Absolute domination of the Canadians, now under 3-2, in game-5. The 76ers disgraced, closing with 38% shooting, 27% from 3 and 15 turnovers, losing 103-88. Thursday night race-6 in Canada
The Raptors don’t give up. They break Philadelphia 103-88 in Game-5 and shorten the distances in the playoff first round series, making ancient ghosts resurface in the head of coach Rivers and the 76ers. The second consecutive victory of Siakam and his companions is worth 2-3 on aggregate, it means that Philly has wasted the first match-ball to close the score and that he will return to play in Canada, Thursday night, for Game-6. Toronto is confirmed as a choral and well-trained team. Without the peaks of play and performance of those who have champions capable of shaking a playoff match like a perfect cocktail, but who never fights alone and has an indomitable soul.
76ers tremors
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Philadelphia at 3-0 could have archived the series as a protocol practice, but instead did not seize the moment and now finds itself with an urgent procedure to deal with: in Ontario a glowing environment awaits it, Jurassic Park returns to scare . No team has ever overturned a streak that began with three consecutive knockouts, however Coach Rivers is the only NBA coach to have squandered a 3-1 playoff lead three times, with Magic and Clippers. Scoring just 88 points at home is an alarming sign. Embiid is not at its best, and you’ve heard this chorus before, Harden seems like a bad copy of the good days one. It is true that Simmons, for whom he was traded, has never played for Brooklyn, which has already closed his disastrous season, but if Sparta cries, Athens certainly does not laugh … The Barba closed with 15 points pulling 4/11 from the field: too little. The 76ers bench then offered just 11 points: inappropriate minimalism, while only Achiuwa on the other side sports 17 points.
the match
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Missing Van Vleet, the guest All Star, stopped by the left hip injury suffered in race-4. Barnes, freshman of the year, returns to the quintet. Philly finds Thybulle, absent in the two games in Canada because he was not fully vaccinated by the standards of anti-pandemic procedure across the border: his contribution will be minimal, 2 points (1/6) from the bench in 14 ‘. Immediately 12-6 Toronto, then ahead 29-27 at the end of the first quarter. The Canadians stretch in the second period, which began with a 12-0 run, managing to attack the basket in transition, forcing turnovers: even 54-41 at half-time. The Canadians are the usual offensive consortium: they will close the game with 5 players (Siakam, Achiuwa, Anunoby, Trent and Barnes) in double digits of points, yet no one who goes above 23: balance is the key word of the schemes of ‘ Coach Nurse’s attack, in the absence of first magnitude stars. Philly stutters basketball, unrecognizable, with Embiid limited by the injury to his right thumb: he is not the usual irrepressible cyclone. Even the boys of coach Rivers do not score in the last 3’30 ”of the first half.
The Cameroonian center tries to change the game’s inertia by showing the dunk with thunder in the head of compatriot Siakam with 4 ‘to play in the third set, but soon finds himself with problems with fouls. 75-66 Toronto after 36 ‘. The triples of Anunoby and Trent are the ones that definitively bury the 76ers, with 3 ‘to play guests above 15 points, with the crowd of the Wells Fargo Arena already disappointed. Those who remain rumbled angry in the final: the 76ers close by shooting with 38% from the field and with 27% from 3 points, with 15 turnovers and the misery of 88 points per scoreboard. An alarming consideration.
the words
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Coach Nurse can smile: “We made good shots in this series, yet they weren’t in, so far. I told the guys that this could be the right night to start scoring them.” 51% from the field told of mission accomplished. Embiid criticizes himself: “I was terrible in defense, I have to do more”.
Philadelphia: Embiid 20 (7/11, 0/4, 6/6 tl), Harris 16, Harden 15. Rebounds: Embiid 11. Assist: Harden 7.
Toronto: Siakam 23 (8/13, 2/4, 1/2 tl), Achiuwa 17, Anunoby / Trent 16. Rebounds: Siakam 10. Assist: Siakam 7.
April 26 – 07:44
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