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We started this game-well, we didn’t really seem to start this game. We were throwing up more bricks than a mason. We couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn with a bowl of sand. Marbury picked up 2 fouls about midway through it and had to take a seat. Then Nate came in and picked up two fouls, so I had to run Jamal at the point and Qyntel Woods got some PT. We ended up shooting a miserable 23% in the quarter and entered the second down by 12.
The second was more of the same, Marbury picked up another foul and I had to sit him again. We were getting our asses kicked so bad I had to bring him back in for offense midway thru the second. We still couldn’t hit much, although Marbury managed to be our leading scorer at half time with 8 points. We had 16 turnovers in the first half and were down by 19.
Adam Sandler snuck into the locker room and gave a brilliant speech at half time, saying something like:
Guys, what are you doing out there? You guys aren’t playing like a team. Well, you are kinda cuz you all are sucking together. Go play better.
In the 3rd quarter we started playing better, and even outscored them 33-28. In the quarter we were down by as many as 26. I made sure Marbury kept his hands down his own pants, and stayed clear of fouls for the rest of the game. Jamal Crawford gave a steady contribution too, plus Michael Redd and Bobby Simmons were in foul trouble. TJ Ford decided he would fill in for Redd from deep and started jacking them up, which I had no problem with cuz he couldn’t hit shit.
The 4th was our quarter as we outscored them by 10 points and cut the lead as close as 2. We had a chance to tie or take the lead, but Q threw up an ill advised three and all of a sudden Milwaukee went on a run and pushed the lead back up to double digits. I thought it was over, but we battled back in the final minute but TJ Ford wouldn’t miss any FTs. We had to take our first loss of the season.
[Play of the Night]
Channing Frye catches the oop from Jamal Crawfod
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Player of the Game
Ford 21 pts 9 asts 3 stl
“Steph’s my man, but DAMN SON! HOW U LIKE DAT BLOCK! WHAT! WHAAAAAAT??? Pin that junk up against the backboard. Get it outtta here.”
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I intervened at half-time, with us up by 3 points, 51-48. Paul Pierce was lighting it up in the first half with 23 points. Quentin Richardson for me had 18, but 4 fouls. Pierce got into foul trouble early in the 3rd and sat for the rest of the game. Marbury played big. He apparently listened to Coach Brown before the game started.
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