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. If the Heat tops the Sixers Thursday, the Nets can also secure the No. 6 spot by beating the Orlando Magic on Friday or the Sixers in Sunday’s regular-season finale — or with a Heat loss to the Washington Wizards on Friday or to the Magic on Sunday.“Every team in the East is pretty good, so I feel like it doesn’t really matter who we play,” reserve center Paul Reed said. “It’s all about us.
His experience with the Sixers’ minor-league affiliate played a significant role in his development. The third-year big man was the G League Most Valuable Player during the 2020 “bubble” season, then spent much of last season toggling between the Blue Coats and Sixers before earning a rotation spot for the playoffs.
Reed credits Blue Coats coach Coby Karl with first instilling in him the importance of building trust with teammates and coaches through consistent movements on the floor — even while executing simple actions such as dribble-handoffs. That, combined with eliminating mental mistakes, is what Reed believes has helped him solidify the backup center position with the Sixers.
“Kind of doing the same things over and over again, so they know what I’m doing when I get the ball and they can know how to react to what I do,” Reed said."… It makes it easier. That’s kind of one of the things I picked up [in Delaware] and brought to the big team.” Second-year guard Jaden Springer, whom Reed calls “my little bro, for real,” has been charting a similar early-career path. Thespent nearly all of his rookie season with Delaware, before shuttled back and forth to spend stints with the Sixers this season. Though known more for tenacious perimeter defense, Springer totaled 43 points , nine rebounds, four assists and four blocks in Tuesday’s win over the Vipers.Game 2 of the Finals is Thursday night in Edinburg, Texas.
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