Tuesday, April 19, 2022

Tonto tried the Jordan Rules with Jo Embiid. They didn't work on him either. "They put me on the floor a few times and...I'm like, cool. I'm going to come back with more power and make you foul me." Make them foul him he did. Embiid finished with 14 foul shots, double the number any one Pterodactyl had, and almost double teamie James Harden's 8. Embiid made 12 of his 14 and James 7 of his 8. As a team Philly made 26 freebies to Toronto's 10, almost exactly the victory margin 112-97. Doc Rivers played his five starters an average of 39.2 minutes in a game the "Sixers" led by 26 early in the 4th quarter. Toronto did get it down to 11 just before the half-way mark of the final period but that was as close as they got. Toronto's bully ball had no effect on Philly's field shooting percentage, they were 52.2% from the field and 46.7% from distance. Time for Plan C, which may be Capitulate.