SIXERS NEWS

The Sixers kept rolling tonight as they welcomed the San Antonio Spurs to the Wachovia center. The Spurs were the last team to beat the Sixers, but thanks to continued hot shooting and stingy defense, the Sixers were able to avenge that loss as they stretched their season best winning streak to 6. Offensively, Andre Iguodala with 21 and Thaddeus Young with 27 led the way, as the Sixers shot a blistering 50% from the field and 57% from beyond the arc with 8 three pointers. Meanwhile, the Sixers defense held the Spurs to just 36% shooting from the field and 33% from beyond the arc, while ruling them on the boards 51-40, and racking up 9 steals and 5 blocks. So again it was a total team effort that couldn't be stopped. The Sixers jumped out to a 10 point lead with the score 28-18 after a quarter of play. By the half the Spurs had cut into that lead a bit but the Sixers still led by 7 with the score 54-47. In the 3rd quarter the Sixers pulled back out to a 15 point lead with the score 85-70 heading into the 4th quarter. Finally in the 4th quarter the Sixers simply continued to roll eventually winning easily by 22 with the final score 109-87. So the Sixers move to 19-20 overall and up to 7th in the Eastern conference. How long can keep this going?