Why were the 76ers starters still in with 4 minutes left, up by 30 pts?

[Mephariel]

Man, Doc just can't get it right.

[IceColdCubano]

And see what it cost them with Embid injury on a game that was over 5 minutes before.

[ANTETOKOUNBROS]

Doc didn’t want to have the dubious distinction of grabbing defeat from the jaws of victory. Unfortunately he still cost the team by losing Embiid.

[tcheco]

Children need their fathers to teach them manners and engagement tactics. If you want to be engaged going forward, try again in a more respectful manner. Thank you.

His question was as pointed and thought provoking as yours, as he said if you can't handle public discourse on a public forum perhaps that's on you.

Who asked you? The question was directed at .... who exactly? Not you or him. If you can't understand that, that is on you.
I asked my question for a reason and as you are not him, you are not in any position to answer that question. Says a lot about you honestly.

Might want to consider your engagement strategy going forward.

Someone is 12 years old and past it's nap time

Tone it down please. No need for insults. -b

[ThatClockWork]

His question was as pointed and thought provoking as yours, as he said if you can't handle public discourse on a public forum perhaps that's on you.

Who asked you? The question was directed at .... who exactly? Not you or him. If you can't understand that, that is on you.
I asked my question for a reason and as you are not him, you are not in any position to answer that question. Says a lot about you honestly.

Might want to consider your engagement strategy going forward.

I think you're confused how a public forum works, you see anyone can quote or respond to you. If you don't like it don't post in public.

Making up imaginary rules of engagement that suits your own personal preferences has no bearing here. Where it does have a place is in "private" messaging, which may be more appealing to your sensibilities.

Public discourse .. lol. Welcome to the ignore list.

It's a public forum. If you want a private conversation, take it to PMs.

And you haven't answered my question, although a better one might have been "is that relevant?"

Children need their fathers to teach them manners and engagement tactics. If you want to be engaged going forward, try again in a more respectful manner. Thank you.

And apparently you need to be taught how a public message board works.

But don't worry, I have no desire to engage with self righteous morons so there'll be no further engagement between us. Thank you.

You should consider getting some help before trying to shift labels that fit your character onto others (and off the record this could of been easily avoided but tact .. either you have none or you just don't care) .. either way ... Not my circus, not my monkeys.

His question was as pointed and thought provoking as yours, as he said if you can't handle public discourse on a public forum perhaps that's on you.

Who asked you? The question was directed at .... who exactly? Not you or him. If you can't understand that, that is on you.
I asked my question for a reason and as you are not him, you are not in any position to answer that question. Says a lot about you honestly.

Might want to consider your engagement strategy going forward.

Someone is 12 years old and past it's nap time

Type harder at me

[GuyverX]

Vintage Doc Rivers!

[og15]

With 8 minutes left, it was a 24 point lead, that's not insurmountable, though unlikely, you obviously can't risk pulling starters then. 4 minutes left was when it worked out game wise to then shut it down, just to be safe. Could have called a timeout at around 6 minutes though, at that point the Raptors weren't one fire to change things.

[Childs]

With 8 minutes left, it was a 24 point lead, that's not insurmountable, though unlikely, you obviously can't risk pulling starters then. 4 minutes left was when it worked out game wise to then shut it down, just to be safe. Could have called a timeout at around 6 minutes though, at that point the Raptors weren't one fire to change things.

The Raptors could of jumped out of a boat and not land in water. That's how bad they stunk the 2nd half.

[MartyConlonOnTheRun]

Doc didn't want to have another choke so he made absolutely sure

They coulda just dribbled out the shot clock on every possession and then chucked a long 3 and still would’ve won by a mile. He must really think the curse is real.

It's math. I don't understand it. Up by 25 with 5 minutes left, they could literally dash up the court and bury a 3 every single time down the court and still lose. And that is assuming you don't make anything on the offensive end.

[MartyConlonOnTheRun]

With 8 minutes left, it was a 24 point lead, that's not insurmountable, though unlikely, you obviously can't risk pulling starters then. 4 minutes left was when it worked out game wise to then shut it down, just to be safe. Could have called a timeout at around 6 minutes though, at that point the Raptors weren't one fire to change things.

The problem with blown leads wasn't that they didn't keep starters in, it's that they didn't play smart. You can't shoot your way to a 24 point comeback. It takes rushed shots and turnovers.

24 points should be insurmountable if you play smart and keep ball handlers in the game. They basically have to go 10 for 10 from 3 with great d if you just don't turnover the ball.

[tcheco]

Who asked you? The question was directed at .... who exactly? Not you or him. If you can't understand that, that is on you.
I asked my question for a reason and as you are not him, you are not in any position to answer that question. Says a lot about you honestly.

Might want to consider your engagement strategy going forward.

I think you're confused how a public forum works, you see anyone can quote or respond to you. If you don't like it don't post in public.

Making up imaginary rules of engagement that suits your own personal preferences has no bearing here. Where it does have a place is in "private" messaging, which may be more appealing to your sensibilities.

Public discourse .. lol. Welcome to the ignore list.

Children need their fathers to teach them manners and engagement tactics. If you want to be engaged going forward, try again in a more respectful manner. Thank you.

And apparently you need to be taught how a public message board works.

But don't worry, I have no desire to engage with self righteous morons so there'll be no further engagement between us. Thank you.

You should consider getting some help before trying to shift labels that fit your character onto others (and off the record this could of been easily avoided but tact .. either you have none or you just don't care) .. either way ... Not my circus, not my monkeys.

Who asked you? The question was directed at .... who exactly? Not you or him. If you can't understand that, that is on you.
I asked my question for a reason and as you are not him, you are not in any position to answer that question. Says a lot about you honestly.

Might want to consider your engagement strategy going forward.

Someone is 12 years old and past it's nap time

Type harder at me

Insecure much?

[DonaldSanders]

With 8 minutes left, it was a 24 point lead, that's not insurmountable, though unlikely, you obviously can't risk pulling starters then. 4 minutes left was when it worked out game wise to then shut it down, just to be safe. Could have called a timeout at around 6 minutes though, at that point the Raptors weren't one fire to change things.

And pulling just Embiid early shouldn't/wouldn't be a big risk there. Embiid is the best player but he was already literally injured and grimacing while playing, Doc could have left everyone else in longer but pulled Embiid. With Embiid's injury history and actual injury he was/is healing from, it's obvious that Doc's fear of losing a series down 3-0 is why Embiid was still in the game.

It's all because of Doc's ego.

[Ballerhogger]

Read on Twitter

Every time Omg

[mediocrityrules]

Embiid already had an injury that he was nursing through these games. It's beyond stupid that he was out there for a second longer than necessary

[maxwellcu]

Get get them $tat$

[DeBrick]

Damn a lot of teams absolved themselves against Miami and Cleveland after LeBron left.

Have you ever played any sport competitively?

Have you?

Have you!?

[Wargreymon]

Have you ever played any sport competitively?

Have you?

Have you!?

Have you?

[Childs]

Have you ever played any sport competitively?

Have you?

Have you!?

Nope

[Isocleas2]

Who asked you? The question was directed at .... who exactly? Not you or him. If you can't understand that, that is on you.
I asked my question for a reason and as you are not him, you are not in any position to answer that question. Says a lot about you honestly.

Might want to consider your engagement strategy going forward.

I think you're confused how a public forum works, you see anyone can quote or respond to you. If you don't like it don't post in public.

Making up imaginary rules of engagement that suits your own personal preferences has no bearing here. Where it does have a place is in "private" messaging, which may be more appealing to your sensibilities.

Public discourse .. lol. Welcome to the ignore list.

You know in private messages you can ignore other people even easier.

[srhcan]

felt asleep afte 1st half ,brief summary please for raptors collapse.

Raptors is a bad shooting team.