Eastern Conference | Round 1 | (4) Philadelphia 76ers vs. (5) Toronto Raptors (PHI 3-2)

[Johnny Bball]

What - EXACTLY - was the "break"? Huh? Not making a call THEY FREAKING NEVER CALL?

That's the "break"?

Refs want the game decided on the court. That is why they didn't put Harris on the line. And that is why they did not make that RIDICULOUS "coach out of the box" call that Raptors fans are flooding the internet with - and being ABSOLUTELY (and rightly) RIDICULED for.

Bye, Felicia.

Your reading comprehension is as good as your basketball comprehension if you can't figure it out, which apparently you can't. Genius.

Ridiculed? You're the one that can't see what's happening on the court and thinks the raps aren't driving. The sole sum of your wisdom comes from talking heads. Pretty pathetic.

Nice deflection. B!tching about the refs not calling Doc out of the box is about as weak sauce and loser take as there is. It is a joke. It would NEVER BE CALLED.

But you know that.

And go ahead and ignore the fact that your starting 4 played 48 minutes and shot zero free throws. ZERO.

Deflection? You hypocrite, you never even answer my first question and have move the goalposts ever since. As you are now. You're just unarmed in any of this.

[bebopdeluxe]

**** clueless...

Make excuses for this one too while you're single-handedly posting walls of rambling trash that isn't factual.

NBA rule book Section IV—The Coach...
The coach’s position may be on or off the bench from the substitution box line (closest to the coach’s bench)...A coach is not permitted to cross the midcourt line and violators will be assessed an unsportsmanlike technical foul immediately

And Embiid was whining about the refs more than Nurse ... the hypocrisy from Sixers fans is pretty damn funny.

THIS is what I am responding to.

IS THIS YOUR POST?

Again - this is a CLOWN TAKE. "NBA rule book Section IV...The Coach..BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH.

I am done with you. Bye.

[fbalmeida]

I find Embiid, Harden, Doc Rivers, and Morey hard to cheer for. Team-wise they remain the frankly beatable team I saw in the regular season. We haven't been remotely up to the task for multiple reasons, but that's beside the point.

When our title defense in 2020 washed upon the shores of a hammer screen play broken up by the hideous creature known as Marcus Smart, I instantly expected and wanted the Celtics to win it all in the bubble. A team that well coached winning it all would vindicate our defeat.

But apparently they had nothing left in them to take on the Heat and I haven't wished well upon them ever since.

I see nothing to vindicate with a 76ers title run if our 1st round exit pans out. They beat an unhealthy, young, and overachieving Raptors team that's missing at least one more shooter off the bench and a traditionally sized big.

Man you must loathe your only team title then. Barely scraped by an unhealthy Sixers team. Then needed KD to go down to beat a wounded Warriors. Your Title is a fake, just put an * on it, cause it clearly was a fluke.

Injuries are a part of the game. About health, Lowry played while requiring surgery and Kawhi was hobbling on one quad throughout. We beat a 76ers team with Butler, Harris, Simmons, and Embiid, both with and without Gasolenteritis. We beat Giannis, Middleton, BroLo, and Brogdon. We beat Curry, Klay, and Draymond.

It was glorious, as championships always are.

[Wolfgang630]

Maybe the Raptors will win this next game.



Ehh who am I kidding.

[Black Mage]

I find Embiid, Harden, Doc Rivers, and Morey hard to cheer for. Team-wise they remain the frankly beatable team I saw in the regular season. We haven't been remotely up to the task for multiple reasons, but that's beside the point.

When our title defense in 2020 washed upon the shores of a hammer screen play broken up by the hideous creature known as Marcus Smart, I instantly expected and wanted the Celtics to win it all in the bubble. A team that well coached winning it all would vindicate our defeat.

But apparently they had nothing left in them to take on the Heat and I haven't wished well upon them ever since.

I see nothing to vindicate with a 76ers title run if our 1st round exit pans out. They beat an unhealthy, young, and overachieving Raptors team that's missing at least one more shooter off the bench and a traditionally sized big.

Man you must loathe your only team title then. Barely scraped by an unhealthy Sixers team. Then needed KD to go down to beat a wounded Warriors. Your Title is a fake, just put an * on it, cause it clearly was a fluke.

You could come up with a list of reasons why every title is like that but you won't do that, you're going to just do it to try and take down the Raptors title. It shows how little you know about basketball because this happens so often. EVERY single title has some form of impact because of injuries along the way. It might be regular season giving a team a better playoff position, could be round 1 2 or 3, ect. You lost in 7 get over it, it was 2019 and you have a great team now so why cry?

For once Sisqo try reading the post I'm responding to. YOUR raptors fan dismissed this Sixers teams for reasons "a, b, c" meanwhile he's got a banner for the Raptors title. All I did was use his own criteria to show that the title he cherishes meets "a, b, c" and so by his standards he must hate his own team's title. I NEVER said all Raptors fans should feel that way, I specifically limited it to JUST this poster because of his personal criteria.

I frankly have no issue with Raptors title, it sucked it came at the expense of the Sixers and one of the most insane bounces I've seen in a decade, but Raps earned it. You beat who you is in front of you, you can't control that side of it. This comes from experience as a lot of folks back in 2008 argued the Phil's title wasn't credible b/c they avoided the Yanks and only had to beat the Rays.

[fbalmeida]

Man you must loathe your only team title then. Barely scraped by an unhealthy Sixers team. Then needed KD to go down to beat a wounded Warriors. Your Title is a fake, just put an * on it, cause it clearly was a fluke.

You could come up with a list of reasons why every title is like that but you won't do that, you're going to just do it to try and take down the Raptors title. It shows how little you know about basketball because this happens so often. EVERY single title has some form of impact because of injuries along the way. It might be regular season giving a team a better playoff position, could be round 1 2 or 3, ect. You lost in 7 get over it, it was 2019 and you have a great team now so why cry?

For once Sisqo try reading the post I'm responding to. YOUR raptors fan dismissed this Sixers teams for reasons "a, b, c" meanwhile he's got a banner for the Raptors title. All I did was use his own criteria to show that the title he cherishes meets "a, b, c" and so by his standards he must hate his own team's title. I NEVER said all Raptors fans should feel that way, I specifically limited it to JUST this poster because of his personal criteria.

I frankly have no issue with Raptors title, it sucked it came at the expense of the Sixers and one of the most insane bounces I've seen in a decade, but Raps earned it. You beat who you is in front of you, you can't control that side of it. This comes from experience as a lot of folks back in 2008 argued the Phil's title wasn't credible b/c they avoided the Yanks and only had to beat the Rays.

I think we're talking about two different things here. One thing is the level of satisfaction of appreciating a team's achievements against hobbled opponents, and another is the need for vindication following a defeat.

I offered my opinion as to why I won't be cheering for the 76ers in the 2nd round: I dislike several of their personae and there is absolutely nothing they have to vindicate for us if we lose to them.

For instance, I hoped that the 2019-20 Celtics would win the title because their ultimate triumph would vindicate everything about our loss to them. As a team that thrashed the Raptors multiple times that season (in what stands as our franchise's best ever regular season) they defeated us in the playoffs by deploying absolute genius defense and cleverly adjusted offense. We had a title to defend and I was hoping that we'd be dethroned only by the worthiest of opponents.

None of that currently applies. The fact we had critical injuries in this series shouldn't diminish the joy of 76ers fans. It simply diminishes my need to see the 76ers team succeed any further, and my belief that they can.

[YogurtProducer]

This ALL DAY LONG.

And when you point out that their starting 4, Pascal Siakam, played 48 minutes last night and shot ZERO free throws - because he put ZERO pressure on the rim - and point out that maybe the reason for the foul call disparity in the series is because one team is pressuring the rim and the other team is settling for jumpers, all you hear are crickets. To be fair, when I brought this up last night, one Raptors fan (Sisqo) agreed with this, but the rest of the Raptors fans who have spent the entire series whining about the refs didn't seem to acknowledge this as a possible explanation for the disparity.

I think the Raptors have great young talent, and were one of the hottest teams coming into the playoffs (13-2 in their last 15 games). There was a legitimate reason why they were a trendy 1st round upset pick. I think it is ridiculous to talk serious smack before the series started, and then turn around and try to cop a "we're just happy to be here" narrative. That is weak f'k'n sauce. Just own the fact that you losing to a better team.

But they know that.

I mean I thought we had a chance before GTJ was out sick and Barnes got his ankle destroyed. Circumstances drastically changed very fast.

It also doesn’t change the fact the raptors are just happy to be here. This was a team projected to maybe be a play-in team, Philly was a team projected to be a contender to win the east.

Like congrats to philly… but winning against us right now isn’t a huge accomplishment it is literally the expectation.

It wasn't on the RealGM GB poll. The poll here picked the Raptors in 6.

So what is it - scrappy, overachieving team that is happy to be here, or trendy upstart who came into the playoffs 13-2 and convinced the voters IN THE POLL IN THIS VERY THREAD before the series started that the Raps were going to win?

Can't have it both ways.

Again, that was done when people thought Toronto was healthy.

[Bum Adebayo]

Anyone who thinks Sixers will win next game is a fool, Raptors are winning at least 1 game, there is no doubt Sixers will underestimate Raptors in game 4.

[Slacktard]

not backseat modding... but title needs to be updated to PHI 3-0

k thnx

[canz55]

This series is going to 7 games.

[Anticon]

Anyone who thinks Sixers will win next game is a fool, Raptors are winning at least 1 game, there is no doubt Sixers will underestimate Raptors in game 4.

I supposed extending the series could be something of a pyrrhic victory. And be good for Scottie to get some more run But sort of just want this one to end.

[rzzzzz]

Anyone who thinks Sixers will win next game is a fool, Raptors are winning at least 1 game, there is no doubt Sixers will underestimate Raptors in game 4.

You heard what Embiid told Drake’s Cupcakes as he was leaving the floor. “I’ll be back for the sweep.”

[Stromile12]

Although these playoffs have sucked for a raptors fan, as a basketball fan, I look forward to the matchups going forward. I have no idea who will win and that's cool, If I had to pick right now, Celtics and Warriors final, coin toss.

[jbent87]

This series is going to 7 games.

have another.

[LukaTheGOAT]

Fun fact:

This is the THIRD STRAIGHT POSTSEASON where Pascal Siakam's TS% has dropped by about 9%.

[SelfishPlayer]

Anyone who thinks Sixers will win next game is a fool, Raptors are winning at least 1 game, there is no doubt Sixers will underestimate Raptors in game 4.

Embiid, Harden, and Tobias are vets that want rest. You can bet that they are motivated to end this series quickly.

[USWAY]

Anyone who thinks Sixers will win next game is a fool, Raptors are winning at least 1 game, there is no doubt Sixers will underestimate Raptors in game 4.

Does being a Sixers fan even bring you joy? You're very negative towards your own team.

[bebopdeluxe]

Anyone who thinks Sixers will win next game is a fool, Raptors are winning at least 1 game, there is no doubt Sixers will underestimate Raptors in game 4.

Embiid, Harden, and Tobias are vets that want rest. You can bet that they are motivated to end this series quickly.

Danny Green needs the rest more than any of those guys. Dude played a lot of minutes on Wednesday night.

[bebopdeluxe]

Anyone who thinks Sixers will win next game is a fool, Raptors are winning at least 1 game, there is no doubt Sixers will underestimate Raptors in game 4.

Does being a Sixers fan even bring you joy? You're very negative towards your own team.

He is without question the most negative Sixers fan I have seen in my 20 years on RealGM.

[SelfishPlayer]

The Raptors are calling themselves a rebuilding franchise to make being a treadmill team sound sexy. The Raptors have the same overall average player age as the Timberwolves (25 years old) with one strong caveat, the two best players on the Raptors are 28 years old. KAT is 26 and the Wolves have hope that 20 year old Anthony Edwards becomes a superstar. It's obvious that there is a belief that the Raptors can again acquire someone else's superstar in order to make a championship run. That's the hope.