The Sixers traveled to Orlando tonight for their season finale against Dwight "Superman" Howard and the Orlando Magic. Unfortunately for the Sixers, rather than rest their starters, Orlando brought their A game in this one. Also as usual the Sixer's defense did not show up in this one, allowing Orlando to shoot 59% from the field and 44% from beyond the arc with 11 treys. So the Sixers never really had a chance in this one. They did't play that poorly, shooting 51% from the field and 31% from beyond the arc with 6 treys, but it was no match for the Magic. By the end of the 1st quarter the Sixers were already down by 17. They cut to 13 by the half, but by the 4th quarter they were down by 23 and it was over. With that little pride they had left, they managed a final push in the 4th quarter before losing by 14. It was just that kind of season for the Sixers.
Mo Speights wound up the Sixers' leading scorer on the night with 23. Meanwhile, Sammy Dalembert posted 12, Jason Kapono 10, Lou Williams 10, Rodney Carney 11, and Willie Green 11. So if nothing else they did score a bunch tonight, but as usual it was for naught. If the 14 point loss at the Magic, it's because that exactly the way the Sixers started this season, Funny how things work out sometimes. Anyway with the loss the Sixers finish the season at 27-55 overall, 6th worst in the NBA and 13th in the Eastern conference. That means the Sixers should at least get a top ten pick in the NBA draft this summer, and could possibly sneak into the top 5, but anything more than that would be wishful thinking.
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I wasnt expecting the Sixers to beat the Magic so this game is no suprise. Now I'm banking on a good draft pick and maybe some offseason transactions to make this bad-ish team into an ok one.
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