They come out firing bricks and we jump to a 6-0 lead.
Henry on the break with a dunk after he stole it from Turner and they quickly run off 7 straight points. We are down 7-6.
Turner missing his early shots.
Noah with 2 offensive put backs to give them a 11-6 lead.
Mayo with a drive for a dunk and the foul on Noah. That is Noah's 2nd. 11-9 game.
Kelley with a 10 footer baseline jumper to tie us at 11 with 6 minutes to go in the 1st.
5:20 - Thabeet and Kelley are tired. Jordan and Page into the game. We lead 14-11.
3:20 - George, Henry, Mayo, and Turner are all making shots now. We are tied at 19 as George and Henry take a break.
2:30 - All of my starters resting except Kelley who returns to the game at SF. We are tied at 21..
They build a 27-21 lead before Kelley hits a pair of jumpers to close the half.
At the end of 1, we are down 27-25. Mayo with 12 points.
10:15 - Schultz with a nice drive for a foul. We lead 30-29 after he makes both FT's.
Noah blocks a Mayo dunk attempt and gets them a fast break going the other way. Down 31-30.
Turner with a steal for a breakaway dunk and then a 3. Nice.
Schultz with a steal for a breakaway dunk. We lead 38-30 with 6 minutes to go in the half.
Warren ends our run with a 3.
4:43 - Schultz with a drive to get a 3rd foul on Noah.
Going into halftime, they get a 12-4 run to take a 47-46 lead.
Mayo leads us with 18 points. Kelley and Turner with 10 each. Thabeet with 3 blocks at the half.
Hayward leads them with 12 points. We've held Henry to 2 of 8 shooting.
Mayo opens up the half with his first 3 in a long span. Henry responds with a 3.
Tied at 51 as they call time with 9 minutes to go in the 3rd. Defense is much better in this game.
6:00 to go in the 3rd. All of my starters are tired. Everyone resting but Mayo. We are tied at 57.
Jordan gets a 4th foul on Noah. A minute later, he gets a block that starts a breakaway dunk when Gregory feeds him for the easy basket.
Henry and Hayward starting to heat up from outside.
Mayo with a buzzer beating long 3 to end the quarter. That gives us a 70-69 lead. Mayo with 30 points.
George and Henry with a pair of 3's to give them a 81-80 lead with 7:42 to go.
Mayo with a huge dunk and the foul. The Philly crowd is going wild.
Both defenses clamping down and then Schultz with a steal, breakaway dunk, and the foul! We lead 86-83. 5:21 left.
Henry with a 3 and then Turner with a basket and the foul.
Henry misses a 3 that leads to a fastbreak dunk and the foul by Mayo.
2:45 - 92-88 lead and then Turner hits a nice 14 footer off a screen.
Hayward with a long 2 as his foot was on the line.
Both teams missing shots/playing great defense.
We are up 94-90 with 16 seconds left as Mayo misses another shot.
Henry misses a quick 3 and Turner is fouled. He makes 1 of 2.
They miss a quick 3. Turner gets the rebound and is fouled. He makes them both. That should seal it!
We win 97-90!
Mayo is the player of the game with 39 points, 10 boards, 2 assists, 3 steals, and 1 block. He shot 14 of 28, 2 of 6, and 9 of 11.
Turner with 19 points, 10 boards, 4 assists, and 4 steals.
Kelley with 13 points and 5 boards.
Schultz with 11 points, 12 assists, and 5 boards. He shot 3 of 9.
Thabeet with 6 points, 10 boards, and 5 blocks!
Hayward led them with 22 points. George, Henry, Warren each with 18.
Mayo is the MVP of the Finals. He averaged 29.3 ppg, 8.5 rpg, 1.7 apg, 1.3 spg, and 1.3 bpg. He shot 52% overall and 37% form the arc.
The following players are retiring:
Gerald Wallace, Bucks, age 36.
Kevin Martin, Cavs, 36.
Kendrick Perkins, Kings, 34.
Carlos Boozer, Raptors, 37.
Lionel Hollins is retiring from the Pistons.