[Trojan97]

Stay the course with the current core until you know what you have with Scottie is the only answer right now.

Our three best players last night were 24 yr old OG, 23 yr old GTJ & 22 yr old Precious which bodes well for the future. Precious in particular played fantastic, one of the only guys on the floor willing to get into the paint and attack the rim vs Embiid. For a young, inexperienced player to have that mentality it says alot about him and should have all of us very excited. I ripped him relentlessly in the first half of the season for his irrational confidence in his offensive game but we are starting to see how that mentality can pay off when things start to click for a player as gifted as him.

I agree with SuperMatt's post above that the current group is a bit janky when it comes to having to matchup in playoff ball. A big C who can anchor the D as needed would go a long way but we've known that was a black hole on this roster all year so no big surprise it's costing them now.

Hasn't been talked about much but I think the coaching staff probably has to wear some of this as well for many of the failures early in the series. Nurse will be better off long term for having gone through this but the strategy of the opening two games just wasn't there and it feels like they failed to adjust. The last sequence defending Embiid probably also has to be defended better. Hard to say how much of that is on him and how much is on the players not executing.

It will say alot about this group interms of how they come out in game four - do they roll over and take a beating or fight and prolong the series. Scottie will be an emotional boost which helps.