He obviously won’t shoot .467 but I think 35+ the rest of the way would be a good line and I would take the over.

If he ends up being a 38-9% guy he is going to be a very very effective offensive player.

(1) A win is a win
(2) That’s one less game we need to play against Philly

RJ is now over 50% inside the arc. Thankfully Harrell is terrible on defense. RJ & Randle would both be acceptable if either could hit .330 on their 3s.

Are Cam & Obi our best shooters? Obi is taking 0.2 fewer 3s per 36 than Evan Fournier. He’s shooting .467 on them.

He called a timeout.

Obi Toppin, a guy too cool for his tastes, scored the next 5 points then, after his team’s panting run-up, Obi sank a three-pointer for the lead with 1:27 left and they never gave it back (not for lack of trying, as both Brunson and Barrett missed FTs in the last 30 seconds while the Sixers clunked the shot to win).

Bus safely tucked in the parking lot, the driver still has a job.

Now an old foe lurks in the shadows, they need to slain a fucking leprechaun…

Plays Of The Game:
– Aestetically RJ’s needle-threading pass to Hart for a dunk.
– By weight on the game, Obi’s 3 and Randle’s 4 clutch FTs.

Stat Of The Day:
– An unbelievable one.
Both Barrett (6:42 of play) AND Randle (10:36!!) didn’t take a single field goal in the 4th.
I don’t want to sound blasphemous, but that’s probably why we won.

Premise:
the grades are “raw”, meaning they don’t account for the weakness of the heavily undermanned Sixers.
If you want to “adjust” to a game against an average opponent just subtract half a vote from every one.

Thibs B +
By choice or by chance he ended up finding the right combination (12-men rotation!).
He knows he’s playing for his job, he really stared at the abyss more than once but he avoid the fall and, while some of his decisions smell of desperation, he finally did a lot of things we asked for in the past, so I can’t complain.
Now, learning from mistakes is great, being stubborn to a fault is not.
Let’s see how this will continue or if he’ll revert to his “I’m a scorpion by nature, I can’t help myself” version.

Brunson B
Didn’t shoot well but had a fundamental and-1 in the clutch and was very solid overall (23, 7, 6-1 AST/TO).
I forgive him for the final missed FT because he was 7-7 from the line until then.

Grimes NA
From “situational” to garbage-time to starter in the blink of an eye.
He was taking Casper’s spot so he behave as Casper…
Predictably rusty, he was -20 in 15 minutes but it’s not his fault, he deserves time and a suspended judgement after missing all the preseason.

Barrett C +
He was having a good all-around game, culminating in his beautiful pass to Hart, when his brain freezed and he made some dumb and selfish decisions on fastbreaks.
Came back in the 4th, didn’t force shots, but missed a crucial FT.
I think he’s rounding back to form, the 9 boards are good and some threes are falling, but he’s not there yet. He needs to be more focused on D.

Randle C
I don’t know where to start…
Off to an horrific start, turnovers, a tech, bad shots, then somewhat he did right the ship and was very cool from the line at the end (unusual for him).
Kudos to him for not forcing in the 4th and concentrate on team needs (rebounds, defense and assists) in the smallball lineup.

Robinson D
Who?
I hope his injury is nothing serious, but he wasn’t there since the jumpball and he was playing against a lilliputian lineup.

IQ D
He’s a great rebounder for his size, but his shot fluctuates from game-to-game and the 4 TOs were really too much.

Fournier D-
Looks like he didn’t take the demotion too well uh?
14 minutes of shadows and fog (thanks Woody!).

Rose D-
4 TOs in 7 minutes, no baskets. He’s playing sparingly, sometimes it works often it don’t.

Toppin A-
4 blackout minutes between 3rd and 4th soiled his stats but he was one of the cogs in the comeback and hit timely buckets. He was even spotted boxing-out under the boards. He’ll never be perfect but he deserves to play.

Reddish A
The game MVP with 15 nearly spotless minutes, 3 AST and a block to go with a perfect shooting night.
Night like this he was well worth the trade but the question is always the same: can he do it regularly?

Hartenstein B-
As usual he did a lot of things and was always in the middle of action. 10 boards and 3 BLK in 21 minutes aren’t shabby, shelved in favor of the smallball lineup (yes!) down the stretch.
I still can’t understand why his post-up “proxy” role is so underused.

Sims NA
Dusted from the bin, predictably he looked like a fish out of the water.

Look at the Sixers’ shot chart in the fourth!

Furkan Korkmaz misses 28-foot three point shot
Furkan Korkmaz makes 27-foot three point jumper
Georges Niang misses 25-foot three point jumper
Shake Milton misses 9-foot pullup jump shot
Paul Reed makes driving layup
Georges Niang misses 25-foot three point jumper
De’Anthony Melton misses 29-foot three point pullup jump shot
De’Anthony Melton makes 24-foot three point shot
Tobias Harris misses 28-foot step back jumpshot
Furkan Korkmaz misses driving layup
Tyrese Maxey misses two point shot (mini-jumper, basically a layup)
Tyrese Maxey misses driving floating jump shot
Tyrese Maxey misses two point shot (mini-jumper, basically a layup)
De’Anthony Melton misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
Tyrese Maxey makes two point shot
Tyrese Maxey misses 29-foot step back jumpshot
De’Anthony Melton misses 27-foot three point jumper
Tyrese Maxey misses 23-foot pullup jump shot
Tobias Harris makes 15-foot two point shot
Tyrese Maxey misses 30-foot three point jumper
Georges Niang makes 27-foot three point jumper
De’Anthony Melton misses 28-foot three point jumper

Some free throws were mixed in there, but holy shit! How dumb were they?!?! With Julius freakin’ Randle as the rim protector!! Only Maxey actually tried, and he gave up after missing three shots near the rim, despite going to the rim being his whole game!