Despite the victory of his players last night against Spurs in full flurry (132-130), Brett Brown is not yet convinced by the performance of his group. Reason why he wanted to clear things up with everyone. This attitude will have to be corrected in Philadelphia!
The Sixers are playing big in the bubble… Not only a premature defeat in the playoffs could spell the end of the duo Ben Simmons / Joel Embiid, who definitely does not seem able to pass a course, but the poor performance could also overcome Brett Brown.
And god knows that the task promises to be complicated for the Sixers who do not know how to win without the support of their public (10 wins for 25 losses this season away). Proof of this fragility, Philadelphia had to bow to the 53 points from TJ Warren in his resumption match… And this night again, they had to fight hard to overcome Spurs.
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Very worried for his team, the coach also wanted to make things clear with his players, even after the victory against Spurs. The attitude in the end of the game is not the right one, and Brown knows that will not forgive in the playoffs.
I think the team’s attitude sucks. It doesn’t represent what we believe in, and what we talk about every day. We were lucky to win tonight. In our last two 4th quarter, we took 46 points against Indiana, and 43 against San Antonio.
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That’s not how we’re going to be able to do something big this season. And I know we are totally able to pull ourselves together. We need to make an immediate change, and realize that we don’t have the capacity to choose our games or our periods.
That’s what we did in the last two games, and we should have lost. Huge respect to the Pacers and Spurs. In general, we will never get away with it. Our attitude doesn’t represent who we are as a team and we need to change that.
When the tempo drops in the playoffs, the Sixers will have to be able to make the necessary defensive stops late in the game. And right now, they don’t seem able to stop anyone in the important moments. 89 points conceded in the last 20 minutes of the last two games is too much.
What is reassuring, however, is that Philadelphia seems able to score points in spades. Joel Embiid is more dominant than ever, and he could be the key to a successful Sixers run this season.
Prevention is better than cure. Brett Brown does well to raise his voice now, to re-mobilize his troops before the start of the playoffs.
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