The Philadelphia 76ers started slowly on the defensive on Tuesday against the Sacramento Kings on the road. They managed to score the ball, but in the first half they only managed to attack a few sources.
In the initial unit, Ben Simmons and Seth Curry seemed to be the only ones with rhythm from the start and also had the necessary help from Furkan Korkmaz off the bench.
Curry had 16 points at the break and knocked down some 3 points to keep Philadelphia at an attack distance, while the Kings were very early. He finished with 22 and hit 4 in 6 from the bottom.
“He kind of saved us that first time,” said coach Doc Rivers. “It’s funny, it looked like he and Ben were just two who had a good rhythm from the start, and it was good for our team to recognize that. Even Joel (Embiid) and Joel hadn’t shot the ball a few times and he ran and ran for, which is one of our sets for Seth. “
As the guard, Simmons acknowledged this and wanted to make sure he involved his sniper in the attack. This set the tone for everyone to follow, as Embiid and Tobias Harris advanced in the second half to win.
“It’s huge,” said Simmons of Curry. “He is a big part of this team. When he goes out shooting and hitting shots like that, it’s great, you want to put him on pace. When everyone is feeling good out there, making kicks and defensive stops, it’s fun and the guys want to go out there and play defense and then take a break and push the ball. “
It is good that the entire Sixers team has this mentality of involving other people. Curry is not the star of the team, but he is important and had a good hand early on and Philadelphia made sure they got the ball for him.
“It just shows where the team is now,” added Rivers. “They see what’s going on, they feed it and they want it to continue. That was a great sign. “
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