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:56 seconds left - Cowen has been brilliant but he needs a breather. He sits with 10 points. We lead 21-20.

We are down 23-21 at the end of 1. Perkins had a really rough shooting quarter. Embiid and Cowen carried us on the offensive end. Perkins rested the last 4 minutes of the quarter and will hopefully bounce back in the 2nd.


6:50 - Turner at PG, Butler at SG, GF at SF, Perkins at PF, and Noel at C shut down their offense. We on a nice run and only give up 2 points before they get tired and need to rest.

We lead 31-25.

Cowen comes into the game and a few moves later he has 3 more baskets. 38-29 lead.

Stephenson with a pair of 3's to close the gap.

Perkins with his first basket of the game on a nice feed by Cowen!


Halftime: Hard fought game has us up 44-42.

Cowen leads us with 13 points. Embiid with 7 boards. Butler with 4 assists.

Embiid has 12 points and also has 2 assists as they were doubling him at one point and he kicked it out for jumpers.

Ozat leads them with 11 points. Stephenson with 10.

Perkins gets out and blocks Ozat's shot! Fast break... cowen to Butler for a dunk! We lead 52-49.

4:04 - We rest almost all of our starters except for Butler. Turner, Butler, GF, Moultrie, and Noel into the game. We lead 60-57.

The GF is exploding! A pair of 3's. Then, his man comes up close on him and he blows by him for a spectacular dunk! A 12 foot jumper. He has 10 points in 3 minutes! We lead 70-61.

A sloppy pass by Turner leads to a breakaway dunk for them.

Stephenson with a 3.


End of 3: We lead 70-66.


8:05 - GF has continued to score. He is playing too good to rest him. We go with Cowen, Turner, GF, Perkins, and Noel. We are up 76-74.

6:00 - A very well rested Embiid returns. We lead 82-79.

They have a few big 3's and suddenly we are down 87-84. GF is tired and getting burnt on the defensive end. I call time and get Robinson back in who is very well rested.

Cowen takes it into his own hands... strong drive and a difficult floater is in!

Cowen sets up Embiid for an easy dunk with the pick and roll. We lead 88-87.

Embiid forces a miss from Jefferson.

Cowen gets the screen... drives.. draws the defense... kicks out to Perkins for a wide open corner 3... too long.

Ozat the other end gets a quick look... shoots the 3... it bounces on the rim.. up... and in. Down 90-88.

Cowen with an unforced turnover on a bad pass. Sheesh. 1:32 left...

Ozat beats Cowen on the dribble.. finds Zeller who makes the uncontested 8 footer. Down 92-88.

Cowen with a strong drive... and he is called for a charge!

Embiid blocks a shot by Ozat in the paint... that starts a fast break.. they foul Turner. He makes both FT's. Down 92-90 with 35 seconds left.

We play strong defense and force a missed 3! Perkins with the board. We call time out.

Cowen uses a screen... gets to the basket... and misses a layup! I can't believe he is choking!

Ozat with the board and we have to foul him. Cowen fouls out!

Robinson misses a 3 and we are done.


We lose 94-90.


Can we win game 6 to stay alive?


Ozat is the player of the game with 23 points, 5 assists, 2 boards. He shot a very efficient 9 of 16.

Stephenson added 21 points, 5 boards, and 5 assists. He also had 2 steals. He shot 8 of 23.

Zeller with 11 points and 11 boards.


GF led us with 22 points, 3 boards, 1 assist, and 1 block. He shot 9 of 18.

Cowen with 21 points, 6 assists, 3 boards, 5 turnovers. He shot 8 of 14.

Embiid with 20 points, 12 boards, 2 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 9 of 15.

Turner with 7 points and 4 assists. He had 4 turnovers too.

Robinson with 6 points, 2 boards, and 1 assist.

Butler with 5 points, 6 assists, 2 steals, and a block.

Noel with 4 points, 8 boards, and 3 blocks.