Coming into tonight the Sixers had lost 12 of their last 13 games, while there opponent, the hated Boston Celtics, had won 11 in a row. So chances of a Sixer's victory on this night were slim at best. They became slimmer when it was revealed that AI, with a bum knee and shoulder, would not make the trip to Boston. It looked even worse when the Sixers fell behind at the half 53-42. Then something funny happened. As usual the Sixers made a run at the end to get back in it, but this time there was no fight back from Boston. Maybe they believed they could coast to victory, that the Sixers would rollover, but they didn't. In the 3rd quarter they outscored Boston 30-23 to cut the lead all the way down to 4. Early in the 4th quarter the two teams tussled back in forth for the control, before the Sixers finally pushed ahead 85-84 with 6 minutes to play. They were then on the seesaw for the most of the rest of the night. With 29 seconds left Mo Speights sunk two free throws to put the Sixers ahead 96-95. Kevin Garnett came back with two free throws to put Boston ahead 97-96 with 23 seconds to play. As usual the Sixers then went to AI, that's Andre Iguadola, to take the last shot. He was defended well and passed to Speights who got a good look at a jumper, but it came up short. Fortunately, Elton Brand was right there to tap it in for a 98-97 Sixer's lead wth 8 seconds to play. On the final possession Boston had two looks at the win, but Paul Pierce missed a 17 footer and Ray Allen missed a desperate 15 footer off the rebound to give the Sixers the stunning victory that moves them to 7-19 overall. Do you believe in miracles? Yes!
2 comments:
Woohoo...Who woulda thunk it. I'm willing to say no one. What a win. Thats pretty cool and it shows that the Sixers really arent as bad as I thought they were.
-to ph1llysports
maybe they aren't so bad after all
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