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Montrezl Harrell was excellent Wednesday night with Joel Embiid out and the Sixers again showed they have options to compensate for injured or ...

are you going to make the excuse, or are you going to just keep pushing through it? He kept Thybulle in the game late in the third quarter when the Pacers began trapping Harden around half court, and the 25-year-old made a wide-open wing three. “And the way that I do that is by playing the game of basketball, so that’s what motivates me.” Additional injury issues are never a positive, but the Sixers have gained confidence in their ability to compensate for absent or underperforming players. … Eventually, it’s going to all come together for us where we’re healthy, we catch a rhythm, and we go on a roll. James (Harden) really trusts that when he rolls, he comes up with the ball. And, though the 6-foot-7 Harrell will never be comparable to Embiid defensively, he had plenty of impressive moments on that end of the floor. “Being the low man on defense, we talked about that all of film, because they’re so quick. So I was really happy with the way he played. That’s the only way I know how to play basketball.” “I’ve got two kids at home and a family that I love taking care of,” he said back on Dec. “Nine times out of 10, the basketball gods reward that.

Billy Cunningham is a Sixers franchise icon as both a player and coach. The Kangaroo Kid can't believe how fast the time has flown by.

(“From 70 to 80 is a freaking blur,” he said.) He has seen some heartache, as was the case in 2005, when he and his family lost all manner of personal items in a fire at their Gladwyne home. And it ended with Cunningham looking as if he had received a stay of execution from the governor as he left the court in The Forum after Game 4 in Los Angeles (as shown at 1:36:54 of [this video](https://youtu.be/CxyLWgl5aAI)). There was a light moment in our conversation, when I told him that with the Sixers leading the Lakers 2-0 in the 1983 Finals, McNamara, a rookie at the time, sneaked out of the team hotel in Los Angeles on Saturday, May 28 — the day before Game 3 — and flew to San Jose. And for Billy Cunningham, as with all of us, that will have to be enough. McNamara, who played sparingly that season, actually saw a minute of garbage-time action in the Sixers’ 111-94 victory the next day, making both his shots and scoring four points. He keeps in touch with many of the players he coached, and mourns those who have been lost along the way, like [Darryl Dawkins](https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/d/dawkida01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-), [Caldwell Jones](https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/j/jonesca01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-) and, from the ‘82-83 champs, Malone and [Mark McNamara](https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/mcnamma01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-) – all of them centers, all dead from heart afflictions, all 64 or younger. Cunningham has steadfastly avoided comparisons between that club and the ‘82-83 squad, but has left some strong hints about his leanings, not the least of which is the fact that he was among those who spearheaded the placement of the Wilt statue outside the Wells Fargo Center in 2004. Hard-driving as he was, it’s difficult to envision him not coming down hard on the rookie in the moment, had he found out. Sprinkled in there, too, was an agonizing loss in the ‘81 Eastern Finals to Boston, after the Sixers built a 3-1 lead, and a near-repeat the following year; only a Game 7 victory in Boston Garden averted a second implosion. They fell in the ‘77 Finals to Portland (under It has also been nearly 40 years since Cunningham, who turns 80 next June 3, coached the Sixers to the 1982-83 championship, the most recent of the three they have won in their history. But before too long it veered in another direction, toward the passage of time.

That's 11-straight home wins for your team, your town, your Philadelphia 76ers, but holy cannoli was that a doozy of a 4th quarter.

- Matisse Thybulle continues to play plus minutes whenever he’s on the court. It’s pretty clumpy at the top with Boston, Milwaukee, Brooklyn, and Cleveland, then you get three games separating Phila from Miami, Toronto, and Indy, so the Sixers are on the right path here. I was really happy with the way he played. In Joel Embiid’s absence, Montrezl Harrell looked like the second coming of Karl Malone at times, finishing with 19 points, five rebounds, an assist, a steal, and four blocks in 28 minutes off the bench. I had to make a stop and try and make a play on the ball. He comes up with the ball, and that’s good for us.” Best Maxey game since he came back from injury. They were 21-16 this time last year, so they’re slightly outperforming the last iteration of this team, which finished as the four seed in the east. We had the lead basically the entire game. In overtime we just won the game. That’s 11-straight home wins for your team, your town, your Philadelphia 76ers, but holy cannoli was that a doozy of a 4th quarter. Yes, you heard that correctly.

The Philadelphia 76ers are in the thick of the Eastern Conference playoff race and the seed that the team may place in can range from, realistically, ...

The possibility of the move happening and the move not happening is the same percentage. is just the latest trade option added to the conversation of additions to the team. As the Rockets’ fate for the next few seasons is top-ten draft pick bound, Springer has a couple of years to round out into an NBA player. Two simple ways to get Martin lobs are for him to hide in the dunker’s spot or for him to be the screener in high screen-and-roll actions. The trade is a minuscule move in the macro scheme of NBA news. The second is that the team receives two additional draft picks on top of the 21 picks they currently hold through the 2028-2029 NBA season. The first is that Martin has the size of a wing standing 6-foot-6 and weighing in at 215 pounds. The son of the former NBA player, Martin Jr. The type of trade that would upset a lot of fans because of the excitement that comes with receiving a Woj Twitter notification and the result being this minor move. Let’s get into the framework of the trade. That means the Sixers will be working the phones to

PHILADELPHIA–Indiana Pacers coach Rick Carlisle has seen a lot during his 21 years of coaching in the NBA. He led the Dallas Mavericks to the NBA title in ...

During his time coaching the Mavs, Carlisle ran into Philadelphia 76ers star James Harden plenty of times in the playoffs. He’s averaging 22.3 points, 10.8 assists and 6.0 rebounds on the season as he continues to evolve his game. PHILADELPHIA — Indiana Pacers coach Rick Carlisle has seen a lot during his 21 years of coaching in the NBA.

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