Both teams head into Wednesday's game at 5-1. The Celtics have been much-hyped after the additions of Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porziņģis, but the Sixers 'truly believe we have a great group here.'
Since training camp, the Sixers have spoken about being among the NBA elite. Even while, the confident players said that their hunger and each individually having something to prove would propel them to great things.
“Obviously, we want to go up against the best and see where we stand, and just push ourselves to see where we are at as a group, and see what areas we can get better at.”The Sixers want to be challenged, and at the same time prove how good they are. However, the duo struggled in Monday’s 114-109 overtime road loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves. Holiday finished with 12 points on 4-for-16 shooting. He was a minus-19. Porziņģis had 20 points but made just 5 of 14 shots.
The Sixers got a 52-point effort from Joel Embiid to defeat the Celtics, 103-101, in last season’s fourth and final regular-season matchup. Boston won the previous three games by an average of 6.3 points.
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