The Beard is making other Sixers rise to the occasion, Matisse Thybulle says. “When you have one of your best players be one of your most passionate, vocal, outspoken leaders, that’s all you can ever wish for in a leader.”
“The camaraderie has grown just from his presence alone, just because of the amount of passion he plays with,” Thybulle said of Harden. “… I’m sure he’s aware of the magnitude, the effect that he has in that category for everyone else.
In their first two games with Harden, a 133-102 win at Minnesota and a 125-109 victory at New York, the Sixers ranked seventh in the NBA in that category with 103.3 possessions per game. That’s a sharp increase from their season average of 96.5 possessions per game, which ranked 27th in the league entering Wednesday.
“It’s a small sample size, but I think it gives a good feel for what we’re capable of and where we can continue to obviously get better.”Coach Doc Rivers described the Sixers’ Tuesday practice as “boring” and “monotonous.” “We spent a ton of time on where to cut, where to space, where to be. That’s slow [and] boring, but it’s stuff you have to do.”No Sixers were listed on the injury report for Wednesday’s game against the Knicks, other than rookies Jaden Springer and Charles Bassey and two-way players Myles Powell and Charlie Brown Jr. being with the G League’s Delaware Blue Coats.
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