SIXERS NEWS

Another night, another tough loss for the Sixers. Tonight they traveled to New Jersey to face the Nets. Offensively, four Sixers scored in double figures(Andre Miller, Andre Iguodala, Kyle Korver, Louis Williams.) with Andre Iguodala leading the way with 26. Defensively, Samuel Dalembert was once again a standout. Dalembert pulled down 16 rebounds, to help the Sixers outrebound the Nets 43-36, and blocked 5 shots. Early on, after the 1st period the Sixers lead 28-19. In the 2nd period the Sixers upped there lead to 51-35(that is a 16 point lead). The Nets rallied back to within 1 through 3 quarters(61-60). The 4th quarter was once again an up and down battle, but the Nets had just enough resolve to forge an 83-83 tie at the end of regulation and force the game into overtime. In the overtime period defense reigned supreme as the two teams combined for just 20 points. At first it was all Nets as they pushed out an 88-83 lead. The Sixers rallied back several times and with 2 seconds to play they got to within 1, with the score 93-92 . From here though, the Nets made their free throws and the Sixers were not able to score again, losing 94-92 in a heartbreaker. So the Sixers drop to 5-11 overall, and remain in last place in the Altantic division.