SIXERS NEWS

The Sixers played their first nationally televised game of the season tonight in Orlando against the Magic. Unfortunately the bad Sixer team showed up again tonight and their national showcase turned into a nightmare. Once again only four Sixers socred in double figures. Thaddeus Young lead the way 19, Sammy Dalembert added 10 and 14 rebounds, Andre Iguodala put up 16, and Andre Miller dropped 15. While they didn't make as many mistakes tonight as in their last game, the shooting was still terrible at 37% from the field. As a result the Sixers fell into another early hole from which they never escaped. After a quarter play the Magic led by 14 with the score 30-16. By the half the Sixers had cut the lead to 11, with the score 54-43. After 3 quarters of play the Sixers had cut the lead to 9 with the score 75-66. Finally in the 4th quarter the Sixer comeback stalled as they could only trade baskets, and Orlando eventually hung on to win by 10 with the final score 98-88. So the Sixers drop to 2-4 overall and appear headed in the wrong direction