The biggest surprise of the year so far is
no doubt the Philadelphia 76ers. They have started 3-0 against the Heat,
Wizards and now the Bulls. Vegas had them projected to only win 16 games for
the entire season and had them at 9,999 to 1 odds at winning the championship!
Most expected them to tank for Wiggins, so far they are not doing a good job at
that!
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| Carter-Williams impressive debut! Artwork:Beyond The Buzzer |
VS the Heat
They played their season opener at home
against Miami the reigning champions. Before the game Allen Iverson had his
retirement speech and the 76ers were noticeably fired up and raced out to a
19-0 lead and ultimately won 114-110. The rookie Michael Carter-Williams almost
had a quadruple double in his first game with 22 points 12 assists 7 rebounds
and 9 steals (the most steals in a debut game), Evan Turner had 26 points
including a dunk on Lebron, Spencer Hawes had 24 as the Sixers outscored the
Head 29-16 in the final quarter!
VS the Wizards
They faced a 12 point deficit in the 3rd
quarter. John Wall tore apart the first half with 23 points but the Sixers
managed to comeback. Carter-Williams hit a three with 6.28 remaining to give
the Sixers their first lead and they didn’t look back. He only finished with 14
but Thaddeus Young scored 29, Evan Turner 23 and Spencer Hawes added 16 points
with 14 rebounds!
VS the Bulls
Today the Sixers managed what may have been
their biggest upset yet. Down 20 points at one stage they again found a way to
snatch a victory. Led again by their rookie Carter-Williams with 26 points, 10
assists and 3 steals who was key down the clutch and had 13 in the 3rd
quarter comeback. Spencer Hawes was again impressive with 18 points and 11
rebounds.
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| Incredible win against the Bulls Artwork: Beyond the Buzzer |
Overall
Key performers:
Key performers:
Michael Carter-Williams 20.7 PPG, 9.0 APG,
4.3 SPG, 4.7 RPG in 35 MPG
Evan Turner: 23 PPG 4.0 APG 4.3 RPG in 37
MPG
Spencer Hawes: 19.3 PPG 11.3 RPG in 31 MPG
Thaddeus Young: 17.3 PPG 7 RPG in 32 MPG
Tony Wroten off the bench: 11.7 PPG 4.7 RPG
in 21 MPG
New Head Coach: Brett Brown formerly Head
Coach of the Australian Boomers at the 2012 London Olympics
Coached NBL teams North Melbourne Giants
and won Coach of the Year and the Championship in 1994.
He was an assistant coach for the Spurs in
2007
Remember they are doing this with their
starting center Nerlens Noel the 6th pick in this years draft who
may miss the entire season due to his ACL injury.
Can the 76ers continue to shock and make
the playoffs, or will they eventually come back to Earth?
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