Daily News | Sixers fall to 0-3, losing to Spurs despite 40-point effort from Joel Embiid
Saturday’s game against the tanking San Antonio Spurs was supposed to be a breather after opening the season with losses to the Boston Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks.
“We’re not ready yet, honestly,” Doc Rivers said. “We’re just not. We’re not ready to win yet. You can feel that. We got a lot of work to do.” The Sixers looked like a team playing in slow motion while being outhustled. It was like they felt they could turn it on at any time. They turned it on early in the fourth quarter thanks to an 11-0 run to take an 86-84 lead with 8 minutes, 45 seconds remaining.
Devin Vassell led the Spurs with 22 points, scoring 17 in the second quarter. Keldon Johnson added 21 points. Jakob Poeltl had 13 points and 11 rebounds.
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