Indiana suffered another humiliating defeat today, with the 119-94 loss to Philadelphia increasing calls for coach Coach Hitch's dismissal. It's looking to be a tough season for the embattled coach, who simply hasn't brought in the level of talent or coaching required to succeed at this level. Said Philadelphia star Simmons after the game, "I can't be sure who to blame, but Indiana doesn't appear to be headed anywhere. Their coach hasn't brought in the kind of players he needed to, and it really didn't look like they knew what to do out there. Coach always comes up with a solid game plan for us and drills it into us, and I'm pretty sure he'd be able to do a better job than Coach Hitch is doing with Indiana."

Philadelphia coach Bob refused to comment on the Indiana coaching situation. "It's easy to be critical from where we stand, but I don't know enough about that situation to comment. I'm just happy with how we played today. We've got a great group of players and they did a tremendous job."

Philadelphia was led by Simmons (16 points, 10 boards, 3 assists, 5 steals, a block), Garcia (23 points, 0 assists, a block), Scott (16 points, 5 boards, 2 assists, a block). Indiana was led by Henderson (30 points, 1 assists, a block), Adkins (13 points, a block), Cato (11 points, a steal).

Philadelphia are now 36-27. They stay at #2 in the Atlantic and hold at #8 overall in the Eastern Conference. After today's defeat, Indiana are now 38-24 and 21-12 at home. They remain at #2 in the Central and remain at #5 overall in the Eastern Conference.

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