April 7 Philly.com: “‘IT’S A thin line, a thin line between winning and losing.” After his interviews with the media were over, 76ers forward Elton Brand slipped on his unlaced sneakers, took a deep sip of his thirst-quenching juice, rose to his feet and echoed those words over and over to anyone who would listen [More…]
February 7 Philadelphia Inquirer: “The New York Knicks, essentially, needed the game yesterday afternoon against the 76ers at Madison Square Garden. The Sixers wanted it. Need trumped want as New York shot close to 60 percent and got a monstrous game from Amare Stoudemire en route to a 117-103 win, which was revenge for the [More…]
February 5 Philadelphia Inquirer: “A LOOK AT the box score of last night’s 100-98 76ers win over the New York Knicks will show that Sixers center Elton Brand dominated with a season-high 33-point, 16-rebound effort. What it won’t show is perhaps Brand’s biggest play of the night. With the Sixers holding a tenuous 87-86 lead, [More…]
November 8 Philadelphia Inquirer: NEW YORK – Concealing emotion would have been useless. At the final buzzer of Sunday afternoon’s 106-96 victory over the New York Knicks, 76ers coach Doug Collins smiled broadly before walking to shake the hand of Knicks coach Mike D’Antoni. For the Sixers this season, wins have been as slippery as [More…]
October 21 Philadelphia Daily News: “When you are coming off a 27-win season, the memories of bad hoops and long losing streaks are fresh in the mind, no matter how hard you try to erase them. It’s a task the 76ers face this year. Even though the coach has changed, many of the players remain [More…]