The Sixers welcomed the Memphis Grizzlies to the Wachovia center tonight for their final game before the all-star break. They were looking to head into the break on a high note with their 3rd straight win. Thanks to some late game heroics by the Andre's Miller and Iguodala, the Sixers rallied late to secure victory over the lowly Grizzlies. Offensively, Miller led the way with 24 points and 9 assists, while Iggy added 18, and Thaddeus Young contributed 12, as the Sixers shot a blistering 51 % from the field and committed just 9 turnovers. Defensively, as usual the Sixers weren't great, but they were more than adequate forcing 22 Grizzlies turnovers, including 10 steals. Early on the Sixers led by 8 with the score 26-18 heading into the 2nd quarter. By the half Memphis had cut the lead to 4 with the score 41-37. The Sixers were still clinging to a 5 point lead heading into the 4th quarter with the score 64-59. In the 4th Memphis forged ahead for a bit, then the Sixers pushed back ahead before Memphis tied it at 87. Then with 26 seconds to play Iggy hit a runner to put the Sixers up for good 89-87. The Sixers then sunk a couple of free throws to close out a 91-87 win. So the Sixers move to 27-24 overall tying them for the moment with Detroit and Miami and thanks to tiebreakers moving them into 5th in the Eastern conference.
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Woo 5th place. I'll take that any day because I dont want the Sixers to have to deal with the big three in the Eastern Conference in the playoffs
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yeah same here
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