SIXERS NEWS

After an embarrassing loss to the Jazz in their last game, the Sixers traveled to Chicago tonight for a matchup with the Bulls. They played much better tonight, and even led by 1 at the half, but Chicago closed better in the 2nd half, as the Sixer's defense broke down again and allowed the Bulls to surge to victory. Andre Iguodala led 4 Sixers in double figures on the night, with 24, Lou Williams netted 20, Thad Young pumped in 16 and Elton Brand chipped in with another 11 points but it wasn't enough. The Sixer's bench had terrible night with just 9 points, while Chicago got 33 points from there bench and that was probably the difference. The Sixers were also outrebounded by Chicago 45-40, and that hurt down the stretch. It's just hard to win when you can't protect the basket late in the game. That said the Sixer's defense was better tonight , compiling 10 steals and 7 blocks, and forcing 20 Chicago turnovers. They just couldn't get it done down the stretch. The Sixers did lead 41-40 at the half, as Thad Young dunked with about 30 seconds left in the half to preserve the lead. From there the Sixers were then outscored by Chicago in the 2nd half 54-47, and eventually fell 94-88 for their 2nd straight loss to drop to 4-6 overall. They're just going to have to go back and learn how to close out games again. Also they really need to figure out how to run this offense, because it still seems now after 10 games, that they're still trying figure what to do out there on offense. It's early in the season and there's still time for them to right the ship, but they can't wait too much longer or this is going to be a long season.