For all of our sakes, let’s hope that the way the Sixers ended 2018 is not how they will begin 2019. A fully rested Sixers team took on a Portland Trail Blazers team on the second half of a back-to-back and lost in spectacular fashion. The Sixers were down by 29 at the half, 39 at the end of the third, and ended the game by scoring a full 34 points fewer than the Blazers, making the final score 129-95.
The Sixers did not shoot well tonight. Collectively, they were 35.4% from the field and 18.