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

[Appostis]

27-5-3-1-2 on 10-15 lol

I mean he's gotten hot and has hit multiple lucky shots somehow. Given he can barely dribble I guess it's impressive.

Nice trolling man. Now watch the game

Hey! He might not be trolling... People can be that delusional. It's rather sad tbh.

[Duffman100]

Nurse is a war criminal with the minutes raps have played all season

Wonder why Fred is hurt? Haha

[greekbuck34]

Siakam 6 more minutes to prove you are all star material. Just a few more points and defense for the Raptors to give Doc Rivers the dreadful 3-1 lead.

[vado]

Siakam is a number 2 option being forced to be a number 1

[Bruin]

my goodness, imagine what giannis is going to do if this how siakam killing philly.

Philly isn’t making it past Miami

[Wolfgang630]

Alright Toronto just hold on

[WestGOAT]

Danny Green bricking open 3's, Embiid looking gassed already. Sounds like typical 76ers playoff ball.

[Wolfgang630]

Siakam is a number 2 option being forced to be a number 1

He’s got to do it. It is what it is

[sp6r=underrated]

LOL...looking at the free throw disparity in games 1 and 2 and you can honestly tell me that ALL of those fouls resulting in those free throws in the Sixers favour were REAL fouls...ok bud. Your bias is clearly showing.

Embiid is great at drawing fouls and more often than not (like literally 90%+ of the time) he actually HAS HAD contact that should result in a foul, he exaggerates it to make it more obvious to get a call because big guys are less likely to get calls unless they do something like that or the foul is 'egregious' enough to get the call. That's just how basketball works.

Harden generates more 'something out of nothing' into fouls than Embiid does.

But does that mean when an opposing player goes down like an actor in a Steven Seagal moving selling a kick to the face when Seagal can't get his leg 6 inches off the ground it can't be pointed out? lol.

Embiid has become a master of feeling hands on him and reacting to draw the call. He's also brilliant at adding a fall at the end of every every drive with contact, or doubles on fallaways. We've seen this a ton from genius small guards (Paul, Lowry, Harden). Seeing it from a 7'1 dude is terrifying. It's cerebral, instintive, and it bolsters his already unstoppable scoring package.

For any team fan base rooting against him though, it will be aggravating.

How equipment changes the way the game is played is underdiscussed. Players do fall down more intentionally when they get fouled to force the whistle.

One reason they do this now and not so much in the past is that basketball pads have gotten a lot better so the pain penalty for falling is way less than it used to be.

[KHRICH]

Nurse is a war criminal with the minutes raps have played all season

Wonder why Fred is hurt? Haha

He seen what thibs did an said watch me now.

[PhilBlackson]

Pascal is playing too sped up right now.

He needs to gather himself and play more under control. He's playing too rushed likely too overly anxious to close this out.

[Impuniti]

Nurse is a war criminal with the minutes raps have played all season

Seriously, what the hell was that? Might be the worst minute management in NBA history when you add context to the way people play nowadays. Makes no sense to overplay your players so much.

[greekbuck34]

Harden is just so shameless.

There is no reason for Barnes to play him so tight though. You know he kicks out his legs and falls down in every shot. That was a rookie mistake. He is not the Rockets Harden anymore. Let him shoot as many step back 3s he wants and just don't send him to the FT line.

It was Thad that picked up that foul. And it should be an offensive foul if they called things consistently.

Either way it’s still shameless. Good thing hardens legacy will forever be known.

My bad. They almost never call that an offensive foul though. We have the same problem with Demar who does the Harden flop on all his midrange shots. He is on the ground all the time. Constest safely and let them shoot that. They can live with that.

[Bruin]

Nurse is a war criminal with the minutes raps have played all season

Seriously, what the hell was that? Might be the worst minute management in NBA history when you add context to the way people play nowadays. Makes no sense to overplay your players so much.

Our bench is amongst the worst in the league. Only became better towards the end of the year when we added Thad and Precious suddenly improved after the all Star break

[KHRICH]

Nurse is a war criminal with the minutes raps have played all season

Seriously, what the hell was that? Might be the worst minute management in NBA history when you add context to the way people play nowadays. Makes no sense to overplay your players so much.

People have complained about it allllllll season hes one of the best coaches in the league its in my opinion his biggest downfall minutes management.

[Duffman100]

I feel for Embiid. He’s labouring.

[cupcakesnake]

Nurse is a war criminal with the minutes raps have played all season

Seriously, what the hell was that? Might be the worst minute management in NBA history when you add context to the way people play nowadays. Makes no sense to overplay your players so much.

injuries + raps just not having a 3rd guard that can play offense.

[KHRICH]

embiid is gassed

[Bruin]

Pascal gotta finish that

[srhcan]

Siakam is hurting Raptors now, he is gassed, should take a break