The Sixers traveled to Miami tonight for a matchup with Dwayne Wade and Heat as they looked to snap a 4 game losing streak or maybe not who knows. Anyway they actually played pretty well tonight, shooting 50% from the field and and 44% from beyond the arc with 8 treys, just good enough to give themselves a chance to win. Playoff bound Miami also didn't play its best otherwise the Sixers probably would not have been able to keep it close. At any rate, whether it was Miami playing poorly or the Sixers actually playing well for a change, the two teams were tied after the 3rd quarter. Despite the best efforts of Wade they were still tied with 48 seconds to play in the 4th. Then Jason Kapono missed a three pointer, Wade sunk a couple free throws, the Sixers followed with a couple of stupid turnovers, and finally sent Carlos Arroyo to the line for the game clinching free throws. He missed both, but of course the Sixers failed to gather in the rebound, fouled Arroyo again and then had watch him sink two free throws to rap up the 99-95 Miami win. What a team.
In the loss Sammy Dalembert was great with 19 and 16 rebounds, Andre Iguodala put up 16, 6 assists and 5 rebounds, Lou Williams chipped in with 12, 4 assists and 4 rebounds, Jason Kapono added 13, and Willie Green provided 10 off the bench. So it was another good night for the Sixers offensively. They simply didn't do enough defensively. They did actually out rebound Miami 45-42, but other than that they weren't very good. They also committed too many fouls and loss the turnover battle, not a recipe for success. The Sixers have now lost 5 in a row to drop to 26-52 overall, which is still good enough for 12th in the East, but only by a game now.
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I think its pretty funny how we're talking about the Sixers holding out for the 12th position but I suppose that can change after they get the 1st draft pick and get someone really good.
-to ph1llysports
like I said that's going to be tough to do as long as everyone keeps losing also
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