Allen Iverson made his regular season debut tonight with the Sixers, as they played host to the Denver Nuggets and looked to snap a 9 game losing streak. A.I sparked the Sixers to an early lead, thanks to superb team defense, and hot shooting from Andre Iguodala, and Thad Young, and for 3 quarters it looked like Iverson's first game back would be a w, but it was not to be. For his part Iverson played 38 minutes and put up 11 points, 6 assists, and 5 rebounds. Meanwhile, Andre Iguodala led the way for the Sixers on the night with 31, Thad Young dropped in 21, and Elton Brand added 10 and 9 rebounds. Defensively, the Sixers had one of their better nights, with 8 blocks, 7 steals, 47 rebounds to the Nuggets 41, and a 39% shooting percentage from the field for the Nuggets, currently the highest scoring team in the NBA. Unfortunately, the Nuggets also shot 60% from beyond the arc and that proved to be the difference. For the 1st 3 quarters the Sixers played front-runners, never trailing once, and taking a 2 point lead into the 4th quarter. It was all Denver in the 4th though as they began to lock down on defense and the Sixers just couldn't handle it, eventually falling by 10, 93-83, for their 10th straight loss. Still, at this point, with their record at 5-16 overall they remain only 3.5 games out of the 8th in the Eastern conference, so the season isn't over yet.
2 comments:
I saw some of this game and I thought it was pretty cool how the old AI brought so much excitement to the croud and that seemed to fuel the young guys on the Sixers. Like you said though the season is nto yet over and I think the Sixers can make a comeback.
-to ph1llysports
yeah it was pretty cool
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