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RECAP: Boston Celtics 110, Philadelphia 76ers 102

By Luke Swiatek

PHILADELPHIA, PA - OCTOBER 6: Abdel Nader #28 of the Boston Celtics goes to the basket against the Philadelphia 76ers on October 6, 2017 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the Wells Fargo Center. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2017 NBAE (Photo by Brian Babineau/NBAE via Getty Images)
PHILADELPHIA, PA - OCTOBER 6: Abdel Nader #28 of the Boston Celtics goes to the basket against the Philadelphia 76ers on October 6, 2017 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the Wells Fargo Center. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2017 NBAE (Photo by Brian Babineau/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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The Philadelphia 76ers struggled on defense again, and dropped another game to fall to 0-2 through the preseason up to this point.

Philadelphia 76ers. JAHLIL OKAFOR. A-. 17 min | 11 pts | 6 reb | 2 ast | 1 stl | 0 blk | 2 TO | 5-7 FG | 0-0 3PT | 1-2 FT | 4 PF | -12 +/- | Summary: This is about as good of a game as you can expect from Jah. He had a team-worst in plus-minus, but at least he’s showcasing a lot of effort out there.. C

21 min | 10 pts | 6 reb | 0 ast | 1 stl | 3 blk | 0 TO | 4-8 FG | 2-2 3PT | 0-0 FT | 0 PF | -8 +/- | Summary: I’ve never been a <a rel=. SF. Philadelphia 76ers. JUSTIN ANDERSON. A-

19 min | 15 pts | 3 reb | 3 ast | 0 stl | 0 blk | 1 TO | 6-8 FG | 3-5 3PT | 0-0 FT | 0 PF | -5 +/- | Summary: Bayless started in place of the injured Fultz, and sure made a case for being the first guard off the bench. His shooting was invaluable opening up lanes, and when he played alongside Redick, Covington, and Stauskas, the paint was so wide open that even Carnivore Jahlil would’ve fit.. PG. Philadelphia 76ers. JERRYD BAYLESS. B+

19 min | 12 pts | 1 reb | 3 ast | 1 stl | 0 blk | 0 TO | 4-7 FG | 3-3 3PT | 1-1 FT | 1 PF | -1 +/- | Summary: He still didn’t do too much more than shoot, but he shot well. That’ll never not be valuable (gotta love these double negatives).. SG. Philadelphia 76ers. J.J. REDICK. B

PF. Philadelphia 76ers. BEN SIMMONS. C. 23 min | 8 pts | 3 reb | 5 ast | 3 stl | 0 blk | 5 TO | 3-8 FG | 0-0 3PT | 2-6 FT | 5 PF | -5 +/- | Summary: Early foul trouble and inefficient scoring hampered Simmons tonight. Over the past two games, Simmons has shot 5-16, and he only went 2-6 from the line in this game. Simmons will never be a score-first player, but he needs to be able to make the defense pay sometimes.

Considering the Sixers were without Joel Embiid, Markelle Fultz, Dario Saric, and Timothe-Luwawu Caborrot, this game didn’t go half bad.

The Philadelphia 76ers turned the ball over a lot and had mental lapses on defense again, but that’s to be expected with such a young team. More encouragingly, they shot 45.2% from deep.

Like I said, it could’ve been a lot worse. No one could really stop Kyrie which was a problem, but hopefully Fultz can get healthy and develop into a guard-stopper someday.

As a sidenote, I don’t know what Ben Simmons is. He was listed as a guard in the starting lineup but he played alongside three smaller players, is listed as a power forward on the 76ers’ depth chart on ESPN, and guarded Hayward instead of Irving.

I’m calling him a power forward for now, but I really don’t know so no one yell at me this time.

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