Posted: Thursday, February 2, 2012, 12:01 AM | 14 comments |
 

Ahoy, Lavoy!!!
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Temple's Lavoy Allen — capitalizing on the club's hampering injuries to the front line — has played himself right into a regular role off the bench with the Sixers.

In the last three games (all wins), the Sixers have outscored their opponents by 49 points in the 67-plus minutes he has played. More impressively, they have been outscored narrowly in the nearly 77 minutes they have played without him.

Wednesday night, he entered the game midway through the first period with the club down six to the Bulls. When he left, 10 minutes later, they were up eight.

 The club's numbers with and without Allen the last three games:

      WITH ALLEN WITHOUT ALLEN  
Date Opponent  Score Time Score Margin  Time Score Margin  Diff. 
Jan. 28  Pistons 95-75  23:51   57-31 +26 24:09   38-  43  -  5 +31
Jan. 30 Magic 74-69 16:46   24-17 +  7 31:14   50-  52 -  2 +  9
Feb. 1 Bulls 98-82 26:29   59-43 +16 21:31   39-  39 Even +16
  Totals 67:06  140-91  +49 76:54  127-134 -  7 +56
Posted by Bob Vetrone Jr. @ 12:01 AM  Permalink | 14 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 12:35 AM, 02/02/2012
    This guy allthough still green under the collar is turning out to be a real special part of this team..now its legitimate to say the Sixers now are officially 10 deep on the bench!! Collins can even stack Vuckovitch and Hawes in a rotation or Lavoy and Hawes/Vukovitch against bigger teams if needed.. this team is going to terrorize the league this year.. If we beat Miami Friday without Hawes or Vukovitch we will go deep in the Playoffs
    — nixman101
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 12:52 AM, 02/02/2012
    10 deep you say? Iggy, Jrue, Hawes, Brand, Thad, LouWill, Meeks, Turner, Vucevic, Allen, and Battie have all made contributions this year.
    — Northeaster
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:20 AM, 02/02/2012
    Lavoy Allen gives the sixers reason to smile. He is earning his stripes the old fashion way. If Allen continues to rebound and hit open shots he will get more plying time. More playing time is a confidence builder. Allen gives the sixers a missing ingredient, a low post offensive presence. He will earn the right to receive those inside looks the more he rebounds and produces on the defensive end. The sixers got it right this time. Kudos to the front office and the coaches. Keep it going Lavoy. We are praying for your success.
    — reveugene
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:34 AM, 02/02/2012
    This team may be for real. Lavoy is turning into a man that can plug the one hole on the roster. As a true back up for Elton Brand.
    — bluejfk
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:29 AM, 02/02/2012
    Looks like Lavoy is becoming the player that the Sixers were once hoping Marreese Speights would develop into. Heck, he's already better defensively than Speights ever was. Just goes to show that 2nd round picks aren't completely worthless like some people believe.
    — scribbles
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:11 AM, 02/02/2012
    Not bad for a guy ranked as the 500th best player in the NBA - out of 500!

    http://www.libertyballers.com/2011/8/16/2366448/espn-ranks-philadelphia-sixers-lavoy-allen-as-worst-nba-player
    — CaptainCrunch
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:29 AM, 02/02/2012
    What a draft pic and piece to Doug's puzzle.
    — Willysoup
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:41 AM, 02/02/2012
    @Noreaster my bad your right..! I was thinking 10 deep in DC's typical playing rotation when Battie sits out
    — nixman101
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:11 AM, 02/02/2012
    Lavoy is going to be special for the Sixers.
    — xxx
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 11:32 AM, 02/02/2012
    allen the 500th best player in the nba? glad I don't subscribe to that kind of nonsense having watched a little of allen at temple and some highlights of him on offense and defense was not hard to see that he could turn into a solid player, strong, quick, good hands and a shot blocker just what sixers need.
    — only 9
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:41 PM, 02/02/2012
    Lavoy Allen has shown some wonderful flashes of brilliance this week. He is a quiet and humble kid who has always been a great team player. He'll be a great role player for us for years to come as a back up power forward and center. To get Vucevic and Allen in the first and 2nd round has given the Sixers wonderful new depth at the big spots. The playing time that Allen is getting now is great for the team and will help them in the stretch drive of this year.
    — bradco
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:34 PM, 02/02/2012
    Now do they remind you of that Pistons team that won with a bunch of role players? If Lavoy can be a replacement for Brand with Turner or Young replacing Igoudala, when those big contracts expire this team will have the cap space needed to make some good moves.
    — nceagle
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:15 PM, 02/02/2012
    Lavoy always played smoothly and confidence. He will need to hustle in the playoffs.
    — damnels
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:26 PM, 02/03/2012
    As a Temple guy, I must confess that I didn't think Lavoy would do very well in the need-to-score NBA because he was never very aggressive on offense in college. He was always a great defensive guy though. Best of luck to you Lavoy, make us Temple fans proud.
    — joninohio


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About Bob Vetrone Jr.

Boop – who goes by Bob Vetrone Jr. when he is undercover or paying bills – has been at the Daily News since 1982, after working for five years at the Philadelphia Bulletin up to its closing. Along with helping to build the sports scoreboards most nights, he has had great input into the papers’ special sports pullouts – March Madness, Broad Street Run, Record Breakers, Greatest Moments – as well as its day-to-day, award-winning event coverage.

A 1980 graduate of North Catholic, he took some evening college courses. Those lasted right up until the first conflict with a Big 5 doubleheader.

His favorite books growing up were the NBA Guide and the Baseball Encyclopedia, which was, for all intents and purposes, the Internet before there was an Internet.

He has been immersed in sports statistics since the early 70s, when his father (long-time sports writer, broadcaster and the Daily News’ Buck The Bartender), would take him into the Bulletin newsroom overnight in the summer and let him update the Phillies statistics in a little, black spiral notebook. But things have changed tremendously in the decades since … He now uses a big, black spiral notebook. Email him at vetronb@phillynews.com.


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