Thursday, January 01, 2009
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
SIXERS NEWS
The Sixers continued their road trip tonight as they traveled to L.A for a matchup with the struggling Clippers. Fortunately for the Sixers the Clips continued to struggle and the Sixers had another solid night offensively, to pull out a much needed win. Defensively the Sixers had a much better night then they had been having lately, as they held the Clips to just 40% shooting from the field and 22% from beyond the arc, while forcing 16 turnovers , including 10 steals. Offensively, Andre Iguodala with 28 and Thaddeus Young with 20 were the leading scorers and just about the only Sixer scorers with Andre Miller the only other Sixer in double figures on the night. Still, the defense was good enough for once that Iguodala and Young were all they needed to win. The Clippers actually led by 1 after a quarter of play with the score 27-26. By the half the Sixers had pulled ahead by 3 with the score 50-47. By the start of the 4th quarter the Sixers had stretched their lead to 4 with the score 69-65. Finally in the 4th quarter the Sixers pulled away for good eventually hanging on to win by 8 with the final score 100-92. So the Sixers improve to 13-18 overall and now just a game out of 8th in the Eastern conference. We'll see if they can get anything going from this.
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
FLYERS NEWS
The Flyers continued their road trip tonight as they traveled to Vancouver to faceoff with the Canucks. Marty Biron got the start in goal and had a dazzling night saving 29 of the 31 shots he faced, to help preserve a hard fought Flyers victory. Meanwhile, Jeff Carter had yet another stalwart night with a goal and an assist to power the Orange and Black to a win. Early in the first period Carter scored for a 1-0 lead. Late in the period Daniel Sedin knotted it up at 1. Then a minute later Scott Hartnell scored for a 2-1 lead. Early in the 2nd period Jon Kalinski scored for a 3-1 lead. Late in the period Ryan Kesler scored to cut it to 3-2. From there it came down to a battle between Biron and the determined Canucks. Thankfully Biron won the day with some spectacular saves to close out the 3-2 win. So the Flyers win their 20th of the season to improve to 20-10-7 overall for 47 points, and now 5th in the Eastern conference, and still 2nd in the Atlantic division 2 points behind the Rangers.
Monday, December 29, 2008
SIXERS NEWS
The Sixers continued their road trip as they traveled to Utah for a matchup with the beat up Jazz. Unfortunately it was the Sixers who were beat up on this night. Once again while the Sixers were solid offensively as they shot 48% from the field and had 5 scorers in double figures, the defense was abysmal. Utah with no Carlos Boozer, and a banged up Deron Williams, shot 51% from the field and 44% from beyond the arc and pumped in 112 points. There is simply no excuse for defense that bad. You just can't win if you allow your opponent to score at will. Utah basically never really trailed in this one. They led by 4 after a quarter of play, 8 at the half, 15 through 3 quarters and finally by a laughable final wining margin of 17 with the final score 112-95. So the Sixers drop their 4th game in a row and fall to 12-18 overall which mind you is actually still only a game and a half out of 8th in the Eastern conference. So there is still time for the Sixers to turn things around, but they had better find some answers quick or they'll be going nowhere this season, assuming they aren't already going nowhere.
Sunday, December 28, 2008
EAGLES NEWS
In one of the wildest season ending weeks in recent history, the Eagles got the losses they needed early as the Houston Texans rallied to beat the Bears, and the Oakland Raiders rallied to knock of the Bucs, and they then crushed the arch rival Dallas Cowboys to earn the NFC's final playoff spot. It is not just that the Eagles played so well, that made their win today so impressive it's that Dallas with all of its high payed stars played so poorly. The Cowboys literally fumbled away their chances in this one, with 4 fumbles, an interception and a plethora of stupid penalties. Not only did they look unprepared, but the Cowboys also just did not appear as if they wanted to win this one. It was almost as if they were not aware of what was at stake in this game. The Eagles on the other hand had their eyes on the prize right from the beginning. Donovan Mcnabb completed 12 of 21 passes for 175 yards and 2 TDs as the Eagles went a perfect 3 for 3 in the redzone on the day. Correll Buckhalter was the other headliner on the offense with 3 catches for 59 yards and a TD, and 10 rushes for 63 yards. Defensively the Birds were equally up to the task forcing 5 turnovers, and limiting the Cowboys to just 298 total yards of offense, only 87 rushing yards, and just 6 points. It was simply a dominating performance on both sides of the ball today. Halfway through the first quarter David Akers booted a 40 yarder for the early 3-0 lead. Dallas and Nick Folk matched him late in the quarter to tie it at 3. From there it was all Eagles. Early in the 2nd quarter, Mcnabb himself plunged in from a yard out for a 10-3 lead. With just over 2 minutes left in the half Mcnabb finished off another drive with a 4 yd TD pass to Buckhalter for a 17-3 lead. After stopping Dallas on their ensuing drive the Birds drove down for another TD, this time a 1 Yd td pass from Mcnabb to Brent Celek for a 24-3 lead. Pacman, er Adam Jones then fumbled the ensuing kickoff to set up David Akers with a 50 yarder for a 27-3 lead. Early in the 3rd quarter Brian Dawkins sacked and stripped Romo, and Chris Clemons scooped it up and scampered 73 yards for 34-3 lead. BDawk did it again on the next Dallas drive this time stripping Marion Barber inside the Eagles five, and Joselio Hanson grabbed it and ran it back 96 yards for another scored and a 41-3 lead. Finally a couple minutes later after another Romo fumble Akers drilled a 41 yarder for a 44-3 lead. From there the two teams merely played out the remaining time on the clock, as Nick Folk booted a 42 yarder late in the 4th quarter to cut the Eagles lead to the eventual final score 44-6. So the Birds finish the season 9-6-1 and claim the final playoff spot in the NFC. They will now travel to Minnesota next week for a wildcard matchup with the Vikings and if they win that they'll head to the meadowlands for a 2nd rematch with Eli and the New York Giants in the divisional round of the playoffs.
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