Philadelphia 76ers reduce the New jersey Nets to eighth straight loss
The Philadelphia 76ers drowned the New Jersey Nets in a menacing way at the Prudential Center, Newark, NJ. The Sixers stampeded past the Nets to a five point lead going 82-77 to the end.
Scoring
The lead changed twice and the game was tied three times as more than 10,000 basketball fans booed and cheered at the faces of their home and opponent teams.
There were many inactive players who could not make it to the game. As for the Sixers, Craig Brackins and Jason Kapono were inactive whereas Damion James and Troy Murphy were inactive among the Nets.
Stats
The Nets shot 34.1 percent from the field. None of the teams had any player savoring on 20 points.
Despite having five players scoring in double figures the Nets lost to the merciless scathe of the Sixers. The Nets have won two games and lost four even with five of the players scoring in at least ten points.
Hawes scored his season high 18 points and the Sixers finally broke their eight-game losing streak after winning this game over the Nets.
This was Sixers first win after they started the season 3-13.
Box Score
Players’ stats
New Jersey Nets (6-19)
Brook Lopez scored 16, Devin Harris and Travis Outlaw added 14 a-piece and Jordan Farmar and Derrick Favors both contributed 10 points to the New Jersey Nets box score.
The team put in a lot of energy in grabbing 12 team rebounds.
Philadelphia 76ers (9-15)
Jrue Holiday scored his game high 19 points, Spencer Hawes added 18 and Elton Brand was good enough to dish out 15 points for them.
The team grabbed nine rebounds.
Game stats
Both the teams had a hard run on the rim and struggled to get possession of the ball in order to start a rather exciting game. The Sixers grabbed 36 rebounds and the Nets reconciled to grab 51 rebounds. The Sixers grabbed five offensive rebounds and the
Nets had 19. The Sixers gave away 12 turnovers whereas the Nets had 11.
The Sixers took six fast break points, and the Nets had 11. The Sixers took the biggest lead with 11 points and the Nets took with five. The Sixers finished with 28 points in the paint and the Nets had much more, 34.
Turning point
It was Andre Iguodala’s reverse hammer dunk that gave the game a screeching turn which led the Sixers up 73-62 when there were just four minutes remaining in the fourth quarter.
Quote it
"We just had a team meeting where Devin brought up a lot of valid points. We weren't aggressive and need to show more energy on the floor. Anthony [Morrow] was talking about how he got a good view from watching the game on TV. We were slow getting into place
in half court sets. We don't look like we have any electricity when we're out there." said a rather displeased Lopez after the game.
Weaklings
The Nets lost their eighth straight game and sixth to the Sixers.
"This is kind of how we have been playing," Harris said later. "We play up for the hierarchy teams and we don't play as well against some of the teams at the bottom of the totem pole. It's just a matter of energy for us. We just weren't there."
Coming up next
For the Sixers, Wednesday vs. Clippers, Friday vs. Lakers, Saturday @ Orlando.
For the Nets, Thursday vs. Washington, Friday @ Toronto, Sunday @ Atlanta.
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