![]() ![]() “But then when we tried to run the offense, our guards didn’t call them out to run our offense. “We had our bigs in the dunker spot too much because of breaking the press,” Rivers said. Still, some of the solutions shouldn’t be advanced. Miami’s full-court pressure, defensive variety, and physicality both on and off the ball all troubled the Sixers. He said, ‘If they keep doing that, eventually they’re going to be paralyzed.’ And I thought we spent the whole game trying to pick who we wanted to play against instead of running our stuff.” The other team had a bad defender and whoever they were playing kept trying to pick on him. “It’s funny, I was just watching a game and I think (ESPN analyst) Jeff Van Gundy was talking about it. “I thought we spent time trying to pick on certain defenders on their team way too much, and it paralyzes your offense,” he said. ![]() In half-court offense, though, Rivers doesn’t want the Sixers to fixate on matchup-hunting. Rivers said Tuesday he thought “a lot of our looks were rushed.” Harden and the Sixers had a few nice moments in the first half pushing the ball up the floor and then finding a screen or two that would let the 10-time All-Star face a weaker defender than P.J. Their only worst performance percentage-wise this season was a 7-for-41 outing in a March 5 loss - also in Miami. The Sixers made 6 of 34 Game 1 three-point attempts. “If we can control those things, we’ll be better in Game 2 and give ourselves a chance.” “Two things that we’ve been preaching even from last series,” Harden said. When does NBA Summer League start? Key dates for 2023 The Heat grabbed three offensive boards on a single third-quarter possession that eventually ended with Paul Reed’s fourth foul. Miami had a 22-9 points-off-turnovers advantage in Game 1. James Harden on Monday night identified turnovers and defensive rebounding as areas within the Sixers’ power. He’s a very important cog to what they’re doing.” ![]() He’s the one guy on their team that is really good with the basketball, that can take you off the dribble, can shoot off the dribble. That doesn’t mean he won’t play well, but he won’t get those shots - or he shouldn’t. He got three - he made them all - but point-blank shots in transition. “The game is so (much about) single possessions, and I think he had three times where we literally lost where he was at - probably not the right guy to lose, would be what I would say. “We lost him several times,” head coach Doc Rivers said before the Sixers' Wednesday morning shootaround at FTX Arena. Tyler Herro, who was named the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year on Tuesday, notched 25 points and seven assists. The team knows that Game 1 contained numerous fundamental breakdowns. Though the Sixers’ situation is unenviable - down Joel Embiid (right orbital fracture and concussion) and down as many as 21 points in Monday’s defeat - it’s indeed not ludicrous to think there are basic ways they can raise their chances of beating the Heat without their franchise cornerstone. MIAMI - After a Game 1 postseason loss, the notion of "Just a few easy, doable adjustments and we’ll be fine” can be attractive. ![]()
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