The Sixers welcomed the Boston Celtics to the Wachovia cennter tonight as they looked to snap their current 4 game winning streak. They already upset the Celts once this season in Boston so a win in this one was not totally out of the question. In fact it looked like the Sixers believe they could win and actually they had the lead heading into the 2nd quarter. At the half they were still within 3, and heading into 4th quarter they were still down just 8. With a couple minutes left to play they actually had a chance to close within three again after a steal by Andre Iguodala, but he came up short on a layup, then Boston was successful on their next trip down the floor to up the lead to 5. They then turned it up on D from there, causing the Sixers to blunder their way through the rest of the game. Eventually they lost a heartbreaker 96-86. So once again they put up a good fight against one of the NBA's best, but proved that they just aren't at a high enough level this season to be able to come out on top.
Lou Williams was impressive again with a game high 22. Andre Iguodala added 14, and Elton Brand returned to the lineup to contribute a solid 17, but after that the rest of the Sixers were befuddled by the Boston defense. The fact that the Sixers were even able to keep this one close simply speaks to the way Boston is playing right now, especially considering they recently lost to the Nets. Still against the Sixers they were able to shoot 50% from the field and hang on for the win. So the defense or lack thereof continues to hurt the Sixers. Anyway with the loss the Sixers drop to 22-39 overall, still good enough for 10th in the East, but now 8.5 out of 8th.
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