SIXERS NEWS

Following their 2nd embarrassing loss in 3 days the Sixers traveled out to Oakland tonight for matchup with the lowly Golden State Warriors, as they looked to rebound once again. They didn't play their best game but against an awful Warriors they didn't need to be at their best. They good night, at 48% from the field and 45% from beyond the arc with 9 threes. Golden state on other hand shot under 40% from the field and from beyond, hitting just 13 treys, despite putting up 33 of them. So the Sixers were easily able to jump out to the early lead and with 26 and 10 rebounds from Lou Williams and 22 and 7 assists from Iggy they never looked back. In fact the Sixers had a commanding 18 point lead at halftime and the game appeared to be over. Then Goldent State finally got hot for the only time of the night, but it was too late

Despite a furious final Golden State Rush the Sixers eventually hung on to win by 8, 110-102. So all in all it was the Sixer's finest hour, but it was a solid night for them and they got the win they needed. In addition to outscoriing the Warriors they also out rebounded them 50-48 and that proved to be important for the Sixers at times. Aside from Iggy and Lou, 3 other Sixers scored in double figures, Rodney Carney with 16 off the bench, Jrue Holiday with 15 and 6 assists, boy does he look good all of the sudden, and Elton Brand with 12. So it was an all around for the Sixers tonight. With the win the Sixers move to 22-34 overall, still 10th in the Eastern conference,6.5 games out of the 8th.