The Sixers certainly didn't put it all together Saturday night, but they came back for a tremendous road win over the Eastern Conference-leading Bucks.
Rather ironically, they were flawed all over the place in Milwaukee. Embiid and James Harden in the second quarter combined to shoot 3 for 13 from the floor. In the first half, the Bucks’ bench appeared physical, playoff-hardened and downright superior to the Sixers’ second unit. Basic breakdowns left Grayson Allen with uncontested threes deep into his 20-point third quarter.
“I’ll tell you this: If I were to doubt myself and stop shooting, I could find myself on the bench,” Niang said after he’d hit four fourth-quarter threes in a Christmas win over the Knicks. “So you tell me: Would you take the alternative? Though Brook Lopez was strong against Embiid on both ends of the floor, the Sixers’ All-Star big man posted 10 assists and only one turnover.
“We followed the game plan and we got a good shot,” Embiid said. “They came and doubled, and I made the right play. Just missed it. He’s going to make the next one.”
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