Sixers lose control of Pacers' house

The editors wanted everything in early because of election returns. The 76ers cooperated. They were done by roughly 9:20 last night. They lost in a landslide. Stop us if you've heard this before, but they were outshot and outrebounded, only this time they had no antidote. Stop us again if you've heard this before, but for the second game in succession Chris Webber and Samuel Dalembert sat out the fourth quarter, only this time the two starting big men were out for the final 19 minutes, 39 seconds.

With 100 percent of the precincts in, the Indiana Pacers were 97-86 winners in a race that ceased being competitive in the second quarter. The Sixers, who trailed by as many as 25 points, were beaten by at least 20 rebounds for the second time in four games, this time by 52-32; despite being barely outshot overall (45.1 percent to 44.6), they ...