Sixers @ Knicks, Stefanski won't budge

Going to school in Syracuse, it's not often I actually get to see the Sixers play. Luckily, the fine institution that is the MSG network allowed me to catch the Sixers last night before some Friday night college mischief.

Frankly, I want my two hours back. The Sixers dug a hole early and were playing catch up against a rather lackluster Knicks teams for the first 30 minutes of the game.

To their credit, they fought back and retook the lead off a pair of Igoudala free throws at about the four-minute mark of the third quarter. They seemed to find some rhythm in the transition game, which produced a nice dunk from Iggy and an alley-oop from Miller to Sammy. But even that tight lead was short-lived and Philly went into the final frame down, 72-66.

Iggy had his moments last night, leading the team with 24 points, but he missed a pair of free throws with the score 82-80 that could have tied the game midway through the quarter. From there it was all downhill, as the Sixers scored just one point (an Andre Miller free throw) during the rest of the game en route to a rather disappointing 89-81 loss.

To be honest, listening to the Walt Frazier ramble on about how the Knicks should beat a team like the Sixers was somewhat degrading, but that's the state of the team right now I guess. I never root for the Sixers to tank, but maybe losing the rest of the season isn't such a bad thing after all. Eric Gordon here we come...

It's getting a little frustrating to watch Igoudala play. The guy has so much talent, but he needs to learn to take games over in the fourth quarter. He had four straight in the fourth to cut the lead to two I believe, but then it was like he disappeared. Those were his only points of the quarter. The best players earn their money in crunch time, and if Iggy wants to get paid like a top player, I'd like to see him command the ball late in games.

As far as the kids go, Jason Smith (6 points, 5 boards) had some nice moments, but not too much to be seen from Lou Williams or Thaddeus Young. I guess that's to be expected out of young players.

And that's it really. Unless you count this Philadelphia Inquirer story in which Easy Ed says he's the Sixers won't trade Andre Miller unless they get Kobe Bryant, or something to that affect. GM speak if you ask me. What else would you expect him to say?

And that's it for today. Until tomorrow...