Sixers lose to Knicks by six
by Jordan Sams on Oct 10, 2008 7:42 PM PDT
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Knicks 110-Sixers 104
Thank God this is the pre-season because a regular season loss to Knicks at Wachovia (for the time being) Center would be devastating. Like I said, it's just pre-season though and believe it or not, there were some good things that went down in this game. None of which I actually saw, since it wasn't on TV, but hopefully I'll see some highlights soon. Listening to games on the radio doesn't really hit the spot for me. Anyway, here are my quick observations based on the box score and the 2nd half, which I listened to on league pass.
Things I liked:
-Elton's numbers speak for themselves. He dropped 24 points (18 of them in the 1st half) on 13 shots. Not only that, but the radio announcer made it seem like Elton was just dominating. He was being guarded by Zach Randolph, but still a good sign for EB.
-Lou dropped 12 off the bench again. He only shot 40%, but it sounded like he was playing well. He did have one horrendus air ball while I was listening, which I absolutely hate. I don't think any NBA player should pull up for a jumper and hit absolutely nothing. Oh well, I still love me some Lou-Will.
-Speights had a very solid line of 7-3 with no turnovers in 16 minutes. He did have 5 fouls, but hey, it's pre-season for the refs too. He had a couple nice plays in the second half, including a put back slam that sounded emphatic. Hopefully it makes SportsCenter.
-Iguodala 16-6-3 on 60% and no turnovers. Field goal percentage and turnovers are what I'm looking for from Iguodala. If he can thrive in those categories, the rest will follow. Tonight he did just that and also hit two threes!
-'Dre Miller with 12 dimes. As long as he can run the offense, he doesn't need to do much else. Unless of course he feels like helping out the Henderson Bumholes (My fantasy team).
-No major, major injuries, but we'll get to that in a second.
Things I didn't like:
-Thaddeus Young failed to build on his studly performance in the first game, which will happen with young players, but the bigger problem here is he left the game and did not return. Dun dun dun. He got poked in the eye sometime in the third quarter and it sounded like he was in some serious pain. He held a towel over his eye and slowly walked off the court. He was not seen again. The announcer said it was an eye scratch, in more confusing terminology. He said something like an abrasion? I don't know; I like eye scratch better. How bad can an eye scratch be though? There should be no reason he's not back in action soon, opening night at the absolute latest. However; this hurts because, I'd like for him to get as many pre-season reps as possible.
-Losing to the Knicks at home.
-Being outscored 38-13 in the second quarter. Really?
-Our defense is supposed to be improving. The Knicks shot over 50%. Everyone say it together now. Pre-season. Pre-season.
-Getting out-rebounded by 8.
-Our bench players shot 36% and turned the ball over eight times. Not good.
-One more thing. I just read the recap on NBA.com and apparently Lou-Will left the game with a cut on his chin. It required stitches and he never returned. No big deal, but worth mentioning.
-Did I mention we lost to the Knicks?
Player of the Game: Elton Brand. His first as a Sixer with hopefully many more to come.
Record: 1-1 in the pre-season.
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I was at the game last night and this is what I thought:
-You are right, Brand was unstoppable, he had something like 15 points in the 1st quarter alone, it was nasty. What’s nice is not only was he killing them with post moves, but he was dropping in that elbow jumper like butter.
-Although Speights did have that nasty put back dunk, he was horrible for the most part, for right now he is just a huge liability on defense, which is the reason why he pikced up 5 fouls in like 15 min.
-Rush played allot but he didn’t do what we got him for and that’s to make shots.
-Sweet Lou was playing allot of point and he was not impressive in that role. If he is going to be played at the 1 spot he needs to learn how to set everyone else up more and look for his shot less. Or just stick him at the 2 spot more.
-Donyell Marshall was underwhelming
-that 2nd quarter was pathetic
-I wouldn’t read into this loss to much, Mo was really playing around with his lineups allot. Ivey for 22 minuets? I don’t think we will see that allot this year, although he played great so maybe it wouldn’t be all that bad. But to give you an idea toward the end of the game the knicks had a line up of Randolph-Lee-Duhon-Crawford-Marbury, while the Sixers were running with Reiner (who looked good working the post with a hook)-Ivey-Robinson-Rush-Speights. And that lineup actually cut into the Knicks lead in garbage time.
Good Stuff Josh
I wish I could go to the games. That’s something I noticed while watching the second half of the Celtics game. Lou is definitely not a true point guard yet. His game still reminds me a ton of A.I.
So, both my man-crushes, Lou and Speights weren’t impressive? That’s disappointing.
Where will you be when the Sixers hoist the Larry O'Brien trophy? Hopefully Liberty Ballers.
I am sure Speights will get better. Especially since this is only his second game playing against NBA Talent. He was playing against other new players at the summer league and maybe that inflated his numbers a little but I’m sure he will progress into a stud. (Not this year though). He will probably become just a solid number 2 guy this year. And for Lou not sure who all he was in there with but from the sounds of it it was a revolving door with the lineups. That makes it hard to get a rhythm and he probably does not know exactly how the new guys play yet. But like Josh said its only the second preseason game so it should get better from here.
I think Speights
is already pretty polished offensively. Hopefully he can get some solid minutes during the season.
Where will you be when the Sixers hoist the Larry O'Brien trophy? Hopefully Liberty Ballers.
by Jordan Sams on Oct 11, 2008 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I think he is pretty polished offensively as well i just feel it will take some time for him to put it all together when he is playing against top NBA talent.
Definitely
With the way he’s doing the little things, like taking charges and stuff, I like the way he’s playing.
Where will you be when the Sixers hoist the Larry O'Brien trophy? Hopefully Liberty Ballers.
by Jordan Sams on Oct 12, 2008 12:11 AM PDT up reply actions
Big Eagles/Phillies/Sixers fan and obsessive SBnation reader here. I was wondering when the hell they would finally find someone to cover the Sixers around here, glad that has finally changed. I browsed your earlier posts and I like what I see (except the fact that you are a Cowboys fan, if I read correctly). I have added libertyballers to my googlereader and anticipate being around these parts a lot during the season.
Go Sixers!
Welcome
Yeah, it’s going to be a little weird with all these Eagles fans, but I’m willing to put it behind me for the blog’s sake.
Where will you be when the Sixers hoist the Larry O'Brien trophy? Hopefully Liberty Ballers.
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