[Post-Game Thread] The Philadelphia 76ers fall to the Boston Celtics with a final score of 117 to 107

36 Comments

1. jloops03 12 months ago

   Nurse has been great but the dude seriously has to put an emphasis on 3’s. Consistently getting massively outshot from deep.

2. DELCO-PHILLY-BOY 12 months ago

   It’s really disheartening to watch us get dominated down low for 48 minutes when Embiid isn’t on his shit, especially when your opponent’s starting big isn’t playing.

3. 13Petrichor 12 months ago

   Embiid not bullying Horford to the cup is a fucking war crime. Ridiculous number of open shots passed up too. Absolutely unforgivable that the best duo in the league got held to a combined 40. The most passive play I’ve seen from these two this year.

   I like Nurse but I’m going to lose my fucking mind if Morris sees another minute of NBA basketball unless it’s a blowout in garbage time.

4. AcknowledgeMeReddit 12 months ago

   Fuck all the way off second row joe with that challenge! Such bullshit. There wasn’t enough to overturn! His hand hit Maxey’s on the follow through. We still wouldn’t of won but got damn…

5. itonlygetsdeeper 12 months ago

   Also trade that loser Batum if he can’t keep his bitch in check.

6. downsouthcountry 12 months ago

   Celtics getting open threes killed us.

7. Aftermxth 12 months ago

   Pat Bev not an NBA player im afraid.

8. LionsFan42000 12 months ago

   Close game, well get em next time!!

9. Bi-SportsFan 12 months ago

   Fuck al horford

10. AcknowledgeMeReddit 12 months ago

    Derrick White shaving his head somehow makes me hate his ugly ass even more. Especially when anytime we would go on a run he would splash a three….

11. enRutus 12 months ago

    Outshot from the arc 87 to 52 in these two losses. Not every team can play 5-out, but teams are going to spread us out and force Embiid to move around

12. HoagieTwoFace 12 months ago

    Okey dokey. Glad we see that Morris, Bev, Korkmaz aren’t nba players

13. jawntothefuture 12 months ago

    eh I wasn’t expecting a win. It is still disappointing to see Joel tryin to play iso hero ball/moping when it doesn’t go his way/he isn’t getting the calls. They need a true back up PG or run Springer. Bev needs to be a 5 minute spark guy. No Morris ever please. I get we are hurt/second end of a back to back so im not mad

14. Calcutta637 12 months ago

    Celtics know they ain’t shit without Al horford

15. joshama11 12 months ago

    Same old sixers, second round exits again probably to the celtics or pacers, shit maybe first round exits. Just gonna try to enjoy the regular season, by picking and choosing when to watch. Definitely still 0 belief in this team actually accomplishing anything this season other than maybe maxey MIP.

16. deez00s 12 months ago

    Can someone drug test Derrick White? MF pulled a reverse Sampson out here. Cut his wisps came out lookin’ swol.

17. Knight725 12 months ago

    still infuriated that other teams aren’t even guarding horford anymore because he’s so bad from 3 and makes 50% here. just so tired of the same dumb bullshit every time

18. Earlyn_Parks 12 months ago

    Embiid was horrid and those late game turnovers were frustrating but I’m ultimately putting this lost on the coach who decided to put Morris and Bev in the game again after watching them piss away the lead in the first half. You cannot play Embiid with bums who can’t shoot and expect to win those mins.

19. Tuhzzy 12 months ago

    we literally just beat this team a week ago with their full roster no? Doomers need to relax lmao

20. mp455 12 months ago

    Not once did Horford make a clutch shot for us but against us you can make an hour long highlight reel of clutch shots against us.

21. mac_rmm 12 months ago

    Only good thing about this game is that hopefully Springer will move up to seventh or eighth man in rotation. Let him play and work out his weaknesses as there was a lot to be excited about in his performance tonight.

22. jloops03 12 months ago

    The Spurs are fucking terrorists for gifting the Celtics Derek White for pocket change.

23. bruhboi2222 12 months ago

    Derrick White being their 5th best player and he is better than Tobias Harris our third best player. And we still get outscored on the bench lol

24. Socialthinker 12 months ago

    Embiids effort is HUGE problem, somedays you can tell he’s not even trying. And it happens in the most important games! The last two he just slumping and moping and walking around the court. Paul Reed has 100% more heart than embiid and he shouldve stayed out there tonight. As a fan it disappoints seeing our MVP just not even try. When he does try its easily 40 points

25. mac_rmm 12 months ago

    Sadly Derrick White would be an absolutely perfect backcourt partner for Maxey. Sucks he is on Celtics.

26. Imaginary_Office_658 12 months ago

    Meanwhile Oubre out there doing wheelies on a quad bike talm bout hit and run

27. A_Stickman_Jr 12 months ago

    Everytime the Sixers lose, this bitch ass sub starts talking shit on Embiid. Fuck you

28. kweku55 12 months ago

    Embiid was gassed yesterday and he looked gassed today. Maxey started deferring in the 4th which wasn’t ideal, though maybe he was getting tired too? I dunno, it’s just one game and we kept it close despite the back to back after an intense game last night. I know Boston was down both Brown and Porzingis, but they’re a pretty damn deep team and we seemed more hurt by the lack of Batum and Oubre than Boston by the lack of their guys. It was great seeing Springer getting some run tonight. I think he had 2 boneheaded plays when he first came in, but then he really stepped it up after. Beverley should never be allowed to shoot a three again, and I’d honestly be fine if we give Korkmaz his minutes. The main thing I’m concerned about this week is that our defense hasn’t looked good the last 2 or 3 games. Our effort was awesome the first few games and it’s taken a step back lately.

29. BassGuru82 12 months ago

    I think everyone’s expectations got completely out of whack by the Sixers winning 8 in a row… Celtics have been the best team in the East all year and we knew they would be #1 or #2 coming into the season. Sixers are good now but traded James Harden to get assets that they can trade later to become a team that can compete on the same level as the Celtics. No one thought going into this season that the Sixers Roster was the best in the East and it didn’t become the best when they added RoCo and Marcus Morris. I’m happy the Sixers were overachieving to start the year but I’m really glad we have to assets to add players. This is not our final form.

30. Shirt-Medium 12 months ago

    Damn The Celtics Bench really beat us SMH

31. mac_rmm 12 months ago

    Neubeck’s summary was pretty hard on Embiid. You can both support Embiid as a fan while at the same time saying he was bad and had a poor performance. It’s OK to do that.

32. IhaveaHarden 12 months ago

    So many terrible takes in this thread, holy moly 😆

    Yall need to get some sleep. I’m considered a “doomer” and even I can say that this was the 2nd game off a b2b against a very good team, even with two of their stars out, and it’s ok we lost.

    We are missing 2 starting caliber forwards who provide the 3pt shooting and switchability we’ve been missing for the past two games.

    Relax. Celtics are a good team, but we’re a good team too and we have the pieces to improve the roster even more before the deadline.

33. 1HasNoNam3 12 months ago

    Frustrating game. I’m fucking annoyed as fuck because it’s Boston, but this wasn’t horrible.

    We had some dumb turnovers, and horford + white hit every 3 they took in the 2nd half per usual.

    Pat Bev was awful on offense and Morris takes dumbass shots whenever he’s on the floor.

34. MaxeytoEmbiid 12 months ago

    I am fucking pissed and angry, so here’s a rant and to be fair, I’ll start with Maxey.

    Maxey: Dude, WTF tonight? No, seriously. Yes, they’re face guarding you. Yes, you’re getting doubled off the ball. And yes, your coach didn’t quite make adjustments(Oh we’ll get to Nick Nurse) but WHAT THE FUCK? You need to find a way to get yourself open. You need to find a way to get quality shots up. There’s no reason you should only have 16 shots. And it’s not like you were playmaking because Melton had the ball in his hands almost as much as you. F. FUCKING F. Play better, I know you can.

    Embiid: You were kind of solid offensively, but again WTF was that possession in the corner? If you’re in the corner, it’s to SHOOT the basketball. I don’t care if it gets blocked at that point or if it misses. You can always rebound a miss, you can’t rebound a turnover.

    Speaking of turnovers, I am sick and tired of you losing the ball on bringing the ball up the floor while not having any awareness of whose behind you. How many turnovers like that do we have to have? For as great as you are, eight years in you haven’t improved at these little things. So A D grade.

    Tobi: C+ grade. I liked your energy and stuff, and you made a couple of buckets. But the problem we have offensively is that we have to spread the floor. That means someone needs to SHOOT. And it wasn’t you. Nick Nurse may be catering to your post touches, but it’s massively hurting the offense.

    Melton: C grade. The good: Your shooting is back. The bad: Your defense sucks and you’re not a PG. Next.

    Beverely: F Grade. Your whole gimmick back in your Houston days was to be a spot shooter. Without that, you’re a pesk that’s not worth a roster spot.

    Korkmaz and Morris: I hope never to see you again, and I hope Morey pulls off some trades.

    Paul Reed: A+ Hey, made your first 3. More than that, you provided tenacious energy on both ends of the floor. You should have closed this game, and if it were up to a lot of us, you would have closed this game. Hold your head up high.

    Jaden Springer: A+. The same goes to you. Amazing defense, hustle to be at the right place at the right time. Caused about 3 Celtics turnovers and if up to us, you’d have finished the game.

    Okay, I held all of the players accountable okay? Some might agree or disagree with my viewpoint, but that’s what it is.

    Nick Nurse: F. Best Doc Rivers impression. To be fair, at first down 17 you put in a Jaden Springer to see what you get. Hey, you get the lead after one. So you’d think the rotations would change somewhat?

    We go back to the starters in the second half, the C’s go on a run. The young bucks come back in, and we reassert momentum. Now guys, this is where we lose the game:

    Down by about 2 points, Nick Nurse calls a timeout because he wants to get Joel back. Fair enough. He had TWO options without looking like a spazz:

    Option A: Bench Tobias Harris for Joel Embiid, it’s not like Tobi is spreading the floor anyway.

    Option B: Go big lineup, and bench Melton for Embiid. So you can go Maxey/Springer/Harris/Reed/Embiid.

    Dickhead chooses: Back to the lineup that got into a 17 point hole AND also failed in the second half. Predictably the momentum stops.

    But it’s not just his substitutions I’m pissed off about. How was there NO adjustment to them face guarding Maxey? The only adjustment I think I saw, was running the PNR up the middle. But it’s not like you did it alot(for starters) and then to repeat what I said in the Maxey segment, you had MELTON bringing the ball up the floor.

    Just an overall mess, 1-2 on the 3 tough games and the hype around Maxey’s 50 pt performance is out the window.

35. ReservoirBaws 12 months ago

    Games like this I think Maxey needs to shoot more, offense is lackluster, Tobi starts throwing up bullshit. This would’ve been a good night for 25+ shot attempts in his 39 minutes

36. 215gobirdss 12 months ago

    People really think og anunoby camping in a corner while embiid gets doubled or plays like a bitch, and Maxey is too afraid to shoot, is gonna get us over the hump. Can’t wait for the complaints when we trade our depth and picks for him and then sign him in the offseason for 35 million a year. I’ll screenshot this as an “I told you so”