(#8) ThunderSonics - (#1) Lakers Series

This is another series (like the Bucks-Celtics) that I thought was going to be a "no doubt about it sweep" mostly because of the strength of the Lakers roster: 9 Hall of Famers, and Shaq, Kobe, and Pau, players with 100%, 100%, and 45.9% chances, respectively, of making the Hall of Fame according to basketball-reference.com. Also, my "Greatness Factor" has Shaq ranked as the 6th greatest player ever with a score of 687.0, Kobe as the 10th with 630.1, and Pau as 68th with 196.9 (at the start of the season.) But the ThunderSonics made short work of, what I thought, was a pretty good Blazers team, so we'll see what happens here.



Game 1: ThunderSonics 87 - Lakers 96

Ultimate ThunderSonics
PLAYER	MIN	FGM/FGA	3PM/3PA	FTM/FTA	OREB	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	PF	TP
1999-00  Gary Payton*	48	9/17	2/6	2/2	2	8	10	0	2	1	3	22
1981-82  Jack Sikma*	42	6/13	0/1	2/2	1	8	3	2	1	2	3	14
1995-96  Shawn Kemp*	36	5/11	0/0	2/2	4	9	4	0	1	4	3	12
1972-73  Spencer Haywood*	33	7/13	2/2	0/0	1	9	2	1	1	4	4	16
1979-80  Gus Williams*	28	3/8	0/0	0/0	0	0	3	0	2	3	2	6
2009-10  Kevin Durant	15	2/6	1/3	0/0	0	4	0	0	3	2	2	5
1979-80  Dennis Johnson	14	1/1	0/0	2/2	1	1	1	0	0	2	2	4
1981-82  Lonnie Shelton	8	1/2	0/0	1/2	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	3
1994-95  Detlef Schrempf	8	2/3	1/1	0/0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5
1974-75  Freddie Brown	8	0/2	0/0	0/0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0
TOTALS		36/76	6/13	9/10	10	40	28	3	12	18	20	87
Ultimate Lakers
PLAYER	MIN	FGM/FGA	3PM/3PA	FTM/FTA	OREB	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	PF	TP
1988-89  Magic Johnson*	46	7/12	1/4	1/1	3	10	13	1	2	2	1	16
1965-66  Jerry West*	39	5/9	0/0	1/2	1	6	6	0	1	1	2	11
2002-03  Kobe Bryant*	35	3/11	0/1	4/7	1	5	4	1	3	3	0	10
1975-76  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*	34	5/10	0/0	2/4	1	7	1	2	0	1	3	12
1999-00  Shaquille O'Neal*	32	14/20	0/0	2/3	3	6	5	2	0	2	1	30
1962-63  Elgin Baylor	18	4/9	1/2	2/2	1	3	1	1	2	0	0	11
1951-52  George Mikan	12	1/2	0/0	2/2	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	4
1954-55  Vern Mikkelsen	11	0/2	0/0	0/0	0	2	1	0	0	2	1	0
2008-09  Pau Gasol	7	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1971-72  Gail Goodrich	7	1/2	0/0	0/0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2
TOTALS		40/77	2/7	14/21	10	41	31	8	8	14	9	96
* - denotes game starter
Player of the Game
Magic Johnson (Ultimate Lakers)

Game 2: ThunderSonics 92 - Lakers 103

Ultimate ThunderSonics
PLAYER	MIN	FGM/FGA	3PM/3PA	FTM/FTA	OREB	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	PF	TP
1999-00  Gary Payton*	48	4/14	1/7	1/2	0	2	11	1	2	5	3	10
1981-82  Jack Sikma*	46	9/21	0/0	5/5	3	18	2	2	1	3	3	23
1972-73  Spencer Haywood*	34	8/15	0/2	6/7	3	9	4	0	0	2	1	22
1995-96  Shawn Kemp*	32	4/10	1/1	1/1	5	10	1	2	0	2	5	10
1979-80  Gus Williams*	28	9/14	0/0	1/2	0	0	3	0	1	0	3	19
1979-80  Dennis Johnson	15	1/1	0/0	0/0	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	2
2009-10  Kevin Durant	12	0/5	0/2	0/0	1	5	2	1	0	1	0	0
1994-95  Detlef Schrempf	9	1/3	0/0	0/0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2
1981-82  Lonnie Shelton	9	1/3	0/0	0/1	0	1	0	0	2	3	0	2
1974-75  Freddie Brown	7	1/4	0/1	0/0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	2
TOTALS		38/90	2/13	14/18	13	48	24	6	8	20	17	92
Ultimate Lakers
PLAYER	MIN	FGM/FGA	3PM/3PA	FTM/FTA	OREB	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	PF	TP
1988-89  Magic Johnson*	45	9/16	0/1	0/0	1	7	10	0	1	3	1	18
2002-03  Kobe Bryant*	38	7/15	1/3	12/12	0	3	9	0	2	4	2	27
1965-66  Jerry West*	37	8/15	0/1	4/4	3	7	2	0	2	3	0	20
1975-76  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*	32	4/7	0/0	0/0	0	10	2	1	2	1	3	8
1999-00  Shaquille O'Neal*	30	7/9	0/0	2/5	1	9	2	4	0	3	4	16
1962-63  Elgin Baylor	16	3/5	0/0	0/2	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	6
1951-52  George Mikan	12	1/6	0/0	0/0	1	5	1	1	1	1	0	2
1954-55  Vern Mikkelsen	11	1/5	0/1	0/0	0	2	1	2	2	2	0	2
2008-09  Pau Gasol	11	1/2	0/0	0/0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	2
1971-72  Gail Goodrich	7	0/1	0/0	2/2	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	2
TOTALS		41/81	1/6	20/25	7	49	29	8	12	18	14	103
* - denotes game starter
Player of the Game
Kobe Bryant (Ultimate Lakers)

Game 3: Lakers 103 - ThunderSonics 110

Ultimate Lakers
PLAYER	MIN	FGM/FGA	3PM/3PA	FTM/FTA	OREB	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	PF	TP
1988-89  Magic Johnson*	45	8/14	1/3	0/0	2	7	9	0	1	2	0	17
2002-03  Kobe Bryant*	36	4/10	0/1	4/4	1	5	4	0	2	2	4	12
1965-66  Jerry West*	35	5/11	1/1	2/2	1	1	6	0	2	1	4	13
1975-76  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*	34	9/17	0/0	1/5	5	16	3	1	0	0	5	19
1999-00  Shaquille O'Neal*	33	10/19	0/0	0/2	4	9	5	2	0	2	3	20
1962-63  Elgin Baylor	18	4/9	0/1	3/3	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	11
1951-52  George Mikan	12	2/6	0/1	1/2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5
1954-55  Vern Mikkelsen	10	0/0	0/0	0/0	1	3	2	0	1	0	2	0
1971-72  Gail Goodrich	8	2/3	0/0	0/0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	4
2008-09  Pau Gasol	7	1/3	0/0	0/0	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	2
1989-90  James Worthy	2	0/2	0/0	0/0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
TOTALS		45/94	2/7	11/18	16	45	33	5	7	9	19	103
Ultimate ThunderSonics
PLAYER	MIN	FGM/FGA	3PM/3PA	FTM/FTA	OREB	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	PF	TP
1999-00  Gary Payton*	48	12/24	3/6	1/1	1	5	13	0	2	2	2	28
1981-82  Jack Sikma*	46	7/14	0/0	6/6	4	10	5	0	0	3	3	20
1972-73  Spencer Haywood*	35	5/12	1/2	0/0	3	12	4	0	2	2	2	11
1995-96  Shawn Kemp*	32	3/7	0/1	6/9	0	8	2	2	0	2	3	12
1979-80  Gus Williams*	28	8/12	0/0	4/5	1	1	2	1	1	3	1	20
1979-80  Dennis Johnson	15	2/5	0/0	0/0	1	3	0	2	1	0	1	4
2009-10  Kevin Durant	12	0/1	0/0	2/3	0	2	0	1	0	2	2	2
1994-95  Detlef Schrempf	10	2/3	0/0	1/2	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	5
1981-82  Lonnie Shelton	8	1/1	0/0	2/2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4
1974-75  Freddie Brown	7	2/2	0/0	0/0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	4
TOTALS		42/81	4/9	22/28	11	45	29	6	6	14	15	110
* - denotes game starter
Player of the Game
Gary Payton (Ultimate ThunderSonics)

Game 4: Lakers 101 - ThunderSonics 105

Ultimate Lakers
PLAYER	MIN	FGM/FGA	3PM/3PA	FTM/FTA	OREB	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	PF	TP
1988-89  Magic Johnson*	48	6/10	0/0	3/3	0	7	13	0	0	3	2	15
1965-66  Jerry West*	40	6/13	1/3	4/4	3	4	5	0	5	3	5	17
2002-03  Kobe Bryant*	35	7/19	1/4	3/3	1	5	6	0	3	3	1	18
1999-00  Shaquille O'Neal*	32	8/15	0/0	1/4	5	11	4	2	0	2	3	17
1975-76  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*	29	4/12	0/0	0/0	2	11	2	0	1	2	6	8
1962-63  Elgin Baylor	19	3/5	0/0	1/2	1	5	0	0	0	1	1	7
1951-52  George Mikan	12	1/5	0/0	0/0	2	4	1	0	0	1	2	2
1954-55  Vern Mikkelsen	12	3/5	1/1	4/5	1	3	0	0	1	0	4	11
1971-72  Gail Goodrich	7	1/4	0/0	2/2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4
2008-09  Pau Gasol	6	1/1	0/0	0/0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	2
1989-90  James Worthy	2	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTALS		40/89	3/8	18/23	15	51	31	2	10	17	26	101
Ultimate ThunderSonics
PLAYER	MIN	FGM/FGA	3PM/3PA	FTM/FTA	OREB	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	PF	TP
1999-00  Gary Payton*	48	11/22	3/7	8/10	1	4	9	0	0	5	1	33
1995-96  Shawn Kemp*	41	3/9	0/0	9/9	4	20	5	2	1	3	3	15
1972-73  Spencer Haywood*	32	7/12	1/1	5/6	1	3	0	1	0	2	0	20
1981-82  Jack Sikma*	30	4/5	0/0	1/1	1	6	4	0	2	3	5	9
1979-80  Gus Williams*	28	5/11	0/1	2/3	1	2	4	0	2	1	1	12
1979-80  Dennis Johnson	15	3/6	0/0	2/5	0	1	1	1	3	1	1	8
2009-10  Kevin Durant	14	1/3	0/0	4/4	0	2	3	0	0	0	2	6
1994-95  Detlef Schrempf	14	1/5	0/1	0/0	0	4	0	0	0	1	1	2
1981-82  Lonnie Shelton	11	0/2	0/0	0/0	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0
1974-75  Freddie Brown	5	0/1	0/1	0/0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
2005-06  Rashard Lewis	1	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTALS		35/76	4/11	31/38	9	46	26	4	9	16	17	105
* - denotes game starter
Player of the Game
Shawn Kemp (Ultimate ThunderSonics)

Game 5: ThunderSonics 109 - Lakers 105

Ultimate ThunderSonics
PLAYER	MIN	FGM/FGA	3PM/3PA	FTM/FTA	OREB	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	PF	TP
1999-00  Gary Payton*	48	7/15	2/3	2/2	1	7	12	0	2	1	1	18
1981-82  Jack Sikma*	42	6/16	0/0	2/3	2	8	7	1	1	1	4	14
1972-73  Spencer Haywood*	35	8/19	0/0	9/10	3	6	0	1	1	2	2	25
1995-96  Shawn Kemp*	32	6/10	0/0	2/4	5	16	2	0	0	2	1	14
1979-80  Gus Williams*	27	6/11	0/0	1/2	1	5	5	0	1	2	2	13
1979-80  Dennis Johnson	18	4/9	0/0	1/2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	9
2009-10  Kevin Durant	14	3/5	0/0	0/0	0	2	0	1	0	2	1	6
1981-82  Lonnie Shelton	9	2/4	0/0	2/2	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	6
1994-95  Detlef Schrempf	8	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
1974-75  Freddie Brown	6	2/2	0/0	0/0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	4
TOTALS		44/91	2/3	19/25	12	48	31	4	5	11	14	109
Ultimate Lakers
PLAYER	MIN	FGM/FGA	3PM/3PA	FTM/FTA	OREB	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	PF	TP
1988-89  Magic Johnson*	48	9/16	1/5	2/2	2	8	11	0	1	4	2	21
1965-66  Jerry West*	41	8/17	0/2	1/2	2	3	5	0	1	1	2	17
2002-03  Kobe Bryant*	34	9/20	2/7	0/0	0	2	5	3	1	1	2	20
1975-76  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*	32	4/7	0/0	0/0	2	11	6	5	0	0	4	8
1999-00  Shaquille O'Neal*	28	7/12	0/0	2/6	2	7	1	3	1	2	6	16
1951-52  George Mikan	17	4/9	0/2	0/0	3	9	0	0	0	1	2	8
1962-63  Elgin Baylor	16	2/6	0/1	3/3	1	3	5	0	0	1	1	7
1954-55  Vern Mikkelsen	10	1/2	0/0	1/2	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	3
2008-09  Pau Gasol	9	2/4	0/0	1/1	1	3	2	1	0	0	0	5
1971-72  Gail Goodrich	6	0/1	0/0	0/0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1989-90  James Worthy	1	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTALS		46/94	3/17	10/16	14	51	36	12	4	11	19	105
* - denotes game starter
Player of the Game
Gary Payton (Ultimate ThunderSonics)

Game 6: Lakers 107 - ThunderSonics 87

Ultimate Lakers
PLAYER	MIN	FGM/FGA	3PM/3PA	FTM/FTA	OREB	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	PF	TP
1988-89  Magic Johnson*	41	4/9	1/3	0/0	5	10	10	0	2	3	1	9
2002-03  Kobe Bryant*	38	7/20	1/5	3/4	3	5	1	0	2	1	0	18
1965-66  Jerry West*	37	7/17	0/3	3/3	2	3	5	0	2	2	2	17
1975-76  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*	35	12/20	0/1	2/2	3	13	4	4	0	1	3	26
1999-00  Shaquille O'Neal*	30	6/13	0/0	2/2	4	16	2	3	0	0	3	14
1962-63  Elgin Baylor	13	2/4	0/1	0/0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	4
1954-55  Vern Mikkelsen	11	1/3	0/0	0/0	0	4	1	1	0	0	1	2
1951-52  George Mikan	11	0/1	0/0	0/0	0	3	1	3	1	0	0	0
1971-72  Gail Goodrich	9	3/4	0/0	0/0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	6
2008-09  Pau Gasol	9	3/4	0/0	2/2	1	2	1	0	1	1	0	8
1951-52  James Pollard	3	1/1	0/0	1/2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3
1989-90  James Worthy	3	0/1	0/0	0/0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTALS		46/97	2/13	13/15	18	60	28	11	8	10	10	107
Ultimate ThunderSonics
PLAYER	MIN	FGM/FGA	3PM/3PA	FTM/FTA	OREB	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	PF	TP
1981-82  Jack Sikma*	44	3/9	0/0	1/2	2	14	5	1	1	2	1	7
1999-00  Gary Payton*	38	7/17	0/2	3/3	1	2	8	0	0	0	2	17
1972-73  Spencer Haywood*	36	7/21	0/2	4/4	4	11	3	1	3	3	0	18
1979-80  Gus Williams*	32	4/10	0/0	2/2	2	2	3	1	3	3	2	10
1995-96  Shawn Kemp*	30	6/13	0/0	2/2	4	9	3	3	1	2	2	14
1979-80  Dennis Johnson	14	1/4	0/0	0/0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	2
2009-10  Kevin Durant	12	2/4	0/0	3/3	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	7
1981-82  Lonnie Shelton	10	0/3	0/0	0/0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0
1994-95  Detlef Schrempf	9	2/3	0/0	0/0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	4
1974-75  Freddie Brown	9	2/6	0/1	0/0	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	4
2005-06  Rashard Lewis	3	0/1	0/1	0/0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1988-89  Dale Ellis	3	2/3	0/1	0/0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
TOTALS		36/94	0/7	15/16	16	49	27	7	10	11	11	87
* - denotes game starter
Player of the Game
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Ultimate Lakers)

Game 7: ThunderSonics 99 - Lakers 103

Ultimate ThunderSonics
PLAYER	MIN	FGM/FGA	3PM/3PA	FTM/FTA	OREB	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	PF	TP
1999-00  Gary Payton*	48	8/18	2/5	5/6	0	4	14	0	3	4	1	23
1981-82  Jack Sikma*	46	9/15	1/1	3/4	3	17	2	2	0	1	1	22
1972-73  Spencer Haywood*	35	6/14	1/1	0/0	2	8	5	0	0	1	3	13
1995-96  Shawn Kemp*	31	5/14	0/0	4/5	6	10	2	1	0	4	6	14
1979-80  Gus Williams*	29	5/14	0/0	0/0	2	4	5	0	0	0	2	10
1979-80  Dennis Johnson	14	2/4	0/0	1/1	2	3	2	1	1	2	2	5
1994-95  Detlef Schrempf	11	2/3	0/0	1/2	2	3	0	0	2	0	0	5
2009-10  Kevin Durant	10	2/4	1/3	0/0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	5
1981-82  Lonnie Shelton	8	0/2	0/0	0/0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	0
1974-75  Freddie Brown	5	1/1	0/0	0/0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	2
2005-06  Rashard Lewis	2	0/1	0/0	0/0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
TOTALS		40/90	5/10	14/18	17	53	31	5	6	17	18	99
Ultimate Lakers
PLAYER	MIN	FGM/FGA	3PM/3PA	FTM/FTA	OREB	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	PF	TP
1988-89  Magic Johnson*	47	4/12	0/0	2/2	3	9	12	1	2	2	2	10
1965-66  Jerry West*	41	6/15	2/4	3/3	0	4	3	0	3	2	2	17
1975-76  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*	34	6/9	0/0	2/2	0	10	4	5	2	3	2	14
2002-03  Kobe Bryant*	34	9/16	1/2	1/1	1	5	3	0	3	1	2	20
1999-00  Shaquille O'Neal*	33	10/17	0/0	3/8	4	7	4	8	1	0	0	23
1962-63  Elgin Baylor	15	1/5	0/2	2/2	0	1	2	0	0	1	2	4
1951-52  George Mikan	13	2/3	0/1	3/4	1	4	2	1	1	0	2	7
1954-55  Vern Mikkelsen	10	1/3	0/1	2/2	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	4
1971-72  Gail Goodrich	7	2/4	0/0	0/0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4
2008-09  Pau Gasol	6	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
TOTALS		41/84	3/10	18/24	9	43	32	16	12	9	15	103
* - denotes game starter
Player of the Game
Shaquille O'Neal (Ultimate Lakers)

Wow. Epic battle there. Was definitely not expecting that tight of a series, or for the Lakers to be on the ropes after Game 5. If Durant keeps improving, the ThunderSonics may take this thing one of these years. The Lakers will play the Jazz or Kings next.