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#184: Winning with defense in the playoffs

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Is There a Matchup That Could Expose That Again?

The 76ers are never really taking him off the court no matter how much he gets attacked they're just gonna try to change the coverage. So even for a team like Philadelphia that doesn't necessarily win right now with its defense I think they are eight in defensive ratingEight they're ninth they're about a point better than league average and defensive rating. That's another team in my head where it's like okay you've got PJ Tucker's pretty quick for his position but Tobias Harris isn't the quickest dude ever James Harden has traditionally played more like a big defensively great guarding the post and he wants to switch and stay near the basket.

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