As the Roll Safe meme might suggest, you can’t blow a big lead if you let the other team build a big lead first. Maybe that was the Sixers’ strategy Monday night, as Philadelphia played an abysmal first quarter, before finally turning the game around in the second half to put away the cellar-dwelling Phoenix Suns, 119-114.
After being lucky to trail by just five points at the half (you can read an in-depth breakdown of the first half action here), Philadelphia surged ahead on the strength of a 32-14 run in the third quarter.