The Raptors were 'completely outclassed' by the 76ers in Game 3. Here's what the U.S. media is saying in the aftermath.
By the end of a 116-95 blowout win that gave them a 2-1 series lead in this Eastern Conference semifinal, the Sixers had forced everyone at the Wells Fargo Center to arrive at a dramatic realization. They were the most-talented team on the court on this particular night. And they just might be the most-talented team in this series.Outside of Kawhi Leonard, the Raptors looked lost.
The Raptors were within three possessions at the start of this quarter, and Kawhi sat down to rest, and the Sixers have not stopped punching them in the bridge of the nose sinceIf I’m Nick Nurse I would Start off film in the morning by showing Joel windmill dunk and would rewind it 15 times and then ask any comments?A tad dramatic maybe but this certainly captures the feeling of many stretches of Game 3.
The Raptors are being completely outclassed by the 76ers in Game 3 of their second-round playoff series. Kawhi Leonard is the only Raptor who hasn’t played like a total basket-case; as a result, the vastly more determined and cohesive Sixers are cruising to victory.The Raptors are shriveling up and fading away, like cheesy regular season try-hards, for the umpteenth year in a row. Yuck.
I’m not sure what you need to do to get ejected. That was a dirty play. Siakam and the Raptors got lucky.The Ringer’s Paolo Uggeti gives Pascal Siakam’s kick of Joel Embiid the ‘loser’ tag, while also calling out the Raptors’ utter lack of depth: The playoffs have flipped the narrative on the Raptors. All season long, they were lauded for how their depth players could pick apart any team with an overwhelming wave of scoring and defense. They were so good that Kawhi only had to play 60 games and could make the term “load management” go mainstream without saying a single word. But the postseason, or at least this second-round matchup, has called into question whether their depth is their strong suit.
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