A game that will live in infamy on this December 7, 2005.

The King is coming on December 10, BucksNation. Are you ready?

After an exciting win against the L.A. Lakers last night, the Bucks were back on the losing end of the deal tonight as the Philadelphia 76ers blasted them 101-78 as Allen Iverson dropped 33 on the 11-6 Bucks while Chris Webber added a bruising 28 and 8 to give Philly their 1st win of this season series with Milwaukee. Philadelphia's defense was very tight in the first half as they held our heroes in purple and green to just 25 1st half points. Twenty-five 1st half points. Disgusting. What's more, Andre Iguodala and Co. made Michael Redd miss his first 10 shots of the game! But, Redd did end up with a respectable 23 points, so that's not bad. Philip Fitzpatrick was limited to just 6 shots, but made 4 of 'em, but his erratic free throw shooting continued to show as he went 1-for-4 from the line tonight, however, his 9 points were accompanied by a strong 12 rebound, 4 assist, 2 steal and 4 block performance, so that's pretty good. Also pretty good was T.J. Ford's shooting. T.J. was 7-for-10 from the field, and he wound up with 14 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists tonight. And Bobby Simmons had 11 points and 6 rebounds. But Bobby was 4-for-13 in field goals tonight... I was impressed about Dan Gadzuric's night. Danny G was a force on the floor making 4 of his 5 shots and he also led the Bucks with 3 offensive rebounds, as the Bucks outrebounded Philly 45-39 in today's game.However...Even though the Bucks were 33 of 73 from the field (45.2%) and 5 of 7 from long distance, the Seventy-Sixers took advantage of their 51.3% shooting accuracy (41 of 80) and they forced the Bucks to commit 14 turnovers, in contrast, they only committed 5.Still, the only good thing to come out of this is that the Bucks are 11-6, still the leader in the Central Division. But on Saturday, December 10, LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers come to the Bradley Center, and in later days for the rest of this month, the Atlantic Division champion Celtics (12/16 at TD Banknorth Garden), the world champion Spurs (12/20 at the Bradley Center--Philip Fitzpatrick's birthday!) and the Southeast Conference champ Heat (12/27 at AmericanAirlines Arena) await tough challenges and a rough 17-game stretch in January follows. Hope the Bucks can survive through this...