NEW ORLEANS - Streaks, like records, are made to be broken. The 76ers have challenged many losing streaks, and broken some, over the past four seasons. They stopped one Thursday, a big one, as they won a road game for the first time after 23 consecutive losses, a 99-88 decision over the New Orleans Pelicans.
The game turned toward the Sixers in the third quarter, when they limited the Pelicans (7-16) to 5-for-25 shooting and held them to only 12 points, taking a two-point advantage into the fourth quarter. There, they grew the lead to as much as 10 and did enough to hold back the struggling Pelicans, who have now lost four straight.