Tyrese Maxey took the baseline throw-in towards Kyle Lowry. The latter returned the leather to his teammate in the corner, for an important winning shot, a few minutes from the end of the match against the Hornets.
This Friday, the two men were lined up together in the Sixers' major five. A first since the arrival of the veteran, who came from the Heat, after being cut by the Charlotte franchise. The experience, ending with a seven-point victory, was rather conclusive.
“ It was excellent, it allowed Tyrese to play without the ball, to do other things. I think it helps either way, Kyle made a lot of really good choices. How many assists did he deliver tonight? Not bad. He puts the ball in the paint, he hits some 3-pointers and he organizes things like that “, describes Nick Nursewhich therefore does not exclude repeating the experiment.
“ He was very good. It was very nice. He's another guy who can carry the ball and sometimes play without it, so that's great », Appreciates Tyrese Maxey, who finished with 33 points. This finds a bit of the previous configuration, with James Harden as the main ball carrier. With Kyle Lowry, who needs the leather much less than the bearded man, Tyrese Maxey can once again slide into the full-back position and concentrate on scoring.
Nick Nurse's confidence
We saw the 37-year-old start several transition phases with recovery passes towards his teammate with fresher legs to move forward.
“ The coach has always trusted me, our relationship is old. It's much easier when […] this one trusts you to find the others and that the players trust you. We have great players in this locker room, great talents. My job is to make their job easier. », says Kyle Lowry.
The champion with the Raptors in 2019, alongside Nick Nurse, scored his first passing double-double of the season against the Hornets: 15 points (5/9 on shots including 3/6 from distance), 10 assists and 6 rebounds in 36 minutes.
Tyrese Maxey may not be the only winner from this adjustment. Having struggled recently, Tobias Harris found himself during this match by signing 31 points and 12 rebounds. “ When he's on the opposing team, you hate him, but those are winning moves. He was very, very good for us and he calmed the group down from time to time. He allowed us to reach the level we wanted and ensure that we were well organized, which is very important to us », Judges the winger.
Already a member of the team the year when Kyle Lowry, Kawhi Leonard and the Raptors, en route to their title, took out the Sixers in the playoffs, Tobias Harris says he needs this kind of player profile: “ I'm a structured guy, when (Lowry) maybe in the five, putting the guys in a good position so that we have a good balance and a good rhythm, it's important for me personally, but also for the whole group playing. »
| Shots | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Party | Pts |
| Joel Embiid | 34 | 34.0 | 53.3 | 36.6 | 88.3 | 2.6 | 8.7 | 11.3 | 5.7 | 3.7 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 35.3 |
| Tyrese Maxey | 54 | 37.3 | 44.7 | 38.0 | 86.8 | 0.6 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 6.3 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 26.1 |
| Tobias Harris | 53 | 33.8 | 49.8 | 35.1 | 89.9 | 1.1 | 5.0 | 6.1 | 3.2 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 17.5 |
| Buddy Hield | 9 | 34.4 | 45.5 | 41.8 | 75.0 | 0.6 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 5.7 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 3.2 | 16.2 |
| Kelly Oubre, Jr. | 46 | 28.9 | 45.3 | 30.9 | 72.9 | 1.2 | 3.2 | 4.5 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 13.7 |
| De'anthony Melton | 36 | 27.8 | 39.1 | 36.2 | 83.5 | 0.8 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 11.5 |
| Cameron Payne | 9 | 19.2 | 41.6 | 35.9 | 90.0 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 3.3 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 9.7 |
| Kyle Lowry | 4 | 26.5 | 57.1 | 45.5 | 100.0 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 5.5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 8.0 |
| Marcus Morris | 37 | 17.2 | 43.9 | 40.0 | 86.1 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 6.7 |
| Paul Reed, Jr. | 59 | 18.2 | 54.4 | 34.3 | 73.9 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 5.6 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 6.6 |
| Ricky Council IV | 19 | 9.5 | 48.7 | 23.5 | 75.9 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 6.3 |
| Patrick Beverly | 47 | 19.6 | 43.2 | 32.1 | 81.0 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 6.3 |
| Nicolas Batum | 36 | 24.3 | 51.0 | 45.2 | 64.3 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 5.6 |
| Robert Covington | 26 | 16.1 | 44.9 | 35.4 | 87.5 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 3.4 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 4.5 |
| Daniel House | 34 | 15.0 | 44.8 | 30.0 | 76.1 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 4.2 |
| Jaden Springer | 32 | 11.8 | 39.0 | 21.6 | 82.4 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 4.0 |
| Mohamed Bamba | 37 | 11.0 | 46.7 | 42.4 | 58.6 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 3.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 3.9 |
| Terquavion Smith | 12 | 5.8 | 40.0 | 38.7 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 3.8 |
| Kj Martin | 40 | 11.3 | 56.5 | 26.7 | 48.1 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 3.5 |
| Furkan Korkmaz | 35 | 8.6 | 39.5 | 35.0 | 70.0 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| Pj Tucker | 3 | 22.1 | 40.0 | 40.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 3.0 | 2.0 |
| Kenny Lofton, Jr. | 2 | 4.4 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Danny Green | 2 | 9.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Darius Bazley | 3 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Philip Petrusev | 1 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Javonte Smart | 1 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
