The Sixers welcomed the Houston Rockets to the Wachovia center tonight as they looked to snap an 11 game losing streak. The Sixers played fairly well on the night, even leading for a while early on, but they dropped off again in the 2nd half, and were forced to put together another desperate rally late in the 4th quarter which alas came up short once again. The Sixers shots just 41% from the field while Houston shot 44% and hit 8 threes, and proved to be the difference. Andre Iguodala led the way offensively for the Sixers with 24, Allen Iverson posted 20, Elton Brand had a nice night with 19 and 10 rebounds, and Thad Young worked hard for 15 and 11 rebounds. Defensively, in addition to holding Houston to just 44% shooting the Sixers also outrebounded them 52-40. Yet, they still couldn't get the stops they needed late in the game for the win. They just didn't defend the perimeter very well at times and allowed the Rockets to score in transition far too easily at times. The Sixers had an early 10 point lead after the 1st quarter, but Houston rallied back to within 3 at the half and by the 4th quarter they were up 10, as they went on to hold off the Sixers 96-91. So the Sixers drop their 12th in a row, and surely at this point there's nowhere to go but up right? right?
2 comments:
I hope your right that there is no place but up to go, however the Sixers have a way of proving us wrong.
-to ph1llysports
yeah that's true
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