Orlando has put an end to the hot streak for the 76ers. With a Paolo Banchero of 29 points and a spectacular comeback, those from Florida left Philadelphia without their eighth consecutive victory by defeating them 109-119.
The truth is that it was a strange game at the Wells Fargo Center. Some hot Sixers after several nights in a row winning, began the match by going over their rival; so much so that halfway through the second quarter they were winning by up to 20 points. With such a difference it seemed that they only had to play with such an advantage to take another victory, but the Magic had other plans. After passing through the locker room, they signed an excellent third quarter of 42 points to enter the last one already ahead on the scoreboard. Philadelphia wanted to react, but it was too late. The Magic took advantage of their good moment of play and sentenced in the last twelve minutes.
“We are a very good team. We just have to learn to make this effort every night. We have to be able to take this game as an example and transfer it to the next and the next, no matter who the opponent is, ”says Banchero.
As the number 1 in the last draft says, perhaps it is just a matter of believing in the team’s possibilities. So far this season they have beaten Boston three times, Golden State twice and have also beaten Dallas, Phoenix and Philadelphia. They are going to more; Not in vain do they have a balance of 15-11 after starting the course with a painful 6-20.
Returning to last night’s clash, Banchero was well accompanied by Franz Wagner’s 19 points, as well as the 22 contributed by his brother Moritz Wagner off the bench.
76ers pullout
That’s how it is. At the end of the match, Doc Rivers was clear that it was not that the team had played badly, but that at a given moment they left the game and were unable to return. “I don’t think we played without rhythm. It’s more about their pressure, the physical level… they managed to get us out. The party turned around. We tried to attack the rim to get free kicks, but we just turned off and couldn’t recover what we were doing at the beginning », he analyzes.
Regarding individual performances, Joel Embiid was once again the best of his own with a double-double of 30 points and 11 rebounds. Tobias Harris and James Harden contributed 17 points each.
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