They had won 3 of their last 4 games, the defense finally seemed to be in place, and this afternoon they had a date with the young Minnesota Timberwolves, currently languishing with the 2nd worst record in the NBA. What could possibly go wrong for the Sixers on this day? Apparently a little too much. At first everything went right for the Sixers. T-Wolves got off to a terrible start hitting just 22 of their 1st 29 baskets, while the Sixers came out shooting the lights out and jumped to a 20 point lead at one time. Even at the half they still led convincingly by 17 and it really seemed as though Minnesota would not be capable of such a comeback. Fortunately, they were playing the Sixers.
Everything just completely fell apart for Eddie Jordan's team in the 2nd half. They shot over 50% from the field, put up 57 points and turned the ball over just 4 times in the 1st half. In the 2nd half the shooting dipped well under %50, they put up just 42 points, and turned the ball over 10 times. Most importantly they allowed the T-Wolves to heat up from field, from beyond the arc, from everywhere really, which is exactly the one thing they had avoided these last few games. Today they couldn't and it cost them. Even the young T-Wolves could smell blood in the water and they took full advantage, outscoring the Sixers by 20 in the final 2 quarters. Incredibly the Sixers still had a chance to win in the final seconds but Andre Iguodala missed a fadeaway at the buzzer and the game went into overtime where the T-wolves accordingly pulled out the 108-103 win.
In the losing effort the Sixer's had 7 players score in double figures for about the 1st time this season, with Iggy's 17 leading the way. Sammy Dalembert put up 12 points and 10 rebounds in the loss to give him a double double in 3 consecutive games now. In an unusual sight, Allen Iverson did play at all in the overtime period which is further evidence that he just isn't perennial 40 minute man he used to be. Not surprisingly today marked the T-Wolves biggest come from behind win of the season thus far. At 13-27 overall the Sixers are now 5.5 games out of 8th in the Eastern conference and have to come the point where there's no time to make excuses anymore. They just have to get it done now or wait till next year.
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And the streak of giving games away continues. The Sixers could be such a better team if they actually finished out their games and its quite a shame. Im still hoping they will be able to fix this problem.
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well you can keep hoping but I just don't know if they still have enough time left to fix it anymore
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