Integrating your best player after a multi-week absence in game four of a playoff series is hard. Team was just out of sorts I think.

There's a reason Embiid lost like one time to the Chicago Bulls in his career. And that reason was nailed to the bench by Doug Collins in the Uncut Gems series and part of the reason we lost that series. And I still won't forgive Doug Collins.

Nothing can ever make me hate you, Joel.

The Spurs were down 17 at halftime right? Like I didn't imagine that?

Toronto missing every shot is masking how bad Mitchell is playing.

Stan Van Gundy is very good at confidently saying something that's completely incorrect. Down 4 with 15 seconds left, you absolutely do need 3.

the ball does not lie

The PG-Drummond PNR works so much better than PG-Bona

What would have to happen for Johni Broome to see rotation minutes

I can't pretend I'm overly invested in the results of this series - I mostly want to see how our young guys play in games that Really Matter.

Ayo escaping Chicago and playing for a real team >>>

Refs really love it when calls are upheld on review. The energy from the ref savoring that Phoenix has lost its timeout is not lost on me.

Without spoiling Survivor, as far as I'm concerned the contestant voted out tonight got what was coming to them. That said, the public nature of the twist tonight was game-breaking again for no particular reason.

has anyone used rip-off city yet? if not I call dibs. dundon can offer me $5 for it.

lukennard

I will never claim that LeBron's effery won't go on for much longer. It's going to happen forever.

Can't really stand JJ but he is a really good coach.

Having Smart on your roster while being hilariously short-handed is very convenient, because he's just willing to go for it. Maybe not as valuable as having Collin Sexton, but that's more literal and based on experience.

CJ McCollum started the season with the Wizards. What a glow up.

I too think there should be bars on the playoffs for the Embiid-less Sixers

Not really mad or disappointed in the Sixers, they're not good without Embiid and they're playing a juggernaut.

I dare all vegan bakeries to make something that’s savory.

Not itemizing deductions to charity is implied by not itemizing deductions at all which is implied by taking the standard deduction. Very funny that they think you're stupid enough to join them in conflating "taking the standard deduction" with "not giving to charity"

No one wants to see the Magic play anymore, including the Magic, but it's also very hard for me to root for the Hornets.

Ozzy being told what to do by Cirie is the best survivor player of all time

Drummond three attempt is worth more than two FTs for him lol. That was the right play.

Double comes on Maxey and the Sixers look clueless despite that being something they’ve seen a thousand times this year

Do they still have bench vacating fouls? I think half of each team would be suspended.

Run offense please I’m begging

You really do need to run Drummond off the corner three lol

The forced Buck-Wesley connection aside, Dardevil: Born Again finally felt like the show it was supposed to be tonight.

Phew, won’t have to play Miami again this season, thank christ

I’m not sure if this take is hot or not but info traders aren’t really journalists so I don’t really think it should be an ethics code thing that results in Russini being out of a job. Other journos of that ilk in sports have done far worse things.

The Magic might need to fire Mosley before the play-in

Sixers losing to a Doc Rivers Shorthanded Special to clinch their playoff seed would be an apropos end to my weekend.

Has Danhausen been in the Sixers locker room?

Accidentally finding an IRL friend’s anon Reddit account and being relieved that, yes, it is just what you expect with no insane surprises is a small joy in a world where those are increasingly difficult to find.

i will vote for dems who say this stuff and act on this stuff! i will give them money! i will tell my friends to do the same! it is what i want from government more than anything else right now!

You can slice it a hundred different ways, Sixers just aren’t serious about competing this year as an organization, top to bottom.

Maybe it’s too nice of a city but considering the intrastate rivalries and all I think Pittsburgh is lovely. Also really liked Cleveland and Detroit way more than I thought I would.

How do so many of the kids at the end of Matilda have lunches with them? We established there is a cafeteria.

Major victory for several mid-market cities for LeBron to only say he didn’t like Milwaukee and Memphis.

Stuff that would actually boost the growth of this site (aside from adding group chats & making it function better overall): •Lean further into live sports •Find a way to better integrate live video of live news events •Continue with the rollout of useful verification check marks for journalists

I'm supposed to be the franchise player and we in here talking about film session. We're talking about film session. Not a game. Not a game. Film Session.

Paul George’s defense is still plus-plus-plus

They brought an awful twist and they brought back Applebees but not Liz

Yea the moon is cool and all but I just ate some leftover chicken parm that someone else made

The Connecticut Sun were sold for about $12M less in value than the Sixers were sold for 15 years ago

I’m getting White Locust vibes from the Survivor Blood Moon twist and I don’t like it

I hope Jaden Ivey gets the help he desperately needs now.