A deep dive into how Chris Boucher took down the Sixers
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Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports
It’s not every day that your favorite team gets victimized by a “Swatterboy” who would make toothpicks feel a bit husky, but that’s exactly where many of us sit at this moment. The Philadelphia 76ers lost 110-103 to the Toronto Raptors last night, after their nine-point lead was incinerated by Chris Boucher late in the third quarter.
The 6-foot-9, 200-pound backup center hit not one, not two, not three (?), not four (???!!!), but FIVE STRAIGHT THREES over a five-minute span in the game. The Sixers were feeling good, up 82-73 in Tampa Bay, only to look up after 300 seconds of action and see that Toronto had tied the game of 89. Five made field goals comprising 15 of the Raptors’ 16 points came in that stretch, with a Fred VanVleet free throw being Philly’s only respite from the Boucher barrage.