[DiGiovanni] Nick Nurse called the Sixers’ win over the Nuggets “a strange game” and said that Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey and Tobias Harris all played well:
Nick Nurse called the Sixers’ win over the Nuggets “a strange game” and said that Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey and Tobias Harris all played well: pic.twitter.com/AQw6dCFYK1
— Sam DiGiovanni (@BySamDiGiovanni) January 17, 2024
by DanM142
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Random thing.
I’m sure other people noticed, but towards the end of the 3rd quarter, when the nuggets went on that big run, and the sixers had terrible offense, Nick Nurse didn’t call a time out at all. At one point I just started watching his reaction instead of the game, and he had none.
https://twitter.com/BySamDiGiovanni/status/1747465774254501973
>Tobias Harris on guarding Nikola Jokic and the Sixers switching up their defensive looks from time to time, including to a box-and-1, which he hadn’t played before:
https://twitter.com/dan_olinger/status/1747460389460128074
>“I liked it that [Embiid] took 6 threes. I think it’s part of his game that he should incorporate more. That should be more of an every night thing because he’s such a good three point shooter.”
>Nick Nurse on Joel Embiid, who shot 3-for-6 on threes today:
https://twitter.com/dan_olinger/status/1747468212516594038
>“If they went to the timeout to draw something up, we would switch up [our defense]. We’d go 1-3-1 zone, 2-3 zone, and even a Box-and-One.”
>Tobias Harris on how Nick Nurse always changes the Sixers defense after a timeout:
Fun little bonus.
In Nick Nurse’s book **Rapture Rapture: Fifteen Teams, Four Countries, One NBA Championship, and How to Find a Way to Win — Damn Near Anywhere** he talks about using a box and one against Curry in the nba finals here:
https://imgur.com/a/fKLrxiP
Best coach named nick in the city
honestly, the fact that we have an actual xs and os coach now is what gives me hope for the playoffs, more so than any player we could go out and trade for
Team’s in a very difficult position. Obviously our offense got the job done despite lackluster defense/rebounding tonight, but our scoring distribution was still very top-heavy. Denver’s 4-9 significantly outperformed ours (not necessarily in efficiency, just volume). Can we replicate this performance against the our top rivals in the East? It’s always tough to integrate a high-level player into a system, but I wouldn’t get too comfortable with wins like this one. Embiid was hitting some crazy shots.