Thursday night’s loss in Portland was upsetting for a number of different reasons. The officiating was bad, turnovers were prevalent (again) and the Philadelphia 76ers saw their offense stall down the stretch for what seems like the 1000th time this season.
They’re a young team, but the Sixers are still painfully bad at retaining leads. This is the third time in nine games that they’ve blown an 16-plus point lead. For a team looking to crack the playoffs, that just can’t happen.
It was more than just the late-game collapse that left some question marks last night, though.