Victory Cigar!!! BOS 112 @ PHL 109 (36-21)

[truth18]

LIVE FROM THE WELLS FARGO CENTER, YOUR VC. I'll edit this with notes from the live game when I get home.

Edit: the game was great. It's been a foggy, sleet ridden horrible day in Philly, but it actually made the Wells Fargo Center look really cool from the outside, like some sort of large alien boat floating in the mist. I arrived at the game just before tipoff and started cheering us on. I was really impressed with Hayward's resiliency during this game. He had some moments early on that were rough mentally and outside of Horford, his teammates weren't really encouraging him that much. He persevered regardless and quickly became a big part of the win. Horford and Smart also had really good games. Smart is so fun to watch in person, and even though his shot wasn't falling at all, I enjoyed watching him piss off the Sixers defensively. Horford just did a ton and kept the team's spirits up in the lulls. He was constantly talking to guys on the bench and on court. I hope Al will take more of a vocal leadership role going forward. I haven't seen a game in person since just before Christmas but he wasn't acting the way he normally does tonight.

I thought Brown made some mistakes with his lineups tonight, and Simmons got too much time in general, I'd probably give the majority of his minutes to McConnell. Embiid looked shook as **** towards the end of the game.

There were some Celtics fans next to me in addition to the usual Sixers fans. At one point in the game, a Celtics fan a few rows back tried to fight several people for no reason; I had to calm down the situation, lol. Philly fans don't really play like that and the guy clearly wasn't from around here. It sucks to see people act like that at away games and never makes us look good as a fanbase, but aside from that the banter/insults on both sides were kept to the team/players. I met some cute southie girls leaving the game. Good night. CS UP.

[ConstableGeneva]

Giving it to Hayward. Horford is damn fine choice as well. What a win!

[Froob]

Hayward was awesome, but I’ll give it to Horford. Big time brought it on both ends and we needed it.

P.S. we still winning the East

[mwhis21]

Gordon and Al- Going Gordon but won’t argue against Al.

[Celticfan_N_FL]

Big Al smokes it.

[MapleRed]

Hayward, big game on the road against a tough team. But that go-ahead 3 in the 4th quarter was the biggest shot he's hit all season.

[King Of The 4th]

Great game by Hayward, but I'm giving it to Horford for owning Embiid all night. Most impactful player on the court.

[GoCeltics123]

To all the Philly fans that lurked:

You are our little brothers right now. Weak a** fanbase. 3-0 in the season series. 4-1 in the playoffs last year.

Remember how those new additions would run us over without Kyrie? Oh wait...

[ajones9219]

Going with Hayward but Horford deserves it too

[AKFO]

Gave it to Al but Hayward's right there. We needed that for the standings and the locker room, although the win wasn't exactly a surprise.

[yazfan]

Hayward smoke it by far 26 pts, 28 minutes 8/11 and the 3 pointer to give us back the lead with 1:28

[ThumbsUpBaby]

Gordon smokes it.

[SichtingLives]

Played hard. Heart. Character. Overcame stupidity. And of course, couldn't have done that with Kyrie lololol jk. but others won't be.

[CeltsfanSinceBirth]

Warriors East?

[Green89]

[Ben-N1ce]

Have to give it to Hayward. These lose by double digits without him being on fire. He save Smart from unanimous ass of shame. AL was exceptional too.

[RWGreen]

Sixers learning what C's already knew - there's only 1 ball. Guess I'll be listening to Rights to Ricky Sanchez tomorrow.

[SuperDeluxe]

Hayward definitely. Not far behind was Horford, and also Tatum with the sneaky good game and the cold-blooded free throws.

[GuyClinch]

Horford wasn't all that - Hayward was great though.

[Parliament10]

That was a Gritty Game.
Everybody counted us out.

It ain't easy being Green.