The defense was still.problematic, as the team gave up 108 points in regulation to a Nets team missing Kevin Garnett and recent Sixer-slayer Joe Johnson. Of course, you could hardly say that all that ails the Sixers was remedied tonight. Thad went off for 25 points on 11-18 shooting-including 3-3 from downtown (now shooting 39% from deep for the season!)-with six points, four assists and three steals, an all-around performance that reminds us just how valuable Thaddeus has been to this team over the past seven-plus seasons, and how we'd be damn foolish to let him go just for the same of doing so. It's just a different team with Carter-Williams out there, and a much less difficult-to-watch one, I'd proffer.Īnd it should also be noted that any worries about the trade rumors (and rumored trade requests) surrounding Thaddeus Young of late certainly did not affect his play last night. MCW had a good-not-great stat line for the night-15 points on 5-13 shooting, with ten assists and three steals-but his presence totally changed the energy of the team from the first minutes of the game, as he got the team back into their ball-pushing, easy-scoring ways, also helping to get Turner a couple good looks for buckets at the basket early that set him on his way to an 8-8 start to the game from the field. Of course, Evan's return to form might have much to do with the return of their starting point guard, Michael Carter-Williams. The fact that ET actually took the ball to the basket with seconds to go instead of pulling up for one of his patented (and rarely successful) stepback elbow jumpers is a very encouraging sign that perhaps our volatitle fourth-year wing has not totally thrown in the towl on this season, and might still be able to put in the work to get back to the level he was playing at at season's start, despite his relatively lazy play of recent weeks. You'll notice that it was a very un-Evan Turner-like game-winning attempt for a number of reasons, not the least of all being that it actually went in.
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