1988-89 NBA Playoffs – NBA Championship
Chicago Bulls vs Utah Jazz
Second Quarter: Bulls Lead, 32-22
Kevin Bynum, now in the game, scores a layup for Utah. Escalera misses. Utah comes down, and the EHC scores. Maurer responds for Chicago. He has six. The EHC goes for a layup, and he’s blocked by Shank! Jack back in…Shipe scores. Josh scores off a Jack pass. 36-28, Bulls. Shipe misses, Josh with the board.
Bryant blocks Lopez, and Snodgrass hits. Mazza with a steal, and he gets a dunk. Lead down to four. Cruz misses from inside…Jack with a steal! Cruz scores off a Lopez pass! Shipe misses on the other end, and Whitman finds Josh for the bucket…40-32. Loepz with a steal, but Cruz misses. Snodgrass hits a three; he has nine, and it’s down to five. Cruz misses, but Shipe throws it out of bounds. Snodgrass with a steal and a layup…40-37. Whitman finds Lopez. Mazza misses, and Jack scores off a Whitman pass. 44-37, Bulls. Josh scores from inside, and the lead is back to nine. Mazza gets blocked by Josh…then he misses again. Cruz scores, but Snodgrass responds. Cruz tips in an Escalera miss, and Jack gets a steal, and Escalera a layup! 52-39! Cooper scores for Utah…and he scores again. Back to nine. Jack drills a three! Four minutes left, it’s 55-43…Bryant scores on the other end. Mazza gets a T for arguing. Escalera hits the free throw, and Jack with a dunk! Escalera scores! The lead is FIFTEEN!
Jack scores off a Bryant miss. It’s 62-45…the EHC finally stops the bleeding. 2:48 left, it’s 62-47, Chicago. Utah still reeling. Utah comes out in a press, and Bryant with a block. Snodgrass scores on the other end. He has 15. Jack follows a Whitman layup with a BIG dunk! He has 24! Cooper misses, and Jack with the board. He’s fouled by Bryant, who then draws a charge on Josh. The EHC scores; he has nine. Bryant with another block. The lead is down to thirteen.
Josh scores off a Jack pass. Bryant misses for Utah, Jack with the board, and he finds Cruz! The lead is back to seventeen at the half, at 68-51! That was a brilliant half for the Bulls, who have opened up a big lead on Utah! They have certainly flipped the script on the Jazz from previous Game 7s…
…however, if we know anything…
…Utah is not done.
Code:
Chicago 68, Utah 51 - 6/1/1989
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1 2 T Po Po Utah Leaders Chicago Leaders
UTA 22 29 51 Po Po Points: Sammie Snodgrass 15 Points: Jack Dawkins 24
CHI 32 36 68 Po Po Rebounds: Royal Bryant 7 Rebounds: Jack Dawkins 6
Assists: Harris Connors 5 Assists: Josh Whitman 6
Utah (58-24):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a 3pm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF +/- Pts
Royal Bryant C 19 3-6 0-0 0-0 2 7 0 0 3 3 1 -4 6
Harris Connors PF 20 4-10 0-0 1-2 1 5 5 0 0 0 1 -18 9
Brian Mazza SF 20 2-5 0-0 0-0 1 5 1 1 0 2 2 -11 4
Sammie Snodgrass SG 20 6-9 2-2 1-1 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 -11 15
Craig Cooper PG 19 5-8 1-3 0-0 0 1 4 1 0 1 0 -4 11
Dalton Stillman SF 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 -6 0
Stanford Shipe C 8 2-5 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 -12 4
Kevin Bynum SG 4 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -6 2
Manfredo Bacigalupo PG 5 0-3 0-3 0-0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -13 0
Totals Fgm-a 3pm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Pts
23-48 3-8 2-3 4 21 16 4 3 9 5 51
47.9% 37.5% 66.7%
Technical Fouls: Brian Mazza , Craig Cooper
Chicago (61-21):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a 3pm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF +/- Pts
Gayle Cruz C 17 4-10 0-0 0-0 1 3 1 0 0 0 2 8 8
Joshua Jones PF 19 5-9 0-0 0-0 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 4 10
Jack Dawkins SF 20 10-12 2-2 2-2 2 6 5 2 1 4 1 11 24
Gregory Escalera SG 20 2-6 0-1 2-2 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 16 6
Josh Whitman PG 19 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 3 6 0 0 1 0 4 0
Nicky Lopez SF 8 2-4 1-1 0-0 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 7 5
Sheldon Maurer PF 5 3-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 6
Edward Shank C 7 1-2 0-0 1-1 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 9 3
Felicien Delahaye PG 5 2-6 2-4 0-0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 13 6
Totals Fgm-a 3pm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Pts
29-54 5-8 5-5 7 25 18 3 4 6 4 68
Game Summary:
Game Stats UTA CHI
Halftime Score 51 68
FGM-FGA 23-48 29-54
FG% .479 .537
FTM-FTA 2-3 5-5
FT% .667 1.000
3PM-3PA 3-8 5-8
3P% .375 .625
Rebounds 21 25
Assists 16 18
Steals 4 3
Blocks 3 4
Turnovers 9 6
Team Fouls 5 4