Sixers 116 Knicks 110

by Jordan Sams on Jan 24, 2009 7:13 PM PST in Recaps

Brand returned. He looked rusty. The Sixers came out on fire in the first couple minutes. The rest was a dog fight. It was far from a pretty game, but a win's a win, whether it's ugly or not. The most important thing I saw tonight was that the Sixers run n' gun style of play did not change despite the return of Brand, regardless of what Walt Frazier might think. I think DiLeo has things under control a little bit better than Cheeks did.

Before I get into the rest of the game, I want to thank these two wonderful human beings for making the game an absolute pain for me to watch...

These two are by far the worst announcing combo of all-time. I'm not joking.

Likes:

-Hanging on for a tough win

-Thaddeus's jump hook

-Brand's headband trend

-Iggy manning up down the stretch

-Andre Miller's brilliant post-game interview

-Samuel Dalembert's all-around game. Frame that sentence folks. He played very good defense, blocking and contesting shots. He also rebounded well. He finished a couple times around the basket and although he made a couple, he limited the stupid plays. Bravo Sammy, bravo.

-Willie Green played kind of decent. It pained me to write that.

-Andre Miller's effeciency

-David Lee coming through for my fantasy team without costing the Sixers a win

-Royal Ivey

-Brad Lidge's honorary...whatever he did before the game

-The energy in the building to begin the game. Baby steps.

Dislikes:

-Lou Williams sub-par performance

-M16 aired free throw

-Andre Iguodala's badly bricked jumper

-Nate Robinson

-15 threes allowed. They were all pretty much wide open. And they were mostly wide open because the Sixers continually double-teamed the likes of David Lee and Tim Thomas why? I think that falls on DiLeo's shoulders, unless the players are just stupid.

-New York Life Insurance commercials

-NBA League Pass music

-Welcome Home Rosco Jenkins

Bottom-line: This wasn't a game that makes you think, "Oh my God! Now that Elton's back we could be really good. I'm so glad we've gotten past 'playing down to our opponent'", but like I said before, a win is a win. 21-21. I'll take it. Next up are two good measuring stick games on the road against New Orleans and Houston. Stay tuned.

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I cannot stand Nate Robinson. When Brand was called for charging part of me wished he would have just steamrolled into Robinson and sent him flying into the basket support.

by Ben16 on Jan 24, 2009 7:25 PM PST reply actions

Did you catch Iggy Swatting the 3 at the end?

As time expired, Robinson chucked up one last three for no good reason and AI swatted it away. After the game, it looked like the two had a brief exchange about it.

On another note, I’m not sure I would say that Brand looked rusty. In fact, I don’t know he was on the floor enough to make a judgment. Overall, I thought the team played well when he was on the floor and was able to continue to push the tempo. He also saw a side benefit of the Sixers’ newfound willingness to shoot the three in Brand’s offensive rebounding prowess. Second chance points should be in abundance with this new philosophy.

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by Chris Iafolla on Jan 25, 2009 6:11 AM PST up reply actions

he looked rusty as in non-confident

he didn’t look like he wanted to take a shot more than 2 feet

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by Jordan Sams on Jan 25, 2009 10:13 AM PST up reply actions

Dislikes:
-Nate Robinson

haha

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by Remis on Jan 25, 2009 7:36 AM PST reply actions

+1 btw

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by Remis on Jan 25, 2009 7:36 AM PST up reply actions

Last Nights Comments

i just skimmed thru the comments from the last game, and i just wanted to comment that Gallinari wasnt held out because hes a rookie and being babied, they just dont want him to reaggravate his back. the rockets hold TMac out of back-to-backs for the same reason

Also reggie evans had the flu…you guys that watch on league pass and get SNY or MSG probably missed the injury report thing they do on CSN

by jmorcate on Jan 25, 2009 8:30 AM PST reply actions