Brand out, Spencer & Voose in, Sixers ...on.Sixers (17-7, .708) welcomed back their big guys to escape from Atlanta with a nice 87-98 W on the second night of a back-to-back, playing their fourth game in six days.Brand sat out with a right thumb strain, but Hawes returned after a 10 game absence and he was hot from start to finish. Spencer immediately knocked down his first shot of the night, a 17 footer that gave Sixers their first lead (0-2), and basically closed the game drilling another turnaround fadeway jumper off an inbound pass with only 2 second left on the shot clock (81-94, 2.48 left), to put the game out of reach for the Hawks, trying to make a run.Hawes didn't look rusty at all, putting together a more-than-solid 31 minutes, shooting 7/11 and playing with confidence on both ends, as if he didn't miss a game: definitely a great sign for all Sixers fans.Vucevic had a stellar night offensively, scoring a career high 15 points on only 10 shots in just 20 minutes...
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