The Philadelphia 76ers are off to a pretty tough start as they dropped to 0-3 with a home loss to the San Antonio Spurs. The Sixers were expected to be one of the top teams in the league considering the talent that is on the roster, but they haven’t been able to get it together just yet.
The first two losses to the Boston Celtics and the Milwaukee Bucks were accepted because those two teams are considered legitimate title contenders in the league. However, the loss to the Spurs, who have an average roster age of 23.81 as they are a young and rebuilding team, is viewed as a pretty bad one considering the expectations around both teams.
Joel Embiid went off for 40 points and 13 rebounds so Philadelphia can take solace in that, but Spurs big man Jakob Poeltl had a big fourth quarter and that was a reason for the loss.
NBA Twitter gave their best reactions to the Sixers falling to 0-3.
The Sixers owe the Phillies so many “thank you” hoagie trays for keeping the attention off them
— Anthony Gargano (@AnthonyLGargano) October 23, 2022
Final: Spurs 114 Sixers 105
San Antonio, with the lowest predicted season win total by sportsbooks, goes into Philadelphia on the second leg of a road back-to-back and wins.
Sixers fell to 0-3.
— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) October 23, 2022
Sixers 0-3? I thought the goal was a championship, not the Victor Wembanyama sweepstakes! Carry on…
— Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) October 23, 2022
Jakob Poeltl working embiid like a part time job
— Tony Jones (@Tjonesonthenba) October 23, 2022
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