<div align="center"> <font size=""4"">@</font> <font color=""purple"">Sacramento Kings(17-23)</font> @ <font color=""darkred"">Philadelphia 76ers(20-20)</font> Arena: Wachovia Center Time:Tuesday, January 23, 7:00pm TV: NBA TV <font color="purple">Sacramento Kings</font> <font size=""1""><font color=""purple"">PG</font>- Mike Bibby <font color=""purple"">SG</font>- Kevin Martin <font color=""purple"">SF</font>- Shareef Abdur-Rahim <font color=""purple"">PF</font>- Kenny Thomas <font color=""purple"">C</font>- Brad Miller</font> <font size=""1"">Coach: Rick Aldeman</font> ____________________________ <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>-John Salmons <font color=""DarkRed"">PF</font>- Chris Webber <font color=""DarkRed"">C</font>- Samuel Dalembert</font> <font size=""1"">Coach: Maurice Cheeks</font></div> Keys to the Game <ul><font color="darkred">Have A balanced scoring attack</font> The last time the 76ers played the Kings in Sacramento, they were able to win easily despite a bad game from Allen Iverson in which he shot 8-25 from the field. At one point the Kings had a 14 point lead, but the 76ers completely turned the game around. The 111-98 win over the Kings was a result of offensive balance with the Sixers. All of their starters had productive nights. Allen Iverson shot bad, but still scored 19 points and dished 12 assists, Andre Iguodala has 22 points leading the 76ers in scoring that game scoring a lot of his points off dunks, Korver had a solid night with 13 points, Chris Webber dropped a double-double on his former team putting up 20 and 16, even Samuel Dalembert had a great game with 20 points 14 rebounds and 2 blocked shots. With that being said it is important for the 76ers to have balance on offense, as you can see when they do have that balance the outcome of the game is usually favorable. [/list] <ul><font color="DarkRed">Come Out Sharp</font> The 76ers last game on Sunday, was a comeback victory in the second half. The T Wolves are a team that does not hold leads well so they were able to make a good comeback. But the first half of that game was very horrible for Philly. The 76ers won?t win very many games sleeping until after halftime. Against the Kings they need to come out sharp, and build momentum that will last the entire game. Hopefully the Philadelphia fans at the game will help them wake up a bit earlier on.[/list] <ul><font color="DarkRed">It starts on the defensive end</font> I know Maurice Cheeks has been stressing defense to this team, but against Minnesota on Sunday you couldn?t notice any kind of sense of urgency from the Sixers on defense. The Wolves were getting easy lay ups that were a product of no pressure up front, and no effort to contest the shots once they were at the basket. Teams seem to be challenging Allen Iverson, and Chris Webber on defense. C Webb did a solid job on Garnett but was weak when it came to defensive help. AI on the other hand was getting beat off the dribble by Marko Jaric, and then he would try and reach once the player got by him. Instead of these players worrying about how many shots they get, Mo should challenge the leaders on defense. With defense also comes defensive rebounding. The 76ers cannot afford to lose the rebounding war, when they lose that war they usually lose the game itself. The last time these two played, Philly won the rebounding war 52-47[/list] <div align="center"></div> After going on a two game slide, the 76ers have come back to win a couple of very hard fought games. The Kings have just traded Peja for Ron Artest today, so I'm not sure who is playing Peja's spot I am assuming Abdur-Rahim may get the nod. I think C-Webb is going to come out and have a nice game against his former team. I'm taking the Sixers in this one, they need to play as a team to win though. 94-87 Philly.
Thanks for making the preview. I predict the Sixers to win. Kings have been struggling as of late and I expect Webber to play like heart like he always does against his old team. 104-99 Sixers win. GAMES COMING ON!
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Diesel:</div><div class="quote_post">Kings have been struggling as of late </div> actually, i think they have won 2 straight, but so has the sixers. i predict that the sixers will win simply because they will take the momentum from the last two games and use it here. NJ lost last night, so the race for the atlantic division crown is still on. btw, nice preview B
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting B-22:</div><div class="quote_post">Actually he is right, the Kings have lost two straight games to both of the Florida teams.</div> oh yeah. my bad. lol. i should check my facts first before i post.
Not a good day for Kings fans first they have Artest, but then they lose him. Now they are losing by nine points in the fourth to the 76ers. Allen Iverson has led our team in scoring, shocker I know. However, our bench has actually shown up they are out scoring the Kings bench, and John Salmons has had his best overall game of the year. Kings made a mini run while I was typing now down by four.
Solid win tonight, stretching our win streak to three games. We need to keep playing like this, and improving everyday. We're currently the 6th seed in the East right now with our win tonight (and Indiana's loss). We have three games coming up that we should win...
Yeah very solid win for us and if we can keep this win streak going like we should considering the next three games we have lined up we could very well be back at top the Atlantic sooner then later if NJ keeps losing
Very solid win. That was a good team effort. Also this was yet another good defensive performance(at least in my eyes). 103 points is a lot, but considering the fact that Bibby had a career night, it's not bad. When a guy is in the zone there is almost nothing you can do about it. But yet they barley scored 103 points. So overall, good win. Let's just hope this continues.
I think Sacarmento was distracted tonight and we took advantage. Very solid game by the Sixers. Iggys 3 ended it.
