SIXERS NEWS

It's over, it's finally over. After 12 grueling, heartrbeaking, gut wrenching losses the Sixers finally snapped their 12 game losing streak tonight as they welcomed the Golden State Warriors to the Wachovia center. Golden State came in as one of the highest scoring teams in the NBA on the season thus far, but the Sixers played them tough, holding them to just 44% shooting from the field and outrebounding them 59-26, with 25 of them offensive rebounds. Still, Golden State managed to shoot 50% from beyond the arc which kept them close a good amount of the night. Ultimately they were not match for the firepower of the determined Sixers on this night. 7 Sixers scored in double figures, including all 5 starters. Thaddeus Young led the way with 26 and 14 rebounds, Allen Iverson hit 7 of 10 from the floor for 20 points, Jrue Holiday actually got the start along side AI, and posted 15, 6 assists, and 7 rebounds, Andre Iguodala and Willie Green each had 14, Sammy Dalembert was the last Sixer's starter to reach double figures with 12 and 13 rebounds and finally Elton Brand added 11 and 7 rebounds off the bench. You just can't play much better than the Sixer's offense did night with all those scorers in double figures and and 49% shooting from the field. They just clicked on all cylinders, jumping out to a 12 point lead after a quarter of play. By the half they led by 14 and after a dominating 3rd quarter they headed into the 4th quarter ahead by 29 before winning easily 117-101. So the Sixers improve to 6-18 overall and at this point sit just 4.5 games out of 8th in the Eastern conference. They'll just have to feed off this night to get themselves on a enough of a roll to push back into the playoff picture.