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Tuesday, April 28, 2009

SIXERS NEWS

The Sixers now find themselves on the brink of elimination after playing game 5 of their opening playoff series with the Magic tonight. Just as in game 2 in Orlando, the Sixers struggled to secure rebounds in this one and so could not put together a final push for victory when they needed it. Also Rashard Lewis had his first good game of the series, hitting 3 threes while scoring 24, and the Sixer's won't win much with Lewis picking them apart. For the Sixers the two Andres led the way as Iggy scored 26 and Miller added 17. Together along with Willie Green and his 16 points, the Sixers were able to stick with the Magc through the first half, trailing by just 6 at halftime with the score 45-39. In the 3rd quarter Orlando pushed ahead by 9 with the score 69-60. From there in the 4th quarter the Sixers just couldn't gather in enough rebounds to make any significant inroads and eventually Orlando ran out to a 13 point win with the final score 91-78. So the Sixers now trail for the first time in the series, 3-2, and will be looking to even it up at 3 games a piece as the series shifts back to the Wachovia center for game 6.

2 comments:

ph1llysports said...

I thought the game was a little closer than this and also that Dwight Howard wacked Sammy in the face with his elbow and I'm hoping they'll suspend him for the next game.

phillysportsfan86 said...

-to ph1llysports

yeah I think he'll get suspended