PLAYER GRADES: Philadelphia 76ers 113, Atlanta Hawks 92
By Ryan Wohl
Lloyd Pierce’s return to the Wells Fargo Center ended with a Philadelphia 76ers victory.
The Philadelphia 76ers picked up their forth win of the season in blowout win against the Hawks. This game was not expected to be a close game, as Atlanta is a young and rebuilding team. The 76ers have a tough week as they have a game in five of the seven days and are playing in two back-to-backs.
Tonight, the fans got a chance to see some of the young players (Furkan Korkmaz, Jonah Bolden, and Landry Shamet) in garbage time toward the end of the game. Brett Brown has some decisions to make about evening out playing time to develop his young players and for the team to win game now.
Later in the season the rotation will definitely be tightened up but for now, when they are winning a lot look, to see him give other guys a chance.
<strong>25 mins | 14 pts | 8 reb | 3 ast | 2 stl | 1 blk | 3 TO | 4-15 FG | 4-11 3PT| 2-2 FT | 3 PF | +18|</strong><p>Redick did not have his best game, but he can’t go off for 20-30 points every night. He is adapting to his role off the bench nicely and is adding a great scoring touch in his role every night. It is good that he didn’t play over 30 minutes tonight as they have five games this week and some harder matchups are coming up.</p>. SG. Philadelphia 76ers. J.J REDICK. C-
A. <strong>27 mins | 21 pts | 12 reb | 9 ast | 0 stl | 1 blk | 2 TO | 8-11 FG | 0-0 3PT| 5-5 FT | 3 PF | +19|</strong><p>Ben got off to a slow start, where he didn’t look aggressive but then he turned that around in the second and third quarters. He is a freak athlete and it is hard for defenses to stop him because he is so fast and strong. For him to open up his game, he needs to start taking more mid-range jump shots. Overall, Simmons played very well tonight, scoring and also getting bis teammates involved.</p>. PG. Philadelphia 76ers. BEN SIMMONS
A-. <strong>19 mins | 14 pts | 5 reb | 0 ast | 0 stl | 1 blk | 1 TO | 5-7 FG | 4-6 3PT| 0-0 FT | 1 PF | +7|</strong><p>Moose played a big role tonight for this win over the Hawks, where he was knocking down his three-point shots at a consistent rate. If he continues to thrive on the bench, Coach Brown could look to swap him with <a rel=. PF. Philadelphia 76ers. MIKE MUSCALA
G. Philadelphia 76ers. MARKELLE FULTZ. B+. <strong>25 mins | 16 pts | 4 reb | 7 ast | 1 stl | 0 blk | 1 TO | 7-16 FG | 1-5 3PT| 1-2 FT | 3 PF | -2|</strong><p>Fultz looked as close to what we saw of him at the University of Washington as we have ever seen him. He was seeking his own shot, looking for his teammates, and was active around the three-point line when he didn’t have the ball in his hands.</p><p>It was good to just see him acting comfortable out there, because we know when he is on his game he can beat almost anyone off the dribble and we are starting to see him adding the three-point jump shot to his game.</p>
JOEL EMBIID. C-. <strong>30 mins | 10 pts | 6 reb | 6 ast | 0 stl | 2 blk | 4 TO | 3-9 FG | 0-2 3PT| 4-4 FT | 3 PF | +12|</strong><p>This was not Embiid’s best sighting of the season, as he wasn’t driving in a lot in the post. Joel did not call for the ball a lot and was standing around too much on the perimeter. He is 7-foot-2, which means they should be getting him the ball down low for him to post weaker defender up on the block. Through seven games this has been one of his worst games, however it is a long season so there is a ton of hope for him to bounce back in tomorrows game in Toronto.</p>. C. Philadelphia 76ers
Coming up after tonights win over the Atlanta Hawks is a game in Toronto tomorrow night to play Kawhi Leonard and the 6-1 Raptors.
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After that they have two games at home against the Los Angeles Clippers and the Detroit Pistons. The week finishes up in Brookyn to play the Nets on Sunday nIght.