Philadelphia 76ers News

HERE'S WHAT YOU REALLY need to know about the NBA trade deadline: Between now and then, you will read and hear dozens of rumors involving the 76ers.

Philadelphia 76ers guard Allen Iverson will miss the team's next two games because of the lingering illness of one of his children.

The last time Minnesota and Philadelphia got together the Sixers blew a 20-point lead en route to an overtime loss.

Since Allen Iverson's return to the Philadelphia 76ers, the team has improved. Iverson played on an arthritic left knee while taking a career low 11 shots per game and playing only 32 mpg, but still manged to average 15 ppg.

Thaddeus Young scored a team-high 19 points off the bench, as the Philadelphia 76ers picked up a season-high third consecutive win with a 101-94 decision over the New Orleans Hornets.

Marc Stein, ears always to the ground, has some updated trade chatter here . Stein's piece jibes well with those of other plugged-in league observers.

General manager Ed Stefanski is insisting that any move the team makes must make "basketball sense." In the meantime the team is just plugging holes.

This evening in New Orleans, a town that is somewhat distracted at the moment and might not be paying close attention, the 76ers will attempt to win their third straight game.

Philadelphia 76ers guard Allen Iverson will sit out a second straight game because one of his children is ill.

After Hurricane Katrina, 76ers center Samuel Dalembert visited New Orleans to help with relief efforts.

Philadelphia 76ers' Andre Iguodala knocks over Houston Rockets' Shane Battier during the first half of an NBA basketball game Saturday, Feb.

Philadelphia 76ers at Milwaukee Bucks , 8 p.m. A pair of teams on the outside looking in at the Eastern Conference playoff picture meet in Brew City tonight as the Milwaukee Bucks play host the Philadelphia 76ers.

Not long ago, I went to a Sixers game with my 10-year-old godson. That's not the beginning of a joke, though it probably could be.

It began to slip away for the New Orleans Hornets after newly signed free-agent guard Jason Hart stole the ball from Philadelphia's Elton Brand, leading to a layup by Julian Wright for a two-point lead early in the second quarter.

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The Philadelphia 76ers will try for their first three-game winning streak of the season when they pay a visit to the New Orleans Hornets Friday night in the Big Easy.

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Phil Jackson has watched Kobe Bryant navigate through almost too many injuries to count.

He sat the entire second half. A little more than two months ago, Williams was playing the best basketball of his five-year career.

Samuel Dalembert isn't just planning a return trip to earthquake-ravaged Haiti to help his native country with money and supplies.