The Sixers will find a way to lose, even if they have to kick a basketball Source: SBNation – All Posts:– Kicking basketballs, leaving the rim open … this some top-notch losing. The Philadelphia 76ers played a pretty brilliant game against the Houston Rockets. They were in great position to upset one of the league’s best teams, leading by three with 35 seconds to go. The Sixers do not tolerate such excellence, and initiated a truly impressive feat of tanking. 1. After Houston’s James Harden drew a foul, Brett Brown — the damn coach of the Sixers — randomly decided to boot the ball and draw a technical, giving Harden an extra free throw: GIF: Sixers coach Brett Brown gets a technical foul for kicking ball up 3 with less than a minute left in the game!! t.co/XGuSU7Hx90 — Ben Golliver (@BenGolliver) November 15, 2014 2. Harden hit only two of his three free throws, so the job wasn’t done. Now up one, Philadelphia gave the ball to Michael Carter-Williams, who dribbled into help and delivered it directly out of bounds: 3. Now the Rockets needed a basket to take the lead, so the Sixers gave Harden a wiiiiide open lane to drive and score: Philadelphia missed a game-winner, and thus a game in which it had previously led by 13 against the one-loss Rockets was successfully blown. For real, though, players don’t tank — organizations do — and that had to be a frustrating collapse for guys who desperately want to win. But DAMN, was that a master class in messing up a winnable game. Continue Reading….. The post The Sixers will find a way to lose, even if they have to kick a basketball appeared first on GLOBAL NEWS. ift.tt/1wC0Xvx
Posted on: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 04:35:44 +0000
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