The Philadelphia 76ers (understandably) dropped Thursday night’s matchup with the Boston Celtics, struggling at times against an elite defense on the second night of a back-to-back. Oh, and Joel Embiid was out too.
But there were some concerns that are worth touching on. Robert Covington is still struggling to find his shot, and Amir Johnson looked bad — really, really bad.
This has been somewhat of a trend for Johnson. He has had some promising flashes, but tends to produce absolute duds on occasion. Playing a bigger role than normal against high-end defenders like Al Horford and Aron Baynes probably didn’t help his cause, but he simply failed to produce at a high level in any given facet.