There is virtually nothing positive to take away from tonight’s game. The offense was woefully dull, and the defense was pathetic. The Philadelphia 76ers couldn’t throw a tennis ball in a hula hoop, and the Spurs surgically dismantled their defense.
Not a single Sixer played notably well. Joel Embiid registered 13 points, while trying to protect the rim with the porous perimeter defense in front of him. Embiid trying to man down the backline of the defense was like trying to extinguish a five-alarm fire with a water bottle.
Ben Simmons played well, but he should have asserted himself more when the offense was struggling.