A blistering hot start, ignited by Ben Simmons‘ aggressiveness and players like Dario Saric actually making three-point shots (!!!), was just the tip of the iceberg Friday night.
In the first half, the Philadelphia 76ers made approximately 1,057 shots to go out to a crushing 62-32 lead through 24 minutes. Their lead, for once, was insurmountable.
Pistons dual coach/GM Stan Van Gundy, the human form of the “win now, rebuild never” plan for perpetual mediocrity that Sam Hinkie deliberately circumnavigated with The Process, probably had an in-game existential crisis.