The Minnesota Timberwolves hung around until late, but Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey combined for 86 points and were ultimately too much as the Philadelphia 76ers pulled off the victory. Ben Beecken (@bbeecken) breaks down the loss for the Wolves, including how and why their defensive strategy was blown up completely in the opening minutes of the game. Plus, other key takeaways and individual studs and duds.
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16 Comments
I'm not upset at this loss, Philly is a good team and Embiid is playing at MVP level.
I am disappointed at the lack of defensive adjustments. They let Embiid camp at the top of the key, just too comfortable and was knocking down free throws. Not a fan of putting Kyle Anderson on Embiid either 😂.
Also, we need some guard depth that can give us a punch on offense. Shake is bad, really bad. And you just can't count on Conley to give you a consistent 15 points. We need instant offense behind Ant.
L takes man, you can’t play defense when you’re in foul trouble so early on ticky tack bullshit.
They still had a chance to win this one even with the foul merchant getting all of the calls on the floor. This team is so frustrating to watch with all of the constant turnovers. It's a huge problem for them> A giant momentum killer. It doesn't matter who it is. They are all handing extra possessions over to the other team. Stupid risky passes. Stepping out of bounds. Sloppy ball handling. Bobbling catches. Offensive fouls. It's ridiculous. Hard to watch.
Can't stand watching Embiid play. So glad I don't have to watch 82 games of his flopping, 15 foot jumpers, endless free throws and whining
Hahahaha stop complaining Wolves fans there is no stopping Embiid this season
Embid was allowed to run people over and phantom contact by the Wolves were fouls
terrible officiating. inconsistent as hell
Dumb take. The refs decided this game. You cant say the wolves needed to adapt , you could say we had legitimate fouls against Embiid but he shouldve had 5 fouls going into the 4th. They arent calling it both ways. You cant break down the game seriously if your saying the wolves need to play through an absolute unfair advantage
I’m glad you an honest fan. EMBIID and jokic are on another level. They are really the two best big man in the Game.
our bench was pretty bad in this game. they played too rushed. naz turnovers. slowmo can't buy a shot. shake is bad.
I will never respect the way Embiid plays basketball
I feel like this game and New Orlean’s game, the zebra win the game for them. The refs do affect the game. When you are mentally affect, it will affect your performance.
Embiid haters in the comments salty AF😂😂 Not his fault you guys have 2 big men who can do absolutely nothing but get scored on and foul all game🤷🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️
How does Kyle Anderson get minutes? He's slow and can't shoot, he's a huge liability and they'll continue to lose to good teams.
My boy cooked yall stop making excuses #TheProcess
I get that you can’t spend 30 mins yelling about the refs, but that’s all this game was. It’s basically gaslighting if you think otherwise. The refs decided this one before the game.
Love seeing all of the whiny Philly fans commenting about their baby-soft foul merchant fouling his way to another MVP. How come the MVP never shows up in the playoffs? We gonna find you when you when you get bounced again in the second round by a legit playoff contender in the soft eastern conference