SIXERS NEWS

The Sixers traveled to Detroit tonight to face the always tough Detroit Pistons. As usual against the Pistons defense was the name of the game, but the Sixers were still productive offensively with Andre Iguodala's 17 points, leading 5 Sixers players scoring in double figures(Iguodala, Andre Miller, Samuel Dalembert, Willie Green, Louis Williams). Defensively, the Sixers ruled the boards with 47 to Detroit's 36. However the Sixers also turned the ball over 14 times to Detroit's 6, and shot just 39.1% from the field, while Detroit shot 41.5% from the field. Thus Detroit prevailed. Early on it was all knotted up at 17 after the 1st period. The Pistons led by 2 at the half, with the score at 40-38. By the end of the 3rd quarter Detroit was ahead by 10 with the score at 64-54. Finally, in the 4th quarter the Sixers rallied back and actually cut the Pistons lead to 1 with just under 15 seconds to play, as Iguodala nailed a 3 pointer. Unfortunately from there the Sixers did not score again and the Pistons made their free throws to hang on for a hard fought 83-78 victory. So the Sixers drop to 3-8 overall, but remain 4th in the Atlantic division.