Game 2: CHA at PHI

[Eastley]

Game Chat: #Game 2: CHA at PHI - Chat - Hornets Planet

Tipoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. We are unfortunately 3 and 27 dating back to the start of the 2016-17 season. 1st of a back-to-back for both teams. Have to assume VJ might come slightly back down to earth but fear that means Embiid will get at least a few meters off the surface. Hoping for a competitive game for us guys. Would love to hang an L on them at their home opener.

No PG13, McCain, or Watford for them guys, no Grant and Josh for us guys.

[FoundingHornet]

I hate when I do this as we often lose but I’m all over being +5 tonight. We are a better team than them… but dang… we always lose to these guys.

and by the way, a big move is still coming

[Eastley]

There are many good brands of dietary fiber on the market these days.

[Eastley]

Rod Boone (@rodboone.bsky.social)

I kinda like that Lee is flexible enough to match up. Also like giving Colin the nod on the road early

[Chef]

[Mich_Mercer]

This is exactly where my brain went when I Brandon went out for a weird injury. I don’t know what to believe anymore.

[system]

Originally sent in Game 2: CHA at PHI

Eastley

A battle of two undefeateds

well, no attempt at defense on the first possession by the sixers is a look

Now apparently we are playing defense optional

Ugh, Mason-threw-up-in-my-mouth-a-bit sighting

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meloFan

2fouls would do that

Eastley

doesn't help the stomach upset however

GoBobcats24

We are literally begging Embiid to score

meloFan

btw I despise Embid, such a crybaby player

GoBobcats24

Not a good thing to do IMO

Mich_Mercer

Well… Plumlee is in the game…

GoBobcats24

Because if he gets going and actually goes in the paint we are done

Eastley

but tbh, if noone will guard Embiid on the perimiter, what's the point. He's basically a spot up shooter

meloFan

Plumlee reverse dunk incoming?

Eastley

but he's not that much of a driving threat outside of drawing fouls - let him drive and see if he can stop and hit

Mich_Mercer

I know Mousa is smaller… but at least he can stay with Embiid at the 3 point line.

Eastley

I'd rather put TJ on Embiid actually

meloFan

Yeah same

Eastley

6 fouls

meloFan

I think simultaneously TJ and Moussa make a good combo

Eastley

yes

man, why the eff did Batum ever guarantee a win against these jokers

we've been upside down to them ever since

5 on 4 and we shoot a 3 is soooo frustrating

Chef

That was a terrible decision by Brandon

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Eastley

at least have someone near a rebounding position if you do that, not 5 out

Great decision by Tre

Now that inside out by Plumbs to Melo I do like

Chef

How is it that 6ers could trade all of their picks for the next 20 years and end up somehow with maxey and edgecombe. I mean there is no way the league is fixed

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meloFan

Lamelo BBIQ this game is not good

Eastley

He's not playing smart at all

And Brandon is out there on poor decision island unfortunately

There you go Kon

meloFan

Maxey cant miss

Eastley

Mason, why the eff do you just stare at that ball coming off the rim and do absolutely nothing to get position!?!?!

meloFan

That's elite plumdog play wdym

Chef

Melo has GOT to learn to get that drive ending up with free throws and not that kick out

meloFan

He is got to get an SGA crash course or Harden crash course on that

Chef

He was literally at the rim and kicked it out instead of earning fts

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meloFan

/s

Eastley

it's surprising we aren't further out of this game considering how we are playing

ok, like the Moussajane

nice transition D

Chef

Moussa is old school on the boards

Eastley

Just absolutely LOVE Diabate

just not his FT stroke

Nice drive by BM

Chef

Nice shot

Mich_Mercer

Why don’t we guard the 3 point line… like ever?

Eastley

3jane

a Sion sighting

Chef

Gotta feel good with that 6ers shooting only being down 7

Eastley

exactly, not Koncerned yet

Chef

Tough cameo for the little girl picking her nose

Eastley

thought the producer needed to find another jersey at that point

woodsy23

Defend the 3 damn

Eastley

we HAVE to get out on him, he's not trying to move at speeds greater than snails move, but FFS guard him

Chef

Ruh roh Brandon hurt. Hopefully just a stinger

Mich_Mercer

F man… what the hell.

Eastley

Brandon out may give Liam some run

Mich_Mercer

I swear man… this team can’t catch a break with injuries.

Eastley

something weird on that lane foot drag for BMill\

GoBobcats24

And it begins

Chef

Looked like he was holding his elbow/arm

GoBobcats24

But also looked like he was limping so IDK

Left arm

Was what he was holding

Eastley

I'm not worried until they tell me to worry

GoBobcats24

I'm worried because he didn't even think about going to the bench and went straight to locker room

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Mich_Mercer

Again… we gonna not guard the 3 point line?

Eastley

well we're practiced at that

big boy screen by kalk there AND drew a foul on Joel, that's cool

and1!

Mich_Mercer

I’m worried bc we lose players for weeks every single season.

Eastley

I like this Sexton on VJ matchup

Chef

Collin is exactly what the rotation needed. His pace and control when it is needed

Eastley

we have more depth this year, I am looking forward to depth testing

Icky_Thump

I am not looking forward to depth testing when it relates to more injuries to our "foundation" players

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Eastley

and he doesn't settle for 3s

I mean, he shoots them, but it's not his standard diet like most hormets

well, if the option is giving 4 point plays, maybe let's not

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Mich_Mercer

Not that like though… lol

meloFan

Thus far I kinda like the Sion and Kalkbrenner picks this year

Mich_Mercer

This feels like last season to me.

Chef

Melo limping after that floater

Mich_Mercer

You shut up.

meloFan

competency from the FO

Eastley

Embiid clutching that knee

Icky_Thump

Are our guys still floating info to their buddies? wtf

cltblkhscoach

I hate this damn Philly team. They play us like it's Game 7

Eastley

it's that damned Batum "guarantee"

meloFan

How can someone weigh 300lbs but have the reaction of a toddler I would never understand

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Eastley

I don't know but he sure does

Good gravy I love Colin on this team

and the targeting Joel on defense is kinda brilliant

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cltblkhscoach

Someone made an excellent comparison - he's like Jeremy Lin was in our last playoff visit

Chef

I would lose my mind as a coach with shots like that

meloFan

sloppy plays by both teams

We can win this game, lee just needs to figure out the rotation without BMill

Chef

Stephanie would have already let us know what the deal is on bmil

[system]

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Eastley

I like what we have in reserves between Sion and Tre

meloFan

I think size is a concern there, and experience with Sion

Eastley

keep going at Joel

meloFan

I dig the energy on defense from Melo

with 4 steals

Eastley

ok, shoulder soreness - interesting

TheDorkLord

hmm, left shoulder sorenes

Chef

Yeah he is seeming to take a whole lot more interest in man to man d

Mich_Mercer

“Shoulder soreness”

So it begins.

cltblkhscoach

We got one game guys. Lol

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Icky_Thump

Mich_Mercer

We always get game one.

Eastley

nope, we didn't get the first game last year

Chef

1.3 but who's counting

Eastley

BMill got hurt in HOU

Mich_Mercer

I thought we had like 5 opening night wins straight??

Eastley

he's talking about without injury

Mich_Mercer

Oh oh… lol

I hate this team.

Eastley

man, Melo is playing hard AF on defense, give him credit there

his ass off

has like 4 deflections in the last two posessions

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meloFan

Thats some bs foul call with embiid

TheDorkLord

Melo D

Eastley

love that find by Kon

Kon!

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Chef

Kon is sneaky. He is going to be good

Icky_Thump

The way this team is… he better step up quick cause we can't keep our stars on the court

Eastley

Sion is a gamer

meloFan

Bad 1st, good 2nd

Eastley

I can live with that half on the whole

cltblkhscoach

These fools gotta cool off wth

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Eastley

see what I did there ;)

Chef

Melo still looked like he was limping in the tunnel

Eastley

He's out there now so think he's good to go

I just love Kon's instincts

AND Colin's

Mich_Mercer

So thankful we have Sexton.

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Eastley

VJ is a tough cover for Kon

cltblkhscoach

Great energy to start the 3rd

GeraldWallaceMVP

Man that was a nice alley oop

Eastley

His FT shooting is a worry

damn that stroke

That has to be in the running for the biggest latency in foul to call this year so far

nice D by little guy tre there

powellrmp

Just tuning in…soo what’s the deal with Brandon miller? Is he hurt??

Eastley

hurt his shoulder

nice D again from Tre

that's what we saw last year, played bigger than his size

Love that Melo is getting foul calls

this is a whole new world for us

cltblkhscoach

It's the energy man. Play hard and get rewarded

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powellrmp

I didn’t see the miller injury? Did it look bad

All I read was “grabbed his shoulder in pain and ran into the locker room”.

Yikes

Eastley

no, didn't really see anything but him seemingly limp off but some guys here noted his was holding his eft shoulder

cltblkhscoach

It looked like a stinger you would get in football honestly

Eastley

was it from contact coach?

cltblkhscoach

I was thinking maybe he got caught on a screen or something since we were on defense

powellrmp

Man this team is so cursed

Eastley

oh, I thought it was when he got stymied in the lane

powellrmp

We’re not even two full games in

Eastley

man, stop it LaMelo

Good getting Sexton back in for a breath and change of pace

GeraldWallaceMVP

yeah LaMelo has been really good tonight but up 9 we really don't need these top of the key deep threes with 20 seconds on the shot clock

meloFan

Those are "Coach I need a breather" shots, good decision by lee

Eastley

he's been great defensively and a good passer, but his shooting decisions have been tragic

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cltblkhscoach

Andre Drummond 3 - not serious about winning sheesh

GeraldWallaceMVP

Drummond is one of those players I wanted really badly during the Kemba years.

Eastley

Sexton plays so within himself and so within the offense

cltblkhscoach

Yeah it's a breath of fresh air

Eastley

love the defensive effort tonight

man, Kalk gives us something we haven't had in sooooo damn long

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cltblkhscoach

He needs to be in the Taj Gibson role now. Lol

GeraldWallaceMVP

Drummond and Myles Turner

cltblkhscoach

Rookies giveth and taketh away

Eastley

That was a hard foul

Nice finish by Diabate

Damn Kon!

GoBobcats24

Love Kon but he has to work on traffic dribbling

Eastley

Really wish we weren't taking Colin out

GoBobcats24

Also he got hit that last one

Eastley

just praying for no silly 3s from Melo in the last 9 mins

not sure why Philly is challenging this, Moussa is 0-5 from the FT line

cltblkhscoach

And he got hit in the damn face

That's the play Brandon got hurt on. It had to have happened earlier in the play I think

Eastley

Yay Moussa!

honestly, they don't challenge that, he doesn't likely make those FTs. That was super stupid

ok, we might be looking pretty beat up tomorrow night lol

my god that roll

what an incredible effort by Melo on that rebound

I fucking love this team so damn much

TheDorkLord

what a bail out

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Eastley

on slow-mo that was even more amazing

shoot, saw that carry getting called

Melo getting calls is a whole vibe

TheDorkLord

yes, it is nice to see happening

[system]

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Eastley

Kon earned that gatorade and towel

5 fouls on Melo scares me

get him out for a breather

strange foul happy few minutes we find ourselves in now

meloFan

Maybe the refs are affiliated with Rozier, Billups and Co,

Eastley

what a save by Bridges and Kon

how wild is it that Kalk has been playing with 3 fouls since the first few mins in the 3rd

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cltblkhscoach

I hate these guys. Did I say that before?

meloFan

We live somewhat in the proximity of Philly, and it is always icky to go, can't get myself to like Philly or Philly sports

Eastley

absolutely LOATHE these guys

Does Eric live to jinx our players at the line? LOL

ugh, that shot - ugh

and that much better shot on Philly's end is such a dagger

Mich_Mercer

Guard the 3… damnit

TheDorkLord

Tre hasn't had a good game

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cltblkhscoach

No, we missed open 3s that could have gave us a lead. Bridges and Kon specifically

Good looks just ain't going down

Eastley

yeah, agreed coach

not sure that Melo launch was necessarily a good look and he had a lot of cheese in the early first half, but we did miss a lot of good open looks

TheDorkLord

The worst thing for me was the sloppy play after we were up 10

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meloFan

I think Refs had a few bad calls, if Lamelo did not get a bs foul call could've been a win too imo

Not a bad loss

Icky_Thump

Would have been nice to have Brandon on the floor with LaMelo am I right guys?

Eastley

any loss to these jokers is a bad loss IMO

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meloFan

As long as we don't lose Brandon to injury it is a win

cltblkhscoach

I swear man. We've progressed but these are the growing pains

Plus losing Brandon was a big deal obviously. But they essentially lost Embiid too so it's a wash

Eastley

yeah, we played seriously on Wednesday, tonight was a mix of serious and goofball. We need less of the latter

Icky_Thump

Oubre was +16… he heard the mess everyone talked about him

cltblkhscoach

He did NOT play that all around game here. What the hell

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Icky_Thump

GoBobcats24

I am worried about the Brandon injury. Have a feeling it isn't just "soreness"

Icky_Thump

Wait it changed to +18 lol

[Eastley]

Think this is a good summary of the LaMelo experience last night