OKC needed some sort of break.
He just didn’t get any from the Sixers’ wing shooters. Nic Batum had 14 points, three 3-pointers and helped frustrate SGA in the third. Covington drilled two huge 3s. Surely there could be no breakup with Embiid. Despite two big lineups, he launched into his slow mid-range jumps. He was living on the free throw line to the point that Window World was probably considering canceling its sponsorship.
SGA’s late efforts and Holmgren’s much-too-late involvement were just that: late. The Sixers had already kept their promises.
“I thought we pushed some of the right buttons on the field to give ourselves every chance to try to win,” Daigneault said. “It’s hard to win a game when you’re down 10 or 12 points this late.”
Daigneault would not be suitable for bingo. He refuses to limit himself to a finite list of combinations, to a destiny determined by randomly chosen outcomes.
Apologies to the local nursing home who might have been hoping for a celebrity guest.
He continues to create new duos, new lineups, and insists that he will never sit still and stay true to his roots when something he doesn’t like happens. Saturday’s decision? Playing Holmgren and Jaylin Williams side by side.
By JamesMcGhee