http://www.nba.com/games/20031214/UTAPHI/recap.html <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> The Philadelphia 76ers needed to play strong defense without Allen Iverson, but could not stop Andrei Kirilenko. Kirilenko scored 10 of his season-high 30 points in the fourth quarter and had a career-high 14 rebounds as the Utah Jazz posted a 94-86 victory over the 76ers on Sunday. </div> AK and Harp played awesome tonight. I've come to realize that Philly is quite bad without AI (I know, I know, I am a little late with that). Glenn Robinson played absoultely horrible and the whole team played pretty poorly, with a suprising exception of Kyle Korver who was 4-5 from 3pt land.
Good game by Utah, they should of won by more though. Carlos Arroyo had a double double and he's playing like he was before his injury. They need to keep winning on the road so they don't have so much of a road problem, which they do now.
I think he hasn't gotten more than 14 because 1) he didn't get the minutes before this year 2) even this year, with Harp and OTag, he is the skinniest of the 3, so he doesn't get as many rebounds I think after he builds up somemore, he'll be able to have 20-10 nights no problem. As well as bunches of steals and blocks - AK47 is one of the most versatile defenders I've seen in quite some time. Reminds me a lot of a bigger, stronger PlasticMan back in his defensive heyday.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting purehoops:</div><div class="quote_post">How tall is AK? 14 rebounds is a career high? Doesnt seem like much. Good game tho for the kid...</div> He's 6-9, 225 lbs. He hasn't had to rebound as much in the past because, Utah had Malone up until this season who led their boards per game by a lot. He was coming off the bench behind Harp. Also up until this season, he was a SF. He'll probably beat 14 sometime this season aswell.
