Sixers (0-0) at Celtics (0-0) Game #1 10/28/15

[esel1000]

Not surprised to see okafor doing work against the Celtics.  Interior defense remains a problem.

Sully has been holding his own against him let's give him credit where it' due

[celtics24]

yup, Sully finishing around the basket better than anyone else on the team

are you surprised?

[BudweiserCeltic]

I'm not sure how Stevens will be able to ice Sullinger in the coming games after delivering today, being inserted in to the starters in the 2nd half. So it'll be an interesting development once Olynyk returns, someone's going to have to eat some bench.

[Quetzalcoatl]

I like using the press against the 6ers.  They don't have the ball handling to deal with it.  Meanwhile, they could have traded Embiid for a decent PG in the offseason or just gotten one in free agency and fielded a real team this year.  They have two legit big men, which is what 90% of the teams in the league are going for, then no good wings or guards.  It's just annoying

[jpotter33]

I'm not sure how Stevens will be able to ice Sullinger in the coming games after delivering today, being inserted in to the starters in the 2nd half. So it'll be an interesting development once Olynyk returns, someone's going to have to eat some bench.

Honestly, I really can't imagine soft ole Kelly playing against these physical Philly bigs.

[chambers]

This is a nice small ball unit.

IT
Bradley
Smart
Crowder
Amir

[LarBrd33]

Defensively philly was a top 12 team over the second half of the season. They were the best defensive team in the league in minutes Noel played.  If our offense looks a little sluggish it's at least partially due to philly being better on that end than people think.

[slamtheking]

yup, Sully finishing around the basket better than anyone else on the team

are you surprised?

nope.  been saying that all along to the Sully bashers.  just making sure they take notice

[BudweiserCeltic]

I'm not sure how Stevens will be able to ice Sullinger in the coming games after delivering today, being inserted in to the starters in the 2nd half. So it'll be an interesting development once Olynyk returns, someone's going to have to eat some bench.

Honestly, I really can't imagine soft ole Kelly playing against these physical Philly bigs.

Well, it really wasn't a Olynyk vs. Sullinger question, but an overall question about the amount of bigs we have.

Personally, I think little by little Lee might be faded out. He has the weakest defense on our team, so he'll have to REALLY show he's above everyone offensively to warrant the time.

But we'll see.

We'll probably see an up and down, a lot of changes game to game, week to week. No surprise, it's been Steven's MO so far regardless.

[slamtheking]

another hook and walk  smh

[LatterDayCelticsfan]

Only Lebron can do that move w/o getting the travel call.

And James Harden.

Who'll be given fts for his trouble.

[slamtheking]

I have such a man crush on Amir.  I should be ashamed of being such a fanboy

[BudweiserCeltic]

Zeller not getting off the bench, I wonder why. I didn't think he was particularly bad, so not sure why he's played so little.

[LarBrd33]

Offensively, Philly is horrible.  I'll be interested to see what they look like when some of their other prospects get healthy this year like stauskas and wroten.

[Redz]

I'm not sure how Stevens will be able to ice Sullinger in the coming games after delivering today, being inserted in to the starters in the 2nd half. So it'll be an interesting development once Olynyk returns, someone's going to have to eat some bench.

Honestly, I really can't imagine soft ole Kelly playing against these physical Philly bigs.

Well, it really wasn't a Olynyk vs. Sullinger question, but an overall question about the amount of bigs we have.

Personally, I think little by little Lee might be faded out. He has the weakest defense on our team, so he'll have to REALLY show he's above everyone offensively to warrant the time.

But we'll see.

We'll probably see an up and down, a lot of changes game to game, week to week. No surprise, it's been Steven's MO so far regardless.

Put him on ice and save him for the Finals. Worked for Golden State, right?