TORONTO–The Philadelphia 76ers had a chance to close things out on Saturday against the Toronto Raptors and move on to Round 2, but they couldn’t get into an offensive rhythm and they fell on the road 110-102.
Philadelphia shot 42.5% from the floor and they were 13-for-31 from deep compared to 42% for the Raptors and they were 8-for-34 from deep. A big factor in this game was Toronto playing their style of basketball as they grabbed 13 offensive rebounds and they forced Philadelphia into 16 turnovers which led to 22 points for the Raptors.
This was the type of game that the Sixers are going to look back on and realize that this is the playoffs and they had to be much better in this closeout situation.