SIXERS NEWS

Coming off their first win of the season last night the Sixers were looking to keep it going tonight as they traveled to Atlanta for a match up with the Hawks. Elton Brand had another solid game with 17 points and 16 rebounds, as all 5 Sixers starters scored in double figures, with 22 for Thaddeus Young, 12 and 11 rebounds for Samuel Dalembert, 16 for Andre Iguodala, and 11 for Andre Miller. Unfortunately, the Sixer bench supplied just 10 points all together, and that may have been the difference in this one. Another factor was Joe Johnson who went off for 35 points to lead all scorers and frustrate the Sixer's otherwise solid D. So while the Sixers jumped out to an early16 point, 34-18 lead after a quarter of play it would not last. At one point in the 2nd quarter the Sixer lead actually got as high as 23 but by the half the Hawks had rallied to within 13 with the score 57-44. In the 3rd quarter Atlanta continued to chip away and by the beginning of the 4th quarter the lead was down to 9 with the score 75-66. Finally in the 4th quarter the Hawks completed their comeback taking a 90-88 lead with just under 2 minutes to play and eventually holding on for a 96-88 victory. So the Sixers drop to 1-2 overall. They'll just have to shake this one off and figure out away to move forward.