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Sixers relieved to have avoided the worst

Anthony Davis will surely ruminate for a while on his only missed free throw of the game in Philadelphia. The Lakers inside had shot a perfect 13/13 before falling, while a pass would have given the Lakers a point lead with 3.7 seconds remaining.

A scenario unthinkable only 27 seconds ago, since the Sixers were leading 119-110 and seemed to be quietly heading towards victory…

“We should have started (the press conference) 15 minutes earlier”has fun Doc Rivers to inquire. “We will take the victory. And usually, when you let go of such a lead, to pull yourself together and play well in overtime, it’s rare. So I told my players that I was very proud of that. But we have to correct our mistakes in the last seconds. »

The Sixers coach prefers to focus on victory and therefore see the glass half full because, indeed, the last thirty seconds of his team were disastrous.

In detail, there are two failed throw-ins in a row, then an absent defense on the 3-point shoot from Austin Reaves. Before a missed free throw from De’Anthony Melton, then a foul from Matisse Thybulle on this same Austin Reaves, behind the arc. Finally, a third failed throw-in, which will lead to 1/2 Anthony Davis.

This sequence is a perfect summary of everything you should not do. “I’m still trying to figure out what happened,” concedes Joel Embiid for ESPN. “We should never have found ourselves in this position. We had another opportunity to win and I’m happy about it. »

The Sixers would then dominate overtime, winning it 13-2. How did Doc Rivers’ troops manage to recover after such a collapse? “Probably because we were disappointed to have wasted our lead,” says Tobias Harris. “We knew we had to do everything to come away with the victory. »

Shots Bounces
Players GM Minimum Shots 3 points LF Off Def Early pd bp Int CT party Points
Joel Embiid 16 35.3 51.4 27.8 84.0 1.6 7.9 9.6 4.9 4.1 1.1 1.8 3.3 31.9
Tyrese Maxey 15 36.4 46.2 42.2 73.8 0.4 3.1 3.5 4.4 2.0 1.0 0.3 2.3 22.9
James Harden 10 36.9 41.4 33.8 92.4 0.6 6.1 6.7 9.7 3.3 1.2 0.6 2.0 21.9
Tobias Harris 22 34.1 47.8 41.5 84.1 0.9 5.5 6.3 2.7 1.3 1.3 0.5 2.1 16.9
Shake Milton 20 24.3 52.3 39.1 86.8 0.8 2.6 3.4 3.6 1.9 0.4 0.2 1.6 11.8
De’anthony Melton 22 28.8 40.4 35.8 66.7 1.2 3.3 4.5 3.4 1.8 2.0 0.5 2.2 10.9
George Niang 23 19.7 46.2 43.1 86.7 0.2 1.9 2.1 1.1 0.8 0.4 0.3 2.1 9.7
Furkan Korkmaz 13 12.9 42.3 37.0 72.2 0.3 0.9 1.2 1.0 0.8 0.2 0.2 0.5 5.2
Montrezl Harrell 20 12.0 53.1 0.0 74.5 1.1 1.9 3.0 0.5 0.7 0.2 0.4 1.1 5.2
Daniel House 22 18.4 48.0 34.9 75.0 0.2 1.8 2.0 0.8 0.6 0.3 0.2 1.4 4.9
pj tucker 24 28.6 45.1 39.5 66.7 1.3 3.1 4.3 1.0 1.0 0.6 0.3 2.6 3.5
Paul Reed, Jr. 21 12.2 58.2 0.0 66.7 1.4 2.6 4.0 0.6 0.8 1.0 0.8 2.5 3.4
Saben Lee 2 5.1 75.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.5 0.5 0.0 0.5 3.0
Jaden Springer 2 2.1 66.7 0.0 50.0 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 2.5
Matisse Thybulle 20 11.4 30.8 21.7 33.3 0.3 0.9 1.2 0.4 0.2 0.8 0.3 1.2 1.5
Michael Foster, Jr. 1 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Julian Champagnie 2 3.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0

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