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| Exhausted Heat face Sixers in Philly |
NBA Basketball |
03/15/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Philadelphia 76ers hope to build on a raucous Spectrum finale on Sunday when they welcome the exhausted Miami Heat to the Wachovia Center. Thaddeus Young set a career-high in points in a second straight outing by dropping 31, and Philadelphia closed out its former home with a thrilling 104-101 triumph against Chicago in the final NBA game ever to be played at the Spectrum on Friday. Young, coming off a then career-high 29-point performance vs. Toronto on Wednesday, had his final points com |
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| Remembering the Spectrum |
NBA Basketball |
03/14/2009 |
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| amily or job. That said, we all got into this business for one reason. At one time, no matter how much we deny it, every single sportswriter was a fan of some player or team before they embarked on their chosen career path. For me, that team was the Philadelphia 76ers and the player was Julius "Dr. J." Erving. I've long since stopped living and dying with the Sixers. Win, lose or draw, I have to write about it anyway, so I spend most of time now rooting for a compelling storyline. Not on Friday. The chills came b |
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| Sixers top Bulls to give Philly fans another Spectrum memory |
NBA Basketball |
03/13/2009 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - Thaddeus Young set a career-high in points in a second straight outing by dropping 31, and the Philadelphia 76ers closed out their former home with a thrilling 104-101 triumph against Chicago in the final NBA game ever to be played at the Spectrum. Young, coming off a then career-high 29-point performance vs. Toronto on Wednesday, had his final points come on a dunk with 15.9 ticks remaining to give the 76ers their eventual winning margin. With 22.1 on the clock and Philadelph |
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| Sixers host Bulls in Spectrum finale |
NBA Basketball |
03/13/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Philadelphia 76ers will close out their one-time home tonight, when the Chicago Bulls pay a visit to the Wachovia Spectrum. The Spectrum was home for the Sixers from 1967-1996, before the team moved into the luxurious confines of the Wachovia Center. The 42-year-old facility is slated to be demolished later this year to make room for a new hotel complex. The 76ers have alternated wins and losses over their last four games and opened a three-game homestand with Wednesday's 115-106 victory o |
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| Slumping Sixers open homestand with Raptors |
NBA Basketball |
03/11/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Philadelphia 76ers haven't been able to find their rhythm since the All-Star break, but will try to regroup tonight versus the Toronto Raptors at the Wachovia Center in the opener of a three-game homestand. The 76ers have lost seven of 10 games since the break and three of their last four, including an 89-74 setback to the lowly Oklahoma City Thunder Sunday at the Ford Center. Thaddeus Young and Andre Miller each had 20 points for the Sixers, who shot just 39.4 percent from the floor in th |
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| Thunder try to crown Kings in Cali |
NBA Basketball |
03/10/2009 |
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| heir most impressive performances of the year tonight when they kick off a three- game road trip against the lowly Sacramento Kings at ARCO Arena. Nenad Krstic scored 20 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lead the suddenly surging Thunder past the Philadelphia 76ers, 89-74, in Oklahoma City on Sunday. Nick Collison registered 12 points and 11 rebounds for the Thunder, who have won four of five, all without their second-year star Kevin Durant. Russell Westbrook provided 11 points, seven rebounds and five assists |
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| Pistons, Magic square off at The Palace |
NBA Basketball |
03/09/2009 |
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| ight boards in defeat. Hamilton will most likely make his sixth start tonight in place of Allen Iverson. Iverson has been out five consecutive games with a back problem. Detroit is sixth in the East standings, just 1 1/2 games behind the Miami Heat and one game ahead of the Philadelphia 76ers. The Pistons are 2-0 against Orlando this season and have won 18 of the past 23 matchups in the series. Detroit has won eight of its last nine at home versus the Magic, including an 88-82 victory on December 29 this season. |
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| Krstic, Thunder top Sixers |
NBA Basketball |
03/09/2009 |
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| Oklahoma City, OK (MySportsbook) - Nenad Krstic scored 20 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lead the suddenly surging Oklahoma City Thunder past the Philadelphia 76ers, 89-74. Nick Collison registered 12 points and 11 rebounds for the Thunder, who have won four of five, all without Kevin Durant, who was out again with an ankle injury. Russell Westbrook provided 11 points, seven rebounds and five assists, while Malik Rose had 14 points in the win. "I don't know, we just go out and play," Collison said of the |
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| 76ers take on Thunder at Ford Center |
NBA Basketball |
03/08/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Philadelphia 76ers will try stay in playoff contention when they wrap up a quick two-game road trip Sunday against the Oklahoma City Thunder from the Ford Center. The Sixers are currently seventh in the Eastern Conference and ended a two- game losing streak with Saturday's 110-105 triumph at Memphis. Andre Iguodala scored 12 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter to help the 76ers to a much- needed victory. Andre Miller fell two assists shy of a triple-double with 20 points, 10 rebounds an |
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| Rockets try to extend home winning streak vs. Memphis |
NBA Basketball |
03/08/2009 |
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| is will kick off a four-game road trip Sunday against the Rockets, Timberwolves, Celtics and Pistons, and is only 4-24 as the guest this season. The Grizzlies have dropped nine of their last 10 games and suffered a 110-105 defeat at the hands of the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday at FedEx Forum. Mike Conley and Marc Gasol finished with 31 and 30 points, respectively, for the Grizzlies, who are last in the Southwest standings. Conley and Gasol both registered career highs in points in defeat. Grizzlies forward Rud |
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