Is the Sixers Defense That Good?
Just how good has the Sixers defense been?
| Final - 1.30.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orlando Magic | 18 | 15 | 9 | 27 | 69 |
| Philadelphia 76ers | 19 | 18 | 21 | 16 | 74 |
Just how good has the Sixers defense been?
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| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orlando | 18 | 15 | 9 | 27 | 69 |
| Philadelphia | 19 | 18 | 21 | 16 | 74 |
| Orlando | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hedo Turkoglu | 26 | 1-9 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 3-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3-0 | 3 |
| Ryan Anderson | 26 | 6-13 | 0-4 | 2-4 | 20-11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 14 |
| Dwight Howard | 36 | 6-17 | 0-0 | 5-13 | 11-3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2-0 | 17 |
| J.J. Redick | 31 | 3-13 | 3-5 | 1-1 | 5-1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 10 |
| Chris Duhon | 35 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2-0 | 3 |
| Quentin Richardson | 21 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 7-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6-0 | 5 |
| Glen Davis | 19 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 5 |
| Von Wafer | 17 | 4-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 8 |
| Larry Hughes | 12 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2-0 | 2 |
| Earl Clark | 12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Jason Richardson | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Jameer Nelson | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Daniel Orton | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| DeAndre Liggins | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Justin Harper | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 26-78 | 7-22 | 10-22 | 55-16 | 11 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 20-0 | 69 | |
| .333 | .318 | .455 | Team Reb: 12 | Total TO: 1 (9 pts) | |||||||
| Philadelphia | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andre Iguodala | 41 | 5-11 | 1-3 | 3-9 | 11-2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3-0 | 14 |
| Elton Brand | 30 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 7-2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5-0 | 8 |
| Tony Battie | 17 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 9-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 8 |
| Jodie Meeks | 24 | 2-6 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 6-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 7 |
| Jrue Holiday | 29 | 3-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 6 |
| Thaddeus Young | 30 | 5-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 10 |
| Louis Williams | 25 | 4-13 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 9 |
| Evan Turner | 23 | 4-7 | 0-1 | 4-6 | 4-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 12 |
| Lavoy Allen | 16 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4-0 | 0 |
| Andres Nocioni | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Francisco Elson | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Spencer Hawes | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Craig Brackins | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Nikola Vucevic | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 30-80 | 4-15 | 10-19 | 47-9 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 17-1 | 74 | |
| .375 | .267 | .526 | Team Reb: 9 | Total TO: 1 (17 pts) | |||||||