The Sixers kept their winning ways at home going tonight with a fairly easy effort against the L.A Clippers. The Clippers came in winless on the road and figured to be easy pickings. In fact the Sixers really didn't play their best in this one and yet their performance was still more than enough, whereas against a better team it might not have been. Offensively they shot a decent 44% from the field and 35% from beyond the arc, while once again cleaning up at the line where they shot 82%. In all 5 Sixers scored in double figures. Andre Iguodala had 20 and 5 assists, Elton Brand had 15 and 6 rebounds, Spencer Hawes had 16 and 12 rebounds, Jrue Holiday had a game high 24, 5 assists and 6 rebounds, and Thad Young chipped in with 12 and 5 rebounds off the bench. Defensively, the Sixers were outstanding holding L.A to just 39% shooting from the field and 25% from beyond, while racking 7 blocks and 9 steals, and forcing 14 turnovers.
Early on the Sixers played a little sloppily and their shooting was a little off. L.A was actually able to capitalize on that sloppiness to lead by 1 after a quarter of play and 3 at the half. It was all Sixers in the 3rd quarter though, as they finally woke up and outscored L.A 38-14, to a 13 point lead into the 4th quarter. In the 4th, they simply put it on cruise control and traded baskets with the Clips until they had put them away by 14, 105-91. With the win the Sixers move to 10-15 overall and 9th in the East, just .5 games out of 8th.
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