Did you know the Sixers’ Ben Simmons has never played against Kawhi Leonard in an NBA game? To watch most of last night’s Raptors-76ers game, a 129-112 win for Toronto, it often seemed like Simmons had no idea who Leonard even was, and no grasp of the latter’s reputation. As Simmons’ turnovers mounted however — eight in the first half, and then another three in the second — he was taught an important lesson: Kawhi will make you pay for sloppy basketball.
That’s not to say the Raptors as a whole were the sharpest team out there, they just happened to be together more often than the bumbling Sixers.