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Old 11-25-2009, 08:48 PM   #62
Radii
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Join Date: Jul 2001
November 13, 2010

Charlotte(2-6) at Philadelphia(4-5)


CHA:PHI
78:84 OVR
75:81 OFF
82:84 DEF

Philadelphia Scouting

PG Marion Brand - 74 OVR - 12.3 ppg/5.2 apg - Brand was the 19th pick of the draft this year for Philly, and he's already running the point on a team that has a good shot at hte playoffs. Not bad at all. B- outside, B+ perimeter D, B+ hands.

SG Andrew Iguodala - 87 OVR - 19.6 ppg/5.4 rpg/6.2 apg - B- inside/B outside/A- perimeter D/B+ hands, an all around star and great athlete.

SF Thaddeus Young - 77 OVR - 17.3 ppg/5.6 rpg, 59.2% from the field - B inside, A- outside, B- perimeter D, 6'8" and 22 years old, Young is shaping out to be a very solid player.

PF Elton Brand - 77 OVR - 11.7 ppg/7.4 rpg - B+ inside, B- post D, A- rebounding - a tried and true big man with 12 years in the NBA now, but he's 4 years removed from 20 points/10 boards ability

C Samuel Dalembert - 67 OVR - 0.7 ppg/7.4 rpg - They don't let him shoot I guess, less that 1 point/game despite getting 25 minutes of action. B+ post D, A+ rebounding.

SG JR Smith(76 OVR) is the top guy off the bench, 15.6 ppg so far. PG Jrue Holiday(71 OVR) and PF Marresse Speights(71 OVR) are the other guys who will be seeing a lot of minutes.


First Quarter

Philadelphia 33
Charlotte 19

Just awful. Padgett with 6 on 2-5 shooting and a couple FT's. Wallace 4 points. Ray Allen goes 0-3 from 3, I just can't get anything done. Iguodala 13, Young 10. Iguodala is a crazy athlete and I can't stop him. No reason he can't score 50.


Second Quarter

Philadelphia 53
Charlotte 40

Well, we let Philly push the lead up to 20 before we cut it back down. Philly shoots 52%, we shoot 32%. Its just all bad really. Wallace 10, Padgett 9, Allen 8 for us so far. JR Smith 13, Iguodala slows down, still at 13. I guess b/c JR Smith got all his points this quarter, so it was his turn.


Third Quarter

Philadelphia 82
Charlotte 70

Once again, we fall behind by 20 and make a charge to get it back down close to 10. This quarter was the thaddeus Young quarter. Young has 21, Smith 18, Iguodala 17. They are 8-14, 8-13, 8-13 from the field respectively. That's 24-40, 3-5 from 3. Padgett is having a great game for us. He's got 22 on 9-13 from the field. Wallace 15, Allen 13. We just aren't scoring consistently while they really are.


Fourth Quarter

8:30 to go - A 3 point play from Gerald Henderson gets the lead below 10 for the first time since the first quarter. It's 91-82. I don't think we can do it though. Every time it seems like we're doing something well, Iguodala does something soulcrushing, like a 25 foot 3 after 23.9 seconds of perfect defense.

6:30 to go - 96-86, we blew a chance to get the lead down a bit more, allowing an offensive board and 3 point play a couple trips ago.

3:50 to go - 100-93, we get 5 in a row including a rare 3 from Diaw. We still need a few more stops but its still in reach.

1:15 to go - 104-99. We missed two chances to get it down to 5 earlier. Iguodala actually misses a midrange shot, and Ray Allen hits a runner to get it down to 5.

0:45 to go - They must be tiring. JR Smith misses a jumper. Padgett with an inside out with Ray Allen, but he was on the 3 point line. Its good for two. 104-101.

0:22 to go - Another missed shot by Philly, Gerald Wallace takes his man one on one and gets to the rim, 104-103.

0:20 to go - They hit two free throws, 106-103. I bring in DJ Augustin for the 3 point shooting. Felton, Augustin, Allen, Wallace, Padgett.

0:11 to go - Augustin gets a good look but its off the front rim. We have to foul and they hit from the line, 108-103.

And that's that. Philly really was in control for a very large majority of this game, it was all we could do to give ourselves an outside shot at the end.

Philadelphia 109
Charlotte 105



Padgett: 26 points/11 boards/1 block - 11-15 from the field, I'm extremely happy with what I was able to do with Padgett today, makes me pretty excited for the future here.

Wallace: 23 points/7 boards
Allen: 17 points
Augustin: 11 points
Henderson: 10 points
Chandler: 8 points/10 boards


For Philly, it was a very impressive 3 man show. Young 28, Iguodala 25, Smith 20. With those three guys hitting the jumpers so damn effectively, rookie PG Brand gets 15 assists.
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