EVEN as the Philadelphia 76ers surged to eight wins in their first 10 games, Joel Embiid sensed occasional unevenness when his team had the ball.
Those concerns compounded during Friday’s 119-95 road loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers, leaving the Sixers aiming for improvement when they visit the Chicago Bulls on Sunday afternoon.
“We’ve got a long way to go,” Embiid said. “Especially our half-court offense; it just feels like everything is, like, crowded, so we’ve just got to find a way to get advantages. Try to get a few easy ones for each other.”
To Embiid, “every action just ends in a jump shot.” That approach did not bode well on Friday as Philadelphia went 36.5% from the floor, including 10 of 40 from 3-point range.
Jaylen Brown (20 points) and VJ Edgecombe (19) provided stability. — Reuters