Daily News | A closer look at the buzzer-beaten Sixers’ struggles in closing seconds
. At some point, the team you are is the team you are going to be. That’s doubly true if the team you are is the team you always have been., they are a team that is 1-5 against the three other teams that have dominated the East in recent years. They are a team that is 7-8 against the conference’s top seven seeds, and 4-8 if you take out the dysfunctional Nets. They are a team that has now lost home games to the Celtics, Bucks, and Heat.
Things get marginally better when you factor in trips to the foul line, but only marginally. The Sixers are 2-for-2 when given a chance to tie or take the lead from the foul line in the last 24 seconds. Those other three teams are 5-for-6. The Sixers are a unique team in that their best player is a big man who is at his best doing big man things. For Joel Embiid to get the last shot, somebody else usually has to touch the ball first. That’s not always optimal in situations where time is at a premium. Embiid is not a quick-trigger player. He is 7-for-36 in his career on shots to tie or take the lead at the end of a game. That’s not a criticism. It’s just the nature of the game.
More specifically, the problem is that their best player is both a center and their only reliable option. That’s five additional games that the Celtics either went from losing to not-losing or not-winning to winning in three seasons. More, really. If the Sixers had hit 41% of their 50 shots, they’d have tied or taken the lead in eight additional games.
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