SergioNYK wrote:I'm not sure what to expect tonight but I'm leaning towards it ending up in a game 7 on Saturday. We haven't has a blowout in any game of this series but I think there is a slight chance it happens. Most likely I do think we'll have a chance to win it late in the 4th. I do think Silver and the league wants a game 7 so expect Philly and especially Embiid to get a lot of FT's.

can totally see this scenario play out

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cmon thibs get devo going..

Come on Donte get Donte going

Was Embiid's choke job last game a result of compounded fatigue or just shrinking under the big lights? Does his fatigue continue? We saw him look like that against MIA in play-in and then look like an MVP against us for the first 3 games. So it's hard to tell if it was a one game thing or not.

Who is gonna give Brunson the scoring support tonight? We can win with iso-Brunson, but we are a better team when everyone is contributing. Josh can't be scared to shoot, and we need DDV, OG, Deuce to all get their offense going.

We've seen multiple defensive adjustments throughout the series. I think not playing straight up coverage versus Embiid has been effective, we've forced him into his own head and making bad plays/turnovers.

One thing we should be cognizant of - the final 28 seconds doesn't really determine success of a game plan. We could argue we had a more successful 47 minutes last game than we did for some of our wins in this series. If we throttle Embiid with the same strategy can Maxey beat us again? Maybe we take that bet. If we are up 6 with 25 seconds left we are gonna win 9 out of 10.

I mentioned after watching their play-in game versus MIA that they were the type of team that would pack it in when the going gets tough. I still believe that. They almost did it at home against MIA before Jimmy got hurt and gave them new life. Maxey needs to be contained but if we can build a double digit lead or get it up to 15 points they might quit.

DLeethal wrote:Biggest questions for me are:

Was Embiid's choke job last game a result of compounded fatigue or just shrinking under the big lights? Does his fatigue continue? We saw him look like that against MIA in play-in and then look like an MVP against us for the first 3 games. So it's hard to tell if it was a one game thing or not.

Who is gonna give Brunson the scoring support tonight? We can win with iso-Brunson, but we are a better team when everyone is contributing. Josh can't be scared to shoot, and we need DDV, OG, Deuce to all get their offense going.

We've seen multiple defensive adjustments throughout the series. I think not playing straight up coverage versus Embiid has been effective, we've forced him into his own head and making bad plays/turnovers.

One thing we should be cognizant of - the final 28 seconds doesn't really determine success of a game plan. We could argue we had a more successful 47 minutes last game than we did for some of our wins in this series. If we throttle Embiid with the same strategy can Maxey beat us again? Maybe we take that bet. If we are up 6 with 25 seconds left we are gonna win 9 out of 10.

It's the result of iHart, Big Mitch, and all the helpers.

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nycericanguy wrote:we really need to get off to a good start, falling behind by 10 early every game is alot to come back from. We end up having to go on a big run just to even things out.

I mean last game we went on some crazy 18-2 run or something and were only up a few points.

Hoping Thibs has a quick hook on DDV and Ihart if we start slow again.

I-Hart has been a BIG disappointment thus far in this series.

Maybe he’s re-injured again but he may be losing himself some $$$$ if he doesn’t come thru with a big game.
We really need to be using his passing more —— too much iso Joe right now —- hopefully we figure out a good offensive flow that includes OG, Donte, Deuce, Josh and I-Hart.

Picturing Brunson riding around on horse 🐎 in kilts (Mel Gibson - Braveheart) rallying the troops with FRREDOM speech.

Ha yeah but he is going against a legit MVP and it's his first as a starter in that role. He is almost there.

yea but it's not like Embidd is just dominating.

OG, Mitch and Precious have all shut him down, the vast majority of his success is coming against Ihart. He's not doing a good job at all.

I like Ihart but he's become a bit overrated IMO, people talking about him as if teams are going to line up to pay him $20m, I don't see it, he's a limited player to an extent. Even us paying him $16-17m I think is too much but I understand if we do it.

nycericanguy wrote:these games low scoring, every possession matters... falling behind by 10 early feels much more daunting than a reg season 10 pt deficit. We can't keep expecting to dig out of holes like that every game.

Agreed. 10 point hole in a game that will probably score less than 200 combined points is too much, especially when we are doing it to start each half. Pretty wild we've been able to overcome it in all of our wins.

It's starting to look like the 2021 team where the starters would always dig a hole and the Quick/Rose bench would get us back into the game.

I recall last game we got good shots early, guys have to hit them tonight.