Sixers Burned by the Heat, 108-104

The Miami Heat (20-8) came into the Wells Fargo with an attitude and a swagger and would gut out a hard-fought win that ended Philly’s home win streak at 12.

The Sixers (20-9) seemingly blew the doors off Miami with a stifling first quarter which ended with a ten-point Philadelphia lead, 29-19.

Two-time Championship Coach, Eric Spoelstra made changes and went to a simple zone defense which the home team had issues with.

Miami blew the Sixers windows out with a 37 point second quarter to end the half with a 56-48 advantage.

The third quarter was a chess match with Philly outscoring the Heat, 28-26.

At one point, Miami had a 16 point lead which offset the earlier Philadelphia twelve-point deluge.

The teams moved to the final stanza with Miami dominating due to Philadelphia Coach, Brett Brown scratching his head over having to combat the NCAA style zone defense.

Philadelphia kept the battle alive but was hamstrung by one of their own in Ben Simmons.

In a situation where Simmons should have stepped up, he played very passively.

Former Sixer, Jimmy Butler iced the game with two free throws in the final seconds.

Free Throws?- Kendrick Nunn knocked down 26 points for the Heat with Bam Adebayo adding 23.

Philadelphia was led by Joel Embiid with 23 points and 19 boards.

Tobias Harris drained 20 while Ben Simmons scored 17.

Inside the Game: Miami was 40/85 for a 47.1 from the field and Philly went 38 of 90 (48.2)

Free throws favored Philly, 16 for 18

Rebounds were led by Miami, 47-41.

By: Kevin Neibauer

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Kevin Neibauer

Kevin has followed and promoted the game of lacrosse since May 19, 1974.
The same day the Philadelphia Flyers won the Cup, the Philadelphia Wings were introduced to Neibauer and Philadelphia.

Kevin has covered many sports, including baseball, football, basketball, and.. lacrosse. A former licensed football referee and baseball umpire, Kevin brings a unique insight to his game coverage.

A published writer in JustHockey Magazine, Kevin covered the American Hockey League as well as a monthly story on a pugilist where Kevin used the pen name, The Rink Rat. Neibauer turned his attentions to lacrosse for a few years and does his part, whether podcasting or writing to grow the game. Kevin branched out to his roots and currently provides insight for all Philadelphia teams for Edge of Philly as well as his full-time duties with LaxPhilly.