Eastern Conference | Round 1 | (4) Philadelphia 76ers vs. (5) Toronto Raptors (PHI 3-2)

[jbent87]

Win here would be huge.

best part of a 7 game series. Every win is huge and can swing the momentum back the other way.

No Thybulle next two games, could get interesting.

[Sisqo]

Win here would be huge.

best part of a 7 game series. Every win is huge and can swing the momentum back the other way.

No Thybulle next two games, could get interesting.

I don't watch the 76ers enough in the regular season to know but have they played him less the first 2 games than normal?

[SelfishPlayer]

Win here would be huge.

best part of a 7 game series. Every win is huge and can swing the momentum back the other way.

No Thybulle next two games, could get interesting.

I don't watch the 76ers enough in the regular season to know but have they played him less the first 2 games than normal?

Thybulle is a defensive specialist. The Sixers have better offensive options on the roster. The Raptors don't have enough offensive firepower for Thybulle's absence to matter.

[Sisqo]

best part of a 7 game series. Every win is huge and can swing the momentum back the other way.

No Thybulle next two games, could get interesting.

I don't watch the 76ers enough in the regular season to know but have they played him less the first 2 games than normal?

Thybulle is a defensive specialist. The Sixers have better offensive options on the roster. The Raptors don't have enough offensive firepower for Thybulle's absence to matter.

Well let's be honest, if Trent was even half of himself and Scottie wasn't hurt it opens up the floor and it absolutely could matter.

[SelfishPlayer]

I don't watch the 76ers enough in the regular season to know but have they played him less the first 2 games than normal?

Thybulle is a defensive specialist. The Sixers have better offensive options on the roster. The Raptors don't have enough offensive firepower for Thybulle's absence to matter.

Well let's be honest, if Trent was even half of himself and Scottie wasn't hurt it opens up the floor and it absolutely could matter.

There's a saying "if if were a fifth, we'd all be drunk." In this case it would be a fifth of Cisco...

[Sisqo]

Thybulle is a defensive specialist. The Sixers have better offensive options on the roster. The Raptors don't have enough offensive firepower for Thybulle's absence to matter.

Well let's be honest, if Trent was even half of himself and Scottie wasn't hurt it opens up the floor and it absolutely could matter.

There's a saying "if if were a fifth, we'd all be drunk." In this case it would be a fifth of Cisco...

How does that even apply. Its a logical statement to say that if 2 of the better offensive players on a team were playing that the defence would have to adjust.. lol

[ATLTimekeeper]

No, he's serious. This is all a conspiracy against Toronto and the idea that maybe Toronto is actually committing more fouls is too absurd a notion to even be considered. We're like 48 hours from conspiracy theories that would make even QAnon blush.

I'm sure you wouldn't be complaining if the Sixers playoff opponent shot 32 free throws vs your 10. You would just take it in stride with a smile for sure

Maybe if we were adequately prepared for the series but in this instance I would complain about my GM not acquiring someone that is within 50 pounds of the other team's best player.

Meh, you guys lost to the Hawks with no one heavier than 240. I'm not buying your rationalizations. The math never seems to add up.

[Sixerscan]

I'm sure you wouldn't be complaining if the Sixers playoff opponent shot 32 free throws vs your 10. You would just take it in stride with a smile for sure

Maybe if we were adequately prepared for the series but in this instance I would complain about my GM not acquiring someone that is within 50 pounds of the other team's best player.

Meh, you guys lost to the Hawks with no one heavier than 240. I'm not buying your rationalizations. The math never seems to add up.

Embiid averaged 0.5 fewer free throws per game in that series than he is in this series so far.

Lost to them for other reasons.

[greekbuck34]

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wow great video

The first 10 or so FTs were 100% legit but all the rest were pretty soft for a playoff game.
Honestly without home cooking it could have dropped from 21 to 14-15 FTs for those two guys and that number of FTs seems legit for two players attacking constantly clearly undersized players.
Officiating was definitely not the reason the Raptors got destroyed on both games.

Stop trying to guard Embiid with slim PFs and Harden with short weak guys like Flynn.

[The High Cyde]

Lmao the only thing being discussed in here is the free throws, no strategy no nothing haha y’all wouldn’t have survived the first 50 minutes of Game 2 between the Grizzlies and Wolves, that **** was only the first quarter.

But seriously, it’s looking like Toronto is getting swept, ant no FT disparity changing that.

[s e n s i]

Win here would be huge.

best part of a 7 game series. Every win is huge and can swing the momentum back the other way.

No Thybulle next two games, could get interesting.

lol. thybulle has 8 points in 28 minutes and a 0 +/-, in a series where philly has outscored toronto by 35 points. virtually a non-factor and this talking point has been overblown for two weeks now over a marginally impactful player. should toronto find a way to win tonight, this is all people will point to: no thybulle, as if he actually moves the needle for philly in this particular matchup.

[ATLTimekeeper]

Maybe if we were adequately prepared for the series but in this instance I would complain about my GM not acquiring someone that is within 50 pounds of the other team's best player.

Meh, you guys lost to the Hawks with no one heavier than 240. I'm not buying your rationalizations. The math never seems to add up.

Embiid averaged 0.5 fewer free throws per game in that series than he is in this series so far.

Lost to them for other reasons.

But why would our GM need to add someone within 50 pounds of Embiid, then? I'm not following this logic. I don't care that Embiid gets his 13 a game, or whatever it is. He's fouling on defense. And they should probably review him hitting guys in the face, like they do with every other player.

[ATLTimekeeper]

Is this a serious cause-effect assertion or tongue-in-cheek? I honestly can't tell.

I'm not being serious about Ujiri calling Adam Silver.

[Joker]

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wow great video

The first 10 or so FTs were 100% legit but all the rest were pretty soft for a playoff game..

Lol, in the third foul (OG reaching in on Harden), you literally see James Harden momentarily grab OG's arm and trap it with his own arm then shoot! How is OG supposed to clear his arm out of the way if Harden is pulling on it and trapping it?

[Sixerscan]

Meh, you guys lost to the Hawks with no one heavier than 240. I'm not buying your rationalizations. The math never seems to add up.

Embiid averaged 0.5 fewer free throws per game in that series than he is in this series so far.

Lost to them for other reasons.

But why would our GM need to add someone within 50 pounds of Embiid, then? I'm not following this logic. I don't care that Embiid gets his 13 a game, or whatever it is. He's fouling on defense. And they should probably review him hitting guys in the face, like they do with every other player.

Did I say you need to add the guy to beat the Sixers? No I said you need to add a guy to physically match up with him or an excellent game plan executed perfectly to stop him from getting to the line all the time. You don't have the former, Nurse hasn't shown the latter yet, but I'm not completely counting him out.

Your team is bottom 5 in free throw rate it's bad at getting to the line. The hitting in the face stuff is exaggerated either way Siakam hit Embiid in the face and there was no review. Guys get hit in the face sometimes it's basketball.

[Sixersftw]

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wow great video

The first 10 or so FTs were 100% legit but all the rest were pretty soft for a playoff game..

Lol, in the third foul (OG reaching in on Harden), you literally see James Harden momentarily grab OG's arm and trap it with his own arm then shoot! How is OG supposed to clear his arm out of the way if Harden is pulling on it and trapping it?

Its still a foul, hand was in the cookie jar. You can argue its an unnatural shooting motion and should have been a rip through rather than 3 shots but thats about it. However, we have the benefit of slo-mo and a perfect angle. The ref doesn't.

[Black Mage]

ok just make sure you give the same explanation when Butler and Lowry are combining for 17 freethrow attempts per game against the Sixers....that's all I'm asking for.

Ok and how about you tell all the raptors fans complaining in this thread to do the same because it was cool when Lowry grifted for a decade.

If the Sixers play the Heat and put guys completely physically incapable of covering Butler or Lowry on them and they get lit up with fouls and points they’ll get what they deserve. Like when the Sixers put Niang on Siakam last night and he picked up 3 fouls in like 4 minutes, they got what they deserved. That’s what the Raptors are doing by putting guys 50+ pounds lighter on Embiid.

A page and a half now in this thread of you complaining about people complaining. That's some solid mod work. Way to bring up the level of discussion on this board.

So your solution is to let cry babies whine and throw tantrums and condemn folks for getting sick of hearing it and responding. How about Mods step up and shutdown those posters that are literally providing nothing to discussion except crying about refs and fouls?

[C_Money]

This thread sucks. I’m going back to the Raptors board.

[G R E Y]

My favourite young Spur, Devin Vassell, is in TO so maybe we'll see him at the game!

[JShuttlesworth]

My favourite young Spur, Devin Vassell, is in TO so maybe we'll see him at the game!

What brings him to TO?