What A Weekend

The Sixers finished last week on a note they needed....a .500 overall mark. After the loss to Utah, I was hoping they'd find a way to win out the rest of the week and indeed they did. The Indiana victory stands as the highlight win of the year due to the fact that they were down 26 points in the 1st quarter. Yes, this is very nice to say the "came back" but it's quite disheartening to know they were actually down 26 points in the 1st quarter. It represented the 2nd largest 1st quarter deficit ever overcome in the history of an NBA game. Frankly, I think it's difficult to get down that many that fast but let's just focus on the fact that they won. Terrific game by Thad with his 25 points and 10 rebounds. He is all over the place and still does not seem to have one play actually called for him. He is very efficient on the floor.

Saturday was probably the most easily expected win of the week. Yes, the Sixers were returning home and on the second night of a back-to-back, but they were playing one of the youngest and worst teams in the league. Not too much to say other than nice job for taking care of business. Hopefully they have gotten over a bit of a hump and will start to lock into a groove with how they are going to execute their gameplan. I would not call the rest of the month a cake walk because there are a few teams left to play that will give him a game. If the Sixers continue to pay attention to defense, get out on their break, and have Brand continue to assert himself as he's started to do, they should have a strong run in their system to round out November.