Sixers Season thread 2

[MDS]

How the farg can you lose to the Magic at home? Pathetic.

It could be because they're not really that much better than the Magic and Iverson had an off night?

You mean the 22-20 record is misleading? I thought being tied for the 5th seed in the lethal Eastern Conference came with a little something I like to call respect.

[Sgt PSN]

No, it comes with a side salad. 

[SD_Eagle5]

Sucks they lost, I was looking forward to coming on this thread and saying "farg YOU ROME!!" 

Korver is the worst defensive player in the league, hands down.

[LBIggle]

How the farg can you lose to the Magic at home? Pathetic.

It could be because they're not really that much better than the Magic and Iverson had an off night?

You mean the 22-20 record is misleading? I thought being tied for the 5th seed in the lethal Eastern Conference came with a little something I like to call respect.

rofl.  watching korver play defense in that OT would hardly be something i'd call respectful.

[Rome]

Sucks they lost, I was looking forward to coming on this thread and saying "farg YOU ROME!!" 

Cram it, squiggy.



O-Town Magic represent, ya hear?!   

[ice grillin you]

How the farg can you lose to the Magic at home?

they were getting a little to far ahead of their target goal of a .500 season

[PhillyPhreak54]

That loss falls solely on the shoulders of Korver. Terrible shot selection, terrible defense on Turkoglu in the final minute of regulation. If he doesn't leave Hedo standing there like a farging moron no way can the Turk fire off that 3. Good defense on his counterpart Garrity in OT too.

[ice grillin you]

i blame cheeks as i have all year for having korver in the game in those situations....he cannot be on the floor at that point

[PhillyPhreak54]

Benedict Larry in town tonight.

No AI because of the sprained ankle.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Prediction: Knicks 103, Sixers 94

[Sgt PSN]

So you think they're going to play defense? 

[ice grillin you]

they are so far...altho most of it has to do with the knicks offensive ineptitude

[SD_Eagle5]

I know the Knicks blow but that was a great defensive performance tonight. Liked what I saw in limited time from Louis Williams. Good night from Webber and Dalembart was a defensive beast tonight. Any win vs. Benedict Arnold is a great win for me.

[hunt]

it was a nice team win.

[hunt]

from the inquirer:

Sixers knock out the Knicks
In a total team effort, Chris Webber led the way and John Salmons was equally impressive.
By Joe Juliano
Inquirer Staff Writer

In their first game of the season without Allen Iverson, the 76ers discovered that ball movement and the involvement of everyone on the floor in the offense provided an effective way to play basketball.

How about that?

With Iverson sitting out because of a sprained left ankle, the Sixers got 21 points from Chris Webber and an outstanding game from John Salmons last night to defeat the New York Knicks, 91-76, in front of a crowd of 20,108 at the Wachovia Center.

The Sixers played some solid defense and established a season best for points allowed by an opponent against the Knicks, who shot 35.3 percent from the field in losing for the seventh time in their last eight games. But the major question coming in was how the Sixers would handle the offense without Iverson and his 33.6-point average.

The answer came in: Not too shabbily.

Even though the Sixers shot just 39.5 percent from the field, they did a good job of passing and executing. They dished out 22 assists on 32 field goals, only the second time in their last 12 games that they had as many as 22 assists.

It was quite a change from the Sixers' usual style with Iverson, who has the basketball in his hands a majority of the time and teammates who sometimes watch him instead of move around.

this is that part where the a1 groupies say, "yeah, but it was against the knicks."