The Sparks were beatable!
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Semi-Finals -- Game 1
( 8- 3) Anchorage Avala 27 19 10 32 - 88 (Gary Payton 15)
( 3- 3) Portland Trailb 25 18 16 27 - 86 (Shaquille O'Neal 16)
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Anchorage Avalanche FG FT 3P REB
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Gary Payton 43 4-16 7- 8 0- 2 0- 1 11 0 1 4 1 15
Alonzo Mourning 21 6- 9 0- 0 0- 0 1- 7 0 6 0 1 0 12
Shawn Marion 41 5-17 0- 0 1- 1 3-12 2 3 1 1 0 11
Ricky Davis 1 0- 1 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Travis Best 9 1- 3 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 3 0 0 0 0 2
Shareef Abdur-Rahi 39 3-12 0- 0 0- 0 4- 6 2 4 2 2 0 6
Vin Baker 11 4- 6 0- 1 0- 0 2- 2 0 3 0 0 0 8
Brent Barry 37 4- 5 2- 2 2- 2 1- 4 3 1 1 0 0 12
Raef LaFrentz 25 5-20 0- 0 1- 6 3-11 1 3 3 0 2 11
Steve Smith 9 1- 2 0- 0 0- 1 1- 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Samaki Walker 3 0- 2 1- 2 0- 0 0- 2 0 1 0 0 0 1
Eric Piatkowski 3 3- 3 0- 0 2- 2 0- 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
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Totals 240 36- 96 10-13 6-14 15-46 22 22 8 8 3 88
37.5% 76.9% 42.9%
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Coached by: DALE ELLIS
Technical Fouls: Gary Payton 1
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Portland Trailblazers FG FT 3P REB
MIN M-A M-A M-A O-T A PF BLK TO STL PTS
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Grant Hill 34 4-14 0- 0 0- 0 1- 9 3 6 0 1 1 8
Donyell Marshall 31 4-11 3- 8 0- 0 0- 4 1 4 2 3 0 11
Shaquille O'Neal 36 5-15 6- 8 0- 0 1- 8 2 1 2 1 0 16
John Stockton 32 6-10 3- 3 0- 1 3- 4 7 0 1 0 4 15
Scot Pollard 13 2- 3 0- 2 0- 0 1- 2 0 0 0 0 0 4
Jermaine O'Neal 39 5-12 0- 0 0- 0 0-11 4 4 4 3 0 10
Jeff McInnis 17 3- 7 0- 0 0- 0 0- 2 2 2 0 0 0 6
Eddie Griffin 1 0- 1 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ruben Patterson 19 5- 8 0- 0 0- 0 3- 5 0 1 0 1 0 10
Reggie Slater 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Antawn Jamison 17 3- 5 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0 2 0 0 0 6
Othella Harrington 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Totals 240 37- 86 12-21 0- 1 9-45 19 20 9 9 5 86
43.0% 57.1% 0.0%
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Coached by: Rick Addleman
Technical Fouls: Shaquille O'Neal 1
Lead Changes: 14 Ties: 10
Largest Leads: Anchorage Avalanche -- 5
Portland Trailblazers -- 8
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Okay, I'll stop making stupid one-line commentary before every boxscore.
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Semi-Finals -- Game 2
( 8- 4) Anchorage Avala 16 21 28 25 - 90 (Alonzo Mourning 18)
( 4- 3) Portland Trailb 18 25 26 23 - 92 (Shaquille O'Neal 19)
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Anchorage Avalanche FG FT 3P REB
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Gary Payton 43 7-14 0- 0 1- 4 0- 4 9 2 0 3 2 15
Alonzo Mourning 34 8-19 2- 2 0- 0 2-11 0 6 2 0 0 18
Shawn Marion 40 8-17 0- 0 0- 0 5-12 2 5 2 2 0 16
Ricky Davis 2 1- 1 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Travis Best 9 3- 5 2- 2 0- 0 0- 1 5 1 0 0 0 8
Shareef Abdur-Rahi 39 5-14 0- 0 0- 0 0- 7 3 4 0 6 0 10
Vin Baker 11 3- 4 0- 0 0- 0 3- 3 0 2 1 0 0 6
Brent Barry 38 2- 7 0- 0 1- 4 1- 6 5 3 1 1 1 5
Raef LaFrentz 13 2- 3 0- 0 1- 1 2- 4 0 6 1 0 0 5
Steve Smith 9 2- 4 0- 0 1- 1 0- 0 0 3 0 0 0 5
Samaki Walker 2 0- 1 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Eric Piatkowski 1 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Totals 240 41- 89 4- 4 4-10 13-48 24 32 8 12 3 90
46.1% 100.0% 40.0%
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Coached by: DALE ELLIS
Technical Fouls: Steve Smith 1
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Portland Trailblazers FG FT 3P REB
MIN M-A M-A M-A O-T A PF BLK TO STL PTS
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Grant Hill 36 4-17 6- 6 0- 1 0- 2 4 1 0 2 0 14
Donyell Marshall 30 3-10 2- 5 0- 0 3- 7 0 1 2 1 0 8
Shaquille O'Neal 36 5-17 9-16 0- 0 3- 9 2 2 1 0 1 19
John Stockton 32 2- 8 4- 4 0- 1 0- 5 9 1 0 2 1 8
Scot Pollard 13 4- 5 0- 0 0- 0 2- 4 0 0 0 0 0 8
Jermaine O'Neal 39 6-16 3- 4 0- 0 5-11 3 3 2 2 1 15
Jeff McInnis 18 4- 9 1- 2 0- 0 0- 1 2 2 0 0 1 9
Ruben Patterson 18 3- 6 0- 0 0- 1 3- 5 1 1 0 0 1 6
Antawn Jamison 17 2- 4 1- 2 0- 1 0- 1 1 0 0 0 1 5
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Totals 240 33- 92 26-39 0- 4 16-45 22 11 5 7 6 92
35.9% 66.7% 0.0%
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Coached by: Rick Addleman
Lead Changes: 3 Ties: 10
Largest Leads: Anchorage Avalanche -- 6
Portland Trailblazers -- 8
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No I won't.
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Semi-Finals -- Game 3
( 4- 4) Portland Trailb 17 21 25 22 - 85 (Shaquille O'Neal 23)
( 9- 4) Anchorage Avala 27 22 30 27 - 106 (Shareef Abdur-Rahim 25)
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Portland Trailblazers FG FT 3P REB
MIN M-A M-A M-A O-T A PF BLK TO STL PTS
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Grant Hill 36 3-14 5- 6 0- 0 3- 5 3 5 0 2 1 11
Donyell Marshall 31 3-15 0- 0 0- 2 2- 9 1 5 5 2 1 6
Shaquille O'Neal 36 10-17 3- 4 0- 0 2- 9 1 1 1 3 1 23
John Stockton 31 2- 6 6- 6 0- 0 1- 4 11 0 0 2 2 10
Scot Pollard 12 2- 5 0- 0 0- 0 3- 4 0 1 0 0 1 4
Jermaine O'Neal 38 8-16 0- 0 0- 0 1- 6 1 4 2 1 0 16
Jeff McInnis 18 1- 4 0- 0 1- 1 0- 0 1 0 0 1 0 3
Eddie Griffin 1 1- 2 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Ruben Patterson 19 1- 3 0- 0 0- 0 0- 3 1 1 1 2 0 2
Antawn Jamison 16 4- 6 0- 0 0- 0 0- 1 1 1 0 0 1 8
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Totals 240 35- 88 14-16 1- 3 12-41 20 18 9 13 7 85
39.8% 87.5% 33.3%
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Coached by: Rick Addleman
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Anchorage Avalanche FG FT 3P REB
MIN M-A M-A M-A O-T A PF BLK TO STL PTS
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Gary Payton 41 7-12 2- 2 0- 0 1- 5 11 1 0 5 2 16
Alonzo Mourning 33 6-16 2- 4 0- 0 2-10 1 6 5 1 0 14
Shawn Marion 39 9-16 3- 3 1- 2 4- 6 3 2 2 1 1 22
Travis Best 9 0- 2 2- 2 0- 0 0- 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
Shareef Abdur-Rahi 38 11-23 2- 2 1- 2 2- 5 4 4 3 3 2 25
Vin Baker 10 0- 2 0- 0 0- 0 1- 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
Brent Barry 36 4- 9 0- 0 2- 5 0- 4 7 2 0 1 0 10
Raef LaFrentz 25 6-10 0- 0 0- 2 2-10 1 1 1 0 1 12
Steve Smith 10 2- 3 0- 0 1- 2 1- 3 1 0 0 0 0 5
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Totals 240 45- 93 11-13 5-13 13-45 30 17 11 11 6 106
48.4% 84.6% 38.5%
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Coached by: DALE ELLIS
Lead Changes: 0 Ties: 2
Largest Leads: Portland Trailblazers -- 0
Anchorage Avalanche -- 22
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I lied.
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Semi-Finals -- Game 4
( 4- 5) Portland Trailb 21 30 21 28 - 100 (Shaquille O'Neal 42)
(10- 4) Anchorage Avala 26 27 34 28 - 115 (Shawn Marion 20)
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Portland Trailblazers FG FT 3P REB
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Grant Hill 38 5-14 5- 6 0- 0 0- 6 2 0 0 2 0 15
Donyell Marshall 32 3- 5 3- 4 0- 0 0- 3 0 1 1 0 0 9
Shaquille O'Neal 38 18-30 6-10 0- 0 5-13 1 4 2 1 2 42
John Stockton 33 2-11 5- 6 0- 1 1- 4 11 3 0 4 0 9
Scot Pollard 13 1- 1 0- 0 0- 0 0- 1 1 0 1 0 0 2
Jermaine O'Neal 24 3- 7 0- 0 0- 0 1- 7 2 6 1 1 0 6
Jeff McInnis 19 3- 4 0- 0 1- 2 0- 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
Eddie Griffin 2 0- 1 0- 0 0- 1 0- 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ruben Patterson 20 1- 6 0- 2 0- 0 0- 1 0 3 2 2 0 2
Reggie Slater 1 0- 1 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Antawn Jamison 17 3- 9 1- 2 1- 3 3- 3 0 1 0 2 0 8
Othella Harrington 2 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
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Totals 240 39- 89 20-30 2- 7 10-39 18 20 7 12 2 100
43.8% 66.7% 28.6%
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Coached by: Rick Addleman
Technical Fouls: Ruben Patterson 1
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Anchorage Avalanche FG FT 3P REB
MIN M-A M-A M-A O-T A PF BLK TO STL PTS
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Gary Payton 43 8-23 2- 2 1- 1 0- 4 17 0 0 1 2 19
Alonzo Mourning 37 8-15 2- 4 0- 0 0- 6 1 3 3 2 1 18
Shawn Marion 38 10-17 0- 0 0- 0 1- 4 3 3 1 1 0 20
Ricky Davis 1 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Travis Best 8 3- 3 0- 0 0- 0 1- 2 3 2 0 0 0 6
Shareef Abdur-Rahi 33 8-13 4- 4 0- 1 2- 5 1 6 0 2 2 20
Vin Baker 10 2- 4 0- 0 0- 0 1- 3 0 3 0 2 1 4
Brent Barry 36 5- 9 2- 2 2- 5 0- 5 4 2 2 0 2 14
Raef LaFrentz 24 5-10 0- 0 1- 1 1- 3 2 5 1 0 0 11
Steve Smith 9 0- 1 0- 0 0- 1 0- 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
Eric Piatkowski 1 1- 2 0- 0 1- 1 0- 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
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Totals 240 50- 97 10-12 5-10 6-32 33 24 7 8 9 115
51.5% 83.3% 50.0%
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Coached by: DALE ELLIS
Lead Changes: 3 Ties: 5
Largest Leads: Portland Trailblazers -- 4
Anchorage Avalanche -- 20
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Ruben Patterson wasn't happy with his lack of minutes.
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Semi-Finals -- Game 5
(10- 5) Anchorage Avala 22 22 17 16 - 77 (Shareef Abdur-Rahim 22)
( 5- 5) Portland Trailb 33 14 23 25 - 95 (Shaquille O'Neal 26)
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Anchorage Avalanche FG FT 3P REB
MIN M-A M-A M-A O-T A PF BLK TO STL PTS
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Gary Payton 43 6-18 4- 4 0- 3 0- 3 7 3 1 3 4 16
Alonzo Mourning 31 3- 6 0- 0 0- 0 1- 5 0 6 2 4 0 6
Shawn Marion 24 5-13 2- 2 0- 1 0- 3 0 6 0 1 0 12
Ricky Davis 2 2- 2 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
Travis Best 10 1- 1 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Shareef Abdur-Rahi 39 7-18 8-10 0- 1 5-14 0 2 0 5 1 22
Vin Baker 12 1- 5 0- 0 0- 0 2- 5 0 1 1 1 0 2
Brent Barry 38 2- 7 0- 0 1- 5 1- 6 8 1 0 1 1 5
Raef LaFrentz 26 2-11 0- 0 1- 2 2- 6 0 2 2 3 0 5
Steve Smith 9 1- 1 0- 0 1- 1 0- 2 1 2 0 0 1 3
Samaki Walker 2 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Eric Piatkowski 2 0- 1 0- 0 0- 1 0- 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Totals 240 30- 83 14-16 3-14 11-46 16 25 6 19 7 77
36.1% 87.5% 21.4%
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Coached by: DALE ELLIS
Technical Fouls: Gary Payton 1
Brent Barry 1
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Portland Trailblazers FG FT 3P REB
MIN M-A M-A M-A O-T A PF BLK TO STL PTS
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Grant Hill 36 3-16 2- 2 0- 0 1- 4 3 1 1 5 1 8
Donyell Marshall 30 4-10 0- 0 0- 0 1- 7 3 5 1 1 0 8
Shaquille O'Neal 36 10-22 6-10 0- 0 3-10 1 2 1 1 0 26
John Stockton 32 6-10 9- 9 1- 1 1- 3 12 1 1 0 1 22
Scot Pollard 12 0- 2 2- 2 0- 0 2- 6 0 1 0 0 0 2
Jermaine O'Neal 38 4-11 1- 2 0- 0 3-10 2 4 1 2 0 9
Jeff McInnis 17 1- 4 0- 0 0- 0 1- 3 2 1 0 0 0 2
Eddie Griffin 1 0- 1 0- 0 0- 0 0- 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ruben Patterson 19 2- 4 1- 1 0- 0 0- 1 1 2 2 4 3 5
Antawn Jamison 16 5-13 2- 2 1- 1 2- 5 3 0 0 0 0 13
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Totals 240 35- 93 23-28 2- 2 14-50 27 17 7 13 5 95
37.6% 82.1% 100.0%
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Coached by: Rick Addleman
Lead Changes: 2 Ties: 5
Largest Leads: Anchorage Avalanche -- 3
Portland Trailblazers -- 18
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Tha Matrix.
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Semi-Finals -- Game 6
( 5- 6) Portland Trailb 19 18 22 25 - 84 (Shaquille O'Neal 23)
(11- 5) Anchorage Avala 18 16 34 17 - 85 (Shawn Marion 21)
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Portland Trailblazers FG FT 3P REB
MIN M-A M-A M-A O-T A PF BLK TO STL PTS
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Grant Hill 37 6-19 0- 1 0- 0 0- 7 5 4 0 2 1 12
Donyell Marshall 31 6-11 0- 0 1- 1 2- 5 1 2 0 1 0 13
Shaquille O'Neal 36 10-18 3- 7 0- 0 4- 9 4 3 2 1 2 23
John Stockton 32 8-15 2- 2 0- 0 1- 3 6 1 0 3 1 18
Scot Pollard 12 2- 6 0- 0 0- 0 2- 3 0 0 0 0 0 4
Jermaine O'Neal 39 2-10 0- 0 0- 0 2-11 4 4 1 1 0 4
Jeff McInnis 18 1- 6 0- 0 0- 1 0- 0 2 1 0 0 1 2
Eddie Griffin 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ruben Patterson 19 1- 6 0- 0 0- 1 4- 8 1 0 0 0 0 2
Reggie Slater 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Antawn Jamison 17 3- 7 0- 0 0- 1 1- 4 0 1 0 2 1 6
Othella Harrington 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Totals 240 39- 98 5-10 1- 4 16-50 23 16 3 10 6 84
39.8% 50.0% 25.0%
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Coached by: Rick Addleman
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Anchorage Avalanche FG FT 3P REB
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Gary Payton 42 3-16 0- 0 0- 2 0- 2 14 1 1 3 1 6
Alonzo Mourning 36 8-16 0- 0 0- 0 2-10 2 0 3 2 1 16
Shawn Marion 38 10-17 1- 2 0- 2 0- 6 1 2 3 1 1 21
Ricky Davis 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Travis Best 8 1- 2 0- 0 0- 0 0- 1 2 1 0 1 1 2
Shareef Abdur-Rahi 38 2- 8 0- 0 1- 1 0-10 3 4 1 5 0 5
Vin Baker 10 3- 5 0- 0 0- 0 0- 1 0 1 1 3 0 6
Brent Barry 37 5-10 0- 0 1- 5 0- 6 4 3 0 1 2 11
Raef LaFrentz 24 6- 8 0- 0 1- 2 1- 4 1 0 1 0 0 13
Steve Smith 8 2- 2 1- 1 0- 0 0- 1 0 0 0 0 1 5
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Totals 240 40- 84 2- 3 3-12 3-41 27 12 10 16 7 85
47.6% 66.7% 25.0%
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Coached by: DALE ELLIS
Technical Fouls: Alonzo Mourning 1
Lead Changes: 22 Ties: 4
Largest Leads: Portland Trailblazers -- 5
Anchorage Avalanche -- 11