Sixers Saved: Philly Forces Game 7 With 82-75 Win

That lineup played 10 minutes together during the regular season and zero minutes together in the playoffs. I love when coaches do stuff like this. Forget what got you here. Just do something different!

Rajon Rondo has had a pretty terrible Game 6 against the 76ers, so teammate Paul Pierce decided he needed to get him going. He ended his bench speech with this display of affection. It actually was a display of affection, but it won’t look like it.

I’ll never understand athletes’ displays of affection.

For those not visually inclined: the Celtics are 9-of-41 on non-layups in this game.

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These are three plays you can’t have in a closeout game.

This is what happens when a team that plays one way makes a conscious effort to play another way. It’s like breaking in a new basketball shoe. It can be a bit weird at first.

Sporting a Lou Williams jersey and a 76ers jacket and hat, Iverson didn’t do anything bombastic, but it didn’t matter. All he had to do was walk out to center court, present the game ball, give referee Joey Crawford a big hug and wish the 76ers luck. The Philadelphia crowd reacted appropriately.

Here’s video of the whole sequence.

This series between the Boston Celtics and the Philadelphia 76ers has been ... unpredictable, to say the least. Few expected the 76ers to be competitive, and even fewer expected them to win on Boston’s home floor like they did in Game 2 or rally from a double-digit deficit to win like they did in Game 4. Nobody really knows what to expect, but we tried our best to make some sense of this series in this video as we prepare for Wednesday’s Game 6.

Some keys discussed, among many others: