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As a fan base, one aspect of the Sixers that people over the last couple of years have come to a general consensus on is that Andre Iguodala is a great defender. This has always been true of course, but it's about time people around the country start taking notice.
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Latest comment: from GoSixers
BTW I disagree that the nuggets get felton galinari AND fields - that seems like a bit much...
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If you woke up Sunday morning and took a look at John Hollinger's power rankings on ESPN, you may have been shocked to find the Sixers sitting all alone at number eight. Not eighth in the Eastern Conference, eighth in the entire league. While a ranking that high is hard to justify, there are plenty of reasons to believe this team is for real.
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Throughout the week, basketball writers from the major sites have a number of chats and run rumor columns. Every once in a while, they actually talk about the Sixers. In this column, GoSixers has aggregated the relevant stuff from the chats. You'll see stuff in here that will make you scratch your head, but keep in mind, these guys are experts.
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Second night of a back-to-back, fourth game in five nights, 1,200 miles of travel in the dead of night to face a bad team. I'd say a 20-point victory is something to be proud of. The Sixers used a balanced attack, putting seven players in double figures (and Evan Turner at 9 points), and putting the Timberwolves to sleep in the process.
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The folks over at TWolves Blog were kind enough to answer to a handful of pregame questions about tonight's game, and I returned the favor over there. Check out their answers for a glimpse of the game, and the team, from guys who follow the T-Wolves religiously.
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After every crushing loss, I find myself asking "Why put yourself through this?" Games like this are the answer. The Sixers held the Spurs to 25 points in the second half tonight, and even though they couldn't throw the ball in the ocean for long stretches, their defensive intensity never wavered. They took every punch the Spurs threw, got up and punched back. Easily the best win of the season.
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The San Antonio Spurs are in the middle of what has to be the easiest rodeo tour in the history of rodeo tours. The trip started with games at Portland and at LAL, it ends with a game at Chicago on the 17th. In between, the Spurs play at SAC, DET, TOR, PHI (tonight), WAS (tomorrow) and NJN. Six straight games against sub-.500 opponents. The schedulers really do like to make the rich richer. Hopefully, the Sixers can throw a wrinkle in what should be an extremely successful trip for a juggernaut of a team.
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20-year-old players are going to have ups and downs. That's just a fact of life. When you watch them play, the ups give you hope, the downs make you wonder if it was false. You spend time trying to figure out if he'll ever consistently play to the ups, if the downs are more indicative of the play we'll see, or if he'll fall somewhere in the middle. If things were only that simple with Jrue, I'd feel a whole lot better.
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The Sixers opened strong, then fell flat, then rallied before ultimately coming up just short (thanks to a few key errors in the final minute). Not an altogether unfamiliar story, unfortunately. Breaking this one down is actually pretty simple.
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Latest comment: from Tom Moore
Sixers to face Spurs team that just keeps winning: http://ow.ly/3Uq0i...
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Dwight Howard was interviewed immediately following the Magic's win over the Clippers last night. When the question of facing the Sixers tonight came up, he basically laughed it off. It wasn't a guaranteed victory, or even a direct shot at the Sixers, it was more of a "We don't worry about teams like that," sort of comment. If the last game these teams played against each other is any indication, Dwight should be worried.
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Al Horford was a "Did Not Play" thanks to a brutal flagrant foul from Blake Griffin a couple nights ago. Joe Johnson was a "May As Well Not Have Played" thanks to Andre Iguodala's super-human defense. The Sixers used both of those facts to their advantage en route to an absolute thrashing of the Atlanta Hawks, on the road.
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Latest comment: from eddies' heady's
Did you realize that almost everything you wrote was going to come true later tonight? Dag.......
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