Recap: Sixers beat Pistons, clinch playoffs
A recap of the Philadelphia 76ers win over the Detroit Pistons to clinch a playoff spot.
| Final - 4.4.2009 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Pistons | 19 | 31 | 24 | 16 | 90 |
| Philadelphia 76ers | 21 | 25 | 22 | 27 | 95 |
Stories
Scoreboard Watching: April 4th, 2009
Looking at NBA games that are particularly important to the Orlando Magic and their playoff positioning.
GameThreads
76ers Fans GameThread on Liberty Ballers
Loading Game Thread from Liberty Ballers
Pistons Fans GameThread on Detroit Bad Boys
Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit | 19 | 31 | 24 | 16 | 90 |
| Philadelphia | 21 | 25 | 22 | 27 | 95 |
| Detroit | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tayshaun Prince | 38 | 2-6 | 1-1 | 5-6 | 3-1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4-0 | 10 |
| Antonio McDyess | 29 | 2-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 4 |
| Kwame Brown | 27 | 6-11 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 7-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0-0 | 15 |
| Richard Hamilton | 40 | 6-17 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 5-0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 15 |
| Rodney Stuckey | 32 | 6-14 | 3-5 | 8-8 | 3-2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4-0 | 23 |
| Rasheed Wallace | 25 | 3-12 | 1-7 | 1-2 | 6-2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4-0 | 8 |
| Will Bynum | 16 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 3-2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2-0 | 8 |
| Jason Maxiell | 13 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 4-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1-0 | 5 |
| Walter Herrmann | 10 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Arron Afflalo | 7 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 2 |
| Allen Iverson | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Amir Johnson | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Walter Sharpe | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 30-81 | 8-23 | 22-28 | 40-17 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 22-0 | 90 | |
| .370 | .348 | .786 | Team Reb: 13 | Total TO: 1 (18 pts) | |||||||
| Philadelphia | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andre Iguodala | 44 | 13-19 | 1-2 | 4-6 | 9-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3-0 | 31 |
| Reggie Evans | 23 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 8-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 6 |
| Samuel Dalembert | 10 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4-0 | 6 |
| Willie Green | 22 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 4 |
| Andre Miller | 44 | 6-17 | 0-0 | 9-10 | 10-2 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3-0 | 21 |
| Theo Ratliff | 30 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4-0 | 2 |
| Louis Williams | 28 | 6-10 | 1-1 | 2-4 | 2-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 15 |
| Marreese Speights | 24 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 5-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4-0 | 10 |
| Royal Ivey | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Donyell Marshall | 6 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Kareem Rush | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Elton Brand | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Thaddeus Young | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Jason Smith | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 36-75 | 2-5 | 21-26 | 43-12 | 18 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 25-0 | 95 | |
| .480 | .400 | .808 | Team Reb: 5 | Total TO: 1 (10 pts) | |||||||
GAME NOTES
Officials: - Derrick Stafford, Jason Phillips, Leon Wood
Duration:2:33
Officials: - Derrick Stafford, Jason Phillips, Leon Wood
Duration:2:33
