Thursday, July 27, 2006

All-Time NBA Playoffs Quarterfinals

Game 7
Chicago- (1) '96 Bulls 103, (11) '91 Bulls 89 (Wins 4-3)
Boston- (5) '71 Bucks 119, (4) '86 Celtics 102 (Wins 4-3)

Highlights
Chicago- Scottie Pippen stepped up as Michael Jordan had a little off night for the '96 Bulls, but it didn't matter as the top-seeded Bulls defeated their '91 counterparts by a comfortable margin to advance to the semifinals and face the winner of the '86 Celtics/'71 Bucks series. No matter the scores in the games, the top two teams of the '90s dynasty proved to give the city of Chicago a series to remember as well as to the fans of the game overall.
Boston- In an extremely close series, it was a 15-point difference in the 3rd quarter by the Bucks over the Celtics thanks to a breakout period by Kareem that put the Bucks up for good as they hunkered down defensively and stopped any Celtic comeback. After a heartbreaking 3 OT lose in Game 5 in Boston, Milwaukee wasn't going to go down again in Boston Garden and eliminated the final Celtic team in the playoffs, thus the greatest franchise in the NBA won't be bringing home the all-time title.

Semifinal match-ups:
(1) 1996 Chicago Bulls vs. (5) 1971 Milwaukee Bucks
(2) 1972 Los Angeles Lakers vs. (3) 1967 Philadelphia 76ers

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