Last night the Philadelphia 76ers recorded their fifth loss of the season to the Cleveland Cavaliers, 123-116.
In the first half, the Sixers trailed by 19 at one point. They just looked horrible.
They were taking too many jump shots, not playing good defense, and in my opinion, they underestimated the Cavs squad.
To top it all off, we witnessed our best player, Andre Iguodala, leave the game with a strained Achilles tendon. Everything was going in the wrong direction for the Sixers at this point.
However late in the second quarter, we turned it around and cut the Cavs lead down to eight. They realized their mistakes and decided to play a better second half, knowing that Iggy wasn't coming back.
The third quarter was when the spark went off and they retrieved a lead over the Cavs by outscoring them 31-18.
They started playing well by not taking too many jump shots and looking for the easy basket.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, we played well but slowly faded off.
We gave up our lead late in the fourth quarter, and there was no way we were coming back. We ...
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