(#13) Nets - (#4) Pistons Series

We've got our first real nail biter of a series here with the 13th seeded Nets and the 4th seeded Pistons. Here we go:


Game 1: Nets 90 - Pistons 105

Ultimate Nets PLAYER MIN FGM/FGA 3PM/3PA FTM/FTA OREB REB AST BLK STL TO PF TP 2002-03  Jason Kidd* 42 4/18 0/6 3/4 3 9 12 0 2 3 2 11 1982-83  Buck Williams* 32 5/11 0/1 2/2 3 10 1 3 0 3 1 12 1992-93  Derrick Coleman* 28 3/11 0/1 4/4 3 12 3 1 0 5 2 10 1996-97  Kerry Kittles* 26 6/12 2/3 3/4 2 3 1 1 2 1 3 17 2005-06  Richard Jefferson* 24 5/8 0/0 1/1 2 5 2 1 0 2 4 11 1985-86  Mike Gminski 19 2/5 0/0 0/0 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 4 1997-98  Jayson Williams 18 3/3 0/0 0/0 3 6 0 0 0 2 0 6 1985-86  Otis Birdsong 15 1/2 0/1 0/0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 1992-93  Chris Morris 13 3/6 1/3 0/0 1 3 0 1 0 4 2 7 2002-03  Kenyon Martin 10 1/4 0/0 2/2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 1993-94  Kenny Anderson 7 0/1 0/0 0/0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1999-00  Stephon Marbury 5 2/5 0/3 2/3 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 6 TOTALS   35/86 3/18 17/20 20 57 23 8 6 21 15 90     Ultimate Pistons PLAYER MIN FGM/FGA 3PM/3PA FTM/FTA OREB REB AST BLK STL TO PF TP 2001-02  Ben Wallace* 38 6/13 0/0 0/1 6 12 3 1 2 2 0 12 1984-85  Isiah Thomas* 34 8/18 0/1 2/3 1 4 8 1 3 0 4 18 1996-97  Grant Hill 29 4/8 0/0 3/3 0 5 8 0 3 2 1 11 1992-93  Joe Dumars* 29 7/12 1/1 2/2 1 3 5 0 1 2 2 17 1983-84  Bill Laimbeer* 26 3/6 0/0 0/0 0 10 1 0 2 1 0 6 2005-06  Richard Hamilton 19 2/7 0/0 3/4 2 2 3 0 1 0 2 7 1957-58  George Yardley 19 5/8 0/0 3/3 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 13 2005-06  Chauncey Billups* 18 4/4 3/3 2/3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 13 1973-74  Bob Lanier 14 1/3 0/0 0/0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 2 1953-54  Larry Foust 8 1/3 0/0 0/0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 2 1970-71  Dave Bing 3 1/3 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1959-60  Gene Shue 3 1/2 0/0 0/0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 TOTALS   43/87 4/5 15/19 10 42 29 5 14 10 12 105     * - denotes game starter Player of the Game Isiah Thomas (Ultimate Pistons)

Game 2: Nets 100 - Pistons 102

Ultimate Nets
PLAYER	MIN	FGM/FGA	3PM/3PA	FTM/FTA	OREB	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	PF	TP
2002-03  Jason Kidd*	48	9/26	5/13	4/4	2	11	11	3	3	3	1	27
1992-93  Derrick Coleman*	36	6/13	2/3	2/2	4	12	3	2	0	5	4	16
2005-06  Richard Jefferson*	34	4/10	1/3	0/0	3	7	4	0	0	2	2	9
1982-83  Buck Williams*	33	3/5	0/0	2/3	4	8	0	2	2	2	3	8
1996-97  Kerry Kittles*	29	5/11	2/5	0/0	1	3	3	1	0	2	3	12
1985-86  Mike Gminski	14	3/6	0/0	0/0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6
1997-98  Jayson Williams	12	4/8	0/0	0/0	5	7	1	1	0	0	0	8
1985-86  Otis Birdsong	11	0/1	0/0	0/0	1	3	1	0	0	1	2	0
1992-93  Chris Morris	11	4/8	0/0	0/0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	8
2002-03  Kenyon Martin	7	2/6	0/1	2/2	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	6
1999-00  Stephon Marbury	4	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1993-94  Kenny Anderson	2	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTALS		40/94	10/25	10/11	21	56	25	9	6	16	18	100
Ultimate Pistons
PLAYER	MIN	FGM/FGA	3PM/3PA	FTM/FTA	OREB	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	PF	TP
2001-02  Ben Wallace*	37	3/8	0/0	0/0	5	16	1	4	2	1	1	6
1984-85  Isiah Thomas*	37	9/18	1/3	0/0	1	4	9	0	2	1	0	19
1983-84  Bill Laimbeer*	36	9/15	0/0	7/7	5	11	0	0	0	0	1	25
1996-97  Grant Hill	30	8/18	1/1	2/3	1	4	3	1	2	1	1	19
1992-93  Joe Dumars*	27	1/5	1/1	3/4	0	1	5	0	1	1	0	6
2005-06  Chauncey Billups*	26	1/6	1/1	7/8	0	0	5	1	2	2	3	10
1957-58  George Yardley	16	3/9	0/0	3/3	0	1	2	0	0	1	2	9
2005-06  Richard Hamilton	15	1/3	0/1	0/0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	2
1953-54  Larry Foust	8	1/2	0/0	0/0	1	3	0	0	0	1	1	2
1973-74  Bob Lanier	7	1/2	0/0	0/0	0	6	1	0	1	1	0	2
1970-71  Dave Bing	2	1/1	0/0	0/0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
TOTALS		38/87	4/7	22/25	13	47	28	6	10	11	9	102
* - denotes game starter
Player of the Game
Bill Laimbeer (Ultimate Pistons)

Game 3: Pistons 111 - Nets 94

Ultimate Pistons
PLAYER	MIN	FGM/FGA	3PM/3PA	FTM/FTA	OREB	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	PF	TP
1984-85  Isiah Thomas*	34	4/11	0/2	4/6	0	1	9	1	1	2	2	12
1996-97  Grant Hill	32	7/13	0/0	4/4	1	7	6	0	1	0	1	18
2001-02  Ben Wallace*	32	2/5	0/0	0/0	5	11	0	4	0	1	2	4
1992-93  Joe Dumars*	30	7/16	1/1	8/10	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	23
1983-84  Bill Laimbeer*	26	5/7	0/0	2/2	3	11	1	1	2	1	1	12
2005-06  Richard Hamilton	20	5/10	0/0	0/0	0	3	4	0	0	1	2	10
1957-58  George Yardley	19	5/9	0/0	4/5	2	6	0	0	2	1	1	14
2005-06  Chauncey Billups*	18	2/4	1/2	2/2	0	3	3	0	1	2	0	7
1953-54  Larry Foust	13	2/4	0/0	0/0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4
1973-74  Bob Lanier	8	1/4	1/1	2/2	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	5
1970-71  Dave Bing	5	1/3	0/0	0/0	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	2
1959-60  Gene Shue	3	0/1	0/1	0/0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTALS		41/87	3/7	26/31	13	47	29	7	8	8	13	111
Ultimate Nets
PLAYER	MIN	FGM/FGA	3PM/3PA	FTM/FTA	OREB	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	PF	TP
2002-03  Jason Kidd*	45	10/24	4/7	8/8	1	5	6	0	2	6	3	32
1982-83  Buck Williams*	30	3/6	0/0	2/2	2	7	1	1	0	1	3	8
1996-97  Kerry Kittles*	27	2/8	1/2	0/0	0	2	5	1	0	0	3	5
1992-93  Derrick Coleman*	27	6/12	0/1	1/1	1	9	2	1	1	0	4	13
2005-06  Richard Jefferson*	25	6/10	0/0	0/0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	12
1997-98  Jayson Williams	21	1/2	0/0	2/2	4	7	1	2	1	2	3	4
1992-93  Chris Morris	17	1/5	0/3	4/6	1	2	0	0	0	3	4	6
1985-86  Mike Gminski	17	0/2	0/1	0/0	1	6	1	3	0	1	2	0
1985-86  Otis Birdsong	15	4/5	0/0	0/0	0	2	2	1	0	1	3	8
2002-03  Kenyon Martin	7	0/0	0/0	1/2	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	1
1999-00  Stephon Marbury	6	2/5	1/2	0/0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	5
1993-94  Kenny Anderson	4	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
TOTALS		35/79	6/16	18/21	10	44	21	10	4	18	26	94
* - denotes game starter
Player of the Game
Grant Hill (Ultimate Pistons)

Game 4: Pistons 114 - Nets 106

Ultimate Pistons
PLAYER	MIN	FGM/FGA	3PM/3PA	FTM/FTA	OREB	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	PF	TP
2001-02  Ben Wallace*	36	3/7	0/0	1/2	3	18	3	3	4	3	4	7
1984-85  Isiah Thomas*	36	5/11	0/0	2/2	1	4	8	0	0	1	2	12
1992-93  Joe Dumars*	30	7/12	1/2	1/2	0	1	3	0	1	5	1	16
1983-84  Bill Laimbeer*	29	4/8	0/0	1/1	1	5	3	1	2	0	3	9
1996-97  Grant Hill	29	7/13	1/1	3/3	2	5	6	0	0	1	3	18
2005-06  Chauncey Billups*	19	4/8	2/4	5/6	0	1	3	0	1	1	0	15
1957-58  George Yardley	17	5/6	0/0	0/0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	10
2005-06  Richard Hamilton	16	5/7	0/0	0/0	0	1	2	0	0	1	2	10
1953-54  Larry Foust	13	1/5	0/1	2/2	1	2	2	1	0	2	2	4
1973-74  Bob Lanier	11	0/1	0/0	0/0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	0
1970-71  Dave Bing	2	0/0	0/0	2/2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2
1959-60  Gene Shue	1	1/1	1/1	0/0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
TOTALS		42/79	5/9	17/20	8	38	33	6	8	18	19	106
Ultimate Nets
PLAYER	MIN	FGM/FGA	3PM/3PA	FTM/FTA	OREB	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	PF	TP
2002-03  Jason Kidd*	47	12/23	3/3	6/7	1	7	7	0	2	2	3	33
1992-93  Derrick Coleman*	31	2/8	1/1	7/8	1	2	3	0	0	2	5	12
1982-83  Buck Williams*	31	6/9	0/0	2/2	2	7	1	1	4	1	3	14
1996-97  Kerry Kittles*	30	4/14	2/8	2/2	1	4	4	0	3	1	2	12
2005-06  Richard Jefferson*	30	8/14	0/1	5/6	2	6	6	0	0	2	0	21
1992-93  Chris Morris	17	1/2	0/0	0/0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	2
1985-86  Mike Gminski	14	0/3	0/0	0/0	0	4	1	0	0	1	1	0
1997-98  Jayson Williams	14	3/7	0/0	2/2	9	14	0	0	1	1	1	8
1985-86  Otis Birdsong	13	2/3	1/1	0/0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	5
1999-00  Stephon Marbury	5	1/1	0/0	1/2	0	1	2	0	1	1	1	3
1993-94  Kenny Anderson	4	1/2	0/0	0/0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2
2002-03  Kenyon Martin	4	1/2	0/0	0/0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
TOTALS		41/88	7/14	25/29	17	46	27	1	14	12	16	114
* - denotes game starter
Player of the Game
Jason Kidd (Ultimate Nets)

Game 5: Nets 110 - Pistons 100 (OT)

Ultimate Nets
PLAYER	MIN	FGM/FGA	3PM/3PA	FTM/FTA	OREB	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	PF	TP
2002-03  Jason Kidd*	53	10/21	5/8	2/2	2	11	11	0	2	4	0	27
1992-93  Derrick Coleman*	45	5/16	0/0	9/10	3	18	5	4	1	3	2	19
2005-06  Richard Jefferson*	43	9/21	0/1	6/6	2	6	2	0	0	4	3	24
1982-83  Buck Williams*	36	11/13	0/0	1/2	8	15	0	4	1	1	1	23
1996-97  Kerry Kittles*	32	3/7	0/1	0/0	2	3	5	0	3	4	1	6
1985-86  Mike Gminski	18	3/7	0/0	0/0	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	6
2002-03  Kenyon Martin	12	0/4	0/0	0/0	0	1	2	1	1	0	1	0
1985-86  Otis Birdsong	10	1/2	0/0	0/0	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	2
1992-93  Chris Morris	10	0/0	0/0	1/2	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1
1999-00  Stephon Marbury	7	1/3	0/1	0/0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2
TOTALS		43/94	5/11	19/22	19	61	27	12	9	17	10	110
Ultimate Pistons
PLAYER	MIN	FGM/FGA	3PM/3PA	FTM/FTA	OREB	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	PF	TP
2001-02  Ben Wallace*	48	5/8	0/1	1/2	4	17	1	9	3	0	4	11
1984-85  Isiah Thomas*	43	5/16	0/3	2/2	0	3	8	0	3	2	3	12
1983-84  Bill Laimbeer*	39	8/11	0/0	2/2	2	6	2	1	1	3	4	18
1992-93  Joe Dumars*	32	5/20	0/6	3/3	2	2	3	0	1	3	0	13
2005-06  Chauncey Billups*	30	5/14	3/8	0/0	1	4	8	0	1	0	4	13
1996-97  Grant Hill	27	5/8	0/0	1/1	1	3	6	0	1	1	2	11
2005-06  Richard Hamilton	17	2/4	0/1	0/0	0	1	3	0	2	2	2	4
1957-58  George Yardley	14	2/6	1/1	1/2	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	6
1973-74  Bob Lanier	9	4/7	0/0	2/2	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	10
1953-54  Larry Foust	6	1/3	0/0	0/0	1	4	0	1	0	1	0	2
TOTALS		42/97	4/20	12/14	14	48	31	11	12	13	19	100
* - denotes game starter
Player of the Game
Jason Kidd (Ultimate Nets)

Game 6: Pistons 110 - Nets 118

Ultimate Pistons
PLAYER	MIN	FGM/FGA	3PM/3PA	FTM/FTA	OREB	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	PF	TP
1984-85  Isiah Thomas*	38	8/18	1/2	5/9	0	2	13	0	2	2	3	22
2001-02  Ben Wallace*	33	4/7	0/0	0/0	0	3	3	1	0	1	2	8
1996-97  Grant Hill	30	5/9	0/0	8/12	2	8	6	0	0	0	3	18
1992-93  Joe Dumars*	30	3/8	0/0	2/2	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	8
1983-84  Bill Laimbeer*	30	4/6	0/0	4/4	6	13	0	0	0	0	3	12
2005-06  Chauncey Billups*	20	4/17	1/7	3/3	0	2	6	0	0	0	2	12
2005-06  Richard Hamilton	19	3/6	1/1	4/6	0	2	0	0	0	2	2	11
1957-58  George Yardley	16	3/8	0/0	4/4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	10
1973-74  Bob Lanier	12	1/1	0/0	0/0	0	4	1	5	1	0	0	2
1953-54  Larry Foust	11	3/5	0/0	1/3	4	5	2	2	0	0	1	7
TOTALS		38/85	3/10	31/43	13	43	33	8	3	6	16	110
Ultimate Nets
PLAYER	MIN	FGM/FGA	3PM/3PA	FTM/FTA	OREB	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	PF	TP
2002-03  Jason Kidd*	48	9/25	3/10	6/7	3	9	13	0	1	3	3	27
1982-83  Buck Williams*	33	8/11	0/0	0/0	3	12	3	4	1	0	0	16
1996-97  Kerry Kittles*	33	2/7	0/2	4/4	1	4	3	1	1	2	5	8
1992-93  Derrick Coleman*	30	9/17	1/2	4/4	5	14	1	0	0	1	4	23
2005-06  Richard Jefferson*	28	6/10	2/2	2/2	0	4	4	0	0	2	4	16
1997-98  Jayson Williams	17	5/10	0/0	0/0	3	5	0	2	0	0	3	10
1985-86  Otis Birdsong	13	2/2	0/0	0/0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	4
1985-86  Mike Gminski	12	2/4	0/0	2/2	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	6
1992-93  Chris Morris	9	3/4	0/1	0/0	1	3	1	0	0	0	2	6
2002-03  Kenyon Martin	8	1/4	0/0	0/0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	2
1993-94  Kenny Anderson	5	0/1	0/0	0/0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
1999-00  Stephon Marbury	4	0/1	0/0	0/0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTALS		47/96	6/17	18/19	18	56	31	7	3	8	25	118
* - denotes game starter
Player of the Game
Jason Kidd (Ultimate Nets)

Game 7: Nets 98 - Pistons 105

Ultimate Nets
PLAYER	MIN	FGM/FGA	3PM/3PA	FTM/FTA	OREB	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	PF	TP
2002-03  Jason Kidd*	46	7/20	2/6	4/6	2	5	9	1	4	4	1	20
1992-93  Derrick Coleman*	36	6/16	1/2	6/7	1	10	1	2	0	4	0	19
1996-97  Kerry Kittles*	31	2/5	2/5	1/1	1	2	3	0	2	3	2	7
2005-06  Richard Jefferson*	30	3/9	1/2	2/3	1	6	5	2	0	3	3	9
1982-83  Buck Williams*	19	7/9	1/1	2/2	5	9	1	1	1	2	5	17
1997-98  Jayson Williams	18	3/8	0/0	0/0	6	11	0	0	0	0	0	6
1985-86  Otis Birdsong	16	3/4	0/0	0/0	0	1	1	0	1	2	2	6
1985-86  Mike Gminski	15	1/3	0/0	1/1	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	3
1992-93  Chris Morris	13	3/6	0/0	1/2	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	7
2002-03  Kenyon Martin	13	1/4	0/1	0/0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	2
1999-00  Stephon Marbury	2	0/1	0/1	0/0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
1993-94  Kenny Anderson	2	1/1	0/0	0/0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
TOTALS		37/86	7/18	17/22	18	51	24	7	10	18	16	98
Ultimate Pistons
PLAYER	MIN	FGM/FGA	3PM/3PA	FTM/FTA	OREB	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	PF	TP
2001-02  Ben Wallace*	42	4/9	0/0	2/5	7	14	1	4	2	1	2	10
1984-85  Isiah Thomas*	38	7/13	1/1	1/2	2	4	12	2	3	4	3	16
1996-97  Grant Hill	28	6/9	0/0	4/4	1	7	7	0	0	3	2	16
1992-93  Joe Dumars*	25	5/8	1/1	0/0	0	0	3	0	0	2	3	11
1983-84  Bill Laimbeer*	25	4/7	0/0	3/3	1	7	0	1	1	1	2	11
2005-06  Chauncey Billups*	21	2/6	1/3	7/8	0	1	4	0	2	1	2	12
1957-58  George Yardley	21	4/7	1/1	0/0	0	2	1	0	1	2	1	9
2005-06  Richard Hamilton	17	7/15	1/1	1/1	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	16
1973-74  Bob Lanier	10	0/2	0/0	0/0	0	4	1	2	0	0	1	0
1953-54  Larry Foust	9	1/5	0/0	0/0	1	4	1	1	0	1	2	2
1959-60  Gene Shue	3	0/1	0/0	0/0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
1970-71  Dave Bing	2	0/1	0/0	2/2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
TOTALS		40/83	5/7	20/25	13	46	31	10	10	15	18	105
* - denotes game starter
Player of the Game
Ben Wallace (Ultimate Pistons)

Our first seven game series, and was also the first time a winning team had 4 different "Players of the Game" (as determined by WhatIfSports... I don't pick those.) I wonder if that will help or hurt the Pistons in the long run, without one clearly defined dominant guy (like Kidd clearly was for the Nets.) Guess we'll find out. Their next series is against the winner of the Magic-Knicks series.