The Sixers returned home to the Wachovia center tonight for a highlight reel matchup with Lebron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers. For a change they actually played hard on the defensive end, limiting the Cavs to under 50% shooting from the field. Unfortunately, they had a few too many lapses behind the arc, allowing Cleveland to hit 12 threes. So while the Sixers were able to keep it close with Iggy scoring 26, and Miller and Lou Williams each adding 17, everytime they got close, Cleveland was able to drill a 3 to hold them off. The Sixers were actually only down by 6 at the half, and remained down by that same margin heading into the 4th quarter. There, despite their best efforts the Cavs managed to hold them at bay until victory was assured by 10 with the final score 102-92. So the Sixers drop to 40-39 overall, remaining 6th in the Eastern conference and 1 game behind the Heat for 5th, while dropping to just a game ahead of 7th and 8th place Chicago and Detroit. So things are getting a bit dicey for the Sixers who once seemed assured of at least the 6th seed in the East. Now they may wind up down in 8th, and they might not even finish at .500 this season.
2 comments:
Uh 8th place isnt really what I was hoping for so maybe if they're lucky they'll get a little higher than that.
-to ph1llysports
yeah well at this point, they probably only need to win one more to finish at least 7th, and tomorrow against the lowly Raptors is the game they need to win
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