Saturday 11/27 Game Thread

[Nuntius]

Why didn't they put a bigger body to box out guys like Drummond & Embiid? Towns fouled out?

Yes, Towns fouled out. All of their active big bodies were out there but they're running out of them.

Okay. They got out muscled. It just seemed like an odd coaching decision. Like you don't have any better options?

Don't get me wrong, I thought the same thing as well but apparently, they didn't have any better options.

Then you fail to utilize a timeout? Odd.

Thought the same thing again but someone in here said that the TV feed was probably wrong and that they didn't have another timeout. If they did, they definitely should have taken it.

[Kalela]

Seth Curry was wide open. Embiid has terrible court vision. Which is why double teaming him always works.

[Wolfgang630]

Why do teams keep taking 3’s when the game is tied or they’re down by 1. It happens wayyyy too much.

[Domejandro]

Why do teams keep taking 3’s when the game is tied or they’re down by 1. It happens wayyyy too much.

One legitimate reason is that NBA-level defenses are so good at denying drives in one-possession situations. I think teams really need to run more off-screen play actions, but that is definitely the limiting factor, for what it is worth.

[kuclas]

Seth Curry was wide open. Embiid has terrible court vision. Which is why double teaming him always works.

Sixers need iso point guard who can shoot from beyond 5 feet end of the game. Maxey is not a point guard. Curry is not a point guard.

It’s been the same story the past 4 seasons. How many games they lost in the final seconds.

You cannot have embiid getting the ball 20 feet out and expecting your 280 pound center to make a play.

[cupcakesnake]

Why do teams keep taking 3’s when the game is tied or they’re down by 1. It happens wayyyy too much.

Yeah thought they'd get Embiid the ball inside the 3-point line and he was likely to at least get fouled if he went at our tiny fouled-out front line. But Embiid bailed us out with some likely tired decision making.

He had 21 free throw attempts tonight. Our whole team had 16.

[FinnTheHuman]

Some of those foul calls against us and in favor of Embiid were just awful refereeing. Like 30% of them. And that thing going off of Embiid's foot in the 2nd OT, and they give Philly the ball... pathetic 5v8 that we pulled off, makes the win so much sweeter:)

[thinktank]

Philly couldn’t beat the wolves even with the refs and having KAT fouled out wow

Us Wolves NEVER get calls.

I’m telling you.

I’d like to see season long free throw disparity.

Wolves have to be the biggest bet negative.

Have to.

[Nuntius]

Why do teams keep taking 3’s when the game is tied or they’re down by 1. It happens wayyyy too much.

Refs swallow their whistles at the end of games. Trying to go inside (either via pass or drive) is quite likely to lead to a bad shot or a turnover due to those swallowed whistles. Shooting a jumper is the safer option.

[Domejandro]

Some of those foul calls against us and in favor of Embiid were just awful refereeing. Like 30% of them. And that thing going off of Embiid's foot in the 2nd OT, and they give Philly the ball... pathetic 5v8 that we pulled off, makes the win so much sweeter:)

To be fair to the refs (who don't deserve it), a lot of the ticky-tack fouls are still fouls, I just don't see other players getting those calls. I kind of think the League needs to revisit how fouls are called in driving situations, because it kills the game-flow.

[Strepbacter]

Clowns really thought Harden was better than Kobe lmao.

[darkse1d]

it's sad seeing Harden like this. Used to be one of my favourite players to watch. Now he looks like Rick Ross and doesn't belong in a basketball court.

[Wolfgang630]

Harden 1/10 lol. Oh well

[FinnTheHuman]

Some of those foul calls against us and in favor of Embiid were just awful refereeing. Like 30% of them. And that thing going off of Embiid's foot in the 2nd OT, and they give Philly the ball... pathetic 5v8 that we pulled off, makes the win so much sweeter:)

To be fair to the refs (who don't deserve it), a lot of the ticky-tack fouls are still fouls, I just don't see other players getting those calls. I kind of think the League needs to revisit how fouls are called in driving situations, because it kills the game-flow.

I mean some were simply not fouls. A defender should never be called for the foul if he's vertical, and some of the fouls called in favor of Embiid were when KAT/Reid were on the spot on time and vertical.

And then Embiid took down Vando when both Vando and Prince were both on the ground, I don't see how the refs don't see stuff like that but see all the little barely existent bull on Embiid.

[Domejandro]

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[Strepbacter]

Booker really needs to work on his handle.

[garrick]

MVP level performance from Harden, 1/10 & 7 TOs.

[yoyoboy]

Okoro is just a tragic basketball player.

[Calamity_Cometh]

Go away, KD.

[Domejandro]

Yes, Towns fouled out. All of their active big bodies were out there but they're running out of them.

Okay. They got out muscled. It just seemed like an odd coaching decision. Like you don't have any better options?

Don't get me wrong, I thought the same thing as well but apparently, they didn't have any better options.

Then you fail to utilize a timeout? Odd.

Thought the same thing again but someone in here said that the TV feed was probably wrong and that they didn't have another timeout. If they did, they definitely should have taken it.

I was right and shouldn't have second-guessed myself. Coach Finch actually just blew it there.

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