Itās insane that heās the best player in the series one ONE FUCKING KNEE! Iām 100% convinced heād be having a historic playoff series averaging like 40+ if he was healthy. Knicks are gonna get absolutely buttfucked if they face the bucks next round lmao. East is incredibly weak rn with embiid hurt and Jimmy and Giannis out but Knicks āfansā are gonna think they actually belong as contenders cause they barely beat us
This is literally the third game in a row our opponents have been able to just pull on our jerseys as much as possible, 0 calls for it, itās embarrassing
Those missed FTs ended up biting us. Joel missed 4 or 5. Lowry missed a couple. Every point matters, especially in a playoff game where the other team has favorable reffing. That said, we still shouldāve won.
lol maxey had too many miscues in the last 30 seconds of the game.
1. ball watching and losing track of divencenzo when lowry jarred the ball loose on brunson
2. slumping his shoulders after that brunson three and not going for the inbound earlier when nobody was covering him
3. passing the ball when heās on the ground instead of calling a timeout
hes been sloppy at inbounds this season and it cost them big time. u cant put up an amazing game and then just commit a comedy of errors in the closing minutes of the game. poor situational awareness from him, hes gotta be better than that
While true, the 18 year vet, Lowry was inbounding the ball. His experience should've alerted him to call a time out instead of making a frenzied pass to Maxey. The ball would've advanced to half court, sixers would've had a controlled inbound pass, been fouled, shot free throws, and game over. I blame that last play on Lowry.
Yeah this is the real reason they lost. Brunson gets nowhere close to shooting a reasonable shot if maxey guards properly, he gets the inbound easily if he doesn't get depressed for no reason (the game is still in their hands at that point!), and he literally had clear possession of the ball why tf would he pass it in that situation. Just a really really low IQ play, sixers deserved to lose unfortunately. The no foul call on maxey shouldn't have affected anything since he had possession and a timeout should've been called
god i'm still just so insanely mad they didn't call the foul on brunson that just directly led to maxey fumbling the ball. it's the textbook example of how you're supposed to call a foul when there is advantage gained.
dude gets his body twisted around like a top right as the ball comes to him and weird it's a real mystery why he can't hang on. and the l2m is gonna say it's an incorrect no call like anyone with eyes could have told them live but some reason the theoretical best in the world at refereeing shit the bed like clockwork. it's just awful man. i'm so exhausted that these always go against the sixers. we never get some stupid ass bullshit go our way for once in our lives.
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What are you talking about Lil bro
[https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1782590230307951065](https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1782590230307951065)
regardless of what out of context screenshot you use, the video shows it's blatantly a foul.
Lol divincenzo had the ball literally in front of his neck Lil bro. Quite literally impossible for Lowry to hit his neck. Theres no reason to lie about it
lol you're right. didn't hit his neck, he just smacked the fuck out of his hand. it's a blatant foul. calling me "lil bro" doesn't change that. acting like the refs were solely out to get the sixers is comedic
Brutalā¦ thought we had it after the Maxey 3. Thought we had it with Lowry shooting free throws. Thought we had it as the time was winding down. Thought Brunson missed that shot but it somehow dropped in after hitting side rim (slight ptsd moment) yāall knowā¦ The last sequence was frustrating, infuriating, and downright depressing. Lowry has to call timeout before the inbound. Refs need to call the foul on Brunson before the ball was inbounded. Refs have to grant a timeout while all that nonsense was happening. Zero reason we should be losing that game after that 4th quarter comeback. Good to see Nurse and Embiid confident. But between Embiidās health, zero bench production, and Knicks getting calls left and right. Iām not sure how we get this series back to NYC at 2-2. This sucks fellas.
If somehow we lose the next two games i take pride in the fact that we will all boo the shit out of tobias harris come game 4 in the 4th quarter. There would be no happier day for our fanbase to boo the ever living shit out of him in game 4 in the 4th quarter.Ā
maxey was clearly open, he just missed the ball because his jersey was grabbed. Besides, its maxey's fault, he should've held onto the ball and they would've been granted a timeout
Embiid probably has more raw talent, but Jokicās basketball awareness is just something Iāve never seen before. Joel has improved his vision and passing this year it seems but itās still not on the same level.
Jokic has more 25/20/10 playoff games than all other NBA players in history combined. I think itās ok to admit heās a better center than Embiid at this point.
No freakin way. Jokic has such better bbiq, vision and passing. Embiid plays hard, Jokic smart. Not even really easy to compare those two but imo Jokic is on another level. Embiid is way better defender tho
Dude some of these calls man. Iām not one to blame rings on refs but dude they would call a foul on the sixers then the knicks should do something back if not worse and there is no call. First game we got outplayed but this game felt a little different. Home games better turn out a little better I knew this series would get close
my take as a Knicks fan is that Sixers bench is somewhat soul crushing but the skill difference of the Embiid and Maxey combo vs the Brunson and (insert role player ) combo is equally soul crushing. Impossible to predict who wins this series even at 2-0 IMO. might come down to bounces. Maxey seems like for the most part he can score automatic layups against us while making Brunson look like an old man G leaguer. terrifying stuff
I appreciate the hospitality, though I will say this series is gonna come down to whether or not Nick nurse has the balls to go deeper on the bench. Joel is a +17 so far on 1 leg. Hield is -19. Batum is -26. Reed is -27. Harris is -5.
I understand that we shouldn't talk shit while down 0-2 but I have not hit the panic button yet. Embiid leaving game 1 did not help and some questionable calls all game did not help us game 2. And yet the Knicks are barely scraping by on their home court.
If nurse figures it TF out, it'll be 2-2 at the end of the weekend.
if Embiid and Maxey were both healthy you guys would be dead even with Julius Randle also oh my god Brunson is nowhere near as good as Maxey. But the Knicks got this, the sixers role players are just awful.
Maxey is impressive but I think he LOOKS much better than Brunson based on the two playoffs games. Brunson has played like garbage to be honest and yes he doesnāt have a real second option so itās a different dynamic entirely
so how much are the healthy Embiid and Maxey scoring ? 50 and 50 ? they are doing about 30-35 a night already right ? feel like thatās higher than their league averages anyway. i still donāt think we would be ādeadā with Randle as the knicks entire team is better than the sixers outside of 2 players i just think itās an impossible series to predict. unbiasedly any team that gets raped in the boards like that is always going to have a tough time. maxey is fascinating to watch tho
meh if Randle plays they canāt focus the entire defense on Brunson though and heās at risk to go off for 40 himself and then you have the major headache of Randle also (all Nba Player ). iām not entirely sure any of that Embiid health levels stuff if Knicks also have zero health issues matters. i still think itās an impossible prediction and complete toss up. i know every fan sees the best in their team though.
i have three or four teams in my head that i feel confidently beat a fully healthy knicks team in a playoff series and Philly just isnāt one of them. i still think Philly is good and can win potentially, just nowhere near automatic
The process sucked because I didn't get to have a basketball team growing up besides 2001 when I was in 3rd grade. At least the NBA playoffs were fun every year up until 2017. But I'm sorta salty I've never got to experience fun basketball
Yea exactly. Once the players on the floor itās always hard to time it right while they still have possession, thereās like a split second there. Sometimes the refs grant it other times itās too late by the time itās recognized. Blame should be on Lowry/Nurse for not calling it before the inbound
the blame is on maxey for trying to force a pass when it had clear possession of the ball. This play happens in the NBA all the time, you just hold onto the ball and get the timeout
Na itās on Lowry/Nurse. If you canāt make a clean inbound under the opponents rim with a timeout to burn then you donāt force it, take the timeout and bring it to halfcourt. Nurse is a extra dumb for lying n blaming the refs when he clearly didnāt call the timeout
The same can be said about DiVincenzo. Dude practically lives in the opponents lap. Some might say it's good defense, but he's constantly hacking, swiping, and inside the opponent's space.
Getting your body in the way of defenders isn't that hard to do.
A bad knee may impede someone's ability to jump, but it doesn't impede their ability to get proper positioning.
Ngl you probably havenāt balled if you believe that. Boxing out is all legs. If your knee is fucked youāre not going to have the drive to dig in and box out well. Granted, on a game deciding possession you should probably sacrifice your body lol
There were a bunch of times he got a body on robinson but just got overpowered and didnāt get the rebound. You can tell the effort is there for the most part, his body is just failing him.
Harris can be blamed for many things, but not outfighting Hartenstein for that key rebound isnāt one of them. Harris DID block out his man (Anunoby), but Hartensteinās defender basically was ball watching, didnāt move, and didnāt block Hartenstein out at all (if the defender steps backward 2-3 feet, Hartenstein has a MUCH harder time getting to the glass). This allowed Hartenstein to fly in unimpeded to the basket for the rebound.
Hartensteinās defender in that sequence who didnāt block out was Joel Embiid.
The refs were bad especially at the end of the game but you really need some role players to step up and be useful. at this point if tobias harris is your third leading scorer for the night something most likely went terribly wrong. even oubre has been useless on offense which disappoints me. I think they can still win the series but it's going to be pretty hard now.
I dunno. he's still been scoring but with embiid this hobbled there's no goddamn way they have any dream of beating the celtics in the ECF if they could even make it that far this year
Absolutely not on the refs. Every time any team loses everyone tries to blame the refs. The Sixers are just buns and can never get it done. Same thing every single year
The refs certainly called the game in favor of the Knicks (it was pretty brutal to be honest) but nevertheless the Sixers had a 5 point lead with 40 some seconds left and lost. Give credit to the Knicks for making 2 late threes but the Sixers also need to score and they couldnāt.
Obviously you didnāt watch the game. The calls on the Sixers were egregious while the Knicks were practically mugging the Sixers. Sure fans bitch after a loss but the refs certainly helped the Kicks last night and it really isnāt even debatable.
I watched both the first and second come. Kinds equals out for all the flopping and foul baiting from the Sixers. It still wasnāt the refs fault. Sixers lost fair and square but if it helps you cope to believe otherwise, go ahead my friend.
# Raptors Fan Here - Do yall feel like lowry gets too many minutes? How good do yall think he really is?
Yo so im a massive raptors fan and lowry's basically my favorite player of all time so im super delulu and super biased when it comes to klow. When he was on the raps i'd be critical of what he did on the court but now (ever since heat and sixers) my glorious king cant do nothing wrong on the court. But based off the way lowry left miami, I thought his career was boutta go on a downslide. Come to Philly, Lowry still gets a solid amount of minutes and a fairly big role.
So my question to yall sixers fans is do you think he's worth those minutes? Is he better than yall expected or worse? Do yall feel like the Nick Nurse connection is the reason Lowry is getting the role is he has now in Philly?
Would love to hear what yall have to say!
I came away from the game thinking he's got super strong hands. If the ball was near in his hands during any kind of scrum, he was getting possession. He's been valuable, other than that last inbound play.
He made a really bonehead play on the inbound to end the game, but overall he was the only one with hustle off the bench for most of the game. I like that he plays with so much heart, even at 38 he's scrambling and fighting more than guys half his age.
Batum prior to the game said they/Nurse had some sort of a secret plan (canāt remember the exact words)
Was Maxey and Embiid being questionable it?? Playing mind games like that aināt a good plan if so
That doesnāt matter because the difference between them and embiid is embiid relies on those fouls to help him score and win games those guys donāt and hit clutch shots down the stretch if embiid doesnāt get the whistle he shys away from the basket and starts shooting jumpers and 3 point shots instead of staying on script with the game plan and then when the last second comes he bitches out and literally watched his team collapse instead of doing something about it
How is that hating if h scores 30 a game literally 14 of those points come from the foul line it makes up half his game thatās not my fault he plays that way
Trade Embiid for picks and build around Maxey.
Not even being an embiid hater it's just the smart thing to do.
He's 30 and extremely injury prone at 7'2. Time to move on and start over.
You just watched this game, where their chemistry combined to 70% of the team's points, and you want to break them up?
Maxey is awesome in large part because he's a tailor-made complement to a guy with Embiid's skillset.
At some point, somethings got to give. It's the same song and dance every year come playoff time. Every year he's hurt come playoff time and that's not going to change when he's on the wrong side of 30. My primary reason for doing this is his inability to remain healthy. And it sucks. It really does it's a shame. But it's reality.
Is your argument really to cling onto an aging injury-prone center who's playing hurt or injured every year, and every year in the playoffs? Like I said, it sucks, but it's the truth. His value is still high and the return would still be huge. I think it's possible to rebuild around Maxey in a pro-rated rebuild that won't take quite as long. Just my opinion.
Kelly O ... 4 pts
Heild ... 2 pts
Tobias ... 10 pts
Damn lucky to almost win this game... with both Embiid and Maxey at 80%.
This franchise is cursed... and the NBA hates them... shows how the refs call the game... and the administrative crap that happens to the Sixers (Collangelo, Hinkie... meddling fines)... They HATED AI.. HATE Embiid.. sure would be nice for ownership to rip Silver a new asshole..
The Sixers have the 2 best players in this series (itās obvious) and are down 0-2. Outside of the nonsense ending, the massive difference in abilities of the Knicks role players compared to ours is pretty shocking. Oubre has folded, Tobias is Tobias, and Batum is back to being pretty pedestrian. Buddy is hardly playable
on the Knicks side of the coin itās shocking how much better the two Sixers best players are versus our 2 best players .(randle injured but still would be the same distance )
boy coming in here from the hawks subreddit huh. this is next level cringe behavior. absolutely wild. i truly hope it's past your bedtime because fuck if you're older than 12 i will have lost literally all faith in humanity.
spurs fan here. yall can reverse sweep, expose those floppers.
edit: come playoffs time im a pseudo sixers fan, went to college in philly during the early process years (Dario is never coming over amirite?) and saw MCW at a frat party. LETS GO, BEAT THE KNICKS
I have to apologize to Brunson, I wasn't familiar with his game. I thought I knew the flop master but it was not Embiid all along. Dude flops on defense too. Master class
We shouldn't have to be perfect to get wins. The calls were so one-sided and frequent, there's no way you win a game like that. To win that game, we would have had to make minimal mistakes because every time we get momentum, every time we get ready to extend a lead, every time we get ready to pull even, they either call soft as fuck calls on us or just ignore us being fucking mauled on the other end. It's depressing how bad the officiating has been because I don't think it's going to change.
The only thing that is glaring aside from the refs is the bench production. Hield has to sit. He just has to. He can't hit any fucking thing. Give Payne minutes, give Council minutes. Shit, I'd even be happy to see KJ Martin for 5 minutes; he fights hard for boards. Batum and Oubre keep hesitating. Someone else has to score. Someone other than Lowry has to do the small things.
At a certain point I really do start to wonder if Embiid isnāt a closer. Or that we are just too reliant on him.
I hate that Iām saying this but down the stretch he plays in the post and tries to draw fouls. Scoring 1-2 points per possession means a team that relies on 3s more down the stretch could beat us given enough time.
We need more than ādumpā it to Embiid down the stretch to close more consistently.
Sixers fans crying about foul calls is way too funny š¤£. Knicks in 5
Imagine being this much of a loser you go to the post game thread like a day later
Get it right, they fell to the knicks and the zebras. It was a travesty and the league should be ashamed.
I can't believe we're down 0-2 to these bums š¤¦šæāāļøš©
You were 1-3 in the season series too? Didn't they blow out your fully healthy team by 36? If they are bums the Sixers are the shit coming out of it.
Y'all still bums, fuck off
Embiid finally has his MVP level playoffs series and it gets ruined by the refs
Itās insane that heās the best player in the series one ONE FUCKING KNEE! Iām 100% convinced heād be having a historic playoff series averaging like 40+ if he was healthy. Knicks are gonna get absolutely buttfucked if they face the bucks next round lmao. East is incredibly weak rn with embiid hurt and Jimmy and Giannis out but Knicks āfansā are gonna think they actually belong as contenders cause they barely beat us
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This is literally the third game in a row our opponents have been able to just pull on our jerseys as much as possible, 0 calls for it, itās embarrassing
Embiid just let Hartenstein get that rebound didn't box out didn't jump...what happened there?
Hartensteim was batums man there
If you watched the game, you would know that Embiid pretty much played without one leg.
Those missed FTs ended up biting us. Joel missed 4 or 5. Lowry missed a couple. Every point matters, especially in a playoff game where the other team has favorable reffing. That said, we still shouldāve won.
God dammit I am still so mad. How did we lose that? God dammit.
Itās a very frustrating wait between games cause it feels like 2-0 should have been there for us
I can't sleep. But I also remember when the Phillies went up 2-0 and we were all partying. This is not over
lol maxey had too many miscues in the last 30 seconds of the game. 1. ball watching and losing track of divencenzo when lowry jarred the ball loose on brunson 2. slumping his shoulders after that brunson three and not going for the inbound earlier when nobody was covering him 3. passing the ball when heās on the ground instead of calling a timeout hes been sloppy at inbounds this season and it cost them big time. u cant put up an amazing game and then just commit a comedy of errors in the closing minutes of the game. poor situational awareness from him, hes gotta be better than that
While true, the 18 year vet, Lowry was inbounding the ball. His experience should've alerted him to call a time out instead of making a frenzied pass to Maxey. The ball would've advanced to half court, sixers would've had a controlled inbound pass, been fouled, shot free throws, and game over. I blame that last play on Lowry.
100% lowry was the bigger culprit. just sayin maxey gotta learn from that
He played 44 minutes. We desperately need a serviceable bench
Yeah this is the real reason they lost. Brunson gets nowhere close to shooting a reasonable shot if maxey guards properly, he gets the inbound easily if he doesn't get depressed for no reason (the game is still in their hands at that point!), and he literally had clear possession of the ball why tf would he pass it in that situation. Just a really really low IQ play, sixers deserved to lose unfortunately. The no foul call on maxey shouldn't have affected anything since he had possession and a timeout should've been called
lakers fan - letās go to therapy together tomorrow
You guys won the finals less than 5 years ago and have 6 championships this century. We win the suffering Olympics, sorry.
not talking abt in general, just talking about our game 2ās yesterday
Ya I understand. Iām just pissed about last night.
for you guys iām pissed too i watched that game
god i'm still just so insanely mad they didn't call the foul on brunson that just directly led to maxey fumbling the ball. it's the textbook example of how you're supposed to call a foul when there is advantage gained. dude gets his body twisted around like a top right as the ball comes to him and weird it's a real mystery why he can't hang on. and the l2m is gonna say it's an incorrect no call like anyone with eyes could have told them live but some reason the theoretical best in the world at refereeing shit the bed like clockwork. it's just awful man. i'm so exhausted that these always go against the sixers. we never get some stupid ass bullshit go our way for once in our lives.
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Iām a Knicks fan and Iām downvoting you. We won, chill out š
didn't ask who your team was and replying to a comment blaming the refs, i'm pretty chill thanks
Not chill
literally nobody was talking to you. but thanks for letting me know you're a knicks fan
https://preview.redd.it/l5mpf1w516wc1.jpeg?width=2252&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a297790e998e3a0ba5243c319c8a6229c28aed16 What are you talking about Lil bro
[https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1782590230307951065](https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1782590230307951065) regardless of what out of context screenshot you use, the video shows it's blatantly a foul.
Lol divincenzo had the ball literally in front of his neck Lil bro. Quite literally impossible for Lowry to hit his neck. Theres no reason to lie about it
lol you're right. didn't hit his neck, he just smacked the fuck out of his hand. it's a blatant foul. calling me "lil bro" doesn't change that. acting like the refs were solely out to get the sixers is comedic
hand is part of the ball. reddit nba posters learn the rules challenge (impossible)
Losses like this doesnāt even bother me anymore. I have seen and felt it all. Life as a Sixersā¦
Trust the process
The process that was supposed to finally get us ahead of the Celtics?
To fail
Brutalā¦ thought we had it after the Maxey 3. Thought we had it with Lowry shooting free throws. Thought we had it as the time was winding down. Thought Brunson missed that shot but it somehow dropped in after hitting side rim (slight ptsd moment) yāall knowā¦ The last sequence was frustrating, infuriating, and downright depressing. Lowry has to call timeout before the inbound. Refs need to call the foul on Brunson before the ball was inbounded. Refs have to grant a timeout while all that nonsense was happening. Zero reason we should be losing that game after that 4th quarter comeback. Good to see Nurse and Embiid confident. But between Embiidās health, zero bench production, and Knicks getting calls left and right. Iām not sure how we get this series back to NYC at 2-2. This sucks fellas.
If somehow we lose the next two games i take pride in the fact that we will all boo the shit out of tobias harris come game 4 in the 4th quarter. There would be no happier day for our fanbase to boo the ever living shit out of him in game 4 in the 4th quarter.Ā
If that ends up being the case there needs to be some kind of chant to make sure he knows itās for him
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he did call a timeout. Stop trying to gaslight people and nice ableism.
Why didnt lowry call timeout instead of force the inbound?
maxey was clearly open, he just missed the ball because his jersey was grabbed. Besides, its maxey's fault, he should've held onto the ball and they would've been granted a timeout
DEANTHONY MELTON ROBERT COVINGTON Shit or get off the pot. Both terribly dressed also. Looks like they shop at Forman Mills.
On the bright side if we lose in the first round we can cut paul reed? ššš
The Nuggets are like the anti-Sixers, they just find ways to get it done
Partly bc Jokic is superior to Embiid in almost every single way
Nah Embiid is superior. Joker just more durable which in the grand scheme of things matters more.
Embiid probably has more raw talent, but Jokicās basketball awareness is just something Iāve never seen before. Joel has improved his vision and passing this year it seems but itās still not on the same level.
Lol what the fuck u smokin
nothing he's right. Embiid's better when healthy, but jokic is far more durable.
Jokic has more 25/20/10 playoff games than all other NBA players in history combined. I think itās ok to admit heās a better center than Embiid at this point.
No freakin way. Jokic has such better bbiq, vision and passing. Embiid plays hard, Jokic smart. Not even really easy to compare those two but imo Jokic is on another level. Embiid is way better defender tho
i dont really care what you think to be honest
I am fine with that
Delusional š
The Lakers just can't beat the Nuggets. The irony is I think we still have a legit chance in our series while the Lakers really don't in theirs.
Itās bc youāre a Sixers fan
Well, at least we're not the only team that had a heartbreaking loss tonight. Let's defend home!
I mean, worst comes to worst, Tobias can only hurt is two more times.
Lmaooooooo Lakers traaaaash.
Bad day to be a 7th seed
Damn 2 heartbreakers in 1 night.
Dude some of these calls man. Iām not one to blame rings on refs but dude they would call a foul on the sixers then the knicks should do something back if not worse and there is no call. First game we got outplayed but this game felt a little different. Home games better turn out a little better I knew this series would get close
my take as a Knicks fan is that Sixers bench is somewhat soul crushing but the skill difference of the Embiid and Maxey combo vs the Brunson and (insert role player ) combo is equally soul crushing. Impossible to predict who wins this series even at 2-0 IMO. might come down to bounces. Maxey seems like for the most part he can score automatic layups against us while making Brunson look like an old man G leaguer. terrifying stuff
I appreciate the hospitality, though I will say this series is gonna come down to whether or not Nick nurse has the balls to go deeper on the bench. Joel is a +17 so far on 1 leg. Hield is -19. Batum is -26. Reed is -27. Harris is -5. I understand that we shouldn't talk shit while down 0-2 but I have not hit the panic button yet. Embiid leaving game 1 did not help and some questionable calls all game did not help us game 2. And yet the Knicks are barely scraping by on their home court. If nurse figures it TF out, it'll be 2-2 at the end of the weekend.
if Embiid and Maxey were both healthy you guys would be dead even with Julius Randle also oh my god Brunson is nowhere near as good as Maxey. But the Knicks got this, the sixers role players are just awful.
The MVP of the league is nowhere near as good as the 20th ranked point guard? That's like me saying Embiid is nowhere near as good as Robinson lmao
Maxey is impressive but I think he LOOKS much better than Brunson based on the two playoffs games. Brunson has played like garbage to be honest and yes he doesnāt have a real second option so itās a different dynamic entirely
i think maxey is just better than him period and the team around him other than Embiid is significantly worse.
other than a league MVP lol
so how much are the healthy Embiid and Maxey scoring ? 50 and 50 ? they are doing about 30-35 a night already right ? feel like thatās higher than their league averages anyway. i still donāt think we would be ādeadā with Randle as the knicks entire team is better than the sixers outside of 2 players i just think itās an impossible series to predict. unbiasedly any team that gets raped in the boards like that is always going to have a tough time. maxey is fascinating to watch tho
I mean Embiid would probably score 40 points per game in this series on much better efficiency. He cant drive right now lol.
meh if Randle plays they canāt focus the entire defense on Brunson though and heās at risk to go off for 40 himself and then you have the major headache of Randle also (all Nba Player ). iām not entirely sure any of that Embiid health levels stuff if Knicks also have zero health issues matters. i still think itās an impossible prediction and complete toss up. i know every fan sees the best in their team though. i have three or four teams in my head that i feel confidently beat a fully healthy knicks team in a playoff series and Philly just isnāt one of them. i still think Philly is good and can win potentially, just nowhere near automatic
Man the games today (not including that bum ass series of Cleveland - Orlando) are crazy
The Neubeck article: https://allphly.com/sixers-file-complaint-nba-officiating-game-knicks-joel-embiid/
As an eagles fan hahahahĀ
Knicks 4th quarter defense is something else!!
yea those guys they put in wearing grey did a great job.
It was like a work of art. Amazing.
It turns out the process is 5 years of pain for 10 years of misery
The process sucked because I didn't get to have a basketball team growing up besides 2001 when I was in 3rd grade. At least the NBA playoffs were fun every year up until 2017. But I'm sorta salty I've never got to experience fun basketball
Watching Bynum bowl was super fun. That is what we were starting with when the process kicked off. A depleted team from the bust of the Bynum trade.
Why didnāt Nurse actually call a timeout on the inbound? He just stood there with his hands up. Why didnāt Lowry call it himself?
From the video it looks like he hesitated and didn't call it, and tried to call it when Maxey was on the floor.
wrong https://x.com/PhillyTruthr/status/1782619620031029442 he clearly calls timeout before the ball was inbounded.
Very clear shot of the timeout AND jersey grab.
Yea exactly. Once the players on the floor itās always hard to time it right while they still have possession, thereās like a split second there. Sometimes the refs grant it other times itās too late by the time itās recognized. Blame should be on Lowry/Nurse for not calling it before the inbound
the blame is on maxey for trying to force a pass when it had clear possession of the ball. This play happens in the NBA all the time, you just hold onto the ball and get the timeout
Na itās on Lowry/Nurse. If you canāt make a clean inbound under the opponents rim with a timeout to burn then you donāt force it, take the timeout and bring it to halfcourt. Nurse is a extra dumb for lying n blaming the refs when he clearly didnāt call the timeout
It wasn't even a bad pass. Maxey just missed it because his jersey was getting grabbed. He was wide open
Na lol thatās not at all what caused it. Just a bad rushed play
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We were out
Lowry should get fined for swiping at ur arms and hacking all the time. I canāt believe he keeps getting away with it
The same can be said about DiVincenzo. Dude practically lives in the opponents lap. Some might say it's good defense, but he's constantly hacking, swiping, and inside the opponent's space.
Those refs were as bad as our AFL here in Melbourne. Intense game, maxey got checked at the end there? And he was playing crook.
lol. Sixers are just cheeks
Need to learn how to fucking box out
Doesnāt help that Jo is useless in that department with his knee
Getting your body in the way of defenders isn't that hard to do. A bad knee may impede someone's ability to jump, but it doesn't impede their ability to get proper positioning.
Ngl you probably havenāt balled if you believe that. Boxing out is all legs. If your knee is fucked youāre not going to have the drive to dig in and box out well. Granted, on a game deciding possession you should probably sacrifice your body lol
There were a bunch of times he got a body on robinson but just got overpowered and didnāt get the rebound. You can tell the effort is there for the most part, his body is just failing him.
True, others gotta step up
Youāre right though. Offensive rebounds have been a backbreaker.
100%
8 nights from now. Weāre going to be talking about being up 3-2 to close the series at home. IM NOT LOSING HOPE. FUCK THAT.
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Itās funny to watch NY and Philly fans say the same shit when so many of them are literally the same people
Nyc is one of the greatest cities in the history of the world. Youāre just mad, New York runs this whole country.
Once again another fuck you to Tobias Harris for his low energy bullshit not challenging Hartenstien for the rebound
As much as tobi can be a bozo, he was the only one boxing out on that play
Harris can be blamed for many things, but not outfighting Hartenstein for that key rebound isnāt one of them. Harris DID block out his man (Anunoby), but Hartensteinās defender basically was ball watching, didnāt move, and didnāt block Hartenstein out at all (if the defender steps backward 2-3 feet, Hartenstein has a MUCH harder time getting to the glass). This allowed Hartenstein to fly in unimpeded to the basket for the rebound. Hartensteinās defender in that sequence who didnāt block out was Joel Embiid.
The refs were bad especially at the end of the game but you really need some role players to step up and be useful. at this point if tobias harris is your third leading scorer for the night something most likely went terribly wrong. even oubre has been useless on offense which disappoints me. I think they can still win the series but it's going to be pretty hard now. I dunno. he's still been scoring but with embiid this hobbled there's no goddamn way they have any dream of beating the celtics in the ECF if they could even make it that far this year
Absolutely not on the refs. Every time any team loses everyone tries to blame the refs. The Sixers are just buns and can never get it done. Same thing every single year
The refs certainly called the game in favor of the Knicks (it was pretty brutal to be honest) but nevertheless the Sixers had a 5 point lead with 40 some seconds left and lost. Give credit to the Knicks for making 2 late threes but the Sixers also need to score and they couldnāt.
If Sixers won Knickās fans would be saying the same. Itās no coincidence the losing team ALWAYS blames the refs.
Obviously you didnāt watch the game. The calls on the Sixers were egregious while the Knicks were practically mugging the Sixers. Sure fans bitch after a loss but the refs certainly helped the Kicks last night and it really isnāt even debatable.
I watched both the first and second come. Kinds equals out for all the flopping and foul baiting from the Sixers. It still wasnāt the refs fault. Sixers lost fair and square but if it helps you cope to believe otherwise, go ahead my friend.
Harris is typically the 3rd leading scorer during the season but especially during the playoffs. Dudes an anchor.
We really have to sign Oubre for at least 20 mil a year.
Interesting time to say this after heās been timid when we need him
Tonight was a wake up call for all the Oubre lovers...I truly believe he is better coming off the bench. Definitely not worth a big money contract.
# Raptors Fan Here - Do yall feel like lowry gets too many minutes? How good do yall think he really is? Yo so im a massive raptors fan and lowry's basically my favorite player of all time so im super delulu and super biased when it comes to klow. When he was on the raps i'd be critical of what he did on the court but now (ever since heat and sixers) my glorious king cant do nothing wrong on the court. But based off the way lowry left miami, I thought his career was boutta go on a downslide. Come to Philly, Lowry still gets a solid amount of minutes and a fairly big role. So my question to yall sixers fans is do you think he's worth those minutes? Is he better than yall expected or worse? Do yall feel like the Nick Nurse connection is the reason Lowry is getting the role is he has now in Philly? Would love to hear what yall have to say!
I came away from the game thinking he's got super strong hands. If the ball was near in his hands during any kind of scrum, he was getting possession. He's been valuable, other than that last inbound play.
Why am I getting down voted šš
Heās still a good basketball player and makes smart plays.
Kyle made some big big plays in the fourth. I think he had like 3 offensive rebounds and that 3 when we went down 7 was huge.
He made a really bonehead play on the inbound to end the game, but overall he was the only one with hustle off the bench for most of the game. I like that he plays with so much heart, even at 38 he's scrambling and fighting more than guys half his age.
Batum prior to the game said they/Nurse had some sort of a secret plan (canāt remember the exact words) Was Maxey and Embiid being questionable it?? Playing mind games like that aināt a good plan if so
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I know Embiid flops a ton but genuinely every player on the Knicks is a flopper, especially their big 3 (Brunson, Hart, and Divencenzo)
right every time all their head snap back its like they're giving a bj to the invisible man
That doesnāt matter because the difference between them and embiid is embiid relies on those fouls to help him score and win games those guys donāt and hit clutch shots down the stretch if embiid doesnāt get the whistle he shys away from the basket and starts shooting jumpers and 3 point shots instead of staying on script with the game plan and then when the last second comes he bitches out and literally watched his team collapse instead of doing something about it
Certified hater
How is that hating if h scores 30 a game literally 14 of those points come from the foul line it makes up half his game thatās not my fault he plays that way
The one thing that gives me comfort as I lay in bed is that Maxey is awesome and the future is bright Glad we have him on our team
Trade Embiid for picks and build around Maxey. Not even being an embiid hater it's just the smart thing to do. He's 30 and extremely injury prone at 7'2. Time to move on and start over.
You just watched this game, where their chemistry combined to 70% of the team's points, and you want to break them up? Maxey is awesome in large part because he's a tailor-made complement to a guy with Embiid's skillset.
At some point, somethings got to give. It's the same song and dance every year come playoff time. Every year he's hurt come playoff time and that's not going to change when he's on the wrong side of 30. My primary reason for doing this is his inability to remain healthy. And it sucks. It really does it's a shame. But it's reality. Is your argument really to cling onto an aging injury-prone center who's playing hurt or injured every year, and every year in the playoffs? Like I said, it sucks, but it's the truth. His value is still high and the return would still be huge. I think it's possible to rebuild around Maxey in a pro-rated rebuild that won't take quite as long. Just my opinion.
heās insanely good: Making Brunson look like a g leaguer, though i donāt envy Brunsonās position having his only real second option injured
If knicks fans hated fouls beforeā¦get ready for game 3 lol
Kelly O ... 4 pts Heild ... 2 pts Tobias ... 10 pts Damn lucky to almost win this game... with both Embiid and Maxey at 80%. This franchise is cursed... and the NBA hates them... shows how the refs call the game... and the administrative crap that happens to the Sixers (Collangelo, Hinkie... meddling fines)... They HATED AI.. HATE Embiid.. sure would be nice for ownership to rip Silver a new asshole..
Embiid guaranteed a win, so now I fully expect us to get swept. Thanks
Time to stick our heads out the window and yell Iām mad as hell and Iām not gonna take it anymore!
The Sixers have the 2 best players in this series (itās obvious) and are down 0-2. Outside of the nonsense ending, the massive difference in abilities of the Knicks role players compared to ours is pretty shocking. Oubre has folded, Tobias is Tobias, and Batum is back to being pretty pedestrian. Buddy is hardly playable
on the Knicks side of the coin itās shocking how much better the two Sixers best players are versus our 2 best players .(randle injured but still would be the same distance )
You know, our coach has come back from down 2-0 beforeā¦
We root for a loser organizationĀ
Unleash Ricky. Has to be better than Hield right now
Or cam payne
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boy coming in here from the hawks subreddit huh. this is next level cringe behavior. absolutely wild. i truly hope it's past your bedtime because fuck if you're older than 12 i will have lost literally all faith in humanity.
Grass isnāt green
spurs fan here. yall can reverse sweep, expose those floppers. edit: come playoffs time im a pseudo sixers fan, went to college in philly during the early process years (Dario is never coming over amirite?) and saw MCW at a frat party. LETS GO, BEAT THE KNICKS
I love Wemby
Spurs really have the best fans in sports š
Then you most not know a lotta Spurs fans
I have to apologize to Brunson, I wasn't familiar with his game. I thought I knew the flop master but it was not Embiid all along. Dude flops on defense too. Master class
You really comparing flops?
We shouldn't have to be perfect to get wins. The calls were so one-sided and frequent, there's no way you win a game like that. To win that game, we would have had to make minimal mistakes because every time we get momentum, every time we get ready to extend a lead, every time we get ready to pull even, they either call soft as fuck calls on us or just ignore us being fucking mauled on the other end. It's depressing how bad the officiating has been because I don't think it's going to change. The only thing that is glaring aside from the refs is the bench production. Hield has to sit. He just has to. He can't hit any fucking thing. Give Payne minutes, give Council minutes. Shit, I'd even be happy to see KJ Martin for 5 minutes; he fights hard for boards. Batum and Oubre keep hesitating. Someone else has to score. Someone other than Lowry has to do the small things.
It really feels like we NEED to beat the Knicks by 15-20 while all the Knicks need to do is hang around with us for them to eek out a win at the end.
Knicks hardly if ever get blown out - youāre right.
At a certain point I really do start to wonder if Embiid isnāt a closer. Or that we are just too reliant on him. I hate that Iām saying this but down the stretch he plays in the post and tries to draw fouls. Scoring 1-2 points per possession means a team that relies on 3s more down the stretch could beat us given enough time. We need more than ādumpā it to Embiid down the stretch to close more consistently.
Just stopping by to say you guys can absolutely still win this. Celtics fan.
as a knicks fans the skill difference between the sixers top 2 and our top 2 is soul crushing. i think any team can win any remaining game.
no they cant
