Here's the minute-by-minute, blow-by-blow review of the Sixers taking on the Bucks.
Pregame thoughts: I read that Iggy and Nocioni are both going to play tonight, and that they both are feeling better after a few extra practices. I sure hope so, cause Iggy looked tired at the end of the Indy game. Also, keep your eye on my Twitter buddy @Mospeights16, he’s had a little hot streak lately much like Hawes had earlier this season. Some consistency needs to come from the center position, combined I hope Hawes and Mo can combine nightly for about 18 points and 10 boards. I’d like to be able to consider at least one of these two among the future of the team.
1st Quarter:
12:00- Quick turnover by the Sixers as they fight amongst themselves for a rebound. You think Hawes might be a little fired up after just five minutes against Indiana?
11:00- A couple of second possessions early for the Bucks, the Sixers can’t let that happen. Second chance points was a huge part of Indy’s win Tuesday.
10:00- Btw, Eric Snow is back with us tonight, the manhunt can be called off. Still it would be wise for everyone to remember, “Don’t F*** with Zumoff!” (Oz reruns have recently restarted on HBO at 11pm, that show ruled! )
9:00- Spencer seems to have lost the beard, maybe the bearded guy who only got 5 minutes against Indy was his evil twin. Good job by coach to recognize that early and keep him from sabotaging the team.
8:00- Jodie with a few misses early, Jrue hit’s a long jumper for 2. UP 6-5 early.
7:00- Iggy just missed stealing a pass, but still disrupts the play. On the other end Iggy draws the foul driving to the basket. I’ll give him this, Iggy definitely puts pressure on the other team.
6:00- Hawes with a left-hand floater, assisted by Iggy. Sweet little play there.
5:00- Bogut and 1. Bucks with 3 offensive rebounds already, and a bunch of second chance points.
4:00- Iggy sits for ET. Brand jumper makes it 15-14. This game is a very slow paced affair for the Sixers.
3:00- ET scores early with a jumper from a step behind the foul line. Good sign.
2:00- Nocioni and Lou enter now, Thad too. Brand, the last starter left, goes right at Gooden for another bucket. Brand is 4 for 4, with 8 points so far.
1:00- ET sits down after drawing a second foul. Ugly game so far. The Bucks are described as a defensive team, and their best offensive player is out, so I will blame this pace and style of play on them.
End of 1st- Lou has 5 points early and is getting to the rim w/ ease against a supposedly good defensive team. Iggy drills a 3 pointer with .7 left on clock to go into the 2nd up 28-23. I almost started to freak out, since the final play had Lou dribbling way behind the 3 point line, but he found an open Iggy for a good look and all is well. I assume Iggy takes back his closer status from Lou now that he is back at work.
2nd Quarter:
12:00- @Mospeights16 is in for Brand, who led the team with 9 first quarter points. Lou drills a 3 and is absolutely on fire early.
11:00- Mo hit’s a jumper and the Sixers are up 8!
10:00- Now Speights adds a rebound, and then gets an assist on an Iguodala dunk. Mo stuffing the stat sheet tonight!!
9:00- Mo draws the foul, hit a pair of FTs, then catches a Lou Williams lob for 2 more. 6 points in 3 minutes for Mo.
8:00- Lou makes it 10 points in 6 minutes, plus he has two beautiful assists. Lou and Mo are scorching hot and 76ers are up 14.
7:00- Speights gets back to the line, Jrue re-enters the game for the smoking hot Lou Williams. I love Jrue, but I wouldn’t mess with Lou when he’s playing like this.
6:00- Jrue’s reinsertion to the lineup looks even more questionable after Boykins hit’s a jumper in his face, then Jrue with a turnover leading to an easy lay-up in transition.
5:00- Mo saves an airball that was headed out of bounds, and gets it to Thad for the easy inside bucket. Line-up change: ET and Lou are back, and Speights sits after six and a half minutes where he put up 7 points, 2 rebounds, and 2 assists. Great early run for Mo.
4:00- ET drives to the bucket and gets to the line, I still want to see 10 FTAs per game from ET, that’s how elite scorers get their points, even when their jumper is off.
3:00- Back-to-back turnovers by the Sixers let the Bucks cut the lead to 10.
2:00- Bucks on a 10-2 run, the lead is only 7 now. ET with an ugly turnover there, and Doug calls timeout. I’m going to guess that Evan is about to hit the pine (folding chairs, whatever).
*Special note: After commercial CSN shows Jrue and Brandon Jennings playing in the McDonald’s All-American game back in high school. Jennings is rocking a BAD-ASS high-top fade, and is now one of my favorite young players in the league. Although, I still won’t watch this slow, plodding Bucks squad.
1:00- ET is, in fact, out. Breakdowns galore this minute: 1. Jrue bricks a long jumper. 2. Thad with an offensive foul. 3. Thad fouls Ilyasova as he SHOOTS A THREE POINTER! Stupid plays all around. Milwaukee is now down just 4.
End of 2nd quarter- Lou gets to the line after drawing a foul on The Ice Truck Killer from season 1 of Dexter (Ilyasova). Final possession time, Lou is dribbling, and…. WTF!? Really? Did that just happen? Lou bricks an ugly long jumper. This team is great out of timeouts, so why don’t they have a play saved for these spots? Let copy and paste from Tuesday’s game…
End of 1st- The last possession of the first quarter once again featured Lou dribbling beyond the arc before forcing a long 2, WHY????? I feel like we’ve covered this before….Oh yeah, it was all the way back on 1/8...
“The next generation of Thad, Jrue, and ET rarely have their number called by Doug Collins in big spots. The end of every quarter either has Lou dribbling beyond the arc before settling on a long jumper…..”
This end of quarter stuff has to stop, we are giving away at least 2 possessions a game with this nonsense.
Half- Well, they were up 15, now its 6. Great work from Elton, Mo, and especially Lou Williams (end of the 2nd quarter aside). ET and Thad were both plagued by turnovers and fouls in the first half, the team has to hope to get something from them later on. Assistant coach Brian James is the Sixers’ Ricky Bobby, they both have two first names, and neither one knows where to look during an interview. His head just rotates between looking at camera, looking at cameraman, and looking at Meredith.
3rd Quarter:
12:00- Starters are all back to start the half.
11:00- Three by Iggy is matched by an and 1 on the other end. Not much defense early.
10:00- A pair of assists by Iguodala gets the lead back up to 9. This guy is so versatile, he is a great defender, good passer, good scorer, and a good rebounder. With Iggy missing so much time and the team needing, in my opinion, to go younger, it was easy to forget how much this guy brings to the table. I think maybe I underrate/under appreciate Iggy.
9:00- Iggy hit’s a tough turn around jumper to slow the building Bucks momentum.
8:00- Meeks passes up a three-pointer in order to drive to the bucket, gets rejected by Bogut and then can’t save the ball. Bucks take over down 7.
7:00- Iggy gets another assist when he sets up Jrue for a wide open three. Iggy has been amazing.
6:00- Can we give Meeks his own 15-foot rule? No shots inside of 15 feet, because he just got rejected again. Never mind, Meeks just got blocked shooting a three-pointer. Tough night for Jodie, can’t we get some ET out there instead?
5:00- Meeks still on the floor after the commercial, so Doug is showing him some patience. Hawes and ET are wondering where is Collins’ patience when they are struggling.
4:00- Lou back to the line, he’s been fantastic this season at getting to the line, by far the best on the team.
3:00- More from Lou, who has 17 now. Jrue then with a Lou-like jumper to make the lead 11. How great would it be if Jrue started to show the aggressiveness Lou shows nightly.
2:00- Brand draws back-to-back fouls in the low post, then buries a baseline jumper.
1:00- Why is it that guys always seem to make shots with Nocioni draped all over them. I mean, it looks like good defense, it just never stops anyone.
End of 3rd quarter- SERENITY NOW!!!! Would anyone like to guess how the quarter ended? Lou must have been 32 feet from the basket! Is he doing this just to piss me off? I know that doesn’t seem likely, but give me a better reason why a guy would jack up a 35 foot jumper at the end of the quarter when there was time to run a play.
4th Quarter:
12:00- Gooden jumper on opening possession makes it an 8-0 Bucks run, the Sixers lead is down to 3.
11:00- Wow! Lou blocked trying to dunk, but he hits the put-back before he landed!
10:00- ET and Mo are back in, we need somebody to bring a momentum boost.
9:00- Mo with a block of a Boykins lay-up that would have given Milwaukee the lead. Still, I can’t believe they are only up one point, the Sixers aren’t going to win this game. This reeks of every game this year when they fell apart at the end of a close contest.
8:00- A John Salmons 3 gives the Bucks the god damned lead. Thad quickly ties it back up, it is 83-83.
7:00- Nine offensive rebounds now for Milwaukee, NINE! Hawes back in for Speights.
6:00- Hey now! Hawes with the bucket on Iggy’s 7th assist of the game. Then Hawes takes the offensive foul from the Ice Truck Killer.
5:00- Well, we are tied up with five minutes to play. I have very little confidence, they just seem to consistently panic and come up short in these close games.
4:00- Lou back to the line, about to take his 11th free throw. Lou is our best scorer tonight by far.
3:00- Damn, they just missed a couple chances to tie. Under three minutes now, Sixers down 2.
2:00- Hawes ties it up! 92-92 with 2:28 to play. Ugh, Bucks regain the lead.
1:00- Iggy hacked with no call. Another offensive rebound by Milwaukee, WTF? These boards by the Bucks are unacceptable. WOW! Sixers lock the Bucks down and force a shot clock violation following the offensive rebound. Great job all around!
End of 4th quarter- Lou for 3! 25 tonight for Lou, he has been absolutely brilliant for the first 11:45 of every quarter tonight. Sixers up 1. ET out there in the final minute, he’s earned it. ET D’s up Salmons, Sixers ball still up 1. Sixers come out of timeout with Jrue, Brand, Lou, Iggy, and Meeks (I guess ET and Meeks will flip-flop possessions for offensive/defensive purposes.) Uh-no! The clock is ticking and Lou is dribbling five feet behind the line. Nooo!!!! Please stop it!!! Damn, Lou drives and tries to get contact on a pull-up jumper (which I really like) but turns the ball over. Bucks final chance…and Iggy squashes that possession with unreal D on Maggette, getting a clean block on a Maggette, who is a master of drawing fouls in these spots. Maggette flings ball to Boykins who gets a quick look, but misses, game over! Sixers win!
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