Sixers 98 Trail Blazers 95
It Was Over When....
Blazer's guard Brandon Roy missed a layup with 2 seconds to play and the Sixers Andre Iguodala gathered in the resulting rebound. At the time it was 97-95 Sixers and the layup would likely have forced the game into overtime,but the miss effectively sealed the win for the Sixers.
The Game Ball Goes To....
Andre Miller with 25 points, 10 assists, and 7 rebounds, Andre Iguodala with a career and game high 32 points, 5 steals, 5 assists, and 5 rebounds, Samuel Dalembert with 10 points and 9 rebounds, and of course Kyle Korver with 19 points off the bench including three 3 pointers.
The Stat Of The Game Is....
8, as in only 8 turnovers on the night for the Sixers, to a whopping 15 for the Trailblazers. Basically the team with fewer turnovers on the night is usually the team who wins, especially when they also have 8 steals as the Sixers did tonight.
The Bottom Line Is....
After opening this long west coast trip, which they are currently on, with consecutive humiliating losses, the Sixers sorely needed the win that they got tonight. Now, at first it seemed that this too would be yet another humiliating loss as the Blazers led by 14 early in the second quarter, but impressive team defense and two determined Andres(Miller and Iguodala), helped the Sixers trim that deficit to 6 at the half and jump out to a 12 point lead in 3rd quarter which they would never relinquish despite a furious Blazers rally in the final moments. The most impressive thing about this win however, is not the Sixer defense but rather the fact that Chris Webber was out of tonight's game with another foot injury. Generally, you wouldn't think that the Sixers could win without Webber but tonight they proved that they could and hopefully that will give them thr confidence to finish this road trip with some more victories, but until then Aur revoir sports fans, and have a Happy New Years.
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