Thaddeus Young scored 20 points and Elton Brand grabbed a season-high 16
rebounds to help the Philadelphia 76ers to a 90-76 victory over the
visiting Atlanta Hawks on Friday.Jrue Holiday had 16 points and a
season-best 11 assists and Jodie Meeks added 12 points on four
3-pointers as Philadelphia won for the 10th time in 12 games.Willie
Green scored 14 points and Jeff Teague added 12 for Atlanta, which
tallied just 29 second-half points and had a four-game winning streak
snapped.The Hawks led the entire first half in the contest
between two of the Eastern Conference’s best teams before Philadelphia
wrestled control away in the second half.Meeks sank three
3-pointers during a 17-2 third-quarter spurt as the 76ers turned an
eight-point deficit into a seven-point advantage. The run ended with
Andre Iguodala’s dunk with 4:22 left in the quarter.The Hawks were outscored 25-10 in the third quarter after leading 47-39 at halftime.Atlanta
shot just 34.4 percent in t...
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