PG Sixers: Trust the Process ends the streak

[GHOSTofSIKMA]

Guys it was the defense. We scored 130 points on 53/50/90. Bullyball Giannis was efficient scoring in the end.

We lost rebounds, made dumb fouls and send them to the FT line and they made 10-13 tough contested shots at the buzzer to beat our good defense. It happens.

That's a Bucks win 90% of the time.

yep. no idea why theres any discussion related to the offense. i thought the offense was actually kind of nuts

the defense, hustle plays, and normal intangibles youd want to see were whack ass. like we literally gave up 80 points in the 2nd half and 48 points in the 4th qtr. its amazing we werent blown out of the gym

[sidney lanier]

They needed this game more and played like it. Good game by them, and not the worst thing to put the streak behind us and concentrate on getting ready for the playoffs.

[Plossum]

Geez some of you are harsh. Philly just caught fire in the fourth. It happens sometimes. I doubt they score 48 in another quarter this season. Tip your hat to them for that shooting and onto the next.

[Profound23]

I blame Jimmy Haslem and Middleton

[Bucksmaniac]

They have their own issues but the Sixers are good. A playoff series against them will not be fun.

I’d rather play Cleveland just because the series will be a better watch on my eyes.

[rilamann]

Felt like the swing that cost us the game was the charge on Giannis after Embiid mised those 2 free throws. Bucks were up 116-110 with about 3 minutes. A basket there to go up 8 would have probably took some wind out Philly's sails.

[Bucksmaniac]

I blame Jimmy Haslem and Middleton

I blame Dragic.

[blazza18]

Giannis' BBIQ seems to turn to mush against Boston and Philly. That's kind of concerning.

I mean it happens a lot against most physical and/or long teams. It's why his in-between game not fully developing has been super frustrating.

[Antinomy]

Said it in the game thread...Midds looks like when we re-signed John Salmons and he became cement shoes Salmons and couldn't move anymore. Midds just looks old now and he might never get any quicker/faster given his age/injury history/lack of natural athleticism to begin with. There were a number of plays in the 4th where he made the total right decision/read defensively...but just wasn't close to athletic enough to get position against old Harden.

Giannis just with a classic brain dead Giannis game. I don't know, it's frustrating watching us win the title 2 years ago by literally taking the ball out of GIannis' hands and let him be more of a finish than an initiator, and him still not being able to understand that him playing in that manner helps the team way more than him being a wannabe guard.

That play where he adamantly called for the ball from Jrue in the backcourt then proceeded to pick up a charge really annoyed me.

[BUCKnation]

Yeah, the offense certainly didn't start great, but the quarter was still good offensively. Can't get away with giving up almost a full half of scoring in quarter. Could've have killed the game off with a decent start to the 4th.

[Bmaasse]

Geez some of you are harsh. Philly just caught fire in the fourth. It happens sometimes. I doubt they score 48 in another quarter this season. Tip your hat to them for that shooting and onto the next.

Giving up an 18 point lead in the second half will always leave a bad taste regardless of the circumstances.

[Chessboxer]

Tip your hat to Harden. Dude caught fire in the fourth. He literally drew four guys to him on that drive and kick that led to the wide open Embiid three.

Sometimes guys have those kinds of games. It happens. But I think we're definitely better than they are.

It might be the best game he's had since he got traded from the Rockets, so I think this was an anomaly. I don't see him playing this way on a consistent basis.

[MVP2110]

Everyone pissed at Bud because he played Khris in the 4th tonight, and Khris was garbage no doubt, but playing him is the right call. Need to get him back up to 30+ minutes for the playoffs, that's more important than any individual game.

[Antinomy]

Felt like the swing that cost us the game was the charge on Giannis after Embiid mised those 2 free throws. Bucks were up 116-110 with about 3 minutes. A basket there to go up 8 would have probably took some wind out Philly's sails.

Yup, that was the play where Jrue wanted to call a play but GA basically said give me the ball — ending up picking up an obvious charge that he luckily avoided the previous possession

[Lippo]

Middleton. How much more time do we give him before we think there is a problem?

Trade him for a future 7th and a bag of chips at this point.

[Lippo]

Jrue should close games….

[Bmaasse]

Everyone pissed at Bud because he played Khris in the 4th tonight, and Khris was garbage no doubt, but playing him is the right call. Need to get him back up to 30+ minutes for the playoffs, that's more important than any individual game.

That's understandable, but this game was very winnable. Khris can get all the minutes he needs against the Wiz tomorrow.

[Lippo]

Lopez is the 3rd of our big 3, Mids is like 11th.

[VooDoo7]

Year 13 or 14 and they still fall for this bullsh*t.

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[MVP2110]

Everyone pissed at Bud because he played Khris in the 4th tonight, and Khris was garbage no doubt, but playing him is the right call. Need to get him back up to 30+ minutes for the playoffs, that's more important than any individual game.

That's understandable, but this game was very winnable. Khris can get all the minutes he needs against the Wiz tomorrow.

Now imagine the backlash Bud would get if he sat Khris vs Philly and played him vs Washington lol