Sixers destroyed by Pistons, fall behind Raptors in Eastern Conference standings

The Sixers got smoked at home on Saturday night and there is no other way to say it. Down 26 at one point. Scored two points in the fourth quarter until the five-minute mark. Shot 25 percent in the final frame and went 0-for-6 from three.

The Pistons swept the season series, clinched the one seed, and left Xfinity Mobile Arena having made the Sixers look exactly like a team that was missing its best player on the second night of a back-to-back.

Final Score: Pistons 116. Sixers 93.

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Embiid sat with oblique injury management. Johni Broome is done for the year with a meniscus tear. Detroit was missing Cade Cunningham with a lung issue and Isaiah Stewart with a calf strain. The Sixers still got blown out by 23.

Detroit is the best team in basketball and they looked like it from the opening tip. They do not need the three ball. They cut. They move. They find the easy bucket before the defense can rotate. Ausar Thompson tortured them on the baseline.

Daniss Jenkins was in the paint all night finding Jalen Duren for lobs. Tobias Harris got hot and finished with 19. The Sixers shot 61 percent in the first half and still could not stop them. By halftime Detroit had 71 points and the game was effectively over.

The second half was a different kind of bad. Seven turnovers in the third quarter. Twelve points in the fourth. Two of those in the first seven minutes. Just completely checked out offensively when the game called for a response.

George was the only guy who looked like himself. Eighteen of his 20 points came in the first half, hit three threes, and held up his end in his first back-to-back appearance of the season. Maxey had 23. Edgecombe had 19 and six boards. Bona gave them ten off the bench. Not enough. Not close to enough.

This was always going to be a loss. Detroit had everything to play for and the Sixers were shorthanded on a back-to-back. You circle it on the schedule and move on. The Raptors are the team to chase now with four games left and the margin is half a game.

Win Monday night in San Antonio. Simple as that.

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