Chris Forsberg talks with Danny Pommells of NBC Sports Philadelphia to preview the Celtics-76ers series. How much can we learn from the recent history between these two teams?
5:00-What’s the confidence level of 76ers fans heading into the series?
7:30-Concern level with Joel Embiid’s health
9:30-Joe Mazzulla vs Doc Rivers
16:00-Al Horford’s motivation to beat his former team
20:00-Who is the X-factor for Philadelphia?
24:00-Series predictions
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17 Comments
Gameplan should be simple:
1. let embiid get his, lock all the others down.
2. run every opportunity you can.
3. put embiid in rotation either as putting horford/muscala as a strong side shooter or putting embiid in PNP.
4. just like the hawks series, drive and kick alot. Get embiid into foul trouble. Force him to play defense.
5. be willing to play the bench more minutes so they can be more aggressive on defense. We have the deeper bench. Use those blake, grant, kornet fouls. Minimize the wear and tear on Al.
When embiid plays really has me curious. According to google a mild LCL sprain has a 3 weeks minimum recovery time. Embiid may not be ready for game 1-2 even after all this time resting. And i'd wonder if the sixers are down 2-0, would they risk further injury to joel by playing him.
I wish they argued more
I agree with Rob
Celtics will take the 76ers lightly due to Embiid's injury status and lose the first game. Celtics in 5.
Never under-estimate your opponent. Focus and stay the course. Let's go Celtics!
Jb
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Sixers in 6
Sixers can't win. Reason… Coach doc river
Embiids gonna go off, force him to do it from the line. Run his big ass up and down that court, then pound the ball the very minute he sits. The Road is clear, Attack & Abuse James Harden, force their guards to defend. The Jays will be the jays.
Sixers haven’t beaten the Celtics in forever…until now. Sixers in 7. 😤🔴🔵
C's in 6 over everyone. It's science.
In regards to who will win this series I think the Celtics are the better team overall and they will win the series in 5 games! I think losing game 5 at home to the Hawks was a wake up call that the Celtics needed and that they can't let up at any time during the playoffs even up 3-1!
Celtics in six from here on out.
What I learned from the Atlanta series is the defense doesn't seem as crisp as it did last year. Last year's D could look flawless at times, by capitalizing on a larger percentage of defensive plays such as steals, and blocked shots, finding and keeping the handle on offensive rebounds and when going for loose balls, as opposed to things like, a one-and-done early in the clock – after a steal, or turning it right back over on the offensive end – after a steal, or losing the handle on an offensive rebound – after a blocked shot, or missing a rebound and giving up a put-back – after blocking a shot , or giving the offense another clock – after blocking a shot and missing the rebound, like they were doing in both games 4 and 5, and even in game 6 to a much lesser degree.
The C's have been driving me crazy with those things for the last 3 games! I guess what I'm trying to say is I think Boston needs to do 3 things on D: 1. Play Boston defense more consistently (like coast-to-coast would be nice), and 2. Work on their handle, because they're fumbling too many balls, especially on the defensive end of the floor, and 3. Play better on the offensive glass because personally, I think being able to dominate the offensive boards wins you games in the post season. You're playing D on the offensive end of the floor, and there's nothing better than 2nd-chance points, or turning defense into offense, in a playoff game.
I'd also like to see a few more blocked shots from the Time Lord, but he's playing great. In fact, I'd like to see Rob take & make a mid-range shot or two and blow everybody's minds, or how about dropping one from distance? Whoa! lol! If he did either of those just a couple three times, at any point in these playoffs, it could really shake up defenses, since he'd pose yet another offensive threat on the floor for Boston.
If Embiid can stay out of foul trouble and our defense plays well the first game, its a series. If it is a blowout the first game, I will tip my hat and hope we can steal game 5 or get to game 7, if none of these things happen the Celtics will win. I'd give it about a 30% chance, I would not bet on it, but I'm still a Sixers fan and I'll hope like any other fanbase that we win. Good luck Boston and I hope we have a great series ☮
get what you're saying about only team can stop the C's is themselves, but you can't take the other team out of the equation – all of these teams have talent and all of them are going to fight to win – it's not going to be easy
The need to get embiid moving lateral. Get him into a bunch of PnR