The Sixers have really fallen on hard times again as of late, as they traverse the toughest part of their schedule this season. Things didn't get any easier tonight as the Atlanta Hawks, currently 3rd best in the East, welcomed the Sixers to Atlanta. Once again the Sixers fought hard all night and kept it close with the Hawks for a good chunk of the night. Unfortunately, the Sixer's defense again failed to hold up, allowing Atlanta to shoot 50% from the field and 40% from the beyond the arc, and eventually Atlanta pulled away in the 3rd quarter to win easily by 19, 112 - 93. Once Atlanta got control in the 2nd half it was never really in doubt and there was nothing the Sixers could do. Their defense just isn't good enough right now beat teams like Orlando last night or Atlanta in this one. The only bright spot for them on D was Dalembert who racked up another 10 rebounds and 2 blocks.
As for the scoring ,Lou Williams had a huge night, scoring 30 while dishing off 3 assists. Meanwhile, Andre Iguodala had 11 and 7 assists, Willie Green posted 17 off the bench and Sammy had all around night scoring 10 points as well. All in all when it came down to it the Sixers were simply out classed by Atlanta tonight. With no Elton and no AI, they just don't the talent or desire to match up with elite teams like Atlanta has been this season. Hopefully they'll figure out a way to turn things around before they get too bad, but it is not looking good right now. With the loss they drop to 22-38 overall, but incredibly that's still good enough for 10th in the conference, but now 7.5 games out of 8th.
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