Brooklyn Nets: All the Pressure Now on Philly

From the desk of:  THE HOOPS OF FLATBUSH

Where it All Began

2018-2019

NBA PLAYOFFS

Round One

BROOKLYN NETS

vs.

PHILADELPHIA 76ers

Brooklyn Nets: Sixers seem to have more problems than a math book.

Cell phone jokes not necessary ...

• ICYMI: Flatbush Takes Game One 

If Saturday was any indication, the Wells Fargo Center will continue to be a difficult place to play - not for the Nets, but for its own occupants.  The home crowd made that very clear throughout game one.  And for good reason.  The Sixers couldn't throw a beach ball into the Delaware River if they stood mid-span on the Ben Franklin Bridge.

In addition to the Nets, The Sixers are also contending with all the fans pent up frustrations caused by years of planned tanking.  Now the club is being forced to meet expectations.  And the fact that Ben Simmons even mentioned the crowd after game one means (IMO) either the fans, or the pressure of the playoffs, or both, are messing with their heads.

But the true source of Philadelphia's anxiety lies in the status of their star center, whom is still being  hobbled with a bum knee for the better part of a month.  Although Joel Embiid played in game one, he only logged 24-minutes and once again is listed as questionable for Monday's game two.

There's also talk of how Kenny Atkinson utterly out coached Brett Brown of the Sixers, which he did.

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