Washington Wizards at Philadelphia 76ers
Team Totals: Wizards 111.3, 76ers 119.3
Injury Report: No new injuries
Wizards projected starters: Russell Westbrook, Bradley Beal, Raul Neto, Rui Hachimura, Alex Len
76ers projected starters: Ben Simmons, Seth Curry, Danny Green, Tobias Harris, Joel Embiid
Wizards series rotation notes: 13 minutes of starters (-41.6 net rating), six minutes of Gafford with the starters (-31.0 net rating), 16 minutes of Rui-Bertans overlap, 17 minutes of Ish-Russ, three minutes of Ish-Neto.
76ers series rotation notes: Embiid foul trouble in Game 1 and still got 20 second-half minutes, basically a 10-man rotation in each half (Korkmaz in first half, Maxey in second), minor Curry hand injury, nine minutes of Hill-Simmons, 18 minutes of starters (+37.9 net rating).
Brooks Quotes: Said the 76ers pulled away in the second half because of Embiid, said a couple days off helped Beal, said it was a great experience for the young guys, said he thought Rui and Len were solid but the 76ers just played better than them, said Gafford isn’t ready for heavy minutes and it’s tough to play him 10-12 minute stints.
Rivers Quotes: Said the 76ers were great at responding to the Wizards’ switching defense, said Danny Green did a great job on Westbrook, said he believed Tobias was going to take over at some point in the season, said Ben was “special” and whoever he guarded struggled to score and his defense turned into some great offense, said George Hill settled the second unit, said the second half transition defense was great after they struggled in the first half.
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