1:30 PM EST on ABC. Who's gonna win this one? The Sixers without AI don't stand a chance - there's too much defense. I'm going to go Spurs easily on this one, with or without Tim Duncan. 14 game win streak sounds good to me. Spurs 85 Sixers 74
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Crossover:</div><div class="quote_post">1:30 PM EST on ABC. Who's gonna win this one? The Sixers without AI don't stand a chance - there's too much defense. I'm going to go Spurs easily on this one, with or without Tim Duncan. 14 game win streak sounds good to me. Spurs 85 Sixers 74</div> I'd have to agree, the Sixers would have to play Good D to keep the score close and hope to just make the easy baskets, meaning close range, layups and dunks.
players always step up when their star isnt there , and when theyre on national television...so i expect a good game.
Well this is the NBA anything can happen, But im going with us: spurs, i think we can beat sixers, we just have to not let our guard slip because they are without A.I, and then i think we will be ok!
Hey, what happens with TD and the free throws? 0-7 at halftime. 62% in the season, last season he had 71% and the 01-02 season 79%.
Hedo has stepped in for us, He's got 14 points 3 boards and two assists, Duncan is having his second straight poor shooting game!
Im real annoyed, Duncan was just not there,no role players teped up And what happened to all the other guys?. Parker shot bad, And ginobili got 7 minutes.., He made all his threes and i think he may have made all of his jump shots, So why only 7 mins, He didnt have any T.O and he played go D, thats why we lost, Popavich screwed us, He should have put Manu in and maybe we would have had a chance, Sometimes i wonder what gregg is thinking when he does this stuff, He needs to sort it out, and Tim needs to go shoot some free-throws, and work on his shot, So we are ready for our next game! !!!!, Otherwise we are oing to get blown out my anyone and everyone!!!!!!!
Duncan had an absolutely horrid night (for him, anyway). He barely made his double double today. Hedo and Malik both stepped it up some, as well as Tony Parker, trying to take over the game. However, without both Tim Duncan and Ginobili contributing, the Spurs struggled and ultimately lost the game. It's very unfortunate for us, Ginobili went down early on, and he's been one of the keys to the Spurs' success, even without major (or any) contributions from Duncan (a la first Lakers/Spurs game this season). Philly played hard, though. Gotta commend them for their win.
Wow, what an ugly game it was. Ugly jerseys, ugly game overall. Anyways, huge win for the 76ers, on the road and without AI. They ruined the Spurs winning streak. :thumbsup:
A win is a win and congratulations to the Sixers, however if Tim Duncan wasn't a dolt at the free throw line the Spurs would have easily won. There's no excuse for a veteran like Tim Duncan going 3-13 from the line, he missed 10 free throws! Overall he is pretty good from the line and averaged about 75% the last two seasons, he even made 17 free throws from the line against Utah; This season he is only averaging 62%. Perhaps the hack-a-shaq strategy can now apply to more than just Shaq himself .
i kinda saw this coming...a 5-day lay off is the last thing u want when ur hot.And with Ginobili missing Friday's practice , this loss was setting up perfectly. Manu is the X-factor , if he plays well we win and if he doesnt...more times then not we loose.And in this case he didnt have a chance to play well cause of the injury.
