SIXERS NEWS

The Sixers came out firing against the Milwaukee Bucks tonight and were not disappointed. Offensively five Sixers scored in double figures(Andre Miller, Willie Green, Andre Iguodala, Samuel Dalembert, and Kyle Korver), and 3 of those 5 scored 20 points or more(Iggy and Korver each had 20, and Dalembert had 22). After sitting out the last 4 games Korver returned with a vengeance hitting 4 of 5 from downtown. Also for once, Andre Miller with a near double-double(18 points, 9 assists) actually distributed the ball amongst his teammates, and a funny thing happened. The Sixers won the assist to turnover battle, with 31 assists, to 9 turnovers, to the Bucks 20 assists and 14 turnovers, and shot over 50% from the field. In other words the Sixers offensive actually flowed together the way its supposed to for about the first time all season. If only Miller would play like that every night instead of just when he feels like it. Anyway, defensively it was once again the Samuel Dalembert show, as the center pulled down 8 rebounds to help the Sixers outrebound Milwaukee 39-35, blocked 3 shots, and likely redirected countless others. Basically, just about every statistical category went the Sixers away tonight and its hard to lose when that happens, even for the Sixers. Early on the Sixers raced out to a 32-18 lead after 1 quarter of play, but by the half Milwaukee had cut the lead back down to 4(56-52). Tonight however, the Sixers would not fall off in the second half. By the end of 3 quarters, the Sixers' lead was back up to 9(85-76). Then in the 4th quarter the Sixers just kept pouring it on and finally wound up winning by the laughable final score of 114-99. So the Sixers improve to 4-9, but for now remain tied with the Knicks for last in the Atlantic division.