The Philadelphia 76ers have entered the final week of the season, and things did not get off to the best start after the team lost to the Milwaukee Bucks Sunday at Fiserv Forum. Philadelphia fell 117-104.
Joel Embiid continues to try and make his case for 2023 NBA MVP, but Giannis Antetokounmpo was not having it that night. We unpacked what went wrong, including Giannis and Jrue Holiday selling out to stop James Harden’s pocket-passes to Joel in the pick-and-roll. Joel responded by drifting out to three-point land but he wasn’t able to drain enough from distance to keep Philly within striking distance; plus Harden had turnover issues, mistiming his bounce passes.