I didn't get a chance to watch last night but Maxey has been pretty awesome this season. Not really getting enough National NBA attention.Let’s see how long they rest Harden. His legs look shot right now and the injury is affecting everything.
I don’t think they care about dropping to the 4 seed if they can rest Harden and Embiid. This is not a team that gives up, as we saw against Miami. Maxey was terrific last night, especially in the fourth quarter when he hit all five of his shots, blocked a shot, put the team on his shoulders, smiling all the way.
They go west now for Lakers, Clippers and Suns. 0-3 will drop them to the fourth seed. But they have a great record on the road so 2-1 is possible. Embiid will play in LA but I suspect he will next rest in Phoenix.
If this group can beat Miami they should easily get 2 LA wins with effort alone.
I get what lovegtm is saying, the Harden/Morey thing would make me itchy if I was a Sixers fan. It feels like an ALL IN move for this season and the EC is just loaded with minefields. Even Toronto is going to be a slugfest in the playoffs