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PHILADELPHIA -- The Philadelphia 76ers had a chance to inch a bit closer in th
e play-in tournament as they played host to the Chicago Bulls on Monday night.
 They entered the contest on a 7-game losing skid, yet only 1.5 games back of
the Bulls for the final play-in spot in the East so this was a golden opportun
ity for them.

Instead, they got squashed. After scoring the first bucket of the game for the
ir only lead of the night, the Bulls got whatever they wanted. They had a layu
p line at the rim as they scored 39 points in the first quarter and then 40 in
 the third. They led the Sixers by as many as 50 on their way to an easy 142-1
10 win as they now lead Philadelphia by 2.5 games for the final play-in spot.





Paul George, who had 19 points for the Sixers, was very blunt about the Sixers
' struggles in the loss. "We just gotta be more dialed in," George started. "M
ore effort. More energy and more pride on the defensive end. Again, it's the s
ame conversations we've been having of low communication. It baffles me just h
ow easy we give layups in this league. Just don't understand it."

PG對球隊在失利中的掙扎表現得非常直言不諱。



The Sixers have now lost eight in a row and are 0-3 since the All-Star break.
The losses to the Boston Celtics, the Brooklyn Nets, and the Bulls have all fe
lt the same. Philadelphia has been struggling on the defensive end and is givi
ng up so many easy buckets. Chicago shot 50.6% from the floor on Monday while
shooting 18-for-40 from deep and 34-for-36 from the line.

Those are numbers that playoff teams, let alone title contenders, just don't g
ive up. It doesn't matter that Joel Embiid did not play in this one. The Sixer
s have continued to say that the goal and the focus is to make the play-in and
 the playoffs, but the effort has said otherwise.





"Regardless of who’s playing, who’s not playing, for this group to believe t
hat we can be—not even to get to the playoffs—but make a push towards it, we
’ve shown no signs of a team that will compete and we just don’t have the ha
bits of a champion or what a playoff team would have," George added. "So, to b
e honest, right now, it’s a little far-fetched. All we can do is work hard an
d try to just keep going for one another, but we’ve shown no signs of—forget
 championship, but a playoff contending team here."

Maybe the challenges of the season have finally caught up to them. The Sixers
have dealt with a ton of injuries and it just seems that the hits keep coming.
 Maybe all of that has finally caught up to them.



也許這個賽季的挑戰終於追上了他們。76人隊一直在應對大量的傷病，似乎打擊不斷。也
許所有這些最終都影響到了他們。


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PG談冠軍的習慣

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