Following arguably the worst loss of the season against the Memphis and with Carmelo and Nuggets coming to town, life didn't figure to get any better for the Sixers on this night. Fortunately, Doug Collins is the coach of the Sixers now and he ensured his team would not dwell on the loss. Indeed they came out tonight as if it never happened and played one of their best games of the season. Defensively they held Carmelo to just 12 points and 3 rebounds, while racking up 5 blocks and 9 steals and forcing 17 turnovers. Meanwhile, the Sixer's were close to lights out from floor, shooting 55% as a team with six 6 guys in double figures. Andre Iguodala led the way with 24 and 7 assists, while Elton Brand had 15, Jodie Meeks chipped in with 12, and off the bench Evan Turner had 11, Lou Williams had 12, and Thad Young had 21 big points.
Both teams came out hot with Denver narrowly outshooting the Sixers for a 2 point lead heading into the 2nd. From there the Sixer defense managed to slow down the Nuggets while Denver could not slow down the Sixers. By the half the Sixers were up by 3. Through 3 quarters they led by 10. Finally in the 4th Denver tried to make a push, but the Sixers held steady and eventually cruised to an 11 point win, 110-99, Now that's how you respond to a bad loss.
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