After back to back shocking wins over the Bucks and the Hawks, the Sixers looked to make it 3 in a row as they welcomed Kevin Durant and the Oklahoma City Thunder to the Wachovia center tonight. Ultimately, the Thunder proved to be too much in this one. Durant poured in 26 and 10 rebounds to lead all scorers and OK City shot 50% from beyond the arc and rolled to 111 points. Meanwhile, the Sixers shot just 27% from beyond the arc and Elton Brand was the leading scorer with 22, as the Sixers failed to reach triple digits in yet another game. So it was pretty much all OK city, all the time. The Thunder led by 10 after the 1st quarter, 11 at half, and 10 heading into the 4th quarter, before winning easily by 18, 111-93. The Thunder really were dominant in every facet of the game, with 10 more assists, rebounds, and steals then Sixers and 10 fewer turnovers. Basically they played like a team that wanted it while the Sixers played like they didn't care.
Now for their part, the Sixers didn't play that poorly. Brand had 22, Iggy dropped in 21, Jrue Holiday scored 11, and Rodney Carney and Mo Speights each posted 10. So they had sufficient scoring. They just struggled from beyond the arc and their defense wasn't good enough. Not even close to good enough really. Three shockers in a row was just too much to ask. At least they didn't totally embarrass themselves. At ant rate with the losss the Sixers drop to 26-48 overall, still 12th in the East, but now 10.5 games out of 8th and mathematically eliminated from playoff contention. Better luck next year I guess.
2 comments:
Well I guess it was only a matter of time until the Sixers got officially knocked out of a playoff position so I think they should continue losing like they did tonight...not totally embarassing themselves but just a regular loss.
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sorry but I am pretty sure they're going be to embarrassed from here on out. They're playing all good teams from here on out and they don't really care what happens anymore. yikes!
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