One game down, and the Sixers did just what they promised to do. The 76ers lost to the Toronto Raptors 97-106 in game one of the 2007-08 season. The Sixers were down by 20 in the 3rd quarter and battled back to make the game close. In the end the depth and 3 point shooting of the Raptors was too much. The 76ers allowed the Raptors to shoot over 56% from the 3 point line. They did out rebound the Raptors, but gave the ball back in turnovers. Once again, like in pre-season, Andre Miller led the team in attempts. He didn’t shoot bad (7-17) but is he the goto guy now? Korver came off the bench to score 20. Reggie Evans grabbed 15 rebounds in 22 minutes! The Raptors used 12 guys and spread the wealth. TJ Ford passed out 12 assists and scored 14 with only 1 turnover. Korver fighting for the ball - (AP Photo/J.P. Mooczulski, The Canadian Press)

2007-08, Game 1

  FGM-A FTM-A REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
Andre Iguodala 8-16 5-8 8 2 1 1 7 3 23
Willie Green 5-12 1-2 3 4 0 0 1 1 12
Samuel Dalembert 2-8 0-0 6 2 0 4 1 4 4
Andre Miller 7-17 1-2 6 6 0 0 3 1 15
Reggie Evans 2-4 2-5 15 0 1 0 1 2 6
Louis Williams 2-4 2-2 1 2 0 0 0 3 6
Rodney Carney 3-6 1-2 4 1 0 0 2 0 7
Kyle Korver 7-12 2-2 0 4 0 0 2 2 20
Calvin Booth 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jason Smith 2-4 0-0 4 1 1 1 0 1 4

ESPN game recap/box scores/photos

At halftime on the radio, the Sixers broadcast team interviewed Billy King. A few gems came from the exchange. First, there is still no signed extenstion for Andre Iguodala. It didn’t sound good to me. Then Billy King expounded on the rebuilding process. He talked about Jim Paxson and Joe Dumars and how he’s “studied” what they’ve done as GMs. This cracks me up because King has been a GM since 1998, while Dumars started in 2000 and Paxson in 2003. I know the situations are different, but does this mean for 3 to 6 years King had no clue at all. We are now supposed to trust this new 3 year plan?