The Philly 76ers were beat by the Boston Celtics in a limited 110-107 competition on Saturday evening at the Wells Fargo Facility.
Joel Embiid led the Sixers with 41 factors, 12 rebounds, 5 helps as well as 3 blocks. Tobias Harris included 19 factors on 8-of-12 capturing. The Sixers fired 28-of-35 from the free-throw line contrasted to 8-of-12 for Boston. Dewayne Dedmon (left hip pain) missed his 2nd successive video game as well as has yet to make his Sixers launching.
Jayson Tatum completed with 18 factors (consisting of the game-winner), 13 rebounds as well as 6 helps for Boston. Jaylen Brown racked up 26 factors. Derrick White included 18 factors on 7-of-9 capturing off the bench.
The loss goes down the Sixers to 39-20 on the period as well as seals their period collection loss to the Celtics. Their following competition goes to residence versus the Miami Warm on Monday evening. Right here are some immediate monitorings from the loss:
Initial Quarter:
- Harris developed off his strong efficiency in the sway the Memphis Grizzlies on Thursday. He tore down a set of triples in the opening couple of mins of activity. Embiid later on discovered him on a great back cut for an open dunk. Harris discovered some success striking the basket, consisting of making a driving layup versus Give Williams. He racked up 12 factors on 5-of-7 capturing in the very first quarter.
- P.J. Tucker has actually tipped up his play over the last couple of weeks. He is shooting effectively from 3-point array, albeit on reduced quantity, while taking care of to get hold of a couple of vital rebounds every video game. He ended up the video game with 7 factors as well as a season-high 16 rebounds. The hustle he offers the flooring, particularly on the glass, is revitalizing for a group that has a hard time to continually rebound the basketball.
- The Sixers’ protective turnings were crisp for much of the opening up quarter. Nonetheless, Boston was warm from past the arc. The Celtics fired 4-of-7 from 3-point array in the very first quarter, yet the Sixers still held a 30-28 lead.
2nd Quarter:
- The James Harden-led bench schedule generated some extremely hideous mins early in the 2nd quarter. They count way too much on the 3-pointer, which was not succumbing to them. On the various other end, Boston was obtaining whatever they desired from around the flooring. Paul Reed assembled a close to tragic four-minute job, videotaping one rebound as well as a take while devoting 2 turn overs. In an instance of the type of properties the Sixers were having, Harden passed it to Reed in the edge as the shot clock was ticking down. Reed after that got out of bounds while trying to drive to the basket. Boston, starting late in the very first quarter, took place a 20-4 run (consisting of 11-2 versus the 2nd system) to take a 39-32 lead with 8:28 staying in the 2nd quarter.
- Embiid constantly taken advantage of Al Horford as well as whomever else the Celtics sent out to protect him. He had fun with physicality, penalizing Horford in the blog post. The Celtics toss a lots of dual groups his instructions, as well as he mainly did a strong task reviewing them as well as obtaining the sphere around to the open guy. His capacity to take care of those dual groups has actually boosted a great deal over the previous period or more. The large fella racked up 12 factors in the 2nd quarter to assist the Sixers take a 56-50 introduce halftime.
3rd Quarter:
- The Sixers used the 3-pointer to assist them leave to a warm begin in the 2nd fifty percent. Harris, Harden as well as De’Anthony Melton all tore down a shot from past the arc. They took place an 11-2 run in the very first 3:39 of the fifty percent, broadening their result in 67-52.
- Horford, after going scoreless in the very first fifty percent, blew up to assist Boston return in the video game. The Sixers chose to not protect Horford out at the 3-point line. He made them pay, shooting 4-of-4 from past the arc in the 3rd quarter. The approach operated in the very first fifty percent with Horford missing out on all 3 of his efforts from cross country. Nonetheless, the Sixers ought to have been quicker to change as soon as it was clear Horford obtained the warm hand. The Celtics finished the 3rd quarter on an 18-3 run.
4th Quarter:
- The Celtics remained to make use of whenever Embiid was off the flooring. Boston outscored the Sixers 11-5 in the very first couple of mins of the 4th quarter. Reed started the quarter on the flooring yet was changed by Tucker simply over a min right into the quarter. Head trainer Doc Rivers formerly pointed out utilizing Tucker as a small-ball facility, so anticipate to see this regularly in the last couple of months of the period.
- Embiid near solitarily maintained the Sixers in the video game throughout the 4th quarter. There were a handful of successive properties that either finished with an Embiid pail or him attracting a nasty. On an evening where Harden as well as Tyrese Maxey integrated to rack up 29 factors on 9-of-26 capturing, Embiid’s manufacturing was essential. He virtually made a full-court heave to send out the video game to overtime, yet the sphere did not leave his hands prior to the clock ran out. No matter, it was one more leading evening for the large guy.
- The Sixers’ protection on Tatum was fantastic for lengthy sections of the evening. Whether it was Harris or Melton, the Sixers took care of to maintain Tatum out of rhythm. Harris had a solid evening offensively, yet his refined effect defensively maybe has a higher effect. He has actually done a remarkable task placing in the job over the in 2015 to end up being a much more strong protector. Nonetheless, Tatum did wind up with latest thing when he pierced the game-winning 3-pointer from the top of the secret with 2.2 secs staying.
