The Sixers welcomed the New York Knicks to the Wachovia center tonight. The Sixers had handled the Knicks thus far this season, so this should have been an easy win for the Sixers, and a golden opportunity to pull closer to the teams ahead of them in the Eastern conference standings. A win would also have marked the Sixer's first 3 game winning streak of the season. Alas, it was not to be in this tight affair. The Sixers actually started a little slow for a change, falling behind by 4 after a quarter of play. By the half they had rallied ahead by 1 and by the 4th quarter the game was knotted up at 68 a piece. The 4th quarter was about as tight as it gets with the two teams going back and forth until the final seconds of the game. Mo Speights hit a hook shot with 27 seconds left for a 92-91 Sixer's lead. With 13 seconds left a layup by David Lee put New York up 93-92. That left the Sixers with the final shot of the game. Unfortunately, the best shot they could come up with was a Rodney Carney three pointer which clanged out to seal the 93-92 Knick's victory. Despite the loss there were severable positives for the Sixers. They got 38 total points from their bench, with Carney's 13 and Speights' 10 leading the way. 3 of their 5 starters scored in double figures as well, with AI's 16 leading the way. Thad Young added 10 and 8 rebounds, and Sammy Dalembert, playing having heavy heart after his native homeland of Haiti was devastated by an Earthquake yesterday, provided an inspired effort with 12 and 21 rebounds. In fact the Sixer's as a team destroyed the smaller Knicks on the boards, 54-37, but failed to really take advantage of it, as they only shot 43% from the field, while New York shot 45% from the field, including 5 three pointers. So it was a solid effort for the Sixers in most aspects, but for whatever reason they just weren't quite sharp enough to get the win. They really need to stop losing games like this or they won't headed anywhere this season and maybe at 12-26 overall at this point, they're already headed nowhere.
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I dont know what the exact number is but it seems like the Sixers lose alot of games by 1 or 2 points and their season could be totally different if that didnt happen. If they keep playing the way they played last night they could definately win some games.
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they just need to develop some kind of killer instinct at the end of games and fast
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