NEW ORLEANS - Brett Brown was a little nervous.
In the three NBA games played on Thursday, the 76ers coach saw teams that were rusty after the all-star break.
"We've got to get going like everyone else in the NBA," he said before Friday's game against New Orleans Pelicans. "But the games I have seen so far around the league confirm that it does take a little bit to find a rhythm again."
We learned that it took Brown's team longer to find its groove than the Pelicans. The Sixers nearly battled back a from a 22-point first-half deficit before falling 121-114, at the Smoothie King Center.