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The Sixers (42-35) have won three consecutive games. All-star center Joel Embiid has been back for the last two contests after missing two months with a meniscus injury. Memphis won the first ...
The Memphis Grizzlies weathered a late run from the Philadelphia 76ers to hold on to a home win Wednesday night. Grizzlies vs Sixers final score, highlights: Memphis holds off Joel Embiid, Philly ...
The 2002–03 NBA season was the 76ers 54th season in the National Basketball Association, and 40th season in Philadelphia. [1] During the off-season, the Sixers acquired Keith Van Horn and former 76ers center Todd MacCulloch from the New Jersey Nets; Van Horn was originally drafted by the Sixers as the second pick in the 1997 NBA draft.
The turning point came early in the fourth with the score 91–87, when Walton tipped in an alley-oop pass from Bob Gross over Darryl Dawkins, who knocked him to the floor. Dave Twardzik then stole the Sixers' ensuing inbounds pass and found Walton, who was back on his feet, for another alley-oop dunk. Lucas had 27 points and 12 rebounds, and ...
The Sixers were down by 13 in the fourth quarter, and were making a comeback due to Shaq sitting out with 5 fouls, which helped the 76ers to score 7 straight. Even though the 76ers were within 3 points of the Lakers, the 6 of 16 foul shooting in the fourth quarter put them behind permanently.
The Sixers, however, had Julius Erving who scored 11 of the Sixers last 13 points to complete an 8-point comeback, and tie the game at 103–103 with only 43 seconds remaining. On the Lakers possession, Darryl Dawkins was trying to front Abdul-Jabbar but to no avail as Magic threw a pass overhead so only Erving stood between Kareem and the basket.
Philadelphia 76ers The final piece of the Philadelphia 76ers ' championship puzzle was completed before the 1982–83 season when they acquired center Moses Malone from the Houston Rockets . They went on to capture their third NBA championship as they won 65 games, and stormed through the playoffs , first sweeping the New York Knicks , and then ...
The Sixers, bolstered by the addition of league MVP Moses Malone, won 65 games, and steamrolled through the playoffs, in which they lost only once (completing Malone's famous "Fo, Fo, Fo" prediction, stating that the Sixers needed to win 4 games in each of the three series) in route to their third NBA title overall (they won in 1955 as the ...