After back to back debilitating losses the Sixers were desperate for a win tonight to avoid going 0-3 on their current road trip and more importantly avoid falling back to .500 on the season. Fortunately they reverted back to form just in the nick of time to avoid both. Furthermore, the Clippers have been struggling a bit lately, which only made things easier for the Sixers. Defensively, they did a solid job, limiting L.A to just 30% shooting from beyond holding and down Blake Griffin to just 14 points on just 3 of 12 shooting. The Clipper also killed themselves by shooting just over 50% from the line and turning the ball over 17 times.
The Sixers meanwhile shot over 40% from beyond and 82% from the line, while turning the ball over just 11 times and that really gave the . In all 6 Sixers scored in double figues, led by Jodie Meeks 22 on 5 of 8 shooting from beyond. Jrue was next with 20 and 9 assists, while Elton Brand powered through 19 and 12 rebounds. Spencer Hawes was also solid with 12 and 6 rebounds and Lou Williams chipped in off the bench for 14. All that together was just enough for the Sixers to lead pretty much wire to wire and when the smoke had finally cleared the Sixers had their win in L.A, 104-94.
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