Sixers beat Nets in divisional showdown and remain in first place, but it felt like a moral defeat Share this story Photo by David Dow/NBAE via Getty Images All eyes were on the Philadelphia 76ers’ home matchup against the division rival Brooklyn Nets last night. The winner would get a one game lead in the standings, as well as the tie-breaker in the event both teams were to finish with the same record by season’s end. But the Nets were not at full strength. Of their “big three” (James Harden, Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving) only Irving suited up. Blake Griffin and LaMarcus Aldridge (the latter of whom retired suddenly this morning because of an irregular heartbeat) weren’t in uniform either. The Sixers wound up winning their biggest game of the season, and as of now, home court goes through South Philly, where Doc Rivers’ team has been amazing. They’re 21-5 this year and 52-9 at home dating back to last season. They’ll enjoy a massive home court advantage if they can sustain it over the next 17 games. But if there is such thing as a moral victory in defeat, then perhaps there is such a thing as a moral defeat in victory. That’s sort of how it felt last night.
Canyon News UNITED STATES It’s been a good decade or so for sports fans in Pennsylvania – The Pittsburgh Steelers have won the NFL Super Bowl in 2005 and 2008 and the Philadelphia Eagles won their first in 2017. In the NHL, the Pittsburgh Penguins have won three Stanley Cups in the last few years – 2009, 2016 and 2017. And the Philadelphia Phillies won the MLB World Series in 2009. But how likely are our pro sports teams to win a championship this year? Let’s take a look: NFL The 2021 NFL Draft takes place later this month before the season starts in September. The Pittsburgh Steelers made the playoffs this past post-season before being horribly beaten by the Cleveland Browns.
Matisse Thybulle is an absolute game wrecker: here are 7 reasons why he needs more playing time Share this story Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images The Sixers have a vicious seven game slate which will inevitably reveal a ton about about how viable a title contender they truly are. It may also give us a few more clues about Doc Rivers’ playoff rotation. Not all of the following points will relate directly to Matisse Thybulle himself. But I hope by the end, I’ll have made a decent case for why the second year man out of Washington needs a bunch more minutes as the team enters the most challenging stretch of their season and rehearses playoff rotations.
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Sixers arrive back home ready to face league-worst Wolves Share this story Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images At long last, the Sixers’ six-game road trip is complete. While fans are surely happy to return to watching games without disrupting their sleep schedule, the trip itself was a successful one for Philadelphia. Doc Rivers’ club went 4-2, with the only blemishes coming against Western Conference contenders Denver and the Los Angeles Clippers. Considering Joel Embiid was unavailable resting his bruised left knee, you have to be thrilled with those results as a Sixers fan. The team currently stands just a half-game back of Brooklyn for first place in the Eastern Conference.
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The Good • One guy basically kept Philadelphia s offense going during a first half that featured ugly shooting and a decent number of turnovers: Tobias Harris. Harris was their lone floor spacing option for basically the entire first half, and in conjunction with some aggressive moves to the basket, he provided enough to help the Sixers hang around in spite of downright terrible execution on the offensive end. There appeared to be a bit of personal juice to this game for Harris, who was in competition with Julius Randle for the All-Star Game and seemed to keep that fact in his mind when the two were matched up. Defensively, Harris got low in his stance and forced Randle to work hard in the post area where he has made his money historically, and he was quick to go right back at him on the other end, beating his counterpart with some nice off-the-dribble moves on top of the outside shooting.
That doesn t mean we can t learn a little something about how these two teams match up from their first meeting of the season, one that finds the Embiid-less Sixers as six-point home underdogs, according to Pa.Unibet.com. Both rosters have undergone fairly significant changes since they last met in late February 2020 boy, that feels like a lifetime ago with both teams swapping out starters and the Sixers undergoing a dramatic transformation off of the floor. So while we must wait on the true litmus test game until Embiid returns, we have plenty to learn about this Sixers team s plan for the Bucks, particularly on the defensive end.