Blake Griffin dropped 50 and the Philadelphia 76ers, due to several unfortunate miscues, dropped to 2-2 following an overtime loss to the Detroit Pistons. After entering the season with high hopes, the Sixers have shown some noticeable flaws in the early going. It’s not time to panic, though.
Their opening night loss to the Celtics was expected — a tough road environment against a superior opponent with unfavorable matchups. Boston was supposed to win and took care of business. The Celtics are better than the Sixers, point blank.
Then the Sixers went on to beat Chicago and Orlando.