Trent Steele wrote:

Roger Dorn wrote:I thought they would get swept initially but I think they take one at home and make it competitive in Game 2. Toronto has way too much talent.

I will buy you a hooker if Kawhi and Siakam average 2 points per shot in game 2

Will you just buy him a hooker regardless? Dude is in dire need.

We in trouble

MoBettle wrote:

Girooski wrote:

JFLNYC wrote:

Girooski wrote:

MoBettle wrote:Well luckily Ben Simmons is in against Kawhi now so everything is solved.

He hasn’t been guarding him

No one has.

No shit Sherlock but he’s done a better job then jimmy and tobi

All I’m saying is there’s no easy coaching adjustment that is the reason we’re losing this game.

Undeniably true. Tonight. Let's see how BB adjusts. That's really what matters. They aren't going to shoot like this most nights

Based on how well BB adjusted after game 1 of the Nets series there’s no need to panic yet. But if Kawhi has this good a game every game there’s nothing to be done.

MoBettle wrote:

Girooski wrote:

JFLNYC wrote:

Girooski wrote:

MoBettle wrote:Well luckily Ben Simmons is in against Kawhi now so everything is solved.

He hasn’t been guarding him

No one has.

No #$!&@ Sherlock but he’s done a better job then jimmy and tobi

All I’m saying is there’s no easy coaching adjustment that is the reason we’re losing this game.

Yea you are right just frustrated right now. Ben is going to basically be a guy on offense this series with kawhi on him. So I would just tell him to put most of his focus on on defending and making kawhi uncomfortable. Let the other guys beat us.

JFLNYC wrote:Based on how well BB adjusted after game 1 of the Nets series there’s no need to panic yet. But if Kawhi has this good a game every game there’s nothing to be done.

Yeah, if Kawhi is going to be Jordan at 140 percent....tip your cap.

Kawhi could very well be a Sixer next season, chew on that one. So even after losing, in the end it might not all be bad.

Can't say anything more than that.

Kawhi Leonard and Pascal Siakam combined to shoot 28/38 (74%) from the field in Game 1. Joel Embiid, Jimmy Butler, and Tobias Harris combined to shoot 15/47 (32%).

I’ll take my chances that we don’t see another game to this extreme.

Kawhi was incredible but nothing that happened tonight was out of the ordinary or not according to how the matchups dictated. Embiid was completely neutralized. It’s a tough matchup with not many answers. The Sixers need to ball out and they were not close to balling out tonight. We’ll see what happens in game 2

The problem with exclusively matching Ben on Kawhi is that Kawhi breaks are undeniably your best chance to go on an offensive run, and to go on a run, you’re probably going to need Ben’s playmaking. So do you trade that offensive potential to maybe only kinda slow Kawhi down? I don’t know what the right choice is, but I don’t know that it’s as easy a decision as some of you would insist.

I hope Balmer is creating the greatest recruiting package ever right now for kwahi

The thing I worry about here:

1. We're in small sample size territory. Baynes wasn't going to hit that 3. Rozier wasn't going to keep hitting those 3s. Horford wasn't going to keep banking in shots. Then the series was over.

2. Kawhi Leonard is way better than any of those guys. He has torched us numerous times. I don't know how much confidence I have in him not continuing to do this.

You really need Jimmy to be able to guard Kawhi in this series. Hope it was just a career game type thing, otherwise there’s no chance

laf837 wrote:Kawhi was incredible but nothing that happened tonight was out of the ordinary or not according to how the matchups dictated. Embiid was completely neutralized. It’s a tough matchup with not many answers. The Sixers need to ball out and they were not close to balling out tonight. We’ll see what happens in game 2

We have a higher ceiling at home, have been a great home squad last 2 years but absolutely need to win every home game which is a tough ask

joe table wrote:

laf837 wrote:Kawhi was incredible but nothing that happened tonight was out of the ordinary or not according to how the matchups dictated. Embiid was completely neutralized. It’s a tough matchup with not many answers. The Sixers need to ball out and they were not close to balling out tonight. We’ll see what happens in game 2

We have a higher ceiling at home, have been a great home squad last 2 years but absolutely need to win every home game which is a tough ask

Well yeah. Of course.

mcare89 wrote:The problem with exclusively matching Ben on Kawhi is that Kawhi breaks are undeniably your best chance to go on an offensive run, and to go on a run, you’re probably going to need Ben’s playmaking. So do you trade that offensive potential to maybe only kinda slow Kawhi down? I don’t know what the right choice is, but I don’t know that it’s as easy a decision as some of you would insist.

I’d give jimmy more chances but need to have a quick hook. Also might give Tobi a chance as he’s bigger and heavier (even if a mediocre defender) - siakam is blowing by him everytime and kawhi wasn’t roasting us with quickness, moreso IQ, skill, patience and being stronger than everyone

joe table wrote:

laf837 wrote:Kawhi was incredible but nothing that happened tonight was out of the ordinary or not according to how the matchups dictated. Embiid was completely neutralized. It’s a tough matchup with not many answers. The Sixers need to ball out and they were not close to balling out tonight. We’ll see what happens in game 2

We have a higher ceiling at home, have been a great home squad last 2 years but absolutely need to win every home game which is a tough ask

Only trouble with that is that Toronto can say the same thing and they have one more home game than we do and we haven't won there in 61 years or whatever they keep repeating on TV... can we steal one in Toronto, maybe yeah... but couple that with winning all three in Philly is a real tough ask

It's a long series, man. If Kawhi and Siakam shoot 75 percent and Jo is trash, then yeah, we are fucked. Pretty optimistic that isn't going to happen though.

predicting Simmons goes for like 15 first qtr pts

So Lowry was on Tobi and they forced it to Embiid.