On this night, Curry made 8-of-10 shots in the quarter, including going 6-for-7 on three-pointers. But I missed one that I was open in that first quarter. “It’s pretty cool to be close to the record books. “I didn’t know,” Curry said of being two points shy of the record. Embiid tallied 25 points in the third quarter against the Portland Trail Blazers on Feb. That’s why we do shootarounds and practice.”Ĭurry’s 23 points in the first quarter were two shy of Embiid’s record for the most points in a quarter. Even the great teams I’ve had, the same issues. I wish I could dial them up and say, ‘Just stay here.’ That doesn’t happen. “It happens, because they are humans,” Rivers said of guys looking for the own shots even when they’re more successful sharing the ball. Rivers has to get the Sixers to trust the extra pass against competitive teams like the Nets and New York Knicks. It’s easy to share the ball against struggling teams like New Orleans Pelicans (their opening-game opponent) and the Thunder. However, it’s a thing that has a knack for backfiring on the Sixers. Rivers knows there will be other games like Friday’s where guys get competitive and want to score. The lack of ball movement contributed to Brooklyn closing out the game on a 16-1 run. So there was a different atmosphere in the building Sunday night.įor the Sixers, this was a big difference from Friday’s loss to the Nets when they stuck to their first option. Back on March 11, 2020, the NBA paused the 2019-20 season after Utah center Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19 prior to the tipoff of the scheduled Jazz-Thunder game here.
This marked the Thunder’s first home game in front of fans since the NBA shutdown due to the pandemic. Niang added 12 points while making 3-of-4 three-pointers. Harris and Tyrese Maxey each had 14 points. On this night, he had 11 points while making 3-of-5 threes. Danny Green made people forget about his three airball three-pointers in the fourth quarter of Friday’s loss to the Brooklyn Nets. Joel Embiid was the playmaking center and vocal leader while tallying 22 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 blocks. All five starters and sixth man Georges Niang scored at least 11 points. He was one of six of double-digit scorers from the Sixers (2-1). I just took my time, set my feet, and shot it like any other shot.” “I knew we kind of needed to stop the run,” Curry said of his three-pointer. » READ MORE: Doc Rivers not concerned about Sixers star Joel Embiid’s latest ailmentĬurry’s three stopped an 11-4 Thunder run. Then he made a pair of foul shots with 36.7 seconds left to ice the game.
His lone basket after that was a huge three-pointer in the corner that gave the Sixers a 113-102 lead with 55 seconds left. That enabled Seth Curry to score 23 points of his 28 points in the first quarter. Then there are occasions when they resort to playing “hero ball.” On those nights, things get stagnant as certain individuals attempt to become a one-man scoring machines.įor the Sixers, “hero ball” often has often resulted in losses, while they’ve had some success sharing the ball.ĭoing the former paid dividends in their 115-103 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday night at Paycom Center. OKLAHOMA CITY - The 76ers have had a split personality long before Doc Rivers took over as coach last season.Īt times, the Sixers make the extra pass while sharing the ball and finding the hot teammate.
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