The Sixers Missed Five Layups in Six Seconds, People Fell Down

We (specifically I) try to be a little positive about the Sixers here because we agree with what they’re doing. And in most games, there’s something positive to look at (like Jerami Grant’s eight blocks last night). But for every positive, there are usually seven or eight negatives. Last night was one of the worst. That’s a GIF because NBA.com isn’t friendly with embeddable videos, but here’s what happens in the sequence:

1. K.J. McDaniels gets his shot blocked.
2. Henry Sims grabs rebound.
3. Henry Sims misses layup.
4. K.J. McDaniels misses tip-in.
5. K.J. McDaniels misses another tip-in.
6. Furkan Aldemir grabs rebound.
7. Furkan Aldemir misses layup.
8. Furkan Aldemir falls down.
9. K.J. McDaniels and Henry Sims collaborate on tip-in. It misses.
10. Knicks get rebound.

It was ugly, ugly basketball all around — Carmelo Anthony followed it up with a missed 3-pointer — and the Knicks pulled out the win, putting them only 1.5 games behind the Sixers for fourth in a terribly weak division. We support the Sixers. We like what they’re doing. But it’s rarely pretty.