The Dallas Mavericks have already suffered their fifth defeat in the sixth game. Rick Carlisle’s team made the same mistakes against the Philadelphia 76ers as in previous games. In Philadelphia, it’s raining hymns of praise for Ben Simmons.
“It was the fourth time in five games that the Mavs were already trailing by a double-digit margin in the first quarter,” said coach Carlisle after the match.
Harrison Barnes, who delivered a strong performance with an offensive of 25 points (7/12 threesomes), also voiced his criticism accordingly:”The Starting Five has to bear the responsibility. and we’ve tried a lot, but we’ve failed collectively.”
Dirk Nowitzki is likely to be excluded from this. The German, who started again on Power Forward, played mostly with the Second Unit and a lineup of three guards (Devin Harris, J. J.). Barea, Yogi Ferrell).
That worked pretty well, too. In 28 minutes, the 39-year-old scored 11 points (4/7 FG) and 5 assists in three distance throws. He also had the best net rating of all the players in the field, who spent more than eleven minutes on the court (37.8).
Nevertheless, Dallas took the third unnecessary home win after the games against Atlanta and Sacramento, which made Nowitzki really fierce “It feels like we could have won three more games. Now we’re standing at 1-6 and feel like we’ve lost a lot of money,” concluded Dirk,”We just make too many mistakes and we don’t know how to fix them. I hope we learn from it, because the opponents will be better and better.”
The Mavs will play four times next week. The opponents are Utah (A), LA Clippers (A), New Orleans (H) and Minnesota (A).
For Philly, on the other hand, the Texas trip continues to Houston. The sixers still have a score to settle with the rockets after the 76s lost their home game against the Texans last week with Eric Gordon’s three-way thriller with the siren.
This time the Sixers had the luck on their side when Ferrell could have taken the game from the line into extra time, but discarded the first free-throw and deliberately missed the second to be successful by tip-in. Before the game Ferrell had netted 25 of his 26 free throws.
Coach Brett Brown was more than happy, even though Dallas narrowed it down with a late 9-0 run,”We generated stops and played fast,”explained the coach,”This game was very unusual. I must commend my players for playing hard and together.”
Rookie Ben Simmons, who played 23 points (10/15 FG), 7 rebounds and 8 assists, was once again outstanding in the Sixers. McConnell says,”If someone as big as he is can move the ball like that, it opens the field for everyone. He’s a real game changer.”
Everyone knew that he would be good, but he is much better than I expected. Some of the Plays were simply fantastic,” said Simmons and Joel Embiid (21 points) also played well. I wanted to use his move against him,”said Embiid with a smile on his face,” I almost succeeded, but the ball was knocked out of my hand “.
Nevertheless, The Process has only respect for the German. The two trained together around the Africa Game and Embiid described the veteran as one of his big brothers. After the game, however, there was a short time to worry about the big one. Embiid was examined by hand, it turned out to be only a sprain. The fans in Philadelphia will surely breathe a sigh of relief.