bucks 2001 playoffs

The Kings in 2002, the Mavericks in 2006, and the Suns in 2007 all had similarly strong cases in their struggles against teams with more marketable stars. The prior November, Al Gore had won the popular vote and most likely the electoral college, but the Supreme Court intervened to hand the election to George W. Bush on an It was hard to realize at the time how consequential that decision would become. After advancing to the Eastern Conference Finals last year, the Bucks got off to a solid start winning nine of their first ten games, then posted an 8-game winning streak with a division-leading record of 26–13 as of January 21. THE 2001 EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS In retrospect, the 2001 Bucks appear to be an odd blip on the radar screen. There's time for that, but it's far from abundant.Choose at least two teams from the menus below to start your trade.Select the players you wish to trade from the rosters below.Confirm that your trade proposal is valid according to the NBA collective bargaining agreement.

All rights reserved.If Arturas Karnisovas nails the head coach hire, and holds mostly firm roster-wise, Chicago could hit the 2021 offseason with enough space for a max free agent.There's a fine line between persistence and stubbornness. On this day in history, June 3rd of 2001, Allen Iverson (44pts) and the 76ers eliminated Ray Allen and the Bucks in GM7 of one of the most controversial playoff series of all-time. It was a total team effort on the part of the Bucks, who were led by Scott Williams’ double-double performance (19 points, 16 rebounds), and had six players finish in double figures on the night.But what was quickly becoming apparent, if it wasn’t already the focal point of slowing down the Magic, was the Bucks’ effort to limit McGrady from scoring at will as he had done all season long to that point.

Even more incredibly, the refs weren’t done tipping the scales.

Scoring leader Ray Allen was selected for the 2002 NBA All-Star Game. The Bucks never had a chance in that game, and the Sixers went on to get blown out by the Lakers in five games.The Bucks weren’t the only team to suffer such interference during the David Stern era. Unashamedly, the league went back and reviewed the first half tape, and decided that the refs had somehow not whistled the Bucks tightly enough.

I just hope I’m not that insecure.”“It bothers me that Doc, with all of his style and spin, got a job coming right out of the TV booth,” Karl says.”Perhaps Rivers’ gamesmanship and efforts to rattle the Bucks’ psyche was an attempt to overshadow the fact that Milwaukee had swept the Magic in all four regular season clashes between two clubs and all were won by a total margin of 45 points.Sure enough, the Bucks’ dominance over the Magic from their regular season meetings carried over into the start of the series as it was Milwaukee who took Game 1 with a 103-90 victory.

This site is operated jointly by NBA and WarnerMedia. The only thing that stopped this league-encouraged series-fixing was when Tim Donaghy wasn’t trying to change the outcomes – he was just shaving point spreads for cash.

Privacy Act, please use the links below to visit each company’s privacy center. Real conspiracy is in Bucks hands If there is a conspiracy in effect in this series it's the Bucks throwing games. Replays show incidental contact. “Has he been locked down or what?” McGrady then asked.”With the series shifting over to Orlando, it was in Game 3 where McGrady would have his shining moment after having led the Magic to a 121 -116 overtime victory with a 42-point performance to push the series to 2-1 in favor of the Bucks.It was during Game 3 where the testiness between both sides bore out on the court with some altercations and plenty of trash talk in a hotly contested contest that featured 14 lead changes. “Dog got the last word.”We know the rest of the story when it comes to the remainder of the Bucks’ playoff run that year and how it still stands the test of time nearly two decades later. The Bucks’ Big 3 combined to score 67 of their 103 points on the night.Yet one critical contributor from the Bucks’ core, that being Glenn Robinson, had been playing well below his All-Star standard through that point in the series. Still, McGrady’s game-high 35 points in Game 2 weren’t enough to even up the series as the Bucks came away with a 103-96 victory. Tim Thomas made a routine foul to prevent a fast break lay-up, but the refs somehow saw it as flagrant.