What the Sixers should and shouldn’t do in their series vs. the Wizards
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The gap between regular season and playoff basketball is enormous. The scenario in which one team can thoroughly scout the other and implement game-to-game adjustments throughout the two weeks of a series on top of the added intensity and attention to details put forth by the players truly make for a different game.
That alone makes looking back on two teams’ regular season matchups to try and solve the equation of knowing what to expect in a playoff series a questionable task. Add on top of that the weirdness of the Wizards and the Sixers’ three contests and it becomes even more fruitless.
With an extra day off before the Wizards tip off their first round series against the Philadelphia 76ers, let’s take a quick look back at some of the numbers from the regular season. We’ll surely.
I thought the Washington Wizards would win this game, but I didn’t think it would be an epic beatdown where a 27-point margin understates their dominance over the Indiana Pacers.
Here’s the.
Washington Wizards at Boston Celtics Play-in Game #1 5/18/21
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Washington Wizards (34-38) at Boston Celtics (36-36)
Play-In Game #1
TD Garden
Referees: Scott Foster, Rodney Mott, James Williams
The 7th place Boston Celtics host the 8th place Washington Wizards for the first game of the 2021 play-in tournament. The winner of this game will earn the 7th seed in the playoffs. The loser will get one more chance to make the playoffs. The winner of the 9/10 seed play-in game will play the loser of the 7/8 play-in game for the 8th playoff spot.
The Celtics are 2-1 vs the Wizards this season with each team winning at home. The Celtics won 116-107 on January 8 in Boston. They lost the February 14 game 91-104 in Washington with Tatum scoring just 6 points. On February 28 in Boston, the Celtics won 111-110 with Jayson Tatum scoring layups on the last 3 possessions. The Celtics played that game without Jaylen Brown and Marcus Smart.
A mildly in depth glance at the Sixers recent trade history By noahflax on May 18, 2021, 1:58pm EDT 57
Since we have some time until we play, I just wanted to do a shallow dive into the deep end of our post-Hinkie trade history. Generally I like to grade trades based on information at the time, but I am going to analyze these trades based on their end effect on the 2020-21 Sixers as they make their title run. I will determine the value of any picks traded or acquired based on the player eventually picked at the spot. For example, the Fultz deal will be counted as a trade for Tatum and Langford. Here we go.