Was the Bucks-Sixers 2001 ECF series also rigged?

[KNICKS1970]

This (and many other playoff series') was as rigged as the Lottery, and if you don't think the NBA Lottery is rigged, you must think Tim Donaghy is an innocent man.

If the lottery is rigged then why didn't the Knicks win the lottery this year?! Why don't the Knicks win every year? Wait, why are the Knicks even in the lottery in the first place? The NBA is rigged!

Forget Tim Donaghy! I think there should be an investigation why the Knicks can't win anything.

[TJ_Ford_11]

The Knicks are too bad of a team to rig anything for. I think the NBA gave up on them after Isiah kept ruining the team with terrible GM moves.

[M.Balla]

A title with Georgy Porgy as a coach? You don't need to fix games...

[thamadkant]

Stern probably is waiting for the Knicks to get a decent management back, before handing them benefits... so it doesnt look too obvious.

I mean An Isaiah ran and coached team dominating, especially with that lineup he created... well its too obvious..

maybe next year... or maybe when the "next" LeBron or MJ or Kobe is projected.. Knicks will suddenly win No.1 or Philly... wouldnt be surprised.

[rayofsunshine]

anyone have that scott williams foul? Who were the refs for this game?

[DEEP3CL]

Yeah that series was strange, I thought the Bucks was the better team that year too.

But all of us KNOW they wanted a Kobe vs AI match up and parlaying the whole Kobe being from Philly thing into it.

If you ask me I think that all of us who saw through the league are now saying, "Thought so".

Until Stern lets us see his officials being punished for screwing up on the job people will always have thoughts of conspiracy.

[Optimism Prime]

anyone have that scott williams foul? Who were the refs for this game?

http://www.nba.com/games/20010522/MILPH ... rticleList

Joe Crawford , Terry Durham , Joe Forte

Also, about that Jim Rome clip--I am officially freaked the hell out, because that could easily apply to just about any season.

"I'm not saying the fix is on"... that was six years before the Donaghy scandal.

Man, the more this goes on, the more it feels like when I found out Santa Claus wasn't real.

[SunTzuMachiavelli]

The Knicks are too bad of a team to rig anything for. I think the NBA gave up on them after Isiah kept ruining the team with terrible GM moves.

or maybe it has something to do with stephon marbury(their star player) starting his own clothing line and taking money away from one of the nba's major investors. (not saying I believe it, but it does make sense).

[@ndrew]

This is Milw. city to blame - why can't you build a big market in that area?? You had like 60 years to do this!!!
And it applies to SLC, Memphis and other "not big enogh cities" that using this "we are not big market" argument!
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[Reks]

Allen said members of his family had told him that they were sitting across from NBA commissioner David Stern on Sunday and noticed him stand up to watch a replay after it appeared Allen got away with committing a foul against Iverson that wasn't called.

"He jumped up real mad like he was cheering for Philly," Allen said.

Bucks coach George Karl said conspiracy theories were "summer talk," although he claimed three other NBA coaches had called him after Game 5 to raise that very issue.

"Sam Cassell said that Kevin Garnett and Rod Strickland had called him, so it's out there," Karl said.

So Stern can't be a fan of basketball because he's the commish? If he gets excited it's a conspiracy...Get real.

[Walt Cronkite]

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Aaron McKie managed 23 points in a game??

FIX!!

[Kevlo_911]

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Aaron McKie managed 23 points in a game??

FIX!!

He was the 6th man of the yearrrrrrrrrrrr

[rayofsunshine]

when a reporter asked dstern about his personal feelings on darfur and the players speaking out. He said he wasn't there as a "person" he was there as the commish. Same should apply at the games.

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So Stern can't be a fan of basketball because he's the commish? If he gets excited it's a conspiracy...Get real.

[Walt Cronkite]

Just pointing out something that should be just as important as the foul discrepancy (3 more for Milwaukee=2 more fouls for Sixers, of which they converted 69.6% to Bucks 81).

Sam Cassell fouling out and the Scott Williams flagrant situation are worth looking into. Losing a player that gets 20+ MPG in the playoffs is significant, which is why I think the Suns fans have a pretty legitimate beef with officiating prior to the Donaghy revelations.

[Walt Cronkite]

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He was the 6th man of the yearrrrrrrrrrrr

Looked up his stats for that season too... in 31.5 mpg he averaged 11.6 ppg. He's up 11.4 points in this game, fix???

[Don Draper]

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So Stern can't be a fan of basketball because he's the commish? If he gets excited it's a conspiracy...Get real.

You obviously didn't watch the series

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yD7FK5sH-ao&feature=related

[Walt Cronkite]

OMG STERN SHOOK HANDS WITH MUTOMBO AFTER HIS 17 POINT 15 REBOUND GAME!?!?!?!?!

[Wilford Brimley]

OMG STERN SHOOK HANDS WITH MUTOMBO AFTER HIS 17 POINT 15 REBOUND GAME!?!?!?!?!

I think its silly too, but Stern has to be smarter than that. Would you ever see the NFL Commish do that?

[rayofsunshine]

They are not fooling me. I saw him slip mutombo his hotel room key. I know what's going on there.

[Optimism Prime]

They are not fooling me. I saw him slip mutombo his hotel room key. I know what's going on there.

At least now we know who wants to sex Mutombo.