The Philadelphia 76ers have had an extremely rough go at it from deep in their previous two games as they have shot a combined 16-for-68 from deep in those two games. They were able to use their defense to win one of those games, but they came up short on Wednesday against the Orlando Magic as the defense just wasn’t able to make up for the lack of offense.
As they prepare for Friday’s matchup with the Oklahoma City Thunder, coach Brett Brown believes the drought they are in is rare and he believes they will break out of it soon.
Brown told the Inquirer.com’s Keith Pompey from the Chesapeake Energy Arena:
“We have to make shots and not turn the ball over,” Brown said of the matchup at Chesapeake Energy Arena. “Our defense is good enough to win games, and I’ll see you tomorrow. It really is.
“Like we can all do what you do and so do I, but you cut to the case. The extraordinary drought that we have been in is rare.”
The Sixers are currently ranked 24th in the league in 3-point shooting as they have shot 32.8% from deep as a team. The team’s best regular 3-point shooter is Furkan Korkmaz who is shooting 40.7% from deep, Al Horford takes the most attempts from deep at 5.0 per game, and Tobias Harris has missed 23 straight attempts from deep and is shooting 20.4% from distance on the season.
Tip-off for the Sixers and the Thunder is set for 8:00 p.m. EST as they will look to end a 4-game road losing skid. They will need some more shots to drop in order to break out of the slump. [lawrence-related id=19315,19309,19300]