The Philadelphia 76ers were put in a tough spot on Friday when they found out that they would be without the services of Tobias Harris, Seth Curry, and Dwight Howard in a matchup with the Los Angeles Clippers. The Sixers were able to gut out a 106-103 win as they were able to make enough plays to win the game.
Coach Doc Rivers had to go deep into his bench rotation and he called upon newly added Anthony Tolliver in this one. Tolliver had just recently signed a 10-day contract with the team and with Philadelphia missing so many pieces, he had to step in and play in an emergency situation.
Tolliver’s stat line will read zero points on 0-for-2 shooting, both from deep, but he also had two rebounds and he blocked a shot in 14:07 of playing time. Not bad for a guy who does not know much about the team at the moment.
“He was great,” said Rivers. “I feel bad for him. He didn’t know anything, I mean, play-wise. We put him at the 5 and the 4, and I was laughing with Dave Joerger, I said ‘It doesn’t matter. He didn’t know either position anyway! We can put him at the point guard’. He didn’t know any position.”
Tolliver is known as a 3-point shooter and even though he missed his only looks, he was able to attract the attention of the Clippers when he was out there.
“We just wanted him out there to space the floor, and I thought he did that,” said Rivers. “I thought he actually made a couple of pretty good defensive plays for us as well.”
Tolliver will have two days to learn his new team more before Monday’s matchup with the Golden State Warriors.
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