SIXERS NEWS

After four straight wins coming into tonight, the streaking Sixers were derailed tonight in a big way as they traveled to Orlando to face Dwight "superman" Howard and the Magic. On the night only 4 four Sixers scored in double figures(Andre Iguodala, Thaddeus Young, Rodney Carney, Louis Williams) with sweet Lou's 18 off the bench leading the way. Defensively, it was not a good night for the Sixers, as they allowed Orlando to shoot over 50% from the field and over 60% from beyond the arc, and got out rebounded 44-38. From the get go, it was clear this would not be the Sixers night. In the first period of play, the Magic quickly jumped out to a 14 point lead, with the score 33-19. Things only got worse for the Sixers in the 2nd quarter of play, as the Magic extended their lead, to 23, with the score 58-35 at the half. In the 3rd quarter of play, the Magic continued to extend their lead and by the 4th quarter it was up to 28, with score 88-60. Finally, in the 4th quarter the Sixers cut into the Orlando lead a bit, but it was too little too late, as the Sixers fell by 18, with the final score 113-95. So the Sixers drop to 34-35 overall, but remain 3rd in the Atlantic division and 7th in the Eastern conference, now a game out of 6th and a game and a half out of 5th.