The Mavs will be without three key guys in their guard rotation tonight (Terry, Beaubois and Delonte West), which means a win would probably be excluded from the "meaningful" category by doubters. There's no doubt a win is needed, though.
The Mavs are probably going to have to rely heavily on their aged starting back court of Jason Kidd and Vince Carter. Dominique Jones is the only other active guard on their roster. Pushing the pace tonight would be a good idea, as would pressing the Mavs whenever Kid is off the floor.
I'd love to see Jrue attack Kidd off the dribble, but he may not get the chance. Apparently, the Mavs have been using a
cross match scheme to put Shawn Marion on opposing point guards. Unfortunately, the Mavs can probably get away with doing this against the Sixers' starting lineup. Carter would take Iguodala and Kidd can take Meeks. If this is the case, I'd like to see the Sixers do a couple of things on the offensive end: (1) Get into their offense early, run a quick play. One of the big drawbacks of using a cross match is that it's difficult to find your man in early offense. If the Sixers push the ball up, they could wind up with some big mismatches. (2) Wear out Jason Kidd. If he's on Meeks, his job can be made extremely easy if Meeks is just hanging out on the perimeter looking for passes, or it can be made extremely tiring if Meeks is constantly running Kidd through a series of screens. Choose the latter.
Two really tough matchups on the defensive end for the Sixers, and they're both at PF. I actually like Iguodala on Dirk, but doubt Collins will use it much. It'll probably be Brand initially, which is a bad matchup. Thad hasn't had a ton of success in the past, but he's been a different defender this year so we'll have to see how that goes. Lamar Odom has always given the Sixers all kinds of problems, so I wouldn't put a ton of stock into his disappointing numbers on the season. He could definitely get healthy tonight.
The Sixers can't be surprised if Dallas goes to a zone. If they do, a big needs to flash to the foul line, the wings need to cut off him and the guys on the perimeter need to knock down their threes.
Press the advantages you have, try to make the Mavs play to their weaknesses and keep the energy up for 48 minutes.
The tip is at 8pm. How about putting on a show for the first national audience of the year? This is your game thread. Join me if you're psyched the Sixers will be on ESPN and you won't have to hear Mark Jackson calling the game.
Prediction: PHI 97, DAL 90
Uh-oh, Brian is only predicting a single digit win. This can't be good.
Brian - what do you like best of these:
Jrue over 13 points
Iggy over 12 points
Thad over 12.5 points
Dirk over 20.5 points
Wow. That's tough. I'd usually go with Thad, but Odom gives him problems. Probably Jrue. I think he bounces back.
This LeBron back to Cleveland thing might result in LeBron leaving Miami. Or at least it might result in Riley seriously considering moving him. Something like LBJ for Dwight or Deron.
how do you figure? cliff lee said (while on seattle) that he'd be open for a return to philly. people take lebron statements wayyyyyy too strongly.
?
Did I miss a story? I'm confused
Here.
The stuff he's saying about Riley, plus the fact that there's still a sort of square pegs/round holes problem they need to figure out makes me think it's possible. Howard and Williams aren't as good as LeBron, by any stretch, but putting either of them on that roster may make the team better.
Lebron James is a pampered baby who had his way in Cleveland, and look how many titles he won. Once he wins titles in Miami he will learn that maybe Pat Riley and a little discipline, and the word no every once in a while, might be good for him. Lebron wants to go back to Cleveland cause he had it easy, expectations were low. If he can not handle expectations then he should learn not to make himself a target.
I guess ESPN hasn't filmed any of those promos with Sixer players...yet.
the carter vs meeks matchup scares me alot
If it's a problem, Collins will get Meeks out of there. He's been pretty good about that. But Meeks has also done a pretty good job in these situations. Orlando tried to go after him in the post w/ Richardson and they didn't get anything out of it.
Sixers video: Collins pregame Friday on playing the Mavericks on national TV and Lavoy Allen playing a more prominent role with Hawes expected to miss at least two more weeks:
http://www.phillyburbs.com/sports/sixers/doug-collins-pregame/youtube_dbcd20d4-1db9-5447-860c-b3055d58dabf.html
Two more weeks for Hawes? What's up with him? :S
2 weeks w/ the boot on, then an undetermined amount of time after that. A month is probably pushing it.
A boot or a glass slipper?
Fumbled at least 3 defensive rebounds. Need to get those. Otherwise: Good quarter. Pace could be a bit faster. Out-run those old Mavs, at least push the ball up fast on each position.
Magic down 9 to the Bucks. They're shooting 11-33 (33.3%) overall, 2-12 (16.7%) from 3. They really do live and die by 3s.
should i watch the game on ESPN or CSN?
Just give the crowd a chance to get into it early.
Hubie Brown doing the game for ESPN. I guess JVG is doing the late game.
I'd really love it if the Sixers didn't dig a humongous hole early in the game.
I love Hubie and his insight, always have since he was on WOR, I think.
I'm deflated.I just saw no Terry tonight.Another game that is a no win situation.
They still have Dirk, it would be a quality win in my book.
I think it is a good win if they can get it.It's just getting annoying.It's like players are picking the Sixers games to take off nights.
I hear what you're saying, I'm sick of the national media using that all the time too
*nights off
Gonna be soooo many commercial breaks tonight.
I'm really sick of hearing the Sixers record w/ and w/out Hawes.
Wins with Hawes: Phoenix, GSW, NOH, DET, TOR, IND, SAC, WAS, WAS, MIL, ATL, LAL
Losses with Hawes: POR, UTA
Wins w/out Hawes: CHA, DET, ORL, CHI, CLE, CHA
Losses w/out Hawes: DEN, MIA, NJN, MIA, SAS, LAC, ORL
No more roller coasters like Wed night please.
Looks like a great crowd tonight
Aaaand we're off...Lavoy wins the tip!
Jrue on VC.
Well Jrue now on Kidd, Jodie on Vince the last 2 possessions.
Jrue got contact on that drive. Should've been a whistle, got the dime, though.
Alright, lock down on the defensive end, please.
Andre w/ the stepback. Hope that's the last one I see him take, esp with VC on him. He can take him off the dribble.
Damnit, Kidd has stolen two possessions for the, and they can't buy a fucking board.
ESPN shows Nocioni and the graphic is about Hawes missing his 17th game - that's RACIST!
Marion is on Jrue, btw.
Jrue on Marion twice.
And they got caught small on big on the other end. Ugh.
Meeks isn't as good from the corner, looked at his shot chart the other day on NBA.com.
Please get the ball inside here.
Got to make that EB.
jason kidd taking care of business. it's gonna be tough.
9-0 Dallas run. Not good. Bet there are no subs in this timeout.
That's pretty bad by Lavoy. Can't let Brendan Haywood beat you down the floor. Besides the Meeks wide-open three (miss), really don't like the shots.
Another bad defensive start, have to hit the boards.
BTW, would it kill Jrue to get to the rim?
Foul shots! Make 'em Dre
AI9 hits a pair! Nice. Now a couple stops.
eb
Great fuckin hustle Lavoy.
Nice hustle, Lavoy. Great job.
Damn, Jodie....
Bleh, Jodie didn't have a good look there.
Turner coming in, probably for Jodie.
Lavoy. good pass from Dre.
I know he's struggling in other areas, but how good has Brand seemed this year as an individual defender?
He's been really, really good. Seems like he's got the book on a lot of guys.
Just looking at the last two games, he doesn't seem overmatched at all against the best center and power forward in the league. Stunning how different their games are.
Lou drifting left!!
wholesale subs. Lou off the dribble.
Ugly shot Lou, but I'll take it
OK, our bench needs to work theirs over.
lavoy
Good start for Lavoy.
I like Iggy Smalls' aggressiveness so far
AI943!
Dumb foul, Lavoy.
thad
Nice, Thad.
AI9 to Thad, nice.
Voose rattles one home.
Good effort from everyone here to start.
God, this team is so much better when Iguodala is in attack mode. Such a dangerous passer when he gets in the paint and can use his ball handling and athleticism.
Anyone else happy they are not going to have to watch "the environment......the DVR.....My cute neighbor Sarah", cheers Budweiser or the Pepsi drill Sgt. with no teeth shedding a tear commercials on every Comcast break since its on ESPN tonight.They make my head explode.Looks like it will be a steady dose of Blakes Infotainment system ones though.
Voose!
Vuc w/ the spin!
turner on odom
Turner, still allergic to the paint.
Come on, secure the board!
Man, can someone grab a board?
Good D.
I'd give my left nut for a defensive rebound, though.
Good hands Jrue.
Shoulda went Lou for one.
Nice take, Thad cleans up.
Good close by Jrue. Come on, get the stop here.
Straight up, Voose.
Dallas is very fortunate to get 21. I hate that.
bailout foul on Carter.
PHI 27, DAL 21 after one.
Big first quarter in that they didn't dig themselves a hole. Now come out in the second and add on to the league.
Better quarter than I could've ever imagined.
Not that they ever don't, but tonight they have the look like they know they belong.
Knicks down 10 in the first quarter. Lin has 5 turnovers already. Twitter doesn't seem to be exploding with the news, though.
Linsanity with 5 TOV in first 10 minutes. MVP!
Good look Evan.
Lou to the line, hit 'em both.
odom at SG
wow, don't know how turner got that pass through there. Thad saves the possession w/ hustle.
Good hustle thad
Sweet pass Lou.
Voose w/ the left!
great passing
Wow. Pretty
Wholly moly!!! what a play! Vuc dunk!
This lineup is moving the ball great right now
VOOSE WITH THE FUCKING SLAM!!!!!!
Beautiful offense. Great pass by Thad.
That was one of the prettiest plays we've seen all season!
16 points for our glaring weakness. I love writing gloom-and-doom previews.
How long is Hubie Brown going to call him "Vuyovich"?
He's too old for people to correct him, so I would say for the rest of the game.
yes this is great ball. It's been a while, great to see some nice offense.
There you go, ET.
Great job by Lou saving that ball.
Keep pouring it on these guys...
Fuck that jumper, Turner. Come on.
Turner, GET IN THE PAINT. GOOD GOD.
He had fucking Dirk on him that time and didn't even think to attack. That's mind boggling.
ET follows up a great take with a bad jumpshot
Lou, good move, ugh block and convert and foul on other end. key sequence
Thad gotta throw that down
Well, go get em EB!!
Louuuuuuuuu
Sick, sick transition. That was a 3-on-0 off a miss!
Lavoy on Dirk.
ET is boarding at least
Great job Lou. Make em please
Lou should be getting shots there.
Say What? We don't shoot, side out? f me
AI9 to the line. Good aggressive drive.
That's some fraggernacklebull right there.....
Turner just cannot shoot
I'm really dismayed with his plan of attack offensively. He doesn't even look to drive to even make a play for a teammate. Everything is literally beyond the foul line and that sucks because his jumper hits the front rim 98 percent of the time.
It's very frustrating
Iggy has made 2-of-2. Twice already tonight. Wow.
It would be massive for us if he can up his FT shooting and general the FT attempts.
Fuck me. Jrue take that to the rim.
Pass the ball ahead earlier Evan on the break!!
Has Turner gotten in the lane once yet? He's not playing poorly, but he is short literally every time on that jumper. He can't adjust mentally or physically.
his only make was a layup on a fast break
btw, I'm 100% OK with Vince Carter trying to back Iguodala down.
Love the energy but we should be up by 20 at this point
Voose has been excellent offensively tonight. Right place, right time, taking good shots in the paint and making them.
Lin 6 turnovers in 16 minutes vs NOLA.
Who got a tech?
3 seconds
Come on keep this above double digits.
Picking on Lou a bit
Fucking down to 7. Jrue coming back in, not sure why he went out.
Lavoy again.
Dre w/ the drive and dish.
EB w/ Yi on him.
Great action from Lavoy and Iguodala. Aesthetically pleasing offense tonight. Love that shit.
We look really up on our toes tonight.
Get em together Doug, same thing you've been doing. Keep it up here heading to the break. 3 hard, strong minutes.
Has Jrue really only played 5 min? can't complain even...
11
I still don't know why the Sixers don't run Meeks off circles/screens. He can catch and shoot. Especially if he gets hot. And there's no way Kidd can run with him.
+1
Bad shot by Jrue.
Bad shot Jrue, come on...
If they are going to run that play for Jrue, I'd much rather he'd spot up from three.
Yep.
Come on, 10+ heading into the half.
Dallas looks to waking up a bit
Pick the offensive energy up here, and D.
Man, they fucked up that transition opp.
what the fuck was lou doing on that break
F me, why go out to the arc Jrue? we had numbers. sheesh
Bad mistake by Jrue there, but wouldn't have happened had Lou not royally screwed that up and given it to him earlier.
would like to see it again, thought Lou made a nice dish back to Dre actually, thought Dre would finish it, but Jrue backpedaling was so inexcusable, for the lower percentage shot.
Nope, was a very bad decision (Hubie was yelling at him to give to Jrue), as he had Jrue running with him for a layup dunk for five seconds. Iguodala was behind him. Lou's playing really well tonight and recently (Loved the poke behind at the end), but decision making on the fast break has never been a strong suit for him.
That's how you pass ahead, Lou. Sheesh.
Jrue actually to the line? say it ain't so...
Jrue to the line. Maybe this snaps him out of it.
They have missed Turner's defense the past few minutes.
Really? He was playing pretty good D, but Dallas hasn't gone off or anything. Forced a few TO's too.
When Turner went off the floor, they immediately went to the mismatch that was left - first Kidd on Lou ( a postup and then, after they had to come down and double him the next time down, Kidd passed out for a clean 3)...and then, when Meeks came in, they went right to VC on him...
Look, he didn't hit his shots, but he played solid D, had 6 rebounds/2 assists and was a +14. Collins gave him some early burn, and he helped the team establish he mid-teens lead. The shots will fall as long as he gets quality minutes, but he does a LOT of other things on the floor.
I don't think they were hurting so bad. He did a lot of good things no doubt, but it's really ugly now for him offensively in the half-court. I think the shots will start falling when he starts figuring out that he's allowed to take shots inside of ten feet, and that he converts those pretty well. Don't understand how he's fallen in love with a jump shot that is really shaky.
Because Collins would have a subdural hematoma if ET turned it over on a drive and it led to a basket the other way.
His jumper isn't much better than a TO the way he is shooting it right now. I guess they can get an offensive board.
Don't always like Collins' handling of ET, but this isn't his fault.
But in Collins' fucked-up world, you stay in e game if you miss jumpers, but get yanked if you make an aggressive mistake. Turner is just reading the memo.
See, Jrue? You attack, you get the call, you get points. It's that easy. :)
Great D, Jrue.
OK, Collins, draw us up a play, huh?
Outlet the ball EB, ugh....
Hopefully that gets Jrue going
Our defense has been great tonight
If its a Lou Iso at the top I wil not be happy
Cooney just said the Sixers always score out of timeouts like this. Has he been watching the same Sixers team I have all year?
he's a joke. as is the other guy, mitchell i think
I like Doug, but the local media adores him.
nice box out "Voo-ya-vich"
Nice
What. a. half.
PHI 51, DAL 37 at the half.
Great, great finish to that second quarter. They cut into the lead, then the Sixers pushed it back up to 14 with strong defense in the last couple minutes. Great job.
I sure like watching THIS team. :)
We've got one turnover, and 10 fast break points. Just keep that up.
Linsanity has 8 of 'em (in 22 minutes).
Nikola and Lavoy have been unreal tonight: a combined 9-12 from the field for 20 pts and 11 rebs at the half.
Lin has 8 turnovers in the first half.
Great DecisLIN making.
I believe they're called "Lin-overs".
biyombo, 8 points, 13 rebounds, 7 blocks 1:30 left in the 4th
Biyombo has 8 points, 13 boards and 7 blocks. Looks like CHA is going to pick up their 4th win over TOR.
you sorta get the feeling that the ESPN crew were just amiably enduring the Philly-Mavs game till they could get to the update about the New York Lins.
is the consensus that lou is probably going to walk after this season to get a starting gig some where? if so should the sixer's consider selling high on him now or is that just out of the question because they're doing so well with him.
I think he definitely opts out. I'm not sure if it'll be to be a starter somewhere, or just to get a longer deal for more money (from the Sixers or from someone else). If they aren't going to re-sign him, then it does make sense to trade him now, but they won't do that. No way. Not when they're playing like this. He's a big part of that record and I don't think they'll do anything to jeopardize this season, even if they probably should.
Should say "maybe should" instead of "probably." It would depend on what they can get for him, and really where his head is at concerning his next contract. They can't pay him like they just paid Thad, if he's demanding that kind of money, then they have to let him walk and they should probably try to trade him.
the situation has some parallels to the andre miller fiasco from a few years back although the sixer's will want to keep him. but I'm afraid of the price tag lou will command
Lou seems money-driven, but he also looks like a very loyal guy. Could see him walk to Atlanta though... hometown.
Wuold seem like a natural fit. He would help the
I really hope we re-sign Lou, but he's pricing out higher by the day.
I would feel less reluctant about giving him up if Jrue was not playing like a rookie.
Right now, I feel if we could re-sign him for 3yrs, go ahead. Otherwise this team has not many consistent scoring threats. Brand has sailed. Turner's shot is lost. I dunno.
A lot of that would depend on what they think about Turner and Meeks...I could see the plan being letting Lou walk if the money gets Gordon-ish, and have Meeks and Turner simply split the minutes.
If they could get a interesting young big from somebody for Lou, I would listen.
I know turner hasn't taken the leap offensively that we all hoped he would but I still think if he took over lou's role, and was given the long leash that lou enjoys, they wouldn't lose that much scoring wise and he would be able to do all the other things he does well.
I'll never understand the logic behind "Let's give an inefficient guy a ton more shots, and he'll suddenly become efficient."
Two words - ALLEN IVERSON
I think you misquoted me a little bit
Naaah...he just said what he wanted to say - that's all.
We are 10 of 10 from the line. That's 100%. Enjoy it, this number wont last...
Funny thing about Jrue when he gets to the foul line: His shots go in.
OK, pick up right where you left off.
Talk about overreactions....
It's the game thread. table it please
Overpassing and a bad shot. Come on.
Fuck.
Come on Jodie.... damn
2 turnovers already. Ugh.
Looks like it will be up to the night shift
How was that a foul?
Come on Jrue. dag
This is so ugly right now.
Jrue, why are you forcing?
now Evan forcing?....
nice pass lavoy
Great pass, Lavoy.
Good look Lavoy....
That was a foul on Kidd. Ugh.
Jason Kidd gets away with more reach in fouls than anyone in the history of basketball.
Jesus
Dirk is getting hot.
D up here, before the benches start to trickle in.
Dirk 3. come on it's only 6 and we've dominated... shit
Damn I was about to say that we hadn't given Dirk a clear look from 3 all day and that happens.
10-2 run to open the quarter.
They just need to get their composure here, and get back to what they were doing, passing and cutting crisply and finishing in the half-court. They couldn't defend it earlier, struggled mightily.
Lucky that Shawn Marion is trying to finish shots on the other end. They need to get much better shots.
Like Jrue attacking, but he was out of control both times. Wouldn't mind him seeking contact either.
Seriously bad shot out of a to
No sub, they ran a play for an Iguodala 20-footer out of the timeout.
Great shot out of the timeout, per usual. Christ.
What the heck was Andre shooting that three at?
Get Lavoy out, and Thad in.
Why is everything in slow motion? This is awful offense.
Yep, Lavoy had had his run this game....again... Thad please
Why Doug did not put Lou/Thad/Vuce on the court out of the timeout I will never know.
Thad gets Evan a good look, no, EB, no ... come on
Dirk 3 shit
Turner stop shooting jumpers! You can't make them.
Dirk for the lead, goddamnit
Andre? who the hell was that pass to????
Tough to watch. Just limit the damage here. Don't let the whole game get away from you in this run.
Lou, take over please, you or Thad.
This is awful
Vuc, if you can't block it, give a foul huh?
Now Vuc jack a deep two. Bucket, still....
OK, hopefully the DAL timeout will end that run for them.
Seriously disgusting effort. Went on auto-pilot against the World Champs. Unreal.
Offense is four guys standing around. It's like they see if they can get away with not playing the right way.
This is one of the worst quarters of basketball I've ever seen.
Wow, 4 points in 6.5 min ... just wow.
I hope DC isn't spazzing out in this timeout. He needs to remain calm, just as his troops do.
What do they say when your shot is not falling?
Take it to the rack.
"What do they say when your shot is not falling?"
That kid's name is ET?
Huh?
If you haven't noticed, Turner is not alone in missing jumpers.
I can't believe I just saw a team get held to TWO points over the first 8 minutes of a quarter. They need to pick up the intensity and take over this game again....
Are you the beerleaguer Fatalotti?
Yes sir.
Oh, I'm Tray from beerleaguer.
It's a match made in fucking heaven!
Nice to see you around. I'll be back on BL right around when the season starts. I just needed a break from that place and all the bickering. It can be fun during the season, but during the off-season, it's just a drag.
Yeah I haven't been there in ages.
It's Dallas, they were going to make a run. How you respond now is what matters. Finish this quarter the same way you finished the first and second and it'll break their back. Just don't fucking panic.
Jodie, you HAVE to make that.
STOP SHOOTING JUMPERS
I know, just hold your composure here.....
Thad, take a quick jumper. Why not?
thad
Nice work, Thad.
Another stop, now.
Thad with the spin....
Why all the fucking long range jump shots?!!!
Lou really having trouble staying in front of Jones. Don't understand why other teams don't attack him more.
We have only scored 6 fuckin pts in this quarter, but guess what, we're still tied. Ummmmm...
Lou, gotta get the ball out of that double right away. He just wants to keep dribbling it.
Thad with a good move. Way to go. That's what we should have started doing 5 minutes ago when the offense started to get stale.
Nice catch, Voose. This is horrific.
Nice job by Lou...instead of using his quicks to go by Marion, he waits for the double-team on the baseline.
Sweet.
Get a hoop here.
They actually doubled Lou, first time I've seen that this year. That can be good, if we adjust properly.
Good D Dre.
They obviously can still win this game (it's tied), but you should never expect to win when you have a quarter in which you have more turnover than points...
Putrid, that's what this quarter has been
Lou hurting us right now
how many turnovers this quarter?
Fucking Lou loses Jones on the inbound play. Wake up.
Seriously, there are no words.
They are lucky to be down 4.
Grind this shit out with them dammit. Come on, it's gonna be ugly....
VC... ugh
Lou!!! come on, keep digging.
So what do we do here? Just go with our best defensive lineup and hope to grind it out? No one can buy a fucking basket right now
PHI 59, DAL 61 after three.
Not sure exactly how to describe that quarter. Forget it. 2-point game going into the fourth. Win it by 3 or more and we can forget about the third Q.
Fucking terrible. Unbelievable.
Nice shot by Lou. He still sucked that quarter, just like everyone else.
Defense wasn't even all that terrible. 24 points in a quarter isn't that bad. If the Sixers had had just a bad quarter (and not this abysmal one) of 18 points, they'd actually still be up 9 points. Wow...
Bismack had a great game, 8 13 and 7 blocks. The Bobcats ended their losing streak. Cousins, I'm happy to report, had 26 and 15 on 19 shots.
Just give me 12 smart, energetic minutes here. Is that too much to ask?
Dammit Vuc...
Not quite a great start.
Can't believe how easy this is for Jones. Come on, Lou.
wtf is up with jrue
I just don't understand all of these turnovers all of a sudden. Are they fatigued? Rattled?
Side note: they went to 6 turnovers, zero fast break pts in just the third quarter, compated to previously.
If they continue to not be able to score, it doesn't matter what they do. They need to put the ball in the hoop, dammit!
Whay is Evan Turner standing there holding the fucking ball so long?
Evan shoot the fucking ball man.... shit
He's 2 for 10 so tonight, I'm glad he didn't shoot that
So, he gives to Thad to take a jumper?
Again...NOBODY IS MAKING JUMPERS
(Turner hasn't been in the past 5-6 possessions, but I guess the missed jumpers out there are STILL his fault)
Which excuses Turners poor performance, which is a season long issue by the way, how?
Any way we get a win here? Offense is screamingly awful.
Just terrible offense. I have nothing good to say about this team right now. Just releasing my frustration in these comments.
No one is trying to draw contact and get to the fucking line
Yay!
Thad with the recovery!! come on...
This shooting this half is one crazy statistical aberration. Gotta get past it.
Are they gonna give ET shots here? no he tried to pass it geez
Wow without Thad this team is such an awful half court team.
Great look, Jrue. Great look. Timeout Dallas. Man, do they have any TOs left?
Jrue to Nik!
Oh hey look they ran some offense!
Come on Sixers, win this game and I'll forgive you for that third quarter. No, really, I mean it. I will.
jrue and evan look so out of sorts, scared of getting yanked maybe
I'm so tired of this excuse.
Same.
Yeah I used to make it for them too, but they just look like shit. Nothing else you can say about them right now.
a suggested reason is not an excuse
As just simultaneously mentioned, why has Evan Turner taken 10 shots tonight? Where did this guy come from?
Oh, Jrue...
Fuck. Don't mind that three by Jrue, just wish it dropped.
Give it to Lou and Jrue and Thad
Just take your fuckin eleventh....
Ugh, and here come the Dirk "fouls."
Keep on missing Turner, set a new building record or something
I'd yank Turner. He can't score. Had a step on Odom and stopped attacking. Unreal.
Annnnd Turner finally makes his well-deserved exit w/ 8:08 left, we're down by two....
Will the Sixers score 20 in THE HALF??
wish comcast could do that in the huddle during timeout stuff
This is devastating.
Gotta finish that, Jrue.
And another whistle for Dallas. Gonna get out of hand quickly, now if they don't get a hoop on the other end.
This is painful
Come on!! here.....
Andre being aggressive. Thad, no..
come on
I don't like basketball anymore.
SHit, Dirk. come on guys, keep it together, execute
Yep, that's ball game, I think. Only down 6, but just settling.
Make that 9. Think Kidd's foot was on the line.
Jrue jackin a three, down six isn't executing either
dammit Kidd 3
35-11 run. My word...
Enough with thebfucking excuses. They are professionals. Make a shot for crissakes
I didn't think the sixers could look this bad at home.
Hey...at least they aren't turning it over by tryiing to drive the ball to the hoop...
Right?
Jrue has looked awful as of late.
Not for any reason other than just feel, this is the equivalent of the Clips game. just so damn frustrating,
defensive kind of battle, but just poor ass offense. Not sure that's true for the Clips game statistically but, feels like it in this one. And "felt" like it in that one too.
I think it's more like the last 5 minutes of the Orlando win, except for an entire half.
Nowitzki has outscored the Sixers by himself in the 2nd half, and he's only scored 14 points this half.
Thad stops the bleeding, momentarily.
What y'all expect not getting nothing from the starting 1 or 2 position
Lot of time left, do they want it? Dre to the line, uh-oh...
These possessions are just getting worse. They are running jack shit.
Well, at least Iggy is making his free throws tonight..
Come on Boss.
Good D, Jrue.
Get another hoop, huh?
I miss the sixers team that played in the denver game, even though they lost that game how well they played sticks in my mind
Lou was fouled,,,, THad
The refs seems to be making a concerted effort to not give calls to Lou Williams.
Lou was fouled there, got the points anyway.
Another Dallas timeout.
OK. Got the stop, another fucking hoop here.
Get a bucket here
Need a push here in the worst way. If we can tie this game up, we'll win it.
OK, Jrue to the line.
Hey now, Jrue. How about that?
Jrue to the line? PLEASE MAKE EM JRUE
nice Jrue; make 'em now
Go to the hoop and get to the line...
What a novel concept.
HAVE TO MAKE THE FREE THROWS HERE!
there ya go jrue
and splits a pair.
Shit put Evan back in, I'd rather see him shoot bricks than Jrue.
Don't you EVER stop?
But you don't have an agenda...right?
Great denial by Thad. Dirk whistle, of course.
oh boy; here we go.
D up!
Dirk with an unbelievable bank.
Lou short-arming.
And here come the Dirk calls. Thad with 5? we're screwed
Game.
That Dirk shot off the glass was fucking ridiculous. How do you guard that?
Man, if this continues, it sort of feels like more than one loss. I'm really disheartened by this effort. This team is supposed to be mentally tougher than this.
Son of a ...................
And now they miss free throws. They're killing us, this Sixers team.
Lou has been infected with the suck
ANnnnddd Jrue is scared to shoot, giving Lou a fucked up pass.... man
Oh, come on. That wasn't a bad pass at all.
Very disappointing loss. :/
Sixers defense is good enough to keep them in most games. It's their shit, long-two taking, non-driving offense that's going to make them lose to the better teams.
QFT
it's odd that they take the shots that their great defense is designed to concede. you'd think they'd put 2 and 2 together and realize they should attack the basket.
Doug Collins is going to have to do yeoman's work after this game to get this team back to winning ways. And the Wolves on in Minnesota will not be an easy game, by any means. Good luck, Collins...
Andre? what is that?
You'll have to excuse him. He's not as good as Andre Miller.
Wtf jrue
Jrue! clank!
Just can't make a shot, AT ALL!
Iso Dre. Awesome play.
a shot 10ft or less from the rim; i'll take it anyday.
That's it for Thad. 6 fouls. Dirk whistle officially ends it.
Game over. And I can't think of anything good to take from this game. I'm going to not think about the Sixers until Sunday's game. Thanks for hosting the chat, Brian!
How the fuck do you only score 20 points in a friggin' half? How?
I mean, you fuckin' scored 24 and 21 in the two previous QUARTERS. but only 20 in a damn HALF? dahell is that?
This must be one of our least productive halves ever. 24 points in the half right now.
i feel sick
At least the knicks will lose
That Jrue 23 footer with his there on the line - if he's going to be the future PG of this team he has to know better than that. Yes he's 21, but he's in his third season.
there = foot
Vuce (or Thad) for POTG. They're the only guys who could make a basket.
hey who knew if you took Lou out of a game, the Sixers became useless offensively?
He was just as awful as the rest of them.
Bad loss good night fellas
So disheartening.
PHI 75, DAL 82 Final.
Pretty much as ugly of a second half as you'll ever see.
Could be worse, could've lost to the Hornets at home, like the Knicks did tonight.
It games like thi where I don't see the point of having 3 pointless guys on the bench. We couldn't kick th fucking tires on jr smith? Meeks is so fungible. Very cynical and down right now.
JR Smith is about as streaky as they come. Not sure why you think he's be the cure to this team's problems.
That's the only solace I can take, the Knicks losing to them, and BOS continue losing more.
I have nothing constructive to say tonight, so I won't say anything. Really worried what this loss does to the three young guards. They weren't just bad tonight. They were worse.
Just really disappointed in the entire team. This was more than missing shots. It was a total letdown in team offensive execution, and this team needs to realize that they can't take offensive possessions off if they want to do anything this season. Started right away out of the gate at halftime.
the young guards are just that, young. They have good heads on their shoulders and too much talent to not get it together. We just may have to wait longer than we want to.
Let's hope so. I'm really worried about Jrue and Turner, especially for this season. It would be nice if they could break out of it soon.. I'm pretty sure Meeks will start making shots.
The only thing good about tonight was Linsanity just lost to the Hornet...at home.
Sixers - no excuse for this loss. Just a pile of vomit in that second half. Doug needs to address these issues on offense and make adjustments.
not so worked up about this one. Mavs have good size, they played good interior D plus everywhere they swung the ball to, they had a mismatch. They took turns posting everyone up, Sixers expended a lot of energy.
Only so much can be said for keeping it close with good teams, at some point, you just gotta own that you're losing.... even if it is only by one point.
Lou is my POTG.
Lou? Is that a joke? Do you owe him money or something? Lou was fucking terrible tonight.
when you compare to who was out there; yeah he was. same old Lou but the other options were all lame.
Vucevic had 16 and 7, on 7-8 shooting, in 19 minutes. Thad had 14 and 5. Lavoy had 8 and 10 in 20 minutes.
No, Lou was not anything but terrible tonight.
Lou with his 4/15 for 12 points is your POTG, huh?
half of the misses were his usual bad shots from half court or fading away after they double teamed his ass.
he was the only one that really played with any balls tonight. Iguodala was just ok. Vuce and Allen houdini'd after the 1st half.
as crazy as it may sounds, Lou would be mine too, but if it weren't for Vuc, he had a monster game. he was good everywhere.
Apparently your Lou blinders are in full effect.
come on....I said Vuc would get it though, I just felt Lou did a few other things, but most importantly, provided the only threat offensively, sans Andre. They were stagnant without him out there, to me.
Lou was selfish and terrible.
How would Lou get POTG? He was fucking awful just like the rest of the guards.
POTG is Vuc or it's nobody.
Dear Sixers, thanks for being so pathetic in the 2nd half. I've seen cats give more of a fuck
Remind me, did Jrue show up in the CHA game even a little bit, because since then, he's been non-existent. To a T. What an absolute shameful night. ugh
Most disappointing loss this year, worse off. game of the year, worst game of the steadily decreasing Jrue Holiday's career
I have no words for this, I'm not gonna get mad anymore when people say we aren't for real because we have a lot of work to do
Why did Collins not play Vooch in the 4th the only guy that could score
Crazy how bad that 2nd Half was. The 1st was picture perfect basketball, and they weren't hitting crazy shots or anything. It was mostly just smart execution.
Disappointing 2nd half. Arguably worst of the year. Tough to see Holiday really hasn't shown much improvement this year on either end.
Tricky game on Sunday coming vs. TWolves too.
Arguably?
Offensively without a doubt. Defensively they have ups and downs.
I know Brand had some tough matchups tonight but man he looks cooked. Kind of game they desperately need him to make some short jumpers & stuff in the paint. Another guy I wonder how healthy he really is.
Oh I think there is no doubt he's cooked. He cant play both ends at a high level anymore. I just would like him to have one impactful game per week. I think that is all you can reasonably expect right now.
I know he's 21 and I think he's gonna get better but was Jrue awful out there or what.
Watching his attempt tonight made me miss Royal Ivey.
Anyone else get really annoyed at Lou flapping about and whining to the ref about a non-call where Thad picked up his miss and scored? The non-call was better for the team cuz Thad got the bucket, and yet Lou insisted on whining uncontrollably. Dude is so selfish it disgusts me, cares about stats over the team.
86 attempts.
and only make 29.
19 trips to the line. 13 o-boards.
hold your opponent to 38% shooting. turn them over 15 times.
beats the fuck out of me...
Pretty simple 2nd half collapse:
Dallas goes zone:
Sixers shooter #1: Meeks. Makes zero shots. Used on D... to the bench
Sixers shooter #2: Jrue is in a funk and useless for the second game in a row
Sixers shooter #3... oops, the Sixers don't have another wing shooter. Game over.
The scary thing is that this game felt a bit like a microcosm of the season- although I'm not expecting the team to implode like they did tonight... I do feel like the Sixers jumped on a lot of unprepared teams early this season, but now the league have caught up with the Sixers.
The Sixers are basically Jeremy Lin... a nice story but doomed to regress to their talent level.
tk, that really hurt. you didn't have to put it that way.
I've been shouted at all year for saying it, but we started out well because beat up on a bunch of terrible teams with a healthy Hawes, we can't beat a good team (Laker game the one exception because Lou had a rare hot 4th), and we can't win a close game (same Lou/LAL exception--one game).
The "we have 20 wins so Doug obviously knows what he's doing" BS is finally coming undone. I guess that's one positive to take from the total mess of the last 6 games.
Overreaction.
It's not even a reaction let alone an overreaction. I've been saying it all year.
Link to game story (with Iguodala video) from loss to Mavs:
http://www.phillyburbs.com/sports/sixers/subpar-second-half-nowitzki-sink-sixers/article_f0dfd53c-b74f-5e36-83e8-3ce2e9ddd3ab.html