Daily News | If the Sixers are truly NBA title contenders capable of beating the Boston Celtics, it’s time to play like it
have to cease being scared of driving in the paint and taking shots against the Boston Celtics. They know they can’t continue to show the bad body language in negative situations, which was on full display in Game 3 on Friday.Otherwise, the Sixers have no shot of winning the Eastern Conference semifinal series.The Celtics take a 2-1 series advantage into Sunday’s 3:30 p.m. Game 4 at the Wells Fargo Center.
Maxey, who scored 13 points on 4-for-16 shooting in Game 3, also tried to get some of his touch back. “You get your shot blocked a couple of times and you tend not to want to go in there,” Rivers said. “We have to go in there. We have to keep going in there. We have to be relentless.”Putting things in perspective, Rivers asked reserve point guard Shake Milton what is the closest a series can be after three games, and Milton responded, 2-1.“It’s emotional terrorism at times,” Rivers said. “And you have to deal with it. You have to be able to handle it, or you lose.
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