The Sixers continued their road trip in L.A tonight with a matchup against the Lakers. Like the last meeting between these two teams in Philly, the Sixers were close to upending the defending champions but came up just a little short. Offensively, they had another good night, despite being bothered by the Laker's size which pretty much kept Elton Brand. Still Andres Nocioni, had 13 and 8 rebounds, Jrue Holiday had team high 19 and 11 assists, and off the bench, Evan Turner had 12 and 6 rebounds, Thad Young had 14 and 5 rebounds, and Lou Williams had 18. Unfortunately with Andre Iguodala again sitting out, it was at the defensive where the Sixers truly came up short. With Iggy on the court in the Philly, Kobe had just 9 points, tonight with no Iggy, he had 33 points and proved to be the difference in a tight contest as Lakers shot over 50% from the field.
The opening quarter belonged to the Lakers who used their good shooting to cruise to 10 point lead heading into the 2nd. In the 2nd quarter the Sixers toughened up a bit, but it could close the gap to 8 at the half. Things stayed tight in the 3rd quarter as the Lakers maintained a 9 point advantage heading into the 4th quarter. At one point the advantage was up to 11 in the 4th quarter, but as been the case all season, the Sixers would not go away. With 1:33 to play they had erased the deficit and tied thing up at 98. Kobe drilled a fadeaway after that to make it 100-98. The Sixers had 4 chances to answer after that but Turner missed a trey with a minute left, Young followed with a hook shot that was blocked with 57 seconds left, Holiday missed a trey with 8 seconds left, and finally Lou Williams missed a trey with 4 seconds left. After all that Kobe calmly sunk two free throws and the Lakers held on to win 102-98.
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It seems like the Sixers always keep it close against the best teams but always fall short witch is kind of a shame but Ill keep rooting for them.
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