer

Starters

C Tim Duncan             36-Wake             17.8 PPG  24.4 PER  8.3 WS  3.8 VORP

F Tiago Splitter           28                        10.3          18.7           8.2        2.1

F Kawhi Leonard        21-San Diego St  11.9          16.4           6.2        2.3

G Tony Parker             30                        20.3          23             9.3         3.1 

G Manu Ginobli          35                        11.8          19              4.5         2

Rotation Reserves

C Matt Bonner             32-Florida           4.2           11.8           2.5        .5

F Boris Diaw               30                        5.8            11.9          4.4        1.2

F DeJuan Blair             23-Pitt                5.4            14.6          2.2        .1

G Patty Mills               24-St Marys        5.1            14.1          1.5       .4

G Danny Green            25-UNC             10.5           14.1         5.9       2.7

Leaders Duncan 5th Blocks, 3rd Blocks/Gm, 4th Def WS, 2nd Def +/-, 1st Def Rtng, 3rd Def Reb%, 4th Block%, 1st Team All NBA Team

               Parker 5th WS/48, 4th Asst%, 2nd Team All NBA

3rd seed in the Region is the Spurs team that lost to Miami in the Finals; it's a defense first group; 36 year old Duncan and 30 year old Parker each pass 20 PER. The Spurs are looking for their 3rd Regional Title; the '15 and '17 groups have already won.  Duncan was 2nd team all defense; he and Parker were All Stars; the Spurs are undefeated in the tournament.  The '17 Spurs just won their Sweet 16 matchup - back up 4 years and here's this crew - with Tim Duncan.

Bulls: 62-20, 1st Cen Div, 11th Off, 1st Def

           d. Pacers East 1st Rnd, 4-1

           d. Hawks East Semis 4-2

           Lost East Finals Heat 4-1

           #99 overall seed

           d. '04 Lakers (2-0, Boozer/Noah, PotG)

           d. '72 Bucks (2-0 Noah/Rose PotG)

           d. '06 Spurs (2-0 Rose PotG)

           Regional Final d. '97 Sonics (2-1 Noah/Boozer)

Coach: Tom Thibodeau

Starters

C Joakim Noah (25, Florida)     11.7 PPG   18.8 PER 6.7 Win Shares  1.9

F Carlos Boozer (29, Duke)       17.5           18.8         5.8                      1.4

F Luol Deng (25, Duke)             17.4           15.5         9.9                     3

G Derrick Rose (22, Memphis)  25              23.5        13.1                    6.7 VORP

G  Ronnie Brewer (25, Arkansas) 6.2           13.8        5.4                     2

Rotation Reserves

C Omer Asik (24)                       8.2             11.8        2.7                      .1

F Taj Gibson (25, USC)              7.1             14.3       5.2                      .5

F Kurt Thomas (38, TCU)          4.1             10          3.2                      .4

G CJ Watson (26, Tennessee)     4.9             12.8       2.1                       .5

G Kyle Korver (29, Creighton)  8.3             13           5.1                      1.3

Leaders: Rose (4th Assists, 5th Win Shares, 3rd +/1, 2nd VORP, 1st Team All NBA

               Noah (3rd Off Reb %, 3rd Def Rating)

               Brewer (4th Steal % 1st Def +/-)

               Gibson (5th Def Rating)

               Deng (4th Def WS)

22 year old DRose is first team All NBA, 20+ PER and double digit WS. The Bulls had the best regular season record in 2011; DRose was MVP. Joakim Noah is 25, 2nd Team All Defense. Rose was named to the All Star Game. Thibodeau was Coach of the Year.

Matchup

C Duncan (Spurs)

F Push

F Deng (Bulls)

G Rose (Bulls)

G Ginobli (Spurs)

Bench: Bulls

Gm 1: San Antonio: AT&T Center: Dick Enberg/Sean Elliott

1Qtr

9 Spurs 5 Bulls 3

Spurs Ginobli(1) Kawhi, Parker

Bulls Deng(1) Rose

6 Spurs 9 Bulls 9

Spurs Parker, Duncan

Bulls Rose, Gibson, Boozer

Top defense in '11 vs the undefeated top defense of '13.  You gotta figure we see a grind it out series.

3 Bulls 17 Spurs 12

Spurs Splitter, Green (1)

Bulls Deng, Rose(3) Rose(1) Korver

1Score Bulls 24 Spurs 20

Spurs Splitter, Bonner, Blair, Bonner

Bulls Boozer, Watson(3) Boozer

DRose has 8 - can the Bulls hand the Spurs their first loss?

2Qtr

9 Bulls 31 Spurs 26

Spurs Bonner, Mills, Bonner

Bulls Asik, Korver, Watson, Boozer(1)

6 Bulls 37 Spurs 34

Spurs Ginobli, Ginobli, Kawhi(1) Mills(3)

Bulls Noah, Rose, Noah

Spurs are coming.  

3 Spurs 43 Bulls 40

Spurs Parker, Ginobli(3) Parker, Blair

Bulls Noah(3)

HScore Spurs 51 Bulls 49

Spurs Parker, Ginobli, Duncan

Bulls Brewer, Noah, Brewer(3) Deng

You take those 2017 Spurs and subtract 4 years - you lose a more seasoned version of Kawhi - you lose Aldridge and Gasol; but you get younger versions of Parker and Ginobli and you add Duncan.

3Qtr

9 Spurs 53 Bulls 51

Spurs Diaw

Bulls Asik 

6 Spurs 62 Bulls 57

Spurs Bonner(3) Kawhi, Blair, Blair

Bulls Deng, Deng, Noah

Biggest Spurs lead.

3 Spurs 68 Bulls 62

Spurs Parker, Splitter, Parker

Bulls Brewer(3) Deng

3Score Spurs 74 Bulls 68

Spurs Parker, Blair, Duncan

Bulls Noah, Boozer, Rose

Balanced attacks - these are two deep, deep teams that spread the load around.

4Qtr

9 Spurs 81 Bulls 76

Spurs Kawhi, Green, Parker(3) 

Bulls Deng, Rose, Noah, Boozer

6 Spurs 92 Bulls 83

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

Bulls Noah, Rose(3) Boozer

7 more for Parker - Spurs solid lead.

3 Spurs 98 Bulls 87

Spurs Duncan, Parker, kawhi

Bulls Noah, Korver

FScore Spurs 107 Bulls 97

Spurs Duncan, Duncan(3) Ginobli, Duncan

Bulls Boozer, Deng, Deng(3) Rose(3)

The Bulls didn't get closer than 6 in the 4th - the Spurs remain undefeated.

Parker: 25 pts/6 assists/5 boards-Player of the Game

Duncan: 16 pts/13 boards/6 assists

Splitter: 6 pts/14 boards

Ginobli: 18 pts

Blair: 10 pts

Bonner: 10 pts

Rose: 20 pts/6 assists/5 boards

Boozer: 15 pts/11 boards

Deng: 18 pts/5 boards/5 assists

Noah: 19 pts/9 boards

Gm 2: San Antonio: AT&T Center: Dick Enberg/Sean Elliott

1Qtr

9 Spurs 8 Bulls 6

Spurs Duncan, Ginobli(3) Splitter(1) Duncan

Bulls Deng, Rose, Brewer

6 Spurs 16 Bulls 13

Spurs Parker, Kawhi, Kawhi, Splitter

Bulls Deng, Noah, Rose(3)

Game 2 - can anyone, anyone, even take 1 game from the 2013 Spurs?

3 Spurs 18 Bulls 15

Spurs Duncan

Bulls Noah

1Score Spurs 22 Bulls 17

Spurs Blair, Blair

Bulls Deng

Once again - defense - once again, the Spurs seem undeniable.

2Qtr

9 Spurs 25 Bulls 23

Spurs Blair(1) Parker

Bulls Noah, Korver, Boozer

6 Bulls 30 Spurs 29

Spurs Bonner, Blair

Bulls Brewer, Rose(3) Rose

Rose has 10 - he might need a real star level performance to take a game.

3 Bulls 38 Spurs 38

Spurs Mills(3) Duncan, Duncan, Splitte

Bulls Rose(1) Korver(3) Boozer, Rose

HScore Bulls 42 Spurs 40

Spurs Parker

Bulls Gibson, Gibson

Defense forward is the storu here; Chicago trying to even this up.

3Qtr

9 Spurs 49 Bulls 47

Spurs Splitter, Duncan(3) Duncan, Duncan

Bulls Deng, Brewer, Watson(1)

6 Spurs 57 Bulls 54

Spurs Duncan(1) Duncan(3) Parker, Kawhi

Bulls Watson(3) Boozer, Rose

Duncan with 11 to open the half.  

3 Spurs 66 Bulls 58

Spurs Duncan, Kawhi, Kawhi(3) Blair

Bulls Boozer, Boozer

3Score Spurs 74 Bulls 64

Spurs Parker, Kawhi, Bonner, Bonner

Bulls Boozer, Deng, Gibson

Kawhi scores 9 in the third - the Spurs start to pull away.

4Qtr

9 Spurs 80 Bulls 73

Spurs Splitter, Ginobli, Kawhi

Bulls Boozer, Boozer, Noah, Korver(3)

6 Spurs 88 Bulls 80

Spurs Parker, Green, Kawhi, Splitter

Bulls Noah(3) Boozer, Gibson

Could of Bulls triples get them a nudge closer.

3 Spurs 91 Bulls 84

Spurs Mills(3) 

Bulls Watson, Deng

FScore Spurs 99 Bulls 90

Spurs Parker, Ginobli, Duncan, Duncan

Bulls Deng, Boozer, Boozer

There's no run to be had - that 7 point margin at the 3 minute mark is as close as Chicago gets -- this Spurs team is undefeated.  Undefeated.

Duncan: 27 pts/13 boards-Player of the Game

Kawhi: 17 pts/10 boards

Parker: 14 pts/6 assists

Splitter: 11 pts

Rose: 15 pts/8 assists/5 boards

Deng: 14 pts/7 boards

Boozer: 22 pts/10 boards

Noah: 11 pts/11 boards

Gm 3: Chicago: United Center: Neil Funk/ Dr. Jack Ramsey

1Qtr

9 Bulls 9 Spurs 3

Bulls Boozer, Noah, Deng(3) Deng

Spurs Duncan Splitter(1)

6 Bulls 17 Spurs 11

Bulls Boozer, Boozer, Boozer, Brewer

Spurs Duncan, Duncan, Kawhi, Parker

Game 3 - in both the prior Sweet 16 series, the home team won games 1-3; if that happens here the Spurs will drop their first game in the tournament.

3 Bulls 25 Spurs 15

Bulls Rose, Korver(3) Korver(3)

Spurs Splitter, Duncan

1Score Bulls 32 Spurs 21

Bulls Boozer, Boozer, Deng(3)

Spurs Parker, Parker, Diaw

The move hope inspires this Bulls offense.  14 for Carlos Boozer.

2Qtr

9 Bulls 37 Spurs 29

Bulls Brewer, Watson(3)

Spurs Blair, Diaw, Blair, Mills

6 Bulls 48 Spurs 38

Bulls Gibson, Boozer, Deng, Deng, Rose, Noah(1)

Spurs Duncan, Ginobli(3) Parker, Duncan

Deng has a dozen and the Bulls continue on.

3 Bulls 54 Spurs 44

Bulls Deng, Rose, Rose

Spurs Spitter(1) Mills(3) Green

HScore Bulls 60 Spurs 50

Bulls Boozer, Deng, Noah

Spurs Kawhi, Splitter(1) Ginobli

Bulls have kept this 10 pt lead. 24 minutes from now they may be handing the Spurs a loss.

3Qtr

9 Bulls 64 Spurs 54

Bulls Gibson(1) Boozer(3)

Spurs Ginobli, Kawhi

6 Bulls 66 Spurs 63

Bulls Boozer

Spurs Duncan, Blair(1) Splitter(3) Kawhi(3)

There's the run - Kawhi with 5 to open the qtr.

3 Bulls 77 Spurs 67

Bulls Deng(1) Noah, Boozer, Boozer, Deng, Deng

Spurs Parker, Parker

3Score Bulls 85 Spurs 74

Bulls Rose, Rose, Rose, Gibson

Spurs Green(3) Splitter, Green

Sure looks like Chicago is about to hand the Spurs their first loss.

4Qtr

9 Bulls 90 Spurs 81

Bulls Boozer, Rose(3)

Spurs Duncan, Duncan, Green(3)

6 Bulls 96 Spurs 86

Bulls Noah, Noah, Noah

Spurs Parker(3) Duncan

6 minutes left and the Bulls get a W

3 Bulls 105 Spurs 94

Bulls Noah, Brewer, Korver, Korver(3)

Spurs Duncan, Ginobli, Duncan, Duncan

5 seconds

Bulls Boozer, Rose(1) Boozer, Rose(1)

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

Ginobli triples at 8 seconds to cut the deficit to 2 - Rose is fouled, hits just 1.

So - 5 seconds left - the Spurs have trailed all day - but have a chance to tie this up.

It goes to Ginobli.  From the wing.  For the tie....

Nope.  

Final: Bulls 111 Spurs 108

The Spurs charged hard at the close - but fell short and they drop their first game of the entire tournament.

Boozer: 31 pts/15 boards-Player of the Game

Deng: 21 pts/7 boards

Rose: 19 pts/12 assists/7 boards

Noah: 15 pts/12 boards

Korver: 11 pts

Splitter: 10 pts/8 boards

Kawhi: 9 pts/11 boards

Duncan: 30 pts/10 boards/6 blocks

Parker: 17 pts/13 assists

Ginobli: 18 pts/7 assists

Green: 10 pts

Gm 4: Chicago: United Center: Neil Funk/ Dr. Jack Ramsey

1Qtr

9 Bulls 9 Spurs 5

Bulls Noah, Rose, Deng, Boozer(1)

Spurs Kawhi, Kawhi

6 Bulls 16 Spurs 12

Bulls Deng, Boozer(3) Rose

Spurs Duncan(1) Splitter, Splitter

Chicago takes game 3 and now is a game from tying this up.

3 Bulls 22 Spurs 20

Bulls Boozer, Rose, Rose

Spurs Splitter, Splitter, Duncan, Ginobli

1Score Bulls 27 Spurs 26

Bulls Korver, Noah(3)

Spurs Kawhi, Duncan, Diaw

The Bulls keep that game one flow going - can they force the first showdown of the Sweet 16?

2Qtr

9 Bulls 30 Spurs 30

Bulls Gibson, Deng(1)

Spurs Blair, Kawhi

6 Spurs 39 Bulls 36

Bulls Boozer, Deng, Noah

Spurs Bonner(3) Bonner(3) Bonner(3)

How about Matt Bonner going triple, triple, triple.

3 Spurs 48 Bulls 42

Bulls Korver, Deng, Rose

Spurs Duncan, Splitter(1) Duncan, Duncan, Splitter

HScore Spurs 57 Bulls 49

Bulls Asik, Deng(1) Rose, Rose

Spurs Duncan, Splitter, Kawhi, Parker(3)

Duncan with 8 in the last 6 - is this series about to take the same path as the prior 2?

3Qtr

9 Spurs 59 Bulls 53

Bulls Rose, Gibson

Spurs Duncan

6 Spurs 68 Bulls 62

Bulls Watson, Noah, Deng, Deng(3)

Spurs Kawhi(3) Duncan, Parker, Parker

Will the Spurs close?

3 Spurs 74 Bulls 73

Bulls Rose, Noah, Boozer, Boozer, Rose(3)

Spurs Splitter, Parker, Splitter

3Score Spurs 84 Bulls 78

Bulls Noah(3) Noah

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

Kawhi with 11 in the qtr.  12 minutes left.

4Qtr

9 Spurs 91 Bulls 82

Bulls Boozer

Spurs Blair, Bonner(3)

6 Spurs 95 Bulls 84

Bulls Rose

Spurs Duncan, Splitter

3 Spurs 102 Bulls 92

Bulls Boozer, Boozer, Rose, Boozer

Spurs Parker, Kawhi, Kawhi

FScore Spurs 117 Bulls 98

Bulls Rose(3) Butler(3)

Spurs Duncan, Green(3) Spliter(1) Joseph, Joseph, Baynes, Splitter(3)

3 series down - they've all gone exactly the same; home teams in games 1-3, road team wins in gm 4 and clinches the series.  

2 Spurs teams are into the Elite 8.  Boozer 24/12 in the loss

Duncan: 25 pts/11 boards/5 blocks-Player of the Game, Series MVP

Splitter: 23 pts/18 boards

Kawhi: 27 pts/10 boards

Parker: 11 pts/11 boards

Bonner: 12 pts

All Tournament Team 1st Team

C Duncan ('13 Spurs 6 PotG)

F Garnett ('08 Celtics 9 PotG)

F Kawhi ('17 Spurs 7 PotG)

G Kobe ('09 Lakers 6 PotG)

G Harden ('19 Rockets 5 PotG)

All Tournament Team 2nd Team

C Kareem ('80 Lakers, 6 PotG)

F Duncan ('04 Spurs 7 PotG)

F LeBron ('09 Cavs 5 PotG)

G Rose ('11 Bulls 3 PotG)

G Magic ('80 Lakers 3 PotG)