Tonight in Philly, it was looking like another case of Old And Lots Of Money Established Talent pulling rank on the most adorable NBA team on the planet, your Philadelphia 76ers. Philadelphia's least-favorite son, Kobe Bean Bryant, had 24 points at the half in front of a sellout crowd to move past Shaq in the record books of all-time scorers. Lots of people came wearing Laker gear, the road bigs were playing 2-to-1 rebound volleyball, and LA's very senior varsity looked like they had their road legs and snarl to them.But then a funny thing happened. The Sixers... just wouldn't go away. Like a pro version of a classic John Cheyney Temple team, they just refused to turn the ball over (4 in 48 minutes, unreal), and kept generating their own (16 for the Lakers, or just about what usually happens). So despite the 55-30 rebound problem, they took the same number of shots -- 81. They defended without fouling, with only Spencer Hawes having more than two on the night, so the usu...
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