Devin Booker and the Suns erased a 15-point deficit Sunday night in Phoenix and the Sixers fell to a 114-104 loss. NoahLevick of NBCSPhilly has the recap:
Cameron Johnson and JaVale McGee were among those out for Phoenix.
Booker didn’t make a shot of any kind in the second quarter and the Sixers limited Phoenix to 23 points, an impressive defensive period given the Suns entered the game with a seven-game streak of scoring at least 125 points each outing. Harden forced Booker to sit out the final two minutes and change of the first half by going at him on a transition drive. Booker’s protest was vehement, but the bottom line was he had three fouls and stewed on the sidelines.
Danny Green closed the game over Thybulle and mostly guarded Booker well, but he was frustrated by two and-one jumpers. It's clear the Sixers don't have an every-game closing lineup and that the Suns are a fantastic team across the board, especially in crunch time. Embiid matched Booker’s strong start by notching the Sixers’ first six points. Two of his early buckets stemmed from pick-and-rolls with Harden.
It was a high bar to meet, but Harden didn’t play with the same aggression as he did during Friday night’s 25-point first half against the Clippers. On one second-quarter sequence, he was slow in sizing up Ayton and fumbled the ball. The Sixers committed a shot-clock violation. There’s a fine line between ensuring the team’s spacing is optimal to exploit a switch against a big man and holding the ball too long.
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