After a second straight Bobby Portis jumper punctuated the Milwaukee Bucks’ 11-2 run, which pushed their lead to 53-41, the Philadelphia 76ers were floundering. Late in the second quarter, the game was seemingly slipping out of their grasp.
The offense was clunky, the defense was in disarray, the shots weren’t falling. A chance to score a notable win against the reigning champs was drifting away. Something needed to change, so they called timeout.
Out of the break, in an effort to catalyze a faltering offense, Furkan Korkmaz replaced Matisse Thybulle in the starting unit.