The reason why the 76ers can win such a game against an occasionally unpleasant opponent like Detroit even in the current line-up has to do not least with the opponent himself.
Because the Pistons are in free fall again this season, especially since a lot of staff was absent shortly after the turn of the year. Bagley, Cunningham, Duren, Livers and possibly Boeheim and McGruder are just some of the players who will not take part in the rematch.
But in addition to personal approaches, my present 76ers Pistons is also based on a very specific statistic that simply cannot be ignored and is certainly known to every Bad Boys fan…
Because one of the currently longest series of defeats in the entire NBA is based on this match.
Die Pistons have lost every one of the last ten guest appearances at the Wells Fargo Center – and always within the regular playing time. The last time wasn’t that long ago and was on December 22nd – just before Christmas.
At that time, the 76ers won 113:93, but the aforementioned Joel Embiid rose to the “Man of the Match” that evening with 22 points. The Sixers won’t be quite as strong tonight without the Cameroonian, but Duren is also missing on the other side.
