76's LOSE to BARCELONA......ONLY 2nd TEAM TO DO IT
Sixers Fall To Barcelona In Spain
In the PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS, Phil Jasner writes that "before last night, only Maccabi Tel Aviv had done it. Four times in 33 tries. Never on European soil. ‘We're in the record books then,’ Allen Iverson said last night after the 76ers absorbed a 104-99 loss to Winterthur FC Barcelona in a raucous, sold-out Palau Sant Jordi. Barcelona became just the second European team to defeat an NBA team in a sanctioned game since 1987."
BARCELONA, Spain, Oct. 5 (Ticker) -- Maurice Cheeks might want to consider having the Philadelphia 76ers take some extra free throws in practice.
The 76ers put on a woeful shooting performance at the line as they lost to FC Barcelona, 104-99, in the NBA Europe Live Tour.
With commissioner David Stern in attendance, the Sixers sank just 26-of-48 free throws (54 percent) en route to becoming the first NBA team to fall to a European squad in Europe since the American franchises started visiting the continent in 1987.
By contrast, the hosts connected on 26-of-29 free throws (90 percent). Juan Carlos Navarro scored 18 points and Gianluca Basile added 17 for Barcelona, which lost to CSKA Moscow in the Euroleague Final Four last season.
Samuel Dalembert collected 21 points and 10 rebounds for the Sixers, pulling them within 91-90 on a layup with just over two minutes remaining.
But Jaka Lakovic countered with a layup and the hosts pulled away, opening a 100-91 advantage on a four-point play by Basile with just over a minute to go. Barcelona connected on 10-of-24 3-pointers, while the Sixers were just 3-of-8 from beyond the arc.
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Stern should ban them from playing in the NBA this yr.
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76's LOSE to BARCELONA......ONLY 2nd TEAM TO DO IT
