The irony of this series --- the Sixers had the Nova Knicks already in their arena when they were in college.
Sixers could've selected Josh Hart late in the first round in 2017, and instead took Anžejs Pasečņiks.
Sixers could've selected Jalen Brunson, who was taken in Round 2 of 2018.
They did select Mikal Bridges in 2018, but then traded him minutes later.
@975TheFanatic@BillColarulo So then build around VJ and Maxey, work on getting a better frontcourt and let embiid come off the bench. Sad but it’s the only way.
@Brodes81@SportsRadioWIP at the point, it’s just a miracle for both sixers and flyers that they won in the first round. terrible effort by both teams so far in the second round. they both folder at home as well. typical…
Jared McCain had 18 points tonight in 18 minutes for the defending NBA Champs…
He was 7/11 from the field, 4/5 from deep & had only 1 turnover. I will always root for him but can’t help but feel absolutely crushed every time he has a great game. Dammit.
I’m sorry to do the Jared McCain thing again
But he couldn’t have given you 90 seconds in a playoff game to spell Maxey?
You were THAT confident he would be no help?
That is insane to me
@SportsRadioWIP disagree...he should have rested game 1 but he needed a game off. now with OJ out they should win game 3. Then they have to shift the momentum and start forming their identity this series!
Jon Ritchie on Joel Embiid's responsibility for the Sixers' Game 2 loss to the Knicks:
"Suck it up. Now's the time to do that. Now is the time to sacrifice for your teammates. They hurt too. And guess what? They probably hurt a lot worse today than they would have had you figured out a way to get it together and play."
@SportsCenter@imanshumpert As a sixers fan, the difference is the knicks can actually shoot the 3. Celtics proved to be not balanced and lost offensively without Tatum
"I think the Philadelphia 76ers just showed the rest of the world that they are one of those scary teams that we once believed, and now they're right here in front of our faces."
@imanshumpert on the Sixers' historic 3-1 comeback 🔔
Nick Nurse, on VJ Edgecombe: "He came out at halftime said "I got White"....White was cooking, and I think he had 2 points in the 3rd quarter. Those are the things that make a big difference in these games."
Jaylen Brown on Joel Embiid:
“We didn't really have the answers for him. We tried a bunch of different things. He's a big body. He also was flopping around. He got some extra calls ... they rewarded him for that, but that's the league we’re in.”