The Sixers opened up the game flat tonight, falling behind early 15-0, but fought back to make it 44-44. And, then the Celtics took over.
The Sixers couldn't seem to hit the side of a battleship with a chain link fence for stretches tonight. Ultimately, they shot 32% from the field; their worst effort of the season and the reality is they looked like a team that was 3 games below .500 up against the best team in the NBA.
They came down to Earth in disappointing fashion against a team we all wanted to see them beat, but it wasn't going to happen.
The bottom line is the Celtics are among the elite of the NBA and the Sixers are just coming up. They have a ways to go and it will take a few moves for them to play with the big dogs.
It certainly didn't help that the Sixers' leading scorers (Andre Miller and Andre Iguodala) shot a combined 12 of 34 for 39 points. In comparison, Kevin Garnett was lightning hot, shooting 11 of 14 from the field and knocked down 26 points. He was a one man wrecking crew tonight.
That's the difference a franchise big man will make. And, there is a void in that department in South Philly.
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