The Sixers traveled to New Jersey for another matchup with the shorthanded and still winless Nets. Once again it should have been an easy win for the Sixers, but again New Jersey managed to hang around for most of the night before the Sixers pulled out the win. The Sixers had their worst shooting night of the season thus far, at 39% from the field and 25% from beyond the arc, otherwise New Jersey would not have been able to keep it close. Only 20 points from Thad Young and another 19 and 9 rebounds from Maurice Speights off the bench, combined with good tight defense late in the game, gave the Sixers just enough to hold off New Jersey. The Sixers led by 1 after a quarter of play, 3 at the half, 2 after 3 quarters and finally held on to win by 3, with the final score 82-79. So the Sixers move back to .500 at 4-4 overall, but they'll have play better than this, if they ever want to get back above .500 and stay there. If nothing else though it was good to see them play defense like they did tonight because defense it what ultimately wins you the big games.
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Solid D is always a good thing but solid D against the Nets is different from Solid D against a team like the Celtics but every little bit helps.
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hey I'll take it where I can get it
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