The Sixers completed their home stand this afternoon with a key matchup against Dwayne Wade and the Miami Heat. Fortunately the Heat went 3 overtimes last night so they were primed to fall to the Sixers. The Sixers were able to take advantage of the fatigued Heat, particularly in the 4th quarter when Miami managed only 9 points, ,just enough for a big win. Offensively, Andre Iguodala led the way with 21 points, and Thaddeus Young posted 17, but the man of the hour was Donyell Marshall, who drilled 3 threes and score 10 in rare minutes off the bench. Maybe he should play a little more often. Defensively, the Sixers had one of their best games in quite a while, against yes a tired Miami team , but anytime you can hold Dwayne Wade to 18 points you've done something. Still, it's tough to say if the Sixers would have won had Miami been at full steam. Anyway, the Sixers took an early 7 point lead after a quarter of play and still led by 3 at the half with the score 46-43. In the 3rd quarter Miami actually took a 7 point lead of their own with the score 68-61. The 4th quarter however, was all Sixers as they outscored the tired Heat 24-9 and ran off to an 8 point win with the final score 85-77. So the Sixers move to 2 games over .500 and 6th in the Eastern conference at 33-31 overall. They also move to within 2 games of the 5th place Heat.
2 comments:
Woo only 2 games from the 5th seed who just lost to the Sixers. And to boot they're 2 games over .500. How bout that?
-to ph1llysports
yeah how about that, but I question whether or not it will last, especially since they are headed out west for a tough road trip
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