Sixers beat the Rockets
Thaddeus Young battles the Rockets' Yao Ming for a rebound in the first quarter. (Ron Cortes / Staff Photographer)
Andre Iguodala scored 28 points and the reeling 76ers returned home from a dreadful road trip to beat the Houston Rockets, 104-96, last night at the Wachovia Center.
The Sixers needed to escape the Lone Star State to finally defeat a team from Texas. They lost at Dallas and San Antonio in the final two games of a 1-5 road trip and had lost five of seven overall, parking them in last place in the Atlantic Division.
Heading home was the perfect tonic. Iguodala continued on his recent scoring surge and scored nine points in the third quarter to help the Sixers stretch the lead to 11.
Lou Williams and Marreese Speights scored 15 points each off the bench for the Sixers. Willie Green scored 14. Williams and Andre Miller had eight assists each. Speights' eight rebounds led the Sixers.
Luis Scola led six Rockets in double figures with 18 points and grabbed 17 rebounds. Tracy McGrady, Yao Ming, Von Wafer and Carl Landy scored 14 points each. Rafer Alson added 10. *
