As for the NY Rens winning the ABA - I think I can safely say 'told you so' now :)
On to the game:
Firstly a big injury in the form of Bob McAdoo - is that a real bad omen for NY? Just one game, but how many does it take to swing a championship series?
First quarter 40 - 38 for the visitors as both teams decided defence was surplus to requirements. McAdoo leading the way for New York and the Admiral for LA.
Second quarter 36-26 for the visitors and LA is right back on track as Cousy starts to put his imprint on the game.
Third quarter 32-38 and signs of life for the home town ABA heroes as they start to put together a streak to end the third and narrow the gap to 6. Groza suddenly appears and Chuck continues to hold his own against the LA big boys.
Fourth quarter is where the game happens a fast start by the Rens to regain the lead for the first time since the end of the first quarter and the MSG-free home crowd is rocking... but the Lakers aren't going to let this one just slip away so there's plenty of back and forth lead changes and a defensive tone to the game late. McAdoo turns it back on and starts shredding the Laker defense again late in the game but with one minute left hobbles off the floor after awkwardly colliding with Duncan under the hoop.
One last chance for a comeback for LA as they tie it up on Duncan's short banker before a Cousy foul puts Steve Francis on the line. One for two but the second free throw is rebounded by Groza who tips it in to give New York a 3 point lead with 4 seconds left...
Time-out by Coach Russell and the final play is drawn up for a Cousy triple. A botched inbound sees the ball end up in Iggy's hands instead and the long shot falls way short and the home-crowd erupts.
Two questions; can LA fight back now that NY has solidified their win in game one and how does Bob McAdoo change the dynamic in New York which has to be the most important game of the series so far...
Injuries
New York Rens:
Bob McAdoo
NAME / TEAM DATE OPPONENT RATING VOTES
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1.
David Robinson -- LAL
FinalsG3 NYR 28.9 5
2. Bob
McAdoo -- NYR
FinalsG3 LAL 28.7 5
3. Bob
Cousy -- LAL
FinalsG3 NYR 26.5 4
4.
Charles Barkley -- NYR
FinalsG3 LAL 24.7 4
5.
Chris Webber -- LAL
FinalsG3 NYR 24.2 3
6. Tim
Duncan -- LAL
FinalsG3 NYR 23.0 3
7. Alex
Groza -- NYR FinalsG3 LAL 22.7 2
8. Al
Horford -- LAL
FinalsG3 NYR 20.2 2
9.
Grant Hill -- NYR
FinalsG3 LAL 18.1 1
10. Scott Fisher -- NYR FinalsG3 LAL 16.3 1
NAME / TEAM DATE OPPONENT RATING VOTES
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1. Bob
McAdoo -- NYR
FinalsG3 LAL 28.6 5
2. Bob
Cousy -- LAL
FinalsG3 NYR 25.7 5
3.
David Robinson -- LAL
FinalsG3 NYR 24.6 4
4. Tim
Duncan -- LAL
FinalsG3 NYR 20.2 4
5.
Chris Webber -- LAL
FinalsG3 NYR 18.2 3
6. Alex
Groza -- NYR FinalsG3 LAL 16.7 3
7. Al
Horford -- LAL
FinalsG3 NYR 16.1 2
8.
Charles Barkley -- NYR
FinalsG3 LAL 15.5 2
9.
Grant Hill -- NYR
FinalsG3 LAL 15.1 1
10. Scott Fisher -- NYR FinalsG3 LAL 14.3 1
NAME / TEAM DATE OPPONENT RATING VOTES
------------------------------
1.
Charles Barkley -- NYR
FinalsG3 LAL 9.2 5
2.
Chris Webber -- LAL
FinalsG3 NYR 6.0 5
3. Alex
Groza -- NYR FinalsG3 LAL 6.0 4
4.
David Robinson -- LAL
FinalsG3 NYR 4.2 4
5. Al
Horford -- LAL
FinalsG3 NYR 4.1 3
6.
Gilbert Arenas -- NYR
FinalsG3 LAL 3.4 3
7.
Steve Francis -- NYR
FinalsG3 LAL 3.0 2
8.
Grant Hill -- NYR
FinalsG3 LAL 3.0 2
9. Tim
Duncan -- LAL
FinalsG3 NYR 2.8 1
10. Scott Fisher -- NYR FinalsG3 LAL 1.9 1
( 1- 2) LA Lakers 40
36 32 17
- 125 (Bob Cousy 26)
( 2- 1) New York Rens 38
26 38 26
- 128 (Bob McAdoo 24)
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LA Lakers FG FT
3P REB
MIN M-A
M-A M-A O-T
A PF BLK
TO STL PTS
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Andre Iguodala 29
5-16 1- 2 1- 5
2- 2 6 4
0 6 0 12
Chris Webber 32
6- 8 0- 0 0- 0
5-11 6 5
0 2 4 12
Andris Biedrins 6
0- 0 0- 0 0- 0
2- 2 0 3
1 0 0 0
Bob Cousy 41
11-14 3- 6 1- 1
4- 5 5 3
0 5 1 26
Tim Duncan 32
6-15 13-16 0- 0
3-11 3 4
1 2 0 25
David Robinson 41
9-16 8-14 0- 0
3- 9 3 1
1 0 1 26
Al Horford 30
7-13 0- 0 0- 0
6- 8 4 2
0 2 3 14
Tom Gola 16
3- 7 2- 3 0- 3
0- 2 5 1
0 1 0 8
Fat Lever 10
1- 5 0- 0 0- 0
0- 2 2 1
0 1 0 2
Jake Pelkington 1
0- 0 0- 0 0- 0
0- 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
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Totals 240 48- 94 27-41
2- 9 25-52 34
24 3 19
9 125
51.1% 65.9%
22.2%
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Coached by: Adam Russell
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New York Rens FG FT
3P REB
MIN M-A
M-A M-A O-T
A PF BLK
TO STL PTS
------------------------------
Bob McAdoo 37
7- 9 10-10 0- 0
3- 8 4 6
0 1 0 24
Alex Groza 36
9-12 6- 6 0- 0
0- 6 2 4
1 6 3 24
Davey Banks 2
0- 0 0- 0 0- 0
0- 0 1 0
0 2 0 0
Kenny Anderson 4
1- 2 0- 0 0- 0
0- 1 1 0
0 0 1 2
Donyell Marshall 2 1- 1
0- 0 0- 0 0- 1
0 1 1
0 0 2
Grant Hill 30
7-13 0- 0 0- 0
1- 4 7 6
1 1 2 14
Anthony Davis 3
0- 0 0- 0 0- 0
1- 1 0 1
1 0 0 0
Gilbert Arenas 40
5-14 5- 6 2- 6 0- 1
9 3 0
5 3 17
Charles Barkley 39
10-17 0- 0 1- 6
2- 7 0 4
2 2 5 21
Steve Francis 24
0- 3 6- 6 0- 1
0- 0 7 3
0 0 3 6
Scott Fisher 23
7-10 2- 2 2- 4
0- 6 0 1
0 2
0 18
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Totals 240 47- 81 29-30
5-17 7-35 31
29 6 19
17 128
58.0% 96.7%
29.4%
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Coached by: Stan Syckes
Lead Changes: 10
Ties: 8 (125-125)
Go-Ahead Shot: Steve Francis
(126-125)
Largest Leads: LA Lakers -- 15 (97-82)
New York Rens -- 3
(26-23)
Injuries: LA Lakers New York Rens
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FinalsG3
Positions Quarters Pts Scrd 0.98
LA Lakers PG
SG SF PF C 1
2 3 4
OT OFF DEF
TOT
------------------------------
Andre Iguodala 0
29 0 0
0 10 8
10 2 0
79 84 0.94
Chris Webber 0
0 18 14 0 6
11 6 8
0 83 89
0.93
Andris Biedrins 0
0 0 0 6 0
3 0 3
0 14 15
0.93
Bob Cousy 41
0 0 0 0 12
9 12 9
0 109 106
1.03
Tim Duncan 0
0 0 32 0 11
0 12 9
0 77 84
0.92
David Robinson 0
0 0 0 41 12
9 12 9
0 111 109
1.02
Al Horford 0
0 30 1 0 7
11 6 7
0 82 79
1.04
Tom Gola 0
15 1 0 0 2
5 2 7
0 41 42
0.98
Fat Lever 7
4 0 0 0 0
4 0 7
0 25 28
0.89
Jake Pelkington 0
0 0 1 0 0
1 0 0
0 4 4
1.00
Positions
New York Rens PG
SG SF PF C 1
2 3 4
OT OFF DEF
TOT
------------------------------
Bob McAdoo 0
0 0
0 37 12
8 6 11
0 92 91
1.01
Alex Groza 0
0 0 28 8 11
6 10 9
0 98 92
1.07
Davey Banks 0
2 0 0 0 0
2 0 0
0 2 10
0.20
Kenny Anderson 4
0 0 0 0 0
3 0
1 0 12
12 1.00
Donyell Marshall 0
0 2 0 0 0
2 0 1
0 10 6
1.67
Grant Hill 0
26 4 0 0 11
8 7 5
0 81 78
1.04
Anthony Davis 0
0 0 0 2 0
0 2 1
0 8 11
0.73
Gilbert Arenas 39
0 0 0 0 12
6 12 9
0 110 101
1.09
Charles Barkley 0
0 26 12 0 12
6 12 8
0 103 101
1.02
Steve Francis 5 19
0 0 0
1 7 5
10 0 57
61 0.93
Scott Fisher 0
0 15 8 0 1
11 6 5
0 67 62
1.08
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