Despite two match points, the Sixers couldn’t do it

ByNBAUSA


The coin may not always land on the right side. For Sixersduring the first four matches, the script always turned in a good direction. Proof again against the Wizards, where Tyrese McKay and his group cut a 16-point deficit in the final quarter before the overtime win.

Against the Celtics, the same logic, already 15 points behind in the first quarter, then 24 in the second. “We have to highlight their performance. They started strong, they were aggressive. We were pushed around.”, Nick Nurse state. The coach adds that his players reacted “five minutes to half time”.

Jaylen Brown and his teammates imposed their will on the rebound and used spaces to hurt. “We weren’t in it on the ball carrier, we weren’t aggressive like in the past matches”laments Tyrese McKay. “We started badly and then we woke up. We won the last three quarters and that’s good.”

“This group has the qualities to be a winning team.” »

Better than that, the Sixers had two match points, without being able to convert even one. The first, for Tyrese Maxey, and the second for Joel Embiid. But if the first had a good shot, we can’t say the same about the second, forced to shoot quickly on 3 points.

“It’s disastrous because I had, what, 0.5 seconds? Something like that. I just threw the ball.”laments the pivot (20 points) who found himself with the ball in his hands and did not manage to draw before the final buzzer.

So what can we remember from this loss to the Celtics: this first setback of the season, after four straight wins, or the effort to come back and give ourselves a chance to win?

“We played hard. I know, I saw”, corresponds to MFA 2023. “This group has the qualities to be a winning team. We have to show that. We did that in the second half of this match. We can build on that. We just need to be more consistent.”


2025-11-01 09:42:00

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