A cynic might suggest that it was only a win over the Bobcats, but the 76ers 94-63 victory over Charlotte, did show something – a real killer instinct.
The Sixers had every advantage possible. They were home, had been off since Saturday and were facing a Bobcats team without injured point guard Raymond Felton and that was playing back-to-back games.
And had the Sixers not taken advantage of their advantages, this would have been a disaster.
The point is that the Sixers attacked the Bobcats from the beginning, and ran them into the ground when Charlotte already had tired legs.
And this will help in another way because no starter played more than 34 minutes. That means the Sixers should be relatively fresh when the host a reeling Toronto team on Friday.
The Raptors have lost three in a row and have to travel to Philadelphia after losing at home on Wednesday to Orlando, 105-96.
Now it’s the Raptors who may be on the tired side, so the Sixers will again look to run the Raptors into submission.
The Sixers have done a good job with their transition game. They had 32 fast break points compared to just four for the Bobcats.
And the Sixers have done a good job outrunning all four opponents this year.
In their first game with Toronto, the Sixers had the edge in fast break points, 17-2.
So it makes sense for the Sixers to attempt to have a fast tempo.
And while it’s a little too early to go overboard with giving the Sixers credit, they did what they had to and what they were expected to against Charlotte.
They took advantage of an undermanned and tired team and took care of things in a business-like and winning fashion.
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Marc Narducci is in his 23rd year as a sports reporter for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The 2007-2008 season will be his first as the 76ers beat writer. For the past two seasons, Marc had been the backup writer for the Eagles. Over the past few years Marc covered the NBA, NHL and Major League baseball as well as writing on sports media. Prior to covering professional sports, Marc was a long-time high school sportswriter for The Inquirer's South Jersey section.
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Comments (8)
I was pleased to see the Sixers play hard the entire 48 minutes...no standing around, did not allow any big runs, and finished strong.
Posted by Ed Rosenberg | November 8, 2007 6:59 AM
Posted on November 8, 2007 06:59
Did any one see the passes and the confidence the Thaddeous played with last night? He looked good. I think we should see more of this kid. One bad thing was he must work harder on defense, great rebounder, gotta few steals, play's like a pro, but needs more PT. BABY!
Posted by Ray | November 8, 2007 7:00 AM
Posted on November 8, 2007 07:00
I'm still concerned by the lack of free throw shooting and the turnovers. We need to beat Toronto on Friday. Young did look good after he got rid of the jitters. I'm encouraged by Smith also. I'd like to see Smith with his back to the basket.
Posted by Craig P | November 8, 2007 9:27 AM
Posted on November 8, 2007 09:27
This is what you get when you evenly distrubute minutes, a BLOW OUT! when the raptors come to town, hopefully moe is not like andy reid, pass when you know you need to run, hopefully moe keep the minutes even an realize their is strength in numbers!
Posted by kevin | November 8, 2007 11:10 AM
Posted on November 8, 2007 11:10
Yep...in my world, this might be called "radical inclusiveness"...the involvement of as many players as possible as much as possible and in as many ways possible.
I love it.
Radical inclusion on the NBA basketball court.
Practically speaking, this approach has to save legs, build team spirit, perhaps, diminish the occurance of injury over the long season, give plenty of experience to the young ones which will be helpful if someone does go down.
Very impressed with Thaddeus' postgame interview on Comcast, by the way. Seems like a very nice young man. What a smile!
Posted by Ed Rosenberg | November 8, 2007 12:28 PM
Posted on November 8, 2007 12:28
Hey Ray, right on! Nice to see Thaddeus actually play. He might be a project, but so are the Sixers. Besides, he is not as underdeveloped a project as most. In fact, he might be further along than Carney was last year. We'll see, but Marc made a keen observation with no starter going over 34 minutes. You've got some young depth, so we should use it and run these teams into the ground.
Also, good to see Sammy playing well after resting his injury during the preseason.
Posted by Jon | November 8, 2007 2:06 PM
Posted on November 8, 2007 14:06
The Sixers should have offered Louis Williams a contract when they had the chance.I just fear that a team in need of a point guard with a scorers mentality,will offer him a contract that the Sixers will not match.
Posted by Southwest Philly | November 8, 2007 3:34 PM
Posted on November 8, 2007 15:34
Marc, what is the latest news on Shavlik Randolph? Has the team said anything about when he will be back.
Posted by datruth4life | November 8, 2007 4:34 PM
Posted on November 8, 2007 16:34