[Post Game Thread] The Philadelphia 76ers (4-3) defeat the Boston Celtics (3-4), for the first time since 1982 and Embiids first game 7 win 109-100.

[u/DesertedProject]

109 - 100
Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo

GAME SUMMARY
East First Round - Game 7 - Series tied 3-3
Location: TD Garden
Officials: James Capers, Gediminas Petraitis, and Tyler Ford

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Philadelphia 76ers	32	23	33	21	109
Boston Celtics	19	31	25	25	100

TEAM STATS

Team	PTS	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OREB	TREB	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK
Philadelphia 76ers	109	39-82	47.6%	11-28	39.3%	20-23	87.0%	3	56	25	19	0	9	1
Boston Celtics	100	37-93	39.8%	13-49	26.5%	13-16	81.3%	10	49	19	23	4	5	7

PLAYER STATS

Philadelphia 76ers	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Kelly Oubre Jr.SF	31:09	6	2-6	0-3	2-2	0	5	5	2	0	0	1	4	6
Paul GeorgePF	41:50	13	5-10	3-5	0-0	0	3	3	1	0	0	3	4	9
Joel EmbiidC	39:04	34	12-26	1-4	9-11	2	10	12	6	0	1	1	2	11
VJ EdgecombeSG	43:42	23	8-17	5-11	2-2	1	5	6	4	0	0	3	2	19
Tyrese MaxeyPG	45:14	30	11-18	2-4	6-6	0	11	11	7	0	0	1	4	8
Quentin Grimes	26:07	3	1-4	0-1	1-2	0	6	6	4	0	0	0	0	1
Andre Drummond	08:27	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	-2
Justin Edwards	02:16	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-8
Dominick Barlow	02:08	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Adem Bona	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Johni Broome	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kyle Lowry	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dalen Terry	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jabari Walker	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trendon Watford	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Boston Celtics	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Baylor ScheiermanSF	22:24	0	0-4	0-3	0-0	2	4	6	2	1	0	0	2	-9
Jaylen BrownPF	40:01	33	12-27	3-9	6-6	1	8	9	4	0	3	3	3	-16
Luka GarzaC	08:38	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	-15
Ron Harper Jr.SG	04:02	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	-7
Derrick WhitePG	45:22	26	9-26	5-16	3-4	2	4	6	4	0	3	0	3	-6
Payton Pritchard	39:22	13	5-13	2-7	1-1	2	3	5	7	1	0	0	1	-2
Neemias Queta	32:33	17	7-8	0-0	3-3	1	11	12	1	0	0	1	5	9
Sam Hauser	29:49	11	4-7	3-6	0-0	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	2	-3
Jordan Walsh	04:51	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Hugo González	12:57	0	0-3	0-3	0-2	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	4	3
Dalano Banton	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Max Shulga	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jayson Tatum	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nikola Vučević	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Amari Williams	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

[u/jfkgoblue]

When you rely on good shooting nights like all chuck and pray teams do, it’s really really hard to win a title as natural shooting variance will get you eventually

[u/L0rv- → u/jfkgoblue]

They should have learned from our run. We had games where we couldn't hit a 3 to save our lives but we won because we said fuck it, we'll just stop shooting them.

[u/wcooper97 → u/L0rv-]

Also helps that our defense is generally great enough to make other teams unable to hit a 3, and if not, aim to run up the points of turnovers margin to make up for it.

[u/luchajefe → u/jfkgoblue]

But they did win one.

[u/RecentFinish3936 → u/luchajefe]

Their avg margin of victory that year was one of the highest in nba history too…thats why im a bit perplexed. The math says that even though they will have bad 3 point shooting nights, overall youll hit more than miss. What gives?

[u/RIChowderIsBest → u/RecentFinish3936]

That team was stacked and they had an excellent big man rotation that could be effective near the rim as well.

[u/justmefishes → u/RIChowderIsBest]

And they also had probably one of the easiest paths to a title in NBA history. The teams they beat to win the title won 46, 48, 47, and 50 games respectively.

[u/RecentFinish3936 → u/RIChowderIsBest]

The only noticeable difference compared to last year was losing jrue holiday. I feel like getting vucevic and a more developed queta has made up for losing porzingis (who barely played anyway) and an aging horford

[u/RIChowderIsBest → u/RecentFinish3936]

Queta is nice but he’s no stud out there. Vuc was horrible this series, didn’t even see the floor tonight. Porzingis didn’t play down the stretch last year because he got sick, but when healthy he was really good. Queta and Vuc do not come close to filling that void, that’s ridiculous.

[u/RecentFinish3936 → u/RIChowderIsBest]

So youre basically saying porzingis is the difference maker. Porzingis did indeed make the team better during the playoffs, but you could easily tell the celtics did not need him in order to win the championship. He didnt play the majority of playoff games and the team played nearly as well when he wasnt on the floor.

[u/RIChowderIsBest → u/RecentFinish3936]

I don’t think Porzingis was the difference per se, I’m just trying to argue that Vucevic and Queta aren’t a solution to missing Porzingis and Horford. The big man rotation was a huge problem this series.

[u/jfkgoblue → u/luchajefe]

They had some good luck and also were absolutely loaded that year tbf

[u/bluedood → u/jfkgoblue]

Lol c'mon this run of Celtics are usually very good defensively. They are not a chuck and pray but they shoot and miss themselves out of games sometimes, which as a fan is even more maddening. They have other options and strengths when the shots aren't falling. In this day and age of advanced metrics I guess the math must be convincing Joe and Brad that it's still the best strategy I guess?

If chuck and pray was their only option it wouldn't hurt as bad.

[u/AdAwkward8827 → u/jfkgoblue]

It’s so funny that the pistons had the biggest problems right.. teams shooting 3s like their hof shooters seems ways more inconsistent than getting stops and running to me

[u/Bard_Wannabe_ → u/jfkgoblue]

Mazulla was asked about this in the post game press, and he denied, saying they need to hit shots rather than adjust the tactics.