Magic pummel Sixers on the glass, lock Sixers into 7th seed
by Derek Bodner on Apr 11, 2011 9:18 PM PDT
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PrintI'm a big fan of not putting more effort into a recap than the team did in the game, so this is going to be short. Here's all you need to know.
- The Sixers had, by far, their worst rebounding game of the season, grabbing 17.8% of their available offensive rebounds, compared to the magic grabbing 45.2% of their chances. That's the worst both in terms of differential, and the worst defensive rebounding game of the season for the Sixers. Obviously, this had a slight impact on the game.
- With the Sixers loss, they're now locked into the 7th seed.
- With the Celtics B-team losing to the Wizards, the Heat are now locked into the #2 seed, giving the Sixers their first round opponent. View the full playoff bracket.
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With no offense to our fellow Noce/chapu fans, but he has no business playing the amount of minutes that he played tonight. He is a service or utility player that should come off the bench for 12-15 minutes, not 34 starter minutes. Especially in a more or less end of the season meaningless game, these minutes are more valuable to Turner. But whatever, its a beaten argument and I don’t feel the need to explain it anymore seeing as how many of you will agree.
After being destroyed on the boards, I think the effort level just overall dropped. Back to the meaningless game aspect… honestly, I’ve actually grown really restless and just tired of Doug Collins. The guy has down a great job in turning the team around and giving a system that the team is buying into. But his management of the team and minutes has been ridiculous and reckless.
Final note, Dwight Howards posterization of Jrue Holiday hit No. 1 on Sports Center Top 10. Whoever, called it gets a brownie point!
"They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they'd make up their minds." - Wilt Chamberlain
Me!
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by Michael Levin on Apr 11, 2011 11:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I actually agree.
Turner should get 25-35mins a game while Noce should get 10-15mins, except when matchups call for more.
But hey, I’m sure a lot here think 10mins is still too much for Nocioni.
There can only be one Noce!
If you don’t rebound, you end up getting r@ped. That’s what happen. From what I saw, they started to rebound more towards the end of the first quarte and managed to escape a double diget deficiet. What happen while I was gone? Idk. But I came back in the third or fourth and it was 89-68, or something like that, Magic lead.
I dont think this is a major concern for the team though. Not like they have these type of rebounding games all the time. Still, that small lineup that Collins loves is probably a big reason why the Sixers had at least 20 less rebounds tonight. Short 4 games in the playoffs if that trend continues.
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We went small, because our “big” Hawes is literally smaller than Allen Iverson. It’s disgusting how bad he sucks.
by LeQuan Glover on Apr 12, 2011 12:27 AM PDT up reply actions
It seems you have selective memory, how quickly your forget his solid play over the last month in which he improved greatly. A stretch of games where not just Hawes, but the ENTIRE TEAM plays bad and he’s horrible. In the words of Nas, that’s a “LQ state of mind”
Hawes is literally smaller than Allen Iverson.
Allen Iverson – 6ft and 165 lbs
Spencer Hawes – 7’1 and 245 lbs
Literally smaller you say?
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by Michael Levin on Apr 12, 2011 6:18 AM PDT up reply actions
At work so I can’t see this…please tell me it’s a clip from Big Bang Theory?
"You can commit no mistake and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is life." - Jean-Luc Picard
Choosing not to take that as an insult.
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by Michael Levin on Apr 12, 2011 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions
Wasn’t meant as such.
"You can commit no mistake and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is life." - Jean-Luc Picard
I know, Rexy. I got you.
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by Michael Levin on Apr 12, 2011 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Okay, he played literally smaller. The only stretches of “good basketball” from Hawes is when he hits the 15-foot jumper and mostly on those days his fatness allows him to rebound.
He’s really not a skilled big in any facet of the game, offensive or defensive. He can pass though!
by LeQuan Glover on Apr 12, 2011 9:05 AM PDT up reply actions
can we all agree
that article about hawes was bs now and he truely does suck that bad?
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by DaaaBirdsDaBirds on Apr 12, 2011 7:21 AM PDT reply actions
oh yeah
and he always has sucked
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by DaaaBirdsDaBirds on Apr 12, 2011 7:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Speights had a +9 and outplayed Dwight at the end of the game. That was the only positive thing in a game where again the Sixers offense was anemic. 85 points is pathetic, and while the Sixers were missing Williams and Iguodala, the team still had plenty of shooters and should have been able to generate offense.
This is the thing I hate about Collins. He just sat there like a deer in the headlights, he would call a time-out, but not put in the right players to maintain good floor balance. Orlando only scored 95 and shot a lousy percentage. The defense was excellent considering how bad the offense was. I saw the team take poor shot after poor shot, not working hard or even trying.
I guess they want to play Miami.
Speights … outplayed Dwight at the end of the game.
This is true. Speights owned the last 45 seconds of the game. Garbage time is HIS TIME.
I do think Speights should have played earlier. Not like anybody else was rebounding or making hustle plays.
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