With new front-office addition Jerry Colangelo sitting courtside next to co-managing owner Josh Harris, the Sixers weren’t competitive from the opening tip.
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San Antonio Spurs center Boban Marjanovic (40) reacts after scoring against the Houston Rockets during the second half at AT&T Center.
San Antonio held the Sixers to 68 points despite missing a couple of their best defenders, Kawhi Leonard and the ageless Tim Duncan. Philadelphia (1-21) lost its third straight since recording its lone victory.Aldridge generated 20 points and nine boards in the first half, when San Antonio breezed to a 65-39 lead. It did. The 30-year-old star scored 26 points and grabbed nine rebounds in only 22 minutes. Sixers C Jahlil Okafor returned from a two-game disciplinary suspension but did not start because of illness.
“I’m going to push this game aside and that’s really all I have to say about this game”, Brown said.
The listed reason for Leonard’s absence was “gastroenteritis”, but, before the game, Coach Gregg Popovich offered reporters a more specific reason: a bad Philly cheesesteak.
“We just came out a little lackadaisical”, Nerlens Noel said.
“Our young guys are good, and they want to play, too”, said Parker, who added 12 points.
Marjanovic scored 18 points on 8 of 10 shooting, well above his career high of six points set against Brooklyn in October.
“I think that when you play as poorly as we did in front of our home crowd, there are great lessons that we can learn if we’re smart, because that’s embarrassing”, he said.
With the lowly 76ers on the schedule, the Spurs will take advantage of the matchup to rest the veteran Duncan, who’s averaged 27.4 minutes per game in 20 contests this season.
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In New York, Dirk Nowitzki scored 25 points as the Dallas Mavericks put the New York Knicks in their place with a 104-97 victory at Madison Square Garden on Monday.
