Durant did not end up playing. After the game started, I thought Philly was going to take it. They opened the game to like 20 something to 8 lead and held a nice cushion for most of the game. Once they took a 101-99 lead then it was pretty much certain that they would hold onto victory (Lawler's Law). I will also say that Philly did get the benefit of the hometown whistle.
Throughout the different cross league exhibitions and scrimmages, star power has shown to not be that important. Nobody is really playing defense. Guys are settling for distance shots. Nobody is working for their points and if they do penetrate, nobody is really trying to contest. It's just fun to be able to see basketball after the long lay off. Only a handful of these games have actually been streamed.
Ranma wrote: I heard Eric Bledsoe was also on the team but didn't get off the bench even as CP3 was struggling. Hope he uses that as motivation the next time he plays against these guys.
I know that he played with them in earlier exhibitions (e.g. Melo/Goodman), but didn't know that he was in Philly. If he was there, then he should have played. It's not like the other guards were lighting it up.
