Self-inflected loss. Bad fucking loss. Fucking box out and then you don't need to be doing stupid shit.
Hate to be so one-note, but that's the kind of thing that occurs when a guy is out there 46 minutes and is tired. On a last second shot like that, you know guys are going to crash the boards, as PHI needed a score down 1.
I think Thibs got flustered and messed up on that as well. He called timeout and complained but never asked for the challenge. I assume because the push-in-the-back foul was fairly clear. But with 5 secs left in OT, what do you have to lose by challenging.
One thing I can tell you true: PHI does not want to see NYK in the playoffs. We can hold their O in check and games become a grind out toss up. Knix as an 8th seed would not make Doc & Co. happy.
Otherwise a game goes on long enough and there's plenty of opportunity for redemption. Burks had a blah game through 3Q's, Then to start the 4Q, he lazily followed his man on a cross-court cut, meandered and got screened off, allowing Thybulle a wide open 3. Thibs immediately called Time.
And then Burks was lights out most of the 4Q and OT, along with getting steals and making passes. Suddenly it was all-star Burks for 15 mins.
Bullox played superb D on Tobias, just crushing his spirit most of the 2nd half. Some double-teams helped, but Reg really stymied Harris (how many times did Clyde mention that if Harris thinks of himself as an All-Star he needs to take over? -- he really latched on to that). Then Tobias misses a pair of FT's at the end of reg that would have sealed it. Then Harris was doing a great job of guarding Randle in the corner, but inexplicably backed off for a second apparently worried about a drive when Knix needed a 3. And a rather lucky 3 it was. Randle coming through again.
Then Harris makes 2 FT's to win it in OT.
Sorry folks, but I want Randle fresher for crunch time.
ObiT can't give us 10-15 mins. Or de-mothball Knox for 5 mins.
Granny Deen was a complete mofo on D, and then popped some key 3's in OT.
Thybulle and Simmons get a ton of deflections. Green just went for tie-ups.
Was something watching Green and Bullox just play their asses off on D.
47 mins for Reg.
PHI makes some terrible passes.
Both teams with tons of turnovers and lots of missed FT's.
Old style slugfest.