After a going 5-3 in a pretty good preseason the Sixers opened their 2009-2010 regular season tonight in Orlandon against Dwight "superman" Howard and the defending Eastern conference champion Magic. It wasn't pretty. Maurice Speights led the way with a career best t26 points 5 rebounds, and Jason Kapono, Rodney Carney, each scored in double figures off the bench and Lou Williams, in his 1st start at the poiny for the Sixers, scored 18 to go along with just 4 assists. Defensively however, it just wasn't there for the Sixers, as they allowed Orlando to shoot 55% from the field and beyond the arc, which is pretty much the kiss of death against the most teams. Thus, the Sixers lost convincingly 120-106, not exactly the way they wanted to start the season. The Sixers were really only in it for a quarter, as they trailed by 24 at the half with the score 70-47. Embarrassingly the lead was up to 31 by the start of the 4th quarter. There the Sixers finally woke back up again and at least mounted a rally to cut the final margin to 14. Going the forward the Sixers need to play much better defense if they hope to have any success this season or it's going to be a long year.
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