SIXERS NEWS

Pacers 101 Sixers 93

It Was over When....

The Pacer's Jermaine O'neal nailed a 2 point jump shot with 52 seconds to go to put the Pacers up for good 94-89.

The Game Ball Goes To....

Stephen Jackson with 25 points, Jermaine O'neal with a game high 34 points and 11 rebounds, and Danny Granger with 15 points off the bench.

The Stat Of The Game Is....

50, as in a field goal shooting percentage of 50% for the Pacers to a mere 46.1% shooting percentage for the Sixers. Basically,the team that shoots better is usually the team that wins.

The Bottom Line Is....

In their first game of the post AI era the Sixers gave Indiana all they could handle taking a 10 point lead at one point in the 2nd quarter, and staying within arm's length of the Pacers until late in the 4th quarter. Unfortunately, the youth and inexperience that currently dominates the Sixers(well, at least until Cwebb returns to the lineup, and Andre Miller joins the team for their next game) hurt them down stretch, as the Pacers easily put them away. That said the Sixers have now lost an embarrassing 12 games row, but hopefully their new additions from the Iverson trade will get them out this funk, because I don't think anything else will.