12/6 Nets at Sixers 7:30 EST

[DuckyNinja]

Second night of a back to back.  Should be interesting to see how they respond.

Any word on Brand?

[jemagee]

He's not in the starting line up according to this

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/boxscore;_ylt=AgRQoedmn3IhosP9i1YYAIy8vLYF?gid=2008120620

He's not even active

[DuckyNinja]

Yup.  Zumoff says Brand out, Speights starting again.

[jemagee]

They said it yesterday as well that it was unlikely he'd play

[DuckyNinja]

So, is this another jem and ducky game day conversation topic?

[DuckyNinja]

Sixers looking mediocre.

[DuckyNinja]

Holy Lou and Thad.

[DuckyNinja]

Andre Miller looks terrible trying to play uptempo.

[Derek Bodner]

Why the hell would you bring Royal Ivey into a close game with 4 minutes left?

[DuckyNinja]

By the looks of it, to badly defend Devin Harris.

[jemagee]

Why the hell would you bring Royal Ivey into a close game with 4 minutes left?

Mo Cheeks

[RickyPryor]

A Mo Loss.

[anklebreaker]

Good call going with Ivey down the stretch.  He really made a difference...  I personally thought Green was playing Harris well in the 4th.  Marshall was playing well before being benched, and I just can't understand Young not being on the floor in the guts of the game.  

Our perimeter defense is horrible.  Really no excuse for that 21 games into the season.  Mo also waits waaayyyy too long to insert Lou in the game in both halves.  

[Skates]

The second unit is playing a lot better these last two games. 

The entire substitution pattern was bizarre.  Mo has difficulty with putting players in good matchups or taking advantage of matchups that favor us.  Add in an inability to get the team to execute, and well there you have it, bad coaching.

[jemagee]

I have this theory that the sixers look worse at 3 point defense because they are so suck all at 3 point offense - they are actually 11th in 3 pt percentage allowed going into tonights game, but 25th in 3 point percentage shooting