Entering a pivotal Game 5 in a 2-2 series against Miami Tuesday night, the Philadelphia 76ers put forth an embarrassing showing in their 120-85 loss to the Heat. There were any number of reasons for the defeat: a team-wide listlessness on defense, stagnant ball movement, Tyrese Maxey looking strangely hesitant offensively, Georges Niang shooting 0-of-6 from three and cosplaying as a traffic cone defensively, etc. However, TNT had some other theories:
"He came out with no energy, distracted, and the team followed."
Chuck weighs in on the struggles of Embiid and the Sixers in Game 5.