He was active, but where was he while Quentin and Jason Richardson combined for 30 points on 11-of-19 shooting?  Or, I don’t know, while the entire Orlando team shot 53.3 percent from the floor and 63.1 percent from 3?

In his first start of the season, Thad was efficient and productive on the offensive end.  Defensively, where his charge was Ryan Anderson, Young fell flat on his face.  The NBA’s top three point shooter put up 26 points and grabbed eight offensive rebounds.

Doug Collins went small tonight, starting Brand at center, and presumably expecting substantial production on the glass from the veteran.  He didn’t get it.  Though EB wasn’t otherwise awful, he did get turnstiled pretty badly by Earl Clark.

There is no reason, none, that Jodie Meeks should start and play 31 minutes in a professional basketball game.  In a recession economy, fans shouldn’t have to pay to see that.

Jrue’s finals numbers look nice, but here’s what they miss: he started out like gangbusters–he had something like 12 points, three assists, a pair of steals and a block in the first quarter — but disappeared for the most part after that.  He has a disconcerting habit of doing that.

Lou did his damnedest to shoot the Sixers back into this one down the stretch — even answering a Jameer Nelson 3 with one of his own to get the 7-6 to within 104-97 with just under three minutes left– but it was too much, too little, too late.

I liked what Spence did as a distributor tonight — his nine assists set a new career high — but was concerned by his lack of aggression around the basket and his inability to stop Earl Clark and Co. from steamrolling the Sixers on the glass.  You’re seven-feet-plus man, do something with it.

The final numbers look decent, but you can’t shake the sense that Turner is shrinking as this long, strange season winds down.

Another very solid night for the Ol’ Chevy who has displayed more energy of late.

Started the game 0-3…Hey at least he put up a shot in the 1st quarter vs. TOR.  That’s not something you can say happens every night. 

A fast start — six 1st Q points led to a very nice game from “Big Nik”.  The kid keeps starting for the rest of the season in my opinion.  We may also be looking at the 7-6 starting center for 2012-13.

Enough already.  I’d rather see Sam Young get these minutes.  How on earth did this clown get two rotations into the game during the 3rd Q?  Meeks must have some serious blackmail dirt on Collins that coach keeps trotting him out there.

He had 4 points in the 1st Q, so we though we would see bigger scoring numbers out of Jrue last night.  We didn’t, so that was disappointing. However, the rest of his game and his defense were right on point.

LW still looks tired to me, but a decent night anyhow.  The dime he had to Hawes in the post during the late 3rd was simply a great pass and one he would not have made two years ago.

Needs more minutes down the stretch so that the other wings are not exhausted come playoff time.

What is left to say about Thad’s stellar play in 90% of the Sixers games this season?  Not much, but we’ll give it a try.  The Toronto shot attempt he pinned on the glass @ the 7:45 mark of the 4th was a ridiculous play.

When combined with Vuc’s numbers (12 & 5) you get one very solid center.  Hawes did a great job of taking the ball to the bucket last night and not settling for long J’s.

Better, but still lacking something.  Of course more minutes and a vote of confidence from Coach would solve a lot of his issues.  The drive and dish he dropped to Thad in the 4th for an AND 1 was encouraging

The Old Chevy didn’t look so old on his second half drive to slam on the former Mr. Kim Kardashian. Age is just a number and athleticism is just a …well, it would be nice if he still had some athleticism.

The number are unspectacular, but he had a pair of dunks that were.  Iguodala threw down one rafter-rattler off a second period alley-oop from Thad Young and the other, an even more impressive solo job off a strong drive to the basket, a few minutes later.  They galvanized a team in desperate need of a swift kick to the rear end.  Still, we’d like to see him be more aggressive in the early going — Dre had zero FGAs in the 1st Q.

Vucevic got the start and was, in limited minutes, outstanding on the glass.  Couple his numbers with Spencer Hawes’ (23 points, 16 rebounds, and four blocks) and you get one fine center.

Jodie Meeks translated his starting opportunity into…well, not a whole lot.  He came out of the gate 0-3 on 3PAs and missed an easy layin during the 3rd Q.  Capt. Streaky rides again.

Jrue started hot, again — scoring 7 of the Sixers first 9 points — and fizzled late. He was sound all night on Deron Williams though, who scored only 14 on 12 FGAs after scorching the 7-6 for 34 on Jan. 25th.

With seconds left in the first half, Sweet Lou took an inbound pass, weaved his way down the court, and banged a three that beat the buzzer by a whisker to give the Sixers a 52-43 halftime lead.  He was like that pretty much all night.

Thad was a bad, bad man tonight.  The Nets just don’t have anyone on payroll who can do a thing to even slow him down.

Where the f**k did this come from?  Coming off the bench for the first time this deeply weird season, Spence scored a season high 19 points, and did a little bit of everything.  You like three pointers?  He hit one.  You like two-handed slams?  He’s got you covered. You like interior presence?  He had three blocks.  You like wispy goatees?  Me neither.

Evan Turner just looks like he has no idea what he’s doing out there.  It’s like watching a kid play soccer who would rather be doing anything but playing soccer.  However his thread-the-needle pass to Hawes at the end of the 1st Q was simply ridiculous.

This is what happens when the Ol’ Chevy plays 35 minutes vs. Orlando getting beat down by D12 and then has Boston looming the next night. Collins could have helped Brand out by giving “Big Nik” and Lavoy Allen some minutes vs. Howard on Saturday night.  But that would have made too much sense.

On three occasions in the half court offense Dre had a clear path to the basket for an attempt at a strong finish and on all three chances he chose to not even drive to the rack, let alone go strong. ‘Nuff said.

Just go back on the injured list, please.  One night after getting abused by D12, Hawes gave KG so many open looks from 12-16 feet that I thought it was a Boston shoot around session.

At least he managed to get to the FT line.

Moving Jrue in and out of the PG spot is clearly having an impact on his play. It’s time for the lead guard merry-go-round to stop.  Of course it would help if Jrue just grabbed the job by the throat and made the decision easy for the Sixers.

It’s a scary thought for this team when even LW is looking tired.

Good thing we traded for Young so that Collins could never give him any ”real” minutes.  Didn’t he do a respectable job vs. SAS when Dre was out?  I thought so…

Thad has simply looked tired of late and after he carried the 7-6 vs. Orlando on Saturday night, you knew there was a strong possibility he would have nothing left vs. Boston.

16 points vs. Orlando.  4, count ‘em 4 in Boston.  That’s why we call him Capt. Streaky.

Glad to see you’re still alive.  By the looks of things, we’ll need your fresh legs down the stretch.

You know things have gotten bad if CB is getting some burn.

The only Sixers big man who actually showed a pulse Sunday night.  Don’t worry Collins will probably continue to turn a blind eye to Spencer’s awful play and then bury “Big Nik” on the bench again.