The Philadelphia 76ers were a little shorthanded heading into Monday’s Game 4 with the Atlanta Hawks as they were missing their veteran leader in Danny Green. They had to turn to a young guy in Furkan Korkmaz to take his place and they could have used Green’s presence in order to get this win.
The Sixers seemed to wilt a bit under the playoff pressure after building an 18-point lead and then seeing it disappear as Trae Young came alive for the Hawks. Young had 25 points and 18 assists as Atlanta was able to rally from multiple deficits and come away with a 103-100 win to even the series at 2-2. They could have used a steady veteran like Green in this one.
Tobias Harris had 20 points, Seth Curry added 17 points, Joel Embiid had a rare off night and had 17 points on 4-for-20 shooting with 21 rebounds, Korkmaz had 10, and Ben Simmons had 11, nine assists, and 12 rebounds. Shake Milton had eight points and Dwight Howard had seven and 10 boards off the bench.
Here are the observations following a big Game 4 loss for Philadelphia: