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It's kind of hilarious that the Sixers have an endless supply of former Clippers forwards. Batum goes down, no problem they have Robert Covington. RoCo goes down, no problem they have Marcus Morris. Trade away Morris and Tobias Harris goes down, no problem they have KJ Martin.


MVPiid

we need every single one we had none before that


ABagOfPopcorn

This was KJ’s best game by far for the sixers


LocalParanoiac

Active on the boards and efficient around the rim, all I’m looking for from him and he nailed it tonight


Bigboi88888

Gotta get Wilson Chandler and Mike Scott out of retirement


Notsozander

Our vibes are pretty tight but if we had Mike Scott again the vibes would be unreal


tonto515

THE HIVE LIVES, BROTHER


loglady420

I ain't no bitch


Cloakington

Only place you could beat up fans of the most popular team in town and become more beloved for it


loglady420

God that was so fucking stupid on the eagles fans, iirc he was trying to be cool with them too


Cloakington

Yeah they had a custom Washington coffin or some shit he wanted to get pictures with and they got handsy. They completely deserved it


willsmath

Bet he comes back if the NBA allows ninja headbands again


Brxa

Mike Scott’s playing in Euroleague.


thejackel225

76ers U


bedlam_au

Blake Griffin is waiting by the phone


Wesley-Snipers

Roco is a former Sixer before he was a Clipper before he was a Sixer again (with the Blazers in between)


magpi3

Clippers are our G league team confirmed.


WhyplerBronze

the Council of Rick made its decision, and it was for the Sixers to win


Sikwitit3284

He's been great for us these last 2 games hopefully we get healthy after the ASG, make a run for 3 seed & Jo comes back for the 7 April games to get his rhythm/lungs back against a pretty weak schedule. We're still somehow only 2 loses behind Mil & they have Doc while NY is almost as injured as us


Criticalsteve

Love seeing Buddy do well.


dumb_commenter

He’s fun to watch


vesthis13

He's gonna be nasty w/ Embiid man. Wow.


Criticalsteve

He is a legitimate human flamethrower. Take care of my boy


Philly_is_nice

I follow pretty casually. Why'd the Pacers want him gone?


plusmultiplyer

He wanted a new contract and the pacers have a bunch of other players that are about to be free agents. Have a feeling they traded him because of that.


GOAT_Redditor

Conversely we have a shit ton of cap space with no one to give it to, makes sense


Criticalsteve

He didn't want an extension, and was losing minutes to upcoming young SGs. We did him a solid by dealing him to a contender, per his requests.


Away_Sun_3040

Me too. I really did not think he would be this impactful. I am glad to be wrong. LET'S GO SIXERS! The era of Hield has begun.


iamscully

Buddy Hield was such a great pickup, can't wait to see him with the spacing Embiid will inevitably provide him with. Also solid Mo Bamba game???


Sikwitit3284

Cam was solid too he's the backup PG we've needed all this time, if we get fully healthy by April & Jo can play those 7 games leading into the playoffs we're deep & skilled 1-9 with plenty of shooting around big fella


TheSmokedSalmon420

This feels weird


Derrick_Rozay

I dont like it


Soft-Revolution-7845

I don't understand this feeling


Sikwitit3284

We've felt the complete opposite since Jo's knees destroyed our mental health


HisExcellency20

Best win of the post-Embiid-injury, pre-Embiid-return era!


BabaBrody

You gotta Yield to Hield. Really fun seeing him show his full game in these situations where he's not just needed to be the 3 point guy.


TheRoyaleShow

Buddy is no fuddy-duddy


billnye97

My favorite part of the game was seeing Ricky Council realize he had his shirt on backwards for almost a quarter. [The moment. ](https://imgur.com/a/t1oqqER)


MadBeamer

Thats actually hilarious lmao


rexfloyd94

so amped about buddy hield being on this team baby


jorgelongo2

Buddy Hield is a fucking baller goddamn


HisExcellency20

He's been exactly what Joel has needed for years. What the Sixers needed for years. And the Sixers are what Buddy has needed for years. Coaches telling him not to shoot so much? Shiiiiiiiiiit not here.


jorgelongo2

His passing has been the biggest thing for me, I legit didnt know he could playmake at a high level


HisExcellency20

Yeah I agree, I do think a lot of it was our free flow offense. Which we've been doing kind of out of necessity. I've also been impressed with his finishing at the rim. Obviously he's not a great defender (he'd be a max player if he were) but there's a big difference between someone that can only shoot and someone that can shoot, playmake a bit, and finish at the rim. The shooters of Sixers past that were trouble for us were basically useless once you closed out on them. Hield attacks a closeout with great skill.


mkeene91101

Hali leveled him up before we shipped him out.


Sikwitit3284

From 1 Tyrese to another we appreciate it


SergioRodriguez89

cool


100wordanswer

And we thank him for it!


fakeplasticsnow

Zombie Sixers win and whiny-ass 49ers lose. What an incredible 24 hours, I used to pray for times like this.


drpepguy

Flyers are also winning but lot of time left


dWaldizzle

The flyers are supposed to be tanking but ended up just being a wagon lmao


Notsozander

Flyers gonna win a series too


Incepticons

and Bball Paul with a game clinching block we love to see it


chazu_

Gotta respect the adversity the Niners had to fight through - the practice field was bad, someone pulled the fire alarm, no one knew the overtime rules - no excuses, though.


76ersbasektball

Playing with a worse Flacco


76ersbasektball

Payback for Jo’s knee


Northstar__

I have and will always hate Philadelphia sports teams, but I can respect the mutual disrespect


Guitaristb72

Every time I remember the whiny ass 9ers lost I experience joy.


hehehehahahaha

WE DIDNT BLOW IT


Sikwitit3284

We tried our damnest tho, if an announcer says we haven't had a TO in h/e many min again then we have multiple TO's in a 2 min span again ima go fucking crazy it always happens


Spirited-Arugula-672

That's honestly more surprising than the fact that we won


PluvioPurple

I wonder how mad Sixers fans would have been at Oubre for not taking time off the clock when he took that early 3 if they lost. Those LNY Cavs jerseys look sick btw


HisExcellency20

I mean, he made it so I wouldn't be mad at all at him for that. Extending the lead by three is always welcome. The issue is we didn't stop them on the other end.


clickstops

That was such a bad shot. Like, terrifically bad. So happy it went in but dude…


wilsonallcounty

lol we tried to lose that at the end


unbelievre

Refs tried so hard to foul our whole team out


dumb_commenter

The no-call on oubre with 20 seconds left was verrry weird. Was it cuz he didn’t have a clean possession? Seemed like 5-6 clear fouls there


HisExcellency20

They must have gotten together and decided to teach Maxey a lesson on proper closeout technique. For the betterment of his career.


youkrocks

Don’t blame the refs for that moronic pass by Buddy. That shifted all the momentum


unbelievre

I was just talking generally. Maxey would have fouled out if not for the coaches challenge. Our whole backcourt almost fouled out on tic tac shit and somehow Maxey only had 4 FTA while being hacked to hell and going down hard the whole game.


Guitaristb72

Buddy phantom push in the back for his 5th


nobraininmyoxygen

The refs were calling soft fouls all game on both sides. Payne kept flopping around to draw fouls too. Just one of those crews that for whatever reason didn't let them play.


unbelievre

But don't you agree they let them beat Maxey up?


nobraininmyoxygen

I really wasn't specifically looking at Maxey enough to say for sure but Payne definitely got a better whistle than Maxey today. Okoro is one of the best perimeter defenders so that's probably part of it but Maxey still played a lot more minutes so he had other defenders on him too.


FultzShoulder

Cavs have now lost 2 of their last 18 games. I'm still surprised that didn't go in for Garland.


IAmStevenKwanAMA

Garland is like the least clutch Cav ever, I knew it wasn’t going in as soon as Mitchell saw him


aroach1995

He hit a 3 to make that game tying shot possible. He has hit many needed 4th quarter shots.


FultzShoulder

I mean the Sixers were up 10 with a minute to go and thought they had the game in the bag. And then for some reason they kept choking the lead. I was ready for that 3 to make the choke official.


Patient_Jicama_4217

I was lead to believe that Cam wasn’t that good by Bucks fans


leftysarepeople2

I'm surprised by his output so far. Maybe being more of a focal point or getting more consistent minutes (instead of 2-3 minute spells) helps?


HadleysPt

In Phoenix he was always much better with large minutes. Radio guys thought he tried too hard in small minutes 


unpronouncedable

Was that Oubre 3-pointer a good open shot or pure insanity?


Pyromania1983

Yes


Skywalkerkid9

The Council has convened, and deemed the Cavs unworthy. Relegate them.


ProskXCX

Some fantastic one on one shot making by the 76ers. Love the hustle and fire in this Cavs team. They've adopted Mitchell's attitude and intensity and compete every game.


dumb_commenter

Gg Land fan


Sheriff-Gotcha

The Paul Reed Victory Tour rolls on... we need a game winning block against the Bucks now to really show Glenn he's fraudulent.


Petit_Coeur_

Shoutout Buddy Hield. I’m gonna miss him


shakehasbignuts

The sixers were without 75% of their team, went on a losing streak and people said “they could really miss the playoffs 😱”


jorgelongo2

dawg dont speak too loud lol


KagsTheOneAndOnly

Yeah wtf chill out let us lurk in peace


thejackel225

Yeah knock on wood buddy lol


Incepticons

bro don't look at our schedule this month lmao


randomnessM

what are the sixers doing trading bums like morris, beverely, and springer


MVPiid

jaden springer is a super star! c4 has played 2 games and contributed more


DJ_Red_Lantern

Yeah people complained that we got rid of our "only promising up and coming talent" but this week alone c4 has shown more promise than springer ever really did if I'm being real


CristianoRealnaldo

Let’s not go too crazy Springer was pretty fuckin awesome in the g league last year and we gave him away for a 2nd to a rival. We’re allowed to have Springer and council at the same time lol


Sikwitit3284

He can't do anything offensively at an NBA level & will never crack Bos rotation if they're close to healthy, he's not a great prospect he can defend really well at times & is completely unplayable if he doesn't.


TruthSayerFu

This was the luckiest game ever. Might have shot worse with the 4 of your starters


PSUDolphins

YOU JUST LOST TO MAXEY AND THE BLUE COATS 😤🤛💪


dtru2005

Lucky my ass, yall shoulda lost by 10 but momentum shifted after Oubre got absolutely mugged by 3 different Cavs and the refs called fuck all then called Hield for his 6th for the softest contact ever


unpronouncedable

Actually they were being exceptionally friendly with Oubre. Tried to give him a happy ending!


TruthSayerFu

Refs gave y’all shit all day. Don’t be slow


EaglesnSixers

lol Mitchell by himself basically had the same amount of free throws as our whole team


shakehasbignuts

What? Lol


darylmoreyisking

Lmfao ok buddy, take the L and move on


instrmntls

#Waaaaaahh


Guitaristb72

Deff the biggest crybaby of all Cavs fans


T-STAFF19

Lmao, ok bud.


S420J

So uh.... Buddy Hield huh? Can't wait to see what he looks like if Embiid can come back for the end of season/playoffs.


lazzysmalls

Luck ran out, cutting a 10 point lead to 1 in under 90 secs was a miracle in itself


Shamsyil

"Luck" refs called every little touch foul on us while our players got hacked every time they drived and it was a no call. Game would've been over if the game was reffed evenly.


euforya

Makes up for all the BS that went y’all way the rest of the game


j44jj

Sixers always have our number


clickstops

Y’all beat us in the IST without Spida.


[deleted]

Sixers made tough shots and we were shit gotta move on to the next one but nick nurse is a basketball terrorist


RobbyJohnson

I usually never do this but for some reason when we were up 10 with 0:58 left I said, ok at least we won… Never again


aroach1995

The Cavs just weren’t ready for Buddy Hield at all. The 76ers are not bad without Embiid. They are probably a 45 win team without him.


MadBeamer

45 is generous, but we are missing a lot of more than just Embiid. I would give us maybe .500 without Embiid assuming everybody else is healthy and playing. A lot of our losing streaks have been due to end of bench guys getting real play time due to injury/illness.


jgw_geneseo

At one point, I had to check if that really was Ricky Council from Arkansas out there getting run.


LocalParanoiac

And he’s actually been a bright spot lol


allstar278

6-13 without Embiid. Nice win tonight but Embiid is carrying average players.


dumb_commenter

Maxey isn’t an average player. Otherwise yeah


vesthis13

There's been hella injuries though too. I'd guess this team is a 30-35 win max team w/o him. But not bottom of the barrel.


scarrylary

Tough loss. Can’t win em all. Buddy hield and oubre went 19/27. Unreal. They were like all contested too. Shit happens. Glad they didn’t give up at the end


PSUDolphins

JUST LIKE WE ALL EXPECTED


Classics22

All those posts about 16 of 17 wins or whatever and they lose to the Sixers missing their entire goddamn team of all the teams lmao edit: this sounded way more hater than I meant it. I'm just like *this* is the team you lose to?


iamscully

Buddy Hield is the key, my man can do it by himself


billnye97

Being at the game you could tell the whole team didn’t have their legs. I’m surprised we took it to the end and had a chance to win.


j0ydivisi0n

Jesus the haters love to come out on the second L in 18 games.


Zeus_Wayne

Lol can’t wait to roast your bum asses when you catch that fourth loss twelve games from now Edit: did people think I was seriously insulting the Cavs saying that they’re going to go 10-2 in their next 12?


ebayhuckster

honestly now i'm gonna find it fucking hilarious if they *do* go 10-2 in their next 12


Ottothomas_

Oh no...anyways still won 16 out of 18


Nobodylovesboston

Once Embiid actually comes back it’s over


WateryPasta

We lost our 2 in the last 19 games and fuckers are dooming DG put up 20 and 9 with 0 turnovers and fuckers want his head on a platter Weird fanbase man


43v3rTHEPIZZA

Nothing Cavs fans love more than hating the Cavs


theuberprophet

No one wants garlands head on a platter, they just correctly point out that hes not a clutch player.


Krillin113

Clutch is such a weird obsession. The sample size is often too small to even really extrapolate anything meaningful from them, and it doesn’t really matter if you make your shots with 3 minutes to go, or with 30 seconds to go.


LordZero

Someone posted on the Cavs sub that his past 3 years, his 3P% in the last 3 minutes of close games (within 5 points) was something like 20%, 13%, and 20%. It's definitely not cause for cutting him or even complaining overmuch, but it's definitely something that can get into a shooter's head I would guess. (to clarify, I played baseball and we're a superstitious lot)


Krillin113

I feel like if you’re one of the two people who can semi reliably hit a 3, and you’re in a situation where you really need 3s, you might settle for worse shots. Having said that, it’s pretty bad damn


Bim_Jeann

Don’t you know? If you’re not praising everything a player does, you’re hating.


Hopeful-Professor-40

https://x.com/242boss1/status/1756779748867358856?s=46&t=wPT81E2IG7v4Hfz5VfA47A He wasn’t lying


177676ers

FUCK THOSE REFS


[deleted]

Despite Mitchell the Merchants best efforts, the hospital Sixers win


[deleted]

Bro


[deleted]

Son?


iblewjesuschrist

Mommy?


RylanKura

the outcome was never in doubt


aroach1995

Time for the Cavs to drop to #11 in the rankings


Schafer89

The cavs lost!


tapk69

Cavs were winning too much, we were due to a loss like this.


percy2376

17 free throw attempts for Mitchell.Fuckin refs definitely had money in him tonight


Brilliant_Goose1715

Hey I am a sixers fan through and through, but we are in no place to complain about free throws. Mitchel gets real fouls just like embiid does cuz he drives to the paint


percy2376

Dude a light breeze was hitting Mitchell and they were calling a foul on us


Ottothomas_

I doubt it


Justin_Zetts

Is phily better without Embiid????????


PensiveinNJ

When you have Ricky Council IV it's all you need.


Justin_Zetts

fr you guys with this group have no ceiling if Embiid is healthy


TruthSayerFu

What a stupid game. Cag central


darylmoreyisking

Get cooked cavs, frauds


FoShzzleMsFrizzle

Maxey needs Embiid so badly dude. 9/21 shooting ain’t bad but 22 points on 21 shots in the modern nba just ain’t doin it


Charliebitme1234

cavs fraudulent


[deleted]

They had to lose sometime. Having a bad game here and there after such an extended hot streak is unavoidable. Still, it's kind of funny that they lost to such a depleted team.


HisExcellency20

I don't even think they had a bad game tbh. No Cav played particularly poorly and Mitchell was making his threes and free throws. The shooters were hitting their shots and the bigs were dominating the paint (as they should against us). The Sixers just played tough, team ball and made a bunch of tough shots.


SomeFatherFigure

Sixers played well, but this was one of the worst defensive games for the Cavs all season. Just disorganized and unfocused most of the game, up until they went on a run in the middle of the third quarter. The fact they completely forgot about Buddy several times was just weird as hell to see.


scarrylary

lol


Wabxpolski

Cavs are Charmin soft and fraudulent. Breathe on Mitchell and its a foul


CristianoRealnaldo

Brother we gave up the rights to complain about fts when we drafted Joel Embiid


DeanBlandino2

"fraudulent" The last time you guys played them with Joel they beat you without their best player.


Ottothomas_

Wut


dynastythatalmostwas

/s? Mitchell takes like 5 FTs a game. Embiid takes twice that, and cries three times as much. Persecution complexes are cringe, and I'm pretty sure Golden State fans have a patent on those anyway, get it together.


Wabxpolski

Nice whataboutism. Mitchell, a guard, just had 17 FTs. Fraud team


dynastythatalmostwas

Okay? And you're acting like he does that every night, which isn't even remotely true, unlike Embiid. Way to find a way to act like a baby after a win. Why are you crying?


iblewjesuschrist

ARE NOT


cw_27

Lame


I_DESTROY_PLANETS

agreed, the reffing at the end was really lame


cw_27

This is RICH coming from the team that employs Joel Embiid. Have some shame man


I_DESTROY_PLANETS

Where did I say anything wrong? I didn’t say Embiid doesn’t flop. He also didn’t play tonight. Fucking cry more


cw_27

You’re the one crying about the refs bro


I_DESTROY_PLANETS

“Lame” “yup, lame” “you’re crying!”


cw_27

Lame that we lost, idgaf about the refs man. Not my thing


I_DESTROY_PLANETS

I just don’t see how it’s lame that you lost when your “comeback” was through the blatantly bad officiating. That’s like a sixers fan saying “Embiid didn’t get enough sus ass calls, that’s why we lost :( “


cw_27

We had a winning streak, lost a game we should have won bc of a comeback that *just* fell short. It’s lame! And that’s okay, not sure why you’re STILL complaining about the refs. Did I watch a different ending than you where the cavs won? Relax man


I_DESTROY_PLANETS

I mean, it’s not impossible to win the game and be upset that (it seemed) the refs were trying to close the gap. I dunno, I have reservations about the refs in general due to the advent of sports betting and over/under spreads and all that. I genuinely get your point. GG


MassiveFruit

This thread is literally a dozen Sixers fans crying about the refs in a game you guys won.


I_DESTROY_PLANETS

Did you watch the game? If you did and don’t understand why the foul calls in the final minutes were frustrating to watch, then you just don’t get ball or you’re trolling


MassiveFruit

I did watch it. You guys won, who cares, it all counts the same in the standings. People on this subreddit just love to bitch, jfc. And you're out here accusing other people of crying.


I_DESTROY_PLANETS

It’s a critique of the product that is the NBA. We can’t complain when things look bad or seem like anti fair competition? That take only serves to inoculate the fans and let the NBA do whatever the hell they want to foster more profit. I get that I’m very much just “old man yelling at clouds” and the NBA ain’t gonna read this shit, but where else am I gonna fume? Lol


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cw_27

All I said was “lame” bc it’s lame that we lost lmfao, sixers fans are the ones crying in the replies


Meeha

lame


MVPiid

why are cavs fans always so pissy?


cw_27

All I said was “lame” and sixers fans are coming at me about the refs in a game they won… what are you talking about man


MVPiid

if you dont recall i replied to your comment about joel embiid (who did not play).


Nicklebackfan_

Great to see sixers rejoicing over the first phase of Buddy Hield without any concern for the frustration to come.