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Nov 23, 2008 8:58 pm US/Eastern

Brand Leads Sixers Past Warriors, 89-81

PHILADELPHIA (AP) ―

Click to enlarge 1 of 1: Elton Brand had 23 points and 12 rebounds, Andre Iguodala added 15 points and the Philadelphia 76ers moved above .500 for the first time this season with an 89-81 victory over the Golden State Warriors on Sunday.
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Elton Brand had 23 points and 12 rebounds, Andre Iguodala added 15 points and the Philadelphia 76ers moved above .500 for the first time this season with an 89-81 victory over the Golden State Warriors on Sunday.

Brand entered the game shooting 43 percent from the field but was 10-of-22 from the field and registered his seventh double-double in arguably the best performance this season for the 76ers' marquee free agent. Brand left the Los Angeles Clippers and for a five-year, $80 million contract with Philadelphia on July 9.

Thaddeus Young contributed 12 points and Samuel Dalembert had 16 rebounds for the Sixers, who improved to 7-6 and snapped a five-game losing streak to the Warriors.

Kelenna Azubuike scored 16 while C.J. Watson and Stephen Jackson had 12 apiece for Golden State, which dropped its second in a row. Andris Biedrins had 10.

The high-flying Warriors were held well below the NBA-leading 105.4 points they were averaging before the game.

The Sixers once held a 22-point advantage before Golden State began to chip away. Philadelphia had a 72-62 lead after the third quarter.

Golden State scored 14 of the first 18 points in the fourth and tied the game at 76 on a 3-pointer by Anthony Morrow with 6:32 left.

Leading 84-81, Andre Miller hit a 3-pointer with 2:15 remaining for a six-point lead. It was only Miller's third 3-pointer of the season and his second in two games.

Miller added a pair of free throws for an 89-81 advantage.

After a 14-2 run, including four consecutive 3-pointers—two by Young and two by Iguodala—the Sixers pulled ahead 55-35 with 2:19 left in the first half. Philadelphia led 57-39 at halftime.