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Sixers score just 50 after first quarter in ugly loss to short-handed Raptors: Likes and dislikes

Sixers score just 50 after first quarter in ugly loss to short-handed Raptors: Likes and dislikes

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The Sixers (43-26) hosted the Toronto Raptors (39-31) on Sunday night. Philadelphia wanted to extend its winning streak to three games. Toronto aimed to recover from a devastating loss to the Lakers on Friday night. The Sixers scored just 14 points in the fourth quarter to cough one up to the short-handed Raptors, 93-88.

Before we get to what I saw, some notes.

Contextual Notes

The Raptors were without the services of OG Anunoby, who is recovering from a fractured ring finger on his right hand, and Fred VanVleet, who got the night off for the sake of managing a right knee injury.

Malachi Flynn has a strained left hamstring and was out.

Justin Champagnie (Two-Way), David Johnson (Two-Way), and Isaac Bonga were on G-League assignments with the Raptors 905 and were unavailable.

Nick Nurse started Gary Trent Jr., Scottie Barnes, Pascal Siakam, Precious Achiuwa, and Khem Birch.

The Sixers were without Myles Powell (Two-Way) and Jaden Springer,…

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