Apr 18 vs Philadelphia 121-105 (67-15) Conley 39 pts 9 ast
East Conference Standings 1 Detroit 67-15 2 Philadelphia 56-26
3 Atlanta 54-28
4 Cleveland 51-31
5 Indiana 46-36
6 New York 43-39
7 Milwaukee 40-42
8 Boston 39-43
Orlando 38-44
Chicago 37-45
Toronto 35-47
Miami 34-49- 83 games
Brooklyn 30-52
Charlotte 28-55 - 83
Washington 24-58
West Conference Standings: 1 LA Clippers 62-20
2 New Orleans 57-25
3 Oklahoma City 52-30
4 LA Lakers 49-33
5 Golden State 47-35
6 Houston 46-36
7 Sacramento 44-38
8 San Antonio 40-42
Denver 40-42
Portland 38-44
Minnesota 35-47
Utah 27-55
Phoenix 26-56
Memphis 24-58
Dallas 22-60
Team Leaders: Points: Drummond 19.7
Beal 17.2
Conley 13.7
Assists: Beal 6.1
Conley 5.5
Ducharme 3.3
Rebounds: Drummond 12.3
Gibson: 5.5
Bryant: 4.8
Steals: Drummond 1.4
Bryant: 1.2
Conley: 1.2
Blocks: Drummond: 1.5
Gibson 0.7
O’Quinn 0.5
League Leaders: Points: Durant OKC 31.7
Harden HOU 25.4
Anthony NYK 25.2
Curry GSW 24.9
Davis NOP 23.0
Assist: Paul LAC 11.3
Finley BKL 10.7
Rondo MIL 9.2
Walker LAL 9.1
Wall WAS 8.5
Rebounds: Drummond DET 12.3 Davis NOP 11.8
Aldridge POR 10.6
McArdle SAS 10.4
Cousins SAC 9.9
Steals: Finley BKL 2.9
Davis NOP 2.7
Smart BOS 2.3
Butler CHI 2.1
Rubio SAC 2.1
Blocks: Davis NOP 2.6
Ibaka TOR 1.9
McDaniels UTA 1.5
Drummond Det 1.5 Lopez BKL 1.3
Efficiency: Davis NOP 30.9
Durant OKC 29.6
Curry GSW 26.2
Drummond DET 25.1 Finley BKL 24.7
Rookie Leaders: Points: Simic MIA 17.3
Bakken WAS 14.1
Koundouriotis MIA 13.1
Williams BKL 11.7
Nunn MEM 11.6
Assists: Koundouriotis MIA 6.4
Gaines SAS 3.8
Jackson DEN 3.8
Ducharme DET 3.3 Woods LAC 2.9
Rebounds: Seymour DAL 4.8
Kanaskie PHI 4.7
Simic MIA 4.6
Williams 4.4
Bakken WAS 4.2
Steals: Williams BKL 1.4
Koundouriotis MIA 1.2
Jackson DEN 1.1
Bakken WAS 1.0
Ducharme DET 0.9
Blocks: McCoy UTA 0.9
Bakken WAS 0.8
Kanaskie PHI 0.5
Williams BKL 0.4
Nunn MEM 0.4
Efficiency: Simic MIA 13.6
Koundouriotis MIA 13.3
Bakken WAS 12.8
Williams BKL 11.4
Jones ORL 10.6
East: (1). Detroit vs (8) Boston
(2). Philadelphia vs (7) Milwaukee
(3). Atlanta vs (6) New York
(4). Cleveland vs (5) Indiana
West: (1). LA Clippers vs (8) San Antonio
(2). New Orleans vs (7) Sacramento
(3). Oklahoma City vs (6) Houston
(4). LA Lakers vs (5) Golden State - all 4 California teams in the playoffs
Boston Lineup: PG: Armand Cross (rookie) -Marcus Smart blew out his knee 65 games into the season
SG: Jimmy Howard (3rd year)
SF: James Plowman (3rd year)
PF: Jared Sullinger
C: Alex Len
6th: Monta Ellis
Game 1 vs Boston 118-105 (1-0) Drummond 30 pts 17 reb 3 blk 3 stl
Game 2 vs Boston 116-100 (2-0) Drummond 34 pts 10 reb
Game 3 @ Boston 105-98 (3-0) Beal 22 pts 5 ast 6 reb
Game 4 @ Boston 114-103 (4-0) Drummond 16 pts 22 reb 3 blk
Sweep!
Other results: (2). Philly in 5
(3). Atlanta in 4
(4). Cleveland in 5
(1). LA Clippers in 5
(2). New Orleans in 6
(6). Houston in 5
(5). Golden State in 7
Game 5 vs Cleveland 119-104 (4-1) Drummond 27 pts 11 reb
Onto to face off against Philadelphia in the Conference Finals!
Other series:
(2). Philadelphia in 5
(1). LA Clippers in 6
(2). New Orleans in 5
Conference Finals:
(1). Detroit vs (2) Philadelphia
(1). LA Clippers vs (2) New Orleans
Philadelphia Lineup: PG: Marcus Reeves (2nd year)
SG: Kawhi Leonard
SF: Tobias Harris
PF: Fred Kanaskie (Rookie) -ridiculous, Nerlens Noel tore his achilles and Embiid and Gordon are still on the bench
C: Al Jefferson
6th: Joel Embiid
7th: Aaron Gordon
Game 1 vs Philadelphia 95-77 (1-0) Drummond 16 pts 17 reb 4 blk
Game 2 vs Philadelphia 108-84 (2-0) Beal 28 pts 7 ast 10 reb
Game 3 @ Philadelphia 111-87 (3-0) Bryant 20 pts 7 reb
Game 4 @ Philadelphia 94-103 (3-1) Conley 19 pts 7 ast
Game 5 vs Philadelphia 105-116 (3-2) Beal 32 pts 7 reb
Game 6 @ Philadelphia 120-117 (4-2) Beal 39 pts 4 ast
Phew and with that were are off to face Chris Paul's Clippers in the NBA Finals!!!
Clippers Lineup: PG: Chris Paul
SG: Marques Woods (rookie. weak link of the lineup)
SF: Craig Williams (3rd year 6-11 243 PF 19 ppg)
PF: Blake Griffin
C: Deandre Jordan
6th: Shaun Livingston
7th Larry Sanders
Game 1 vs LA 85-100 (0-1) Beal 20 pts 7 ast
Game 2 vs LA 115-102 (1-1) Conley 26 pts
Game 3 @ LA 109-122 (1-2) Bryant 28 pts
Game 4 @ LA 106-92 (2-2) Beal 22 pts 8 ast
Game 5 @ LA 109-104 (3-2) Beal 23 pts 4 ast
Game 6 vs LA 118-110 (4-2) Beal 20 pts 4 ast
Wooohoooooooooooo!!!
Bradley Beal wins Finals MVP with averages of 20.5 pts 5.5 ast and 3.5 reb. Andre Drummond didn’t have the best series but still averaged 9.3 pts and 9.2 reb despite constant double and triple teams whenever he got the ball.
PG Mike Conley 30 Years Old
11th Season
82 Games
31.2 Minutes
13.7 Points
5.5 Assists
2.9 Rebounds
1.2 Steals
1.3 Turnovers
SG Bradley Beal 24 Years Old
6th Season
82 Games
35.8 Minutes
17.2 Points
6.1 Assists
4.5 Rebounds
1.1 Steals
1.9 Turnovers
NBA Finals MVP
All-Star Starter
SF Shane Bryant 25 Years Old
3rd Season
80 Games
29.2 Minutes
12.9 Points
1.5 Assists
4.8 Rebounds
1.2 Steals
1.1 Turnovers
PF Taj Gibson 32 Years Old
9th Season
28.5 Minutes
8.1 Points
1.1 Assists
5.5 Rebounds
0.6 Steals
0.7 Blocks
1.4 Turnovers
C Andre Drummond 24 Years Old
6th Season
82 Games
32.2 Minutes
19.7 Points
1.4 Assists
12.3 Rebounds
1.4 Steals
1.5 Blocks
1.9 Turnovers
All-Star Starter
League Leader in Rebounds
Bench:
PG Bobby Ducharme 19 Years Old
Rookie
80 Games
17.9 Minutes
7.5 Points
3.3 Assists
2.1 Rebounds
0.9 Steals
1.9 Turnovers
SG Evan Fournier 25 Years Old
6th Season
82 Games
8.8 Minutes
5.0 Points
0.5 Assists
1.5 Rebounds
SF Kosta Papanikolaou 27 Years Old
4th Season
12.3 Minutes
5.8 points
0.7 Assists
2.1 Rebounds
PF Ryan Anderson 29 Years Old
10th Season
82 Games
25.4 Minutes
12.0 Points
1.1 Assists
3.8 Rebounds
C Kyle O’Quinn 27 Years Old
6th Season
82 Games
15.1 Minutes
4.9 Points
0.7 Assists
4.2 Rebounds
Reserves: PG Marco Gilmore
SG Collis Sheinfield (R) D-League
SF Larry Aygar
SF DeMarre Carroll
PF Kosta Bolic (R) D-League
Coach: Brad Stevens
1st Assistant: Brendan Malone
2nd Assistant: Bob Beyer
3rd Assistant: Charles Klask
Draft Lottery: 1 Dallas
2 Memphis
3 Sacramento
4 Washington
5 Phoenix
6 Utah
7 Charlotte
8 Brooklyn
9 Miami
10 New Orleans
11 Chicago
12 Portland
13 Orlando
14 Denver
Awards Time!
MVP and DPOY PF Anthony Davis
New Orleans
23.0 pts 2.0 ast 11.8 reb 2.7 stl 2.6 blk
Sixth Man of the Year PF Mitch McGary
Atlanta
9.2 pts 0.8 ast 6.2 reb 0.6 stl 0.5 blk
-Questionable
Rookie of the Year SG Tomica Simic
Miami
17.3 pts 1.5 ast 4.6 reb 0.8 stl 0.1 blk
Coach of the Year Doc Rivers
LA Clippers
62-20
Brad Stevens should’ve won in my opinion
All NBA First Team PG: Stephen Curry GSW
SG: James Harden HOU
SF: Kevin Durant OKC
PF: Anthony Davis NOP
C: Andre Drummond DET
Second Team: PG: Lennox Finley BKL- Stud 20 pts 10 ast 5 reb and 3 stl per game in his third season
SG: Bradley Beal DET
SF: Carmelo Anthony NYK
PF: Mason Plumlee IND
C: DeMarcus Cousins SAC
Third Team: PG: Chris Paul LAC
SG: Ben Clagget ATL- Oladipo was injured early in the season and that opened up the race for some other rising players at shooting guard
SF: Paul George IND
PF: Kevin Love CLE
C: Al Horford LAL
All Defense First Team PG: Lennox Finley BLK
SG: Jimmy Butler CHI
SF: Paul George IND
PF: Anthony Davis NOP
C: DeMarcus Cousins SAC
Second Team: PG: Ricky Rubio SAC
SG: K.J. McDaniels UTA
SF: Kawhi Leonard PHI
PF: Nerlens Noel PHI- he only played in 48 games
C: Andre Drummond
All Rookie First Team: PG: Alex Gaine SAS
SG: Tomica Simic MIA
SF: Cory Bakken WAS
PF: Ivan McCoy UTA
C: Fred Kanaskie PHI
Second Team: PG: Curtis Jackson DEN
SG: Bryan Jones ORL
SF: Devin Williams BKL
PF: Reggie Henderson SAS
C: Reggie Merriex PHO