Iguodala, Brand help Sixers rout Wolves
PHILADELPHIA (AP)—Andre Iguodala(notes) scored 24 points, Elton Brand(notes) added 21, andPhiladelphia’s reserves performed well to help the 76ers to a 119-97 win overthe Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday night.
The 76ers were once again missing guard Allen Iverson(notes), who has been out thepast four games to tend to his ill daughter. The reserves came through forPhiladelphia as Lou Williams (16 points), Thaddeus Young(notes) (15), Royal Ivey(notes) (9)and Jason Smith(notes) (9) helped the team win its fifth straight.
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The game was played before a sparse crowd who braved the area’s second majorsnowstorm in less than a week. A strong contingent came to see Minnesota’s WayneEllington(notes), who grew up in a Philadelphia suburb.
Ellington led Minnesota scorers with 16 points, while Corey Brewer(notes) and JonnyFlynn(notes) added 14 and 13, respectively. The loss ended Minnesota’s four-gamewinning streak.
Leading 30-23 after the first quarter, the non-starters sizzled on a 15-0run to start the second, with Smith scoring nine. Iguodala’s lay-up were onlypoints scored by a starter.
The 43 points produced in the second quarter and the 73 points in the halfwere season highs. Philadelphia scored 40 first-quarter points in an Oct. 31game at New York, and 71 first-half points Dec. 14 against Golden State.
The Timberwolves never led in the game. The Sixers had blown a 17-point,first-half lead in a Jan. 18 game in Minnesota, losing 108-103 in overtime, butcontinued to press in Philadelphia. A Williams basket late in the game pushedthe lead to 27 points, its biggest advantage of the night.
NOTES: Swingman Rodney Carney(notes) missed Tuesday’s game with a sinus infection.… The home team has won in the last seven games between these teams.
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