SIXERS NEWS

The Sixers traveled to Indiana tonight as they looked to make it 2 in a row, after a stirring win over the Raptors in their last game. Coming in the Pacers were well behind the Sixers in the Eastern conference standings and without their best player, Danny Granger, whose nursing an injury. So it was going to be easy pickins for the Sixers tonight right? Oops. Unfortunately, the Sixers did not shoot nearly as well tonight as they had in their last game, at just 45% from the field and only 31% from beyond. Moreover, they turned the ball over a whopping 20 times which will just kill your chances of winning every time. Indiana didn't necessarily play all that much better than the Sixers, but they shot better from beyond and did not make anywhere near as many mistakes, with only 10 turnovers. Thus, after a tepid 1st quarter, it was Indiana who pushed to a 2 point lead at the half and Indiana that extended to a 9 point lead heading into the 4th quarter, before hanging on to win by 11, 107-96.

Andre Iguodala had a particularly horrid night with just 5 points, while Elton Brand contributed just 7 and 3 rebounds. I mean what happened to those guys out there tonight. It's no wonder the Sixer's lost. Meanwhile, Sammy Dalembert was great with 16 and 11 rebounds, Jrue Holiday was impressive again with a Sixer's high 21, Lou Williams was solid with 11 and 6 rebounds and finally Willie Green was the only bright spot of an otherwise listless bench effort, with 13 and 4 rebounds. Even he turned the ball over twice though. It was just one of those nights where the Sixers killed themselves with mistakes all game long, and they're just good enough right now to get away with nights like that. Not that it matters at this point anyway as it seems the Sixers are beginning to give up on any hopes they might have still had of making the playoffs for the 3rd year in a row. With the loss the Sixers drop to 23-40 overall, still barely good enough for 10th in the East, but now 8.5 out of 8th.