Game 55 : Brooklyn Nets (37-17) @ Philadelphia 76ers (37-17) l Wednesday l 7pm

[sixers4real]

Nets won this one.

DeAndre can’t defend Embiid but he and the Nets are getting used to Embiid. While instead of playing against Harden and Durant, our guys played against Shamet and Jeff Green.

Tobi had a good game. But he was defended by like Joe Harris and Shamet almost the entire game.

We probably should have sat Embiid this game.

I don’t get this reaction. Are we all philosophers or sports fans?
Sixers won by 6 points in a basketball game.

[ConstableChaos]

Sixers put the cue back in the rack early in the 4th, scrape home with the win.

How many transition baskets did they have? Lot's of pointing after 6ers free throws rather than getting back

[eyeatoma]

Nets won this one.

DeAndre can’t defend Embiid but he and the Nets are getting used to Embiid. While instead of playing against Harden and Durant, our guys played against Shamet and Jeff Green.

Tobi had a good game. But he was defended by like Joe Harris and Shamet almost the entire game.

We probably should have sat Embiid this game.

Lol wait what? Jo wasn't getting calls in the first 1st quarter, and then continued to go down low in the 2nd and made things happen. The only reason the Nets got back into it is because Doc went uber bench heavy. Harden and Durant aren't going to stop Jo. Yeah you have to stop them, but it's about the same as stopping one player because there's only one ball. As long as Jo is hot, and Tobi can be productive we have a good chance of beating them. I also don't trust them all to be healthy for each game, or for Kyrie not to pull a Kyrie.

[ConstableChaos]

Simmons has 19 assists to 2 turnovers, 19 FT attempts (for 10 makes) last 3 games

Hopefully turning some kind of corner

[76ciology]

Nets won this one.

DeAndre can’t defend Embiid but he and the Nets are getting used to Embiid. While instead of playing against Harden and Durant, our guys played against Shamet and Jeff Green.

Tobi had a good game. But he was defended by like Joe Harris and Shamet almost the entire game.

We probably should have sat Embiid this game.

Lol wait what? Jo wasn't getting calls in the first 1st quarter, and then continued to go down low in the 2nd and made things happen. The only reason the Nets got back into it is because Doc went uber bench heavy. Harden and Durant aren't going to stop Jo. Yeah you have to stop them, but it's about the same as stopping one player because there's only one ball. As long as Jo is hot, and Tobi can be productive we have a good chance of beating them. I also don't trust them all to be healthy for each game, or for Kyrie not to pull a Kyrie.

My statement was more on future games. I think we should have not played Jojo this game just as the Nets sat out Harden and KD.

If just for this game, yeah we won this.

And you should know we’ll win it just by seeing who’s available for tonight’s game.

We still dont know how we can stack up against a healthy nets squad. Unlike the Nets.

[76ciology]

Nets won this one.

DeAndre can’t defend Embiid but he and the Nets are getting used to Embiid. While instead of playing against Harden and Durant, our guys played against Shamet and Jeff Green.

Tobi had a good game. But he was defended by like Joe Harris and Shamet almost the entire game.

We probably should have sat Embiid this game.

I don’t get this reaction. Are we all philosophers or sports fans?
Sixers won by 6 points in a basketball game.

Depends on the depth of how you look at things.

If just for this game, Sixers won this one.

[LordCovington33]

Nets won this one.

DeAndre can’t defend Embiid but he and the Nets are getting used to Embiid. While instead of playing against Harden and Durant, our guys played against Shamet and Jeff Green.

Tobi had a good game. But he was defended by like Joe Harris and Shamet almost the entire game.

We probably should have sat Embiid this game.

I don’t get this reaction. Are we all philosophers or sports fans?
Sixers won by 6 points in a basketball game.

Depends on the depth of how you look at things.

If just for this game, Sixers won this one.

Nah, the Sixers won. We were up and cruising. Just got sloppy and lazy. That’s the only reason it was close.

[kio80]

Nets won this one.

DeAndre can’t defend Embiid but he and the Nets are getting used to Embiid. While instead of playing against Harden and Durant, our guys played against Shamet and Jeff Green.

Tobi had a good game. But he was defended by like Joe Harris and Shamet almost the entire game.

We probably should have sat Embiid this game.

Overthinking at it’s worst


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[Rastas]

Nets won this one.

DeAndre can’t defend Embiid but he and the Nets are getting used to Embiid. While instead of playing against Harden and Durant, our guys played against Shamet and Jeff Green.

Tobi had a good game. But he was defended by like Joe Harris and Shamet almost the entire game.

We probably should have sat Embiid this game.

Lol wait what? Jo wasn't getting calls in the first 1st quarter, and then continued to go down low in the 2nd and made things happen. The only reason the Nets got back into it is because Doc went uber bench heavy. Harden and Durant aren't going to stop Jo. Yeah you have to stop them, but it's about the same as stopping one player because there's only one ball. As long as Jo is hot, and Tobi can be productive we have a good chance of beating them. I also don't trust them all to be healthy for each game, or for Kyrie not to pull a Kyrie.

My statement was more on future games. I think we should have not played Jojo this game just as the Nets sat out Harden and KD.

If just for this game, yeah we won this.

And you should know we’ll win it just by seeing who’s available for tonight’s game.

We still dont know how we can stack up against a healthy nets squad. Unlike the Nets.

Trust me - come the ECF if the Nets make it , there will be no such thing as a healthy Nets squad.
Also if the Sixers make it , don't expect a healthy Embiid.

It will be survival of the fittest in a Sixers vs Nets ECF.

[eyeatoma]

Nets won this one.

DeAndre can’t defend Embiid but he and the Nets are getting used to Embiid. While instead of playing against Harden and Durant, our guys played against Shamet and Jeff Green.

Tobi had a good game. But he was defended by like Joe Harris and Shamet almost the entire game.

We probably should have sat Embiid this game.

Lol wait what? Jo wasn't getting calls in the first 1st quarter, and then continued to go down low in the 2nd and made things happen. The only reason the Nets got back into it is because Doc went uber bench heavy. Harden and Durant aren't going to stop Jo. Yeah you have to stop them, but it's about the same as stopping one player because there's only one ball. As long as Jo is hot, and Tobi can be productive we have a good chance of beating them. I also don't trust them all to be healthy for each game, or for Kyrie not to pull a Kyrie.

My statement was more on future games. I think we should have not played Jojo this game just as the Nets sat out Harden and KD.

If just for this game, yeah we won this.

And you should know we’ll win it just by seeing who’s available for tonight’s game.

We still dont know how we can stack up against a healthy nets squad. Unlike the Nets.

You';re over thinking it. Even if you think we showed our hand, we also saw their best defense. Durant isn't defending Jo, neither is Harden. Both will be on the floor and they won't be able to employ those quick doubles, as those players won't be on the floor.

Also if we didn't play Jo there was a good chance Kyrie would have beaten us and we would have lost the #1 seed, which is very important for us.

[76ciology]

Lol wait what? Jo wasn't getting calls in the first 1st quarter, and then continued to go down low in the 2nd and made things happen. The only reason the Nets got back into it is because Doc went uber bench heavy. Harden and Durant aren't going to stop Jo. Yeah you have to stop them, but it's about the same as stopping one player because there's only one ball. As long as Jo is hot, and Tobi can be productive we have a good chance of beating them. I also don't trust them all to be healthy for each game, or for Kyrie not to pull a Kyrie.

My statement was more on future games. I think we should have not played Jojo this game just as the Nets sat out Harden and KD.

If just for this game, yeah we won this.

And you should know we’ll win it just by seeing who’s available for tonight’s game.

We still dont know how we can stack up against a healthy nets squad. Unlike the Nets.

You';re over thinking it. Even if you think we showed out hand, we also saw their best defense. Durant isn't defending Jo, neither is Harden. Both will be on the floor and they won't be able to employ those quick doubles, as those players won't be on the floor.

Also if we didn't play Jo there was a good chance Kyrie would have beaten us and we would have lost the #1 see, which is very important for us.

Personally, I dont know why Nets decided to not even try to win this game by sitting out KD and Harden.

The first seed is just so much better than the second seed in terms of match-ups.

[76ciology]

I apologize if you guys think I overthink about it.

Just a bit disappointed to not be able to watch the Nets top players play against us and how we’d fare against them.

[Murray_17]

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Stuff like this is what worries me for the playoffs more than "why we are not playing against the best nets players?". Not even the Nets know what their best line ups are because they're not healthy enough to prove them, why we should worry about it for them?

This on the other hand is gonna be an issue for us in the playoffs, we should have more offensive sets when in need of a basket than "throw it to Joel and let him post-up", i know Tobi was on the bench so we were limited offensively but still something to consider.

The nets had the double on Embiid ready early in every possession because they just decided to stop defending Ben and we're gonna see for sure more of that on the playoffs but instead of Claxton/Alize is gonna be LMA and Blake/KD.

I think Doc is gonna be forced to stagger more minutes with Ben and Joel in the playoffs and he should try options doing it.

[shlo]

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Stuff like this is what worries me for the playoffs more than "why we are not playing against the best nets players?". Not even the Nets know what their best line ups are because they're not healthy enough to prove them, why we should worry about it for them?

This on the other hand is gonna be an issue for us in the playoffs, we should have more offensive sets when in need of a basket than "throw it to Joel and let him post-up", i know Tobi was on the bench so we were limited offensively but still something to consider.

The nets had the double on Embiid ready early in every possession because they just decided to stop defending Ben and we're gonna see for sure more of that on the playoffs but instead of Claxton/Alize is gonna be LMA and Blake/KD.

I think Doc is gonna be forced to stagger more minutes with Ben and Joel in the playoffs and he should try options doing it.

Ben is going to kill this team in the playoffs.

[76ciology]

Spacing with Biid and Ben, will not be an issue as long as Biid is knocking down those mid range like 7’ michael jordan.

It will be an issue if Embiid goes into a dry spell like what we’ve seen against the Pels and some stretches in the Nets game where he has to play bully ball but Ben and his man are clogging the paint.

This game I saw us trying to counter it by running snug PnR and punishing the Nets when DJ tries to cover Ben. Where Ben can throw the pass to Biid who has Green frequently switched unto him or just throw a miss where Biid is there for the put back.

[76ciology]

This is in response to Murray’s post.

Why it matters for me to see the Nets healthy against us?

Just because its more enjoyable?

Like I’d like to see if Tobi can score that much against Harden or KD, rather we’re seeing him score against smaller guys. Sometimes Kyrie is even defending Tobi. Most times its Joe Harris.

I’d also like to see how the Nets would run their offense in a close game. Will they hunt Seth just as how we hunt Joe Harris on defense? If we dont put Seth in the game, who will they hunt on defense? Tobi?

I’m also hyped about our perimeter defense, i’d love to see how it performs when we face Kd, Harden and Kyrie at the same time.

If Embiid is not shooting well and this happens..

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..and Tobi is having a hard time scoring against Harden (he’s not that bad of a defensive player). How will we generate our offense?

These are just some of the things i’d like to watch.

Anyway we’d still have the playoffs to look forward to and just I’d also like to enjoy having the first place and not facing the Bucks in the second round.

[Murray_17]

This is in response to Murray’s post.

Why it matters for me to see the Nets healthy against us?

Just because its more enjoyable?

Everyone wants to see this, there is a difference between that and jumping to say we lost this game because it didn't happen.

The Nets are just not healthy enough to have a constant and periodic rotation, period. KD and Blake cannot play back to backs, Harden is injured with the same injury KD had.

If you think we should rest embiid because some mind games when nothing of the sort is happening i don't know what to tell you.

edit: Also, every team is gonna try to front and double Embiid on the playoffs, you don't need to play against him to come with that strategy, it's how we got beat by the Celtics the first time we played them and is gonna be an issue forever until Ben get some sort of offense in the halfcourt.

[Negrodamus]

Shake is going to need to play 35 mpg in the playoffs for us to have a chance at the finals. He and Tobi are the only non-Embiid options on offense. Ben’s offensive value is purely fast breaks. If those dry up in the playoffs, we’re going to need to lean heavily on someone to pick up his scoring.

[AI_Efficiency]

I apologize if you guys think I overthink about it.

Just a bit disappointed to not be able to watch the Nets top players play against us and how we’d fare against them.

You nailed it when you mentioned the importance of the 1 seed. Every win right now is huge. The team that has to go through Milwaukee to make the ECF has a much harder road. They were talking about it on the morning shows today. If Brooklyn has a 70% chance at beating Milwaukee in a series, and a 70% chance at beating Philly in a series, the odds they do both are only 49%. You want the easiest path possible.

[thenbaman]

Ultimate troll move by Nash, and solid game theory to boot: keep the scrubs in, and if you lose, the damage to your team is minimal. But if you win with the scrubs after being up 22 in the 4th, the sixers are devastated.

I don't think it was that at all,it was more like the bench got us back into it so they can finish it.