Wake Up Call
The Sixers have the best record in the Eastern Conference but have lost back-to-back games for the second time all year, and next up to have the West-leading Utah Jazz. The team has a long road back to Philadelphia. The Sixers have been off to a strong start in the 2021 campaign but the recent west coast trip has been a “wake up call” according to Danny Green.
Green while speaking about the team’s back-to-back losses had some interesting quotes including “Just coasting through things, thinking we’re going to win a game because we’re the 76ers and we have the best team record in the East… We gotta be ready to play”.
Green is right, the Sixers can’t come out not ready to play simply because they have the best record in the Eastern Conference. It has been shown time and time again in the NBA that the regular season means next to nothing. Other than the COVID-19 outbreak earlier in the season, this is the first time this newly formed Sixers team has faced adversity.
The feeling of comfort is something that seemed to pop up a lot in the Sixers locker room under former head coach Brett Brown. Doc Rivers seems to hold the locker room a little bit more accountable than Brown, but it is still easy to become complacent when you are off to such a hot start.
Green speaking to the media has shown he is the leader, and he should be. Danny Green may not be the go-to man on offense, but his character and experience will pay dividends for the 76ers.
The Sixers have a tall task in their next opponent, the Jazz look nearly unstoppable led by Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert. “It’s best to go into a building like that with a chip on your shoulder” said Green when asked about playing the best team in the West after back-to-back losses. The Sixers back is up against the wall and we will see how they bounce back against the Jazz.
Who knows, a wake up call might be exactly what the doctor ordered for the Joel Embiid-led 76ers but time will only tell.
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