Wizards Make Small Child Cry with Ugly Loss to Sixers

Sergio Rodriguez contributed 12 assists.

Though the Sixers led by as many as 24, they were holding a 103-100 lead when a play broke down with 1:10 left. Whether he played against Washington or Minnesota, and then against the Suns, Embiid would have had two days to rest for one of the games, and one day to rest for the other.

The biggest basket was probably a corner 3-pointer by second-year big man Richaun Holmes with 1 minute, 10 seconds to go and the Sixers clinging to a three-point advantage. And I thought he really came in and helped us get a big win. Jahlil Okafor shoots the ball nearly whenever he gets it – he was 2-for-11 from the floor on Monday, and a -21 in 21 and a half minutes – and he doesn’t play much defense, either.

“We were talking about picking my spots”. The only saving grace at the moment is that the Sixers are 2-9, so the Wizards are still half a game ahead of the team they just lost to in the standings for now. Barring injuries, the Sixers have a shoo-in superstar in Joel Embiid, who is finally showing why he was drafted third overall out of Kansas despite bringing with him a slew of injuries.

C Joel Embiid is expected to return against the Timberwolves and coach Brett Brown said that has nothing to do with the fact that the game will be nationally televised.

“I need to be able to handle the ball and everything that kind of comes with that”, Bayless said.

On a positive note, John Wall dropped 27 points so the Wizards still have that going for them.

Prior to Wednesday night’s game, both Bradley Beal and Marcin Gortat blamed some of their teammates for the Washington Wizards’ abysmal record.

“To see him play and to see him get up and down the floor, you leave thinking that is a real significant piece to what we’re missing”, he said. Courier Times scribes look around the National Basketball Association at key matchups, bring you news from around the league, and report on the Sixers’ players, coaches and fans.

Ersan Ilyasova, making his first start in eight games with the Sixers, added 16 points.

Both teams were cold early, but when Wall went to the bench five minutes into the first quarter they were down just 4 points. That proclivity for getting to the line has helped Embiid overcome a shaky shot selection indicative of a guy who hasn’t played in two-and-a-half years; he and Towns actually have an identical career TS% of 58.6 percent.

“There was about a 12-minute period”, observed Coach Scott Brooks, “where we showed no resistance and it’s unacceptable.”

“We just want to try that out”. Embiid is everything, and Sixers fans should be happy that they have a player who is singlehandedly worth putting on TNT.

If you play him Wednesday, you’re catering to the home fans, the people who have tickets to see Embiid.

“I’m on our guys so much about turnovers”, Brown said. “It’s that really simple”. “It’s completely created to what is best for Joel Embiid”. It’s easy to contrast this decision with Gregg Popovich getting fined a few years back for resting four key players in a Thursday night game against Miami.

Nerlens Noel has been in Birmingham, Alabama, rehabbing from surgery for localized soreness associated with inflamed plica (left knee).