The Wizards lost to the Philadelphia 76ers for a second time in this young season despite 60 points from Bradley Beal because they do not defend on the perimeter and they don’t have an elite defensive big man who can clean up some of the mess.
The defensive game plan seemed to be to leave Thomas Bryant one-on-one against Joel Embiid so his teammates could stay home on shooters. This being the Wizards, Embiid went for 38 points and the Sixers shot 18-29 from three-point range.
Despite the gaudy scoring night from Embiid, Bryant wasn’t bad defensively.