Game 52 Recap: Wolves 97, 76ers 119

February 10, 2010 — JSteinmeyer

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Truehoop’s own Philadunkia on tonight’s game

The Wolves were blown out big and blown out early in this one. The 76ers lit up the scoreboard with 73 points in the first half and then put it on cruise control, as they rolled to a 22 point deficit and a “W”. Overall, the Wolves didn’t play terrible — they shot 47% for the game — but nobody wanted to play defense and 10 turnovers in the first half didn’t help. No one wanted to step up big on either end of the floor and the absence of any leadership whatsoever diminished our chances of slowing down the 76ers, especially in their marathon of a first half. That is the downfall to a young team — having nobody with any sense of leadership take over when things are going downhill. We just have to move on from this one and look forward to tomorrow night against the Bobcats at home.

Notes:

Corey Brewer had another solid night with 14 points and went 2-4 from three point land. Listen, the man can shoot now and we all need to grow accustomed to it because my guess is that he will be here to stay a little while longer.
Flynn’s assist-turnover ratio tonight was 3:5. Not great Jonny. His play recently doesn’t portray that trend, so hopefully it was just a flukey night for him.
Seeing Elton Brand go off for 21 on old, deteriorating limbs is pathetic and justifies that Jefferson and Love can’t play together unless we want to have huge gaping holes in the defensive paint. Oh, and Ryan Hollins. Is there a Ryan Hollins sighting anywhere tonight? Bueller? Bueller anyone? Nada.
Ellington’s play off the bench has been superb and his 7-10 performance for a team high 16 points was no different. Gold Star for you, Wayne.
Oleksy Pecherov and Sasha Pavolic defied the stats guru Wayne Winston and proved they mean something to this team by posting the only positive +/- tonight. Who woulda thunk it?

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