If their recent efforts from the Sacramento Kings are any indication, they may be able to finally end their woes Wednesday night.
Hoping to avoid an 18th consecutive loss, the 76ers go for an 11th win in 12 games against the Kings.It's been 6 weeks since Philadelphia (15-48) last tasted victory, a stretch where it's been outscored by 19.0 points per game. The skid may be the 76ers' longest since dropping a franchise-worst 20 straight in 1972-73.
"I am trying not to think about it," rookie Michael Carter-Williams said following Monday's 123-110 loss at New York. "We lose and we need to move on to the next one. I can not dwell on us losing 17 consecutively. It's not doing nothing for me, it's not doing nothing for the team, coaching staff, nobody.
"People are covering it and that's fine, but we will stay focused as a team."
Carter Williams recorded his second triple-double with 23 points, a season-high 13 rebounds and 10 assists."People are likely to see the numbers, and the numbers are the numbers," coach Brett Brown said.
Apart from Carter-Williams' play, Philadelphia has reason to become excited with Sacramento coming to town. The 76ers have won 10 of 11 within the series, taking the last four meetings by typically 14.8 points.
Thaddeus Young led the way with 28 points and Tony Wroten scored 21 from the bench as Philadelphia brought out a 113-104 victory in Sacramento on Jan. 2.
The Kings (22-42) want to avoid a fourth straight loss after falling 99-89 at Detroit . They took a two-point lead into halftime before scoring 11 points in the third, their fewest in any quarter this season."We lost that game in the third quarter," coach Michael Malone said. "We did not come out ready to play."
Sacramento, shooting 23.1 percent from 3-point range on the five-game stretch, went 3 for 15 from past the arc. The Kings also struggled from the foul line, going 6 of 17 in the second half.
"We just make too many small mistakes throughout the game," center DeMarcus Cousins said. "We're making things way too hard on ourselves. They came to play, and they managed to get tough for us, but we're hurting ourselves."