I always felt really bad for T HIll when people would say how scary/ugly he was. He seems like a really nice guy that worked hard and played team basketball.
Plus rap punchlines like “the game’s getting uglier than Tyrone Hill” didn’t help things.
Gotta say, this is the magic, so quit bitchin’ about this being a “semi-quality” win… team was 12-8, and the sixers beat them handly, score was way closer then the actual game. Defense ruled and superman was shutdown (for the most part).
Oh come on, stop with the negitivity. The game wasn’t close, the magic didn’t have a lead since the second quarter? … and were down by 19 until about 2 and a half left in the game. The fact that there reserves got it close is meaningless.
but they better get there offensive “s***” together if they want to make this upcoming stretch a success. The bulls, clippers and heat will eat them alive if they don’t.
We’re definitely going to lose a critical playoff game or close game when teams start learning the “Hack-an-Iggy” strategy. Magic showed the blueprint.
Dwight Howard FTs: 5-13 (38.4%)
Iguodala FTs: 3-9 (33.3%)
Dre’s free throw shooting has been horrible this year. Under 70% is completely unacceptable. But tonight was the extreme, not the norm. My favorite thing about Dre (other than D) is his ability to draw fouls. so hacking him is fine with me. That being said, how does that air ball happen? Please tell me the ball hit a bird or something.
Look at the wonders this did for the Eagles. Let’s stay under the radar until playoff time. As we saw in tonight’s win, this 76ers team sometimes likes to smell themselves at the end of wins, especially because there have been so many blowouts.
The last thing we need is appearances on ESPN with Screamin A Smith or any of those losers to fill their head with nonsense.
We don’t need the hype. I’d rather have this team continue to pile up wins under the radar, because they’re a young group of guys and we don’t want their success to go to their heads.
As far as I’m concerned, they can play through the NBA Finals and if the national media’s take is that the Lakers/Thunder/etc. lost the championship rather than the Sixers winning it, I’ll be happy.
Doug Collins is doing his best to not let it go to anyone’s head. Did you see after the game, Evan Turner was in mid-celebration when Dougie Fresh verbally slapped him down to size. I guess this is why they say Doug sometimes rides his players till they implode. But honestly, I have no problem with this. Turner is young. Refuse to allow him to get complacent and he’ll be a better player because of it. He may through a towel in the tunnel, but he’ll stew over it, learn, and come out gang-busters when the Bulls come to town.
He played a great game tonight, in all the ways that don’t show up on the scoreboard. He was hustling like a madman and his interior defense on Howard was tremendous as he frustrated the hell out of him and forced him into one bad shot after another with good positioning and anticipation. He’s a consummate professional and exactly the right kind of veteran leader for a young team like this (his attitude seems to be rubbing off on guys like Evan Turner and Lavoy Allen), so while he may not put up the statline of a typical max guy on a nightly basis I want to reiterate I’m glad we didn’t amnesty him before the season. You win with guys playing the way he did tonight – not with Carmelo scoring 30 points but taking 28 shots to do it.
Agree 100%. 4 blocks tonight and tremendous hustle. Just because the blocks aren’t the JaVale McGee Sportscenter highlight blocks doesn’t mean they don’t count. Brand isn’t quite back to where he was last year, but he’s getting there.
I’m very proud of our team, I just love to nitpick guys who I don’t like. Sorry Iggy.
Nice win, I missed the 1st Q and most of the second (I came into WFC when it was 35-31) but that defensive effort was incredibly. its sad the magic played the foul game for so long while making a few not really contested threes to make it look respectable, because 69 points isn’t indicative of the Sixers defense tonight. Playing without Hawes of Vucevic against Dwight Howard, they destroyed the Magic tonight. They completely disrupted their offense, kept Howard from beating them, and shut down everyone but Ryan Anderson in garbage time. This is a quality win and I’m willing to raise my hopes to “competitive in a second round series”
I’m with you. I’ve gone from my preseason prediction of winning Altantic and losing 2nd round series in 5 to my new prediction of losing 2nd round series in 6.5. After the next few games, it’ll either be loss in 6, loss in 7, or win in 7.
We need a winning lady picture!
soman319 - January 30, 2012
Classy win
Jordan Sams - January 30, 2012
This is what victory is all about… :)
dweebowitz - January 30, 2012
There is irony that with such an ugly win comes such a beautiful woman.
EREX21 - January 30, 2012
A woman is a woman…a win? Not so much :)
dweebowitz - January 30, 2012
Glad to see someone took up my mantle.
EREX21 - January 30, 2012
( Shrugs )
At least NBA.com liked our win tonight.
“Sixers dump slumping Magic – Philadelphia cruises to 74-69 win over listless Magic, who have now lost four in a row.”
highwaterhello - January 30, 2012
Ah, the good old "Magic Lose" instead of "Sixers Win"
It’s stuff like this that makes me hate ESPN/national media.
Scott Kenny - January 30, 2012
yea that is really annoying. Whatever, as long as we keep winning that recognition will eventually come.
highwaterhello - January 30, 2012
KJ Brophy - January 30, 2012
Is that who I think it is?
Jordan Sams - January 30, 2012
yep, mila kunis.
jefu - January 30, 2012
Oh god.
Natalie Portman. Mila Kunis. In the same thread….
Scott Kenny - January 30, 2012
Wait, seriously?
philsandthrills - January 30, 2012
No that's Arianny Celeste
KJ Brophy - January 30, 2012
That’s exactly who I thought it was. Win.
Jordan Sams - January 30, 2012
This + bacon & BK onions rings on a McRibb. I’d love to spread some BBQ sauce all over that….oooops, this is a family site.
dp - January 30, 2012 via mobile
Doug Collins and Evan Turner were pissed at each other! Didn’t look like they were enjoying the win.
jhollaz - January 30, 2012
Don’t worry, ET will be a DNP Wed night. Dougie don’t play.
dp - January 30, 2012 via mobile
I endorse ET > DC…sorry to say
LeJclair1 - January 30, 2012
I hope you guys don't mind if I post a picture of a hot dude
jefu - January 30, 2012
I always felt really bad for T HIll when people would say how scary/ugly he was. He seems like a really nice guy that worked hard and played team basketball.
Plus rap punchlines like “the game’s getting uglier than Tyrone Hill” didn’t help things.
highwaterhello - January 30, 2012
Plus getting bitch slapped by Charles Oakley for not paying his gambling debts and AI siding with Oakley doesn’t help the street cred.
dp - January 30, 2012 via mobile
Oops....
BIBTD - January 30, 2012
AWWWWWW
Tyrone Hill is a scary.
BIBTD - January 30, 2012
Tyrone Hill is a nice guy.
BIBTD - January 30, 2012
Good thing I didn’t bet this one, thought for sure the Sixers would cover.
Hill looks like one of those zombie skull monsters. Uuuuugly!
RickoT - January 30, 2012
Supra98x
Gotta say, this is the magic, so quit bitchin’ about this being a “semi-quality” win… team was 12-8, and the sixers beat them handly, score was way closer then the actual game. Defense ruled and superman was shutdown (for the most part).
Supra98x - January 30, 2012
All-star Jameer Nelson didnt play.
/sarcastic Devil’s advocate
dp - January 30, 2012 via mobile
Not to be more of a Devil's advocate...
But they’ve been playing pretty terribad on this stretch and can hardly buy points.
Scott Kenny - January 30, 2012
Magic played their 6th game in 8 nights
/sda
dp - January 30, 2012 via mobile
YOU SUCK DWIGHT!
Now come to Philly.
Naismithball - January 30, 2012
xEgan - January 30, 2012
Wait 74-69 was the actual final score?
Djax10 - January 30, 2012
It was. Sixers were doing their best “pin the tail on the donkey” impression at the free throw line.
jefu - January 30, 2012
Oh come on, stop with the negitivity. The game wasn’t close, the magic didn’t have a lead since the second quarter? … and were down by 19 until about 2 and a half left in the game. The fact that there reserves got it close is meaningless.
Supra98x - January 30, 2012
I think he was asking because he didn’t see the game.
jefu - January 30, 2012
Yes I really didn’t see the game, don’t get Comcast where I live and couldn’t watch online today
Djax10 - January 30, 2012
Just looked at the box score – Jrue and Lou had a terrible shooting night.
jefu - January 30, 2012
considering they had a big mismatch at their respective positions…not impressive.
jefu - January 30, 2012
Eddy Curry is really fat.
jefu - January 30, 2012
where was Jrue
Was this his worst game yet this season? Did he leave in the 4th to go try McBites?
Blunt Philly Guy - January 30, 2012 via iPhone app
yes and yes.
jefu - January 30, 2012
definitely a quality win
but they better get there offensive “s***” together if they want to make this upcoming stretch a success. The bulls, clippers and heat will eat them alive if they don’t.
Defense was soo sexy tonight however no homo
highwaterhello - January 30, 2012
Sixers won.
Magic lost.
Because the Sixers beat them.
All is right in the world.
Tonight.
EREX21 - January 30, 2012
Attendance was 16,299.
PhiladelphiaEagles - January 30, 2012
I WAS THERE!!!
TheAL76 - January 30, 2012
Lou Will is apparently celebrating with Chicken Wings and Madden.
What a Boss.
soman319 - January 30, 2012
Foul Shooting in close games/playoffs
We’re definitely going to lose a critical playoff game or close game when teams start learning the “Hack-an-Iggy” strategy. Magic showed the blueprint.
Dwight Howard FTs: 5-13 (38.4%)
Iguodala FTs: 3-9 (33.3%)
PhillyWarrior - January 30, 2012
Dre’s free throw shooting has been horrible this year. Under 70% is completely unacceptable. But tonight was the extreme, not the norm. My favorite thing about Dre (other than D) is his ability to draw fouls. so hacking him is fine with me. That being said, how does that air ball happen? Please tell me the ball hit a bird or something.
Blunt Philly Guy - January 30, 2012 via iPhone app
I mean I know that we’re starless and stuff, but I’m curious as to when we’ll get any credit for anything.
soman319 - January 30, 2012
I say this in response to watching Sportscenter and the game being more about the Magic loss than a Sixers win.
soman319 - January 30, 2012
magic have howard. He’s a superstar.
sixers aren’t actually good because they haven’t beat anyone good yet, so they don’t get reported on. Pacers and Denver, however…
jefu - January 30, 2012
Don't want national credit
Look at the wonders this did for the Eagles. Let’s stay under the radar until playoff time. As we saw in tonight’s win, this 76ers team sometimes likes to smell themselves at the end of wins, especially because there have been so many blowouts.
The last thing we need is appearances on ESPN with Screamin A Smith or any of those losers to fill their head with nonsense.
PhillyWarrior - January 30, 2012
This
dp - January 30, 2012 via mobile
Agree with PhillyWarrior
We don’t need the hype. I’d rather have this team continue to pile up wins under the radar, because they’re a young group of guys and we don’t want their success to go to their heads.
As far as I’m concerned, they can play through the NBA Finals and if the national media’s take is that the Lakers/Thunder/etc. lost the championship rather than the Sixers winning it, I’ll be happy.
Xeynon - January 30, 2012
Doug Collins is doing his best to not let it go to anyone’s head. Did you see after the game, Evan Turner was in mid-celebration when Dougie Fresh verbally slapped him down to size. I guess this is why they say Doug sometimes rides his players till they implode. But honestly, I have no problem with this. Turner is young. Refuse to allow him to get complacent and he’ll be a better player because of it. He may through a towel in the tunnel, but he’ll stew over it, learn, and come out gang-busters when the Bulls come to town.
Wokjab - January 31, 2012
Elton Brand
He played a great game tonight, in all the ways that don’t show up on the scoreboard. He was hustling like a madman and his interior defense on Howard was tremendous as he frustrated the hell out of him and forced him into one bad shot after another with good positioning and anticipation. He’s a consummate professional and exactly the right kind of veteran leader for a young team like this (his attitude seems to be rubbing off on guys like Evan Turner and Lavoy Allen), so while he may not put up the statline of a typical max guy on a nightly basis I want to reiterate I’m glad we didn’t amnesty him before the season. You win with guys playing the way he did tonight – not with Carmelo scoring 30 points but taking 28 shots to do it.
Xeynon - January 30, 2012
Agree 100%. 4 blocks tonight and tremendous hustle. Just because the blocks aren’t the JaVale McGee Sportscenter highlight blocks doesn’t mean they don’t count. Brand isn’t quite back to where he was last year, but he’s getting there.
I’m very proud of our team, I just love to nitpick guys who I don’t like. Sorry Iggy.
PhillyWarrior - January 30, 2012
were you responding to somebody in particular?
jefu - January 30, 2012
i thought he was responding to the guy writing the "Elton brand’ titles comment.
Dan Pearson - January 30, 2012
I was emphasizing the fact that he didn’t use the reply feature.
jefu - January 31, 2012
Nice win, I missed the 1st Q and most of the second (I came into WFC when it was 35-31) but that defensive effort was incredibly. its sad the magic played the foul game for so long while making a few not really contested threes to make it look respectable, because 69 points isn’t indicative of the Sixers defense tonight. Playing without Hawes of Vucevic against Dwight Howard, they destroyed the Magic tonight. They completely disrupted their offense, kept Howard from beating them, and shut down everyone but Ryan Anderson in garbage time. This is a quality win and I’m willing to raise my hopes to “competitive in a second round series”
Dan Pearson - January 30, 2012
I’m with you. I’ve gone from my preseason prediction of winning Altantic and losing 2nd round series in 5 to my new prediction of losing 2nd round series in 6.5. After the next few games, it’ll either be loss in 6, loss in 7, or win in 7.
Blunt Philly Guy - January 31, 2012 via iPhone app
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