Well, well, well, the defending champions did come back against Philly and broke the tie for second place. Beer outscored Phil 37-27 in the 4th Q to edge the "76'er's" 118-116. Sounds like a dumhinger of a game.

Rust also came back from a HT deficit to avoid a shock home lost to Deetroit by the none-too-convincing score of 130-123. I understand that the letter "d" nowhere appears in the name "Brooklyn 'Nets'" but you have to play some even against Deetroit if you don't want to get marooned in Middlesbrough.