New York was among the league's best offensive rebounding teams all season. The 76ers need to reverse that trend in Game 2 of their NBA playoff series.
is public enemy No. 1 to New York Knicks fans, Paul Reed is a close second.centers received “ You!” chants for the Madison Square Garden sellout crowd Saturday during Game 1 of the teams’ first-round series. The expectation is Knicks fans will continue chanting in Monday’s Game 2 and if the series heads back to the Big Apple for Game 5.Embiid is disliked for his dominance against the Knicks over the years.
“We ain’t ducking no smoke,” he said, “but yeah we wanted the Knicks matchup of course. That’s the easier team.”“At the end of the day, I could have worded it differently,” he said. “But I said it and I got to stand on it. I ain’t tripping. … Like I said, I’m not worried. Could I have worded it differently? Yeah, but it’s too late now.”Sixers’ priorities in Game 2 include rebounding, supporting cast, and ...
The 6-foot-9, 220-pounder had four points on 2-for-3 shooting along with five rebounds — three offensive — along with a block in 11 minutes, 27 seconds in Game 1. Too eager, Reed was out of position a lot. He tried to block shots he didn’t need to go after. That led to the players he was assigned to guard roaming freely and scoring easy putback baskets.The Sixers believe he’ll be fine moving forward after showing him what he did wrong during film review.
“With a team like this, you really got to keep guys off the glass like Josh Hart, Isaiah Hartenstein, Mitchell Robinson,” he said. “We got to kind of single those guys out and make sure they’re not getting rebounds for sure.”
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