3/6/2023 0 Comments Sixers score![]() ![]() Embiid is going to get much better looks below the free throw line. But, this Nets team is painfully thin in the paint. With the season he’s had, I’m fine with him taking any shot he wants. Joel Embiid attempted six triples in the first half. “Like I said, can’t get too high, can’t get too low.” He contributed twelve points and made his money working below the basket. But, he was effective on the inside, battling for four offensive rebounds in the first half and scoring with aggression around the rim. Tobias Harris struggled to hit from the outside for the second consecutive game. There’s a job for him in this rotation, but he has to smooth over the jagged edges by finding those lanes to the basket more consistently. If Thybulle can detect and hit on those off-ball movements for easy looks at the rim, his role on this team won’t be questioned. But, his length on the defensive end is critical. He’s not a particularly good shooter when he’s on a hot spell, and his cold spells are particularly painful. ![]() The offensive side of the ball just isn’t his skill set at this stage of his career. Thybulle is going to go through lulls of providing absolutely no consistency from deep. In this game, he was dimed on a backdoor cut for a finish at the rim. ![]() Over the last few games, Matisse Thybulle has shown flashes of off-ball cutting that made him a weapon of sorts in last season’s offense. Further, yelling at the official is not going to do much to inspire the official to make calls that favor you. So, that second technical, over a call that won’t be changed, sends an excellent free thrower to the line for another point and slows the game down and enables the Sixers to catch their breaths. Embiid is always going to be the designated shooter when he’s on the court, and no one on the floor is a lock to convert a free throw to the extent that he is. But, there are occasions when multiple warranted technicals will be dished out. In this instance, the punishment did not fit the crime. But, in general, the second one is without sense. In today’s league, the reaction to calls may even earn a review and reversal. The first technical is understandable, as every player has a right to voice displeasure or frustration with a call. Embiid went to the line on both technicals, and converted both opportunities. The second was against Harden for passive-aggressively tossing the ball to the official (was a rather ridiculous call, in my opinion). The first was on DeAndre Jordan for words he used to express his gripe with a no-call on an offensive interference from Danny Green. The Nets picked up a pair of technical fouls half way through the first quarter. Ben Simmons and Seth Curry were both available after missing Thursday’s game, as well. Joel Embiid was available to play after suffering a hyperextended knee in the game against the Blazers. The Sixers were without Mike Scott (right knee swelling) and Terrance Ferguson (h/s protocol). ![]() By now, you’ve likely heard about the bizarre Kevin Durant situation that unfolded over the last day. Steve Nash started James Harden, Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot, Joe Harris, Jeff Green, and DeAndre Jordan. Reggie Perry was away on G-League assignment. Contextual Notesīrooklyn was without Kevin Durant (h/s protocol), Kyrie Irving (sprained right index finger), and Nicolas Claxton (right knee tendinopathy). The Sixers had seven double-digit scorers and dispatched the Nets, 124-108, with a dominant second half.īefore we get to what I saw, some notes. The Nets were on the second night of a back-to-back, having lost the first leg at home on Friday night against the Raptors. The Sixers were looking for redemption following a walloping at the hands of the short-handed Blazers in Philadelphia on Thursday. The Philadelphia 76ers (16-7) hosted the Brooklyn Nets (14-10) on Saturday night. ![]()
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