Portland-76ers Game Recap

Wednesday’s battle between Portland against Philadelphia concluded with 98-90 in favor of Portland. The Portland Trail Blazers victory was led by the former 76ers guard Andre Miller who scored 24 points and Jerryd Bayless had 14 of his 18 in the fourth quarter.

 LaMarcus Aldridge added 23 points for the Trail Blazers. He played the second half without two-time All-Star guard Brandon Roy, who left with a strained right hamstring.
 Roy, who is averaging 23.4 points left after scoring 10. He grabbed his right thigh after banking in a 10-footer with 1:02 left in the second quarter and is listed as day-to-day.
 The Blazers overcame his loss thanks in part to Miller, who signed with Portland in the off-season.
 Sixers center Samuel Dalembert arrived at the Wachovia Center at 6:57 p.m. and started. He had 15 rebounds and 10 points. He had been on a two-day, goodwill mission to his native Haiti, which is recovering from a devastating earthquake.
 Portland led 90-83 with 3:12 to go, but the Sixers scored six straight points, and a steal and lay-up by Andre Iguodala cut it to 90-88 with 1:38 to go. Iguodala led the Sixers with 23 points.
 Miller then made two free throws, and after Elton Brand hit an 8-footer with 59 seconds left, Bayless and Aldridge each made two free three throws to grab the victory.