76ers @ Warriors Game Thread
by Michael Levin on Feb 23, 2010 6:36 PM PST
Email
PrintPhiladelphia 76ers at Golden State Warriors, Feb 23, 2010 7:30 PM PST
As Jordan continues to update the lottery standings, I won't make mention of it here. Tonight is a big game to lose and if we muster up enough mediocrity and poor coaching decisions I think we have just the right stuff to do it. We're 5 games up on the Warriors so it may seem a bit out of reach, but a loss tonight bumps it to 4, and that could spiral into some antimomentum that seems like the perfect recipe for our boys.
If you believe in yourself, You. Can. Lose. Fingers crossed, nose held, buttons buttoned.
Let's do it.
367 comments
|
0 recs |
Do you like this story?
Comments
Minnesota pulls a daring victory over the wade-less Heat.
Pierce-less Celtics prove too old but still good enough over crap-town Knicks.
By the way, this made me “lol,”
http://www.theonion.com/content/infograph/nate_robinson
in the last 30 years
consecutive 25 point games:
Michael Jordan 40 (twice)
Kevin Durant 29th tonight
Allen Iverson 27
Going to miss the beginning - got to get some reading done.
My topic today is dyslexia. How ironic is it to do readings about dyslexia?
I may also have to leave early. Yeah, I’m a flake.
Interested in the guard match-ups tonight, with Lou and Jrue up against Monta Ellis and the other guard. With Willie out, we may see Andre Iguodala in the back-court. Figures the Sixers would be short guards on a night that they play a doughnut team. I want to see our young forwards.
Empty arena, but some Sixers fans in the stands out there. Gotta love Sixers fans, wherever you go, there are a few. Pretty undeserving team these days.
yeah there’s only a few at the Wachovia center too. I don’t know if we’re thinking of a different Sixers, but the team I’m thinking of doesn’t have many fans
by Michael Levin on Feb 23, 2010 8:54 PM PST up reply actions
He’s getting the sixers confused with the Red Sox
by jemagee on Feb 23, 2010 8:58 PM PST up reply actions
How exactly is Lou Williams an all star player if he gets the minutes
Are you saying h’s better than Andre Iguodala?
by jemagee on Feb 23, 2010 8:07 PM PST up reply actions
Willie Green gets hot sometimes too – don’t be fooled
Plus the warriors suck
by jemagee on Feb 23, 2010 8:07 PM PST up reply actions
This is a nightmare match-up for the Warriors. The game they like to play, is the one that lets the Sixers go go go!
The warriors are one of the worst teams in the league and have more injuries than the blazers right now.
by jemagee on Feb 23, 2010 8:07 PM PST up reply actions
Wow, this is insane. I missed both the Jrue and Andre dunks, though.
Running like mad these guys are.
You will see them
in the highlight reel; sooo good!
by guitarmouse35 on Feb 23, 2010 8:00 PM PST up reply actions
In that situation he is allowed to. The defender was partially inside the semi-circle when Iguodala passed the ball to Speights. As Speight headed towards the basket, the defender stepped outside the circle, but was still moving. The proper call is a block, not a charge.
Besides blaming Speights when Iggy passed the ball to him, shows a bias on your part.
Your resume doesn’t exactly qualify you as a rules expert
by jemagee on Feb 23, 2010 8:11 PM PST up reply actions
Read the rules, Jack! You don’t know the difference between a charge and a block. You can’t step in front of a player driving to the basket. If you ar there first, it’s charge, if your feet are moving it’s a block.
I’m pretty sure
A. You aren’t an NBA official
B. if I had to choose who was more knowledgable about the rules of the NBA (and everything else in the universe) i’d pick the UNLV undergraduate over you
by jemagee on Feb 23, 2010 8:18 PM PST up reply actions
Even if true, neither exceeds your pretentiousness and obvious pleasure at your own bloviating nonsense…you should go to philapans.com – belmont shore would LOVE you
by jemagee on Feb 23, 2010 8:26 PM PST up reply actions
he was outside the circle when he took the contact, he was there well before speights. no one argued the call, the commentators said it was a charge right away. the only person that thinks it was a charge is you.
But he’s right and everyone else is wrong
Haven’t you been paying attention :)
by jemagee on Feb 23, 2010 8:29 PM PST up reply actions
I didn’t even see the play – I just hope he goes away again like he did last week
by jemagee on Feb 23, 2010 8:30 PM PST up reply actions
Well the sixers have blown bigger leads than this – but the warriors suck ass and have vast amounts of injuries, if the sixers lose this game it would be because they sat down on the court, literally
by jemagee on Feb 23, 2010 8:12 PM PST up reply actions
So jrue, with two fouls, gets backl into the game before Meeks sees a minute?
Jeez, Eie must hate him
by jemagee on Feb 23, 2010 8:14 PM PST reply actions
1 for 5 so far tonight – like mexican money or something?
by jemagee on Feb 23, 2010 8:15 PM PST up reply actions
If the sixers win the giddiness after this game from a certain corner of the fanbase ought to be interesting, I can’t wait to read the over reactions in the morning, but Lost is on
by jemagee on Feb 23, 2010 8:17 PM PST reply actions
Your comments about how awesome Speights is ought to be particularly laugh inducing
by jemagee on Feb 23, 2010 8:19 PM PST up reply actions
Sam has had enough rest – Speights has 2 fouls
Coach is a moron
by jemagee on Feb 23, 2010 8:19 PM PST reply actions
7:44 PHI – R. Carney misses a layup
7:51 PHI – T. Young defensive rebound
7:53 GS – A. Biedrins misses a layup
7:54 GS – A. Biedrins offensive rebound
7:56 GS – A. Biedrins misses a layup
8:01 GS – A. Tolliver offensive rebound
by jemagee on Feb 23, 2010 8:20 PM PST reply actions
How does one do that so fast? Is that tonights Game? I want to know how to do that
by jemagee on Feb 23, 2010 8:23 PM PST up reply actions
Well i need the software to get it off the dvr that’s all :)
by jemagee on Feb 23, 2010 8:26 PM PST up reply actions
I have no idea – that’s why – best buy wouldn’t tell me how to rip video from my dver cause it’s not entirely legal :)
by jemagee on Feb 23, 2010 8:28 PM PST up reply actions
one of my fav dunks of all time was last season against Dallas. he had a putback dunk. i was third row at about the top of the key on the side he dunked it. it was so nasty but in a game that became pointless about 2 minutes earlier.
i’m not positive, but he was sideways and it came into his hand perfectly and he cocked it back. it was awesome
yep, pretty sure that's the one.
I tend to remember it being a little further from the basket and with more extension, but I’m pretty sure that was the one.
I was at that game!
My family and I came in late, right as that happened. It was unreal. It was several years ago, though.
I’m to understand that he’s not that good a defender?:)
by jemagee on Feb 23, 2010 8:24 PM PST up reply actions
Sixers shooting over 54% Warriors shooting under 37
Sixers barely up by double digits
No one else is concerned?
by jemagee on Feb 23, 2010 8:30 PM PST reply actions
I’m not saying they’ll lose – but this team can’t maintain that hot shooting (though the warriors can continue to shoot that bad) – being 5 for 6 from 3 encourages them to take more 3’s – this is not a good 3 point shooting team
by jemagee on Feb 23, 2010 8:32 PM PST up reply actions
I’m ALWAYS in a smiling mood – no one gets my secret :)
by jemagee on Feb 23, 2010 8:31 PM PST up reply actions
Kobe Bryant has ice in his veins and a string connecting the ball to the net
by jemagee on Feb 23, 2010 8:31 PM PST reply actions
Hate him or like him – he’s an amazing basketball player – he’s just an utter douchenozzle as a human
by jemagee on Feb 23, 2010 8:33 PM PST up reply actions
Then you’d probably lose as much as you win
Small Sample Size
by jemagee on Feb 23, 2010 8:36 PM PST up reply actions
kobe is actually shooting much worse in “crunch time” than lebron, but i swear, kobe’s never missed a clutch shot when i’m watching. i’d just feel much more comfortable.
kobe’s never missed a clutch shot when i’m watching. i’d just feel much more comfortable.
He has – you just don’t remember – cause it’s not memorable
by jemagee on Feb 23, 2010 8:39 PM PST up reply actions
i’d think you watch the NBA finalsw at least :)
by jemagee on Feb 23, 2010 8:41 PM PST up reply actions
Only if you focus on the scoring and ignoring the other aspects of basketball
And again – clutch stats are purely small sample size and no one remembers the misses as much as the makes…
If the griz could shoot free throw it would have been an irrelevant 3 as well by the way.
Lebron James is a COMPLETE basketball player – Kobe Bryant is a deadly shooter and scorer
Picking Kobe over Lebron legitimizes ESPN being morons
by jemagee on Feb 23, 2010 8:35 PM PST up reply actions
Not to be that guy – but Sam only has one foul – the other two available big men have two fouls and he hasn’t played the second quarter at all
by jemagee on Feb 23, 2010 8:33 PM PST reply actions
Dude
SportsCenter just got screwed over by a Howard Stern listener
by jemagee on Feb 23, 2010 8:37 PM PST reply actions
They supposedly were doing a live phone call with Brian Westbrook and it was a Stern fan – at least that’s what it sounded like
by jemagee on Feb 23, 2010 8:38 PM PST up reply actions
Wow
I couple of tough fadeaway turnarounds for Iguodala here. He shouldn’t be taking those, even when he’s making them,
You can apply that logic to the entirety of the sixers lineup and the 3 point line
Is Kapono dead?
by jemagee on Feb 23, 2010 8:38 PM PST up reply actions
Jordan just doesn’t play him. This was a bad move for the Sixers to get him. Either Jordan shouldn’t be the coach or Jason shouldn’t be on the team. Total waste.
No, it wasn’t.
Reggie Evans is gone
And that’s good
I think you should go looking for your sense of humor though
by jemagee on Feb 23, 2010 8:40 PM PST up reply actions
Reggie would be a more useful bench player than Kapono. Jason really is too slow, can’t dribble, or rebound. All he is, is a spot-up outside shooter. On a soft team like the Sixers, Reggie could really help.
A very bad trade as it worked out.
Oh, so you think Reggie Evans is a useful basketball player – so there’s another one on the wrong side of the ldger for you.
Yes that’s all Jason Kapono is – he was a good 3 point shooter at the time
Guess what the3 frack the sixes don’t have +ANY of since they traded Kyle Korver
I"LL GIVE YOU A HINT
THREE POINT SHOOTERS
by jemagee on Feb 23, 2010 8:45 PM PST up reply actions
So what? They never play him, because he doesn’t fit in. Until the Sixers play inside out, there’s no point in having a one-dimensional outside shooter.
By the end of the season Reggie will play more minutes and score more points and grab more rebounds than Kapono will.
You can blame this on Eddie, but Kapono is a very limited player.
By the end of the season Reggie will play more minutes and score more points and grab more rebounds than Kapono will.
And you in your wisdom somehow thinks this proves something.
Kapono is a very limited player? Really – no shit
You know who else is limited.
Reggie Evans
You knmow how many positives he brings to a basketball court
ONe
and it’s not on the defensive end
by jemagee on Feb 23, 2010 8:50 PM PST up reply actions
I hate the fact that ESPN is sitting here interviewing McGwire and Pujols and will NEVER grill him about his asinine ‘statement’ to the media.
ESPN loves them some cardinals and the ‘genius’ of tony larussa
by jemagee on Feb 23, 2010 8:39 PM PST reply actions
That’s just cause the astros will never, ever, be good
by jemagee on Feb 23, 2010 8:40 PM PST up reply actions
they’ll turn it around eventually. they have an owner who’s willing to pay so that helps in baseball.
and they had a sick run in 04 and 05.
i suppose – but 3 (pending) straight world series appearances with 2 wins is pretty good too :)
Seriously though – the owner is part of the problem – he may be willing to spend – but so is daniel snyder
by jemagee on Feb 23, 2010 8:43 PM PST up reply actions
the owner is definitely the problem, but i’ll take the good with the bad. the astros have made more world series than the a’s in the past decade.
The A’s probably have won more games and spent less money PLUS they had a book written about their GM
The Astros hired ed wade
by jemagee on Feb 23, 2010 8:45 PM PST up reply actions
I actually like
baseball more than basketball these days! Eddie Jordan has helped that along this winter!
Yes, when your team is winning and the favorite for a 3rd WS appearance (and the mets suck) it makes being a baseball fan easier :)
Though Werth has got to shave
by jemagee on Feb 23, 2010 8:43 PM PST up reply actions
I just can't get my mind around baseball
It’s great to have a team to root for, and of course I love the Phillies., But I just love the game of basketball, and am happy to watching it over anything else, no matter who the players and teams are.
I like em both equally – i wish basketball had as much itnerest in analysis as baseball did :)
by jemagee on Feb 23, 2010 8:49 PM PST up reply actions
Need a lot more cameras around courts – i’m thinking 10 iso cameras, one on each player on the court at all times…plus technology needs to be used more in the game…
by jemagee on Feb 23, 2010 8:51 PM PST up reply actions
I think part of the problem is
that for real, good analysis someone has to sit down and watch every possession a bunch of times to determine exactly what happened to everyone on the floor. Basketball isn’t as easily quantifiable as baseball. It’s really time-consuming. Not that that should be an excuse (there are people with enough time on their hands) but it explains, at least in part, the delay.
Computers and 10 cameras – i’m telling you – the technology is available :)
by jemagee on Feb 23, 2010 8:58 PM PST up reply actions
Gilettes looking for a new spokes person since Tiger went nuts
by jemagee on Feb 23, 2010 8:46 PM PST up reply actions
He didn’t go nuts, he just got caught. The sportswriters are mad because he fooled them for so long. No one knew anything until the Car accident.
Morality aside, most of them are jealous. He is different from Kobe, Dr. J. Larry Bird and all the other athletes who take advantage of the fact that Woman want them.
Well there’s missing words in your sentence.
There’s idiot sentiment.
And there’s a lack of comprehending a joke.
Yup.
by jemagee on Feb 23, 2010 8:58 PM PST up reply actions
If I drove in the nationwide series i’d make it my mission to crash danica
by jemagee on Feb 23, 2010 8:42 PM PST reply actions
Hey look – in all the excitement – no one noticed the sixers have been crap on the defensive glass
by jemagee on Feb 23, 2010 8:48 PM PST reply actions
i've definitely noticed that
I always notice rebounding, since it’s the only aspect of basketball I’m any good at. I just haven’t said anything.
Yeah it is – as long as the sixers continue to shoot the lights out, including from 3 (How likely is that) and the warriors continue to shoot crapola.
What’s amazing is that when YOU notice a ‘minor point’ it’s like uber important and if we don’t all recognize your genius you get pissed…you’re a clown…you make me laugh
Gooney Goo Goo
by jemagee on Feb 23, 2010 8:52 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t need you to agree with me, in order for me to know I’m right. Good to see I’m getting to you though.
You’re an idiot if you think you’re getting to me – but that’s ok – i already knew you were that.
When no one agrees with you, and presents statistical evidence that you are incorrect – continuing to believe you are right isn’t something smart or intelligent people do.
When you’re presented with a preponderance of evidence that proves you wrong, you aren’t ‘steadfast’ you’re just pigheaded and stubborn – and no one who has those traits is even of average intelligence.
by jemagee on Feb 23, 2010 8:57 PM PST up reply actions
And when you forget the reply button it usually means I’m getting to you.
Just cause you gave up – don’t think we all forgot how wrong you were about that charge
by jemagee on Feb 23, 2010 8:57 PM PST up reply actions
Well Ricko – you been fun and all – but Lost is on
Why don’t you go make some more ignored commentary about the gold market?
by jemagee on Feb 23, 2010 8:59 PM PST reply actions
Nice 76ers
at least this thread isn’t dead like Sactown Royalty. Way to man up when it’s midnight back east!
Brad James
by the new Bradfather on Feb 23, 2010 9:01 PM PST reply actions
Sweet Lou
with the stroke.
Brad James
by the new Bradfather on Feb 23, 2010 9:10 PM PST reply actions
Speights
with an authoritative flush!
Brad James
by the new Bradfather on Feb 23, 2010 9:14 PM PST reply actions
Carney Got Hacked
but it’s inconsequential. The Warriors aren’t coming back
Brad James
by the new Bradfather on Feb 23, 2010 9:20 PM PST reply actions
quad dub if they let you get 10 fouls.
by Michael Levin on Feb 23, 2010 9:21 PM PST up reply actions
Jordan remember when you wanted the Sixers to get CJ Watson? I have nothing further or any point to make, just testing your memory.
The Exact Same Score After 3
as Sunday’s game against the Hawks. Thus, I’d advise the Sixers not to quit.
Brad James
by the new Bradfather on Feb 23, 2010 9:23 PM PST reply actions
uh oh
sixers scored under 25 in that quarter, and the warriors hit that benchmark. We’re screwed now.
if that’s supposed to be a snare drum and cymbals crash, you may want to consider going back to sound effect school
by Michael Levin on Feb 23, 2010 9:31 PM PST up reply actions
It's Funny
how one play can instantaneously shift momentum
Brad James
by the new Bradfather on Feb 23, 2010 9:31 PM PST reply actions
Sixers need to get it together here. They are getting a little sloppy out there and are taking bad shots. See what I mean about offense?
93-81
in about six minutes of game time, the Warriors have sliced the Sixers’ lead in half. The Warriors are one team you don’t care to play with a big lead.
Brad James
by the new Bradfather on Feb 23, 2010 9:38 PM PST reply actions
that makes no sense
you’d rather play a close game or lose?
The Warriors Are Mentally Deficient
for lack of a better term and in close games, they rarely execute. When they’re down by double digits, they manage to play with nothing to lose and everything works for them. That’s why they’re nowhere near .500. It’s all due to their schizo style
Brad James
by the new Bradfather on Feb 23, 2010 9:40 PM PST up reply actions
or far from over — but as long as the Warriors win, I’ll take either one.
by Michael Levin on Feb 23, 2010 9:39 PM PST up reply actions
The problem is Sammy did not want to play defense or pass tonight. This run was started by Sammy playing sloppy and shooting bad shots and being careless. I don’t have a problem with Brand.
OMFG
Just learned what that meant this week….
what what meant? Use reply function please
by Michael Levin on Feb 23, 2010 9:44 PM PST up reply actions
you know group projects and studying occupied me up until about so i’ll join for the last five mins
by Tanner Steidel on Feb 23, 2010 9:50 PM PST up reply actions
I bet you do
you don’t have class. But I do have class – tomorrow morning. And I don’t want to sleep through it.
Curry Can Ball
so can Maggette, so can Morrow, Ellis, etc but until the Warriors believe in defense, they’ll always be losers.
Brad James
by the new Bradfather on Feb 23, 2010 9:46 PM PST reply actions
As if we have that defense stuff figured out ourselves....
Losing the GS way is a lot more exciting….
by marklapinski on Feb 23, 2010 9:47 PM PST up reply actions
It's only 10:45
in Utah though
Brad James
by the new Bradfather on Feb 23, 2010 9:46 PM PST reply actions
Ball dont lie
but ball do take 20 seconds off the clock.
Very fortunate for the Sixers that they are making these shots under pressure. Eddie Jordan is suck a complete idiot. Against a normal team, this would have been a loss.
Eddie Jordan is suck a complete idiot.
by Michael Levin on Feb 23, 2010 9:54 PM PST up reply actions
Andre Iguodala
one of my favorite UofA Wildcat alums in the Association. War Mormon missions to Tucson and El Paso seeing as I served in both of those cities
Brad James
by the new Bradfather on Feb 23, 2010 9:52 PM PST reply actions
big bucks to be made playin professionally in korea i guess
by Tanner Steidel on Feb 23, 2010 9:57 PM PST up reply actions
Don't Be So Sure
this game won’t still be lost if the Sixers don’t execute here.
Brad James
by the new Bradfather on Feb 23, 2010 9:54 PM PST reply actions
So Eddie goes even shorter. Will somebody just shoot him please? God, I can’t stand him as a coach. He is as dense as a Neutron Star.
droppin science knowledge bombs/insults
by Tanner Steidel on Feb 23, 2010 9:56 PM PST up reply actions
Who makes that analogy?
I mean, I’m a geek, but come on.
yeah a 27 footer with 1 second left on the shot clock. it actually does sound like an Eddie call
by Michael Levin on Feb 23, 2010 9:59 PM PST up reply actions
never doubt the genius that is eddie jordan
by Tanner Steidel on Feb 23, 2010 9:59 PM PST up reply actions
a bunch of swing passes along the three point line, jrue kicked it to him with 1 second left and he hoisted a deep trey. cotton.
by Michael Levin on Feb 23, 2010 10:00 PM PST up reply actions
Well
it’s been real Sixers fans. 22-34, only 12 games under .500!
Brad James
by the new Bradfather on Feb 23, 2010 10:00 PM PST reply actions
well that was cool. last shot of the game, lou boxed out hard core and was yelling at lou … “get the rebound, grab the rebound, GET THE REBOUND!”
I also with they'd make guys actually foul in intentional foul situations. That foul toward the end there...
he barely grazed the jersey. Should not have been called.
Twenty points is all the Sixers managed to score in the fourth. They let the Warriors back into the game. Stupid coaching.
When you’re right, you’re right. It really is foolish of me to hope that he would get a clue! He never learns. Truly a mental midget.
I believe “little person” is the politically correct term
by Michael Levin on Feb 23, 2010 10:15 PM PST up reply actions
You don’t have to use the politically correct term is you are also a member of said group
by jemagee on Feb 24, 2010 6:46 AM PST up reply actions
For all the EJ bashing tonight, let’s not forget that he was probably the most sensical coach on the floor tonight …
That’s like saying nikki is the less embarassing hilton
They’re stil both idiots
by jemagee on Feb 24, 2010 6:47 AM PST up reply actions
Give the Lou and Jrue back-court credit for outscoring the Warrior’s vaunted guard tandem. Seriously, without Dalembert, Brand and Speights the Sixers would be the Warriors. All things considered, I’m glad the Warriors left Philadelphia. What a sad-sack franchise!
so many things to make fun of in here. lets just go for it.
1. If their guard tandem is so vaunted, how come you’ve only heard of Monta Ellis?
2. Without Dalembert, Brand, and Speights, we wouldn’t be the Warriors, we would have the smallest team in about 40 years.
3. It’s been 50 years since they left Philadelphia, glad you can still weigh in on the move.
by Michael Levin on Feb 23, 2010 10:15 PM PST up reply actions
Comments For This Post Are Closed
Secondary Sidebar
User Tools
FanPosts
Community blog posts and discussion.
Certain photos copyright © 2012 by Associated Press or Getty Images. Any commercial use or distribution without the express written consent of Associated Press and Getty Images is strictly prohibited.
