So we all know Jordan made his poll about how everyone felt on about the team on a scale from 1 to 10.  52% of the people who replied were at a 7 or higher (30% were 9 or highter even)

Well no we've played a game, so let's recap.

The sixers got walloped, due to coaching, bad defense, or just bad players, the second unit in the 2nd quarter got demolished and whatever the sixers tried, they couldn't stop it.  Speights scored a lot of points but all reports indicate that defensively he was garbage.

I'm going from articles, I did not see the game.

Dalembert got his traditional 2 fouls in the first half and sat but in the third he picked up THREE quickly...and per usual, make or miss, he was taking shots he shouldn't ever be taking.  Iguodala shot for shiznit.

Then there's the things that are always problems, since the end of the freaking larry brown era.  Bad 3 point defense? Check.  Bad 3 point shooting? Check.  Crappy Free throw shooting?  Check.  Not enough assists on baskets?  (Ok that's just a pet peeve of mine, the A:FG ratio I call it, shouldn't be below .5 ever) Check. 

Admittedly, I didn't see the game, but I have to think the 37 points in the 4th quarter were because the Magic starters were resting after kicking the living crap out of the team for 3 quarters.  Yes the sixers 'averaged' 25 points a quarter like Jordan wanted, but in the 3 quarters that mattered, they only scored 69 (23 per quarter) but they gave up 98.  But let's ignore the 2nd quarter as an aberration if you want, they STILL gave up 29 and 28 in the 1st and 2nd respectively.  I don't care if you average 25 points a quarter offensively Coach Jordan if you give up 28.5 points a quarter - you'll lose every game.

So - Where do you stand now?  This is Philadlephia folks, we over react after ever pitch oin a baseball game, we're ready to get rid of McNabb after Kevin Kolb shreds the Kansas City Chiefs - tell me or tell Eskin :)

yes, it was the Magic, yes the magic are probably the best team in the east right now (at least to me, Shaq makes the cavs worse in my opinion and the celtics are older and have a pouting all star point guard looking to leave after this season), yes the sixers probably should have lost this game, but as I understand it from reading and comments, they were embarassing in the way they lost.