Way To Get That One Back Sixers

The Sixers avenged their home loss to the Bulls on Sunday by beating them in Chicago 103-95 in overtime. It was nice to squeak out a win since they should have won the other night and at this point need to get on the ball. Finally Iguodala broke out for a season-high 25 points on very efficient shooting. It appeared that neither team really wanted to win this game with there being a total of 43 turnovers in the game. Thankfully the Bulls had 24 of those. Oh don't worry, I'm not letting the Sixers off the hook for having 19. That has really been an issue this season which is strange to me still. I will admit they are at least winning the takeaway war these days, but in the end, those turnovers need to decrease.

Nonetheless, there is something different about this Sixers team in that they are able to close games out. Elton Brand is reliable as expected in the post (although he seems to disappear for stretches...just give him the ball!). Also, Willie Green is a solid 6th man off the bench for this team and Speights is impressing me more each game. He has a real feel for the game and a touch that I haven't seen since...well, Thad Young. Both are appearing to be great draft picks with plenty of upside and a knack for the finer points of the game.

Lakers tomorrow night. Probably will draw a large crowd so maybe the Sixers can capitalize on that and turn in a great performance and catapult their season in the right direction. Lakers are on the second night of a back-to-back also.