Turning the tables, Rivers last week took a swipe at Karl's record of first-round playoff failures. The players are getting chippy. After Bucks forward Scott Williams committed a flagrant foul on Magic star Tracy McGrady in Game 1, Rivers scolded his team for not getting in his face and vowed brush-back pitches would be in order for Game 2. Williams, meanwhile, said there were no hard feelings on his part and didn't want to be considered a dirty player. We're guessing the Magic aren't buying his apology.
Civic pride is on the line.
After Rivers flew his team to Chicago immediately after Game 1, blaming a lack of hotel space caused by a brewery convention, Karl took umbrage. He suggested Rivers, a Chicago native and Marquette alum, was dissing Brew Town. Decency has become a casualty. In perhaps the unkindest move of all, Magic guard Darrell Armstrong suggested his team resort to physical torture to keep the Bucks in check for Game 2. We're talking sadism in the form of a pepperoni pizza with all the toppings.