Last night, the Sixers defeated the team chasing them for the seventh spot, the Indiana Pacers by a score of 111-100 and looked solid while doing so. Philadelphia is now six games in front of the Pacers as they continue to solidify their playoff positioning.
I've talked a lot about the continued rise of Andre Iguodala and last night he was at it again, following up his consecutive triple-double performances with another double-double showing with a 16 points and 10 assist game and in March, Iguodala has stepped up his game huge.
This month, Iguodala is averaging 17 points per game along with nine assists and eight rebounds a game.Those are big-time numbers from a player who has risen to the occasion as we enter crunch time for this NBA season and it'll be very interesting how much will Iguodala continue to improve going into this next two game stretch of the Oklahoma City Thunder and Boston Celtics.
Philadelphia has won seven out of eight and three in a row and have been a fun team to watch over the last few months as I've become more and more invested in this team because I think people are starting to realize that this roster isn't as bad as people thought going into this year.
This team has played .600 basketball since the first month of the season and are as even keel a team that you can see in the NBA and that can play to your advantage in a NBA where you have teams crying in the locker room following losses (couldn't resist). Losses don't bother this team because they have great leadership and terrific balance.
The Sixers can easily go nine deep and have the most productive bench in all of the NBA and last night, it showed again as they put up 39 points and seven out of nine players scored double figures, this team is versatile and crazily enough, they are deep enough to make some noise here at the end of the regular season and I believe they can make an impact in the playoffs.
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