Boston in the 2nd round. How do the 76ers win the series?

[mjkvol]

Yea he's shameless at this point. What happened to players being fined ? I worry about him and Grant flopping around Embiid and causing him to fall awkwardly again.

I'm through 'worrying' about anything regarding Embiid, be it treating him like glass so he isn't hurt again, or especially his mood swings if he's somehow 'disrespected' and doesn't win MVP. Just go out and f***king play. If he mopes and the Sixers lose, then maybe he was never as great as we all thought he was. If he gets hurt again, I suppose it just isn't meant to be with him.

Not directed at you, but all the gnashing of teeth over Embiid's moods and health from the fan base, and Harden as well to an extent, has just gotten beyond old. These are allegedly all time great players both headed to the HOF - time to go out and prove you belong in that kind of company. That's what truly great players do.

No MVP he's going to be a mopy dick.

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Then we lose and maybe the crowd here is right and it's time to cut bait. Tired of all the drama.

[Eyeamok]

Since Hawks figured out how to beat the Celts by attacking Al Horford in G3, they have averaged 120 ORtg.

Trae also averaged 15+ppg in the 4th for the last 3 games.

And in crunch time of G5, when Celts wants more defense by inserting Rob Williams, they collapsed on offense.

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If Hawks have figured it our as early as G1, this probably is a closer series. Even possibly Hawks leading this series right now.

Btw check :20 to :30 secs of that clip, personally I find Smart did a dirty play by “falling” which in effect creates a allowable illegal screen

Loved that female fan yelling advice to the Celtic players. "Stop turning the ball over!" "You are the worse!" Fantastic

[Sixerscan]

Happy the Hawks won of course, but Im not sure how much they figured out versus they take a million 3s and some nights they go in for them. Other nights they don’t and they get beat by Jaden Springer.

Their strategy is much more high variance compared to what the Nets were doing. It’s good to at least extend the series a game or two further but I don’t know how much we should be taking from it.

[Wilfried]

Happy the Hawks won of course, but Im not sure how much they figured out versus they take a million 3s and some nights they go in for them. Other nights they don’t and they get beat by Jaden Springer.

Their strategy is much more high variance compared to what the Nets were doing. It’s good to at least extend the series a game or two further but I don’t know how much we should be taking from it.

And to be fair, their final 5 minutes against Celtics was just Trae Young going 1-5.

They got lucky, Celtics missed some stuff they shouldn't.

But it could be nice to see the Celtics start doubting themselves a bit, that's never good in the play-offs

[spikeslovechild]

Happy the Hawks won of course, but Im not sure how much they figured out versus they take a million 3s and some nights they go in for them. Other nights they don’t and they get beat by Jaden Springer.

Their strategy is much more high variance compared to what the Nets were doing. It’s good to at least extend the series a game or two further but I don’t know how much we should be taking from it.

Yeah if tray can play like steph they have a shot to get this to a game 7 but their defense is atrocious.

The longer the series goes the more healthy Embiid will be for game 1.

[Negrodamus]

I'd say it's good to be able to watch how the Hawks have neutralized Tatum's scoring output in this series. Three straight poor shooting games from him. Forced him into drawing fouls the previous two and the wheel completely came off for him last night.

[youngcrev]

I don't think it matters without a fully healthy Embiid. Unless Harden puts on a masterclass on the offensive end.
I'm not ready to call it quits because I believe anything can happen, but the sprained ACL has sealed our fate in the same fashion that the torn ligament in the thumb did last season. We're dead men walking and summer starts in May.
I apologize for the negativity, but barring miracle HOF performances out of Harden, Maxey, and Harris we're done.

Im no medical expert but is sprained knee same with sprained ACL?

Dr. Cho video in the Embiid thread says it's probably the ACL.

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All the reporting I've seen is that it's a sprained LCL, not ACL.

Kyle Neubeck put out an article that kinda walked through potential scenarios of what that injury could mean (without any insight on how severe the injury is)

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[phillynative]

Since Hawks figured out how to beat the Celts by attacking Al Horford in G3, they have averaged 120 ORtg.

Trae also averaged 15+ppg in the 4th for the last 3 games.

And in crunch time of G5, when Celts wants more defense by inserting Rob Williams, they collapsed on offense.

Watch on YouTube

If Hawks have figured it our as early as G1, this probably is a closer series. Even possibly Hawks leading this series right now.

Btw check :20 to :30 secs of that clip, personally I find Smart did a dirty play by “falling” which in effect creates a allowable illegal screen

Watch on YouTube

He tried in the last game of the last possesion against us as well[9:10]. Flopping all over the place like a fish out of water and falling into the defenders on purpose.

[eyeatoma]

Im no medical expert but is sprained knee same with sprained ACL?

Dr. Cho video in the Embiid thread says it's probably the ACL.

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All the reporting I've seen is that it's a sprained LCL, not ACL.

Kyle Neubeck put out an article that kinda walked through potential scenarios of what that injury could mean (without any insight on how severe the injury is)

Read on Twitter

Yeah it's an LCL. That video that was shared before was speculation. The LCL stuff came a day later.

[76ciology]

2nd half
Celts 106 ORtg (2nd to the worst) 119DRtg (12 of 16)
Sixers +20 NetRtg

4th Qtr
Celts 111 ORtg (11 of 16) 121 DRtg (12 of 16)
Sixers +33 NetRtg

Celts does not have an extra gear. They just play good basketball for full 48. You’ll beat this team by being resilient and having composure and a good closer down the stretch.

[76ciology]

2nd half
Tatum shoots 38%, lowest among 33 players who averaged at least 10ppg in 2nd halves. He also shoots just 30% on 3s.

[youngcrev]

2nd half
Tatum shoots 38%, lowest among 33 players who averaged at least 10ppg in 2nd halves. He also shoots just 30% on 3s.

I was gonna say "but he kills us" since the game winner sticks out... But looking at the split stats, he scored 21 ppg against us there year, which is his lowest average against any team.

I had to keep re-wording that because "we held him to..." feels like it's assigning too much credit to our defense, but still notable.

[76ciology]

2nd half
Tatum shoots 38%, lowest among 33 players who averaged at least 10ppg in 2nd halves. He also shoots just 30% on 3s.

I was gonna say "but he kills us" since the game winner sticks out... But looking at the split stats, he scored 21 ppg against us there year, which is his lowest average against any team.

I had to keep re-wording that because "we held him to..." feels like it's assigning too much credit to our defense, but still notable.

Yeah, i pointed out that we have limited both Brown and Tatum. And ive been digging the numbers and re-watching the games. A part of it is credited to our defenders and part of it is our scheme, we like to shade the drives and send help. In effect, guys like Brogdon, White and their bigs are getting good looks.

And watching the Hawks, ive mentioned that they’re playing the same scheme as we did after G2. If only they’ve figured it out earlier, Hawks might be leading in this series.

[Kova]

Take no game for granted. Every game counts. First game is so important. You can totally switch the narrative with a W there.
This series is our finals this season. If we beat C's it will do wonders for our spirits. Let's go!

[ProcessDoctor]

Probably the most important series in the Joel Embiid era.

[ExplosionsInDaSky]

It's very simple...
We need:
A healthy, non mopey, non flopping, non knee clutching, non back clutching Embiid.

If we get tired, mopey Embiid then Doc is going to have to let Maxey OR Harden just take things over.

[rocketsfan100]

The winner of this series will have HCA for the rest of the whole playoffs. I believe the future champion will come out out of this series

[76ciology]

Dedmon and Tucker definitely has shared Spo’s wisdom and their experience with the Heat’s 7 game playoff series last year.

[76ciology]

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[FlyingArrow]

Probably the most important series in the Joel Embiid era.

Tough to beat the 2019 Raptors series in terms of significance, but this is important.