Series Thread: 1) Miami Heat vs. 4) Philadelphia 76ers

[Shanemansj13]

Shitshow

 

[trojanfan12]

Yeah, I was with you. Thought he would come out on fire today. Hasn’t been the case.

Not just Embiid though.

Almost seems like something may have happened behind the scenes that has the whole team distracted.

Harden took them all to his favorite Miami strip club.

 

[trojanfan12]

You buying the Joel is pouting over the MVP narrative?

He doesn't strike me as that weak-minded.

There has to another reason.

If anything, he seems like the type that would get pissed and play great, just so he could talk shit later.

 

[Shanemansj13]

Harden took them all to his favorite Miami strip club.

Well we know he was going with or without them

 

[Sparhawk]

 

[Mecca]

What a ASSY effort.

 

[Shanemansj13]

What a ASSY effort.

Harden is rubbing off on them

 

[Pastafazul]

A chartered flight

Let’s charter one …

Call it sportshooplalplaooza!!!

 

[Iggloo]

 

[Iggloo]

Harden took them all to his favorite Miami strip club.

Harden math: Guys if we lose tonight and win back in Philly we can come back here one more time!

 

[fightinfunbags]

Thank god Tru Tv has Old School on. Need to laugh

 

[thunderc]

Thank god Tru Tv has Old School on. Need to laugh

 

[Picklerick 2.0]

Gotta give it to you.

At the same time, how do you show up for the biggest game of the season with zero energy? That’s just unacceptable to me. Mind boggling. If that’s a product of the road, ok. But man, that shouldn’t be if you want to be a champion.

All that being said, they can’t play worse. They have time to turn it out around.

It seemed like they came into the game feeling it was mission accomplished tying it 2-2. Very puzzling performance

 

[Ojb81]

Let’s charter one …

Call it sportshooplalplaooza!!!

get yer checkbook out, pasta!!



.....I'll bring the beers

 

[wildturkey]

You buying the Joel is pouting over the MVP narrative?

He doesn't strike me as that weak-minded.

There has to another reason.

I don't buy that at all. Embiid likely knew he wasn't winning anyway. And multiple times during the game basically from the start, he kept touching his face, adjusting his mask, and doing that thing where you stretch your eyes out real wide when you've been shaken up. His injury was clearly bothering him tonight and he was gutting through it best he can. It sounded like he had a severe concussion and while he was "cleared", maybe something triggered him and he was getting dizzy or having trouble with lights ,etc. Point is, he was clearly showing signs of physical discomfort.

As for the rest of the Sixers, they're just soft. They only play well when Embiid is fired up. He wasn't tonight so they didn't bother to up their effort to make up for it.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Looks like this series is probably going 7 too.

Whodathunk?

 

[fightinfunbags]

I knew it was over when the sideline reporter out of halftime says he talked to Doc and Doc said we aren’t doing any xs or os. Just go play basketball. Dude…everybody here has a role. Harden runs the offense. Embiid carries the team. I run my mouth, talk shit because I forget the Sixers are the Sixers and look foolish and Doc, your job is to do the X’s and O’s shit. This zone is clearly giving them fits. You’re the fucking coach. It’s you and the staff that should have answers for this shit. You’ve seen it plenty now. To have no answers is just unacceptable. And when you have the whole team come with zero energy…I’m usually a that’s on the adults on the court guy when we are talking pro athletes and not college kids. But this has been all season at the worst times. Doc should have been out ahead of last night and the effort.

 

[Sparhawk]

I knew it was over when the sideline reporter out of halftime says he talked to Doc and Doc said we aren’t doing any xs or os. Just go play basketball. Dude…everybody here has a role. Harden runs the offense. Embiid carries the team. I run my mouth, talk shit because I forget the Sixers are the Sixers and look foolish and Doc, your job is to do the X’s and O’s shit. This zone is clearly giving them fits. You’re the fucking coach. It’s you and the staff that should have answers for this shit. You’ve seen it plenty now. To have no answers is just unacceptable. And when you have the whole team come with zero energy…I’m usually a that’s on the adults on the court guy when we are talking pro athletes and not college kids. But this has been all season at the worst times. Doc should have been out ahead of last night and the effort.

That really bothered me when Doc said 'It's not about Xs and Os....."

That being said, just like the effort given last night by the Sixers, I got nothing this morning.
3 straight game 5 losses....

 

[fightinfunbags]

That really bothered me when Doc said 'It's not about Xs and Os....."

That being said, just like the effort given last night by the Sixers, I got nothing this morning.
3 straight game 5 losses....

It's a big part of his job, ha. WTF?!?!?!

The experience of a Sixers fan is like being stuck in a Shakespearean Tragedy. You already know this ends in torturous pain but you sign up anyway. And all throughout the experience, you're left wondering "If this character only did this maybe it's different." If Danny Green doesn't get hurt. If Kawhi's quadruple doink doesn't go down. If Embiid isn't in the game for Siakam's elbow.

 

[logic]

The Sixers need to run the offense through Maxey, not Harden. Marry is quick and gets things moving before the defense is locked in. Harden walks the ball up, does his hesitation dribbles while everybody watches and the finally passes since he can't break his guy down anymore when all there is left to do is jack up a tough shot. The slow play may work at the strip club, but the Heats defense is much harder to penetrate than a strippers.