Of all the consequential moments that have shaped the trajectory of this Sixers season, the most significant might have been one that occurred on a Saturday night in Dallas in late October.
With JJ Redick battling a case of lower back tightness, head coach Brett Brown opted to replace the veteran shooting guard with power forward Dario Saric, resulting in a more conventional starting lineup than the three-guard unit he’d been fielding. It was an interesting decision given the way Saric’s season was going. At the time, the second-year big man was averaging just 5.6 points in 21.