Despite the best efforts of the Philly faithful to pray for a happy beginning to the Chris Webber Era, the Sixers could not hold on to an early double digit lead and wound up losing to the visiting Sacramento Kings, 101-99.

With only a few seconds remaining, Allen Iverson found himself on the foul line for one last shot and the Sixers trailing by two. The only option was the old ?miss it on purpose and hope my teammates can come up with the rebound? play. Iverson couldn?t have missed it any better. The ball rolled off the rim and landed comfortably in Webber?s outstretched hands. But the buzzer sounded after his rushed putback attempt landed just inches short of sending the game into overtime.

Webber?s first game as a member of the Sixers had its fair share of highlights. Unfortunately, for Sixers fans, the biggest one of them all came courtesy of Cuttino Mobley and his go-ahead trey in the fourth. On the night when Kenny Thomas, Corliss Williamson and Brian Skinner made their strange homecoming to Philadelphia - the city that they never really got to leave yet - after being traded for Chris Webber, it was the homegrown Philly product Mobley who stole the show with a special homecoming of his own. Mobley finished as one of six Kings to score in double figures with 17 points.