LOSERS MATCH...Where the losers get another chance in the tournament...
Kevin Garnett
NBA Champion (2008)
NBA Most Valuable Player (2004)
NBA Defensive Player of the Year (2008)
12× NBA All-Star (1997-1998, 2000–2009)
4x All-NBA First Team (2000, 2003–2004, 2008)
3x All-NBA Second Team (2001–2002, 2005)
2x All-NBA Third Team (1999, 2007)
8x All-Defensive First Team (2000–2005, 2008–2009)
2x All-Defensive Second Team (2006–2007)
NBA All-Rookie Second Team (1996)
NBA All-Star Game MVP (2003)
J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award (2006)
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Clyde Drexler
1× NBA Champion (1995)
10× NBA All-Star (1986, 1988-1993, 1994, 1996, 1997)
1× All-NBA First Team Selection (1992)
2× All-NBA Second Team Selection (1988, 1991)
2× All-NBA Third Team Selection (1990, 1995)
NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team
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Carmello Anthony
NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player (2003)
2003-04 NBA All-Rookie Team
2006 FIBA World Championship All-Tournament Team
2006 USA Basketball Men's Athlete of the Year
3 x All-NBA Third Team (2006, 2007, 2009)
2 x NBA All-Star (2007, 2008)
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Larry Bird
3× NBA Champion (1981, 1984, 1986)
3× NBA MVP (1984-1986)
12× All-Star (1980-1988, 1990-1992)
2× NBA Finals MVP (1984, 1986)
9× All-NBA First Team Selection (1980-1988)
1× All-NBA Second Team Selection (1990)
3× NBA All-Defensive Second Team Selection (1982-1984)
1980 NBA Rookie of the Year
1980 NBA All-Rookie Team
1× NBA All-Star Game MVP (1982)
3× NBA Three-Point Shootout Winner (1986-1988)
NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team
1979 USBWA College Player of the Year
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John Stockton
10× NBA All-Star (1989–1997, 2000)
NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team
2× All-NBA First Team Selection
6× All-NBA Second Team Selection
3× All-NBA Third Team Selection
5× NBA All-Defensive Second Team Selection
2× Bausch and Lomb Court Vision Award Winner
2× Allstate Good Hands Award Winner
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Steve Nash
2× NBA Most Valuable Player
(2005–2006)
6× NBA All-Star
(2002–2003, 2005–2008)
3× All-NBA First Team
(2005–2007)
All-NBA Second Team
(2008)
2× All-NBA Third Team
(2002–2003)
J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award
(2007)
Lou Marsh Trophy Winner
(2005)
2× Lionel Conacher Award
(2005–2006)
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Karl Malone
2× NBA MVP (1997, 1999)
13× NBA All-Star (1988-1998, 2000-2001)
11× All-NBA First Team Selection (1989-1999)
2× All-NBA Second Team Selection (1988, 2000)
1× All-NBA Third Team Selection (2001)
3× NBA All-Defensive First Team Selection (1997-1999)
1× NBA All-Defensive Second Team Selection (1988)
1986 NBA All-Rookie Team
2× NBA All-Star MVP (1989, 1993)
NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team
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Tim Duncan
USBWA College Player of the Year (1997)
Naismith College Player of the Year (1997)
John Wooden Award (1997)
ACC Player of the Year (1996, 1997)
NBA Rookie of the Year (1998)
NBA Most Valuable Player Award (2002, 2003)
NBA Finals MVP (1999, 2003, 2005)
NBA All-Star Game co-MVP (with Shaquille O'Neal) (2000)
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Elgin Baylor
11× NBA All-Star (1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970)
1959 NBA Rookie of the Year
1959 NBA All-Star Game MVP
NBA 35th Anniversary Team
NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Court of Honor Plaque, 2009
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James Worthy
3× NBA Champion (1985, 1987, 1988)
7× All-Star (1986-1992)
1× NBA Finals MVP (1988)
2× All-NBA Third Team Selection (1990–1991)
1983 NBA All-Rookie Team
NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team
1× NCAA Men's Basketball Champion (1982)
1× NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player (1982)
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Charles Barkley
1× NBA MVP (1993)
11× NBA All-Star (1987–1997)
5× All-NBA First Team Selection (1988–1991, 1993)
5× All-NBA Second Team Selection (1986–1987, 1992, 1994–1995)
1× All-NBA Third Team (1996)
1985 NBA All-Rookie Team
1× NBA All-Star Game MVP (1991)
NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team
1984 SEC Player of the Year
1980s SEC Player of the Decade
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Robert Parish
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (2003)
4× NBA champion
1× All-NBA Second Team
1× All-NBA Third Team
9× NBA All-Star
NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team (1996)
Boston Celtics #00 retired
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Elvin Hayes
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Player Inductee (1990)
NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team (1996)
3× All-NBA First Team Selection
2× All-NBA Second Team Selection
1968 NBA All-Rookie Team
Jersey (#44) retired by the University of Houston
Jersey (#11) retired by the Washington Wizards
12× NBA All-Star
1× NBA Champion
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Willis Reed
2× NBA Champion (1970, 1973)
7× NBA All-Star (1965–1971)
1965 NBA Rookie of the Year
1970 NBA MVP
1970 NBA All-Star Game MVP
2× NBA Finals MVP (1970, 1973)
NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team
New York Knicks #19 retired
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (1982)
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Kobe Bryant
4× NBA Champion
(2000, 2001, 2002, 2009)
NBA Finals MVP
(2009)
NBA Most Valuable Player
(2008)
11× NBA All-Star
(1998, 2000–2009)
2× NBA Scoring Champion
(2006–2007)
7× All-NBA First Team
(2002–2004, 2006–2009)
2× All-NBA Second Team
(2000–2001)
2× All-NBA Third Team
(1999, 2005)
7× All-Defensive First Team
(2000, 2003–2004, 2006–2009)
2× All-Defensive Second Team
(2001–2002)
NBA All-Rookie Second Team
(1997)
3× NBA All-Star Game MVP
(2002, 2007, 2009)
NBA Slam Dunk Champion
(1997)
Naismith Prep Player of the Year
(1996)