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Here is the write-up on Sixers for anyone who wants to see what I have been looking at. Source is 11-1
After the disaster that was their home loss against Orlando, where Coach
Collins threw his players under the bus after the game, Philadelphia has been
showing some competitiveness. On their last game at Miami, the Sixers were
competitive and they were only down by 75-76 at the end of the third quarter.
Then, the Heat set up their extra gear and beat them comfortably down the
stretch, but Philadelphia left a good image on that game. The Sixers will
definitely come fired up to get revenge from their humiliating home loss against
Orlando. In that game, Philadelphia's lack of aggressiveness was visible on
their shot locations: 8-10 FG at the rim and 1-5 FG from 3-9 feet versus 9-28 FG
from 16-23 feet and 7-21 treys! The Sixers refused to work on the down low
against Orlando's awful interior defense! From the several humiliating factors
in that game, perhaps the worst one was Nikola Vucevic (a former Sixers player)
having 19 rebounds, while Spencer Hawes had just 1 rebound in 21 minutes!
On the other hand, Orlando is already rotating their players without much
worries, as they are already thinking about the draft. Tobias Harris has been
playing at the PF position and it looks like he will remain on that position
tonight, so this is excellent news for Thaddeus Young, who seems to be back at
100% after an injury, as he had 12-15 FG and 25 points against Miami on the
team's last game! Jameer Nelson has returned to the Magic's lineup and on the
three players that he has already played since his comeback, he looked very far
from his level (34.9% FG and 4.3 turnovers per game), while showing no effort on
defense. Jrue Holiday will surely have a huge edge over him tonight.
With the Sixers fired up and while having more talent than Orlando, who
won't be worried about winning tonight, especially as they will host the Lakers
on their next game, in a game where they will certainly motivated in facing
Dwight Howard. Therefore, I expect an easy win for Philadelphia today.
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