Posted: Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 2:58 AM | 6 comments |
 

Who Are Sixers Beating, Losing To?
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The Sixers appear to have hit a little bump in their road, and it may have as much to do with whose been on that road as it does injuries to their big men (Spencer Hawes, Elton Brand).

Consider, the 20 teams they have beaten are currently a combined 251-384 (.395). The 14 teams they have fallen to are a combined 226-163 (.581). They are 6-8 against teams that are currently over .500; 14-5 against foes that are currently under .500.

Here are the current records of the teams the Sixers have beaten, and lost to, so far this season:

WINS      LOSSES
Opponent             Currently         Opponent    Currently
Suns 14-  19   Trail Blazers 17-  16
Warriors 12-  17   Jazz 15-  16
Hornets 7-  24   Knicks 16-  17
Pistons 11-  22   Nuggets 18-  15
Raptors 9-  23   Heat 25-    7
Pacers 19-  12   Nets 10-  24
Kings 10-  21   Heat 25-    7
Wizards 7-  25   Spurs 23-    9
Wizards 7-  25   Clippers 19-  11
Bucks 13-  19   Magic 21-  12
Hawks 19-  13   Mavericks 21-  12
Wizards 7-  25   Timberwolves   16-  17
Bobcats 4-  27      
Pistons 11-  22      
Magic 21-  12      
Bulls 26-    8      
Hawks 19-  13      
Lakers 19-  13      
Cavaliers 12-  17      
Bobcats 4-  27      
   Totals 251-384      Totals 226-163
  (.395)

(.581)
Posted by Bob Vetrone Jr. @ 2:58 AM  Permalink | 6 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:23 AM, 02/21/2012
    Totals are wrong. The Kings are not 23-9, they are 10-21 (in the losses column). Also, would have been more meaningful to list the teams' records at the time the Sixers played them.
    — joelf34
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:53 AM, 02/21/2012
    One, the Sixers didn't make the schedule and Two, a win is a win, out of those teams with winning records, I believe only on manhandled the Sixers and that would be the Heat and there aren't many top ranked teams that the Heat dominated. So my point is what counter response should we have towards this article. Should we be in despair or disarray? Should we stop going to the Games cause the team has difficulty with good teams? I beg to differ, this is the regular season not the playoffs, can you remember when Dallas and Cleveland had the best record in the NBA only to lose in the first round? The purpose of the season is to get better and hopefully by the end of the season your healthy and can play better than the other team is playing at the time.

    Go Sixers!
    — rayzoe
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:03 AM, 02/21/2012
    Bob, It may be true (even removing the Kings error) that the Sixers are sub .500 versus over .500 teams. However, lets look at some other examples:
    Lakers 9-8
    Orlando 8-10
    Atlanta 5-13
    Indiana 6-9
    Philly 6-7

    So what is the point? Great teams beat everyone (Chicago, Miami, OKC), good teams go .500 with the good teams (including Philly) and bad teams lose no matter the opponent.

    The insinuation that the Sixers are bad against the stronger teams is just wrong. Frankly, their record against .500 teams seems to suggest that they are playing exactly to their overall record and well above the talent level they have individually.

    Go teamwork and go Sixers. Passionate, Intense, Proud!
    — jonmccarrick
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:38 PM, 02/21/2012
    ng. The Kings are not 23-9, they are 10-21 ------------I believe that is the Spurs


    — HO HUM
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 2:09 PM, 02/21/2012
    The Kings/Totals have been corrected. My bad. Thanks to all who pointer that out ... In my mind all sports teams fall into one of three categories: Lose to bad teams and good teams; beat bad teams and lose to good teams; beat bad and good teams. The Sixers have definitely made the step from the first to the second, now they need to make the step from the second to the third.
    — BVJR
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 11:42 PM, 02/21/2012
    Bulls are 8-6 against above .500 teams, they're not beating everyone Jon.
    — Gall


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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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