Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Monday, November 03, 2008
SIXERS NEWS
After blowing a 23 point lead to the Hawks the Sixers returned home tonight looking to bounce back against the winless Sacramento Kings. From the beginning the Sixers offense was hot and they never let up with 8 Sixers scoring in double figures(Thaddeus Young 18, Elton Brand 15, Andre Iguodala 10, Andre Miller 12, Lou Williams 17, Willie Green 16, Kareem Rush 10, and Donyell Marshall 12). They also shot 59 % from the field and an amazing for them, 76% from beyond the arc, drilling 10 three pointers. Defensively, they were adequate ruling the boards 34-28, but ultimately the D wasn't needed on this night. After one quarter of play the Sixers were already up by 12 with the score 35-23. By the half thanks to consecutive baskets by Lou Williams in the final seconds the lead was up to 20 with the score 68-48. In the 3rd the Kings continued to be over matched as the lead increased to 28, with the score 93-65. Finally in the 4th quarter the domination became complete as the Sixers eventually went on to win going away by 34 with the final score 125-91. So the Sixers pull back even again at 2-2 overall and now they will have to figure out a way to come up with this kind of play more consistently.
Sunday, November 02, 2008
EAGLES NEWS
The Birds kept on rolling today with a solid if not spectacular victory over the injury depleted Seattle Seahawks in Seattle. Despite a slow start Donovan Mcnabb still completed 28 of 43 passes for 349 yards and 2 TDs. Most of those yards went to Brent Celek, playing in place of the once again injured L.J Smith, who hauled in 6 passes for 131 yards. So it was a solid evening for the Eagle offense that is just finally starting to get healthy, although they still seemed to settle for field goals far too often. However, it was the defense that really earned the glory on this day, sacking Seneca Wallace 4 times and holding him to just 169 yds passing and one embarrassing 90 yard TD. From that point on though Seattle would not score again and at one point punted on 11 consecutive possessions, including 7 three and outs. So yes the Eagles defense appears ready for primetime. Early on due to the aforementioned embarrassment Seattle actually led 7-0 after one quarter of play. In the 2nd quarter the Birds finally got going. First with just over 6 and half minutes to play in the half Mcnabb hit Reggie Brown for a 22 yd TD pass to tie it at 7. Then with just under a minute to play in the half Mcnabb capped off another long drive with a 1 yd TD pass to Todd Heremans, yes Heremans the offensive lineman of all people for a 14-7 halftime lead. From there it became the David Akers show, as he drilled 2 field goals in 3rd quarter and 2 more in the 4th quarter to finish off a 26-7 Eagles victory. So the Birds move to 5-3 overall and past the sinking Cowboys to 3rd in the NFC East, and just a half a game out of the last NFC wild card spot. So the stage is set for next weeks sunday night showdown, a statement the Eagles will have to make as they welcome the New York Giants to Linc.
FLYERS NEWS
All good things must come to an end, and so the Flyers winning streak did so today as they welcomed the Edmonton Oilers to the Wachovia center. Marty Biron's hot streak likewise came to an end as he saved just 23 of the 28 shots he faced. Edmonton jumped out early in the first two periods and the Flyers could not find a way to pull a comeback. About midway through the first period Erik Cole scored for a 1-0 Oiler lead. Mike Knuble answered a minute later to knot it up at 1. Ales Hemsky followed a couple minutes later for a 2-1 Oiler lead. Hemsky scored again early in the 2nd period for a 3-1 lead. A few minutes later Braydon Coburn cut it to 3-2. A couple minutes later Sheldon Souray made it 4-2 Oilers. Then Dustin Penner added another a minute later for a 5-2 lead. With just under 2 minutes left in the period Jeff Carter slapped one in to cut it to 5-3. Then just 20 seconds into the 3rd period Simon Gagne cut the lead to 5-4 and the stage was set for the Flyers to complete another comeback and extend their winning streak, but try as they might they could not get the equalizer and the Oilers held on to win 5-4. So the Flyers drop to 4-4-3 overall and remain with 11 points overall.
Saturday, November 01, 2008
SIXERS NEWS
Coming off their first win of the season last night the Sixers were looking to keep it going tonight as they traveled to Atlanta for a match up with the Hawks. Elton Brand had another solid game with 17 points and 16 rebounds, as all 5 Sixers starters scored in double figures, with 22 for Thaddeus Young, 12 and 11 rebounds for Samuel Dalembert, 16 for Andre Iguodala, and 11 for Andre Miller. Unfortunately, the Sixer bench supplied just 10 points all together, and that may have been the difference in this one. Another factor was Joe Johnson who went off for 35 points to lead all scorers and frustrate the Sixer's otherwise solid D. So while the Sixers jumped out to an early16 point, 34-18 lead after a quarter of play it would not last. At one point in the 2nd quarter the Sixer lead actually got as high as 23 but by the half the Hawks had rallied to within 13 with the score 57-44. In the 3rd quarter Atlanta continued to chip away and by the beginning of the 4th quarter the lead was down to 9 with the score 75-66. Finally in the 4th quarter the Hawks completed their comeback taking a 90-88 lead with just under 2 minutes to play and eventually holding on for a 96-88 victory. So the Sixers drop to 1-2 overall. They'll just have to shake this one off and figure out away to move forward.
Friday, October 31, 2008
SIXERS NEWS
After a disappointing start to their season Elton Brand and the Sixers rebounded nicely tonight as they welcomed the Knicks to the Wachovia center. All it took was a few more touches for Brand and the Sixers offense was off and running as Elton ripped off 24 points and 14 rebounds, Thaddeus Young added 13, Andre Miller dropped 20, and off the bench Willie Green added 18 and Lou Williams 15. Overall the Sixers shot 59 % from the field while holding the Knicks to just over 32 %. Basically the Sixers jumped out to an early 31-24 lead after a quarter of play and never looked back. At the half the lead was up to 12 with the score 60-48. By the end of the 3rd quarter it had ballooned to 19 with the score 91-72. Finally in the 4th quarter with mostly backups in the game for the Sixers they finished it off going away by 29, with the final score 116-87. So the Sixers improve to 1-1 overall in convincing fashion and seem well on their way to a great season. They'll simply have to continue to come together as a team as they did tonight.
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