Philadelphia played a solid game today, beating Washington 91-74. Washington players and fans were expecting the game to be a bit closer, but everything went well for Philadelphia today. "It was really frustrating," said Washington star Huge. "I thought we were going to be ready for this game, but we just couldn't do anything against them." Coach Bob seemed perplexed early on, but made a few adjustments late in the game that were too little, too late in this game but may help his side out next time these two teams meet.

Philadelphia was led by Simmons (22 points, 11 boards, 1 assists, a steal), Wagner (9 points, 18 boards, 0 assists), Scott (9 points, 10 boards, 4 assists, a block). Washington was led by Huge (10 points, 3 steals, a block), Gavagan (13 points, 2 assists, 2 steals, 4 blocks), Hamilton (14 points, 10 boards, 1 assists, 2 blocks).

Philadelphia stand at 42-29 and 24-12 at home. They hold at #2 in the Atlantic and improve to #5 overall in the Eastern Conference. Washington extended their losing streak 5 games and are now 29-42. They stay at #5 in the Southeast and stay at #13 overall in the Eastern Conference.

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