Close Doesn't Cut It

The Sixers only lost by seven, 89-82, to the Spurs last night. Seems like an accomplishment, as San Antonio is a power house. But "close" and "accomplishment" don't change the number in the win column.

Nonetheless, there was at least effort. The Sixers were up 65-64 at the start of the fourth quarter, but Manu Ginobili hit four three-balls and that was that.

Philly has still yet to win in 2008, with games coming up at Houston tonight and Friday at Boston. The road only gets tougher, literally. The loss to the Spurs marks the seventh in a row to begin the new year.

One has to wonder when this team will win again. Will this team win again? TANK! TANK! TANK! <--- not to be taken seriously. I don't think the team should purposely tank. Because they won't get a high draft pick. That's just the way things work in Philadelphia. The Sixers are tanking. What is sad is that (for the time being at least) it isn't on purpose. The team is really just bad, plain and simple. They are not good at basketball. But they players on the whole are not terrible. There's just some people missing. The off-the-bench spark left when Korver did. Lou's not as explosive.

Stat Line vs. San Antonio:
- Willie Green: 21 points
- Andre Iguodala: 19 points
- Sammy Dalembert: 12 points, 20 rebounds (second straight game for Sammy with 20 rebounds)

POST-KORVER RECORD: 1-8