With Harden out, the Sixers were expected to face a bit of a transition period. Instead, Embiid and Maxey have excelled in Nick Nurse's new offense and led a 2-1 start.
The Sixers' Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey each averaged more than 30 points in their first three games of the season.
“I’ve said this from training camp, everybody has something to prove, individually, collectively as a whole team after last season.” Minus Harden, last season’s NBA assist leader , the Sixers were playing without their best facilitator and second-best player., hadn’t accompanied the Sixers on their season-opening, two-game road trip. He was told to stay behind to ramp up conditioning and turned away from the team plane after missing 10 days for “personal reasons.” He also missed all four preseason games, and only participated in one scrimmage before the season.“But we were in that locker room like that was our game ...
As a team, the Sixers ranked first in blocks and made foul shots . They were second in foul shot attempts , fourth in field-goal percentage and three-point percentage . The Sixers were also tied for fifth in scoring and tied for 11th in assists and steals .
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