According to Allen Iverson, the 76ers suffered a "major setback" last night when they gave up 38 first-quarter points en route to a 94-85 loss to the Charlotte Hornets at the First Union Center to drop to 10-15.

But Matt Harpring might have suffered a worse, more personal setback, one that will be tougher to remedy and could take longer than merely one practice, or the Sixers' game tomorrow against Atlanta, to correct.

Twenty-five games into his Sixers career, Harpring has fallen out of coach Larry Brown's favor and is in jeopardy of losing minutes and possibly his starting position at small forward.