The moment we've all been waiting for. The Philadelphia 76ers and their All-Star small forward will take on the Golden State Warriors and their diminutive gunner who everyone wanted the Sixers to trade their All-Star small forward for last summer.
Tonight's game is mostly going to be about how the Sixers bounce back mentally from the OKC game. All these close losses have to take some kind of a toll on the players, to this point they've been great at erasing the memories and taking care of business against bad teams (the Nets game remains their only really bad loss of the season).
Hopefully, Golden State will play their game and cough the ball up early, allowing the Sixers to get out in transition, get the crowd into the game and lubricate their offense a little bit. The team will give away a piece of the floor Wilt scored 100 on tonight, so I'm expecting a sellout. It would be great to get the crowd going early and give them a show.
The tip is at 8pm (on ESPN). This is your game thread. I'll be right here throughout, join me if you're super psyched to see Monta Ellis show us all what a gamer he is and how awesome it would be to have a guy who could drop 24 points on 22 shots and dominate the ball all night (instead of just in the last five minutes of the game).
Prediction: PHI 106, GSW 90
Can we talk about how if today's team had 1962 Wilt they'd never lose a damn game ever ever ever??
Sure - but they would - because the nba today is much better (talent wise, over all) then it was in 1962. Wilt would still be a force, but he wouldn't get 100...maybe ever (and he wouldn't shoot free throws granny style so it might be worse)
My mom went to high school with wilt - got to see him play
Interesting GO-My mom went to high school with Wilt that time also at Overbrook where she grew up. Are you from that area ?
If you consider the main line part of that area, sure.
I share the dubious distinction of going to the same high school as james watt (and kobe bryant)
but obvoiusly not at the same time :)
Not a dubious distinction at all, Lower Merion's better than a lot of middling prep schools.
Gee tray, is water wet? Is oxygen important?
You're make a fine lawyer some day - assuming that creative thinking isn't required
I persist in thinking that you're not very bright and obtained a really inflated sense of your abilities somehow or another. Like eddie's heady's, a large percentage of the stuff you say doesn't even express a coherent thought, perhaps an equally large percentage expresses a patently unreasonable one, or a reading comprehension failure/failure to grasp basic nuance. On top of all that you're a tremendously unpleasant and unjustifiably arrogant person, hence your getting banned everywhere you post. Anyway, yeah, it's true I'd make a fine lawyer, I already am one.
jesus christ you two are annoying.
He shot 28 - 32 granny style that night. He should have stayed with it. It was the ideal way for him to shoot them because he was too strong and was not a good set shooter.
Actually, it's the ideal way for most people to shoot fre throws (I'm looking at you fat shaq and dwight howard) but it's called 'granny style' and thus they would be mocked, and not being mocked is more important than shooting 75% or better form the free throw line to todays athlete.
Someone mentioned on teh radio the other day that big men felt the same way about the sky hook, which is why you never see it any more, and i find that asinine. The sky hook was awesome cause it was unblockable. If a guy like dwight howard isn't developing one cause it's 'girly' - then he's a bigger idiot than I thought.
I heard rick barry once, on either 710 ESPN or KNBR out of SF talk for about 20 minutes about how he could make shaq a great free throw shooter if there was no stigma attached to the under hand style...it's much more effective
I agree with that totally.
I swear I saw Bill Willoughby block a sky hook once in a Rockets/Lakers game.
Your mothers both went to high school with Wilt? Any chance you might be one of his children?
curry not playing tonight
Curry, Eric Gordon, Brandon Roy
I think one of the most 'underrated' things about Andre Iguodala is the durability he has shown for most of his career except for one bit of last season i think where he missed some games.
People keep talking about how great certain guys are, and they'll get paid as if they're going to be healthy, but they never are healthy, but terms ignore the injury history...this off season eric gordon will probably be over paid if he shows he's healthy for like 10-20 games...
Wow, they've got like the Z team doing this game on ESPN.
wow Mullin doing a Warriors game when the Sixers rarely get on national tv. their former GM? what a sham....They gave us the damn D crew didn't they?
"looking for a win in the baddest way right now."
sorry didn't even read the above post before beginning writing
Chris Broussard: The Sixers are a nice team but I'd rather have David Lee & Montae Ellis.
It always amazes me when a network can put together a group of talking heads who are dumber than the TNT guys, but ESPN pulled it off.
If Monta Ellis scores 40 points in this game (on less than 40 shots) I'll run naked from my apartment to Oakland with I (heart) Monta written on my chest.
good thing you put in that qualifier
lol x2
I'm starting to get concerned for you Brian. He's scoring like crazy and it's just Q1
LOL
Much respect to Wilt night, sure wish I could have been a beneficiary of seeing he and Al Attles play. I'm sure it would have been a treat.
Let's go!
Aaaaaaaaaaaand we're off...Lavoy loses yet another tip.
Let's go.
nice pass andre
Jrue, that's how you recover from a turnover.
Come on Jrue... he gets it back
Lavoy, AI9 picking up where he left off.
Everything goes through Lavoy :)
Take care of the ball, please.
That pass was never there Andre, you held it out too long.
Damn Lavoy...
Three garbage shots drop. Keep shooting, em. Monta.
Jrue 4 3!
Ellis tosses up bullsh*t but it goes in.
JRUE43!
Did Meeks get fouled there?
Dag Jodie, didn't know you had it in you ....
JRUE43!!!!!
I like it Jrue!
Holiday tripleeeee Zinkoff style
AI9 in the paint. Nice.
Good hard basket Andre. Job well done.
Tighten up the D though.
Jo-3!
Jodie three in transition.
Settle down a little on the offensive end. You don't have to play at their pace.
lavoy
Nice D, Lee.
Why does Jodie look a lot more spry and decisive with his dribble tonight?
I don't even notice. I just cringe whenever he's dribbling.
ha me too usually ... but he nearly got that dunk with a few hard dribbles, and that one shortly after that where he used the screen and rolled and dished. his handle was unsuspecting, pretty much unseen, at least to me esp from him
I've never seen Meeks dribble like that before. If he can learn how to handle the ball...
Not sure about his dribble. But (by eye) he seems pretty efficient when attacking the rim. He's made some tough lay-ups and is more likely to get a whistle (because he's so lightweight).
lavoy and voose together
Why the fuck did he pull Jrue there? God damnit.
btw, i've always liked Monta Ellis, he was going to Miss. State at one time wasn't he?
protect the ball come on
Sweet floater Lou...
Bad shot Jodie, too early could have got that later.
Iguodala doing a good job coming back to clean the defensive glass.
Vuc, lucky to even be on the court, firing away early too.
Voose is a foul magnet.
If they even think or believe that Vuc could be the heir apparent starter assuming they hopefully don't want Spencer back next year, they're way misguided than I thought. I'd rather keep Spence, shit.
These guys are decent backups, but you ain't winning nothing with non-physical or non-athletic bigs.
Give him some time... He had both great defensive and offensive (where he wasn't shooting mid-range jumpers but showing some nice post moves) games.
I will. I'll give the kid all the time in the world because he's not only skilled, but tall, but as my backup. Not my head honcho.
The two shouldn't be related. Whether not #8 is the heir apparent to the 'great' Spencer Hawes, Hawes should be allowed to walk, and that was even before his injuries kept him out so long...he's not worth a long term deal, period
defense is not good now. dont like this group. good time out.
Still trying to figure out why Lou came in for Jrue at the 4:53 mark. Doesn't make any sense to me.
In his heart of hearts I think Doug thinks Lou is better than Monta and is giving him a chance to prove it.
Too many turnovers. Cut them out and we should beat them by double digits.
IS THAT NOCIONI ON THE COURT???
What? No.
sorry. i must getting old.
Come on Lou ... too early man
It's fun when a national announcer is openly rooting for one of the teams.
They can't possibly consider him an actual "color guy".
If so that's just disrespectful to what that position entails.
Evan passes up the two for one... Thad redeems
admit it, no one wanted him to take the shot anyway.
no comment
I think like 90% of Lou's assists go to Thad. Nice look there.
I'm sure it's not as high as 90%, but it sure feels like it.
PHI 25, GSW 23 after one.
Disappointing after the first sub. 28 more points for Monta and I'm starting my Forest Gump across the country.
Good work on the glass so far. Let's keep that up.
I cannot believe how bad these announcers are.
Heh, Mark Jackson just called Monta an unselfish player.
BTW: Triple double game for Dre?
Thad, you have to box out, get low.
Lou to the hole. He should do that every time w/ Nate Robinson on him.
Remember when EFJ gave Jrue a DNPCD against the Knicks because he thought Nate Robinson's defense was too scary?
No, I thought it was that he thought Jrue's defense didn't need to be exposed to "that", wasn't it? just asking
No, he said Duhon and Robinson were too intense, defensively.
Ugh Thad. good try though, no box out again.
Back to back offensive boards leading to points.
EB to the line. Nice find by Jrue after his defender vacated. Patient play.
Jrue clean that up. Thad!
eb looks really old, thad putback
EB missed another easy one, Thad w/ the follow. Almost a turnover for Jrue, got lucky.
Really wish Turner would do more of that.
what?
put his head down and either get to the basket, or try to draw contact create some space for a little jumper in the paint
Actually use his dribble to get in the lane, then use his size/strength to get a shot off. Instead of stopping above the foul line and taking the jumper he can't make.
andre millerish
Honestly, that's who he should be modeling his game after.
Drive and dish, JH to EB. Good.
Good foul by Udoh there. So many guys just watch that dunk.
A Warrior playing defense. He looks like a misfit. Can we get him?
Almost another Lou assist to Thad.
I love Al Attles, but to completely ignore the game for 10 minutes to interview him seems unnecessary.
They interviewed him in the pregame also.
Chris Mullen is a complete boob.
Now I understand why he got pushed out of the GM job: he's a moron.
agree, but it's not all that bad when you consider the alternative is Mullin.
WTF EB? really
Pretty sure he walked before the terrible shot, too.
Play some damn defense. please.
cause there's holes all in theirs
Elton looks worse and worse to me each night, kind of alarming
No matter how bad he looks on the offensive end, they absolutely need him in there on the defensive end. It's a sad state of affairs.
All 9 guys who have played for the Sixers have attempted between 3 and 5 shots.
Mediocrity at its' finest.
There's that word again, you keep using it. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Which is?
An equal distribution of shots between numerous players doesn't equate with mediocrity. Especially as the sixers were winning (and ended up winning) the game at the time.
If you wanted to describe the actual shots as mediocre shots, that would be more applicable, but not really sure how the actual distribution of shots could be described as mediocre...unless they were shooting as a team at a mediocre rate
"An equal distribution of shots between numerous players doesn't equate with mediocrity."
Sure it does, if you're talking about the Sixers.
It was not used and meant in a current context as you're erroneously trying to comprehend it.
Good rhythm jumper Evan.
EB squeaks thru.
Long time since we've seen the closing time lineup. Collins wanted D badly.
thad pickups eb
Atta boy, Thad. Atta boy.
Andre has been getting very deep in the paint the last two games.
Thad.
Ugh. O-Board. Think it was Turner who didn't put a body on the shooter, then Jrue didn't go after it aggressively enough.
wth Jrue!
Settle the fuck down.
Dre in the paint again, not under control though.
Thad. man sweet J tonight.
thad
Brand looks gassed. Giving way too much ground w/ Lee.
Don't think Monta has even gotten a shot off since AI9 started guarding him
true, he hasn't.
The crowd is way too quiet. Where are the beer vendors at?
memo to Mark Jones: nobody cares what Chris Mullin thinks.
There's Jodie again with an aggressive dribble, shit of a pass though for a turnover.
Not sure why they even brought Jodie back in
Who's this fucker whistling very loudly over the non-existent crowd? heh
Bleh. This is pretty ugly. Get into the locker room w/ the lead so Collins can rip some ass.
Yep, was thinking the same thing about Doug, they're causing him to not get even more sleep. He should be amped. I would.
turnovers are killing us
Nice drive, Lou.
lavoy is really care less with some of his passes
Monta easily scoots by Dre.
You've got to be shitting me.
Come on Jrue.
Foul on Dre? come on
!!!!!!!
How was that not a fucking foul??
wait... and no free throws?
Utter bullshit. Doug is incensed, with every right to be.
Iguodala's free throws have a little less arc to them. They're hitting the rim a little softer
Are we that bad a drawing fouls or is it the selling part?
Wish Dre would take more of those shorter jumpers, but he doesn't have the touch for 'em.
Two times in a row Ellis wound up w/ Lou on him. Missed both shots, though.
the help lou needed allowed Lee to get the o-board though. Although i wouldn't be surprised if Lee coulda gotten that rebound regardless. Brand looks gassed.
Doug giving it to Dick.
ok potty mouth
OK, so some kind of iso for Lou being drawn up right now? Maybe a handoff?
Mullin says "he got ball" as McGuire's arm slams Iguodala in the neck & shoulder. I think he wants to be the next Tommy Heinsohn.
such an ugggh half. not much to say; turnovers, whack defense, can't solve a weak zone.
Lou 3333!
if only it were a 3...
It wasn't?
on the sixers' last possession? nope. long 2.
David Lee with the double double.
I did not expect we'd have more turnovers than the Warriors at the half.
What's the point of calling a :20 when everyone knows the ball is going to Lou at the top?
At least it's harder to trap him there
I think it was to yell at Bavetta.
Wish they would have given it to him at the top Wed night...
PHI 50, GSW 47 at the half.
Defense needs to be better, and I'm confident it will be.
Ellis needs 26 points on 27 shots or less for me to streak America.
Energy seems low. I'd like to see one of those 3rd quarters like they were having earlier in the year.
Like the one they had just Wed night. One of those would be nice.
Okay, here's how we're gonna win this game, k? Turn up the D, force some fast break opportunities and relax on the offensive end. Don't play their hectic style, take care of the ball.
And make sure this is not a close game at the end. One of the scorers might just kill us with 5 sec left...
Defense actually wasn't bad, 98 DFR. Problem was the turnovers. Defensive rebounding rate was 79%, so good work there as well. GSW 1/12 from three.
Glad to see Iggy taking the defensive rebounding thing personally. 8 defensive boards for him at the half.
Thad has been great offensively each time i've seen him this season.
btw, the Monta vs. Lou contest so far? Monta 14 points on 13 shots. Lou 10 points on 5 shots.
i mean, iguodala and jrue are guarding monta for the most part. nobody's guarding lou.
I thought Monta was such an offensive dynamo it didn't matter who guards him.
of course. forgot about that one.
I'm having trouble identifying which of Magic, Broussard and Barry is the biggest nincompoop.
CB, with JB a close second.
btw, Voose got his early burn despite the mental fuckup last game. And got a quick hook for shitty play.
Golden State are 1-12 from 3. That can't continue, right?
Chris friggin Mullin ... thans HYPE
lol, ESPN just said "the Sixers bench need a catchy nickname or something"
Thank goodness for Lou and Thad tonight.
jodie off a screen
Hey, they ran a play out of the half. Jodie off a curl and he hits it.
Good wide screen from EB to free Jodie for the deuce.
Lavoy over Lee. Nice.
Did he just say that Thad is a beast on the perimeter?
Yep.
Argh. If Meeks was hitting these threes...
Get this puppy to double digits. It's right there.
Ugh Jrue and EB.
AI943.
Thank you Dre. 3 pointer to push it to 6.
Dre for THREE.
jodie
Heh, Wright trying to back down Jrue.
Jodie long two.
Damn EB. Jodie with the scraps.
Iggy has really improved his 3.
Great closeout/D from Jrue.
Nice shot, Monta.
EB finally gets a whistle.
EB earthbound ways earning the rare foul. Ugh.
Brand finally gets himself to the line. Whistles have been silent last couple of possessions.
Good active hands on D now. Keep it up. Turnover.
Jrue w/ the poke off Wright's leg. He's frustrated.
lavoy
Allen turning garbage into gold.
Lavoy! Garbage to gold, or something.
No idea how that Iguodala pass made it into Lavoy's hands.
"it's been that type of night for the Sixers?"
nah it's just the GS Defense bro.
Haha, Iguodala on his way to a pathetic triple double. 6/8/6
I like how the "Big Board" has most of the screen blocked out with empty space. That'll pull in viewers.
Lavoy Allen has very good hands.
I dont normally make CM comment posts; but that Kobe Bryant Success Nike Ad NEEDS TO DIE NOW!
Lavoy (10) has the most points of our starters. Surprise.
Man, Jrue is just suffocating Wright.
O-board, ugh.
We give them good look out of that timeout, foul.
No need to keep fouling like that, come on...
how many times has the play by play guy said "Jrue Holloway"?
Meeks gets caught on a screen, three ball. Ugh.
Great bounce pass by Jrue to EB, and he finished!
Lavoy man sheesh.
Brand to the rim. not sure I've seen the announcers be more biased towards one team in a game.
Lavoy airball. c'mon.
Jrue caught cheating, Robinson hits a three. Come on, now. Don't let up.
nice pass jrue
NICE DISH by Jrue to hit Brand for the dunk. Crowd comes to life a little.
EB with an emphatic slam! Is he at Duke?
ugh lee
Wow, how did Jrue even see EB there?
Jodie prepping mortar..
Fucking D.
Jrue.
Get back.... come on tighten up, show more energy and urgency.
Jrue. D up dammit
EB in the open floor!
They didn't want to blow the whistle there either.
Old man!!!
Brand is real good at overplaying the pass and forcing turnovers. Seems like I see that steel-then-coast-to-coast-layup-attempt fairly often.
Keep this lead up please. Get a few stops.
Monta again. dammit
Shit turnover.
Jrue should have stuck that 3.
i think he didn't stop as well as he would have liked. still had momentum moving forward. so he held it.
Would've preferred the Jrue three to the Thad long two.
Ugh, Thad fouled but the bunny blows.
Ellis is playing like Iverson right now.
minus the turnovers
scratch that, haha
Iverson got to the free throw line like 10 times a game though
at a minimum, often
They're gonna have to go and get this game, these cats aren't just coasting being far away from home, they want payback for that previous ass-whopping... I give them credit, they're taking it to us, even though we're clearly the better team.
OK, close the quarter strong.
Ugh, Lou Williams defense ruined a great defensive possession.
Vucevic J.
Voooose.
Ugh, Mark Jones says, "Vookavich".
Thad draws the charge.
good D Thad. Beat him to the spot. Chris Mullin being an idiot. as usual.
Not a good shot, Thad.
one of my few complaints about Thad, dude is just allergic to passing
Come on Thad........better shot please
Damn Thad..... Good ass hustle ... our ball !!!
Turner got yanked down by his fucking arm there. Why is Jackson pissed?
Good boxout by Turner to prevent Udoh from getting to the ball.
how many layups does thad miss a game?
Ellis killing his team now. ET blocked Udoh out of bounds. Andy Reid would have been proud
I never understand why you give the foul when you're going to get the ball back if you just defend. That's so fucking stupid.
Jodie comes back, to watch Lou airball a shot
Another poor play at the end of the clock
Monta Ellis is what the kids call a "volume shooter" wow!!!!! Lol
PHI 73, GSW 63 after three.
Lou with a sick isolation air ball to end the third. Hope we don't need that to end the fourth.
Ellis doing what Ellis does. WOW HE HAS 20 POINTS HE'S AN ALL STAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!
the boxscore im looking at has 75-65
Yeah, my mistake. It's 75-65.
Sixers have scored 25 in each quarter. GSW 23, 24, 18. I'd like to see them held to like 15 in the 4th.
Lou Isos still a healthy staple in Sixers endgame diet I see. No indigestion after that OKC game I see.
Zantacs could very well be warranted.
12 more minutes. Don't fuck it up.
I think Lou was supposed to give the ball to Iguodala to run a play there, but he just decided to go hero.
I don't think so. And that's the sad part really.
Wow, Voose with the block and the catch. Turner blows the bunny in transition.
dammit, he can't finish at the rim now either?
Vucevic with 2 straight stops. Then blows a rebound.
his softness concerns me but he's still a rookie
Please score over 100 tonight in memory of Wilt. And for themselves, and Doug.
Turner, if you can't make layups, and you can't shoot from the outside, not much hope for you brother
Jrue off the curl! Nice.
Make this a 20 point lead, just like that.
Ugh Vuc, damn. take his ass out
Thad draws another charge. How about a hoop here.
jrue 4 3!!!!
JRUE43!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WTF Evan! ]
Jrue!!!!
Haha, the fan section raising the roof after Jrue's made 3. They know what's up.
Voose! Lou w/ an assist to the field.
Vuc, Charmin-esque.
lou 3!!!!
Bang. Lou for three.
sometimes i want mike breen to be the sixers' play by play guy just for the BANG!! moments.
Lou for 3! yep
18 now. keep applying
just get to 100 and the W somehow.
For Wilt.
Jrue + Lou = 26 points on 16 shots.
Ellis + Nate Robinson = 25 points on 27 shots
Lou to the hole.
Voose is a perfect rally killer w/ his needless fouls down low.
Voose the foul machine strikes again.
To be fair though that is a big problem for most rookie big men.
Keep shooting, Monta.
I seriously am very surprised at EB's numbers so far, I thought he was sooo struggling-like, but the stats and look-back say maybe not so.
Lou is efficient. Andre's serving it up.
But I guess it could have been soooo much better. Considering the looks.
We've now reached the "Mullin makes excuses for GSW" portion of the broadcast.
Jrue w/ a nice tip out on that d-board.
yup so true.
wait, why is brand coming back. bring back lavoy or something. rest brand's legs!
Lou 3!
Lou from Decatur.
Monta needs 20 points on fewer than 18 shots in the final 6:05 to get me naked.
Score 110.
Lou drawing the foul.
Starting the Lou show w/ 5+ to go. I guess they think they can ice it like this.
Ellis with a dumb bailout foul. Collins doesn't want 100 pts :)
hmm Iggy deferring to Lou, does he want Lou to keep going at Ellis or something?
EB w/ the rejection!
Good rotations and post defense EB.
save some for sunday
Heh. The Lou show!
Lou! Splash!
Thad contesting from the weak side. Nice.
Boss Mode now.
Keep pouring it on!! come on Lou rim-out...
Crowd just seems to get going more when Lou gets going. Iverson withdrawals?
Doug calling Horns. Jrue fires a miss.
Why is Jrue handling the ball? Don't they know what quarter it is?
Oh come on. Don't get lazy now.
Sixers ball, good hustle!
sooo... looks like they're just alternating Iguodala, Lou, and Jrue at the top of the key now?
Lou forces the turnover on a stupid pass by GSW.
No subs? Up 18 with 2:20 to go?
They have to now, right? Unless Collins wants the regs to hit 100 and get the ovation?
They are staying in it seems.
They have to re-sign Lou. Have to.
Sarcasm right?
No, they really don't. If they give him a contract like Thad's, this is the roster we're going to be watching for the next 4 years with no room for real changes. Plus, for every game like this, there's one like the OKC game.
Lou Blinders in full effect. He's been very good most of the year, but there's a number where you say no.
pls. give the crowd their big macs, end the game and let's go home.
50 years ago. Bet it was so awesome to experience.
I'd like to see Iguodala get it.
Dre for the Big Macs! yay!
Iguodala hits 100 let's get the regulars out of the game, Doug
There we go. Now just end it up by 20 at least.
Andre Iguodala must think the crowd loves him. hehe
Wow nice move AI9
EB out there til the final whistle. Doug motioning vehemently.
Matter of factly, I wish that would be not only the closing time lineup, but also the starting one. Lou, Thad, and the rest.
Meaning, EB has held his own rather well at the 5 vs good centers, start him there over Allen, insert Thad over Lavoy at the power position, relegate Lavoy coming off the bench at the four with Vuc rotating the same time at the 5. And Meeks and ET with the bench.
Believe that would be more beneficial, particularly for Lou, since he would "get his" early and throughout, instead of solely at the end.
You could have just posted one long comment
How can you do that when it's ongoing thought, progressing over time?
Comment police be damned... no offense though
In other words, time stamps tell me that was evolving.
Let's see how many times you can reply to yourself in one night
100
It actually was one long comment, you just chose to break it up into thirds.
PHI 105, GSW 83 Final.
Sixers basketball, folks. Great job, now do it again.
POTG? I say Brand. He was kinda quiet tonight, but finished with a nice line: 14pts, 14rebs (5oreb), 2asts, 2stls, 2blks, 0tov.
Would be interesting to know how many of Lee's 24 were on him, though.
This is the perfect rebound game.
Now go and beat the Bulls sunday.
BTW: 2 turnovers in the second half. Sixers finished with 9.
The best Wilt stat- and one I was not aware of until they mentioned it:
Other than Wilt's 100 pt night, no other combination of 2 players has ever gone for 100.
Is Durant/Westbrook's 91 the closest?
no kobe and smush parker put up 94
I think they listed a 99 pt combo. Alos, Kiki/English? was up there I think.
Oh yea...duh.
Lou Will Potg wow
I agree. Lou had l less assist, 2 less turnovers, 1 more rebound, 4 more trips to the line, in 9 less minutes, yet with 12 more points.
Epitome of a player of the game.
Andre says hi.
Than Jrue, sorry, who's starting. but want to see them start together.
Hah. The ESPN pic on the NBA front page for the Sixers win was the ET drive when he got blocked badly. Really? That's the best pic they could put up there?
Hope the Jazz can finish this. Their crowd stays enthused.
They're trying to give it away.
o my lebron
What if the 76ers had Ty tonight with those dimes and charity stripe visits? Fun to ponder; if nothing else.
Probably would've won by 20 instead of 22.
Sunday column: Separating Turner fact from fiction:
http://www.phillyburbs.com/sports/sixers/sorting-turner-fact-from-fiction/article_5093bd1d-c45e-5edf-9731-eec68e329d64.html
What exactly is he "working his way out of" in this mid-way of his second season?
Following this Heat debacle on Twitter is hilarious. LeBron hit like 4 or 5 really bad shots in the Heat comeback. Shots he shouldn't have even taken, and suddenly he's Mr. Clutch all of a sudden. Then on the decisive play, he draws the double and sets up Haslem for a wide-open jumper from the foul line. Haslem misses it, now everyone's going crazy because he didn't take the terrible shot and instead passed to a guy for an easy look. It's so fucking backwards. Those shots he made were like 20% plays, terrible plays. The pass to Haslem was better than a 50% shot, pretty much.
Not to mention the fact that Wade lost that game for them with two horrible fouls.
I watched the game on CSN tonight, but did anyone hear Chris Mullin call out Turner for being out of shape? I saw a few comments about that on other sites.
I didn't hear it, actually. Tried to tune out pretty much everything that moron said during the game.
Me too on tuning out, didn't hear it either. What was really said by that clown?
Nothing earth shattering but it didn't sound like anything we've heard here before, that he thinks teh short offseason kept ET from practicing and getting in game shape, when you're a young player you've gotta use the offseason to get in shape and be ready to go ASAP once the season starts...of course it's from Mullin so take that for what it's worth...
Anyone else there tonight? Thought they did a good job overall with the Wilt Nite promos, the pieces of court are mounted on a pretty sturdy card that has his quarter by quarter stats on the back, and for most of that game the Sixers were RIGHT ON his point pace...the halftime tribute was nice, although they should've shown his third sister up in her suite and Adam Aron, as much as they've done right, should never MC anything again. Also VERY nice to see Wilt gear for sale in the new Reebok store - t-shirts with Chamberlain 13 and a couple of others with cool Wilt related designs, gonna tweet AA now to ask him to keep those around...and I did hear a rumor from one of the ticket taker dudes that they may be selling any leftover court pieces after tonight...
btw, if you're reading this TK, Miami's record in close games took another ding tonight.
Yeah, Miami is dysfunctional in close games. They should win 70% of them but end up only winning 40%. Not as bad a departure from their norm as the Sixers, but still inexcusable given their talent.
Man, I really wish the Sixers would've thrown more money at Kenyon Martin. They could've paid him twice as much as the Clippers and he would've been such an asset for this weak front court.
agree totally. We wouldn't be THAT much better though, would we? Better, but still winning a round being the limit IMO
I honestly think we would have been 5 games better- NJ, LAC, OKC, MINN, HOU, MEM,etc...
Cousins is working on a sweet game tonight. Through three quarters 5/16 from the floor for 10 points. I'm pretty sure he was 0/10 in the third or maybe 1/11. Started out good before he picked up his third foul in his 10th minute. Tray will of course discount this one, since only his good games should count.
Ha. Both Cousins and Love have been atrocious lately.
I'll have a wrap of this one up some time on Sat. Busy, busy day for me, need to catch some Zs.