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The Sixers are far from the most aesthetically pleasing team in the NBA. As the league trends smaller and stresses the three-pointer, Philadelphia is an anachronism, harkening back to the league’s long lineage of bully ball. The Sixers’ lanes are clogged, and their late-game offense is stagnant. The Embiid-Simmons combo looks downright dysfunctional on the wrong night. Yet of late, the concerns over the Sixers’ roster construction have been more concerned with style than substance.
Philadelphia enters Monday night 13–3 since Nov. 17, ripping off wins over Toronto, Boston and Denver over the last week.