Arsenal wrote:mjkvol wrote:Regarding this game, I'd like to know why, with a game tomorrow night against a good team, that Doc felt the need to bring Embiid back when there was never a remote threat of losing this game. He's so damn locked in to his rotations and doesn't alter it for anything. And what did Isiah Joe do to piss him off to the point where the kid can't get on the court?
Because we almost pissed it away late?
Not a Doc guy by any means but we never slammed the door enough to be comfortable.
The starters 'pissed away' the lead when they came back in late, but that game was never in doubt. I get that the Sixers have an inate ability to lose games they should never lose, especially at home.
He never gives guys a chance to weather a storm and learn how to close. You don't know when you might need them in a big spot at some point in case of injury. And on a back to back, with a good team coming up on the back end, getting Embiid out as early as possible was the smart play.
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