Love lifts Minnesota over Philadelphia

Sixers Lean On Bench

From Elias: Lou Williams (23 points) and Thaddeus Young (20) came off the bench to lead the 76ers to victory Monday night. It's only the second time over the last 18 seasons that the Sixers had more than one player come off the bench and score at least 20 points in a non-overtime game. The only other time it happened since 1994-95 was on March 26, 2008 when the same two players did it.

Sixers Win Big Despite Lack Of Big Rebounder

From Elias: Thaddeus Young and Andre Iguodala led the 76ers with six rebounds apiece in Philadelphia's 99-84 win at Cleveland. Six matched the lowest-ever "game-high" in rebounds for a 76ers player in a game that they won by at least 15 points. Philadelphia had won three other games by at least that margin in which their leading rebounder grabbed six boards: December 9, 1981 against Denver (Julius Erving), April 10, 2000 versus Miami (George Lynch & Tyrone Hill) and November 3, 2008 against Sacramento (Samuel Dalembert).

Team Effort For Sixers

From Elias: Andre Iguodala and Thaddeus Young each scored a team-high 19 points as the 76ers handled the Bulls in Philadelphia, 98-82, with more than half of their points (50 of 98) scored by non-starters. The Sixers have won five of their last six games despite not having a player score as many as 20 points in any game over that span. Philadelphia improved its home record to 12-2, and eight of those wins have been by a margin of at least 15 points. The 76ers had never before won eight or more of their first 14 home games of a season by a margin of 15 or more points. No NBA team had done that since the 2008-09 Celtics.

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Sixers Win Big Without A Big Scorer

From Elias: Andre Iguodala, Jrue Holiday, and Thaddeus Young led the 76ers in scoring with 15 points each in Philadelphia's 103-83 win at Phoenix. It was the second time this calendar year that the Sixers won a game by 20+ points without any player scoring more than 15 points. Philadelphia beat Sacramento 102-80 on March 18. But before that, the 76ers had not played such a game in 48 seasons since moving from Syracuse to the City of Brotherly Love in 1963.

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