Sixers Vs. Clippers: Batle Of 1st Place Teams Takes Place On Friday

The Sixers look to get their 19th win of the season against Blake Griffin, Chris Paul and the Los Angeles Clippers.

Philadelphia 76ers Vs. San Antonio Spurs Final Score: Tony Parker Powers Spurs Past Sixers

Behind 37 points and 8 assists from Tony Parker, the San Antonio Spurs cruised past the Philadelphia 76ers 100-90 on Wednesday night.

Parker shot a perfect 13-13 from the free throw line, and added 12 field goals on 24 attempts to pace the Spurs, who are in the midst of a nine game road trip while their arena is occupied by the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo.

Lou Williams came off the bench to score 22 points to lead the way for Philadelphia, while four other Sixers contributed double digit scoring efforts. Philly roared back from 83-71 down in the middle of the fourth quarter to come within five points of the visiting Spurs, but Parker proved to be too much down the stretch. His 37 points was his second best total of the season, having put up 42 in the Spurs recent win over Oklahoma City.

Philadelphia next plays host to Blake Griffin and the Clippers on Friday night.

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NBA MVP 2012 Power Rankings: Andre Iguodala Up To Eighth

In the latest NBA MVP Power Rankings put out by SB Nation.com's Tom Ziller, Philadelphia 76ers forward Andre Iguodala has climbed from the masses of the unranked up to 8th.

Ziller points out that Iguodala is worthy of a top ten spot despite not scoring in bunches because of his defense. Here's what he said about Igoudala this week:

Iguodala is the best wing defender in the NBA right now, edging LeBron, Luol Deng and, in my opinion, Tony Allen. Philadelphia has the league's top defense largely because 'Dala allows almost no breathing room for his cover on an almost nightly basis. That's valuable.

While playing lockdown defense for the Sixers, Iguodala also scores 12.8 points per game, pulls down 6.6 rebounds per game and dishes out 5.2 assists per game. Iguodala and the rest of the Sixers will be in action tonight against the Spurs at the Wells Fargo Center at 7 p.m.

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Philadelphia 76ers Vs. San Antonio Spurs: Game Time, TV Schedule and More

The 76ers have another tough test tonight at the Wells Fargo Center against Tim Duncan and the Spurs.