Hey, LeBron, take your talents somewhere else. With eight seconds left, Lou Williams hit a deep three to help give the Sixers an 86-82 win to avoid the sweep and send the series back to Miami. Lou Williams was clutch, scoring eleven of his seventeen points in a fourth quarter where the Heat led by […]
Read more "Sixers Survive and Force Game Five."Last year, the Philadelphia 76ers unexpectedly snagged the second-overall draft pick and chose Ohio State point-forward, Evan Turner. With the NBA draft coming shortly after the end of the playoffs, the Sixers won’t be as fortunate this year. With the 76ers finishing seventh in the east and up against the sizzling Miami Heat, most realists […]
Read more "Prospects for Philadelphia in the 2011 NBA Draft"Has he finally worn out his welcome? In the first two games of the first round against the Miami Heat, the Philadelphia 76ers’ “star” forward, Andre Iguodala has been comparable to Casper. He is shooting a combined 4-for-15 from the field, while receiving starter’s minutes. Is it finally time to cut the chord? He hasn’t […]
Read more "Andre Iguodala Explodes for Nine Points in the First Two Games of the Playoffs"The Miami Heat started game one very slow, allowing the Sixers to jump out to a 31-19 first quarter lead. There would be no slow start for the Heat in Game 2. Miami started the game with a 13-5 run and never looked back, winning 94-73 to take a 2-0 series lead. While Dwyane Wade […]
Read more "Too Hot to Handle: Sixers Scorched by Heat 94-73"Evan Turner didn’t play as poorly as most would think. Everyone, please put the “bust” talk on hold and give the kid a chance. It’s only been one season. The second-overall selection in the 2010, NBA draft was thrown into a situation in Philadelphia that took some getting used to. During his time at Ohio […]
Read more "Rookie Comparison; Andre Iguodala and Evan Turner"The Sixers are right back where they were two years ago. They’ve finished the season with 41 wins and they’ll take their talents to South Beach for the first round of the playoffs against LeBron James and the Miami Heat. Basketball fans came out in numbers to Wells Fargo Center for Fan Appreciation Night, receiving […]
Read more "76ers Drop Fan Appreciation Night Finale Against Detroit"In 2008, the Philadelphia 76ers drafted Marreese Speights with the sixteenth overall pick, hoping he could progress as the starting center of the future. Unfortunately, he has regressed. Speights has seen less minutes as of late and he’s nowhere to be found in Doug Collins’ rotation. his new role with the 76ers is similar to […]
Read more "Speights Campaigning for Minutes; Lashes Back at Criticism"To some, this season’s coach of the year race is a landslide, but to others, it’s not as definite as you’d think. One coach took a talented team and used his extraordinary defensive knowledge to propel them to another level, not yet seen, and the other brought a team back from the depths of a […]
Read more "The Race for Coach of the Year; Magic Johnson Voices His Opinion"
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