Here Yi, Here Yi...The 2007-08 Milwaukee Bucks

[_amon _ones]

Iguodala scores 18 as 76ers destroy Bucks by 43 points

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Watching on Philadelphia's bench with a rare fourth quarter off, Samuel Dalembert felt like an investor following his hot stock tip skyrocket on the scrolling ticker.


Philly piled up the points -- +30, +39, +41, +47.

Milwaukee totally crashed.

"You want to see how far you can hold them down," Dalembert said. "We gave them no life at all."

Andre Iguodala scored 18 points and Andre Miller had 14 to lead Philadelphia to a 112-69 victory over the Bucks on Wednesday night, the 76ers' largest win in more than 25 years.

"This is one we need to forget about," said Bucks coach Larry Krystkowiak.

The Sixers, who won for only the fourth time in the last 15 games, hit a pair of milestones in the rout: This was their largest blowout victory since defeating Atlanta 132-85 on Dec. 8, 1982, and the Sixers recorded their widest margin of victory in 12 seasons at the Wachovia Center.

The Sixers had 32-point wins over Charlotte in 2005 and Seattle in 2001.

"Oh really?" said Iguodala, his eyes widened. "It shows we just kept playing."

Thaddeus Young scored 14 points for the Sixers, who ended the month with a 4-4 mark. Not great, but enough for rebuilding Philadelphia to find itself on the brink of a playoff spot. Coach Maurice Cheeks has tried to squash blossoming talk of a postseason push and instead worry only about winning a nice slate of home games leading into the All-Star break.

Counting the win against the Bucks, the Sixers play seven of eight at home before the break.

Cheeks said before the game his goal for the semi-homestand was to win all seven. Well, they're off to a nice start after punishing the Bucks for all 48 minutes.

"That was a great game for us from start to finish," Cheeks said.

Royal Ivey scored 17 for the Bucks, who were without leading scorer Michael Redd for the third straight game because of a left knee strain. Mo Williams had 14.

The Bucks haven't won on the road since winning at Philadelphia on Jan. 8. They are only 5-22 on the road, including an 87-80 loss at New Jersey on Tuesday. They also matched their lowest point total of the season.

"There wasn't much fuel in the tank," Krystkowiak said. "There wasn't much they could call upon. I know they're tired, but we need to get our energy up, rest up and get our feet back under us."

The Sixers trailed only for the first few possessions before blowing open the game. Perhaps because they were tired, short-handed or both, the Bucks were sloppy and looked disinterested. They committed 10 turnovers in the first half, including seven in the second quarter.

That helped Philadelphia open the quarter on a 22-6 run, with Iguodala trying to excite the crowd with both a 3-pointer and a flashy fast-break dunk. The Sixers, who have struggled to score all season, had a rare well-rounded effort with Iguodala, Miller and Willie Green all in double figures at the break.

"You can't have any sympathy for them," Iguodala said.

Cheeks tried to shake up the lineup by bumping Reggie Evans from the starting five in favor of rookie Jason Smith. Evans shook off the demotion before the game, saying, "Winning is like Advil. It heals everything."

Evans then went out and gave the Bucks a migraine. His 13 points matched a season high for the power forward, though he could have topped the total had he not shot 3-for-13 from the free throw line.

"It wasn't anything that he didn't do, it wasn't anything that someone else did, it was that I liked his energy off the bench," Cheeks said. "He showed why tonight."

The Sixers led 77-47 at the end of three. The Bucks were a miserable 27-for-71 from the field, misfired on four of 14 3-point attempts and showed little hustle.

After Rodney Carney dunked in the fourth to put Philadelphia ahead 87-49, the Bucks slowly walked toward the bench for a timeout with their heads down and their spirits even lower.

"We get paid to play and I'm embarrassed," Ivey said.

With starters like Dalembert (12 points) and Miller out the entire fourth quarter, reserves such as Carney and Young played extended minutes and pushed the score up to 99-52. Young and Carney went a combined 8-for-10 from the floor and each scored 10 points in the fourth.

Game notes
Smith made his first career start. He sprained his left ankle in the fourth and left the game. ... Philly's highest season point total is 114, also against the Bucks. ... The Sixers are 7-6 when scoring more than 100 points.

Source

 

[Rimage]

haha, the bucks got spanked badly by the sixers!!!! 50 points or something like that....hahahhaha, crap

Bucks fans refuse to represent...looks like RCF has lost its Bucks fanbase...how is this forum surviving!?

 

[ncf135]

Which one of you kids made post at RealGM asking for me and TJ to "Report to RCF"??? That was funny

 

[PIP]

Looks like the Bucks came up a tad short again last night...

 

[ncf135]

Looks like the Bucks came up a tad short again last night...

Details my friend, details. One day everything will change :gap:

 

[chiefwahoo]

Details my friend, details. One day everything will change :gap:

TJ's been saying this for years now...

 

[KingJamesMVP]

Looks like the Bucks came up a tad short again last night...

Nailbiter :chuckles:

WOW the Bucks are SO bad..But it's not like anyone outside of Bucks fans expected anything different..

 

[highplainsdrifter]

ncf135 seems like a reasonable Bucks Fan, for you sir...

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And I see KingJamesMVP is still mackin the mini corn dogs! :headbang:

Now go tell TJ to Report to RCF and give us his reasons why the Bucks are struggling. You cant just dish it out when your team is doing well then hide when they suck.

Get on it!!!

It's not too late to convert to the Cleveland Cavaliers, as LeBron is rising to MVP status!

 

[_amon _ones]

Michael Redd
It is never good when your team is bad. It is never good when you get hurt. It is worst of all, for your All-Star chances, when your team plays better when you're injured.

Wow...how bad are the Bucks when they lose by 43 points to the 76ers, of all teams, and Abbott still thinks the team is better off without Redd...:chuckles:

TrueHoop

 

[midgetstilts]

how slow exactly is this "slow boat to the finals". Has anyone checked the North Atlantic for floating violins and a lifeboat full of a hairless malcontent, twinkie-soft asians, and 6 to 8 swingmen just waiting out their retirements?

 

[Rick Astley]

New York 99 - Milwaukee 98

 

[chiefwahoo]

Ha, they actually lost? I saw they were up by like 15 late in the 3rd and just assumed that NY didn't care. LOL.

 

[Splitz]

"I love American bitches"

 

[ncf135]

ncf135 seems like a reasonable Bucks Fan, for you sir...

Interesting. Thanks

TJ doesn't post anywhere this days. And I stoped posting last week as well. Depressing season indeed. My song for this season:

Come gather 'round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown
And accept it that soon
You'll be drenched to the bone.
If your time to you
Is worth savin'
Then you better start swimmin'
Or you'll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin'.

Come writers and critics
Who prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide
The chance won't come again
And don't speak too soon
For the wheel's still in spin
And there's no tellin' who
That it's namin'.
For the loser now
Will be later to win
For the times they are a-changin'.

Come senators, congressmen
Please heed the call
Don't stand in the doorway
Don't block up the hall
For he that gets hurt
Will be he who has stalled
There's a battle outside
And it is ragin'.
It'll soon shake your windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'.

Come mothers and fathers
Throughout the land
And don't criticize
What you can't understand
Your sons and your daughters
Are beyond your command
Your old road is
Rapidly agin'.
Please get out of the new one
If you can't lend your hand
For the times they are a-changin'.

The line it is drawn
The curse it is cast
The slow one now
Will later be fast
As the present now
Will later be past
The order is
Rapidly fadin'.
And the first one now
Will later be last
For the times they are a-changin'

 

[chiefwahoo]

Interesting. Thanks

TJ doesn't post anywhere this days.

There's a shocker...

For the times they are a-changin'.

Yes, times are changing... it's almost time for baseball season. And you know that that means! That's right, bold predictions by TJ when the Brewers start out hot. Also to be followed by a long lull between August-November when the Brew Crew inevitably fizzles out AGAIN and another hopeless Bucks season is upon us. Instead of a calendar I'm just going to start using TJ's posts (or lack thereof) to tell what time of year it is.