The Sixers traveled to Atlanta tonight looking for their 3rd straight win and first against a team with a winning record. Unfortunately things have not gone well for the Sixers on the road this season, as they also came in having lost 8 straight road games. It looked like tonight might be different though as Elton Brand collected 16 and 14 rebounds, Andre Iguodala posted 10, 8 assists, and 8 rebounds, and Lou Williams and Evan Turner each had double figures off the bench with 12 and 11 respectively. The Sixer defense was pretty impressive as well holding Josh Smith to just 9 points, and the Hawks to just 41% shooting from the field and 33% from beyond the arc. Also despite being the smaller team on the court, they out rebounded Atlanta 48-45. So there were was plenty to like about the Sixers tonight.
In fact, it was all Sixers early on as they raced out an 8 point lead after quarter. With just under 4 minutes left in the 2nd quarter they had the lead as high 18, but that's when thing turned as Altanta cut it back down to 8 by the half. The Sixers had it back up to 17 by the 5:54 mark of the 3rd quarter, but again they cooled off and by the end of the 3rd quarter the lead was just 5. Finally the 4th quarter belonged to Altanta as they outscored the Sixers 24-14. Once again the Sixers couldn't make the shots and couldn't get it done when they really needed to. Ultimately they went from leading by 5 at start of the 4th, to losing by 5, 93-88, just another typical result thus far this season. Still they once again showed they can play with an elite team, now if they only they could actually beat one. In more sobering Sixers new, Phils Jasner, the team's long time beat writer for the Daily News, and a frequent visitor on Comcast Sportsnet's Daily News Live, lost his long battle with Cancer. He was 68 and will be missed. RIP.
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