Evan Turner Shines; Sixers Lose in Boston

I like Collins as a defensive coach, but his game management is quite questionable. He seems to have no concept of a season, only each game individually. None of the injured guys should be playing over 20 minutes

Bummed I missed this game. I went to the phils game tonight and watched us get killed by the mets. Happy turner played well tonight can’t wait to watch this later.

Individual observations:
Evan Turner’s a much better sixth man than Lou Williams. It felt like we really had a guy who could command the offense.(5 AST, but given our terrible second half. Realize it could’ve been more) he made the right passes, attacked the hoop, hit the mid-range jumper, the stats don’t really show it but he outshined mostly everyone from an individual perspective.

Jrue: I thought Jrue settled for the jumper as well, but then again for a team that’s done well in regards to ball movement: There was none, no screen/rolls for Brand, no nothing. Jrue got mostly isolation shots in the second half and well we saw what became of that.

Iguodala: Notice that we got the “injury cop out”, that means he played bad which, yes he did. I honestly thought he had more shot attempts(8) then he did. But then I remember when the game was close, he honestly did next to nothing, which was better for the team when he tried to do something. He had as many AST as turnovers(3). My plea to Collins isn’t based on his achilles. Awful shot selection and awful playmaking is not to the fault of the injury. My plea is based on whether or not a guy plays good.

Collins: “Reputation” does not mean good play. You have to actually look at the guys who are on the court, if Iggy’s playing well then you play him. If he’s not, then feel free to bench him.

Similarly: Spencer Hawes actually got 14 shots as we tried to take advantage of Nenad Krstic. Unlike the Miami game, it was epic fail. He only made THREE of the fourteen shots. And on the other end, Hawes did what Hawes does: Nothing. When Hawes plays like this(normal for him), he’s not even worth spot minutes.

Thad: Thad was neutralized by Jeff Green, that and neither the Celtics or Sixers used their sharpshooters very much, with Meeks/Allen basically canceling each other out. But Thad’s effort was there, can’t complain.

We got blown out because two guys(Iggy, Hawes) who had NO RIGHT logging 32 and 28 minutes tonight, logged those minutes.

One might say: Without the Lou injury, what other choice did we have but to send out Iguodala as a wing man? Well, I rather liked Daniels(the stats won’t back me up) but in his limited playing time he’s shown a defensive game, a bit of hops and basically a guy we can thrust in there and know that the offense won’t be iso-breakdown. Let me elaborate, I like him more than the BOSS. For the boss’s breakouts aren’t exactly frequent but solid defensive play usually is.

Player of the game: Evan Turner, he honestly earned a starting spot(Iguodala’s) for the rest of the season. If Iggy is your Bobby Jones Collins, use him in that capacity. God forbid another useless 30 minutes of playing time.

Good to see Turner play well in the toughest court in all of the NBA against one of the best defensive teams. Hopefully this is boosts his confidence and encourages him to take the ball to the basket more for layups and for drawing fouls (he leads rookies in free throw%). i think one of the bigger things we’re missing from lou williams is the amount of times he got to the line, maybe Turner will help fill in that void.

I hope we do not play Boston in the playoffs. I have very little faith we can steal one in the Garden against a team of that caliber. Miami is more vulnerable, and we match up better with them. Lets hope Miami doesn’t catch up to the Celtics so we can see them in the playoffs.

Longtime listener, first time caller here as well.

the hatred for Lou here sometimes is just baffling. To me its one of the thing that keeps this from being a blog i would take more seriously if some of the writers weren’t so impartial towards/against certain players. It’s made this a blog where its the status quo to hate certain players who play for OUR team. Lou is what he is (a scorer) and honestly, he worked pretty hard to become that. there was a time when we didn’t know if he could play in this league (his rookie D-league stint) in this era of me-first players and inflated egos how many players would have blown team chemistry to to high heaven had they lost their starting job after a career year?

Plenty! thats how many. instead Lou totally buys in because he wants to win and he knows there’s a younger player who’s a better PG than he is. that doesn’t happen much folks. as much as i cringe EVERYTIME lou lets even the most pedestrian screen totally separate him from his man (if there’s a worse navigator of screens on D, i’ve yet to see him) he’s given us double figures off the bench for three straight years and he’s the best ISO player we have and he has enough respect from officials to go to the line. do i want more plays called late in games? SURE. but there’s a reason collins COACHES this team and we write on message boards. STAY IN YOUR LANE, PEOPLE. we may not agree with everything he does (a puppy dies every time Evan doesn’t play 20 minutes) but he’s brought this team back to relevance much faster than everyone thought.

Lou fills his role and let’s not even get into the off-the-court stuff. first guy to consistently make sure rookies keep their heads up? you guessed it…“Boss”. who’s the best alternative to create a shot? Jrue? right now Lou’s a better scorer. Dre? I love him to death but he’s the guy an elite player LOVES playing with..not the last shot guy. (and no perimeter player with 5+ years should be shooting less than 75% from the FT line. SORRY) Lou’s the best shot creator until Jrue and Even mature…deal with it.

The Sixers lost last night because they failed to execute on offense. Part of this is the Celtics defense, but the Sixers have shown the ability to get good shots against them in previous games. There was a lack of discipline on the offensive end of the court, and it fed into the Celtics getting easy baskets.

The team seems tired to me, Elton, Andre, Thad, Spencer, all of them except for Evan just aren’t playing at the same level they were. Maybe they were saving themselves for the Knicks or maybe they’re a little burned out. They seem to oscillate between good offensive execution and poor execution. Often times when the team needs an offensive spark the one who provided it is LOU WILLIAMS. I’m not saying that with his we would have won, but it would have helped.

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