<div align="center"> <font color=""DarkRed"">Philadelphia 76ers</font> @<font color=""navy""> Utah Jazz</font> Time: Saturday, 8:00pm (ET) TV: NBALP, CSN <font color="DarkRed">Philadelphia 76ers</font> <font size=""1""><font color=""DarkRed"">PG</font>- Allen Iverson <font color=""DarkRed"">SG</font>-Andre Iguodala <font color=""DarkRed"">SF</font>-Kyle Korver <font color=""DarkRed"">PF</font>- Chris Webber <font color=""DarkRed"">C</font>- Samuel Dalembert</font> <font size=""1"">Coach: Maurice Cheeks</font> ____________________________ <font color=""Navy"">Utah Jazz</font> <font size=""1""><font color=""navy"">PG</font>- Keith McLeod <font color=""navy"">SG</font>- Gordan Giricek <font color=""navy"">SF</font>- Andre Kirilenko <font color=""navy"">PF</font>- Mehmet Okur <font color=""navy"">C</font>- Jarron Collins</font> <font size=""1"">Coach: Jerry Sloan</font> </div> <ul><font color="DarkRed">Offensive Production</font> In their latest loss, the 76ers shot a low FG% as a team a mere .407%. Not to mention the 76ers also commited 19 turnovers! If they want to win, they are going to have to produce better on the offensive side of the ball. If they would have been sharp against the Blazers, they probably would have won because they only lost by four points. Their offense usually starts off with Allen Iverson and Chris Webber. Both had bad shooting games against the Blazers. On this road trip these two have to have solid nights every night. Wether it be scoring, or getting everybody involved the two stars have to make it happen in order for the 76ers to have a good chance at winning.[/list] <ul><font color="DarkRed">Ball Movement</font> The 76ers need to get everybody involved tonight. Other teams are making plays, so the 76ers have got to. In the Blazers loss, the 76ers had 15 assists while the Blazers had 20. The Jazz have guys capable of making plays as well. Kirirlenko, and Deron Williams are just two of them. AI needs to be the playmaker, whenever he scores under 30 points the 76ers actually have a better record than when he scores over thrity. Chris Webber also needs to set players up, because he is definitely capable. Hopefully he can get cutting Sixers some easy buckets by passing out of the high post, elbow area.[/list] <ul><font color="DarkRed">Rebound!</font> The 76ers were deafted in their last game, against the Portland Trailblazers. In that game the Blazers were able to out rebound the 76ers, 44-49. With that being said, rebounding will be important for the 76ers as it usually is. When they rebound they win.[/list] <div align="center"></div> I'm confident that the 76ers will win this game. They have had some rest since their last game, and hopefully they can come in with energy tonight. I think we will be seeing a lot of AI2 as well. This game may be close at first, but the 76ers will pull away in the fourth quarter to take a win. Also expect a big night from AI as well. 76ers, 102, 93.
Iverson is going to drop 80 points in this game. Webber on the other hand will continue to be stellar as well as Korver. If the Sixers play their regular game they will be fine. <--- Won't be easy. They are probably the most inconsistent team in the league.
And just snag down the rebounds, don`t let the Jazz get the second points which turn out to hurt us at the very end. Happy new year.
And just snag down the rebounds, don`t let the Jazz get the second points which turn out to hurt us at the very end. Happy new year.
The refs in this game where really inconsistent with there calls. On the last real play of the game for the 76ers Cheeks designed a play that had been working all night for Allen Iverson. The 76ers cleared the right side of the lane, and let AI take Milt to the basket, and draw a foul or hit a layup. Milt hand checked Allen Iverson (as shown on a replay) and although the refs where giving AI the call all night it went by as a no call on the most important play of the game. I won?t make excuses though. This game should not have come down to a bad call Dre had an open dunk on a fast break earlier in the game that he boxed horribly. Had he hit that shot we would have been going for a win and not a tie at that point. Another huge factor that played into the Jazz? hands this game was bad personnel by Cheeks by having a rookie, Shavlik Randolph, on AK. The Jazz managed to drive to the basket for a basket and one because of this. Allen Iverson and Chris Webber had brilliant games, and for 47 minutes the 76ers where the superior team. Unfortunate, the game is 48 minutes long someone has to tell the 76ers that because if they would play that last minute we would have at least three more wins at this point. Oh well, happy new years everyone.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Best Kept Secret:</div><div class="quote_post">The refs in this game where really inconsistent with there calls. On the last real play of the game for the 76ers Cheeks designed a play that had been working all night for Allen Iverson. The 76ers cleared the right side of the lane, and let AI take Milt to the basket, and draw a foul or hit a layup. Milt hand checked Allen Iverson (as shown on a replay) and although the refs where giving AI the call all night it went by as a no call on the most important play of the game. I won?t make excuses though. This game should not have come down to a bad call Dre had an open dunk on a fast break earlier in the game that he boxed horribly. Had he hit that shot we would have been going for a win and not a tie at that point. Another huge factor that played into the Jazz? hands this game was bad personnel by Cheeks by having a rookie, Shavlik Randolph, on AK. The Jazz managed to drive to the basket for a basket and one because of this. Allen Iverson and Chris Webber had brilliant games, and for 47 minutes the 76ers where the superior team. Unfortunate, the game is 48 minutes long someone has to tell the 76ers that because if they would play that last minute we would have at least three more wins at this point. Oh well, happy new years everyone.</div> What I saw on the replay of that last play was Milt playing excellent defense, and letting AI drive a little instead of sliding into him, like everyone else was doing the rest of the game. It looked like a clean play to me. "for 47 minutes the 76ers were the superior team"..... Umm... did you even watch the game? Did you watch the part where we were up the whole half, or the part where we were up by like 16? I guess not...
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Marbire:</div><div class="quote_post">What I saw on the replay of that last play was Milt playing excellent defense, and letting AI drive a little instead of sliding into him, like everyone else was doing the rest of the game. It looked like a clean play to me.</div> Apparently you don’t have comcast sportsnet. They took the play in depth and showed several occasions in the game where the same situation had taken place and the foul had been called. <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">"for 47 minutes the 76ers were the superior team"..... Umm... did you even watch the game? Did you watch the part where we were up the whole half, or the part where we were up by like 16? I guess not...</div> Never guess . Yes I did watch the game thanks for asking. You forgot to mention that the 76ers had a nine point lead in the fourth quarter after coming back from the Jazz’s 15 point lead they established early. The Jazz may have had the lead early, but anyone that watched the game as a 76ers fan never really felt like they where down the first half, because of all the opportunities they where getting. It just took them until the second ahlf to start taking advantage of those opportunities.
Their lead in the 4th is irrelevant to your original comment. You said for 47 minutes sixers were the superior team. If they never had a real lead until the 4th, and they were down the whole game, and down by 17 at one point, then you are 100% wrong. Admit that it was a stupid comment.
I didn't get to watch this game because I was chilling with my buds last night, but it seemed like just aother game from the 05-0 Sixer Season by reading the newspaper this morning. Iverson played great. Sixers take the lead heading into the 4th and then blow it allowing the Jazz to take the win. Hmm Sixers and Flyers lose on New Years Eve. Go Eagles!! lol I know I'm getting my hopes up.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Marbire:</div><div class="quote_post">Their lead in the 4th is irrelevant to your original comment. You said for 47 minutes sixers were the superior team. If they never had a real lead until the 4th, and they were down the whole game, and down by 17 at one point, then you are 100% wrong. Admit that it was a stupid comment.</div>Lets get it right the Jazz biggest lead was 15 points. Which was established early, but the 76ers where still in control of the game despite trailing. they had the tempo in there favor, but simply where not converting. I should have said they where the dominant team through 47 minutes of action, but had a belt down in the last minute.
Wow 15 and 17, what a huge difference. I see that you are a blind sixers fan. Even though Jazz were up 15, you still think sixers had "control of the game, and tempo in their favor" Lmao, what a joke. I'm sorry, but a team that is trailing is not dominating. All I wanted was for you to admit that your original comment was ignorant, and you can't even do that... you try to reword it, pathetic.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Marbire:</div><div class="quote_post">Wow 15 and 17, what a huge difference. I see that you are a blind sixers fan. Even though Jazz were up 15, you still think sixers had "control of the game, and tempo in their favor" Lmao, what a joke.</div> I?m not saying there is a huge difference am I? I am just trying to make sure you have your facts straight because in each of your posts in this thread you have upped the Jazz?s biggest lead in the game by one point. if you would stop, and read my post you see I did not say they dominated, but that the Jazz really just got off to a quick start. The 76ers controlled the tempo, they set the pace for the game after a slow start, and that is what allowed them to completely whip away a 15 point lead, and make it into a nine point advantage for themselves. <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">I'm sorry, but a team that is trailing is not dominating. All I wanted was for you to admit that your original comment was ignorant, and you can't even do that... you try to reword it, pathetic.</div> You want me to admit something, I will. I worded it badly, and in the way I had it worded it did sound bad. However, the 76ers did have control of the game through 47 minutes, and I personally thought we had a win locked, but we had another one of our memorable melt downs in the last minute. Bad coaching by having Shavlik in on a key defensive possession, and then putting him on AK. The Jazz won congratulations it was a nice win if your a Jazz fan, but make no mistake about it going into the last minute of this game the 76ers had this game in there control.
Through 47 minutes of the game we were up. What happened in between doesn't matter as long as we are up when it was all said and done. We had control of the game through 47 minutes. I could care a less if we were down by 50 points as long as we erase that lead and take the lead. It was that final minute meltdown where we ****ed up.
