Some 25 hours before Game 3 of the Sixers’ playoff series against the Knicks, Sixers backup point guard Cameron Payne repaired to the court in the Wells Fargo Center with a skills coach named Robbie Haught, with whom Payne has been working for about two years.
Had to get some shots up. Had to stay ready.
“Got the misses out,” Haught said.
Not a moment too soon.
Payne, whose only action over the course of the first two games was a two-minute, 34-second cameo in the opener, collected 11 points while playing 15:40 in Thursday’s 125-114 victory, shooting 4-for-7 from the floor (3-for-4 from the arc).