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Anyone else kinda depressed watching this? I'm not having a good time right now knowing that we have to start and then close with this lineup vs the same tactic that's bothered them for 2 years. Just feels like they're so much better than this team and they're down

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I try to keep it brief

Joel Embiid was asked about the way tonight's game was officiated and whether or not the officials let more things go tonight: "They shot 32 free throws, we had 16. We're not a team that shoots a lot of threes. We attack, put the ball on the ground. I don't know. I guess it's good when New York wins, so we've just got to have that mentality of just not fouling, I guess, and being smart enough to not put ourselves in a position where they're going to take advantage of it."

Two-time Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal is expected to undergo left elbow surgery today. He is to have bone chips causing irritation removed. The initial hope/belief is Skubal, who had been throwing 98 mph, could be back in about two months.

Joel Embiid cuts off a question about the Sixers drawing fouls in the first half working in their favor: "It did? I don't know, you've got to ask Jalen Brunson that. I don't think I got to the free throw line as much as I wanted."

The second I saw Devin Williams jogging in to protect a 1–0 lead, I smashed Cubs +440. Only regret? Not betting more against the Mets.

Note to self: never hard vouch for questionable Twitter bookies.