jonjeff Posted June 7, 2001 Share Posted June 7, 2001 Being a huge fan of the Milwaukee Bucks I was very dissapointed when they lost game seven to the Sixers on Sunday night. I had been waiting 27 years for another shot at the finals, make that 28 now. After watching the Sixers claw their way to an overtime victory over the Lakers tonight I can't help but praise the team that eliminated my Bucks. The Sixers are one of the most mentally tough teams that I have ever seen. There is no quit in them to speak of. Iverson, who was bottled up most of the second half, hit a clutch three to give the Sixers the lead for good in OT. Motombo playing with five fouls hangs in there to finish the game. Eric Snow, a former Bucks draft pick, continues to hit big shots down the stretch. Playing on three days rest following a grueling series with Milwaukee, the Sixers come from five down with two minutes remaining in OT to snap the Lakers 19 game winning streak. Amazing!! I don't know wether the Sixers can win this series or not, but I'll tell you one thing for sure, I won't bet against them. They have gained my respect, and I'm pulling for them to pull the upset. My Bucks may have just lost to the best team in the NBA. Good luck Sixers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stricknine Posted June 7, 2001 Share Posted June 7, 2001 While I am also a Bucks fan, and think Iverson is awesome, I am pretty sure that will be the only game the Sixers win in this series. But they do deserve major props for the gritty performance they put on tonight, especially The Answer. The guy flat out works his arse off. ------------------ Randy Redskin Fan for Life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedskinMoo Posted June 7, 2001 Share Posted June 7, 2001 you know, i might be the only one who thought that The sixers had a chance against the Lakers. Oh well. i should have made a bet or something =( only thing that bothers me is that Iverson was wearing a Iggles jersey at the post-game press-conferace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGDC Posted June 7, 2001 Share Posted June 7, 2001 sixers have heart period they're a better team then L.A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@DCGoldPants Posted June 8, 2001 Share Posted June 8, 2001 I put money on the Sixers just to win period. Last minute call got 14-1 odd's so with a 100 bucks it could turn out to be very pretty but very likely will just be 100 plus juice down the tubes ------------------ Late Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeB Posted June 8, 2001 Share Posted June 8, 2001 The Sixers have a legit chance. The Lakers are in a "must win" situation tonight. They lose, and the next three are in Philly--they'll be done. If the Lakers win tonight, the Sixers are still in a good spot, with the next three at home. No way the Lakers win the next four in a row--that is a pipe dream. This is gonna be a war, and we got all the heart... P.S. How do you go from being a Veteran, to a Future Starter? Is that supposed to be Feature Starter? (member status) ------------------ <IMG SRC="http://a4.g.akamaitech.net/7/4/623/001/nfl.com/images99/Redskins/ftp_was.gif" border=0> [ by MikeB on June 08, 2001.] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Om Posted June 8, 2001 Share Posted June 8, 2001 You left Future Starter in your rear-view, Mike. Used to be the Rookie icon went to a 100 posts ... but Bufford's relentless campaign on behalf of Husak worked, and Blade created the F.S. (for the record, I like it). The good news is that you are just 14 posts from a sweet promotion. Wear Darrell proud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavyDave Posted June 8, 2001 Share Posted June 8, 2001 I believe Philly wil win for one thing the blind refs won't call the same game i philly as the did the other night in LA where Shaq uses an elbow to hold down and eleate over mutombo. Kobe exposed as not being that great against the Answer defensively and not so good bringing the ball either so it looks like they will keep the ball out of his hands until he comes off screens and he'll probably D up against broken ankle Snow. I don't know why people think Philly is going to be content with just one win. They are going to be pushing to win this in 5 games ------------------ Yes I'm paid to think and I need a raise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldog Posted June 11, 2001 Share Posted June 11, 2001 Kobe Bryant is not any less of a player because he has trouble guarding a player like Iverson that is 6 inches shorter and 20 pounds lighter and thus much quicker. That's why the Lakers have Derek Fisher and Tyronn Lue in the backcourt. Larry Bird couldn't guard James Worthy either but that didn't mean he wasn't a great player. It took the Lakers a game and a half to figure out how to defend Iverson and how to get Bryant involved in the offense against a Sixers team that presented some matchup problems for them. But as you have seen in Games 2 and 3 the Lakers have played much better defense overall. Iverson's quickness forced Jackson to go deeper into his bench than he thought would be necessary in bringing in Lue, but that was the correct call to make. Lue is not Jackson's prototype big guard, but he is young, quick and together with Fisher allows the Lakers to use 10 fouls in trying to contain Iverson. I think the Lakers will win the series in 6 or 7 games. The difference I see so far in the series is that the Lakers have been able to adjust to what the Sixers were doing in the opening game that was hurting them most. The Sixers don't seem to have any answers for what the Lakers are doing well, ie the inside game with Shaq and the now energized Kobe Bryant. Let's face it. If both O'Neal and Bryant are playing at the top of their games and the Lakers get one other player to score in the teens such as Horry, Fisher or Fox, the Sixers are cooked. Bryant and Fisher were horrendous in Game 1 and Kobe finished with only 15 points. When he gets 25 they are 2-0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Trevor Posted June 11, 2001 Share Posted June 11, 2001 The Sixers are as tough a team as they come, however, what people(mainly the media) forget or neglect to realize is that the Lakers are one tough unit themselves. Players like Horry, Fischer, Shaw and so on, have just as much heart as the Philadephia players such as McKie, Snow, etc. I think that has showed itself to be true in the clutch shots made by each of the above mentioned Lakers, during this final series. Phily has fought hard and could have won all 3 games. The Lakers still have not put together an all around dominating performance like they can. I suspect they will to that in game 4 and then steamroll in game 5. Thus the celebration will be on the Sixers court. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavyDave Posted June 11, 2001 Share Posted June 11, 2001 I don't see how the benchwarmers on the Lakers can be compared to guys on philly playing with fractured feet,fingers or ankles. If those players were healthy the series would be very interesting indeed ------------------ Yes I'm paid to think and I need a raise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Trevor Posted June 11, 2001 Share Posted June 11, 2001 My belief is that the players I noted above would have played with the same injuries substained by the Sixers players. I was trying to say that they have the same type of characteristics as the Philly players. Also, I really hope that we don't start to hear all those, "If those players were healthy the series would be very interesting indeed" type quotes that NavyDave just mentioned. That "what if" nonsense drives me crazy. Especially at this point in this season when every team has been injuried and beat up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldog Posted June 12, 2001 Share Posted June 12, 2001 Yeah, let's eliminate these "what if" scenarios. As a Lakers' fan I can remember James Worthy breaking his leg in 1983 before the playoffs and the 4-0 sweep by the 76ers. I can remember Magic and Byron Scott going down in Game 1 of the Finals in 1989 vs. the Pistons and then seeing Detroit go 4-0 and sweep even though LA had gone through the playoffs undefeated to that point. So, every team has their hard luck stories and years when the "what if" scenarios could have landed them an additional title or two. But injuries are a part of the game. And to look at Philly for a moment. Perhaps the reason the Sixers have been exposed in Games 2 and 3 is that they don't have enough offensive firepower to consistently match the Lakers and that players such as Tyronne Hill have failed to step up as veterans late in the games while the Lakers vets such as Horry have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavyDave Posted June 12, 2001 Share Posted June 12, 2001 Yes injuries are apart of the game but we can't dismiss the fact that it is playing a huge role in the series. You can in essence compare the Lakers to the forty niners back in the eighties. They only had to beat a bunch of soft teams to make it to the title game while the sixer aka Smashmouth NFC East went up against bangers thru out the playoffs. The sixers will probably lose the series however they did eliminate the 2001 Lakers are the greatest of all time nonsense ------------------ Yes I'm paid to think and I need a raise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldog Posted June 12, 2001 Share Posted June 12, 2001 your rating of the Eastern Conference of the NBA is skewed. Look at where the best records in the NBA were this season and only Philly ranks up there from the East. Most of the other 50 win teams were in the Western Conference. Philly had a hard time with Toronto and Milwaukee not because those teams were championship caliber but because to be honest the Sixers are an overachieving team that was on a nice run. In another year they could easily have lost either series. That is not taking anything away from the Sixers effort which is top shelf and Larry Brown is an excellent coach, perhaps underrated in being able to keep this series this close with the talent gap between the two teams and the injuries as well. But there is no way you can tell me that Raja Bell and Eric Snow are players that over their careers are going to stay on the roll they are on now. When Andy MacCullough hits for 13 points as a stiff off the bench, you know you are living right. The Sixers have used heart, hard work and some unbelievable performances by players that were castoffs elsewhere to get to the brink of a championship this year. This team reminds me of the 1981 Houston Rockets that rode Moses Malone to the Finals against the Celtics. That team didn't win in the Finals and I don't think this Sixers team will either. That doesn't mean I don't have respect for Iverson and the job Mutombo has done on Shaq, who would probably have put up 40 points in each game with another Eastern Conference center guarding him. Lakers in six games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markrc99 Posted June 12, 2001 Share Posted June 12, 2001 i felt game 3 was one of the worst officiated games i'd seen in a while. the deal with shaq is still the same. should he convert his free-throws,he can count on being in foul trouble. i noticed he didn't take the transition game into his hands the way he's capable of. also noticed that he didn't come anywhere posting as low or as frequently as he's capable of.the lakers also backed down the thunder dunks and alley-oop dunks that they've already demonstrated in this series as a laker trademark! kobe spent like a full qtr and a half forcing some of the lamest shots when his team was ahead that i've ever witnessed in a championship gm. for whatever excuses are to be made for philly,anyone thinking LA was in high gear is sadly mistaken. mutombo and iverson both have promising futures in hollywood after their playing days. i haven't been watching all season but i see iverson as more of spoiled brat than anything resembling a league MVP! iverson can breakdown a defense with his quickness and i prefer philly's overall team speed,but it's LA holstering the big guns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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