Hey Sixers, Remember Wednesday? Play Like That Against the Jazz

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It's amazing how one game can change your entire perspective on how a
team is doing. The Sixers couldn't have sunk much lower—well, actually,
they could've sunk way lower, but that would've been even worse—than
their road loss to the lowly Bucks on Monday, with Evan Turner going
1-12, Lou Williams playing a one-man game of keepaway down the stretch,
and Bucks point man Brandon Jennings scorching Jrue Holiday for 33
points and seven dimes. But, lo and behold, one game later and the team
is blowing out the dead-legged Celtics to keep their Atlantic Division
lead, with Evan Turner going off for a career-high 26 points and Nik
Vucevic posting a 14 and 12 off the bench. Forget rebuilding, do you
guys think we can win the championship this year???

Of course, it'd be foolish of us to expect a repeat performance from
the Liberty Ballers tonight—or from their most recent (and apparently
permanent) addition to the starting lineup. Evan Turner, unless his name
is secretly Jeremy Lin, will probably not equal or better his 26 points
tonight against the Jazz, and in fact, if he got even half that much
(on decent shooting with a couple boards and assists), we'd probably
have to consider it something of an accomplishment. Nonetheless, the
Sixers will have some added motivation tonight, looking to repay the
tough 102-99 loss they suffered at the hands of the Jazz at the end of
last year—and with ET always having a little something to prove while
going up against 2010's #3 overall pick, Jazz big man Derrick Favors.

7:00 tip from the Wells Fargo Center. “I'm trying to build off this
and not say 'I told you so' or anything," Turner said about his
long-delayed breakout performance on Wedensday. "It's just enjoying the
moment.” One moment is nice, Evan. Multiple would be better.

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