sixers make it back to .500

It may not sound like much but with last night's win over the conflicted Detroit Pistons, the Sixers made it back to .500 for the first time in a couple of years. It's been a long road and all the credit goes to Doug Collins, a marvelous coach, and his team, for buying into Collins' system, which starts with defense. The Sixers are fun to watch. As Collins keeps saying, eight of the guys on the team are 22 or younger. Thank goodness that Andre Iguodala, an oldster of 26 and a true defensive presence, was not traded.