The First Real Test
VS
Tuesday Nov 1st, 8:30PM
Wachovia Center
It was the night of the first match for the 76ers and for Alex Smith in his professional career.
Alex Smith went down to the dressing rooms and wished the boys good luck and gave them some words of advice, then he went to have a seat and watch the match.
The 76ers walked out into the arena and they recieved a big roar from the crowd.
It was time for the match and the tip-off. The Bucks got the ball first thanks to their big man Andrew Bogut.
1st Qtr highlights for the 76ers.
Above: Allen Iverson with a layup
Above: Green gets in between 2 defenders and does a layup which was there only "big" play of the 1st QTR.
It was pretty even after the first and the Bucks were up 16-14. Alex was calm and relaxed watching the game from his luxury seat.
When the 2nd Qtr started the 76ers looked more like a team forcing turnovers from the Bucks.
Above: Iguodala intercepts a pass.
Above: Iverson steals it from Bell.
Above: Andre Iguodala flying high on the fast break
When the hooter went ending the 2nd QTR, The score was 46-32 for the 76ers and they got a cheer from the crowd as the 76ers went into the half delighted. Alex knew he was getting closer to the first win of the season as GM if the 76ers could continue like this.
In that QTR the 76ers drained 23 points with Milwakuee getting only 16 points.
The 3rd Qtr extended the 76ers lead even more and crowd starting acting like a cheer squad.
Above: Dalembert with 1 of his 5 blocks
Above: Defense staying strong. 3 Players going up for the block.
Above: Bogut with no chance against this D.
In the last QTR the 76ers were just toying with them scoring 24 to 15 points.
Above: Even Willie Green gets a block.
Above: Webber slamming it down with authority.
Above: Webber dunks it again.
Above: Chris Webber on a dunk spree.
The hooter goes and the 76ers have won their first match 84-63!
Alex Smith was pleased with the result and would hope that it would continue next week with another win.
Box Scores - 76ers
Box Scores - Bucks
After the match Maurice Cheeks went to the press conference to answer questions about tonights match.
"Good win by the 76ers tonight"
"Yes we done good, we ran our plays right and we made their team commit turnovers"
"Well Done on the win, but onto another subject. What do you think about the new GM Alex Smith?"
"Yeah, he is a good man and for his first year in the NBA I think he is doing a great job"
"Thank you Coach"
"Coach, Coach Cheeks what do you think about your team's overall effort"
"As I said they all played good, but we still have some room for improvement"
"No further questions" Maurice Cheeks said as he got up off his seat and left the room.
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Srbija on Wed Apr 19, 2006 10:36 pm, edited 1 time in total.