Dec 29, 2002 12:30 PM EST
It was not a move born of surrender. No, midway through the third quarter of the 76ers' game at Utah last night, coach Larry Brown pulled his starting unit because, quite clearly, the players were not getting the job done.
The Jazz led by 60-33. The Sixers were shooting horribly, bouncing the ball off one another's feet, and allowing the Jazz to do whatever they wanted, inside and out.
So with 7 minutes, 1 second remaining in the third quarter, Brown sat Allen Iverson, Eric Snow, Aaron McKie, Keith Van Horn and Todd MacCulloch, and put in John Salmons, Kenny Satterfield, Greg Buckner, Kenny Thomas and Brian Skinner. They played the bulk of the remaining minutes in the Sixers' worst loss of the season, 98-69, before a near sellout crowd at the Delta Center.
This was not exactly how the Sixers wanted to start a five-game Western Conference swing that continues tomorrow at Golden State.
Via Philadelphia Inquirer
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Dec 29, 2002 12:23 PM EST
Rest is apparently overrated.
The young-gun Philadelphia 76ers came into Saturday night's game with a week's worth of rest after being given an unlikely seven days off by the NBA's fickle schedule-makers.
Meanwhile, those grizzled old veterans that fans in these here parts lovingly call the Utah Jazz were playing the second of back-to-back games, having lost a tough one late Friday night on the road at Portland.
Advantage Sixers, right?
Via Standard-Examiner
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Dec 29, 2002 12:20 PM EST
Philadelphia's Keith Van Horn rented a suite at the Delta Center on Saturday night for 35 family members and friends.
Perhaps he can get his money back.
The Jazz made short work of Van Horn and his teammates, racing to a 98-69 victory that left the former University of Utah All-American shaking his head.
"We didn't play like a team," Van Horn said. " . . . We didn't help each other. It was just a total breakdown."
Via Salt Lake Tribune
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Sixers Dec 2002 Archive
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Salt Lake Tribune | Dec 29, 2002
The finality was so swift and brutal Saturday night, even born-to-hunt Karl Malone felt sympathy.
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| Dec 28, 2002
Chris Tomasson of the Rocky Mountain News reports that the three team trade between Denver, Houston and the Sixers was approved by the NBA when it should not have been.
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| Dec 24, 2002
Phil Jasner of the Philadelphia Daily News reports that the Sixers filled their open roster spot yesterday by claiming Kenny Satterfield off of waivers from the Denver Nuggets.
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Yahoo! | Dec 23, 2002
SportsTicker Staff Writer Craig Rondinone is definitly not a Nuggets fan.
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| Dec 23, 2002
Phil Jasner of the Philadelphia Daily News reports that the Sixers are looking to add to their roster.
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Philadelphia Inquirer | Dec 22, 2002
Kobe Bryant was booed in warm-ups before Friday's game against the 76ers.
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| Dec 22, 2002
Michael Lee of the Atlants Journal-Constitution reports that Saturday was a good news/bad news day for The Hawks’ Emanuel Davis.
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| Dec 20, 2002
Phil Jasner of the Philadelphia Daily News reports that Sixers coach Larry Brown is not taking the Lakers lightly.
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| Dec 19, 2002
Barney Hutchinson of the Daily Camera writes about the big trade that happened last night before the Nuggets vs.
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The Daily Camera | Dec 19, 2002
Barney Hutchinson of the Daily Camera writes about the big trade that happened last night before the Nuggets vs.
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| Dec 18, 2002
The Nuggets, Rockets and 76ers agreed to a three-way trade Wednesday that sends James Posey to Houston, Kenny Thomas to Philadelphia and Mark Bryant and Art Long to Denver.
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The Rocky Mountain News | Dec 17, 2002
Chris Tomasson of the Rocky Mountain News writes about last nights Nuggets loss to the 76ers.
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The Daily Camera | Dec 16, 2002
The Nuggets are in Philadelphia to take on the 76ers tonight.
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suns.com | Dec 14, 2002
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| Dec 12, 2002
Ashley McGeachy Fox of the Philadelphia Inquirer reports that Monty Williams had just worked his way into the Sixers starting lineup, and now he may be out for a while.
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| Dec 5, 2002
Steve Bulpett of the Boston Herald reports that Larry Brown will not stand in the way of anyone making the U.
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| Dec 1, 2002
Mark Monteith of the Indianapolis Star chimes in on the Mutombo trade.
