12/1 - vs Philly - Joel Embiid has a fraudulent MVP trophy
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More of an indictment of Tatum and Brown, who have been sleepwalking and are turning the ball over in bunches.
CJM should put in the bottom of the bench, wait for Philly to go up 15 then go back to the regular rotation. Wake them up.
Horford's had a good offensive game but Philly is really attacking him defensively. Harris, Reed, and now Melton going right at him.
Does not bode well for the future of the season if this is where Holliday is at post-injury
This is the same exact thing that happened when SGA was ruled out at game time last year and they got worked by OKC. They don’t get up when the other team’s stars go out last minute.
It's happened a few times. Harris, Melton and Pat Bev having a really good half. Might be some regression in the 2nd, but playing some legit D would help.
Not that he’s the only one, but he has been uniquely bad on both ends of the floor. Tatum is the leading scorer but he already has 5(!) turnovers.
Giving up 72 fucking points to a bunch of guys who should be retired or in the G league.
This team does not have the dog in them
This team does not have the dog in them
And they now have tape from that few games a couple weeks ago of JB just abusing the rim by playing off ball, putting up lots of points at high percentages and not trying to dribble drive. I don't know how he can look at those games where he was the best player on the floor and not want to play that way every night.
Score 69 points, down 3 to a Philly team without their 2 best scorers. Pretty easy to see what the issue is. No effort on one side of the ball.
JB should never dribble more than three times. Playing like the villain from The Fugitive on a nationally televised game isn’t going to change the narrative on him
Same thing sort of happened last time they played, the other way. On the road without Jaylen and Porzingis, Celts won by 10
Every trip down the court for the Sixers was a guy going baseline to baseline, who needs to fuckin pass in that situation
Exactly. I compare it to the Giannis 3ball. I get why he takes one once in a while, but if he wanted to chuck 10 of them up against the Cs I'd be thrilled. Nothing wrong with a superstar having a flaw, they just need to know how to limit it
Exactly, the turnovers by the Jay's stopped them scoring 80 that half, but if you score 69, and are down 3, that's not the real issue. That was about as bad as a team they could play defense. Just awful across the board. I expect the C's to turn this around, easily, in the 2nd half, and frankly, they should.
I don't take much from a half of +/- but White being a +8 while the four other starters are negative feels right
12 minutes for Pritchard with only 15 minutes for White is malpractice
12 minutes for Pritchard with only 15 minutes for White is malpractice
