Friday, February 11, 2011

(#3) Bulls - (#1) Lakers Series

Alright, let's see what happens. Can Jordan, the greatest player of all-time, carry a team including Pippen (who I have as #22), the vastly underrated Artis Gilmore and Chet Walker (#62 and #71 respectively), and a whole lot of role players (at best) over a team with 12 potential Hall of Famers and five of the top 12 (Kareem - #2, Magic - #4, Shaq - #6, Kobe - #10, West - #11) of all time? (P.S.: the rest of the team's not too shabby either: Baylor - #21, Mikan - #52, Worthy - #53, Gasol - #61, Mikkelsen - #70, Goodrich - #102, and Pollard - #132) Let's find out.



Game 1: Bulls 104 - Lakers 103



Ultimate Bulls
PLAYER MIN FGM/FGA 3PM/3PA FTM/FTA OREB REB AST BLK STL TO PF TP
1994-95  Scottie Pippen* 46 7/18 2/4 2/4 3 12 5 3 4 4 2 18
1988-89  Michael Jordan* 43 9/17 0/1 5/5 2 7 13 0 3 5 3 23
1991-92  Horace Grant* 34 5/9 0/0 1/2 3 8 1 1 1 1 2 11
1970-71  Chet Walker* 27 3/8 0/0 4/4 0 3 0 2 0 3 3 10
1970-71  Bob Love* 24 3/8 0/0 0/0 2 6 3 2 0 0 2 6
1998-99  Toni Kukoc 20 5/10 0/1 2/3 1 5 1 0 2 2 2 12
1978-79  Artis Gilmore 18 6/8 0/0 1/1 1 4 0 1 0 1 0 13
1970-71  Jerry Sloan 9 0/0 0/0 2/2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 2
1976-77  Norm Van Lier 8 3/5 0/0 1/1 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 7
1997-98  Ron Harper 8 1/1 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1994-95  B.J. Armstrong 2 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 42/84 2/6 18/22 14 48 26 9 10 17 15 104
Ultimate Lakers
PLAYER MIN FGM/FGA 3PM/3PA FTM/FTA OREB REB AST BLK STL TO PF TP
1988-89  Magic Johnson* 48 4/11 2/6 0/0 2 7 12 0 6 4 5 10
1965-66  Jerry West* 38 7/17 2/3 4/4 0 1 6 0 2 2 2 20
1999-00  Shaquille O'Neal* 34 7/15 0/0 0/0 5 9 2 2 0 0 1 14
1975-76  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 32 9/16 0/0 3/5 2 8 5 0 1 1 2 21
2002-03  Kobe Bryant* 26 5/8 1/1 1/2 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 12
1962-63  Elgin Baylor 20 3/10 0/0 1/2 3 6 4 0 1 0 1 7
1951-52  George Mikan 12 1/4 0/1 0/0 0 3 0 0 1 0 5 2
1954-55  Vern Mikkelsen 9 0/1 0/0 0/0 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 0
2008-09  Pau Gasol 8 1/1 0/0 0/0 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 2
1989-90  James Worthy 7 2/3 0/0 1/1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 5
1971-72  Gail Goodrich 7 3/5 1/1 3/4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10
TOTALS 42/91 6/12 13/18 14 42 34 5 12 13 18 103
* - denotes game starter
Player of the Game
Michael Jordan (Ultimate Bulls)



Game 2: Bulls 92 - Lakers 101



Ultimate Bulls
PLAYER MIN FGM/FGA 3PM/3PA FTM/FTA OREB REB AST BLK STL TO PF TP
1988-89  Michael Jordan* 45 8/17 0/1 2/3 2 8 11 1 2 4 4 18
1994-95  Scottie Pippen* 41 10/19 2/3 0/1 3 10 2 1 4 3 1 22
1991-92  Horace Grant* 36 5/11 0/0 0/0 6 10 3 0 0 0 0 10
1970-71  Chet Walker* 36 5/15 0/2 2/3 3 7 2 0 2 1 2 12
1970-71  Bob Love* 28 2/8 0/1 0/0 0 1 1 0 1 2 3 4
1998-99  Toni Kukoc 16 5/8 1/3 1/2 1 5 3 1 0 1 2 12
1978-79  Artis Gilmore 16 3/6 0/0 0/0 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 6
1970-71  Jerry Sloan 7 1/3 0/0 0/0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2
1997-98  Ron Harper 6 1/2 0/0 0/0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2
1976-77  Norm Van Lier 4 0/2 0/0 0/0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1986-87  John Paxson 3 1/1 1/1 1/1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
1994-95  B.J. Armstrong 2 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 41/92 4/11 6/10 16 45 25 4 10 13 13 92
Ultimate Lakers
PLAYER MIN FGM/FGA 3PM/3PA FTM/FTA OREB REB AST BLK STL TO PF TP
1988-89  Magic Johnson* 46 5/8 1/1 0/0 1 9 8 1 3 3 5 11
1965-66  Jerry West* 34 7/17 1/2 1/1 2 4 1 0 1 1 2 16
1975-76  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 32 5/9 0/0 2/4 3 9 3 2 0 2 0 12
1999-00  Shaquille O'Neal* 32 10/17 0/0 2/3 4 11 5 5 0 0 3 22
2002-03  Kobe Bryant* 28 2/8 0/1 1/2 0 4 6 1 1 1 0 5
1962-63  Elgin Baylor 21 3/11 0/1 0/0 2 9 2 0 1 1 1 6
1951-52  George Mikan 14 3/5 0/1 4/4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 10
1971-72  Gail Goodrich 11 3/5 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6
1954-55  Vern Mikkelsen 11 3/3 0/0 1/1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 7
2008-09  Pau Gasol 7 3/4 0/0 0/0 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 6
1989-90  James Worthy 4 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951-52  James Pollard 1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 44/87 2/6 11/15 13 50 28 9 6 12 12 101
* - denotes game starter
Player of the Game
Shaquille O'Neal (Ultimate Lakers)



Game 3: Lakers 102 - Bulls 105



Ultimate Lakers
PLAYER MIN FGM/FGA 3PM/3PA FTM/FTA OREB REB AST BLK STL TO PF TP
1965-66  Jerry West* 40 8/19 2/4 2/2 3 10 5 0 2 5 4 20
1988-89  Magic Johnson* 39 4/6 1/3 2/3 1 4 4 0 2 4 5 11
1999-00  Shaquille O'Neal* 34 10/15 0/0 2/4 3 8 2 4 0 1 1 22
1975-76  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 32 7/15 0/0 0/0 0 10 8 6 2 1 5 14
2002-03  Kobe Bryant* 30 6/10 1/2 1/4 1 2 1 3 3 6 1 14
1962-63  Elgin Baylor 26 4/9 0/0 2/2 1 9 3 0 0 3 3 10
1951-52  George Mikan 12 1/3 0/0 2/2 2 3 4 2 0 0 2 4
1971-72  Gail Goodrich 9 2/6 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
1954-55  Vern Mikkelsen 7 0/1 0/0 0/0 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 0
2008-09  Pau Gasol 6 0/1 0/0 1/2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1
1989-90  James Worthy 4 1/2 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
TOTALS 43/87 4/9 12/19 11 48 29 15 10 21 23 102
Ultimate Bulls
PLAYER MIN FGM/FGA 3PM/3PA FTM/FTA OREB REB AST BLK STL TO PF TP
1988-89  Michael Jordan* 48 8/17 1/1 6/6 1 8 6 3 5 7 1 23
1994-95  Scottie Pippen* 44 6/16 0/2 9/12 1 7 8 1 4 1 2 21
1970-71  Chet Walker* 36 8/14 0/0 6/8 0 7 3 0 2 2 3 22
1991-92  Horace Grant* 29 5/11 0/0 1/1 3 6 2 2 1 2 1 11
1970-71  Bob Love* 23 4/8 0/0 5/5 0 4 1 0 1 0 3 13
1978-79  Artis Gilmore 17 2/6 0/0 1/2 3 7 2 1 1 3 1 5
1998-99  Toni Kukoc 13 1/4 0/1 2/2 0 2 2 0 1 1 2 4
1994-95  B.J. Armstrong 12 1/3 0/2 2/2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4
1976-77  Norm Van Lier 9 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0
1970-71  Jerry Sloan 6 1/2 0/0 0/0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
1986-87  John Paxson 2 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997-98  Ron Harper 2 0/0 0/0 0/0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 36/81 1/6 32/38 9 45 26 7 16 17 13 105
* - denotes game starter
Player of the Game
Michael Jordan (Ultimate Bulls)



Game 4: Lakers 111 - Bulls 117 (OT)



Ultimate Lakers
PLAYER MIN FGM/FGA 3PM/3PA FTM/FTA OREB REB AST BLK STL TO PF TP
1988-89  Magic Johnson* 47 4/16 0/2 4/4 2 10 10 0 4 2 2 12
1965-66  Jerry West* 42 7/17 1/3 2/2 0 3 2 0 2 3 5 17
1975-76  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 40 7/13 0/2 4/4 3 9 3 8 0 1 3 18
2002-03  Kobe Bryant* 34 8/21 1/3 2/3 0 5 5 0 4 1 2 19
1999-00  Shaquille O'Neal* 30 8/13 0/0 0/0 2 11 3 5 0 0 3 16
1962-63  Elgin Baylor 25 5/10 0/1 2/2 1 3 4 1 0 3 0 12
1951-52  George Mikan 13 2/6 0/0 0/0 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 4
2008-09  Pau Gasol 12 1/1 0/0 0/0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 2
1954-55  Vern Mikkelsen 11 2/4 1/1 3/4 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 8
1989-90  James Worthy 5 0/0 0/0 3/4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1971-72  Gail Goodrich 5 0/1 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
TOTALS 44/102 3/12 20/23 10 49 30 14 10 11 18 111
Ultimate Bulls
PLAYER MIN FGM/FGA 3PM/3PA FTM/FTA OREB REB AST BLK STL TO PF TP
1994-95  Scottie Pippen* 51 6/16 1/4 7/7 1 10 6 2 4 2 2 20
1988-89  Michael Jordan* 50 13/23 1/2 7/8 1 13 13 1 2 4 5 34
1991-92  Horace Grant* 45 5/11 0/0 2/2 4 11 2 3 0 2 3 12
1970-71  Chet Walker* 34 4/9 0/1 2/2 2 9 3 0 0 2 2 10
1970-71  Bob Love* 29 9/17 1/3 2/2 0 6 1 2 0 2 1 21
1978-79  Artis Gilmore 17 4/8 0/0 1/1 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 9
1998-99  Toni Kukoc 17 4/6 1/2 0/0 1 2 4 0 2 4 0 9
1976-77  Norm Van Lier 7 0/3 0/1 2/2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 2
1970-71  Jerry Sloan 7 0/0 0/0 0/0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0
1997-98  Ron Harper 6 0/0 0/0 0/0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0
1994-95  B.J. Armstrong 2 0/3 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
TOTALS 45/96 4/13 23/24 12 59 35 8 8 17 17 117
* - denotes game starter
Player of the Game
Michael Jordan (Ultimate Bulls)



Game 5: Bulls 98 - Lakers 112



Ultimate Bulls
PLAYER MIN FGM/FGA 3PM/3PA FTM/FTA OREB REB AST BLK STL TO PF TP
1994-95  Scottie Pippen* 46 7/21 1/6 2/3 0 6 6 0 3 2 1 17
1988-89  Michael Jordan* 46 14/27 0/1 5/9 2 7 3 2 7 7 4 33
1970-71  Chet Walker* 32 4/9 0/0 4/4 3 4 2 0 2 1 2 12
1991-92  Horace Grant* 29 4/7 0/0 0/0 1 5 3 1 1 2 2 8
1970-71  Bob Love* 28 4/8 0/0 3/4 1 4 2 0 3 1 3 11
1998-99  Toni Kukoc 23 4/11 1/4 0/0 1 4 3 0 1 1 1 9
1978-79  Artis Gilmore 18 1/2 0/0 1/2 0 2 3 2 0 1 1 3
1970-71  Jerry Sloan 9 0/2 0/1 2/2 1 6 1 0 0 1 1 2
1997-98  Ron Harper 4 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1976-77  Norm Van Lier 4 0/1 0/1 0/0 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0
1986-87  John Paxson 2 1/1 1/1 0/0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
TOTALS 39/89 3/14 17/24 10 40 25 5 17 17 17 98
Ultimate Lakers
PLAYER MIN FGM/FGA 3PM/3PA FTM/FTA OREB REB AST BLK STL TO PF TP
1988-89  Magic Johnson* 43 8/13 0/1 1/1 0 10 11 0 1 6 2 17
1965-66  Jerry West* 36 9/17 0/1 4/5 1 4 6 0 1 6 1 22
1975-76  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 31 11/16 0/1 0/1 3 11 0 5 1 2 4 22
1962-63  Elgin Baylor 27 4/11 1/1 3/5 2 8 4 1 2 2 3 12
1999-00  Shaquille O'Neal* 26 5/9 0/0 0/0 3 7 1 6 0 2 3 10
2002-03  Kobe Bryant* 25 3/6 0/0 7/8 0 2 5 2 3 1 1 13
2008-09  Pau Gasol 13 2/4 0/0 0/0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 4
1954-55  Vern Mikkelsen 12 1/2 0/0 0/0 1 4 2 2 0 1 0 2
1951-52  George Mikan 11 1/2 0/0 4/4 1 3 3 1 1 1 1 6
1971-72  Gail Goodrich 10 1/2 0/0 0/0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 2
1989-90  James Worthy 4 1/1 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1951-52  James Pollard 2 0/2 0/0 0/0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 46/85 1/4 19/24 12 54 34 18 9 23 15 112
* - denotes game starter
Player of the Game
Magic Johnson (Ultimate Lakers)



Game 6: Lakers 145 - Bulls 107



Ultimate Lakers
PLAYER MIN FGM/FGA 3PM/3PA FTM/FTA OREB REB AST BLK STL TO PF TP
1988-89  Magic Johnson* 44 8/9 3/3 2/2 2 8 21 1 2 2 2 21
1965-66  Jerry West* 35 7/13 0/0 4/4 0 3 2 0 1 2 3 18
1975-76  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 31 11/15 0/0 1/2 1 5 6 3 1 3 2 23
1999-00  Shaquille O'Neal* 28 9/14 0/0 2/2 4 12 3 3 0 2 3 20
2002-03  Kobe Bryant* 22 7/12 4/4 4/5 1 2 8 1 2 3 2 22
1951-52  George Mikan 14 4/8 0/0 0/0 1 8 2 0 0 2 0 8
1954-55  Vern Mikkelsen 14 2/6 0/0 3/3 1 9 1 1 1 0 5 7
1962-63  Elgin Baylor 14 3/5 0/0 0/0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1 6
1989-90  James Worthy 10 3/6 0/0 0/0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 6
1971-72  Gail Goodrich 10 2/3 0/0 2/2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 6
2008-09  Pau Gasol 9 1/2 0/0 0/0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 2
1951-52  James Pollard 8 3/4 0/0 0/0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 6
TOTALS 60/97 7/7 18/20 12 54 48 11 11 14 18 145
Ultimate Bulls
PLAYER MIN FGM/FGA 3PM/3PA FTM/FTA OREB REB AST BLK STL TO PF TP
1988-89  Michael Jordan* 46 13/23 0/0 7/8 2 9 6 1 0 1 4 33
1994-95  Scottie Pippen* 43 7/16 2/4 4/7 2 9 4 0 4 4 1 20
1991-92  Horace Grant* 34 4/8 0/0 2/2 0 1 3 0 0 1 2 10
1970-71  Bob Love* 29 3/8 0/0 4/6 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 10
1970-71  Chet Walker* 22 5/9 0/0 2/3 0 3 1 1 0 2 2 12
1998-99  Toni Kukoc 18 4/10 2/5 0/1 0 2 5 1 0 1 1 10
1978-79  Artis Gilmore 16 2/3 0/0 0/0 1 3 2 0 1 1 1 4
1970-71  Jerry Sloan 12 3/4 0/0 0/0 3 4 1 1 0 3 1 6
1997-98  Ron Harper 9 1/3 0/0 0/0 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 2
1976-77  Norm Van Lier 5 0/2 0/1 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1986-87  John Paxson 3 0/1 0/1 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1994-95  B.J. Armstrong 2 0/1 0/1 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 42/88 4/12 19/27 9 33 22 7 6 18 14 107
* - denotes game starter
Player of the Game
Magic Johnson (Ultimate Lakers)



Game 7: Bulls 93 - Lakers 121



Ultimate Bulls
PLAYERMINFGM/FGA3PM/3PAFTM/FTAOREBREBASTBLKSTLTOPFTP
1988-89  Michael Jordan*4611/261/32/2288123325
1994-95  Scottie Pippen*436/121/10/0295143213
1991-92  Horace Grant*344/70/02/2582203210
1970-71  Bob Love*335/150/31/1163000211
1970-71  Chet Walker*273/120/20/003100216
1998-99  Toni Kukoc277/152/62/3044100118
1978-79  Artis Gilmore152/50/01/216410105
1997-98  Ron Harper61/10/00/001000002
1976-77  Norm Van Lier30/10/10/001100000
1994-95  B.J. Armstrong21/11/10/000000003
1970-71  Jerry Sloan20/00/00/000000000
1986-87  John Paxson20/00/00/000300000
TOTALS40/955/178/1011463166121193
Ultimate Lakers
PLAYERMINFGM/FGA3PM/3PAFTM/FTAOREBREBASTBLKSTLTOPFTP
1988-89  Magic Johnson*4614/220/44/43911112132
1965-66  Jerry West*372/60/10/026500214
1975-76  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*327/130/02/4267111016
2002-03  Kobe Bryant*286/163/40/1044022015
1999-00  Shaquille O'Neal*276/90/01/13122201413
1962-63  Elgin Baylor184/80/00/128411108
1951-52  George Mikan154/100/10/006111008
1954-55  Vern Mikkelsen101/30/00/014100002
2008-09  Pau Gasol105/60/00/0132000010
1989-90  James Worthy84/50/01/100000019
1971-72  Gail Goodrich81/20/00/000202002
1951-52  James Pollard21/20/00/011000002
TOTALS55/1023/108/121559396897121
* - denotes game starter
Player of the Game
Magic Johnson (Ultimate Lakers)



Well, there we have it. The winner of the 2010 Greatest of All-Time Tournament is the Los Angeles Lakers. And, as a Lakers fan, I suppose I'm happy with the result, but I do find it rather hard to believe that Michael Jordan would have let a 3-1 series lead slip out of his grasp. Do I think the Lakers could have (and should have) won? Absolutely. Do I think they would have in these circumstances? Highly doubtful. Oh well. It is what it is. We do the best we can with the simulators we have nowadays. And just for the record, I'm giving the Finals MVP to Magic Johnson for his performances in those last 3 must win games. Thanks to everyone who read these and gave me feedback. Hopefully it'll be even better next year.
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