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JayMKE wrote:Remember that punk Montrezl Harrell's funny business with the ladder and Giannis, revenge is in order! Must win!

sidney lanier wrote:

Laddergate, and the ridiculous Skip Bayless slander about the Durant quote from The Daily Show, are similar in some ways. I don't know what motivates the haters, but they gonna hate on Giannis, even though it takes what must be world-class cynicism to pull it off.

Beat this team. They were the darlings of the preseason prediction brain trust, and some still see them as dominant contenders.

Let them boo Giannis like they booed Santa
As long as we come and implant a
Zoom Freak up their ass
So it soon comes to pass
That the talking heads have to recant-a.

Number 17, if it comes, will be one of the sweetest. Let it be 120-104.

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- The Philadelphia 76ers resorted to the tactics that were successful against the Milwaukee Bucks in last year's playoffs. They achieved the same results.

Allen Iverson scored 25 points, and Derrick Coleman added 19 as the 76ers rallied late to defeat the Bucks 86-81 Saturday in a rematch of last year's Eastern Conference finals.

"As the game transpired, it slowly moved into their kind of game," Bucks coach George Karl said. "By the fourth quarter, it was totally theirs. They're a great defensive team that holds and grabs, bumps and grinds. Our offense was stubborn and selfish. It
was a hell of a game. It had playoff mentality to it."

In the past, such negative comments from Karl about his team were directed at the so-called "Big Three" of Ray Allen, Glenn Robinson and Sam Cassell.

"I'm tired of talking about it. We've been talking about the same thing for 3½ years," Karl said. "We'll keep showing them film, we'll keep showing them opportunities. But if they were to continue to refuse to change, there's probably going to have to be a change.

"That means trading one of them or firing me. I think it's come to that, to be honest with you."

Iverson, listed as probable before the game with flu-like symptoms, played 47 minutes, but made just 9 of 30 shots.

paulpressey25 wrote:Nostalgia Time:

Sixers v. Bucks played a national TV game on Saturday, February 2, 2002. This was our revenge game for the ECF. All the celebs were there (including me). We had the Snapper Jones, Bill Walton, etc.

https://www.espn.co.uk/nba/recap/_/gameId/220202015

After the Bucks loss, George Karl said there needed to be changes made to the team, or else he'd quit.

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- The Philadelphia 76ers resorted to the tactics that were successful against the Milwaukee Bucks in last year's playoffs. They achieved the same results.

Allen Iverson scored 25 points, and Derrick Coleman added 19 as the 76ers rallied late to defeat the Bucks 86-81 Saturday in a rematch of last year's Eastern Conference finals.

"As the game transpired, it slowly moved into their kind of game," Bucks coach George Karl said. "By the fourth quarter, it was totally theirs. They're a great defensive team that holds and grabs, bumps and grinds. Our offense was stubborn and selfish. It
was a hell of a game. It had playoff mentality to it."

In the past, such negative comments from Karl about his team were directed at the so-called "Big Three" of Ray Allen, Glenn Robinson and Sam Cassell.

"I'm tired of talking about it. We've been talking about the same thing for 3½ years," Karl said. "We'll keep showing them film, we'll keep showing them opportunities. But if they were to continue to refuse to change, there's probably going to have to be a change.

"That means trading one of them or firing me. I think it's come to that, to be honest with you."

No Load Management back in those days:

Iverson, listed as probable before the game with flu-like symptoms, played 47 minutes, but made just 9 of 30 shots.

The trade deadline came three weeks later. The Bucks made no deals. Since the team didn't back up Karl with a trade, at that point they went into the super spiral and ended up missing the playoffs. Was an unbelievable collapse. This day was where it all started.