CAMDEN, N.J.–The Philadelphia 76ers have a lot to work on before the playoffs begin mid-April where they are expected to make a deep run into the playoffs led by their star duo of James Harden and Joel Embiid.
Integrating Harden, and Paul Millsap, into what they want to do out on the floor is something at the top of coach Doc Rivers’ to-do list. Philadelphia has had a lot of offensive success in the first two games with Harden leading the way, but that has more to do with the talent on the roster than anything else.
As they got back to work at practice on Tuesday, Rivers revealed what the team really worked on.
“We did a lot of skeletal work,” said Rivers. “Boring, hard, monotonous, just a tough one because that’s not what guys usually wanna do all practice, but because we don’t really know a lot of our stuff, defensively and offensively, we took full advantage today. One day is gonna matter, but it’s not gonna change everything overnight, but it was good.”
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