After an unnecessarily dramatic 24 hours, a couple provocative tweets, and some hardcore opinioning from the national media, the Philadelphia 76ers finally took the court Tuesday evening. The result was not only a Sixers win, but the most promising win in weeks.
The Sixers finally changed course on Al Horford — he was moved to the bench in favor of Furkan Korkmaz. While Korkmaz himself underperformed, the change worked. Horford looked spry and focused, and the Sixers’ offense looked considerably smoother.
Ben Simmons was a maniac, dropping 26 points, 12 rebounds, and 10 assists en route to his sixth triple-double of the campaign.