Help Me Dongaila, You're My Only Hope
The Sixers must put their faith in an unlikely hero if they hope to win Game Four.
| Final - 4.21.2011 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Heat | 21 | 29 | 23 | 27 | 100 |
| Philadelphia 76ers | 29 | 23 | 23 | 19 | 94 |
The Sixers must put their faith in an unlikely hero if they hope to win Game Four.
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If Miami wins the next two games, the Sixers management will still take the season as a good thing and continue to be mediocre for the next few years.
Heat-Sixers Game 3 preview audio
After an awful performance like the Sixers had in Game Two, it doesn't help to scapegoat one player. But we're gonna do it anyway!
The Heat crushed the Sixers in Game Two to take a 2-0 series lead as the teams head to Philly for two games.
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami | 21 | 29 | 23 | 27 | 100 |
| Philadelphia | 29 | 23 | 23 | 19 | 94 |
| Miami | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LeBron James | 44 | 8-15 | 1-4 | 7-10 | 15-1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 24 |
| Chris Bosh | 40 | 8-19 | 0-0 | 3-6 | 6-3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1-0 | 19 |
| Zydrunas Ilgauskas | 16 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 8-8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3-0 | 10 |
| Dwyane Wade | 39 | 10-19 | 0-0 | 12-12 | 10-6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0-0 | 32 |
| Mike Bibby | 26 | 1-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0-0 | 3 |
| James Jones | 26 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 5-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 8 |
| Joel Anthony | 29 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3-0 | 4 |
| Mario Chalmers | 17 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 0 |
| Jamaal Magloire | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Mike Miller | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Erick Dampier | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Juwan Howard | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Udonis Haslem | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Eddie House | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Dexter Pittman | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 36-79 | 4-12 | 24-30 | 50-20 | 19 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 12-0 | 100 | |
| .456 | .333 | .800 | Team Reb: 6 | Total TO: 0 (13 pts) | |||||||
| Philadelphia | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andre Iguodala | 40 | 3-10 | 1-4 | 3-4 | 5-3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4-0 | 10 |
| Elton Brand | 40 | 9-15 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 11-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5-0 | 21 |
| Spencer Hawes | 21 | 6-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 6-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1-0 | 12 |
| Jodie Meeks | 28 | 2-8 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 6 |
| Jrue Holiday | 41 | 7-13 | 4-5 | 2-4 | 2-1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 20 |
| Tony Battie | 7 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 4 |
| Louis Williams | 30 | 5-12 | 2-5 | 3-5 | 1-0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 15 |
| Evan Turner | 6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 2 |
| Thaddeus Young | 21 | 1-8 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2-0 | 4 |
| Andres Nocioni | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Jason Kapono | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Darius Songaila | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Antonio Daniels | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Marreese Speights | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Craig Brackins | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 36-82 | 9-21 | 13-19 | 34-11 | 24 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 20-1 | 94 | |
| .439 | .429 | .684 | Team Reb: 11 | Total TO: 3 (7 pts) | |||||||