NBA Twitter reacts to Sixers’ listless loss to Heat in home finale
The Philadelphia 76ers finished up the home portion of their schedule on Thursday with a 129-101 loss to the Miami Heat in what can be classified as a listless effort. There was an obvious reason for the listless effort as the Sixers have nothing to play for, but it is still not good enough for a team with title aspirations.
Jimmy Butler had 24 points and six assists and Tyler Herro had 24 points and five assists to lead Miami on the night. The Heat led the Sixers by as many as 33 and they were in a groove almost all night as they shot 55.7% from the floor and 18-for-39 from deep in the win as they can still earn the No. 6 seed.
For Philadelphia, Joel Embiid had 21 points on 9-for-13 shooting, James Harden had 14 points, and Tobias Harris had 11 points. Shake Milton added 11 points and 10 assists and Jalen McDaniels had 10 points off the bench.
NBA Twitter reacts to the listless effort:
“I flew from Australia to watch my MVP Joel Embiid.”
These fans' signs. 🔥🔥
(via @JClarkNBCS) pic.twitter.com/wUlAq5cUye
— Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) April 6, 2023
Joel Embiid updated season stats
– 33.1 PPG
– 10.2 RPG
– 4.2 APG
– 1.7 BPG
– 55/33/86 splits (65.5% TS)Most likely his end of the season stats. The MVP❗️ #EMVPIID #TheProcess pic.twitter.com/BOEfp5FvME
— Prez💊 (@PresidentEmbiid) April 7, 2023
Joel Embiid twists and scores through contact!
10 PTS in the 1Q for the NBA's scoring leader on TNT 🔥 pic.twitter.com/MxA0WfToaY
— NBA (@NBA) April 6, 2023
Joel Embiid…Unguardable. 🔥
— Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) April 6, 2023
Joel Embiid's season is likely finished:
• 33.1 PTS
• 10.2 REBS
• 4.2 ASTS
• 1.0 STLS
• 1.7 BLKS
• 54.8% FG
• 33.0% 3PT
• 85.7% FT
• 65.4% TSAll-Star, All-NBA on the way, most likely his second scoring title….MVP? pic.twitter.com/CXkDYPhzEZ
— ً (@_itsnotmatt) April 7, 2023
With two blocks so far tonight, @sixers @JoelEmbiid now has 112 rejections on the season, the second-most he's ever posted in a season (122 in 2018-19).
He's averaging 2.1 blocks per game since the All-Star break, which ranks fifth in the @NBA.
h/t @nbastats
— Sixers Stats (@SixersStats) April 7, 2023
Jimmy Butler with the tough and-1 bucket!
He's up to 24 on TNT. pic.twitter.com/MukC8DQ57u
— NBA (@NBA) April 7, 2023
This is a good performance by the Heat, but remember that the Sixers finish with the Nets. They have no incentive to beat the Nets in the finale. If they lose to Brooklyn, they play Brooklyn instead of Miami. And they don't need to deal with Jimmy Butler.
Miami's getting the 7.
— Five Reasons Sports (@5ReasonsSports) April 7, 2023
Jimmy Butler's game log since the month of March is INSANE.
look at the FG% effectivity
Defense has no answer pic.twitter.com/qU44usxvWy
— Naveen Ganglani (@naveenganglani) April 7, 2023
This game doesn't matter, and the Sixers are playing like it.
Jimmy Butler is playing hard.
Heat up 50-33 with 8:25 left in the 2nd.
— Derek Bodner (@DerekBodnerNBA) April 7, 2023
James Harden catching up with Kyle Lowry before Sixers-Heat
If the Sixers beat the Heat, the Sixers face Brooklyn in the first round of the playoffs pic.twitter.com/I8rMsdGWUi
— John Clark (@JClarkNBCS) April 6, 2023
James Harden since the Toronto game: 11-30 from the field, just six free-throw attempts in 84 minutes.
For the second straight game, the non-Embiid unit looks bad. Getting smoked tonight by a Miami unit without Butler or Bam.
— Rich Hofmann (@rich_hofmann) April 7, 2023
The slow zoom in on Doc Rivers after every Heat bucket feels so unnecessary LOL
— Brady Hawk (@BradyHawk305) April 7, 2023
Furkan Korkmaz subbed in for James Harden two minutes into the fourth, looked like Doc Rivers had seen enough for the night.
Get that the Sixers might not have been up for this game. But in their last three games this week, the Harden-led bench units got absolutely destroyed.
— Rich Hofmann (@rich_hofmann) April 7, 2023
Jaden Springer has won as many championships as Doc Rivers. https://t.co/yuFYH3SaLv
— all my teams want me dead (@PanasonicDX4500) April 7, 2023
