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Sixers beat the Raptors by six

Man, it's been a rough day. I woke up planning to at least listen to the second half of the Sixers game, with no audio link to be found. Then I had some bad tuna casserole that has destroyed me physically for most of the day. And on top of it all, I endure one of the weirdest football games I've ever witnessed, finishing with a  giant stomach punch to all Cowboy fans. (I'm sure most of you being Eagles fans feel no sympathy, which is  completely fine. I had to get it off my chest.) Sports I tell you, they'll rip your heart out.

Let's look on the bright side though. The Sixers won a meaningless pre-season game in the Air Canada Centre early this morning. Yes! We are now 2-1 in the pre-season and I just finished watching the highlights. Here are my thoughts.

Things I liked:

-Both Thaddeus and Lou played, meaning neither injury was that bad.

-We out-rebounded the Raptors by 14! Very nice.

-We held the Raptors to 37% shooting.

-Iguodala with the defense. 3 blocks and 2 steals.

-Watching the highlights and seeing EB with the offensive rebound, followed by a nasty finish.

-A Lou-Will backward pass to Iggy for the jam, on a fastbreak.

-Speights with 12 points and no tunrovers. He seemed to play a key role in the end of the game. When I was following the play-by-play, he had like five straight dunks. Our boy, NBR says, "Speights finishing was very good."

-Thad with a game-high 17 and three three's. He seems to be much more comfortable on offense.

-Ivey only played four minutes.

-A 2-1 record.

Things I didn't like:

-11 turnovers between Lou and Iggy.

-Shooting 40% from the field.

-My boy, Sammy D seems to be getting lost on both offense and defense this pre-season, at least stats wise.

-Our two Andres shooting 5-23 from the field.

-The games aren't on TV!

-Jermaine O'neal looking like he's gaining a considerable amount of weight. For now, I'm a little less worried about the Raps.

Player of the Game: I have to go with Thad as much as I'd like to give it to Speights.

Pre-season record: 2-1

 

 

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-Thad with a game-high 17 and three three’s. He seems to be much more comfortable on offense.

i think some of us forgot all about this kid going through the offseason and all the acquisitions that we got, if he develops, we’re gona have us one hell of a starting 5

http://www.libertyballers.com

by Remis on Oct 12, 2008 7:27 PM PDT reply actions  

by some of us i mean me

http://www.libertyballers.com

by Remis on Oct 12, 2008 7:30 PM PDT up reply actions  

offseason and all the acquisitions that we got,

with all the acquisitions

http://www.libertyballers.com

by Remis on Oct 12, 2008 7:31 PM PDT up reply actions  

this is confusing

http://www.libertyballers.com

by Remis on Oct 12, 2008 7:31 PM PDT up reply actions  

and i’m making it more confusing by replying to my own comments

http://www.libertyballers.com

by Remis on Oct 12, 2008 7:31 PM PDT up reply actions  

ok i’ll stop

http://www.libertyballers.com

by Remis on Oct 12, 2008 7:31 PM PDT up reply actions  

haha

i got it

Where will you be when the Sixers hoist the Larry O'Brien trophy? Hopefully Liberty Ballers.

by Jordan Sams on Oct 12, 2008 7:31 PM PDT up reply actions  

I've forgotten about Thad a little bit too

Where will you be when the Sixers hoist the Larry O'Brien trophy? Hopefully Liberty Ballers.

by Jordan Sams on Oct 12, 2008 7:32 PM PDT reply actions  

I had high hopes

Then I watched him in the Summer League and was so discouraged I sort of wrote him off as taking the next step this year, but if training camp pre-season is any indication. We have a stud on our hands.

Where will you be when the Sixers hoist the Larry O'Brien trophy? Hopefully Liberty Ballers.

by Jordan Sams on Oct 12, 2008 7:33 PM PDT reply actions  

To sum up both of our confusing sentences...

jsams + Remis=Surprisingly impressed with Thad.

Where will you be when the Sixers hoist the Larry O'Brien trophy? Hopefully Liberty Ballers.

by Jordan Sams on Oct 12, 2008 7:34 PM PDT reply actions  

divided by (i can’t find the division sign on my keyboard) number of lb’s that jermaine o’neal gained

http://www.libertyballers.com

by Remis on Oct 12, 2008 7:46 PM PDT up reply actions  

did you see him?

he had boobs.

Where will you be when the Sixers hoist the Larry O'Brien trophy? Hopefully Liberty Ballers.

by Jordan Sams on Oct 12, 2008 7:47 PM PDT up reply actions  

haha yea

http://www.libertyballers.com

by Remis on Oct 12, 2008 9:04 PM PDT up reply actions  

Congrats on the new blog.

Can’t wait til SBNation has a blog for each NBA team. That will be sick.

by Cablinasian on Oct 14, 2008 1:32 PM PDT reply actions  

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