256 Team All Time Basketball Tournament: Region 10 Round 1: Series 3 and 4

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5. 1980 ATL DIV CHAMP BOSTON CELTICS v. 12. 2004 SACRAMENTO KINGS

Celtics: 61-21, 1st Atl Div, 2nd Off/4th Def

              d. Rockets East Semis 4-0

              Lost Sixers East Finals 4-1

              #74 overall seed

Coach: Bill Fitch, GM Red Auerbach, Asst KC Jones

Starters

C Dave Cowens               31-Florida St       14.2             14.8           5.4

F Larry Bird                     23-Indiana St       21.3            20.5          11.2

F Cedric Maxwell            24-UNCC            16.9            19             12.2

G Tiny Archibald             31-UTEP             14.1             15.3          8.9

G Pete Maravich             32-LSU                11.5              15.6           1

Rotation Reserves

C Rick Robey                   24-Kentucky       11.5 PPG    15.4 PER  5.5 WS

F Eric Fernsten                26-USF                3.1               14.4           1.2

F ML Carr                       29-Gulliford         11.1             14.6            5.2

G Gerald Henderson       24-VCU               6.2               12.7            1.7

G Chris Ford                    31-Nova              11.2             13             5.6

Leaders:  Archibald: 2nd Assts, 2nd Assts/Gm, 4th Asst%

                 Maxwell: 1st FG%, 1st Eff FG%, 1st TS%, 3rd WS, 2nd WS/48, 1st Off Rtng

                 Ford: 2nd 3Pt%

                 Bird: 3rd 3 Pt%, 1st Def WS, 4th VORP

2nd in Offense/4th in Defense, the 5th seed in Region is this transition Celtics team - 23 year old Bird playing with 31 year old Cowens with a side order of 32 year old Pete Maravich.  Bird's over 20 PER, he and 24 year old Cornbread Maxwell have double digit WS

Kings: 55-27, 2nd Pac Div, 2nd Off/21st Def

            d. Mavs West 1st Rnd 4-1

            Lost T-Wolves, West Semis 4-3

            #183 overall seed

Coach: Rick Adelman

Starters

C Vlade Divac               35                    9.9 PPG    16.3 PER  5.3 WS

F Brad Miller                 27-Purdue       14.1           19.4          10

F Peja Stojakovic           26                    24.2          21.8          13.5

G Mike Bibby                25-Arizona      18.4          19.3           9.3

G Doug Christie             33-Pepperdine 10.1          14             5.7

Rotation Reserves

C Darius Songaila          25-Wake          4.6             14.6        2.6

F Chris Webber              30-Michigan    18.7           17.2        1.1

F Gerald Wallace           21-Alabama      2               10.6         .4

G Bobby Jackson           30-Minnesota   13.8          19.2         3.1

G Anthony Peeler          34-Missouri      5.7             11.8        2.2

Leaders Peja 2nd PPG, 1st FT%, 2nd WS, 5th Off +/- 5th VORP, 5th Off Rtng

               Christie 4th Steals

               Peeler 1st 3pt%

              Miller 3rd Trip-Doub

Limited number of games played for 30 year old C-Webb, hence the low WS total and his coming off the bench in favor of 27 year old Brad Miller, who has double digit WS - also with double digit WS is 26 year old Peja, who also goes over 20 PER.  This Kings club is all offense, the 2nd best from '04.

Matchup

C Push

F Bird (Celtics)

F Peja (Kings)

G Bibby (Kings)

G Christie (Kings)

Bench: Celtics

Game 1

1st Qtr

9 Celtics 10 Kings 8

Celtics Archibald. Bird, Cowens, Maxwell, Maravich

Kings Christie, Divac, Christie, Peja

6 Celtics 20 Kings 14

Celtics Bird, Bird, Archibald, Maxwell, Bird

Kings Miller, Peja, Peja

Underway.  Bird's got 8 quick ones.  

3 Celtics 29 Kings 24

Celtics Cowens, Cowens, Maxwell, Maxwell(3)

Kings Peja, Peja(3) Peeler, Jackson

1st Q Score Celtics 38 Kings 28

Celtics Henderson, Bird, Bird, Maxwell, Fernesten(1)

Kings Webber, Webber

A dozen for Bird; double digit lead for Boston.

2nd Qtr

9 Celtics 46 Kings 32

Celtics Robey, Robey, Robey, Archibald

Kings Bibby, Webber

6 Celtics 54 Kings 34

Celtics Maravich, Maravich, Bird, Bird

Kings Christie

20 point Boston lead - it's not close; Bird's got 16.

3 Celtics 58 Kings 40

Celtics Bird, Maxwell

Kings Jackson, Peja, Peja

Half Score Celtics 64 Kings 47

Celtics Maxwell, Archibald, Ford

Kings Divac(1) Webber, Christie, Divac

18 for Bird - Boston rolling.

3rd Qtr

9 Celtics 73 Kings 55

Celtics Cowens, Archibald, Carr, Bird(3)

Kings Bibby(3) Webber, Peja(3)

6 Celtics 80 Kings 61

Celtics Robey(3) Bird, Archibald

Kings Webber, Webber(3) Peja(1)

Bird's got 23; Boston will take game one.

3 Celtics 84 Kings 64

Celtics Cowens, Maravich

Kings Divac(1) Miller

3rd Q Score Celtics 96 Kings 70

Celtics Cowens, Carr(3) Ford(3) Bird, Bird

Kings Christie, Divac, Songaila

Easy win for Boston - the Kings can't stop them. 25 for Bird.

4th Qtr

9 Celtics 106 Kings 77

Celtics Ford(3) Cowens, Bird, Henderson(3)

Kings Jackson, Jackson(3) Miller

6 Celtics 110 Kings 89

Celtics Bird, Ford

Kings Peja, Webber, Divac, Webber, Jackson, Wallace

3 Celtics 119 Kings 94

Celtics Bird, Archibald(3) Maravich, Maxwell

Kings Divac, Bibby(3)

Final Score Celtics 128 Kings 99

Celtics Fernsten, Carr, Carr, Henderson, Chaney(1)

Kings Massenburg, Wallace(1) Smith

Easy one for Boston.  Never a contest.

Bird: 33 pts/12 boards/5 assists - Player of the Game

Maxwell: 17 pts/13 boards

Cowens: 14 pts/9 boards

Archibald: 15 pts/9 assists

Maravich: 10 pts

Ford: 10 pts

Peja: 21 pts/6 boards

Vlade: 12 pts/7 boards

Christie: 10 pts

Webber: 19 pts/6 boards

Jackson: 11 pts/5 boards

Game 2

1st Qtr

9 Celtics 9 Kings 2

Celtics Bird, Cowens, Maxwell, Cowens(3)

Kings Christie

6 Kings 16 Celtics 13

Celtics Maravich, Archibald

Kings Miller, Bibby(3) Peja(4) Bibby

Peja Stojakovic gets the second four point play (Brian Scalabrine) in the tournament.  Kings have their first lead in the series.

3 Kings 24 Celtics 24

Celtics Bird, Bird, Archibald(3) Robey, Carr

Kings Peja, Peeler(1) Peeler(3) Songaila

1 Q Score Celtics 32 Kings 28

Celtics Bird, Robey, Ford, Maravich

Kings Webber, Webber

8 for Bird - Boston up 4.

2nd Qtr

9 Celtics 38 Kings 36

Celtics Maravich, Carr, Maravich

Kings Peja, Vlade, Peja, Vlade

6 Kings 43 Celtics 41

Celtics Henderson(1) Bird

Kings Webber, Wallace, Jackson(3)

Look at Sacramento - blown out in game one but they are right there, hanging with Boston, in game 2. 

3 Kings 49 Celtics 46

Celtics Ford, Ford, Bird(1)

Kings Christie, Webber, Peja

Half Score Kings 56 Celtics 50

Celtics Bird, Cowens

Kings Vlade(1) Christie, Bibby, Miller

Sacramento is up 6 - their 

3 Qtr

9 Kings 68 Celtics 56

Celtics Maravich, Archibald, Archibald

Kings Peja, Jackson(1) Jackson(3) Miller, Webber, Peja

6 Kings 70 Celtics 60

Celtics Archibald, Maravich

Kings Webber

Yo.  The Kings are stretching the lead.  

3 Kings 80 Celtics 69

Celtics Robey, Carr, Maravich(3) Maravich

Kings Webber(3) Jackson, Peja(3) Divac

3 Q Score Kings Kings 89 Celtics 73

Celtics Robey, Maxwell

Kings Peja(3) Bibby, Miller, Webber

The Kings are going to tie this series - we are headed to a decisive game 3.

4 Qtr

9 Kings 94 Celtics 81

Celtics Bird, Archibald, Archibald, Robey

Kings Webber, Webber(3)

6 Kings 99 Celtics 83

Celtics Maravich

Kings Miller, Bibby(3)

Kings blowout was not an expected outcome.

3 Kings 107 Celtics 92

Celtics Bird, Robey(1) Maxwell, Fernsten, Archibald

Kings Peja(3) Miller, Jackson(3)

Final Score Kings 113 Celtics 95

Celtics Judkins(3)

Kings Buford, Wallace, Smith

Showdown game coming - can the Kings knock off Boston? C-Webb becomes the first bench player to be Player of the Game

Webber: 22 pts/10 boards

Peja: 25 pts/9 boards 

Miller: 12 pts/9 boards

Bibby: 15 pts/6 assists

Jackson: 12 pts

Bird: 17 pts/13 boards/7 assists

Archibald: 17 pts/7 assists

Maravich: 19 pts

Robey: 11 pts/12 boards

Game 3

1 Qtr

9 Kings 6 Celtics 2

Celtics Cowens

Kings Peja, Bibby, Miller

6 Kings 13 Celtics 13

Celtics Maravich, Cowens, Bird, Cowens, Cowens, Archibald(1)

Kings Miller, Peja(3) Bibby

The Kings score the first 6 of the game - Cowens comes back with 8 for Boston in the first 6 and it is tied.

3 Celtics 19 Kings 17

Celtics Maxwell, Archibald, Archibald

Kings Vlade, Vlade

1st Score Celtics 26 Kings 21

Celtics Robey, Bird, Ford(3)

Kings Peja, Webber

Tight first qtr, Boston with the lead.

2 Qtr

9 Celtics 35 Kings 21

Celtics Carr, Archibald(1) Cowens, Cowens, Bird

Kings 

6 Celtics 41 Kings 33

Celtics Cowens, Archibald, Maxwell

Kings Peja, Vlade, Bibby(3) Miller(3) Webber

6 more for Cowens - the Celtics veteran carrying the load in the must win game 3.

3 Celtics 49 Kings 40

Celtics Robey, Robey, Bird, Ford

Kings Webber(1) Miller, Miller, Songaila

Half Score Celtics 62 Kings 50

Celtics Maravich, Maravich(3) Maravich, Ford, Bird, Fernsten

Kings Songaila, Jackson, Miller, Christie(1) Webber(3)

Look at Pistol Pete - he led Boston in scoring in Game 2 - he goes for 7 in the last 3 minutes and Boston's got a solid lead at the half.

3rd Qtr

9 Celtics 70 Kings 56

Celtics Bird, Cowens, Cowens, Maxwell

Kings Bibby, Christie, Vlade

6 Celtics 76 Kings 68

Celtics Bird(3) Maxwell(3)

Kings Wallace, Peja, Peja(3) Webber(3) Webber

Good last 3 for Sacramento, cutting the deficit to 8.

3 Celtics 80 Kings 73

Celtics Bird, Cowens

Kings Webber(1) Bibby, Peja

3 Q Score Celtics 88 Kings 78

Celtics Maxwell, Bird, Maxwell, Maravich

Kings Vlade, Jackson, Peja(1)

12 minutes of basketball to go.

4th Qtr

9 Celtics 90 Kings 84

Celtics  Carr

Kings Christie, Christie, Peeler

6 Celtics 96 Kings 93

Celtics Cowens, Bird, Maxwell

Kings Webber, Vlade, Miller, Bibby(3)

Bibby's triple gets the Kings all the way to a 3 point deficit.  Celtics timeout with 6 to play.

For the Kings - Vlade, Miller, Webber, Jackson, Peeler

For the Celts - Cowens, Bird, Maxwell, Tiny, Ford.

5:38: BOS: Bird hits a 15 footer just before the clock expires.  

5:24: SAC: Jackson hits a turnaround off the feed from Vlade.  

Peja/Bibby/Christie check in.

Pistol Pete/Henderson/ML Carr check in.

4:31: BOS: Empty both ways until ML Carr scores from the paint.  100-95

4:07: BOS: Webber misses, Bird will score from the wing.

Starters now in for both sides.

3:47: BOS: Bird steals a pass, finds Tiny for the easy lay in - Boston's back up by 9.

3:09: SAC: Bibby misses but the Kings keep possession and Bibby converts.

1:42: SAC: Over a minute later, Peja hits an open 2

1:25: BOS: Cowens finds Tiny for an up and under.

1:17: SAC: Bibby triples from the right block.  106-102.

:45: SAC: Boston misses - Peja doesn't - and the Celts lead is down to 2.

:28: BOS: Pistol Pete misses - but he gets his own rebound and scores - big second chance bucket for the vet.  

:22: SAC: Peja hits a quick 2.  108-106 Boston.

:16: BOS: Bird's fouled.  Hits both.

Peja misses the triple - Cowens gets the board - Pistol Pete is fouled - hits them both - its over.

Sacramento made the Celtics sweat - but the seeding holds. 

Final: Celtics 112 Kings 106

Bird: 27 pts/15 boards/7 assists-Player of the Game

Cowens: 22 pts/7 boards

Maxwell: 15 pts/11 boards

Archibald: 12 pts/9 assists

Maravich: 15 pts

All Region Team

C Duncan ('14 Spurs- 2x PotG)

F Bird ('80 Celtics-2x PotG)

F Chambers ('89 Suns)

G EJohnson ('89 Suns-1x PotG)

G Drexler ('90 Blazers-2x PotG)

4. 1998 LA LAKERS v. 13. 1997 ATLANTA HAWKS

Lakers: 61-21, 2nd Pac Div, 2nd Off/11th Def

              d. Blazers West 1st Rnd 4-1

              d. Sonics West Semis 4-1

              Lost Jazz West finals 4-0

              #55 overall seed

Coach: Del Harris, GM Jerry West, Asst Kurt Rambis

Starters

C Shaquille O'Neal        25- LSU          28.3 PPG  28.8 PER  10.2

F Robert Horry               27-Alabama    7.4            14.4          6.6

F Kobe Bryant                19                    15.4          18.5          6.3

G Nick Van Exel            26- Cincinnati  13.8          17.8         7.1

G Eddie Jones                26-Temple        16.9          18            10.1

Rotation Reserves

C Elden Campbell          29-Clemson     10.1           16.4         4.7

F Corie Blount                29-Cincinnati   3.6            11.9         2.6

F Mario Bennett            24- Arizona St   3.9             22.2        1.5

G Derek Fisher              23- Little Rock  5.8            12.9         3.8

G Rick Fox                    28-UNC            12              12.5         5.3

Leaders Shaq 2nd PPG, 1st FG%, 2nd Eff FG%, 1st PER, 4th WS/48, 4th +/1

LA is the 4th seed in the Region, the 2nd best offense in 1998; 25 year old Shaq is the only man on the leader board; nearly 30 PER, double digit WS despite playing in only 60 games.  Kobe's 19, in his second season.  26 year old Eddie Jones has double digit WS.  Jon Barry is on the bench, not in the rotation.  There's a reason I'm mentioning that.

Hawks: 56-26, 2nd Cen Div 8th Off/3rd Def

              d. Pistons East 1st Rnd 3-2

              Lost Bulls East Semis 4-1

              #202 overall seed

Coach: Lenny Wilkens

Starters

C Dikembe Mutombo       30                      13.3 PPG  19 PER  11.3 WS

F Christian Laettner          27-Duke            18.1          19.1        11.6

F Tyrone Corbin               34-DePaul          9.5            11           5

G Mookie Blaylock          29-Oklahoma    17.4           20.4        12.5

G Steve Smith                  27-Michigan St  20.1          17.4        9.1

Rotation Reserves

C Ivano Newbill              26-Geo Tech       1.4             6.7         1.1

F Alan Henderson            24-Indiana          6.6             15          1.3

F Henry James                 31-St Marys       6.7             10.2       2

G Eldridge Recasner        29-Washingon   5.7             11.5        2.5

G Jon Barry                      27-Geo Tech      4.9             13.2        2.4

Leaders Mutombo 2nd Reb/Gm, 2nd Def Reb, 1st Blocks, 2nd Blocks/Gm, 2nd Def WS, 3rd Def Rtng, 3rd Block %

               Blaylock 1st Steals, 1st St/Gm, 4th VORP, 1st Steal%

The Hawks are the 3rd best defense from '97; 29 year old Mookie Blaylock is over 20 PER with double digit WS; 30 year old Mutombo and 27 year old Christian Laettner also go for double digit WS; here's Jon Barry, a year later he's on the Laker bench, now he's in the Hawks rotation - Jon Barry v. Jon Barry in this one.

Matchup

C Shaq (Lakers)

F Laettner (Hawks)

F Kobe (Lakers)

G Blaylock (Hawks)

G Jones (Lakers)

Bench: Lakers

Game One

1 Qtr

9 Lakers 8 Hawks 4

Lakers Jones, Kobe, Jones

Hawks Laettner, Blaylock

6 Lakers 15 Hawks 6

Lakers Horry(3) Horry, Kobe

Hawks Laettner

Gonna be a tough road for Atlanta if they go down big and Shaq doesn't score a point.

3 Lakers 26 Hawks 15

Lakers Kobe, Shaq, Horry(3) Shaq, Kobe

Hawks Newbill, Laettner, Smith, Smith(3)

Score Lakers 32 Hawks 17

Lakers Shaq, Shaq, Bennett

Hawks Smith

Shaq scores 8 in the back half of the quarter and it's an easy one so far in LA.

2 Qtr

9 Lakers 38 Hawks 24

Lakers Fox, Bennett, Kobe

Hawks Laettner, Recasner(3) Blaylock

6 Lakers 42 Hawks 35

Lakers Blount, Fox

Hawks Mutombo, Barry, Smith(3) Mutombo, Mutombo

Atlanta fights back into the game; Dikembe with 6 in the last 3.

3 Lakers 49 Hawks 39

Lakers Shaq, Campbell, Jones(3)

Hawks Barry, Mutombo

Half Score Lakers 59 Hawks 48

Lakers Shaq, Jones, Kobe, Shaq, Shaq

Hawks Smith, Smith(3) Corbin, Smith(3)

8 for Shaq in the back half of the quarter - Laker lead double digits

3 Qtr

9 Lakers 69 Hawks 56

Lakers Shaq, Fox, Van Exel(3) Fox(3)

Hawks Smith(3) Corbin, Mutombo(3)

6 Lakers 71 Hawks 65

Lakers Shaq,

Hawks Mutombo, Mutombo, Smith(1) Laettner, Laettner

Another big stretch for the Hawks, 7 for Mutombo in the first half of the third.  

3 Lakers 78 Hawks 68

Lakers Fox, Shaq, Fox(3)

Hawks Blaylock(3)

3 Q Score Lakers 84 Hawks 74

Lakers Fox, Van Exel, Campbell

Hawks Laettner, Recasner, Mutombo

Rick Fox closes with 7; Lakers by 10.

4 Qtr

9 Lakers 92 Hawks 82

Lakers Kobe, Shaq, Kobe, Jones

Hawks Blaylock(3) Blaylock (3) Smith

6 Lakers 99 Hawks 88

Lakers Kobe(3) Fox, Shaq

Hawks Blaylock, Smith, Mutombo

7 for Kobe opens the quarter, LA up 11.

3 Lakers 110 Hawks 93

Lakers Shaq, Kobe, Jones, Jones(3) Seals

Hawks Laettner, Burton(3)

Score Lakers 117 Hawks 95

Lakers Rooks(3) Campbell, Bennett

Hawks Boyce

Lakers steam home and win going away.

Shaq: 28 pts/15 boards - Player of the Game

Jones: 18 pts/6 boards

Kobe: 21 pts

Fox: 18 pts

Smith: 25 pts/5 boards

Mutombo: 19 pts/11 boards

Laettner: 16 pts/12 boards/5 assists

Blaylock: 15 pts/6 boards/7 assists

Game Two

1 Qtr

9 Lakers 7 Hawks 3

Lakers Shaq, Shaq, Horry(3)

Hawks Blaylock(3)

6 Lakers 12 Hawks 10

Lakers Van Exel(3) Jones

Hawks Laettner(3) Laettner, Corbin

Underway in game 2 - winner meets the '80 Celtics.

3 Lakers 17 Hawks 16

Lakers Jones, Jones(3)

Hawks Corbin(1) Smith(3) Blaylock

1 Q Score Lakers 30 Hawks 23

Lakers Kobe, Shaq, Fisher, Jones(3) Horry(3)

Hawks Blaylock, Laettner, Smith, Recasner(3)

Eddie Jones scores 10 in the first - Lakers up.

2 Qtr

9 Lakers 37 Hawks 25

Lakers Fisher, Horry(3) Kobe

Hawks Henderson

6 Lakers 43 Hawks 34

Lakers Shaq, Van Exel, Shaq

Hawks Smith, Barry(3) Corbin, Barry

Shaq's got 10 - Lakers up 9

3 Lakers 47 Hawks 42

Lakers Shaq, Shaq

Hawks Barry(3) Smith, Henderson

Half Score Lakers 54 Hawks 43

Lakers Jones, Van Exel(3) Fisher

Hawks Laettner(1)

14 for the Diesel, Lakers sure look like they're advancing.

3 Qtr

9 Lakers 57 Hawks 50

Lakers Kobe(3)

Hawks Laettner, Laettner, Smith(3)

6 Lakers 64 Hawks 58

Lakers Kobe, Jones, Campbell(3)

Hawks Mutombo, Mutombo, Barry(3) Mutombo

6 for Mutombo gets the Hawks back in the game.

3 Lakers 68 Hawks 62

Lakers Shaq, Shaq

Hawks Blaylock, Mutombo

3 Q Score Lakers 70 Hawks 69

Lakers Fisher

Hawks Mutombo, Smith, Blaylock(3)

Blaylock hits a triple with 2 seconds left, we've got a good one in LA

4 Qtr

11:50 LA: Shaq's fouled, hits 1.

11:35: LA: After a turnover, Shaq again, four footer.

10:53: ATL: Takes a couple of attempts, but Blaylock scoops/scores.

10:07: LA: Empty trips ends in an Eddie Jones 13 foot turnaround.

9:54: ATL: Steve Smith hits a 9 footer.

9:34: LA: Kobe hits a 3 from the wing.

8:46: ATL: Turnover exchange, Blaylock triples from the top.

8:33: LA: The teenaged Kobe comes back with another triple.

8:15 ATL: And here's Blaylock again - he hits another dead red 3 from the top!  81-79 LA

7:51: ATL: Kobe misses - and Steve Smith hits a corner 3 for the Hawks and they go up 82-81.

7:35 ATL: The Lakers miss again and Laettner thunders home a dunk to give the Hawks a 3 pt lead.

6:58: LA: Shaq's fouled.  Hits 1.

6:47: LA: The Lakers kept possession on Shaq's missed FT and Van Exel hits a long 2. Tied.

6:35: ATL: Laettner drills one from the line.

6:20: ATL: LA turnover leads to a Ty Corbin dunk - Hawks by 4.  LA time out.

Hawks: Mutombo/Laettner/Corbin/Blaylock/Smith

Lakers: Shaq/Horry/Kobe/Van Exel/Jones

5:48: ATL: Lakers miss and Shaq picks up his 5th foul.  Laettner hits both.

5:05: ATL: Lakers miss again - Laettner again, this time a triple- the Hawks are pulling away.

4:52: LA: Shaq down low.

4:16: LA: Hawks miss and Eddie Jones drills a 3 from the top - five quick ones to slice the deficit to 4.

2:15: LA: Neither team scores in the next 2 minutes - Shaq's fouled, hits 1.  Hawks by 3, starters in for both sides.

1:47: LA: The Hawks miss again - and Nick Van Exel nails a game tying corner 3!

1:13: LA: Huge offensive foul called on Ty Corbin - and Nick Van Exel hits another 3 - the Lakers were down 9 four minutes ago and now are up 3 and the building is shaking.

:59: ATL: Oh - cool as can be, Steve Smith triples from the wing and it is tied.

Van Exel misses the 3.  Laettner gets the board.  

:34: ATL: Mutombo gets the feed from Blaylock, drives and scores - Van Exel picks up the foul and the Hawks go up 3.

:15: LA: Shaq down low - the Hawks don't really contest it - 99-98 Atlanta.

Eddie Jones fouls Steve Smith, that's 5 for Jones.  Smith misses the first - hits the second - with just 13 seconds left, LA calls time.  Can they tie this game up?

The ball goes into Shaq - Shaq in traffic - Shaq in the lane - Shaq rises and fires --

ITS GOOD!  SHAQUILLE O'NEAL HITS A GME TYING JUMPER AT THE BUZZER.

Overtime

Both teams starters come out.  Shaq and Eddie Jones both with 5 fouls.  Laettner with 5.

4:39: ATL: And Eddie Jones is done, he fouls Corbin, who hits both.

4:29: LA: And Laettner is done.  He fouls Kobe, who hits both.  Rick Fox and Alan Henderson check in for their respective teams.

3:52: ATL: Blaylock misses, but Henderson comes through with the board and Mookie scores on the second chance.   104-102

3:19: ATL: Dikembe blocks Van Exel - he gets the finger wag - Henderson scores to make it 4.

2:56: LA:Van Exel comes back with the dunk.

2:35: LA: Corbin misses and Rick Fox comes through with the tying J.

1:34: LA: Shaq gets a block of his own, swatting one away from Henderson - and he comes through the other way with the 4 footer to give the Lakers a lead.

1:16: LA: Corbin misses and Van Exel doesn't - he scores from the wing.

:42: ATL: Atlanta gets a couple chances, Kobe fouls Mutombo - who hits 1.

:25: LA: The Hawks put Shaq on the line - Lakers up 3 - and he hits them both and that should do it.

:14: LA: Another Shaq FT after Atlanta misses.

:09: ATL: Corbin bangs a 3 to cut the deficit to 3.

Shaq fouled again.  Hits 1.  

The Hawks can't score - Horry picks up 2 FT for the final score.

Final Score: Lakers 116 Hawks 110

21 and 15 for Laettner, but he fouls out in OT and we will get the Lakers/Celtics matchup in round 2. Shaq hits the buzzer beater to tie it in regulation; just a great performance.

Shaq: 35 pts/16 boards/5 blocks-Player of the Game

Van Exel: 20 pts/9 assists

Horry: 11 pts/16 boards

Kobe: 18 pts/7 assists

Jones: 19 pts/6 boards

All Region Team

C Shaq ('98 Lakers- 2x PotG)

F Bird ('80 Celtics-2x PotG)

F Chambers ('89 Suns)

G EJohnson ('89 Suns-1x PotG)

G Drexler ('90 Blazers-2x PotG)

256 Team All Time Basketball Tournament: Region 10 Round 1: Series 1 and 2

 Region 9

1. 2014 NBA CHAMPION SAN ANTONIO SPURS v. 16. 1994 UTAH JAZZ

Spurs: 62-20, 1st SW Div, 7th Off/3rd Def

             d. Mavs West 1st Rnd 4-3

             d. Blazers West Semis 4-1

             d. Thunder West Finals 4-2

             d. Heat NBA Finals 4-1

             #10 overall seed

Coach: Gregg Popovich

Starters

C Tim Duncan              37-Wake              15.1 PPG   21.3 PER  7.4 WS

F Kawhi Leonard         22-San Diego St  12.8            19.4          7.7

F Marco Belinelli         27                         11.4            15             5.9

G Tony Parker              31                         16.7            18.9          5.9

G Manu Ginobli           36                         12.3            20             5.7

Rotation Reserves

C Tiago Splitter            29                         8.2              16.5          4.3

F Boris Diaw                31                         9.1              14.1          4.9

F Danny Green             26-UNC               9.1              13.9          4.2

G Patty Mills                25-St Marys        10.2             18.7          5.6

G Cory Joseph              22-Texas              5                 14.7          2.9

Leaders: Duncan: 5th Games, 5th Blocks/Gm, 4th Def Rtng

                Belinelli 5th 3 Pt %

                Kawhi-4th Def +/-, 3rd Steal %

10th overall seeds, the San Antonio Spurs - Duncan's 37, he and 36 year old Ginobli are over 20 PER. Deep group but nobody over 10 WS. 

Jazz: 53-29, 3rd MW Div., 7th Off/7th Def

          d. Spurs West 1st Rnd 3-1

          d. Nuggets West Semis 4-3

          Lost Rockets West Finals 4-1

          d. 1995 Bulls

          #256 overall seed

Coach: Jerry Sloan

Starters

C Felton Spencer          26-Louisville          8.6 PPG  11.7 PER  4.7 WS

F Karl Malone              30-LA Tech             25.2         22.9         13.4

F Bryon Russell           23-CSt Long Beach 5             11.1          2.1

G John Stockton          31-Gonzaga              15.1        22.5         13.2

G Jeff Hornacek           30-Iowa St               14.6        17.6          3.1

Rotation Reserves

C Tom Chambers         34-Utah                    11.2         13.4          3.9

F Tyrone Corbin           31-DePaul                8              11.8          4.4

F David Benoit             25-Alabama             6.5           10.9          1.6

G John Crotty               24-UVA                   2.9            17.5          1

G Jeff Malone               32-Miss St              16.2           12.9         2.9

Leaders: KMalone 5th PPG, 3rd Def Reb, 5th PER, 4th WS

                Stockton: 1st Assts, 1st Assts/Gm, 4th Steals, 4th Steals/Gm, 3rd TS%, 5th WS, 4th WS/48, 2nd +/-, 2nd VORP, 4th Off Rtng, 1st Asst%

                JMalone 2nd TO%

The 30 year old Mailman is top 5 in PER, 31 year old Stockton is top 5 in VORP, both are top 5 in WS and they lead the Jazz, 16th seeds in Region 10.

Matchup

C Duncan (Spurs)

F Malone (Jazz)

F Bellineli (Spurs)

G Stockton (Jazz)

G Ginobli (Spurs)

Bench: Spurs

Game

1st Qtr

9 Spurs 6 Jazz 2

Spurs Duncan, Duncan, Ginobli

Jazz Stockton

6 Spurs 15 Jazz 15

Spurs Kawhi, Ginobli(1) Kawhi, Ginobli, Duncan

Jazz Hornacek, Stockton, Spencer(3) Stockton, Benoit, Benoit

Duncan opens with a half dozen - we are tied  

3 Jazz 26 Spurs 19

Spurs Kawhi, Ginobli

Jazz Mailman, Benoit, Stockton, Stockton, Stockton

1st Q Score Jazz 28 Spurs 25

Spurs Green, Joseph, Splitter

Jazz JMalone

Can't ask any more from the Jazz, 16th seeds in Region 10; Stockton scores a dozen.

2nd Qtr

9 Jazz 30 Spurs 29

Spurs Splitter, Mills

Jazz Hornacek

6 Jazz 36 Spurs 31

Spurs Mills

Jazz Hornacek, JMalone, Crotty

Utah won a play in game against Jordan's Bulls and now are up 5 on the 10th overall seeded Spurs

3 Jazz 46 Spurs 37

Spurs Parker, Parker, Diaw

Jazz JMalone, Stockton, Mailman, Mailman, Benoit

Half Score Jazz 48 Spurs 47

Spurs Green, Mills(3), Duncan, Duncan(3)

Jazz Stockton

Duncan scores 5 in the last 30 seconds; Jazz lead is 1.

3rd Qtr

9 Spurs 53 Jazz 51

Spurs Parker, Belinelli, Duncan

Jazz Mailman(1) Chambers

6 Spurs 61 Jazz 58

Spurs Joseph, Duncan, Green, Duncan

Jazz Spencer, Mailman(3) Hornacek

Another half dozen for Duncan - the Spurs take the lead.

3 Spurs 68 Jazz 68

Spurs Duncan, Parker, Green(3) Parker

Jazz Hornacek, Corbin, Chambers(3) JMalone

3rd Q Score Jazz 75 Spurs 70

Spurs Parker

Jazz Corbin, Russell, Stockton(3)

How about these Jazz? Up 5. Let's go to the 4th

4th Qtr

11:37 SA: Kawhi scores from the lane.

11:14: SA: Corbin misses, Duncan scores the other way.  

10:51: UT: Corbin 1 FT

10:34: SA: 14 footer from Duncan ties the score.

10:17: UT: Stockton in traffic.

10:04: SA: Belinelli corner 3 - Spurs up 1.

9:31: UT: After a foul, Jeff Malone scores from the wing.  Jazz up 1.

9:22: SA: Belinelli again, this time a 2.

8:54: SA: Hornacek misses and a Patty Mills dunk makes it 83-80

8:26: SA: Kawhi steals the ball - Mills hits a triple.  Spurs by 6, their biggest lead.

8:13: UT: Hornacek scoops and scores.

7:45: UT: Spurs turnover leads to a Hornacek 3.  86-85 Spurs

7:05: UT: Utah gets a couple cracks after a Spurs miss- the Mailman scores down low.

6:22: SA: Ginobli scores after a turnover exchange

5:44: SA: Danny Green blocks Hornacek and Kawhi scores.

5:21: SA: Duncan steals the ball and scores.  92-87

5:04: UT: Mailman from the lane

4:57: SA: Tony Parker dunk.

3:58: SA: Duncan's fouled a minute later.  1 FT 95-89

3:30: UT: Bryon Russell floater.

3:26: SA: Kawhi hits a deep 3.  

3:11: SA: Manu steals the ball and cruises home for the layin.

3:00: UT: Spencer down low.  Spurs 100 Jazz 93

Final Score Spurs 110 Jazz 101

Spurs Belinelli(3) Parker, Duncan, Duncan, Ginobli(1)

Jazz Hornacek(3) Stockton, Hornacek(3)

The Spurs just explode in the 4th; 40 points and they win going away.

Duncan: 28 pts/13 boards/4 blocks-Player of the Game

Ginobli: 12 pts/8 boards/5 assists

Leonard: 13 pts/6 boards

Parker: 16 pts/6 assists

Ginobli: 10 pts

Mills: 12 pts/5 boards

Stockton: 24 pts/14 assists

Mailman: 14 pts/9 boards

Hornacek: 21 pts

Spencer 7 pts/11 boards

J Malone: 10 pts

Game 2

1st Qtr

9 Spurs 10 Jazz 4

Spurs Belinelli (3) Belinelli, Belinelli(3) Duncan

Jazz Hornacek, Spencer

6 Spurs 16 Jazz 6

Spurs Duncan, Parker, Belinelli

Jazz Stockton

The Jazz hung with the Spurs through most of game one - but already trail by ten - Belinelli goes off for ten to get it going.

3 Spurs 28 Jazz 14

Spurs Ginobli, Kawhi(3) Green(3) Ginobli, Kawhi

Jazz Stockton, Stockton, Mailman, Stockton

1st Q Score Spurs 38 Jazz 16

Spurs Diaw, Joseph, Mills, Green, Ginobli

Jazz Mailman

This looks over - Spurs survived game one and are cruising in game 2.

2nd Qtr

9 Spurs 42 Jazz 22

Spurs Duncan, Mills

Jazz Corbin, Russell, Mailman

6 Spurs 46 Jazz 28

Spurs Kawhi, Duncan

Jazz Hornacek, Stockton, Chambers

3 Spurs 56 Jazz 36

Spurs Belinelli(3) Mills(3) Belinelli Belinelli

Jazz JMalone, JMalone, Spencer, Spencer

Half Score Spurs 64 Jazz 38

Spurs Kawhi(3) Parker, Kawhi

Jazz Mailman

Belinelli gets 7 more; Spurs heading to round 2.

3rd Qtr

9 Spurs 68 Jazz 44

Spurs Parker, Duncan

Jazz Stockton, Mailman, Mailman

6 Spurs 72 Jazz 48

Spurs Duncan, Duncan

Jazz Chambers, Benoit

6 more for Duncan and the Spurs are cruising home.

3 Spurs 77 Jazz 55

Spurs Ginobli(1) Parker, Kawhi

Jazz Mailman, Spencer(1) JMalone, Mailman

3rd Q Score Spurs 87 Jazz 61

Spurs Splitter, Diaw(1) Green(3) Duncan, Mills

Jazz Hornacek, Chambers, Mailman

Utah just unable to find the basket against the Spurs.

4th Qtr

9 Spurs 87 Jazz 67

Spurs

Jazz Stockton, JMalone, Russell

6  Spurs 91 Jazz 73

Spurs Parker, Mills

Jazz Mailman, Hornacek, Hornacek

3 Spurs 93 Jazz 77

Spurs Mills

Jazz Hornacek, Mailman

Final Score Spurs 100 Jazz 83

Spurs Ayres, Brown, Bonner, Ayres(1)

Jazz Humphries, Humphries

Game one was tight and game two was not.  Spurs advance.  22/11 for the Mailman. 

Duncan: 16 pts/14 boards/5 assists - Player of the Game

Leonard: 15 pts/6 boards/5 assists

Belinelli: 17 pts

Parker: 10 pts

Mills: 13 pts

8. 1989 PHOENIX SUNS v. 9. 1990 WEST CHAMP PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS

Suns: 55-27, 2nd Pac Div, 2nd Off/5th Def

          d. Nuggets West 1st Rnd 3-0

          d. Warriors West Semis 4-1

          Lost Lakers West Finals 4-0

          #119 overall seed

Coach: Cotton Fitzsimmons, Assts: Paul Westphal, Lionel Hollins

Starters

C Armen Gilliam        24-UNLV              15.9 PPG 15.7 PER  5.1 WS

F Tyrone Corbin         26-DePaul              8.2           14.7          5.4

F Tom Chambers       29-Utah                   25.7         19.3          9.2

G Kevin Johnson        22-Cal                    20.4         20.5          12.2

G Eddie Johnson        29-Illinois               21.5         19.4             6.5

Rotation Reserves

C Tim Perry               23-Temple               4.1           14.4         1.4

F Mark West              28-Old Dominion    7,2           12.9        5.5

F Dan Majerle            23-C Michigan        8.6           11.3        2.5

G Steve Kerr              23-Arizona              2.1           12.7         .4

G Jeff Hornacek         25-Iowa St              13.5         16.3          7.7

Leaders KJ 2nd Assists, 3rd Assts/Gm, 4th Asst%

               EJohnson 4th TO%

Balanced team, top 5 in both offense and defense; 22 year old Kevin Johnson is the only guy with either 20+ PER or double digit WS.  How about Chambers and Corbin starting fro the Suns; they came off the bench for Jazz 5 years later in the prior series. Meanwhile - Hornacek's coming off the bench for this team - and starts for those Jazz

Blazers: 59-23, 2nd Pac Div, 9th Off/4th Def

               d. Mavs West 1st Rnd 3-0

               d. Spurs West Semis 4-3

               d. Suns West Finals 4-1

               Lost NBA Finals Pistons 4-1

               #138 overall seed

Coach: Rick Adelman, 

Starters

C Kevin Duckworth        25-E Illinois        16.2 PPG  13.3 PER  4.8 WS

F Buck Williams             29-Maryland        13.6          14.3           8.7

F Jerome Kersey             27-Longwood       16            15.7           8.8

G Terry Porter                 26-Wisc Stev Pt   17.6          20             11.7

G Clyde Drexler              27-Houston          23.3         22.2           11.6

Rotation Reserves

C Wayne Cooper             33-N Orleans         3.8           10.6          2.7

F Mark Bryant                 24-S Hall              2.9            9.1            1

F Drazen Petrovic            25                         7.6            15.5          2.8

G Danny Young               27-Wake               4.7            11.5          3

G Byron Irvin                  23-Missouri          5.2            15.6         1.2

Leaders Petrovic 3rd 3 Pt%

               Drexler 5th +/-

Naked leader board; the backcourt of 26 year old Terry Porter and 27 year old Clyde Drexler hits 20 PER and double digit WS.  Only one guy from either rotation is in his 30s, young series this.

Matchup

C Gilliam (Suns)

F Williams (Blazers)

F Chambers (Suns)

G Johnson (Suns)

G Drexler (Blazers)

Bench: Suns

Game

1st Qtr

9 Suns 7 Blazers 4

Suns Gilliam, KJ(3) EJohnson

Blazers Duckworth, Duckworth

6 Suns 16 Blazers 16

Suns Chambers(3) Corbin, Corbin, Gilliam

Blazers Williams, Duckworth, Duckworth, Williams, Duckworth, Duckworth

Kevin Duckworth scores a dozen points in the first 6 minutes of this series. 

3 Blazers 31 Suns 24

Suns EJohnson, EJohnson, Chambers, Chambers

Blazers Duckworth, Williams, Kersey, Kersey, Drexler(3) Kersey, Williams

1st Q Score Blazers 34 Suns 30

Suns Majerle, Kerr, Perry

Blazers Irvin(1) Cooper

Duckworth's got 14 - Blazers up 4.

2nd Qtr

9 Blazers 41 Suns 34

Suns Majerle(1) Gilliam(1) Hornacek

Blazers Petrovic, Kersey, Kersey(3)

6 Blazers 50 Suns 45

Suns West, Chambers(3) EJohnson, Chambers, KJ

Blazers Porter, Porter(3) Cooper, Young

Points.  Raining buckets.  

3 Blazers 54 Suns 49

Suns Perry, Chambers

Blazers Drexler, Kersey

Half Score Blazers 60 Suns 53

Suns Corbin, Corbin

Blazers Drexler, Kersey, Cooper

9 second quarter points for Jerome Kersey paces Portland, they're up 7.

3rd Qtr

9 Blazers 63 Suns 55

Suns Hornacek, 

Blazers Williams(3)

6 Blazers 66 Suns 60

Suns EJohnson, KJ(3)

Blazers Drexler(3)

Defense tightens in the third.

3 Blazers 75 Suns 66

Suns KJ, Chambers, KJ

Blazers Petrovic, Porter(3) Duckworth, Porter

3rd Q Score Blazers 91 Suns 82

Suns EJohnson(1) Gilliam, Chambers, Gilliam, EJohnson(3) Hornacek, EJohnson, Majerle

Blazers Drexler(3) Petrovic, Drexler, Drexler(3) Duckworth, Petrovic, Kersey

Every point that wasn't scored to start the quarter gets scored here; this 3 minute stretch might be the highest scoring in the tournament to date.  8 for Clyde in those 3 minutes.  

4th Qtr

9 Blazers 98 Suns 88

Suns Gilliam, Chambers, EJohnson

Blazers Williams(3) Drexler, Petrovic

6 Blazers 103 Suns 92

Suns Chambers, Corbin

Blazers Drexler, Williams(1) Porter

Looks like it's Portland - they got off early and have steadily held the lead all day.

3 Blazers 107 Suns 101

Suns KJ, KJ, EJohnson(3) EJohnson

Blazers Williams, Porter

:12 Blazers 117 Suns 114

Suns Chambers(3) KJ, Gilliam, Chambers, Gilliam, EJohnson

Blazers Drexler, Duckworth, Duckworth, Duckworth, Porter(1) Duckworth(1)

Duckworth's fouled a lot down the stretch, hitting almost every shot, but he misses the second at 18 seconds and Eddie Johnson gets an easy dunk off the long pass from KJ.  Blazers lead is down to 3 - that's the closes Phoenix has been.

Clyde's fouled at 10 seconds.  Eddie Johnson fouling out. One FT probably ends it.

Clyde makes both.  Blazers by 5.

:05 PHO: Chambers bombs a 3 from the top - 119-117 Blazers.

Drexler fouled with 2 seconds left.  Corbin fouls out.  If he hits both its done.

He does.  

Hornacek scores a triple at the buzzer, unable to pick up a 4 pt play and its over.

Final: Blazers 121 Suns 120

Nice late run by the Suns, but the Blazers hold on and take game one.

Drexler: 28 pts/5 boards/5 assists - Player of the Game

Duckworth: 25 pts/8 boards

Kersey: 17 pts/18 boards

Williams: 17 pts/13 boards

Porter: 15 pts/11 assists

Petrovic: 10 pts/6 assists

Chambers: 30 pts/11 boards

Eddie Johnson: 25 pts/12 boards

Kevin Johnson: 18 pts/16 assists/5 boards

Gilliam: 15 pts/8 boards

Corbin: 10 pts/8 boards

Game 2

1st Qtr

9 Blazers 10 Suns 8

Suns EJohnson, Gilliam, Chambers, Corbin

Blazers Williams, Drexler, Williams, Kersey, Drexler

6 Blazers 21 Suns 12

Suns Gilliam, KJ

Blazers Williams, Drexler, Drexler, Drexler, Drexler(3)

White hot start for the Blazers, looking to advance. 13 points for Drexler, outscoring the Suns by himself.

3 Blazers 33 Suns 18

Suns EJohnson, Corbin, Chambers

Blazers Williams, Kersey, Duckworth, Drexler, Kersey, Porter

1st Q Score Blazers 38 Suns 26

Suns Hornacek, West, West, Kerr

Blazers Cooper(1) Porter, Cooper

Portland's up a bunch; 15 for Clyde - winner to meet the Spurs.

2nd Qtr

9 Blazers 45 Suns 34

Suns Majerle, KJ, Corbin, EJohnson

Blazers Cooper, Williams(1), Drexler, Duckworth

6 Blazers 56 Suns 44

Suns EJohnson(3) Chambers, Chambers(3)

Blazers Porter(3) Drexler, Irvin, Porter

19 points for Drexler - Blazers still up double digits.

3 Blazers 65 Suns 59

Suns KJ, Majerle, Hornacek, KJ. KJ(3) Corbin, Gilliam, EJohnson

Blazers Porter, Cooper, Petrovic(3) Petrovic, Drexler

Half Score Suns 69 Blazers 65

Suns KJ, Gilliam, Gilliam, Gilliam, Chambers

Blazers

Phoenix scores 25 in 6 minutes to close the half, Kevin Johnson with 9, and the Suns have the lead.

3rd Qtr

9 Suns 74 Blazers 72

Suns Chambers (1) Corbin, Gilliam

Blazers Drexler, Petrovic, Drexler(3)

6 Suns 85 Blazers 77

Suns Majerle, Chambers, Chambers, Majerle(3) Chambers

Blazers Drexler(3) Williams

7 for Chambers to open the 3rd, Suns have their biggest lead.

3 Suns 89 Blazers 85

Suns KJ, Chambers

Blazers Drexler, Porter, Irvin, Porter

3rd Q Score Blazers 96 Suns 95

Suns Gilliam, Gilliam, Hornacek

Blazers Williams, Williams, Petrovic, Petrovic, Petrovic(3)

Drazen Petrovic yanks the Blazers back into the lead - he scores 7 points in the last 58 seconds of the third.  Good finish coming.

4th Qtr

11:54: POR: Clyde scores off the Porter feed.  

11:31: PHO: Majerle in traffic as the shot clock expires.

11:08: PHO: Majerle from the lane after a turnover.  Suns 99-98

9:54: PHO: A minute later Chambers hits an 11 footer.

9:46: POR: Duckworth drives hard and scores.

9:25: POR: After a turnover, Buck Williams goes off glass.  102-101 Blazers

8:49: PHO: KJ misses, but Chambers is there to get the board and the score.

8:26: POR: Kersey from the paint.

8:16: PHO: Chambers hits a triple from the top.  106-104 Suns

7:49: PHO: Blazers miss - Tim Perry comes through with a layup.  

7:15: PHO: Blazers miss - Eddie Johnson banks one home.  110-104

7:06: POR: Kersey from the foul line.

6:48: PHO: A long 2 from Chambers, he's got 9 in the quarter.  

6:30: PHO: The Blazers miss and Eddie Johnson gets a layup.

6:02: PHO: Blazers offensive foul and Corbin gets a layup - it's a ten pt Suns lead.

3 Suns 118 Blazers 112

Suns KJ

Blazers Drexler, Kersey, Williams

Final: Suns 133 Blazers 123

Suns Corbin, Gilliam, KJ, KJ, EJohnson(3), EJohnson, KJ

Blazers Duckworth, Porter(1) Porter, Drexler, Drexler(3)

Phoenix is the side here in game 2 - one to go for the chips.  Drexler becomes, I think, the first Player of the Game from a losing team.

Chambers: 29 pts/9 boards

KJ: 23 pts/8 assists

Gilliam: 20 pts/5 boards

E Johnson: 20 pts

Corbin: 14 pts/7 boards

Majerle: 13 pts

Drexler: 40 pts/11 boards/8 assists - Player of the Game

Porter: 19 pts/13 assists

Williams: 19 pts/13 boards

Kersey: 12 pts/9 boards

Duckworth: 8 pts/11 boards

Petrovic: 14 pts

Game 3

1st Qtr

9 Blazers 7 Suns 4

Suns EJohnson, Chambers

Blazers Drexler(1) Drexler, Drexler, Kersey

6 Blazers 16 Suns 14

Suns Gilliam, Gilliam, Chambers, Corbin, Chambers

Blazers Duckworth(3) Williams, Kersey, Kersey

Clyde Drexler has been dominant in the series - he comes out here in the deciding game and scores the first 5 points.  

3 Blazers 21 Suns 20

Suns Gilliam, Chambers, Chambers, Gilliam

Blazers Duckworth, Williams(3)

1st Q Score Blazers 27 Suns 27

Suns Corbin, Hornacek, West, Corbin

Blazers Petrovic, Porter, Bryant

Tom Chambers has been terrific all series and he's got 10.  

2nd Qtr

9 Suns 34 Blazers 29

Suns Hornacek(3) Hornacek, Perry

Blazers Cooper

6 Suns 43 Blazers 35

Suns Gilliam, EJohnson(3) EJohnson, Corbin

Blazers Drexler, Kersey, Duckworth

Great stretch for the Suns.

3 Suns 48 Blazers 35

Suns EJohnson(1) KJ(1) EJohnson, Perry(1)

Blazers

Half Score Suns 61 Blazers 47

Suns Corbin, Corbin, EJohnson, EJohnson(3) EJohnson, Hornacek

Blazers Porter(3) Drexler, Bryant, Kersey, Irvin, Irvin(1)

Eddie Johnson goes for 13 in the second and Phoenix threatens to pull away.

3rd Qtr

9 Suns 70 Blazers 53

Suns Majerle, KJ(3) Perry, KJ

Blazers Williams, Williams, Petrovic

6 Suns 80 Blazers 62

Suns EJohnson(3) Corbin, EJohnson(3) EJohnson

Blazers Williams, Cooper, Porter(3)

This looks done - a tight series ends, it looks like, with the Suns just overwhelming Portland, Eddie Johnson filling up the basket with 8 more points.  

3 Suns 88 Blazers 68

Suns EJohnson, Gilliam, Hornacek, Gilliam

Blazers Porter, Drexler, Duckworth

3rd Q Score Suns 93 Blazers 76

Suns Hornacek(1) Corbin, KJ

Blazers Drexler, Drexler, Kersey, Duckworth

It would take a Herculean effort.

4th Qtr

9 Suns 101 Blazers 82

Suns KJ(3) EJohnson, Gilliam(3)

Blazers Bryant, Bryant, Williams

6 Suns 105 Blazers 83

Suns Gilliam, Majerle

Blazers Cooper(1) 

It's done.  Suns to meet the Spurs.

3 Suns 111 Blazers 88

Suns KJ, Corbin, Hodges

Blazers Drexler, Petrovic(3)

Final Score Suns 117 Blazers 94

Suns Hodges, Davis, Davis

Blazers Young, Irvin, Reid

Phoenix just runs away with this one.

Eddie Johnson: 29 pts/6 boards-Player of the Game

Gilliam: 19 pts/14 boards

Kevin Johnson: 13 pts/11 boards

Corbin: 17 pts/5 boards

All Region Team

C Duncan ('14 Spurs- 2x PotG)

F Chambers ('89 Suns)

F Malone ('94 Jazz)

G EJohnson ('89 Suns-1x PotG)

G Drexler ('90 Blazers-2x PotG)

256 Team All Time Basketball Tournament: Region 9 Round 1: Series 7 and 8

 5 and 6

7. 1959 NBA CHAMPION BOSTON CELTICS  v. 10. 2010 PHOENIX SUNS

Celtics: 52-20, 1st East Div, 5th Off/1st Def

             d. Nats East Finals 4-3

             d. Lakers NBA Finals 4-0

             #105 overall seed

Coach: Red Auerbach

Starters

C Bill Russell             24-USF                   16.7 PPG      20.7 PER  12.9 WS

F Tom Heinsohn         24-H Cross             18.8              17.9           6.5

F Sam Jones               25-NC Central        10.7              18              5.3

G Bob Cousy             30-H Cross              20                 19.9           8.7

G Bill Sharman          32-USC                   20.4              16.8           7.6

Rotation Reserves

C Gene Conley           28-Wash St             4.2                 8.8            .4

F Bennie Swain          25-Tex So.              4.6                 12.3          1.9

F Jim Loscutoff          28-Oregon               8.3                 7.2           .9

G KC Jones                26-USF                   3.5                  9.5           .8

G Frank Ramsey        27-Kentucky           15.4                15.7         5.9

Leaders: Russell 1st Reb, Cousy 1st Assts, 1st Assts/Gm, 2nd FG%, 2nd Eff FG%, Russell 4th WS, 5th WS/48

                 Sharman: 1st FT%, 

                 Cousy 4th FT%, 2nd Def WS, 3rd Def WS, 1st Trip-Doub

World Champion Celtics, top defense in 1959; it looks like every other Celtics team from the era.  24 year old Bill Russell is over 20 PER with double digit WS.

Suns: 54-28, 2nd Pac Div, 1st Off/23rd Def

           d. Blazers West 1st Rnd 4-2

           d. Spurs West Semis 4-0

           Lost Lakers West Finals 4-2

           #152 overall seed

Coach: Alvin Gentry, Asst Bill Cartwright, Dan Majerle, GM Steve Kerr

Starters

C Channing Frye           26-Arizona         11.2 PPG     15 PER   6.4 WS

F Amare Stoudemire     27                        23.1             22.6        10.7

F Grant Hill                   37-Duke             11.3              14           5.5

G Steve Nash                35-S Clara           16.5             21.6        9.9

G Jason Richardson      29-Mich St          15.7             16.6        6.6

Rotation Reserves

C Robin Lopez              21-Stanford         8.4               17.6        3.2

F Lou Amundson          27-UNLV             4.7               14.4        2.9

F Jared Dudley             24-B College        8.2               13.6        5.3

G Goran Dragic            23-                        7.9               14.8        2.8

G Leandro Barbosa      27                          9.5               14           1.1

Leaders: Nash 1st Assts, 1st Assts/Gm, 1st FT%, 4th TS%, 3rd Off WS, 4th Off +/-, 1st Asst %

                Frye: 5th Eff FG%

                Stoudemire 5th TS%

                Dudley 2nd Off Rtng

The best offense in 2010 is the Suns; a severe contrast in sttles with these squads. 27 year old Amare Stoudemire leads the way, 20+ PER and double digit WS, 35 year old Steve Nash just a tick behind.  Steve Kerr is in the front office. 

Matchup

C Russell (Celtics)

F Amare (Suns)

F Jones (Celtics)

G Nash (Suns)

G Sharman (Celtics)

Bench: Suns

                 

Game One

1st Qtr

9 Suns 7 Celtics 0

Celtics

Suns Hill, Amare(1) Hill, Amare

6 Suns 17 Celtics 13

Celtics Heinsohn, SJones, Heinsohn, Heinsohn(3) Heinsohn, Cousy

Suns Nash(3) Hill, Hill(3) Nash

Tommy Heinsohn scores 9 in the last 3 minutes to yank the Celtics into the game.

3 Suns 23 Celtics 20

Celtics Sharman(1) Heinsohn, SJones, Heinsohn

Suns Amare, Frye, Amare

1st Q Score Suns 31 Celtics 26

Celtics Heinsohn, Ramsey, Conley(1)

Suns Nash, Amundson, Lopez, Dudley

Boston's the 7th seed, a slight favorite - but these old Celtics teams have struggled to score points in the tournament.  They trail here.

2nd Qtr

9 Suns 35 Celtics 30

Celtics Ramsey, Ramsey

Suns Dragic, Lopez

6 Suns 41 Celtics 36

Celtics Russell, Russell(3) Sharman(1)

Suns Nash, Barbosa, Nash

Suns maintain the lead.

3 Suns 48 Celtics 43

Celtics Sharman(3) Russell, Cousy

Suns Richardson(3) Amare, Richardson

Halftime Score Suns 55 Celtics 53

Celtics Heinsohn, Heinsohn, Ramsey, Cousy, Russell

Suns Amare, Nash(3) Amundson

Phoenix extended to a 10 point lead - with 5 seconds left, the Celtics tied the score.  Suns up a bucket.  

3rd Qtr

9 Suns 62 Celtics 60

Celtics Ramsey, SJones(3) SJones

Suns Amare(3) Nash, Amundson

6 Suns 68 Celtics 64

Celtics Sharman, SJones

Suns Hill, Nash, Amundson

7 for Sam Jones to open the 3rd, Suns up 4.

3 Celtics 73 Suns 72

Celtics Conley, Russell, Loscutoff, Conley(1) Heinsohn

Suns Hill, Barbosa

3rd Q Score Celtics 80 Suns 77

Celtics SJones, Sharman(3) Heinsohn

Suns Amare, Frye(3)

It took until there were 3 minute left in the 3rd, but the Celtics take their first lead.

4th Qtr

9 Celtics 91 Suns 85

Celtics Russell, Russell, KC Jones, Heinsohn(3) Cousy

Suns Nash, Barbosa, Amare, Amare

6 Celtics 101 Suns 92

Celtics Cousy(3) Heinsohn, Ramsey(3) Cousy

Suns Frye(3) Amare, Richardson

It's the Celtics who are pulling away here in the 4th, Cousy with 7 to open the qtr.

3 Celtics 111 Suns 102

Celtics Cousy, Cousy, Russell, Cousy, Sharman

Suns Dudley (3) Lopez, Lopez, Nash(1) Richardson

:31 Celtics 113 Suns 111

Celtics Russell

Suns Amare (3) Nash, Amare, Amare

Boston was up 8 with 90 seconds left, Nash scores, Russell missed and Amare scored, Russell missed again and at 31 seconds Amare scores again and the Suns cut the deficit to 2.

Heinsohn misses.  Frye rebound for the Suns with 12 seconds left.  Phoenix time out.

Amare gets it at the top - drives -- blocked by Russell!

Final: Celtics 113 Suns 111

Great flurry by the Suns in the last 90 seconds - but Amare's drive to tie the score at the buzzer is denied by Russell and Boston holds on.  It's Russell's only block of the day.  

Heinsohn: 28 pts/15 boards - Player of the Game

Russell: 19 pts/20 boards

Cousy: 19 pts/8 assists

Sam Jones: 13 pts/9 boards

Sharman: 15 pts/6 assists

Ramsey: 11 pts

Amare: 29 pts/13 boards

Nash: 23 pts/12 assists/6 boards

Hill: 13 pts/6 boards

Frye: 8 pts/13 boards

Game Two

1st Qtr

9 Suns 7 Celtics 6

Celtics SJones, Cousy, Cousy

Suns Frye(3) Nash, Amare

6 Suns 18 Celtics 16

Celtics Sharman, Cousy, SJones, Heinsohn, SJones

Suns Nash, Richardson, Amare, Dragic, Amare

Points!  The clubs both come out firing in game 2.

3 Suns 26 Celtics 22

Celtics Cousy, SJones(3) Cousy(1)

Suns Dragic(3) Hill, Richardson(3)

1st Q Score Celtics 30 Suns 30

Celtics Ramsey, Russell, KCJones, Loscutoff

Suns Lopez, Barbosa

Boston's defense v. Phoenix's offense was supposed to be the story - but the Celtics have really filled the bucket so far; can they keep up this pace?

2nd Qtr

9 Celtics 36 Suns 35

Celtics Cousy, Loscutoff, Conley

Suns Dudley, Lopez(1) Barbosa

6 Celtics 45 Suns 43

Celtics Russell, Ramsey(3) SJones, SJones

Suns Nash, Nash, Richardson, Hill

No one has had a lead greater than 4 in this one; tight game 2 in Boston.

3 Suns 52 Celtics 49

Celtics SJones, SJones

Suns Amare(3) Nash (3) Barbosa(3) 

Halftime Score Suns 61 Celtics 55

Celtics Sharman, Loscutoff, Loscutoff

Suns Dudley(3) Dudley, Nash, Lopez

Lopez hits a 4 footer with 2 seconds to go; that gives Phoenix the biggest lead for either side.

3rd Qtr

9 Suns 73 Celtics 61

Celtics Russell, Heinsohn, SJones

Suns Hill(3) Amare, Amare, Nash(3) Nash

6 Suns 81 Celtics 69

Celtics Russell, Cousy, SJones, Sharman

Suns Nash, Amundson, Frye, Nash

9 for Nash to open the half - Phoenix pulling away.

3 Suns 94 Celtics 71

Celtics Sharman

Suns Richardson(3) Nash, Richardson, Richardson, Amare, Nash

3rd Q Score Suns 98 Celtics 78

Celtics Heinsohn, Heinsohn, Sharman(3)

Suns Amare, Hill

Phoenix has got this one - they will coast home and force game 3.

4th Qtr

9 Suns 106 Celtics 82

Celtics Ramsey, Heinsohn

Suns Amare, Frye, Nash, Nash

6 Suns 106 Celtics 88

Celtics Russell, Sharman, Russell

Suns

3 Suns 108 Celtics 94

Celtics Russell, SJones, Sharman

Suns Dragic

Final Score Suns 113 Celtics 94

Celtics KC Jones, Loscutoff, KC Jones (3) Tsioropoulos(3)

Suns Tucker(1) Griffin, Clark(1) Tucker(1)

Phoenix runs over Boston in game 2 - and we are left with the showdown game.

Nash: 30 pts/11 assists-Player of the Game

Amare: 19 pts/14 boards

Richardson: 15 pts/7 boards

Sam Jones: 23 pts/11 boards

Russell: 14 pts/13 boards

Heinsohn: 10 pts/12 boards

Cousy: 13 pts/9 assists

Sharman: 15 pts

Loscutoff: 10 pts

Game 3

1st Qtr

9 Suns 8 Celtics 5

Celtics Sharman, SJones

Suns Amare, Amare, Hill, Hill

6 Suns 14 Celtics 12

Celtics Cousy(3) Sharman, Cousy

Suns Amare, Nash, Hill

Amare and Grant Hill each go for a half dozen to get this showdown game underway.

3 Suns 30 Celtics 22

Celtics Sharman, SJones (3) Sharman, SJones(1) Swain

Suns Frye, Nash(3) Amare, Nash, Dudley(3) Barbosa(3)

1st Q Score Suns 38 Celtics 26

Celtics Sharman, Sharman

Suns Barbosa, Amare(1) Dudley(3) Amundson

Phoenix's 21st century firepower may have broken the Celtics here in game 3.

2nd Qtr

9 Suns 44 Celtics 32

Celtics Conley, Tsioropoulos, KC Jones

Suns Barbosa, Amundson, Lopez

6 Suns 52 Celtics 34

Celtics Cousy

Suns Amare, Amare(3) Hill, Amare(1)

Phoenix has pulled away here - non competitive game 3 so far.

3 Suns 58 Celtics 46

Celtics Russell, SJones, Ramsey, SJones, Ramsey, Russell

Suns Frye, Nash, Nash

Halftime Score Suns 60 Celtics 50

Celtics Russell, Russell

Suns Richardson

8 for Russell in the last 6 minutes, Suns up 10.

3rd Qtr

9 Suns 69 Celtics 60

Celtics Cousy, Cousy, SJones, SJones, Swain

Suns Amare, Frye, Amare(3) Barbosa

6 Suns 74 Celtics 72

Celtics Russell, Ramsey, Heinsohn, Cousy, Heinsohn, Ramsey

Suns Amare, Barbosa(3)

Don't bury Boston yet - midway through the second the Suns lead was 18 - now it is 2.

3 Suns 78 Suns 74

Celtics Sharman

Suns Hill, Dragic

3rd Q Score Suns 87 Celtics 82

Celtics Heinsohn, SJones, Russell(1) Sharman(3)

Suns Lopez, Frye(3) Barbosa, Barbosa

5 point Phoenix lead - 12 minutes left in the series.

4th Qtr

11:47: PHO: Amare opens the quarter with a 13 footer.

11:03: PHO: Boston doesn't score - Hill is fouled the other way and makes 1.  8 point Suns lead.

10:57: BOS: Sharman pull up.  

10:41: PHO: Amare layup.

10:34: BOS: Russell finger roll.

10:15: PHO: Lopez dunk.

10:08: BOS: Russell from the block.

9:48: PHO: JRich triple from the wing.  97-88

9:38: BOS: Russell dunk - 6 straight Celtics pts for Russ.

9:20: PHO: Lopez from the paint.

9:07: BOS: Ramsey from the paint.

Suns 99 Celtics 92

6 Suns 104 Celtics 98

Celtics Ramsey, Cousy, Heinsohn

Suns Richardson(3) Amare

5:51: BOS: Sam Jones off glass.  

5:41: PHO: JRich pull up.

5:32: BOS: Russell banks from the right side.

5:19: PHO: Amare dunk.  108-102

5:04: PHO: Boston misses and Frye scores.

4:45: PHO: Boston misses and Nash scores - it's a ten point game.

Final Suns 124 Celtics 115
Celtics Conley(3) Heinsohn, Sharman(3) Russell, Heinsohn(3)

Suns Amundson, Nash, Amare, Amare, Amare(1) Richardson, Frye(1)

Its the Suns - just too much 21st century firepower.  

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

Nash: 15 pts/18 assists

Hill: 11 pts/8 boards

Frye: 13 pts/6 boards

Richardson: 12 pts/5 assists

Barbosa: 16 pts

C Mourning ('99 Heat-1 PotG)

F Webber ('02 Kings - 2 PotG)

F Stoudemire ('10 Suns - 1 PotG)

G Magic ('89 Lakers-2 PotG)

G Nash ('10 Suns - 1 PotG)

2. 1983 NBA CHAMPION PHILADELPHIA 76ERS v. 15. 2011 DENVER NUGGETS

Sixers: 65-17, 1st Atl Div, 5th Off/5th Def

             d. Knicks East Semis 4-0

             d. Bucks East Finals 4-1

             d. Lakers NBA Finals 4-0

             #24th overall seed

Coach: Billy Cunningham

Starters

C Moses Malone            27                            24.5 PPG     25.1 PER  15.1 WS

F Bobby Jones               31-UNC                   9                  16.4          6.4

F Julius Erving               32-UMass               21.4              23.1          10.9

G Mo Cheeks                 26-W Tex A&M      12.5             18.6           9.4

G Andrew Toney            25-Louisiana           19.7             17.9           7.3

Rotation Reserves

C Clem Johnson             26-Florida A&M     6.8               12.8          1.8

F Mark Iavaroni             26-UVA                   5.1               7.3             1.5

F Russ Schoene              22-Chatt                  5.1               9.8            1.3

G Franklin Edwards       23-Cleve St             6.7               14.2          2.7

G Clint Richardson        26-Seattle                7.6               11.4          3.3

Leaders Moses 5th PPG, 1st Reb, 1st Reb/Gm, 1st PER, 1st WS 1st WS/48, 3rd Def Rtng, 1st Reb %

              Cheeks: 5th Steals, 5th +/-, 5th Steal %

              Erving: 5th PER, 4th WS/48, 3rd +/- 3rd VORP

              Jones: 3rd Def +/-

Moses is 27, the Doctor is 32 and both are top 5 players in the league; 20+ PER, double digit WS. 

Nuggets: 50-32, 2nd NW Div, 1st Off/16th Def

                Lost Thunder West 1st Rnd 4-1

                #233 overall seed

Coach: George Karl, Asst, Adrian Dantley, Stacey Augmon

Starters

C Nene                              28                 14.5 PPG  20.4 PER  9.6 WS

F Carmelo Anthony          26-Syracuse  25.2          21.2          4.7

F JR Smith                        25                 12.3          16.4           5

G Chauncey Billups         34-Colorado  16.5         18.6           5.8

G Arron Afflalo                25-UCLA      12.6          13.6          6.2

Rotation Reserves

C Chris Andersen            32-Blinn         5.6            19             3.2

F Kenyon Martin             33-Cincinnati 8.6            14.1         2.7

F Danilo Gallinari            22                  14.7           15.9        1.2

G Ty Lawson                   23-UNC         11.7           17.9        6.7

G Ray Felton                   26-UNC         11.5           14.7         1.3

Leaders Carmelo 3rd PPG, 

               Nene 1st FG%, 1st Eff FG%, 2nd TS%, 3rd Off Rtng

               Billups 2nd FT%, 5th Eff FG%

               Aflalo 3rd Eff FG%, 3rd Eff FG%

26 year old Carmelo Anthony leads the '11 Nuggets, the top offense in the league.  His is the only 20+ PER on the squad.  

Matchup

C Moses (Sixers)

F Carmelo (Nuggets)

F Erving (Sixers)

G Cheeks (Sixers)

G Toney (Sixers)

Bench: Nuggets

Game One

1st Qtr 

9 Sixers 10 Nuggets 4

Sixers Toney, Jones, Toney, Erving, Jones

Nuggets Smith, Carmelo

6 Sixers 16 Nuggets 8

Sixers Moses, Moses, Jones

Nuggets Nene, Smith

Underway - the 24th overall seed is Philly; they look to claim the final Region 9 spot.

3 Sixers 23 Nuggets 11

Sixers Toney, Moses(1) Cheeks, Erving

Nuggets Billups(3)

1st Q Score Sixers 33 Nuggets 13

Sixers Cheeks, Toney, Jones, Erving, Erving

Nuggets Andersen

Philly just all over Denver on both ends of the floor - 13 is a very small number of 1st qtr pts.

2nd Qtr

9 Sixers 39 Nuggets 20

Sixers Johnson, Johnson, Richardson

Nuggets Martin, Lawson(3) Nene

6 Sixers 43 Nuggets 22

Sixers Erving, Erving

Nuggets Martin

The Doctor has a dozen, Sixers rolling.

3 Sixers 51 Nuggets 29

Sixers Cheeks, Cheeks, Moses, Jones

Nuggets Anthony, Afflalo, Nene, Carmelo

Halftime Score Sixers 55 Nuggets 34

Sixers Erving, Moses

Nuggets Martin, Nene

Denver doesn't have any answers for the Sixers.

3rd Qtr

9 Sixers 59 Nuggets 40

Sixers Erving, Jones

Nuggets Afflalo, Afflalo, Billups

6 Sixers 65 Nuggets 50

Sixers Moses, Toney, Erving

Nuggets Andersen, Lawson, Billups, Carmelo, Camelo

Denver chips away; the Sixer lead down to 15.

3 Sixers 72 Nuggets 52

Sixers Toney, Toney, Toney(3)

Nuggets  Nene

3rd Q Score Sixers 76 Nuggets 56

Sixers Moses, Moses

Nuggets Martin, Billups

56 could be the 3 qtr low for any team in the tournament.  This is the best offense in the NBA in 2011.  

4th Qtr

9 Sixers 84 Nuggets 58

Sixers Jones, Moses, Cheeks, Erving

Nuggets Lawson

6 Sixers 98 Nuggets 71

Sixers Moses, Jones, Jones, Cheeks(3) Toney, Toney(3) 

Nuggets Lawson, Billups(3) Andersen, Billups, Billups, Lawson

It's a whipping.

3 Sixers 104 Nuggets 74

Sixers Erving, Cheeks

Nuggets Billups(3)

Final Score Sixers 110 Nuggets 89

Sixers Schoene, McNamara, McNamara

Nuggets Chandler, Harrington(3) Carter(3) Forbes, Harrington(3) Williams

Garbage time makes this look a little more respectable - but this was never a game.

Erving: 24 pts/11 boards-Player of the Game

Moses: 19 pts/20 boards/4 blocks

Jones: 18 pts/10 boards

Toney: 22 pts

Cheeks: 15 pts/6 assists

Anthony: 10 pts/9 boards

Billups: 19 pts

Nene: 10 pts/6 boards

Lawson: 11 pts/7 boards/5 assists

Game Two

1st Qtr

9 Nuggets 10 Sixers 9

Sixers Cheeks, Erving, Moses, Jones(3)

Nuggets Carmelo, Billups, Smith(3) Nene

6 Sixers 13 Nuggets 12

Sixers Toney, Erving

Nuggets Smith

Game 2 underway; Denver trying to stay alive. 

3 Sixers 17 Nuggets 16

Sixers Jones, Toney

Nuggets Nene, Carmelo, 

1st Q Score Sixers 25 Nuggets 22

Sixers Toney, Toney, Moses, Richardson

Nuggets Nene, Gallinari, Carmelo

8 for Andrew Toney to lead the way - Sixers up 3.

2nd Qtr

9 Sixers 25 Nuggets 23

Sixers 

Nuggets Lawson(1)

6 Sixers 34 Nuggets 31

Sixers Moses(3) Toney, Erving, Richardson

Nuggets Billips(3) Smith(3) Andersen(1) Lawson(1)

Denver able to make some more shots today; still have a game.  

3 Sixers 39 Nuggets 37

Sixers Toney(3) Erving

Nuggets Carmelo, Martin(1) Lawson(3)

Halftime Score Sixers 43 Nuggets 43

Sixers Moses, RJohnson

Nuggets Martin(1) Martin, Billups(3)

A late triple from Billups ties the score - Denver looking to force a decisive game 3. 

3rd Qtr

9 Nuggets 45 Sixers 44

Sixers Jones(1)

Nuggets Nene

6 Nuggets 54 Sixers 48

Sixers Erving, Erving

Nuggets Billups, Billups, Martin, Smith(1) Lawson

It's Denver, their biggest lead of the series.  

3 Nuggets 64 Sixers 52

Sixers RJohnson, Toney

Nuggets Lawson, Carmelo(3) Nene(1) Afflalo, Afflalo

3rd Q Score Nuggets 69 Sixers 64

Sixers Toney, Erving(3) Cheeks(3) Cheeks, Cheeks

Nuggets Lawson(3) Carmelo

It's Denver's defense, of all things, which fuels their run here in the third, the Nuggets lead was a dozen, down now to 5.

4th Qtr

9 Sixers 71 Nuggets 69

Sixers Toney, Toney, Edwards(1) Jones

Nuggets

The Sixers score the first 7 of the quarter to take the lead.

8:06: PHI: A minute later, Toney hits from the wing.  

7:59: DEN: JR Smith long 2.

7:43: DEN: Quick Philly turnover - JR ties the game with another deep 2.

7:32: PHI: Hard dunk from the Doctor.

7:15: PHI: After a miss from Denver, Iavaroni scores from the foul line.

6:18: DEN: A minute later, it's KMart from just outside the paint.

6:03: PHI: Mo Cheeks turnaround.

5:46: DEN: Carmelo from the lane.

5:37: PHI: The Doctor matches.

5:29: DEN: Carmelo knifes one inside to Andersen, easy layup.

5:21: PHI: Erving again - another dunk.  

5:13: DEN: Carmelo again - bank shot from the paint.

4:57: PHI: Moses drives and scores.

4:37: PHI: Denver misses - Cheeks doesn't - the Sixer lead is 6.

3:51: DEN: Denver misses but maintains possessesion and Martin scores in traffic.

3:21: DEN: Mosses misses, Lawson makes Philly pay - the deficit is 2.

3:05: PHI: Toney baseline.

2:15: DEN: Couple of attempts for Denver ends in a KMart FT.  89-86

1:45: PHI: Toney misses a dagger 3, but Erving gets the board - he finds Moses - Moses J from the paint.  Big.

1:10: DEN: Denver misses - keeps possession and Smith scores.  

:53: PHI: Down 3 - Denver doesn't foul - Moses scores - and gets fouled - and hits the shot and that could be it.

:46: DEN: Carmelo.

:32: DEN: Denver gets a turnover and JR scores - the deficit is 2.

Erving misses at 15 seconds.  Denver has the ball for the last shot - can they force OT. Carmelo goes isolation - has the ball stripped by Bobby Jones - Moses will hit a couple of FT and that's the end.

Final: Sixers 96 Nuggets 92

Region 9 comes to an end - the Sixers move on.

Moses: 19 pts/20 boards - Player of the Game

Erving: 21 pts/9 boards/7 assists

Toney: 25 pts

Cheeks: 13 pts/9 assists/5 boards

All Region Team

C Malone ('83 Sixers-1 PotG)

F Webber ('02 Kings - 2 PotG)

F Stoudemire ('10 Suns - 1 PotG)

G Magic ('89 Lakers-2 PotG)

G Nash ('10 Suns - 1 PotG)