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76ers - NBA 2K9 Assoc. - Rebuilding a Winner

Posted on November 14, 2008 at 09:47 AM.

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12-29-2008 (v1.0)

After a tough road loss to Denver (113-100) we would have two days off, and play again in Utah on 12/29.

This was a much different gm than the one in Denver. The offense was executing, and the defense was outstanding! Thaddeus Young started the Sixers off w/ 9 quick points, finishing the 1st qtr having scored 11. Iggy and Brand would also contribute 6 a piece that qtr, and Philly got out to a 28-18 lead after the 1st qtr.

That would be it...Utah would try and cut it close in the 2nd, and was w/in 6 pts at one point. However, I would pull away to still maintain a 10 pt lead to finish the half.

In the 3rd Qtr Utah met their demise being outscored by 17 pts (31-14). By this time I had almost a 30 pt lead, and it was all over. The 4th qtr gave mop-up duty minutes to Chucky Atkins, Reggie Evans, Maresse Speights, Gelabale, and Kareem Rush.

Philly wins 114-78!

PHI 28 26 31 29 = 114
UTH 18 26 14 20 = 78

So what happened to Utah one might ask...Poor shooting, foul trouble, and probably Deron Williams' worst gm of his career all contributed to a blow out home loss for the Jazz.

Deron shot 4-24 from the field...AK-47 and Boozer both saw significant time on the bench getting into foul trouble early; each finished w/ 5 fouls.

Here's some boxscores from this one...
(in order by pts, reb, ast, stl, blk)

Philly
Iggy - 15 1 9 3 (7-17FG) 32min
Brand - 19 8 2 2 2 (8-15 FG; 3-3 FT) 30 min
Young - 18 4 4 2 (7-10 FG; 4-4 FT) 28 min
Lou - 21 1 4 3 (7-17 FG; 4-10 3pt; 3-4 FT) 21 min
Sammy D - 10 10 2 2 3 (5-5 FG)
Gelabale - 10 (2-3 3pt)

Utah
Brewer 14 4 1 2 1 (7-17 FG)
Boozer 14 14 2 3 (7-16 FG)
Brevin Knight 10 2 3 1 (4-7)
Deron 8 5 8 1 (4-24! FG)

Utah had only 3 players in double figures, but pretty much the whole team scored at least one pt.

TEAM STATS (FROM UTAH GAME)

PHI
48/88 FG (54%)
6/23 3PT
12/15 FT
37 AST
11 TO's
6 Team Fl's
38 Reb
4 O Reb
17 Stl
9 Blk
60 PIP
46 Bench pts
2 2nd Chance
32 Fast Break

UTH
38/96 (39%)
0/14 3PT
2/6 FT
22 AST
20 TO'S
12 Team Fl's
48 Reb
14 O Reb
9 Stl
2 Blk
70 PIP
30 Bench pts
18 2nd Chance
12 Fast Break

TEAM INFO FROM NBA.COM
PWR RNK = 15TH
RECORD = 17-13 (L10 8-2)
DIV RNK = 2
CONF. RNK = 7
OVR = 70
CHEM. = 56%
CAP RM = -$11.91m

AROUND THE LEAGUE...

Standings
(TOP 8 TEAMS FROM EACH CONF.)
EAST
Bos 25-8
Cha 23-9
Det 21-9
Cle 21-10
Mia 18-12
Atl 18-13
Phi 17-13
Orl 17-15

WEST
San Ant 21-10
Dal 20-11
NO 18-10
LAC 19-11
Hou 19-14
Mem 18-14
LAL 14-16
GS 15-18

5 Worst Teams
Den 11-21 (6-4 L10)
Okc 10-22 (2-8 L10)
Pho 9-21 (4-6 L10) Fired Terry Porter; Hired Harvey Allen
Min 9-21 (1-9 L10)
Tor 7-24 (1-9 L10) Worst team in my assoc. thus far

LEAGUE LEADERS
(Top 5 Performers in each cat.)
Scoring
Wade 27.7
A.I. 27.4
LBJ 25.8
Iggy 25.8
Kobe 25.4
RPG
Duncan 11.0
Howard 10.4
Okafor 10.0
KG 9.4
Boozer 9.4
APG
Calderon 10.3
Kidd 9.5
Felton 9.1
Paul 9.1
Nash 8.9

Sixers Team Leaders Thru 12-30-2008
PTS - Iggy 25.8; Young 19.8; Brand 18.4
REB - Dalembert 8.5; Brand 8.4; Iggy 5.4
AST - Miller 7.6; Iggy 5.5; Louis 5.2