SIXERS NEWS

Kobe and the Lakers visited the Wachovia center tonight and together with the Sixers they helped put on a show. Unfortunately, the final act didn't quite go the way the Sixers wanted it to. Offensively, five Sixers scored in double figures(Andre Miller, Willie Green, Andre Iguodala, Samuel Dalembet, Kyle Korver) with Andre Miller's 21 leading the way. Defensively, the star was once again Samuel Dalembert with 14 rebounds and 2 blocks. As for the game it was close and hotly contested throughout. Through the first quarter of play the Lakers lead 32-24 and Sixers appeared headed to a tough night. The Sixers had other ideas though and rallied to within 3 at the half, with the score 56-53. After a back and forth 3rd quarter the Sixers still trailed by 3 heading into the 4th quarter, with the score 84-81. The 4th quarter was equally topsy turvy, but with about 4:30 to play just as the Sixers closed to within 5, with the score 96-92, the Lakers finally began to pull away. L.A hit their free throws down the stretch and despite a late 3 pointer by Kyle Korver, hung on to win 106-101. So the Sixers drop to 10-16 overall and into 4th place in the Atlantic division.