PHILADELPHIA — Following the LA Clippers’ 108-107 win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday night time, crew chief Kevin Scott mentioned in a pool report that there ought to have been a foul known as on a drive by 76ers ahead Kelly Oubre Jr. on the sport’s remaining play.
“On the final play on the ground, in actual time the crew interpreted that play because the defender leaping vertically,” Scott mentioned. “Nevertheless, in post-game video overview we did observe some slight drift to his left by the defender [Paul] George, and a foul ought to have been dominated.”
The play capped a really chaotic remaining minute of motion, one which noticed a number of critiques, a wedgie that resulted in a bounce ball, two pricey 76ers turnovers, a pair of and-1s by Clippers star Kawhi Leonard and, finally, Oubre’s drive that resulted in him mendacity on the bottom because the Clippers celebrated a desperately wanted victory in James Harden’s first sport in South Philly since being traded.
Nurse stormed onto the courtroom to dispute the non-call and needed to be restrained by his assistants. Oubre additionally jumped into the combination, pointing at every of the three officers — Scott, JB DeRosa and Brandon Adair — earlier than being pulled away.
“In the beginning, warmth of the second,” Oubre mentioned when requested about his actions after the sport. “That is an intense basketball sport in fact. And we’re not good. The refs aren’t good. I wish to apologize for simply shedding my cool, as a result of that is one thing I attempt to work on each day, and attempt to signify God in one of the best ways I probably can, and that wasn’t it. So I simply apologize.
“However I noticed Coach Nurse getting riled up and if our coach is gonna combat for us and he is going there, then I am proper behind him. However on the finish of the day, it wasn’t cool. So I will take no matter penalties include that and you need to transfer on, however I gotta be higher in a way.”
For his half, Nurse nonetheless believed that Philadelphia was on the quick finish of a number of calls late, but in addition admitted the 76ers contributed to their very own demise.
“Effectively at 104-101, we had the ball sideline, [and] Tyrese [Maxey] breaks into the again courtroom wide-open, slips and falls they usually get an and-1 out of that,” Nurse mentioned. “We come down and rating, they’re full courtroom press they usually knock one off of Kelly out of bounds.”
That mentioned, he additionally felt there ought to’ve been some issues known as the opposite manner late.
“I feel [Oubre] took it in there fairly laborious,” Nurse mentioned. “I checked out it on our computer systems a pair occasions. I believed it was definitely contact, definitely as a lot of the final two or three that received known as and-1s on the different finish,” Nurse mentioned. “I believed it was sufficient contact to name. [But] that is the way in which it goes generally.”
For each groups, the tip of the sport took on a desperation befitting of their current play. Philadelphia is now 13-26 this season when taking part in with out the NBA’s reigning Most Worthwhile Participant, Joel Embiid, who continues to inch nearer to a return from the process he had on his left lateral meniscus seven weeks in the past.
With the loss, the 76ers at the moment are in eighth place within the Japanese Convention, having missed an opportunity to make up floor on the sixth-place Indiana Pacers, who misplaced to Chicago on Wednesday.
“I maintain saying the identical factor,” Maxey mentioned. “I do know each time we step on the ground attempting to win, but when we’re capable of get Large Fella again, we simply have to be stepping in the fitting path. I really feel like whoever we play come playoff time or regardless of the state of affairs is, I really feel like we’ve got an awesome alternative and an awesome probability with him on our workforce.
“So us, the opposite guys, we’ve got to be stepping in the fitting path, doing all of the little issues and going on the market and taking part in extraordinarily aggressive on protection and taking part in the fitting manner, so when he does come again, we are able to proceed ahead.”
The Clippers, in the meantime, had been coming off an terrible pair of losses at residence to the 76ers and Pacers, and had been starting a four-game East Coast journey Wednesday, having fallen right into a dogfight not only for their present fourth place within the West but in addition solely a few video games out of the play-in spots.
All of that wound up overshadowing Harden’s first sport again in Philadelphia because the commerce, as the longer term Corridor of Famer completed with 16 factors and 14 assists in 39 minutes. He was lustily booed throughout introductions and through the first quarter, however as the sport went on his return pale into the background of what turned a wildly aggressive sport with a frenetic end.
“I anticipated it,” Harden mentioned of the response. “I do not actually know what it is about, however I anticipated it.
“It’s what it’s. I do not know why they had been booing.”
PHILADELPHIA — Following the LA Clippers’ 108-107 win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday night time, crew chief Kevin Scott mentioned in a pool report that there ought to have been a foul known as on a drive by 76ers ahead Kelly Oubre Jr. on the sport’s remaining play.
“On the final play on the ground, in actual time the crew interpreted that play because the defender leaping vertically,” Scott mentioned. “Nevertheless, in post-game video overview we did observe some slight drift to his left by the defender [Paul] George, and a foul ought to have been dominated.”
The play capped a really chaotic remaining minute of motion, one which noticed a number of critiques, a wedgie that resulted in a bounce ball, two pricey 76ers turnovers, a pair of and-1s by Clippers star Kawhi Leonard and, finally, Oubre’s drive that resulted in him mendacity on the bottom because the Clippers celebrated a desperately wanted victory in James Harden’s first sport in South Philly since being traded.
Nurse stormed onto the courtroom to dispute the non-call and needed to be restrained by his assistants. Oubre additionally jumped into the combination, pointing at every of the three officers — Scott, JB DeRosa and Brandon Adair — earlier than being pulled away.
“In the beginning, warmth of the second,” Oubre mentioned when requested about his actions after the sport. “That is an intense basketball sport in fact. And we’re not good. The refs aren’t good. I wish to apologize for simply shedding my cool, as a result of that is one thing I attempt to work on each day, and attempt to signify God in one of the best ways I probably can, and that wasn’t it. So I simply apologize.
“However I noticed Coach Nurse getting riled up and if our coach is gonna combat for us and he is going there, then I am proper behind him. However on the finish of the day, it wasn’t cool. So I will take no matter penalties include that and you need to transfer on, however I gotta be higher in a way.”
For his half, Nurse nonetheless believed that Philadelphia was on the quick finish of a number of calls late, but in addition admitted the 76ers contributed to their very own demise.
“Effectively at 104-101, we had the ball sideline, [and] Tyrese [Maxey] breaks into the again courtroom wide-open, slips and falls they usually get an and-1 out of that,” Nurse mentioned. “We come down and rating, they’re full courtroom press they usually knock one off of Kelly out of bounds.”
That mentioned, he additionally felt there ought to’ve been some issues known as the opposite manner late.
“I feel [Oubre] took it in there fairly laborious,” Nurse mentioned. “I checked out it on our computer systems a pair occasions. I believed it was definitely contact, definitely as a lot of the final two or three that received known as and-1s on the different finish,” Nurse mentioned. “I believed it was sufficient contact to name. [But] that is the way in which it goes generally.”
For each groups, the tip of the sport took on a desperation befitting of their current play. Philadelphia is now 13-26 this season when taking part in with out the NBA’s reigning Most Worthwhile Participant, Joel Embiid, who continues to inch nearer to a return from the process he had on his left lateral meniscus seven weeks in the past.
With the loss, the 76ers at the moment are in eighth place within the Japanese Convention, having missed an opportunity to make up floor on the sixth-place Indiana Pacers, who misplaced to Chicago on Wednesday.
“I maintain saying the identical factor,” Maxey mentioned. “I do know each time we step on the ground attempting to win, but when we’re capable of get Large Fella again, we simply have to be stepping in the fitting path. I really feel like whoever we play come playoff time or regardless of the state of affairs is, I really feel like we’ve got an awesome alternative and an awesome probability with him on our workforce.
“So us, the opposite guys, we’ve got to be stepping in the fitting path, doing all of the little issues and going on the market and taking part in extraordinarily aggressive on protection and taking part in the fitting manner, so when he does come again, we are able to proceed ahead.”
The Clippers, in the meantime, had been coming off an terrible pair of losses at residence to the 76ers and Pacers, and had been starting a four-game East Coast journey Wednesday, having fallen right into a dogfight not only for their present fourth place within the West but in addition solely a few video games out of the play-in spots.
All of that wound up overshadowing Harden’s first sport again in Philadelphia because the commerce, as the longer term Corridor of Famer completed with 16 factors and 14 assists in 39 minutes. He was lustily booed throughout introductions and through the first quarter, however as the sport went on his return pale into the background of what turned a wildly aggressive sport with a frenetic end.
“I anticipated it,” Harden mentioned of the response. “I do not actually know what it is about, however I anticipated it.
“It’s what it’s. I do not know why they had been booing.”
PHILADELPHIA — Following the LA Clippers’ 108-107 win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday night time, crew chief Kevin Scott mentioned in a pool report that there ought to have been a foul known as on a drive by 76ers ahead Kelly Oubre Jr. on the sport’s remaining play.
“On the final play on the ground, in actual time the crew interpreted that play because the defender leaping vertically,” Scott mentioned. “Nevertheless, in post-game video overview we did observe some slight drift to his left by the defender [Paul] George, and a foul ought to have been dominated.”
The play capped a really chaotic remaining minute of motion, one which noticed a number of critiques, a wedgie that resulted in a bounce ball, two pricey 76ers turnovers, a pair of and-1s by Clippers star Kawhi Leonard and, finally, Oubre’s drive that resulted in him mendacity on the bottom because the Clippers celebrated a desperately wanted victory in James Harden’s first sport in South Philly since being traded.
Nurse stormed onto the courtroom to dispute the non-call and needed to be restrained by his assistants. Oubre additionally jumped into the combination, pointing at every of the three officers — Scott, JB DeRosa and Brandon Adair — earlier than being pulled away.
“In the beginning, warmth of the second,” Oubre mentioned when requested about his actions after the sport. “That is an intense basketball sport in fact. And we’re not good. The refs aren’t good. I wish to apologize for simply shedding my cool, as a result of that is one thing I attempt to work on each day, and attempt to signify God in one of the best ways I probably can, and that wasn’t it. So I simply apologize.
“However I noticed Coach Nurse getting riled up and if our coach is gonna combat for us and he is going there, then I am proper behind him. However on the finish of the day, it wasn’t cool. So I will take no matter penalties include that and you need to transfer on, however I gotta be higher in a way.”
For his half, Nurse nonetheless believed that Philadelphia was on the quick finish of a number of calls late, but in addition admitted the 76ers contributed to their very own demise.
“Effectively at 104-101, we had the ball sideline, [and] Tyrese [Maxey] breaks into the again courtroom wide-open, slips and falls they usually get an and-1 out of that,” Nurse mentioned. “We come down and rating, they’re full courtroom press they usually knock one off of Kelly out of bounds.”
That mentioned, he additionally felt there ought to’ve been some issues known as the opposite manner late.
“I feel [Oubre] took it in there fairly laborious,” Nurse mentioned. “I checked out it on our computer systems a pair occasions. I believed it was definitely contact, definitely as a lot of the final two or three that received known as and-1s on the different finish,” Nurse mentioned. “I believed it was sufficient contact to name. [But] that is the way in which it goes generally.”
For each groups, the tip of the sport took on a desperation befitting of their current play. Philadelphia is now 13-26 this season when taking part in with out the NBA’s reigning Most Worthwhile Participant, Joel Embiid, who continues to inch nearer to a return from the process he had on his left lateral meniscus seven weeks in the past.
With the loss, the 76ers at the moment are in eighth place within the Japanese Convention, having missed an opportunity to make up floor on the sixth-place Indiana Pacers, who misplaced to Chicago on Wednesday.
“I maintain saying the identical factor,” Maxey mentioned. “I do know each time we step on the ground attempting to win, but when we’re capable of get Large Fella again, we simply have to be stepping in the fitting path. I really feel like whoever we play come playoff time or regardless of the state of affairs is, I really feel like we’ve got an awesome alternative and an awesome probability with him on our workforce.
“So us, the opposite guys, we’ve got to be stepping in the fitting path, doing all of the little issues and going on the market and taking part in extraordinarily aggressive on protection and taking part in the fitting manner, so when he does come again, we are able to proceed ahead.”
The Clippers, in the meantime, had been coming off an terrible pair of losses at residence to the 76ers and Pacers, and had been starting a four-game East Coast journey Wednesday, having fallen right into a dogfight not only for their present fourth place within the West but in addition solely a few video games out of the play-in spots.
All of that wound up overshadowing Harden’s first sport again in Philadelphia because the commerce, as the longer term Corridor of Famer completed with 16 factors and 14 assists in 39 minutes. He was lustily booed throughout introductions and through the first quarter, however as the sport went on his return pale into the background of what turned a wildly aggressive sport with a frenetic end.
“I anticipated it,” Harden mentioned of the response. “I do not actually know what it is about, however I anticipated it.
“It’s what it’s. I do not know why they had been booing.”
PHILADELPHIA — Following the LA Clippers’ 108-107 win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday night time, crew chief Kevin Scott mentioned in a pool report that there ought to have been a foul known as on a drive by 76ers ahead Kelly Oubre Jr. on the sport’s remaining play.
“On the final play on the ground, in actual time the crew interpreted that play because the defender leaping vertically,” Scott mentioned. “Nevertheless, in post-game video overview we did observe some slight drift to his left by the defender [Paul] George, and a foul ought to have been dominated.”
The play capped a really chaotic remaining minute of motion, one which noticed a number of critiques, a wedgie that resulted in a bounce ball, two pricey 76ers turnovers, a pair of and-1s by Clippers star Kawhi Leonard and, finally, Oubre’s drive that resulted in him mendacity on the bottom because the Clippers celebrated a desperately wanted victory in James Harden’s first sport in South Philly since being traded.
Nurse stormed onto the courtroom to dispute the non-call and needed to be restrained by his assistants. Oubre additionally jumped into the combination, pointing at every of the three officers — Scott, JB DeRosa and Brandon Adair — earlier than being pulled away.
“In the beginning, warmth of the second,” Oubre mentioned when requested about his actions after the sport. “That is an intense basketball sport in fact. And we’re not good. The refs aren’t good. I wish to apologize for simply shedding my cool, as a result of that is one thing I attempt to work on each day, and attempt to signify God in one of the best ways I probably can, and that wasn’t it. So I simply apologize.
“However I noticed Coach Nurse getting riled up and if our coach is gonna combat for us and he is going there, then I am proper behind him. However on the finish of the day, it wasn’t cool. So I will take no matter penalties include that and you need to transfer on, however I gotta be higher in a way.”
For his half, Nurse nonetheless believed that Philadelphia was on the quick finish of a number of calls late, but in addition admitted the 76ers contributed to their very own demise.
“Effectively at 104-101, we had the ball sideline, [and] Tyrese [Maxey] breaks into the again courtroom wide-open, slips and falls they usually get an and-1 out of that,” Nurse mentioned. “We come down and rating, they’re full courtroom press they usually knock one off of Kelly out of bounds.”
That mentioned, he additionally felt there ought to’ve been some issues known as the opposite manner late.
“I feel [Oubre] took it in there fairly laborious,” Nurse mentioned. “I checked out it on our computer systems a pair occasions. I believed it was definitely contact, definitely as a lot of the final two or three that received known as and-1s on the different finish,” Nurse mentioned. “I believed it was sufficient contact to name. [But] that is the way in which it goes generally.”
For each groups, the tip of the sport took on a desperation befitting of their current play. Philadelphia is now 13-26 this season when taking part in with out the NBA’s reigning Most Worthwhile Participant, Joel Embiid, who continues to inch nearer to a return from the process he had on his left lateral meniscus seven weeks in the past.
With the loss, the 76ers at the moment are in eighth place within the Japanese Convention, having missed an opportunity to make up floor on the sixth-place Indiana Pacers, who misplaced to Chicago on Wednesday.
“I maintain saying the identical factor,” Maxey mentioned. “I do know each time we step on the ground attempting to win, but when we’re capable of get Large Fella again, we simply have to be stepping in the fitting path. I really feel like whoever we play come playoff time or regardless of the state of affairs is, I really feel like we’ve got an awesome alternative and an awesome probability with him on our workforce.
“So us, the opposite guys, we’ve got to be stepping in the fitting path, doing all of the little issues and going on the market and taking part in extraordinarily aggressive on protection and taking part in the fitting manner, so when he does come again, we are able to proceed ahead.”
The Clippers, in the meantime, had been coming off an terrible pair of losses at residence to the 76ers and Pacers, and had been starting a four-game East Coast journey Wednesday, having fallen right into a dogfight not only for their present fourth place within the West but in addition solely a few video games out of the play-in spots.
All of that wound up overshadowing Harden’s first sport again in Philadelphia because the commerce, as the longer term Corridor of Famer completed with 16 factors and 14 assists in 39 minutes. He was lustily booed throughout introductions and through the first quarter, however as the sport went on his return pale into the background of what turned a wildly aggressive sport with a frenetic end.
“I anticipated it,” Harden mentioned of the response. “I do not actually know what it is about, however I anticipated it.
“It’s what it’s. I do not know why they had been booing.”
PHILADELPHIA — Following the LA Clippers’ 108-107 win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday night time, crew chief Kevin Scott mentioned in a pool report that there ought to have been a foul known as on a drive by 76ers ahead Kelly Oubre Jr. on the sport’s remaining play.
“On the final play on the ground, in actual time the crew interpreted that play because the defender leaping vertically,” Scott mentioned. “Nevertheless, in post-game video overview we did observe some slight drift to his left by the defender [Paul] George, and a foul ought to have been dominated.”
The play capped a really chaotic remaining minute of motion, one which noticed a number of critiques, a wedgie that resulted in a bounce ball, two pricey 76ers turnovers, a pair of and-1s by Clippers star Kawhi Leonard and, finally, Oubre’s drive that resulted in him mendacity on the bottom because the Clippers celebrated a desperately wanted victory in James Harden’s first sport in South Philly since being traded.
Nurse stormed onto the courtroom to dispute the non-call and needed to be restrained by his assistants. Oubre additionally jumped into the combination, pointing at every of the three officers — Scott, JB DeRosa and Brandon Adair — earlier than being pulled away.
“In the beginning, warmth of the second,” Oubre mentioned when requested about his actions after the sport. “That is an intense basketball sport in fact. And we’re not good. The refs aren’t good. I wish to apologize for simply shedding my cool, as a result of that is one thing I attempt to work on each day, and attempt to signify God in one of the best ways I probably can, and that wasn’t it. So I simply apologize.
“However I noticed Coach Nurse getting riled up and if our coach is gonna combat for us and he is going there, then I am proper behind him. However on the finish of the day, it wasn’t cool. So I will take no matter penalties include that and you need to transfer on, however I gotta be higher in a way.”
For his half, Nurse nonetheless believed that Philadelphia was on the quick finish of a number of calls late, but in addition admitted the 76ers contributed to their very own demise.
“Effectively at 104-101, we had the ball sideline, [and] Tyrese [Maxey] breaks into the again courtroom wide-open, slips and falls they usually get an and-1 out of that,” Nurse mentioned. “We come down and rating, they’re full courtroom press they usually knock one off of Kelly out of bounds.”
That mentioned, he additionally felt there ought to’ve been some issues known as the opposite manner late.
“I feel [Oubre] took it in there fairly laborious,” Nurse mentioned. “I checked out it on our computer systems a pair occasions. I believed it was definitely contact, definitely as a lot of the final two or three that received known as and-1s on the different finish,” Nurse mentioned. “I believed it was sufficient contact to name. [But] that is the way in which it goes generally.”
For each groups, the tip of the sport took on a desperation befitting of their current play. Philadelphia is now 13-26 this season when taking part in with out the NBA’s reigning Most Worthwhile Participant, Joel Embiid, who continues to inch nearer to a return from the process he had on his left lateral meniscus seven weeks in the past.
With the loss, the 76ers at the moment are in eighth place within the Japanese Convention, having missed an opportunity to make up floor on the sixth-place Indiana Pacers, who misplaced to Chicago on Wednesday.
“I maintain saying the identical factor,” Maxey mentioned. “I do know each time we step on the ground attempting to win, but when we’re capable of get Large Fella again, we simply have to be stepping in the fitting path. I really feel like whoever we play come playoff time or regardless of the state of affairs is, I really feel like we’ve got an awesome alternative and an awesome probability with him on our workforce.
“So us, the opposite guys, we’ve got to be stepping in the fitting path, doing all of the little issues and going on the market and taking part in extraordinarily aggressive on protection and taking part in the fitting manner, so when he does come again, we are able to proceed ahead.”
The Clippers, in the meantime, had been coming off an terrible pair of losses at residence to the 76ers and Pacers, and had been starting a four-game East Coast journey Wednesday, having fallen right into a dogfight not only for their present fourth place within the West but in addition solely a few video games out of the play-in spots.
All of that wound up overshadowing Harden’s first sport again in Philadelphia because the commerce, as the longer term Corridor of Famer completed with 16 factors and 14 assists in 39 minutes. He was lustily booed throughout introductions and through the first quarter, however as the sport went on his return pale into the background of what turned a wildly aggressive sport with a frenetic end.
“I anticipated it,” Harden mentioned of the response. “I do not actually know what it is about, however I anticipated it.
“It’s what it’s. I do not know why they had been booing.”
PHILADELPHIA — Following the LA Clippers’ 108-107 win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday night time, crew chief Kevin Scott mentioned in a pool report that there ought to have been a foul known as on a drive by 76ers ahead Kelly Oubre Jr. on the sport’s remaining play.
“On the final play on the ground, in actual time the crew interpreted that play because the defender leaping vertically,” Scott mentioned. “Nevertheless, in post-game video overview we did observe some slight drift to his left by the defender [Paul] George, and a foul ought to have been dominated.”
The play capped a really chaotic remaining minute of motion, one which noticed a number of critiques, a wedgie that resulted in a bounce ball, two pricey 76ers turnovers, a pair of and-1s by Clippers star Kawhi Leonard and, finally, Oubre’s drive that resulted in him mendacity on the bottom because the Clippers celebrated a desperately wanted victory in James Harden’s first sport in South Philly since being traded.
Nurse stormed onto the courtroom to dispute the non-call and needed to be restrained by his assistants. Oubre additionally jumped into the combination, pointing at every of the three officers — Scott, JB DeRosa and Brandon Adair — earlier than being pulled away.
“In the beginning, warmth of the second,” Oubre mentioned when requested about his actions after the sport. “That is an intense basketball sport in fact. And we’re not good. The refs aren’t good. I wish to apologize for simply shedding my cool, as a result of that is one thing I attempt to work on each day, and attempt to signify God in one of the best ways I probably can, and that wasn’t it. So I simply apologize.
“However I noticed Coach Nurse getting riled up and if our coach is gonna combat for us and he is going there, then I am proper behind him. However on the finish of the day, it wasn’t cool. So I will take no matter penalties include that and you need to transfer on, however I gotta be higher in a way.”
For his half, Nurse nonetheless believed that Philadelphia was on the quick finish of a number of calls late, but in addition admitted the 76ers contributed to their very own demise.
“Effectively at 104-101, we had the ball sideline, [and] Tyrese [Maxey] breaks into the again courtroom wide-open, slips and falls they usually get an and-1 out of that,” Nurse mentioned. “We come down and rating, they’re full courtroom press they usually knock one off of Kelly out of bounds.”
That mentioned, he additionally felt there ought to’ve been some issues known as the opposite manner late.
“I feel [Oubre] took it in there fairly laborious,” Nurse mentioned. “I checked out it on our computer systems a pair occasions. I believed it was definitely contact, definitely as a lot of the final two or three that received known as and-1s on the different finish,” Nurse mentioned. “I believed it was sufficient contact to name. [But] that is the way in which it goes generally.”
For each groups, the tip of the sport took on a desperation befitting of their current play. Philadelphia is now 13-26 this season when taking part in with out the NBA’s reigning Most Worthwhile Participant, Joel Embiid, who continues to inch nearer to a return from the process he had on his left lateral meniscus seven weeks in the past.
With the loss, the 76ers at the moment are in eighth place within the Japanese Convention, having missed an opportunity to make up floor on the sixth-place Indiana Pacers, who misplaced to Chicago on Wednesday.
“I maintain saying the identical factor,” Maxey mentioned. “I do know each time we step on the ground attempting to win, but when we’re capable of get Large Fella again, we simply have to be stepping in the fitting path. I really feel like whoever we play come playoff time or regardless of the state of affairs is, I really feel like we’ve got an awesome alternative and an awesome probability with him on our workforce.
“So us, the opposite guys, we’ve got to be stepping in the fitting path, doing all of the little issues and going on the market and taking part in extraordinarily aggressive on protection and taking part in the fitting manner, so when he does come again, we are able to proceed ahead.”
The Clippers, in the meantime, had been coming off an terrible pair of losses at residence to the 76ers and Pacers, and had been starting a four-game East Coast journey Wednesday, having fallen right into a dogfight not only for their present fourth place within the West but in addition solely a few video games out of the play-in spots.
All of that wound up overshadowing Harden’s first sport again in Philadelphia because the commerce, as the longer term Corridor of Famer completed with 16 factors and 14 assists in 39 minutes. He was lustily booed throughout introductions and through the first quarter, however as the sport went on his return pale into the background of what turned a wildly aggressive sport with a frenetic end.
“I anticipated it,” Harden mentioned of the response. “I do not actually know what it is about, however I anticipated it.
“It’s what it’s. I do not know why they had been booing.”
PHILADELPHIA — Following the LA Clippers’ 108-107 win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday night time, crew chief Kevin Scott mentioned in a pool report that there ought to have been a foul known as on a drive by 76ers ahead Kelly Oubre Jr. on the sport’s remaining play.
“On the final play on the ground, in actual time the crew interpreted that play because the defender leaping vertically,” Scott mentioned. “Nevertheless, in post-game video overview we did observe some slight drift to his left by the defender [Paul] George, and a foul ought to have been dominated.”
The play capped a really chaotic remaining minute of motion, one which noticed a number of critiques, a wedgie that resulted in a bounce ball, two pricey 76ers turnovers, a pair of and-1s by Clippers star Kawhi Leonard and, finally, Oubre’s drive that resulted in him mendacity on the bottom because the Clippers celebrated a desperately wanted victory in James Harden’s first sport in South Philly since being traded.
Nurse stormed onto the courtroom to dispute the non-call and needed to be restrained by his assistants. Oubre additionally jumped into the combination, pointing at every of the three officers — Scott, JB DeRosa and Brandon Adair — earlier than being pulled away.
“In the beginning, warmth of the second,” Oubre mentioned when requested about his actions after the sport. “That is an intense basketball sport in fact. And we’re not good. The refs aren’t good. I wish to apologize for simply shedding my cool, as a result of that is one thing I attempt to work on each day, and attempt to signify God in one of the best ways I probably can, and that wasn’t it. So I simply apologize.
“However I noticed Coach Nurse getting riled up and if our coach is gonna combat for us and he is going there, then I am proper behind him. However on the finish of the day, it wasn’t cool. So I will take no matter penalties include that and you need to transfer on, however I gotta be higher in a way.”
For his half, Nurse nonetheless believed that Philadelphia was on the quick finish of a number of calls late, but in addition admitted the 76ers contributed to their very own demise.
“Effectively at 104-101, we had the ball sideline, [and] Tyrese [Maxey] breaks into the again courtroom wide-open, slips and falls they usually get an and-1 out of that,” Nurse mentioned. “We come down and rating, they’re full courtroom press they usually knock one off of Kelly out of bounds.”
That mentioned, he additionally felt there ought to’ve been some issues known as the opposite manner late.
“I feel [Oubre] took it in there fairly laborious,” Nurse mentioned. “I checked out it on our computer systems a pair occasions. I believed it was definitely contact, definitely as a lot of the final two or three that received known as and-1s on the different finish,” Nurse mentioned. “I believed it was sufficient contact to name. [But] that is the way in which it goes generally.”
For each groups, the tip of the sport took on a desperation befitting of their current play. Philadelphia is now 13-26 this season when taking part in with out the NBA’s reigning Most Worthwhile Participant, Joel Embiid, who continues to inch nearer to a return from the process he had on his left lateral meniscus seven weeks in the past.
With the loss, the 76ers at the moment are in eighth place within the Japanese Convention, having missed an opportunity to make up floor on the sixth-place Indiana Pacers, who misplaced to Chicago on Wednesday.
“I maintain saying the identical factor,” Maxey mentioned. “I do know each time we step on the ground attempting to win, but when we’re capable of get Large Fella again, we simply have to be stepping in the fitting path. I really feel like whoever we play come playoff time or regardless of the state of affairs is, I really feel like we’ve got an awesome alternative and an awesome probability with him on our workforce.
“So us, the opposite guys, we’ve got to be stepping in the fitting path, doing all of the little issues and going on the market and taking part in extraordinarily aggressive on protection and taking part in the fitting manner, so when he does come again, we are able to proceed ahead.”
The Clippers, in the meantime, had been coming off an terrible pair of losses at residence to the 76ers and Pacers, and had been starting a four-game East Coast journey Wednesday, having fallen right into a dogfight not only for their present fourth place within the West but in addition solely a few video games out of the play-in spots.
All of that wound up overshadowing Harden’s first sport again in Philadelphia because the commerce, as the longer term Corridor of Famer completed with 16 factors and 14 assists in 39 minutes. He was lustily booed throughout introductions and through the first quarter, however as the sport went on his return pale into the background of what turned a wildly aggressive sport with a frenetic end.
“I anticipated it,” Harden mentioned of the response. “I do not actually know what it is about, however I anticipated it.
“It’s what it’s. I do not know why they had been booing.”
PHILADELPHIA — Following the LA Clippers’ 108-107 win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday night time, crew chief Kevin Scott mentioned in a pool report that there ought to have been a foul known as on a drive by 76ers ahead Kelly Oubre Jr. on the sport’s remaining play.
“On the final play on the ground, in actual time the crew interpreted that play because the defender leaping vertically,” Scott mentioned. “Nevertheless, in post-game video overview we did observe some slight drift to his left by the defender [Paul] George, and a foul ought to have been dominated.”
The play capped a really chaotic remaining minute of motion, one which noticed a number of critiques, a wedgie that resulted in a bounce ball, two pricey 76ers turnovers, a pair of and-1s by Clippers star Kawhi Leonard and, finally, Oubre’s drive that resulted in him mendacity on the bottom because the Clippers celebrated a desperately wanted victory in James Harden’s first sport in South Philly since being traded.
Nurse stormed onto the courtroom to dispute the non-call and needed to be restrained by his assistants. Oubre additionally jumped into the combination, pointing at every of the three officers — Scott, JB DeRosa and Brandon Adair — earlier than being pulled away.
“In the beginning, warmth of the second,” Oubre mentioned when requested about his actions after the sport. “That is an intense basketball sport in fact. And we’re not good. The refs aren’t good. I wish to apologize for simply shedding my cool, as a result of that is one thing I attempt to work on each day, and attempt to signify God in one of the best ways I probably can, and that wasn’t it. So I simply apologize.
“However I noticed Coach Nurse getting riled up and if our coach is gonna combat for us and he is going there, then I am proper behind him. However on the finish of the day, it wasn’t cool. So I will take no matter penalties include that and you need to transfer on, however I gotta be higher in a way.”
For his half, Nurse nonetheless believed that Philadelphia was on the quick finish of a number of calls late, but in addition admitted the 76ers contributed to their very own demise.
“Effectively at 104-101, we had the ball sideline, [and] Tyrese [Maxey] breaks into the again courtroom wide-open, slips and falls they usually get an and-1 out of that,” Nurse mentioned. “We come down and rating, they’re full courtroom press they usually knock one off of Kelly out of bounds.”
That mentioned, he additionally felt there ought to’ve been some issues known as the opposite manner late.
“I feel [Oubre] took it in there fairly laborious,” Nurse mentioned. “I checked out it on our computer systems a pair occasions. I believed it was definitely contact, definitely as a lot of the final two or three that received known as and-1s on the different finish,” Nurse mentioned. “I believed it was sufficient contact to name. [But] that is the way in which it goes generally.”
For each groups, the tip of the sport took on a desperation befitting of their current play. Philadelphia is now 13-26 this season when taking part in with out the NBA’s reigning Most Worthwhile Participant, Joel Embiid, who continues to inch nearer to a return from the process he had on his left lateral meniscus seven weeks in the past.
With the loss, the 76ers at the moment are in eighth place within the Japanese Convention, having missed an opportunity to make up floor on the sixth-place Indiana Pacers, who misplaced to Chicago on Wednesday.
“I maintain saying the identical factor,” Maxey mentioned. “I do know each time we step on the ground attempting to win, but when we’re capable of get Large Fella again, we simply have to be stepping in the fitting path. I really feel like whoever we play come playoff time or regardless of the state of affairs is, I really feel like we’ve got an awesome alternative and an awesome probability with him on our workforce.
“So us, the opposite guys, we’ve got to be stepping in the fitting path, doing all of the little issues and going on the market and taking part in extraordinarily aggressive on protection and taking part in the fitting manner, so when he does come again, we are able to proceed ahead.”
The Clippers, in the meantime, had been coming off an terrible pair of losses at residence to the 76ers and Pacers, and had been starting a four-game East Coast journey Wednesday, having fallen right into a dogfight not only for their present fourth place within the West but in addition solely a few video games out of the play-in spots.
All of that wound up overshadowing Harden’s first sport again in Philadelphia because the commerce, as the longer term Corridor of Famer completed with 16 factors and 14 assists in 39 minutes. He was lustily booed throughout introductions and through the first quarter, however as the sport went on his return pale into the background of what turned a wildly aggressive sport with a frenetic end.
“I anticipated it,” Harden mentioned of the response. “I do not actually know what it is about, however I anticipated it.
“It’s what it’s. I do not know why they had been booing.”