SIXERS NEWS

Losses don't get much more heartbreaking than this one. The Sixers returned home to the Wachovia center tonight to face the Golden State Warriors. Offensively, Andre Iguodala with 26, Andre Miller with 23, and Louis Williams off the bench with 18 led the way. Defensively the Sixers held Golden State to just 39.1% shooting and turned the ball over just 16 times to the Warrior's 18 turnovers. However, Golden state outrebounded the Sixers 54-47, and shot better down the stretch. The Sixers jumped out to a quick start leading by 7(30-23) after the 1st period. The Sixers upped the lead to 12 at the half with a season high 57 points to the warriors 45. Unfortunately they cooled off in the 2nd half, as the Warriors cut the lead to 1 by the end of the 3rd quarter(76-75). Still, the Sixers kept fighting and hung on to force the game into overtime tied at 90 after Andre Iguodala missed a shot at the buzzer. In overtime the lead jockeyed back and forth between the two teams. The Sixers took a 98-97 lead with 13 seconds to play on layup by Iguodala. Then with 6 seconds to play Kelenna Azabuike hit a three pointer to put Golden state up 100-98. The Sixers had one last chance to tie or win, but as he was driving to the basket Louis Williams turned the ball over with one second to play and the Warriors hung on to defeat the Sixers 100-98. The Sixers drop to 3-9 overall and into a tie for last place in the Atlantic division.