SIXERS NEWS

After such a stunningly good start to their series with the Pistons, the tonight's game 5 was hard to bear. From the very beginning Detroit came out with high energy, and never backed down. So basically it was an old fashioned Piston bad boy ass whuppin, in which the Sixers never really had a chance. Offensively, only three Sixers scored in a double figures(Andre Iguodala, Andre Miller, Louis Williams) with Iggy's 21 leading. So in Sixer's worst game of the series, Iggy had his best game, just our luck. Defensively, it was not a good night for the Sixer's as they allowed Detroit to shoot 58% from the field and 46% from the beyond the arc, never a recipe for victory. In the first quarter of play, the Pistons jumped out to a 14 point lead, with the score 35-21. In the second quarter of play, the Sixers simply managed to hang around, as the Piston lead was only 12 at the half with the score, 54-42. In the 3rd quarter of play, the Pistons finally pulled away for good, pushing the lead out to 20, with the score 79-59 heading into the 4th. In the 4th quarter of play, the Sixers kept playing hard to their credit, but all it did was reduce the final margin of victory to a more respectable 17, with the Pistons winning easily 98-81. So now the Pistons lead the series for the first time 3-2, and Sixers will to have to go to the palace for a game 7 if they still want to win it, and tomorrow's game 6 back at the Wachovia center, is now a must win elimination game.