Recap: Sixers play one of their worst games of the season

by Jordan Sams on Apr 5, 2009 7:04 PM PDT in Philadelphia 76ers Recaps

Thank God we won't see the Nets again. For whatever reason, when the Sixers and Nets get together, the quality of basketball played is nauseating to watch. The Sixers shot 39 percent from the line tonight. 39 percent! From the free throw line!

The Sixers didn't deserve to win the game. Heck, they don't even deserve a recap. I could make a ton of excuses for them right now, but I won't.

Here's what you need to know:

Every single player wearing a 76ers uniform was horrible tonight. There are no exceptions. None.
I don't care how tired you are, making 39 percent of your foul shots is embarrassing. Free throws are free. I know a team full of 9-year olds who can, and would have, shot better from the line tonight. The free throw line is the same distance at all levels, and no one is guarding you. When you're getting paid a collective 68 million dollars, you cannot shoot 39 percent from the line. 39 [bleeping] percent!
Do not be fooled by Sam Dalembert's 9 points, 11 rebounds and 3 blocks. He was god-awful tonight. I cannot tell you how many goal-tends, missed alley-oops, dropped passes, 3 seconds, offensive fouls and turnovers he had. The worst player on the court tonight, for either team.
35 percent, 21 percent, 39 percent. Show me a team who wins, or is in a ball game with those percentages.
Andre Iguodala played one of his worst games of the season.

The four seed is probably out of reach now. The five seed is in jeopardy. We're a half game behind Miami now, and our schedule only gets harder.

I haven't been this disappointed in a Sixers performance in a long, long time, so this is what I'm going to do: chalk it up as a bad loss and move on. We can't beat the Nets for whatever reason. Time to re-group and come out strong this week.

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The heat I believe have an easier schedule than the sixers – i just hope they can hold on to 6 – not like i think it matters – lose in the first round unless they get to 5

"Someone created the box score," Morey says, "and he should be shot."

Blocked shots — they look great, but unless you secure the ball afterward, you haven’t helped your team all that much.

by jemagee on Apr 5, 2009 7:06 PM PDT reply actions

5 seed or bust really.

The odds are stacked against us. The team looks exhausted, and isn’t the same without Thad. There’s no way, even with Thad, that we have a chance against Orlando or Boston.

Liberty Ballers.com.

by Jordan Sams on Apr 5, 2009 7:08 PM PDT up reply actions

Yeah...

they really did look exhausted last night. Of course, that doesn’t excuse their sub-pathetic performance. They’re professional athletes after all.

A few observations…

1) We have no post up players. People are screaming for Tony to start posting up Marreese and I agree, but I’m fairly sure he’d be doing it naturally if he thought it was one of his strengthes. I’ll tell you this, though… I’m getting a bit tired of his 18 foot jumpers with the shot clock at 17 seconds.

2) Sammy is a confused mess. Will he be better next year when Brand and Thad are in the front court with him? Probably… but still. I’d love to find a big, traditional, post-up center in the offseason. This team could really benefit from a guy like that.

3) If there are approximately 100 shooting guards on NBA rosters right now, Lou Williams and Andre Miller are both probably among the bottom ten to fifteen in terms of their defensive skills… and Lou is probably bottom five.

4) We need not one but two new shooting guards on the roster next year. That means trading Lou Williams in the offseason. I’d call it imperative that we trade him. Iggy’s gonna start at two guard next year, but he’ll only play about 12-18 minutes at that position. We need two competent shooting guards who can knock down threes with consistency to play the other 30-36 minutes. Lou and Willie both need to go… it’s gonna take some magic by Ed to make that happen… but that’s his job.

I have other thoughts, but that should do for now.

by BSM PSU 93 on Apr 6, 2009 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions

Good stuff.

priority = shooter

priority = find someone to take Sam.

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by Jordan Sams on Apr 6, 2009 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions

Who wants to be neuralized?

I say we just burn the tape, the box score, this recap and any images from this game.

MLB Front Office is here to ease my pain. Thank God I get a little break from the Sixers with the Astros tomorrow — even though they’ll lose as well.

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by Jordan Sams on Apr 5, 2009 7:11 PM PDT reply actions

I’m too tired to do anything but watch tv and prep my lunch for tomorrow

and there are a few things that could be learned from tonights game – maybe figure out WHAT makes the nets own the sixers

"Someone created the box score," Morey says, "and he should be shot."

Blocked shots — they look great, but unless you secure the ball afterward, you haven’t helped your team all that much.

by jemagee on Apr 5, 2009 7:14 PM PDT up reply actions

They can save that for the off-season.

We won’t see them again for another year, and by then we’ll have a healthy Elton and a healthy Thad.

Liberty Ballers.com.

by Jordan Sams on Apr 5, 2009 7:17 PM PDT up reply actions

Did the Phillies lose too?

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by Jordan Sams on Apr 5, 2009 7:17 PM PDT reply actions

Put on ESPN 2

"Someone created the box score," Morey says, "and he should be shot."

Blocked shots — they look great, but unless you secure the ball afterward, you haven’t helped your team all that much.

by jemagee on Apr 5, 2009 7:25 PM PDT up reply actions

Lowe was nasty

And Myers was throwing his crappy changeup which fools no one. When he finally realized, “hey, my curveball is pretty good, maybe I should throw that” he got outs. Unfortunately, we were already down 4. Started to stage a mini-rally in the 9th, but B2B strikeouts from Howard and Ibanez ended the threat.

They hacked away like little leaguers (or the Nationals) at the plate tonight. The bullpen looked good tonight. It wasn’t a drubbing like the Nets gave the Sixers, though.

Ugh—what a crap weekend.

by doubleh on Apr 5, 2009 7:47 PM PDT reply actions

Pretty much an overall crappy "Philadelphia" Weekend.

I am not much of a Villanova fan but the Phils lost tonight and the Sixers just got crapped on. I mean what a terrible game. No one on that team played well and for some reason the Nets always find a way to beat us, terrible shooting or miracle shots. If we can’t win against teams we are supposed to beat, how are we going to beat teams that we aren’t supposed to beat?

by soman319 on Apr 5, 2009 7:52 PM PDT reply actions

I didn’t see the game and now I’m glad. I wish I didn’t hear that free throw stat, but overall, I can’t say I’m surprised by the loss. For some reason the Nets had the Sixers’ number this season, and Miller and Iggy basically played the whole game vs. the Pistons, I just didn’t have a good feeling going into this one. Hopefully this is embarrassing enough that they come out and actually put away a sub .500 team for once against the Bobcats.

by zfg on Apr 6, 2009 5:22 AM PDT reply actions