10/29 Hawks at 76ers

DirtybirdGA · Post #1 » by **DirtybirdGA** » Fri Oct 28, 2016 9:08 pm

Early __ start 12:30 pm

Sixers Probable starters
Rodriguez
Henderson
Covington
Saric
Embiid

Post #2 » by **Jamaaliver** » Fri Oct 28, 2016 9:39 pm

Matchup(s) of the game:

Embiid vs. Superman

In the six years that have passed since his Dwight's run in Orlando ended, Howard hasn’t been quite the same dominant player, but he can still make an impact. The 30-year old center racked up 11 points (4-9 fg, 3-4 ft) and 19 rebounds in the Hawks’ 114-99 victory over Washington.

Saturday, Joel Embiid figures to get his first crack at the 6-foot-11, 265-pound, eight-time All-Star.

“I think it’s going to make me better,” Embiid said Friday, when discussing the impending match-up. “I like competing. I like competition. If someone’s going to make me better, it’s going to be good for me. I think it’s going to be a lot of fun. I’m sure I’m going to give him a hard time too.”

Between Embiid and Jahlil Okafor, who again is expected to have his playing time capped at 14 minutes, Brett Brown believes the Sixers boast the bodies to contend with Howard’s physicality.

“We have a situation that we haven’t had in the past where you can sort of go apples-for-apples with Jahlil and Joel in relation to size,” said Brown. “[Howard’s] mobility at a post with his footwork, and he’s quick - he’s explosive and he’s quick - warrants a lot of team stuff and help. We scheme up.

“If he gets the better of us, there are things we can do to double team him. They’ve changed the rule on the ‘Hack-a-Shaq.’ We have done that in the past. That changes some things. But in general, I feel like we’re good to go playing him straight-up at the start.”

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Post #3 » by **ATL Boy** » Sat Oct 29, 2016 2:07 pm

At the risk of being over-confident, games like this really should be a wins if we have any aspirations of a high seed in the East.

ducler · Post #4 » by **ducler** » Sat Oct 29, 2016 4:30 pm

Post #5 » by **ATL Boy** » Sat Oct 29, 2016 6:47 pm

Did what they were expected to do today. Dennis with a double-double (11 assists) is really nice to see.

Dwight needs to be smarter with the fouls though. Picked up his second and third fouls via a reach-in and a tug of the jersey while on offense. That got him on 2nd quarter foul trouble.

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DirtybirdGA · Post #6 » by **DirtybirdGA** » Sat Oct 29, 2016 7:24 pm

Well that's that, bring on Sacramento.

atlantabbq99 · Post #7 » by **atlantabbq99** » Sun Oct 30, 2016 8:04 am

Nothing to write about, nothing to be proud of, it's only the sixer. Time to look ahead to the next game