SIXERS NEWS

The Sixers continued their road trip tonight as they traveled to Dallas for a matchup with the Mavericks. Once again the Sixer's offense performed admirably with 4 scorers in double figures including Andre Iguodala with 22. This time however, the D was not good enough. Dallas was able to hit 8 three pointers, shoot a higher percentage from the field then the Sixers and they turned the ball over just 10 times to the Sixers 14 turnovers. So when it came down to crunch time it was the Mavs who held the winning hand. Early the Sixers jumped to a 4 point lead and maintained it through the half with the score 44-40 at halftime. In the 3rd quarter Dallas cut into the Sixer lead and by the 4th quarter it was down to 2. Finally in the 4th quarter the Mavs were dominant outscoring the Sixers 32-20 en route to a tough 10 point win with the final score 96-86. So the Sixers drop to 13-19 overall and are now 2 games out of 8th in the Eastern conference.