How many minutes in a game over there?
36.8
Itās a metric thing.
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I believe 40
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Heās averaging 18 pts per game and shooting over 50 percent from three. Damn.
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Didnāt the Lakers Center just have surgery, brutal for Huff
Kyle GONE
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Brutal for Huff?
So nice for me to finally be able to root for Brogdon as a pro instead of him killing the Celtics - he killed it for the Celtics tonight awesome
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I love me some Malcolm. Having a player of his caliber to call on to not one guide the second unit, but provide a spark is going to be a big asset for the Celtics. Still curious to see how they manage him down at the end of games. I certainly see a world where he becomes their closer.
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Also gives lots of versatility to play small ball. I think they ended first half last night with Tatum at the 5
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They now have options ā¦ and when Rob gets back they can even go offense - defense in the last 2 minutes of tight games - depending on matchups.
They now have 7 closers:
Tatum, Brown, Horford, Smart, Rob, Brogdon, Grantā¦ maybe even White.
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On a slightly different note how do the 76ās still not have a spark guy? Late in the 4th that game wasnāt out of reach down 11-12 Philly had no one to spark the run. Joel was being doubled and handled well in the post and I swear Harden went 4 mins without a shot attempt in the fourth.
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Yeah, I donāt see it for Philly. The analysts I read blame their defensive cohesiveness early on, but I donāt really see them as a team with enough weapons to really challenge for a title. Maxey seems nice, but I donāt think heās enough. Iāve never really understood Harden, though I didnāt watch him much on the Rockets. I think he was perfect on the Nets, where he could be a secondary/tertiary option, but that didnāt work out for whatever reason.
Edit - apparently Hollinger picked them to win it all. Iāll have to read this ($$). Hollinger is obviously smart (heās a Wahoo, after all), but I donāt knowā¦
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I donāt get it either and I didnāt watch all of last nightās game but I saw a team that somehow lacked a go-to option down the stretch. Joel canāt create his own looks. Agree with what you said about Maxey and everything I said about Trae Young earlier in this thread double or triple that for Harden and add in a guy who seems completely uninterested at times.
There was a stretch last night where Boston wasnāt hitting anything but the 76āers offense looked like it had no options. They dumped it into the post and if that didnāt work like I said Iām not even sure Harden touched the ball and he definitely did not shoot it.
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Maxey needs to be their 2nd best scorer for them to be their best ā¦ but Harden and Harris will have to concur ā¦
I wouldnāt take too much from last night other than their bench will have to play way better ā¦ the starters scored 106 points and the bench scored 11.
If starters score 106 points - a team will win 90% of those games.
The Celtics shot lights out at 56% ā¦ and off the bench Brogdon and Grant combined for 12/16 FGās and 31 points - that wonāt happen too often. Although I hope it does.
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Betting on the Sixers is betting that Maxey makes another leap in year 3 (heās still 21 years old and is reputedly a hard worker, so thatās entirely plausible) and Hardenās trouble last year was injury related and not skill decline.
Side note - Maxey is younger than Keegan Murray who was just drafted #4 after his Sophomore year. And 2 weeks older than Armaan Franklin. And obviously younger than Clark, Gardner, Caffaro and Vander Plas.
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I can see that. Yeah, I think heās gotta make another leap ā¦
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Not a skill declineā¦
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Was Smart freshly buttered before that play or something?
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