The 76ers continued their slow start of the season with another loss. This time Philadelphia lost against Toronto (119-109). After five regular season games the Sixers are 1-4.
It was the first quarter in which the Raptors built their lead (35-27) and held on to it till the end of the game. After the game Philadelphia’s head coach Doc Rivers pointed at his team’s lack of defensive effort in the first period as the main cause of the loss.
Via Sam DiGiovanni of ClutchPoints:
“We just gifted them baskets,” Rivers told reporters after the Sixers’ fourth loss in their first five games. “It’s the first quarter that we got off to such a slow start. And their key guys got going. We just gifted guys shots early…And then I thought also, our offense, even though we shot 51 percent, it can be such a better offense if we just played right. You know, space the floor more, played a little faster, didn’t turn the ball over.”
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