The Sixers welcomed the New Jersey Nets to the Wells Fargo center tonight, as they looked to snap a 3 game skid. This time it was the Sixers who got the early the edge and the Sixers who made it stand up the rest of the way. They shot well from the field again at 51% and solidly from beyond at 38%, both much better than New Jersey, but struggled at the line, shooting their free throws at just 60%. They weren't as quite as affected by that tonight as neither team got to the line all that much. Moreover, that got big nights, out of Jrue Holiday who had 20 and 13 assists, Elton Brand who 14 and 10 assists, Andre Iguodala who had 16 and 7 rebounds, Thad Young who had 13 off the bench and Lou Williams who had 15 and 5 assists off the bench. Put it all together and you've got the Sixers 4th win of the season.
As mentioned the Sixers did have the early edge with a 3 point lead after a quarter of play. New Jersey actually rallied back to take a 2 point lead at the half but that would be their only real momentum of the night. The Sixers rallied back to tie it up through 3 quarters and then dominated in the 4th quarter, outscoring New Jersey 36-20. When the smoke finally cleared at the end of the 4th they had won going away, by 16, in their easiest win of the season thus far, 102-86. Still, at only 4-13 overall the Sixers remain last in the Atlantic division, but at least now they're right there on the Net's heals. This season may yet have some life to it.
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