Atlanta won their one game. They might steal another one. They aren't winning this series.
Atlanta won their one game. They might steal another one. They aren't winning this series.
Yes, Simmons did and got switched off of him pretty quickly when Young hooked and shoved his way into two fouls called on Simmons. If the officials didn't bail out Young constantly, he'd have been neutralized, but Rivers had to take Simmons off Young to keep Ben in the game.
The Sixers spent a ton of time double-teaming Young in the fourth quarter- which was a primary catalyst for their late comeback. Their full-court pressure late in the fourth quarter confounded Atlanta. Had it not gone horribly wrong just ONE time (Embiid committed a clear path foul- ended up as a four or five point play for ATL), the Sixers might just have taken that game. Oh well, you have to be prepared for at least one game where a team chucks up threes and hits. That's the one you're probably not going to win. Problem is that, if you don't, you risk a lot having your banged-up MVP candidate playing 38 minutes. In a way, I sort of wish the "comeback" had never happened.
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