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Sixers' gutsy effort not enough in tight loss to Grizzlies
BOX SCORE MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The ice bucket where his feet were chilling, the ice bags on both knees, the tired, almost resigned look on his face — and the very full stat line — were proof positive that Ersan Ilyasova gave it everything he had, and then some, Tuesday night for the Sixers. Yet in the end — again — it was not enough…
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Instant Replay: Grizzlies 96, Sixers 91
BOX SCORE MEMPHIS, Tenn. — In the end, the Memphis Grizzlies came up big — again — figuratively and literally to leave the Sixers shaking their heads yet one more time. Marc Gasol had 26 points and 12 rebounds and Zach Randolph, playing for the first time since his mother’s death on Thanksgiving Day, came up with eight of his 12 points in…
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Joel Embiid ‘starting to figure it out' after battle in Sixers' loss to Grizzlies
BOX SCORE MEMPHIS, Tenn. — For 13 minutes, life was good and the basketball came easy for Joel Embiid. And the Sixers showed some fight against one of the NBA’s tougher teams. But after a dozen minutes — 12:45 to be exact — Embiid ran out of minutes. That also meant the Sixers had no other healthy and available answers for Memphis’ inside…
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Instant Replay: Embiid, Sixers rally before D crumbles in loss to Grizzlies
BOX SCORE MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Joel Embiid got nearly 13 good minutes for his memory bank Tuesday night. Once that was done, however, the Sixers got another second half to forget, as the Memphis Grizzlies blew them out of FedEx Forum, 121-91, before an announced crowd of 14,248. Embiid, who averaged 7.7 points in his first three games, had 13 points,…