friend and I swapped texts late in the 3rd quarter of the celts sixers game. he's been on tatum's case for underperforming, especially after game 5. he sent "tatum -- still over-rated." I replied, "that will be the story line if he doesn't score 15 in the 4th." After he hit his last bucket, i texted "off by one." he replied, "good thing we were able to motivate him."
Smart had very good game, and as for lack of depth, i am not sure you can say that without acknowledging Brogdon. Most that can be said is, like maybe other 3 point oriented teams, they can be extremely streaky. i get the stats angle, but few shooters are appreciably above 33% on that shot, especially when covered at all. I think team-wide cold streaks are more common than hot streaks. I still prefer layups, but 76ers have nice interior d.
