Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 6:43 am Post subject: another L
Sixers Continue to Struggle as Iverson Remains Sidelined
Glenn Robinson works for a shot during Sixers' latest loss on Tuesday night in Atlanta. (AP)
Without Allen Iverson, the 76ers have trouble scoring. Without Glenn Robinson and Kenny Thomas , they have trouble competing.
The 76ers had another anemic offensive performance and dropped further out of the playoff race with an 86-75 loss to the revamped Atlanta Hawks , who got big games from Stephen Jackson and Chris Crawford.
Iverson, a three-time scoring champion, again sat out with a sore right shoulder. He missed Monday's loss to Detroit in which Philadelphia scored just 66 points, the second-lowest total in franchise history. He also scored 50 points in a win here November 29.
Thomas, the team's leading rebounder, missed Tuesday's game with a sprained thumb. Robinson, the team's second-leading scorer, missed the second half with an elbow injury.
"When you don't have your top scorer, your second scorer, Kenny Thomas and Derrick Coleman , who plays tough down low, it's very hard," guard Aaron McKie said. "The odds are stacked highly against us."
"I think everybody in that locker room should be disappointed," 76ers coach Chris Ford said. "They have to decide if they want to get after it. ... We knew it was going to be a tough game. I just thought we could have attacked it better."
Already trailing 48-38 at halftime, the Sixers went the first 8 1/2 minutes of the third quarter without a basket, falling behind by 24 points to the Hawks, who have made two huge trades in the last two weeks and are just learning to play with each other.
"It wasn't pretty at times but we got it done," Hawks coach Terry Stotts said. "All the roster recent activity has taken an emotional toll on the team."
"I'm pretty surprised. Usually it takes a while," Crawford said. "We're just playing basketball - seeing somebody open and playing good defense."
In the first half, Jackson scored 16 of his 24 points and Crawford 11 of his 19. They each made jumpers to open the second half before Crawford dunked for a 54-38 bulge.
A 3-pointer by Jason Terry , who scored 17 points, made it 64-41 with 6:25 left, and the rout was on. Rookie Kyle Korver 's 3-pointer at the 3:37 mark ended the basket drought for Philadelphia.
"Like a Jersey drought in summertime," said Ford, whose team missed 15 straight shots. Eric Snow scored 17 points for the Sixers (23-35), who have lost 15 of their last 20 games. They fell to 2-4 under Ford and one-half game behind Cleveland into 10th place in the Eastern Conference standings. The top eight teams make the playoffs, which Philadelphia has not missed since 1998.
"It's not fun," Snow said. "I want to win. I have never played an NBA season and not went to the playoffs, and not have games at the end of the season mean anything. And that's the way we're going. Everybody needs to look at themselves in the mirror."
Jackson also had 11 rebounds for the Hawks, who held the Sixers to 36 percent (26-of-72) from the field and forced 17 turnovers. Bob Sura , acquired from Detroit last week, had eight points, five rebounds, three assists and two steals off the bench. "The new guys are playing with something to prove," Terry said. "They play hard on both sides of the floor. Defensively, we do a lot more talking."
Atlanta guard Dion Glover (groin) and forward Zeljko Rebraca (back) suffered first-half injuries and did not return.
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2004 5:25 am Post subject: another L
They are crazy.....just lost and lost non-stopply...
To be honest,their present stage relly shock me..becoz they accquired Glenn Robinson this season,so I think they can be much more better than last season...
But the result?They even need to fight for a playoff position!!
Wt the hell is Glenn Robinson doing!?
He should help AI in different in stead of just seem to be disppear every game...
And Eric Snow?just....just.......wt can I say?Actually I think Aaron McKie instead of Eric..
So far,sixets is still my favourite team with no doubt,but I don't know whether I would change my mind or not in the future if they continue to do like this.
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2004 5:27 am Post subject: another L
They are crazy.....just lost and lost non-stopply...
To be honest,their present stage relly shock me..becoz they accquired Glenn Robinson this season,so I think they can be much more better than last season...
But the result?They even need to fight for a playoff position!!
Wt the hell is Glenn Robinson doing!?
He should help AI in different aspect in stead of just seem to be disppear every game...
And Eric Snow?just....just.......wt can I say?Actually I think Aaron McKie should be the starter instead of Eric..
So far,sixets is still my favourite team with no doubt,but I don't know whether I would change my mind or not in the future if they continue to ply the way like this.
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Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2004 8:10 am Post subject: another L
>not tryin' to be very pessimistic, but i think the sixers couldn't make it to the play-offs this season. with all the injuries that had been hurting this team since the beginning of this season, they really struggle out there. ai had been in and out of the game, and so with veterans like coleman, robinson and mckie.
>i've always enjoy to see the sixers play, but that was during brown's time, but now, i don't know, things had definitely change, i think even the attitude of the players towards this team change...it really sucks!!!
>and now after the all-star break, they lost two in a row, may be they need new players to add in the line up. the trade deadline was over, and sixers did not make a move, but i still think they should have traded somebody, clean up a lil bit of their deep bench and trade it for someone who can actually help this team up.
>unless otherwise they do that, i don't really see where they're goin' with this team right herre. same old play, same old style, eventhough they knew it is no longer working for them.
