After Three Straight Wins, the Sixers Had Their Most Encouraging Performance In a Loss

For the first time since the restart, the supporting cast actually looked reliable. Like, maybe in a Game 7, Joel Embiid wouldn’t have to play 46 minutes!

Alec Burks continues to prove that Shake Milton can start, but Burks for damn sure better finish games. He had another 20 point performance on 8-14 shooting. He’s the type of guy who will he getting buckets at a YMCA until he’s 55.

After the win against the Magic, I wrote and I quote “I can’t name three things Josh Richardson does well for this team”. I’m just glad I could do my part to get Josh back on track. He arguably played his best game as a Sixer to the tune of 34 points and was unconscious from three point range during stretches. As a team, the 76ers shot 47% from 3. Given how much Embiid gets doubled teamed when both of his ankles work, they need to have performances like that going forward.

I’ve been waiting a long to type this next sentence: Al Horford is playing some pretty good basketball. He finished with 15 points, and anchored the front court without Embiid (which was the whole fucking point of giving him $109 million). There was also a possession where he brought the ball up, worked into post, scored and then threw up the internationally known “he’s too little symbol”. Amazing.

The Sixers have been throwing shit into a wall so many times that it’s finally stuck. They submitted their assignment at 11:59pm, but this team seemingly has their rotation set for the playoffs.

 

Or, I could just be so numb to the pain at this point that injuries to star players and last second shots not going in don’t phase me. There’s no serotonin left in my brain. I’m gonna stick with my silver lining theory that they’ve found their rotation!