The Sixers welcomed the New Orleans Hornets to the wachovia center tonight as they looked for their 2nd successive win to end a streak of 4 straight home losses. Meanwhile New Orleans came in having won 6 in a row, making them the hottest team in the NBA coming in. So this game had every right to be a mismatch. Instead, the Sixers jumped out early and grabbed a 15 point lead after one quarter of play. New Orleans rallied back in the 2nd quarter to cut it to 5 by the half. The Sixers again started misfiring in the 3rd quarter and looked to give another one away, but somehow they manage to hang on to a 1 point lead heading in the 4th quarter. There in a tight period, Sammy Dalembert hit a hook shot with 26 seconds left, Andre Iguodala brilliantly defensed Peja Stojakovic, forcing him into a wild 3 pointer, and then Iggy sunk 2 free throws with 13 seconds left to ice a 96-92 Sixer's win. This was undoubtedly the Sixer's best defensive effort of the season thus far, as they held Chris Paul to just 13 points, and the Hornets to just 40% shooting from the field and Sammy D stood tall with 5 blocks and 14 rebounds. Of course they also allowed New Orleans to shoot 44% from beyond the arc with 8 3 pointers and that's really the only thing that kept Hornets in it all night. Still, with 5 Sixer's in double figures ,they were able to off the Hornets. Elton Brand and Iggy led the way with 18 each, AI dropped 16, and Thad Young and Lou Williams each chipped in with 12 apiece. So it was a total team effort again from the Sixers and at only 12-25 overall they need more of them.
2 comments:
Yea there arent really any super stars on the Sixers so those team efforts are definately key for more victories and hopefully they can keep it up.
-to ph1llysports
yes hopefully they can
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