The Philadelphia 76ers have been struggling on offense this season, but they may have stumbled upon a bold new strategy: sending extra players on the court and hoping the referees don’t notice.
In the first quarter of Friday night’s Bulls-Sixers game, Furkan Korkmaz drilled an open three on a play where the Bulls were left to defend a total of six players. The Sixers realized there were two many players on the floor mid-play and one player tried to sneak to the bench as the Bulls protested.
Sixers had 6 players on the court and scored vs Chicago’s 5. Refs had no idea😂 pic.twitter.com/qxTu0WXm0S
— NBA RETWEET (@RTNBA) January 18, 2020
Fortunately, the bucket was wiped off the scoreboard after officials blew the whistle, and the Sixers earned a technical foul for having too many players on the floor. Still, it was worth a try.
“Play 6 guys and hope no one notices” is honestly better than any of the solutions I can come up with to fix the Sixers’ offense https://t.co/ReWhdcomo5
— Mike O'Connor (@MOConnor_NBA) January 18, 2020
The Sixers playing with 6 guys on the court in the 1st quarter was low key genius, I’m surprised more teams don’t try it pic.twitter.com/p5lPT0NNKM
— adam ferrone (@_rone) January 18, 2020
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