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With T.J. McConnell, Hawks say Sixers have ‘identity' worth respecting
ATLANTA – The final score was a little lopsided and the game was sloppy at times, but after beating Philadelphia, 110-93, Saturday night, the Hawks said they see promise in the rising young Sixers. The Sixers didn’t have the legs on the tail end of back-to-back games to keep up with another hot team, and Joel Embiid did not play,…
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Tired Sixers doomed by mistakes in second of back-to-back games
BOX SCORE ATLANTA — It would be easy to suggest that the Sixers were weary. Especially after they surrendered 37 points in the second quarter, but that wasn’t the only reason they lost, 110-93, to the Hawks on Saturday night (see Instant Replay). Without Joel Embiid, the Sixers fell for just the third time in 11 games. They were cooked by…
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Instant Replay: Hawks 110, Sixers 93
BOX SCORE ATLANTA — Without Joel Embiid, the red-hot Sixers couldn’t contain the equally hot Hawks in a 110-93 loss in Atlanta Saturday. Ersan Ilyasova cranked it up again with 21 points, but the Sixers looked like they ran out of gas in the second quarter, when they gave up 37 points to the Hawks and never caught up to take…
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Balanced Hawks too much for Sixers to win back-to-back games
BOX SCORE ATLANTA – For a while Saturday night, the Sixers looked as if they might double their pleasure and follow Friday’s overtime win over the Pacers with another shootout victory. Then, the Hawks outgunned them, 117-96, and Jahlil Okafor’s 18 points and the Sixers’ 11 threes went nearly for naught (see Instant Replay). The Sixers (1-8) charged to a 27-23…
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Instant Replay: Hawks 117, Sixers 96
BOX SCORE Jahlil Okafor was spunky again, at least on offense, and the Sixers were competitive for much of Saturday night’s game in Atlanta, but the visitors couldn’t keep up with the Hawks’ balance in a 117-96 loss. The Sixers led 27-23 after one quarter, but Atlanta pulled away steadily from there, and blew open a close game over...
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Adam Morgan ‘not mad' about being pinch-hit for vs. Braves
ATLANTA — Adam Morgan was humming along Friday night in his hometown, but said he didn’t have a problem leaving the game after throwing six solid innings. The Phillies trailed 2-1 at the time and as the seventh inning began, interim manager Pete Mackanin sent Chase d’Arnaud up to the plate to pinch-hit. Morgan had allowed six hits, two...
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Phillies still alone with majors' worst record after loss to Braves
BOX SCORE ATLANTA – Little has come easily for the Phillies this season, but diagnosing their 92nd loss was simple Friday night: they failed repeatedly in the clutch. After leaving 12 runners on base, including the bases loaded to end the sixth inning and to end the game, the Phillies fell 2-1 to the Braves at Turner Field, chiefly because…
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Instant Replay: Braves 2, Phillies 1
BOX SCORE ATLANTA — On “Zombie Night” at Atlanta’s Turner Field, fans dressed up as if to participate in the wildly popular cable television show “The Walking Dead,” which is filmed nearby. Really, though, it was the Phillies and Braves who played the parts. The Phillies (56-92) lost for the fourth straight time (the 18th time in 24 games) and…
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Williams, Hawks deny Sixers consecutive wins
BOX SCORE ATLANTA – For all the machinations of the Sixers’ 103-95 loss to the Hawks Monday, nothing jumped out like their inability to slow Atlanta at the end of the third and fourth quarters while largely failing to score themselves (see Instant Replay). The 76ers led by nine late in the third quarter only to see the Hawks close…
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Instant Replay: Hawks 103, Sixers 95
BOX SCORE For quite a while, the Sixers looked on Monday like they might string together consecutive wins for the first time since winning four straight on the road from Dec. 29-Jan. 4, as they were the more impressive team on the way to a 10-point halftime lead. Thaddeus Young made five three-pointers while scoring 23 points and the Sixers…