GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NBA: PHILADELPHIA (0-1) at CHICAGO (0-1)

NBA: PHILADELPHIA at CHICAGO

<div class="pre">NBA PHILADELPHIA 96
CHICAGO 85 FINAL</div>

 

NBA: PHILADELPHIA at CHICAGO

<div class="pre">NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
PHILADELPHIA 28 14 29 25 96
CHICAGO 20 21 20 24 85 FINAL

HIGH SCORERS: PHI - ANDRE MILLER 25, ANDRE IGUODALA 22,
WILLIE GREEN 13
CHI - BEN GORDON 25, TYRUS THOMAS 21, ANDRES
NOCIONI 15</div>

 

NBA: PHILADELPHIA at CHICAGO

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NBA
PHILADELPHIA 96
CHICAGO 85 FINAL</div>

 

CHICAGO (Ticker) -- The Philadelphia 76ers are trying to provethat the end of last season was no fluke.


Andre Miller scored 25 points and Andre Iguodala added 22 tolead the 76ers to a 96-85 victory over the Chicago Bulls onFriday night.


Philadelphia ended last season by winning 18 of its last 29games and made a surprising run at the final playoff spot in theEastern Conference. Despite that success, many experts pickedthe Sixers to finish near the bottom of the conference thisseason.


Miller, who was one of the keys to last season's late surge,connected on 10-of-18 from the floor and grabbed six rebounds.

The Bulls, on the other hand, were expected to make a jump thisseason and contend for the top spot in the East.


Philadelphia came out with a purpose on Friday, turning up thedefensive intensity and crashing the boards. The Sixers heldthe Bulls to just 38 percent (33-of-86) shooting and won therebounding battle, 55-36.


Miller put on a shooting clinic in the first quarter, knockingdown 5-of-6 shots in the period - none from closer than 13 feet- and connecting on two free-throw attempts as the Sixers jumpedout to a 28-20 lead at the end of the first.


Offseason acquisition Reggie Evans made his presence felt early,pulling down five of his nine rebounds in the opening quarter.

The Bulls closed to within 42-41 at the half on the strength ofa 7-1 run to end the second quarter.


Chicago took its first lead since a 6-4 advantage in the firstquarter when Tyrus Thomas opened the third with a layup, butthat was the last lead it would enjoy.


Miller added seven points in the third and Willie Green pouredin 11 of his 13 in the period to put Philadelphia up by 10points entering the final quarter.


The Bulls would pull as close as two when Andres Nocioni hit a3-pointer with 5:16 left in the game, but the Sixers respondedwith a 14-5 run to put the contest away.


Iguodala scored the final eight points of the game and had 11 ofhis 22 in the fourth quarter for Philadelphia.


Ben Gordon led the way with 25 points for Chicago, but missed apair of shots and committed two costly turnovers in the lastthree minutes of the game. Thomas added 21 points and 12rebounds.


Luol Deng, who has had his name bandied about in trade rumorsall summer and throughout the preseason, was flat on Friday -scoring just 10 points on 4-of-12 shooting.

 

NBA: PHILADELPHIA at CHICAGO

<div class="pre">PHILADELPHIA (96) AT CHICAGO (85)

PHILADELPHIA

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

A IGUODALA F 44:31 8-17 6-7 2 8 10 6 1 3 6 22
R EVANS F 27:54 3-7 3-6 5 4 9 2 5 4 3 9
S DALEMBERT C 30:45 5-9 4-6 5 6 11 0 5 0 3 14
A MILLER G 41:18 10-18 5-7 2 4 6 3 1 0 5 25
W GREEN G 38:18 5-15 3-3 1 7 8 2 2 2 3 13
J SMITH 14:17 1-2 0-0 2 4 6 1 2 0 0 2
K KORVER 21:02 1-8 1-1 1 1 2 1 4 0 0 4
L WILLIAMS 9:32 0-1 1-2 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1
C BOOTH 4:27 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
R CARNEY 7:56 2-5 2-2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 6
K OLLIE DNP - COACH'S DECISION
T YOUNG DNP - COACH'S DECISION

TOTALS 240:00 35-83 25-34 18 37 55 18 22 9 20 96
(.422) (.735) TEAM REBS: 12 TOTAL TO: 20 (11 PTS)

CHICAGO

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

L DENG F 35:15 4-12 1-2 1 3 4 1 2 1 3 10
T THOMAS F 42:38 10-16 1-4 4 8 12 0 5 2 2 21
B WALLACE C 24:35 0-3 1-2 3 1 4 2 2 0 1 1
B GORDON G 42:34 9-18 4-4 0 7 7 2 5 1 4 25
K HINRICH G 34:00 3-12 1-2 1 1 2 8 5 5 2 8
A NOCIONI 27:52 6-15 1-1 1 2 3 1 1 1 0 15
A GRAY 2:52 0-1 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
C DUHON 19:26 1-7 0-0 0 2 2 4 1 1 3 2
J SMITH 10:48 0-2 2-2 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 2
A GRIFFIN DNP - COACH'S DECISION
V KHRYAPA DNP - COACH'S DECISION
T SEFOLOSHA DNP - COACH'S DECISION

TOTALS 240:00 33-86 12-19 12 24 36 18 23 11 15 85
(.384) (.632) TEAM REBS: 14 TOTAL TO: 16 (16 PTS)

PHILADELPHIA 28 14 29 25 - 96
CHICAGO 20 21 20 24 - 85

BLOCKED SHOTS: PHILADELPHIA - A IGUODALA 3, S DALEMBERT 2, J SMITH 2.
CHICAGO - T THOMAS 3, B WALLACE 2, L DENG 2.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: PHILADELPHIA 1-11 (.091), A IGUODALA 0-2, W GREEN 0-
2, K KORVER 1-5, R CARNEY 0-2. CHICAGO 7-24 (.292), L DENG 1-1, B GORDON 3-
7, K HINRICH 1-5, A NOCIONI 2-8, C DUHON 0-3.
TECHNICAL FOULS: CHICAGO - DEFENSIVE THREE, K HINRICH.
FLAGRANT FOULS: NONE.
OFFICIALS: JOE CRAWFORD, MONTY MCCUTCHEN, ORLANDIS POOLE.
A - 22,034. T - 2:19.</div>

 

NBA: PHILADELPHIA at CHICAGO

<div class="pre">PHILADELPHIA (96)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
A Iguodala 44:31 8-17 6-7 2-10 6 1 22
R Evans 27:54 3-7 3-6 5-9 2 5 9
S Dalembert 30:45 5-9 4-6 5-11 0 5 14
A Miller 41:18 10-18 5-7 2-6 3 1 25
W Green 38:18 5-15 3-3 1-8 2 2 13
J Smith 14:17 1-2 0-0 2-6 1 2 2
K Korver 21:02 1-8 1-1 1-2 1 4 4
L Williams 9:32 0-1 1-2 0-0 3 1 1
C Booth 4:27 0-1 0-0 0-1 0 1 0
R Carney 7:56 2-5 2-2 0-2 0 0 6
K Ollie DNP - COACH'S DECISION
T Young DNP - COACH'S DECISION

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 35-83 25-34 18-55 18 22 96
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.422, FT-.735. 3-Point Goals:
1-11, .091 (A Iguodala 0-2, W Green 0-2, K
Korver 1-5, R Carney 0-2). Team Rebounds: 12.
Blocked Shots:7 (A Iguodala 3, S Dalembert 2,
J Smith 2). Turnovers:20 (A Iguodala 6, A
Miller 5, S Dalembert 3, R Evans 3, W Green
3). Steals: 9 (R Evans 4, A Iguodala 3, W
Green 2).


CHICAGO (85)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
L Deng 35:15 4-12 1-2 1-4 1 2 10
T Thomas 42:38 10-16 1-4 4-12 0 5 21
B Wallace 24:35 0-3 1-2 3-4 2 2 1
B Gordon 42:34 9-18 4-4 0-7 2 5 25
K Hinrich 34:00 3-12 1-2 1-2 8 5 8
A Nocioni 27:52 6-15 1-1 1-3 1 1 15
A Gray 2:52 0-1 1-2 0-0 0 0 1
C Duhon 19:26 1-7 0-0 0-2 4 1 2
J Smith 10:48 0-2 2-2 2-2 0 2 2
A Griffin DNP - COACH'S DECISION
V Khryapa DNP - COACH'S DECISION
T Sefolosha DNP - COACH'S DECISION

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 33-86 12-19 12-36 18 23 85
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.384, FT-.632. 3-Point Goals:
7-24, .292 (L Deng 1-1, B Gordon 3-7, K
Hinrich 1-5, A Nocioni 2-8, C Duhon 0-3).
Team Rebounds: 14. Blocked Shots:7 (T Thomas
3, B Wallace 2, L Deng 2). Turnovers:15 (B
Gordon 4, C Duhon 3, L Deng 3, K Hinrich 2, T
Thomas 2, B Wallace). Steals: 11 (K Hinrich
5, T Thomas 2, C Duhon, B Gordon, A Nocioni,
L Deng).

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PHILADELPHIA 28 14 29 25 - 96
CHICAGO 20 21 20 24 - 85
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Technical fouls: Chicago - 2 (Defensive
Three, 9:47 2nd; K Hinrich, 7:45 3rd).
Flagrant fouls: None. A: 22,034. T: 2:19.
Officials: Joe Crawford, Monty McCutchen,
Orlandis Poole.</div>

 

NBA: PHILADELPHIA at CHICAGO

<div class="pre">NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
PHILADELPHIA 28 14 29 25 96
CHICAGO 20 21 20 24 85 FINAL

HIGH SCORERS: PHI - ANDRE MILLER 25, ANDRE IGUODALA 22,
SAMUEL DALEMBERT 14
CHI - BEN GORDON 25, TYRUS THOMAS 21, ANDRES
NOCIONI 15

HIGH REBOUND: PHI - SAMUEL DALEMBERT 11, ANDRE IGUODALA 10,
REGGIE EVANS 9
CHI - TYRUS THOMAS 12, BEN GORDON 7, TWO
PLAYERS WITH 4

HIGH ASSISTS: PHI - ANDRE IGUODALA 6, ANDRE MILLER 3, LOUIS
WILLIAMS 3
CHI - KIRK HINRICH 8, CHRIS DUHON 4, TWO
PLAYERS WITH 2

ATT: 22,034</div>

 

CHICAGO (Ticker) -- The Philadelphia 76ers are trying to provethat the end of last season was no fluke.


Andre Miller scored 25 points and Andre Iguodala added 22 tolead the 76ers to a 96-85 victory over the Chicago Bulls onFriday night.


Philadelphia ended last season by winning 18 of its last 29games and made a surprising run at the final playoff spot in theEastern Conference. Despite that success, many experts pickedthe Sixers to finish near the bottom of the conference thisseason.


"We are staying with a lot of things that we did at the end oflast year and we are getting some wins out of it," Philadelphiacoach Maurice Cheeks said. "Our young guys just continue toplay and play, we are not going to give up whether we are up ordown."


Miller, who was one of the keys to last season's late surge,connected on 10-of-18 from the floor and grabbed six rebounds topace the Sixers.


"All of us play within our game," Miller said about his team'seffort. "We made some good plays in transition that allowed usto get easy baskets on offense."


The Bulls, on the other hand, were expected to make a jump thisseason and contend for the top spot in the East, but came outflat.


Philadelphia came out with a purpose, turning up the defensiveintensity and crashing the boards. The Sixers held the Bulls tojust 38 percent (33-of-86) shooting and won the reboundingbattle, 55-36.


"This was the second game in a row where we had trouble gettingback on defense," Bulls coach Scott Skiles said. "Frankly, noone cared too much about it either."


Miller put on a shooting clinic in the first quarter, knockingdown 5-of-6 shots in the period - none from closer than 13 feet- and connecting on two free-throw attempts as the Sixers jumpedout to a 28-20 lead at the end of the first.


"This is one of those games that you want to build on," Millersaid. "Everyone contributed tonight, and we all played welldefensively. That allowed us to get some easier buckets on theoffensive end."


Offseason acquisition Reggie Evans made his presence felt early,pulling down five of his nine rebounds in the opening quarter.

The Bulls closed to within 42-41 at the half on the strength ofa 7-1 run to end the second quarter.


Chicago took its first lead since a 6-4 advantage in the firstquarter when Tyrus Thomas opened the third with a layup, butthat was the last lead it would enjoy.


"We have to start coming out and putting 48 minutes together,"Thomas said. "We didn't protect our home court and now we are0-2."


Miller added seven points in the third and Willie Green pouredin 11 of his 13 in the period to put Philadelphia up by 10points entering the final quarter.


"We just kept trying to slow them down," Miller said. "This wasthe best defense we could play against a team like that. Wekept forcing them to shoot from the outside, then we reboundedthe ball. That allowed us easy baskets."


The Bulls would pull as close as two when Andres Nocioni hit a3-pointer with 5:16 left in the game, but the Sixers respondedwith a 14-5 run to put the contest away.


Iguodala scored the final eight points of the game and had 11 ofhis 22 in the fourth quarter for Philadelphia.


"I wanted the ball down the stretch," Iguodala said. "Thoselast few minutes I could see what was open. The guys created alot of chances for me."


Ben Gordon led the way with 25 points for Chicago, but missed apair of shots and committed two costly turnovers in the lastthree minutes of the game. Thomas added 21 points and 12rebounds.


"We can't keep trying to fight back to tie and win games,"Gordon said. "That is not a remedy for success, we have tofigure some things out before the next game."


Luol Deng, who has had his name bandied about in trade rumorsall summer and throughout the preseason, was flat on Friday -scoring just 10 points on 4-of-12 shooting.


"I felt like I didn't do a good job tonight," Deng said. "Myshot wasn't falling and we just kept making mistakes and givingthe ball right back to them."