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For those few minutes, it was effective. That's not to say we'll be seeing much more of it.

The New Jersey Nets are already off to the worst start in franchise history and will try again to crack the win column tonight, when the team faces the Atlantic Division-rival Philadelphia 76ers at the IZOD Center.

Steve Nash heard the whispers in the offseason. He chose to ignore them. Opting to re-sign with the Phoenix Suns sure looks to have been the right decision for the All-Star point guard.

The 76ers' lead drifted away slowly, setting like a sun. With each Steve Nash assist, each Amar'e Stoudemire floater, each Jason Richardson trey, the home team's advantage became smaller and smaller until, at the final buzzer, the Phoenix Suns had won, 119-115. Tonight at the Wachovia Center, the Sixers played their best basketball of the season.

Phoenix Suns at Philadelphia 76ers Nov. 9, 2009 02:11 PM azcentral.com Where: Wachovia Center, Philadelphia TV: My 45 Radio: KTAR-AM Suns update: For the latest on the Suns, click here for Paul Coro's blog.

This was definitely an aggravating loss for the visiting Sixers - a game that could very easily have been won.

Eastern Conference rivals meet in the Motor City Sunday when the banged-up Pistons play host to the Philadelphia 76ers.

The 76ers are off to a 3-2 start on the year behind a high octane offense averaging 103ppg on the very young season.A This afternoon they travel to the Motor City for a battle with the struggling 2-4 Detroit Pistons.

Iguodala Scores 16 To Lift 76ers Over Nets 97-94 Share + Nov 6, 2009 9:58 pm US/Eastern Iguodala Scores 16 To Lift 76ers Over Nets 97-94 Sixers 97, Nets 94 PHILADELPHIA Andre Iguodala scored 16 points, including a late 3-pointer to give Philadelphia the lead as the 76ers rallied past the short-handed New Jersey Nets 97-94 Friday night.

'It's one of those things where we're going to have to turn our practice play over into our game play,' Willie Green says.

Yankee Stadium is just starting to fill up. There's about an hour before the first pitch of Game 6 of the World Series between the Phillies and the Yankees.

Celtics vs. Philadelphia Game time: 7pm Wachovia Center, Philadelphia. TV - CSN.

Boston's Rajon Rondo, trying to muscle his way past Charlotte'sD.J. Augustin, will provide a test for Lou Williams tonight.

Andre Iguodala scored 32 points, including the go-ahead three-point play in overtime, and the Philadelphia 76ers blew a 23-point lead before beating the Knicks 141-127 on Saturday night.

The 76ers have almost been forgotten by a city whipped into a World Series frenzy.

After the Philadelphia 76ers signed Elton Brand in the 2008 offseason, everyone expected them to become one of the best teams in the Eastern Conference, possibly challenging for a top 3 seed.

Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard, center, dunks in front of Philadelphia 76ers center Marreese Speights, lower right, as Magic's Brandon Bass watches during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Orlando, Fla., Wednesday, Oct.

The kid - and, yes, at 23, he's still a kid - has played in 252 games in four seasons with the 76ers.

In this NBA offseason, the rich got richer , while the poor got poorer . The Philadelphia 76ers stayed somewhere in between, content with what they had.

I'm still covering the Phillies, so I haven't been around the 76ers in the past month.