The Sixers returned home at last tonight as they welcomed superman, Dwight Howard, and the Magic to the Wachovia center. The Magic came in with the 2nd best record in the Eastern conference while the Sixers came in with no AI or Elton Brand, who was shelved just before game time with achilles tendinitis. So needless to say there weren't high hopes for a a Sixer victory on this night. Still the Sixers came out firing in the 1st half and actually had the lead after the 1st quarter before going into the half down by 7. In the 2nd half Orlando heated up from beyond the arc, opening things up for Howard to dominate underneath. As a result the Sixers found themselves down 21 heading into the 4th and they could not recover, eventually falling by 21, 126-105. All told Orlando hit 15 treys, shooting 65% from beyond the arc and 58% from the field. You're just not going to win very often when you allow Orlando to put up those kinds of numbers.
For the Sixes it wasn't a terrible night with all 5 starters scoring in double figures, but with no AI or Elton, that left Lou Williams and Thad Young in the starting lineup and thus zero production off the bench. So that didn't really help them tonight either. Jrue Holiday was the real bright spot for the Sixers as posted the best night of his career thus far, with a career high 23 points and 6 assists. Andre Iguodala added 19, Thad Young 17, and Lou Williams 13, and Sammy Dalembert had another great night with 12 and 11 rebounds. Unfortunately, Sammy D's effort just went for naught tonight. The other positive for the Sixers tonight was that they finished just about even with the Magic in rebounding, 35 - 34, but again that didn't really help them on this night. Anyway with the loss the Sixers drop to 22-37 overall, but remain 10th in the Eastern conference, now 6.5 games out of 8th. Things could be worse I suppose
2 comments:
Sixers certainly arent the best team in the league but on the plus at least they still arent the Nets.
-to ph1llysports
yeah that's true
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