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Next time, wake up earlier
Trailing by 21 points in the first quarter when you are playing on the road may easily result in a defeat at the end: like 89-76 in Memphis, say. Your Hawes-less, Brand-less Philadelphia Seventy-Sixers...
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Pesky and peskier
Pesky are the Jazz, by tradition. A team that never gives up, plays D, plays hard 48 minutes, on every possession, that is able to stay close even when trailing, and tough to put away.Peskier were the...
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Triple joy
A triple double (by Iguodala, 10-10-10, eight of his career), a rain of threes (a stunning 9/15 from behind the arc), to celebrate Sixers' 95-74 W over Detroit (14-6, .700) and... Iguodala's birthday...
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Slippery when wet
Even Houston has a closer.Hard nosed Kyle Lowry, that is. Taking my hat off to him.It was the Philly native point guard with three phenomenal plays down the stretch to give Rockets a 93-87 W in the...
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Only one team at the MSG
And that was your Philadelphia Seventy-Sixers, showing up in the NY matinée.Five straight losses for the Knicks, three straight wins for the Sixers (25-17, .595).If you watched the game (94-106), it...
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Sixers win brick party
Overall, ugly, if you want to be fair. Surely the accidental NBA fan didn't "savour" it, and probably he switched on another game after watching few plays. Because 68-49 with 5 minutes left sounds more...
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Best medicine
A blowout win on the road is perhaps the best medicine for an ailing team.After the All star break Sixers simply trounced the Pistons, getting out of "the D" with a 68-97 W, to snap a five game losing...
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No stops, no answers
It may sound weird that we lost the game due to a small 7-0 run at the end of the THIRD quarter, but that's exactly what I think.Back-to-back threes by old "enemy" Danhtay Jones and George Hill gave...
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Box. The F. Out.
Giving up an offensive rebound to the opposing point guard (!) off a missed free throw (!!) is not a good way to lose a game.But that was the final, decisive play of Sixers' 88-92 L to Oklahoma City,...
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Nice but not sufficient
Exciting, yes. But not enough to get a win.Sixers couldn't complete what would have been a comeback for the ages against such an elite team and lost 78-84 to the Heat, for a ridiculous 10th consecutive...
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