Recap: Philadelphia vs. Oklahoma City
Sports Network | November 15, 2008
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Thaddeus Young scored 23 and Samuel Dalembert had 13 points and 16 rebounds, as the Philadelphia 76ers manhandled the Oklahoma City Thunder, 110-85, at the Wachovia Center.
Elton Brand and Andre Iguodala both had 15 points and five assists for the Sixers, who have won a season-high three straight games. Andre Miller doled out nine assists and had four steals in the win.
Jeff Green notched 21 points and four assists for the Thunder, who have dropped seven in a row. Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant scored 13 points apiece. Johan Petro hauled in 12 boards in defeat.
The Sixers jumped out to a 24-22 lead after the first quarter, and held a 46-42 edge at the break.
Up by six points early in the third quarter, Philly used a 17-4 run to take control of the game. Iguodala sparked the flurry with a three-pointer and Dalembert closed it with a jumper to make it 67-48 with 5:53 left in the stanza.
With a 16-point lead later in the third, Dalembert's tip-in was the catalyst for eight unanswered points that gave the Sixers a 77-53 lead as Young sank two free throws with 3:05 showing on the clock.
The Thunder scored the final five points of the stanza to close it to 79-60 heading into the final 12 minutes.
A Marreese Speights jumper and Young finger roll opened an 88-64 lead for the home team.
Later in the fourth, four points from Reggie Evans and a free throw from Lou Williams increased the Sixers' cushion to 93-66 with 6:43 left in regulation.
Durant shot 6-of-18 from the field and 1-of-4 from the free throw line... Oklahoma City is 0-5 as the visitor this season...Thunder forward Chris Wilcox (knee) did not play...The Sixers won both meetings with Seattle/Oklahoma City last year and have won five in a row overall in the series.
