Dunce Cap of Defeat No. 3 - Sixers 136, Magic 124

[Bergmaniac]

Suggs was quite awful, I love his defence usually, but as Knightro said in the game thread, he was completely out of control way too often in this one. We probably would have lost anyway, but he killed any chance of comeback in a 30 second sequence late starting from when the score was 120:125. First he completely forgot who he was supposed to guard when the Sixers were bringing the ball upcourt which led to an easy layup for Maxey. Then his lob pass was a turnover. Then he decided to gamble for a steal in the backcourt even though there were almost 2 minutes left and we were only 7 points down. He got beat, Maxey got an easy 3, game over.

But Carter was still worse, he just got abused all night by the Sixers backup bigs.

[kane0801]

While we can criticize the continued offensive woes of Mosley the more concerning part is the fact that we have given up multiple 120+ games to start the year. This did not happen last year. Is the faster pace wearing guys out where its giving up points in other end? this is what paolo stated in the post game interview. Is bane defense overrated? he didnt looks great vs maxxey and VJ but few teams are going to. The bigger concern is the lack of pain defense. Paolo is not great paint defender and when dell cant make up and plays soft like yesterday, teams get to the paint at will on us. there are alot of holes to fill aready this early in the season. not a good sign.

No KCP and less JI. We have worsened our defense while offense is still in the same hands. Last year Oklahoma had #1 defense with #5 pace. Not a good excuse.
Yes my pain defense is also very weak.

OKC have many elite defender,Chet,I-Hart,Caurso,Cason,Dort,Jdub,SGA

[drsd]

Suggs was quite awful, I love his defence usually, but as Knightro said in the game thread, he was completely out of control way too often in this one. We probably would have lost anyway, but he killed any chance of comeback in a 30 second sequence late starting from when the score was 120:125. First he completely forgot who he was supposed to guard why the Sixers were the ball upcourt which led to an easy layup for Maxey. Then his lob pass was a turnover. Then he decided to gamble for a steal in the backcourt even though there were almost 2 minutes left and we were only 7 points down. He got beat, Maxey got an easy 3, game over.

But Carter was still worse, he just got abused all night by the Sixers backup bigs.

And-1

I will add that Bitadze leading offensive sets was also a disaster. He is only credited with 2 TOs, but boy was there a lot of broken plays by his poor passing.

[jezzerinho]

Suggs was quite awful, I love his defence usually, but as Knightro said in the game thread, he was completely out of control way too often in this one. We probably would have lost anyway, but he killed any chance of comeback in a 30 second sequence late starting from when the score was 120:125. First he completely forgot who he was supposed to guard why the Sixers were the ball upcourt which led to an easy layup for Maxey. Then his lob pass was a turnover. Then he decided to gamble for a steal in the backcourt even though there were almost 2 minutes left and we were only 7 points down. He got beat, Maxey got an easy 3, game over.

But Carter was still worse, he just got abused all night by the Sixers backup bigs.

And-1

I will add that Bitadze leading offensive sets was also a disaster. He is only credited with 2 TOs, but boy was there a lot of broken plays by his poor passing.

The passing in general is so lackadaisical and telegraphed it's a wonder we don't have more turnovers. It has to be way snappier - in time to decide and in execution.

[dsg2021]

I think one of AB or Suggs should get attention given their guards torched us. I chose AB because he played more minutes.

I blamed Mosley but really he's adjusting. Tyus now down to 10 minutes. That's the right trend.

I'm curious why Penda had two first half stints. Lots of instability with rotations even considering Suggs ramp up.

We had five runs: 9-0, 8-3, 5-0, 9-0, and 9-2. AB was on the court for 4/5. He's frustrating but he's a winning player.

76ers had six runs: 12-2, 14-2, 14-5, 7-1, 5-0, 17-7. AB was on the court for 3/6 and caught parts of two others. So maybe he's just getting lots of minutes.

/RandomMode

This is very interesting stuff

[Knightro]

Dunce Cap No. 3

Dunce Caps
Paolo Banchero - 1 (v. ATL)
Tyus Jones - 1 (v. CHI)
Jamahl Mosley - 1 (at PHL)

Facepalms
Jamahl Mosley - 1 (v. ATL)
Paolo Banchero - 1 (v. CHI)
Wendell Carter Jr. - 1 (at PHL)

Poop Lollys
Tyus Jones - 1 (v. ATL)
Jamahl Mosley - (v. CHI)
Team Defense - 1 (at PHL)

[eyriq]

Mosley has the full collection