Silver Linings Playbook: 5 positive Philadelphia 76ers takeaways from Pacers game
By Bret Stuter
Perturbed fits Philly just fine
It was a game the Philadelphia 76ers needed to win. And if not for the huge number of turnovers in the game, they may have done just that. But the team surrendered 21 turnovers. Of that number, Dario Saric accounted for five, and Joel Embiid accounted for eight. The guy who kept the team in the game tonight couldn’t keep the handles on the ball.
Embiid taking tonight's loss hard. Not talking.
— Jon Johnson (@jonjohnsonwip) March 14, 2018
Joel Embiid may be perturbed. But that is when the focused raging can’t-stop-him-on-the-basketball-court Joel Embiid shows up.
Resilience, CHECK!
And In the end, the Philadelphia 76ers hung with one of the hottest teams in the NBA. It was a close loss. Perhaps a necessary one to test the team’s resilience. In the mind of Dario Saric, the Philadelphia 76ers are still the better team.
The #Sixers’ Dario Saric: ‘I think we’ve got a better team than them (the Pacers).’
— Tom Moore (@TomMoorePhilly) March 14, 2018
That’s bona fide resilience. And I’m good with that. In fact, if the entire team is as perturbed as Dario Saric, I’m ecstatic. But there is more positives on the takeaway from this one than just a team that is a tad peeved. So let’s run down the positives