One day after stopping just short of accusing the league of conspiring to place the Sixers in the NBA Finals, Ray Allen backed up his strong words with stronger play. In one first-half stretch, Allen went on a 17-0 run and scored 19 straight Milwaukee points, writes K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune.



Ray Allen hit nine three pointers in the game and finished with 41 points, while his rival Allen Iverson gave the crowd their moneys worth, scoring 26 of his game-high 46 points in the fourth quarter, including 17 points in a 3-minute-46-second stretch, to turn a blowout into something interesting.