The Sixers welcomed Lebron and the Cavs to the wachovia center tonight as they looked to win 2 in a row for the first time in a long time. They played hard as usual and were right with the Cavs most of the night, but they made mistakes in the final minutes of the game and Cleveland was able to escape with the win. Offensively, Andre Iguodala led the way with 26, Thad Young had 16 and 10 rebounds, Allen Iverson pumped in 16, Jrue Holiday had 9 and 9 assists, Elton Brand had 11 and 7 rebounds off the bench and Maurice Speights, finally off injured reserve, looked as if he had never left, as he added 14 off the bench. Defensively, the Sixers actually did pretty good job. Other than Lebron's 36 points, no other Cavalier had more than 12 points. The Sixer's also outrebounded Cleveland 45-38 and forced them to settle for jumpers rather than allowing easy baskets inside. Unfortunately, Cleveland was able to shoot 60% from beyond the arc and hit 9 threes. So guarding the three continues be the one area where the Sixers struggle. Anyway the Sixers actually had the lead in this one, as late the final 5 minutes of the game with the score 96-93. At that point, though Lebron hit a ridiculous 3 3 pointer off a turnover and Mo Williams drained his only baskets of the 2nd half to push Cleveland ahead. They would never trail again, as the Sixers missed their next couple field goals and turned the ball over on and in bounds play, allowing Cleveland to coast to a 108-101 win. Oh well, better luck next time I guess.
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I watched this one and at first it didnt look good and then it looked good for most of the game and then it just kind of got away from them at the end. It seems to me that if the Sixers can finish off games they would be a much better team with a better record but it still shows some good signs.
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yeah it is a good sign at least
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