SIXERS NEWS

The Sixers regrouped from their crushing loss in Minnesota on Monday and returned to the friendly confines of the Wachovia center to take their frustrations out on the woeful Knicks. Offensively, six Sixers scored in double figures(Andre Miller, Willie Green, Andre Iguodala, Thaddeus Young, Louis Williams, Rodney Carney) with Green's 21 leading the way. Miller also chipped in with 10 assists, so the Sixer's offense scored early, often, and never stopped firing. Defensively, it was a team effort, and a good one, even though they didn't need to be. The Knicks played so poorly that even an average defensive night for the Sixers would have held their offense in check. All told the Sixers' out rebounded New York, 43-31, forced them to commit a whopping 23 turnovers, and held them to just 45.9% shooting from the field. In short, it was just an ugly night for the Knicks. Through the first quarter of play, the Sixers jumped out to a convincing 20 point lead, with the score 37-17, and never looked back. In the second quarter the Sixers lead only grew to 36, with the score 72-36 at the half. In the 3rd quarter of play the Sixers continued to dominate as their lead ballooned to 45, with the score 102-57. Basically the game was over at this point, but the rules say you have to play 4 quarters so they did and when it was over, the Sixers had destroyed the Knicks by 40, with final score 124-84. So the Sixers improve to 24-31 overall but remain in 4th place in the Atlantic division and 8th in the Eastern Conference.